HP StorageWorks SAN Switch installation guide
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 Contents
 Managing SAN Switches
Installing and configuring SAN Switches
 Regulatory compliance and safety 113
Installing field-replaceable units
Boot Interpreting Post results Diagnostic tests
 Electrostatic discharge 129
SAN Switch technical specifications 131
 Supported HBAs
Glossary 147 Index 157
 Figures
 Tables
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Intended audience
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 This chapter describes the following topics
4/16 SAN Switch models
 4/16 SAN Switch features
 Activating additional 4/8 and 4/16 SAN Switch ports
4/16 SAN Switch chassis
 Portstart
Enabling EPorts on the 4/8 SAN Switch
 SAN Switch licensing
 SAN Switch features
SAN Switch models
SAN Switch chassis
 SAN Switch port side
 32 SAN Switch nonport side
Activating additional 4/32 and 4/32B SAN Switch ports
 Portstart
 24Overview
 Shows the port side and identifies the components
 64 SAN Switch port side
 SAN Switch port numbering
 Activating additional 4/64 SAN Switch ports
 32B SAN Switch features
32B SAN Switch models
32B SAN Switch chassis
 32B SAN Switch port side
 Activating additional 4/32B SAN Switch ports
SAN Switch ISL Trunking groups
 Optional SAN Switch features
 Optional port licenses and hardware kits
SAN Switch optional port licenses and hardware
Option Part number
 34Overview
 Shipping carton contents
Installing and configuring SAN Switches
 Number
SAN Switch shipping carton checklist
 Number Description
 Electrical considerations
Installation and safety considerations
Environmental considerations
 Cooling considerations
Rack specifications
 Installing the switch as a stand-alone device
 Installing the switch using the SAN Switch Rack Mount Kit
 Description
SAN Switch Rack Mount Kit hardware
 Installing the rear mounting brackets HP 10000 series racks
 Installing the outer rails HP 10000 series racks
 Assembling the outer rails HP 10000 series racks
 Number of screws required to assemble the inner rails
Assembling the outer rails HP System/e Rack
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 Attaching the inner rails to the 4/8 or 4/16 SAN Switch
 Installing the Plenum if required
 Attaching the Plenum to the 4/8 or 4/16 SAN Switch
Securing the switch to the outer rails
 Securing the switch in an HP System/e rack
 Recommendations for cable management
Cabling and configuring the SAN Switch
 Obtain required items
Connecting the SAN Switch to the fabric
Make a serial connection
 Connecting the serial cable
 SAN Switch installation guide
 Connecting the power cord
Apply power to the switch and log
 Set the IP address
 Create an Ethernet connection
Log in to the switch via Telnet, using the admin account
Modify the FC domain ID optional
 To install the SFP transceivers
Install the SFP transceivers
At the Fabric Parameters prompt, enter y and press Enter
 Back up the configuration
Verify the configuration
Connect the cables
 Synchronize the local time with an external source
Set the switch date and time
 Example
Set the time zone
 Local time Tstimezone parameter
Time zone command values
 Installing and configuring SAN Switches
 Managing SAN Switches
 4/16 SAN Switch models
Powering on and off
32, 4/32B and 4/64 SAN Switch models
 Managing SAN Switches from a single management station
SAN Switch management features
Management tools
Management tool Out-of-band support In-band support
 Fcip
Example of a set of gateway addresses
 Interpreting LED activity
4/16 SAN Switch LEDs
LEDs are shown in Figure
 Power Status LED patterns
4/16 SAN Switch LED patterns
System and power LED patterns are described in Table
8 and 4/16 SAN Switch LED patterns
 System status LED patterns are described in Table
4/16 SAN Switch system Status LED patterns
System status LED patterns during normal operation
 Port LED patterns during normal operation
4/16 SAN Switch port LED patterns
 LED name LED color Hardware status Recommended action
 4/16 SAN Switch Ethernet LED patterns
SAN Switch port side LEDs
Each Ethernet port has two LEDs described in Table
Ethernet LED patterns
 32 SAN Switch port side LEDs
 32 SAN Switch port side LED patterns
Describes the 4/32 SAN Switch port side LEDs
 Portenable command
 Shows the locations of the nonport side LEDs
SAN Switch nonport side LEDs
 32 SAN Switch nonport side LED patterns
Describes the 4/32 SAN Switch nonport side LEDs
 64 SAN Switch port side LEDs
 64 SAN Switch port side LED patterns
 SAN Switch nonport side LEDs
 64 SAN Switch nonport side LEDs
 Seconds Faulty and should be replaced
 Identify the port side LEDs
32B SAN Switch LEDs
 Or boot failed Booting is complete Steady green
 PortEnable command
 Boot
Post and boot specifications
 Interpreting Post results
Diagnostic tests
 Managing SAN Switches
 Replacing the 4/32 SAN Switch power supply
Installing field-replaceable units
 32 SAN Switch power supplies on the nonport side
 Items required
32 SAN Switch Power Supply Status LEDs
LED color Meaning Corrective action
 Installing the power supply in a 4/32 SAN Switch
Procedure
 SAN Switch installation guide
 32 SAN Switch fan assemblies on the nonport side
Replacing the 4/32 SAN Switch fan assembly
 32 SAN Switch Fan Status LED behavior
 Installing the fan assembly in a 4/32 SAN Switch
 64 SAN Switch power supplies on the nonport side
Replacing the 4/64 SAN Switch power supply
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 Installing the power supply in the 4/64 SAN Switch
 64 SAN Switch fan assemblies on the nonport side
Replacing the 4/64 SAN Switch fan assembly
 Fan Status LEDs
 Inserting the fan assembly in a 4/64 SAN Switch
 Identifies Power Supply/Fan Assembly Unit components
Power Supply/Fan Assembly overview
 LED name LED color Description Action required Behavior
32B SAN Switch power supply/fan assembly unit status LED
 Power Supply #1 is OK Power Supply #2 is OK
 Items required
 Replacing an SFP
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 Installing the SFP
 Regulatory compliance
Regulatory compliance and safety
 Laser device
Regulatory compliance identification numbers
 Canadian notice avis Canadien
International notices and statements
 Bsmi notice
European Union notice
 Japanese notice Korean notices
 Battery replacement notice
Safety
 Power cords
Taiwan battery recycling notice
Japanese power cord statement
 English notice
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive
Dutch notice
 Estonian notice
Czechoslovakian notice
 French notice
Finnish notice
 Greek notice
German notice
 Italian notice
Hungarian notice
 Lithuanian notice
Latvian notice
 Portuguese notice
Polish notice
 Slovenian notice
Slovakian notice
 Swedish notice
Spanish notice
 Grounding methods
How to prevent electrostatic discharge
This appendix provides the following information
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 SAN Switch technical specifications
 Lists general specifications for the SAN Switches
General specifications
General specifications
Specification Description
 4/16 SAN Switches Fabric initialization for
 SAN Switch physical dimensions
Weight and physical dimensions
Facility requirements
Facility requirements
 SAN Switch Cabinet space of 2U in a EIA 19 in cabinet
 Environmental requirements
Environmental requirements
Condition Acceptable range during operation Non-operation
 Data transmission ranges
 Laser data transmission ranges for the 4/32 SAN Switch
 Laser data transmission ranges for the 4/64 SAN Switch
 4/16 SAN Switch FC port specifications
FC port specifications
4/64 SAN Switch FC port specifications
Laser data transmission ranges for the 4/32B SAN Switch
 32B SAN Switch FC port specifications
Serial port specifications
 Cabling pinouts
Pin Signal Description
 Power supply specifications
Power supply specifications
 32 and 4/64 SAN Switch memory specifications
8 and 4/16 SAN Switch memory specifications
32B SAN Switch memory specifications
Memory
 Supported HBAs
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 Command line interface. Interface that depends entirely on
Allows applications to interface with a set of services
Use of commands, such as through telnet or SNMP, and does
Application programming interface. a defined protocol that
 Available paths. Allows for recomputing of routes when an
Directory service See SNS
Integer between 1 and 239. The default domain ID is usually
For a sequence to complete before initiating recovery. Can
 Fibre Channel Service. a service that is defined by FC
Is present and, if so, exchanges service parameters with it
Name Server, for example, is an FC service
Fibre Channel Service Protocol. The common protocol for all
 See also Edtov
 With device management, providing configuration and device
A loop. It indicates either loop failure or the resetting
Node
Loop master time-out value. The minimum time that the loop
 Establish sessions with targets. See also Flogi
After it is powered on
Private NLPort
Same loop and does not log in to the fabric
 Resource recovery time-out value. The minimum time a target
Can be delayed in the fabric and still be delivered
Devices that communicate using FC protocols
Synchronous dynamic random access memory. The main
 On 850 mm lasers and supports link speeds up to 2 Gb/s
Referred to as a directory service
May also refer to the type of transceiver
Is not connected or has not yet assumed a specific function
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