Vixel Model 335 Installation & Configuration Guide | CHAPTER 3 Management | ||
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| Setting | Description | |
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| Control | Enables you to configure control of the port. Select from: | |
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| (2) auto – the default setting. The switch controls the port and prevents the | |
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| insertion of incompatible ports which may cause disruption. | |
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| (3) bypass – removes a port from the zone. Use this mode to troubleshoot | |
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| ports. |
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| receive signal back through the port's transmitter. Use this mode to isolate | |
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| a specific zone for troubleshooting or test a transceiver’s circuitry and | |
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| attached media from the node end. |
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| (5) force insert – allows ports whose transceivers cannot derive a valid | |
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| clock or "K" character (Ordered Set) to join the zone. | |
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| Use this mode cautiously – devices without valid characters may put bad | |
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| data into the zone, causing the zone to go down. | |
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| (6) | |
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| purposes. |
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| Beacon | When enabled, it forces both port LEDs to flash on and off continuously | |
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| on the selected port. You can use the beacon feature to remotely alert a | |
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| technician to take action on a specific port as identified by a system | |
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| administrator. The blinking overrides the state information display until | |
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| the beaconing is turned off. |
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| Transmitter | Turns the transceiver connected to the port on or off. | |
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| Cascade mode | The current cascade mode (auto, none, tree, string) selected for the port. | |
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| Options: |
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| auto – This setting automatically configures the connection type based on | |
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| information sent by other InSpeed switches. This is the default setting for | |
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| none – The port is disabled. |
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| tree – A port that allows arbitration fairness to other cascaded InSpeed- | |
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| based switches or ports connected to end devices. If the port is a tree port | |
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| then the ARB (Arbitrate) is sent down the port and, when the ARB is | |
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| received back at the ASIC, a connection is made between the source and | |
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| destination ports. All ports are viewed as 100% FC_AL compliant. | |
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| string – A specially | |
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| two or more | |
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| the destination port is a string and an OPN is received on the ASIC, an | |
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| ARB is transmitted throughout the total string cascade loop to alert all | |
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| devices to enforce the Loop fairness rules. Therefore, if two devices try to | |
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| ARB for the loop at the same time, the higher Priority AL_PA will win the | |
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| cascade first, the lower priority one will follow. | |
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| Note: There must be two string ports on a zone. The port is configured for | |
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| a pair of string ports to other switches. |
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| LIP on insert | If enabled, when a port inserts into a zone, it issues LIP(F7)s to other zone | |
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