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PrefaceThis publication is part of a doc umentation suite that supports the
McDATA® Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch.
Who Should Use this
Manual Use this publication if you are a trained installation and service
representative experienced with t he product, storage area network
(SAN) technology, and Fibre Channe l technology.
The product contains no customer-serviceable parts that require
internal access to the product during normal operation or prescribed
maintenance conditions. In addition, refer to this manual for
instructions prior to performi ng any maintenance action.
Organization of this
Manual This publication includes six ch apters and one appendix organized as
follows:
Chapter 1, General Information - This chapter describes the switch,
including field-replaceable units (FRUs), controls, connectors, and
indicators, and switch specifications. The chapter also describes
the maintenance approach, error detection and reporting features,
serviceability features, software diagnostic features, and tools and
test equipment.
Chapter 2, Installation Tasks - This chapter describes tasks to
install, configure, and verify operati on of th e s wit ch .
Chapter 3, Maintenance Analysis Procedures - This chapter
describes maintenance analysis procedures (MAPs) to fault isolate
a switch problem to an individual FRU.