EMULEX MODEL 355 SAN STORAGE SWITCH

CHAPTER 3: SWITCH MANAGEMENT

USERS GUIDE

Port Recovery

The following settings are available.

Setting

Description

 

 

Bad Device Recovery

When a port is already inserted into a zone, the port transforms F8

 

Failure notifications into F7 Initialization notifications. When this

 

occurs, the port is bypassed and F7 Initialization notifications are

 

allowed in the zone. Once the initialization is complete, the Bad Zone

 

Recovery Policy is operational and prevents a port that continues to

 

transmit F8 Failure notifications from inserting into the zone.

 

Note: If this policy is disabled while the Bad Zone Recovery policy is

 

enabled, a zone that does go down will still allow the Bad Zone

 

Recovery policy to reset the zone and allow ports to be

 

reinserted.

 

When enabled, this policy prevents devices that send F8 Failure

 

notifications from inserting into a zone. The ability to remove devices

 

that generate F8 Failure notifications automatically and

 

instantaneously guarantees continual system operation.

 

When disabled, this policy allows devices that send F8 Failure

 

notifications to insert into a zone and does not consider F8 Failure

 

notifications when determining whether to insert a device or not.

 

 

Clear on Stall

In situations where the switch is operating in switching mode, some

 

devices may fall into an operating mode where the device has

 

opened a target but has not released the connection to the target.

 

When this policy is enabled, the switch can detect this condition and

 

automatically recover when this situation arises.

 

 

Bypass on No Activity

The switch detects the amount of time a data stream has gone

 

without receiving a comma. The time setting is set to 100 (.001

 

seconds). When this policy is enabled, the switch bypasses the

 

disruptive port when the threshold is exceeded.

 

 

Bypass on Ordered Set Error

Ordered Set (OS) errors are detected and counted for each individual

 

port. When this policy is enabled, a port is bypassed when its OS

 

count exceeds the threshold setting. The threshold setting is based

 

on the number of ordered set errors identified in 10 seconds.

 

Note: This threshold setting can be adjusted on the Web Manager’s

 

Advanced Functions Switch Thresholds page.

 

 

Bypass on CRC Error

Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) errors are detected and counted for

 

each individual port. When this policy is enabled, a port is bypassed

 

when its CRC count exceeds the threshold setting. The threshold

 

setting is based on the number of CRC errors identified in 10

 

seconds.

 

User intervention is required to return the port into the zone.

 

Recovery methods include replacing the defective component,

 

cycling power to the device on the port, removing and reinserting the

 

bypassed port, or cycling power to the switch.

 

Note: This threshold setting can be adjusted on the Web Manager’s

 

Advanced Functions Switch Thresholds page.

 

 

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355 specifications

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