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LSISAS6160 SAS Switch

User Guide

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September 2010

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LSI manual LSISAS6160 SAS Switch

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LSISAS6160 SAS Switch Revision History Table of Contents SAS Domain Manager Command Line Interface Chapter Features LSISAS6160 Switch Serial Attached Scsi and the SAS6160 Switch LSISAS6160 Resource Management Block Diagram of the LSISAS6160 Switch Link between Two Single SAS Phys SAS Phys, Ports, and Connectors Narrow and Wide SAS Ports Mini SAS 4x Cable SAS Connectors and Cabling Only the storage within its zone or zones Minimize conflictsAcross the entire Zpsds SAS Zoning Overview Following figure shows a simple example of zoning Groups and zone sets manually by using the SDM utilityCreating SAS Zones Overview SAS Routing and Zoning Configuration for Zoning Example Creating Zone Groups Connecting Devices to the SAS6160 Switch Example 1, Multiple Servers and JBODs Example 3, Multiple Servers and a Cascading Switch Example 4, High Availability Example 5, Large Data Storage Topology Example 6, Cascaded Switches Example 7, Switches in a Star Tree Configuration Identifying Switch Components Unpacking the SwitchTo interpret the LEDs on the switch Carton contains the following items SAS6160 Connectors Installing the SAS6160 SwitchCables SAS6160 LEDs Rack. These options are shown in the following figure Mounting Shelf in a Rack Setting a Static IP Address Connecting to a Host Changing the Default Static IP Address Exit SDM-CLI and power cycle the switch Exit SDM-GUI and power cycle the switchUsing SDM-GUI For example 1 FCC Connecting SAS and Sata Hardware Safety Notices Canada Mark Vcci Bsmi 5 CCC Installation and Hardware Setup Safety Notices Starting SDM-GUI SDM-GUI Accounts Embedded SDM only supports a single domain Options File, Server, and Help Menu Options Views Tab Information is available to both admin and user accountsFor zoning View End Device Table Alias Table View Zone Groups View Zone Groups View Zone Sets View Zone Sets This section, click the hyperlinks on the Domain tab Domain TabNode100, and so on Alias Management Domain. You also can also this command to delete aliases View/Delete Aliases commandView/Delete Aliases Zone set and the two associated zone groups Connector WizardBox and clicking the Delete button Group to communicate with each other Maximum number of 248, the wizard displays an error message Guide you through the configuration processCheck box and clicking the Delete button Zone group to communicate with each other Create Zone Group Manually Configure Zone Groups Create Zone Group View Zone Group Time of activation. shows the View Zone Group windowModify Zone Group Delete Zone Group Binary 0, as defined by the SAS 2.0 specification Maximum password length is 32 charactersPassword Matrix Zone set View Zone Set windowView Zone Set Modify Zone Set Activate/Deactivate Zone Set Activate/Deactivate Zone Set Delete Zone Set Window and then clicking Delete Device Tree and Properties Tab Devices Tab Following figure shows the Properties tab Selected device. In , the domain properties are shownProperties Tab Environmentals Tab Background loop Following figure shows the Attached Devices tab Those connectionsAttached Devices Tab Following figure shows the Phys tab Selected expander Zone Group Tab Zone Group Tab Successful update This tab contains the following commandsUpdate Firmware Operations Tab Enable/Disable/Reset Following figure shows the Enable/Disable/Reset windowReset Switch Phys As shown in the following figures Configure IP Command arguments Command Usage Syntax Help command SDM-CLI Commands„ help command Domain focus domain name „ passwd admin Passwd admin user„ passwd user Exit „ alias delete „ show phy „ show alias„ show zonegroup „ show zoneset „ zonegroup create name „ zonegroup add name sas addressaliasphy„ zonegroup delete single name „ zonegroup delete all noconfirm „ zoneset activate name Set membership„ zoneset add name zone group zone group „ zoneset create name „ zoneset passwd Sample Output for Show CommandSdmcli show alias Sdmcli show alias Calhoun Sdmcli show device Calhoun Sdmcli show phy Sdmcli show domainShow domain Show phy Sdmcli show phy Calhoun Alias Phy Device Capabilities SAS Address TypeRA Routing Attributes VP Virtual PHY Zone Grp Show phy alias Zoning Inactive * phy may be assigned to a zone group Zoning Active Zone Group Number Sdmcli show version Sdmcli show phy Lincoln01SDM-CLI Version SDM-D Version Show phy alias phy Sdmcli show zoneset active Sdmcli show zonegroup ZoneOne#001Show zoneset data name Sdmcli show zoneset data ZoneOne Show zonegroup name Xip -i 500062b15555557f get exp Xip -i get avail Troubleshooting