McDATA 4416 manual Fibre Channel Ports, 10 11 12

Fibre Channel Ports

Fibre Channel Ports

The switch module has 6 external Fibre Channel ports through which to connect to devices or other switches and 10 internal ports connecting to the server midplane. Each of the external Fibre Channel ports is served by a Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) optical transceiver and is capable of 1-Gbps,

2-Gbps, or 4-Gbps transmission. SFPs are hot-pluggable. External ports can self-discover both the port type and transmission speed when connected to public devices or other switches. The internal ports operate at 1-Gbps or 2-Gbps.

The external ports are named Ext10, Ext11, Ext12, Ext13, Ext14, and Ext15 and are numbered 10–15 as shown in Figure 1-4. The external port LEDs are located to the left their respective ports and provide port login and activity status information.

14 15

10 11 12 13

Figure 1-4. Fibre Channel Ports

Internal ports are named Int0–Int9 and numbered 0–9. The port numbers 0–9 correspond to server blades 1–10 as shown in Figure 1-5.

Server Blades

1 2 3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

0 1 2 3

Switch Module Ports

4

10

5

11

6

12

7

13

8

14

9

15

Figure 1-5. Internal Port/Server Blade Mapping

NOTE: The switch module comes from the factory as a 12-port switch, enabling external ports 10–13 and internal ports 0–7 . You can upgrade the switch module to enable the remaining external ports (14, 15) and internal ports (8, 9) through the purchase of the Port Activation PFE key. Refer to the McDATA Switch Module Management Guide for information about installing a PFE key. For additional McDATA PFE keys, please contact your McDATA representative or visit the web site at www.mcdata.com.

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McDATA 4416 Fibre Channel Switch Module Installation Guide