McDATA 3000 manual Network Routing Options, Dedicated, UltraNet ConfigManager

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Network Routing Options

UltraNet ConfigManager

When you perform the initial TCP/IP configuration using the UltraNet ConfigManager, the PC which has UltraNet ConfigManager installed on it, must be on the same LAN and subnet as the Ethernet maintenance interface.

Network Routing Options

When configuring the UltraNet Edge 3000, there are three possible network routing options; dedicated, load balancing, and fail over. Table 3-1 shows the availability of the routing options based on the type of network configuration.

Each section that follows, provides a description of the way UltraNet

ConfigManager operates when that option is chosen.

Table 3-1	Routing Option Availability
		Configuration	Dedicated	Load Balancing	Fail Over
		1x1	Available	N/A	N/A
		2x2	Available	Available	Available

	Dedicated	If Dedicated is selected for a FC/IP or Fibre Channel Switch interface
		and is a 1x1 configuration, the Fibre channel interface is dedicated to
		a single WAN interface.
		If this option is selected for a Fibre Channel Switch interface and is a
		2x2 configuration, both Fibre Channel Switch ports are dedicated to a
		single WAN interface.
		If this option is selected for an FC/IP interface and is a 2x2
		configuration, the chassis is configured as two virtual 1x1s, each with
		a single Fibre Channel interface, and a single WAN interface. Each
		Fibre Channel interface is dedicated to a single WAN interface. If the
		WAN experiences errors, increased latency, or decreased bandwidth,
		the Fibre Channel interface dedicated to it is degraded. In this event,
		the other dedicated Fibre Channel/WAN pair continues to run
		without degradation.
		When using the Dedicated Circuit Network Routing option, there are
		separate virtual channels. This means the traffic on each Fibre
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