McDATA 3000 manual Configuring Ficon Extension, Configuring a 1x1 Ethernet Wide Area Network

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Configuring FICON

Extension

This chapter contains the procedures for configuring your UltraNet

Edge 3000 for FICON extension over an Ethernet or ATM WAN using

McDATA’s UltraNet ConfigManager configuration tool.

Prior to configuring the UltraNet Edge 3000, you should be familiar with Fibre Channel and Gigabit networking principles. You will need to gather the IP addresses for your UltraNet Edge 3000 to configure an Ethernet WAN. See the UltraNet Edge Storage Router Configuration IP Address Worksheet in Appendix J.

Configuring a 1x1 Ethernet Wide Area Network

To configure your UltraNet Edge 3000 for an Ethernet WAN, the following eight procedures are necessary. Complete each procedure in the order shown below:

1.Gathering the IP Addresses

2.Starting UltraNet ConfigManager

3.Adding Nodes for an Ethernet WAN Configuration

4.Setting the Initial Configuration

5.Setting the License Information

6.Adding an IP Circuit

7.Creating a FICON Data Path

8.Delivering the Configured Network

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