McDATA 3032, 3232 Task 27: Connect Switch to a Fabric Director (Optional)

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Installation Tasks

Task 27: Connect Switch to a Fabric Director (Optional)

To provide Fibre channel connectivity between public devices and

fabric-attached devices, connect the switch to an expansion port

(E_Port) of a McDATA Director. The switch port to director port

connection is called an interswitch link (ISL). In addition:

• If interop mode is set to McDATA Fabric, the switch can be

fabric-attached only to another McDATA switch or director.

• If interop mode is set to Open Fabric, the switch can be

fabric-attached to McDATA switches or directors, and to switches

or directors produced by other OEMs.

To fabric-attach the switch and create an ISL:

1. Ensure the switch is defined to the SAN management application

(defined while performing Task 13: Configure the Switch to the

Management Application on page 2-51)

2. Ensure the preferred domain ID for the switch is unique and does

not conflict with the ID of another switch participating in the

fabric. To change the domain ID, refer to Task 19: Configure the

Sphereon 3032/3232 Element Manager Applications on page 2-76.

3. Ensure the R_A_TOV and E_D_TOV values for the switch are

identical to the values for all switches participating in the fabric.

To change the values, refer to Task 19: Configure the Sphereon

3032/3232 Element Manager Applications on page 2-76.

4. Route a multimode or singlemode fiber-optic cable (depending

on the type of SFP transceiver installed) from a

customer-specified E_Port of the switch to the director.

5. Connect the switch-attached fiber-optic cable to the port SFP

transceiver.

6. If the switch is managed by an attached management server, go to

step 7. If the switch is managed by the SANpilot interface:

a. At the Configure panel, select View at the left side of the panel.

The View panel opens with the Unit page displayed.

b. At the View panel, click the Port Properties tab. The Port

Properties page displays with a port number selected

(highlighted red), and port information listed.