LSISAS6160 SAS Switch
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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
SAS Zoning Overview
Minimize conflicts
Only the storage within its zone or zones
Across the entire Zpsds
Creating SAS Zones
Groups and zone sets manually by using the SDM utility
Following figure shows a simple example of zoning
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
Carton contains the following items
Unpacking the Switch
Identifying Switch Components
To interpret the LEDs on the switch
SAS6160 LEDs
Installing the SAS6160 Switch
SAS6160 Connectors
Cables
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
For example
Exit SDM-GUI and power cycle the switch
Exit SDM-CLI and power cycle the switch
Using SDM-GUI
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
View End Device Table
Information is available to both admin and user accounts
Views Tab
For zoning
Alias Table
View Zone Groups
View Zone Groups
View Zone Sets
View Zone Sets
Alias Management
Domain Tab
This section, click the hyperlinks on the Domain tab
Node100, and so on
View/Delete Aliases
View/Delete Aliases command
Domain. You also can also this command to delete aliases
Group to communicate with each other
Connector Wizard
Zone set and the two associated zone groups
Box and clicking the Delete button
Zone group to communicate with each other
Guide you through the configuration process
Maximum number of 248, the wizard displays an error message
Check box and clicking the Delete button
Create Zone Group
Manually Configure Zone Groups Create Zone Group
Delete Zone Group
Time of activation. shows the View Zone Group window
View Zone Group
Modify Zone Group
Matrix
Maximum password length is 32 characters
Binary 0, as defined by the SAS 2.0 specification
Password
Modify Zone Set
View Zone Set window
Zone set
View 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
Properties Tab
Selected device. In , the domain properties are shown
Following figure shows the Properties tab
Environmentals Tab
Background loop
Attached Devices Tab
Those connections
Following figure shows the Attached Devices tab
Following figure shows the Phys tab
Selected expander
Zone Group Tab
Zone Group Tab
Operations Tab
This tab contains the following commands
Successful update
Update Firmware
Phys
Following figure shows the Enable/Disable/Reset window
Enable/Disable/Reset
Reset Switch
As shown in the following figures
Configure IP
Command arguments
Command Usage Syntax
Domain focus domain name
SDM-CLI Commands
Help command
help command
Exit
Passwd admin user
passwd admin
passwd user
alias delete
show zoneset
show alias
show phy
show zonegroup
zonegroup delete all noconfirm
zonegroup add name sas addressaliasphy
zonegroup create name
zonegroup delete single name
zoneset create name
Set membership
zoneset activate name
zoneset add name zone group zone group
Sdmcli show alias Calhoun
Sample Output for Show Command
zoneset passwd
Sdmcli show alias
Sdmcli show device Calhoun
Show phy
Sdmcli show domain
Sdmcli show phy
Show domain
Show phy alias
Alias Phy Device Capabilities SAS Address Type
Sdmcli show phy Calhoun
RA Routing Attributes VP Virtual PHY Zone Grp
Zoning Inactive * phy may be assigned to a zone group
Zoning Active Zone Group Number
Show phy alias phy
Sdmcli show phy Lincoln01
Sdmcli show version
SDM-CLI Version SDM-D Version
Show zonegroup name
Sdmcli show zonegroup ZoneOne#001
Sdmcli show zoneset active
Show zoneset data name Sdmcli show zoneset data ZoneOne
Xip -i 500062b15555557f get exp
Xip -i get avail
Troubleshooting