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1-2 McDATA Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual
General Information
Expansion ports (E_Ports) to provide interswitch link (ISL)
connectivity to fabric directors and switches.
Fabric loop ports (FL_Ports) to provide connectivity and fabric
attachment for Fibre Channel arbitrat ed loop (FC-AL) devices.
The switch is installed on a table or desktop, mounted in a n FC-512
Fabricenter® equipment cabinet, or mounted in any standard 19-inch
equipment rack.
Operators with a browser-capable PC and Internet connectivity can
manage the switch through a fi rmware-resident Enterprise Fab ric
Connectivity Manager (EFCM) Basic Edition interface. The interface
manages only a single switch, a nd provides a graphical user inte rface
(GUI) that supports configuration, statistics monitoring, operation,
and maintenance. The int erface is opened from a web browser
running Netscape Navigator® 4.6 (or higher) or Microsoft® Internet
Explorer 4.0 (or higher).
Field-Replaceable
Units The switch provides a modul ar design that enables quick removal
and replacement of FRUs, including small form factor pluggable
(SFP) optical transceivers and power supply assemblies. Figure1-1
illustrates the front of the switch and shows the:
1. Ethernet LAN connector.
2. Initial machine load and reset (IML/RESET) button.
3. Green po wer (PWR) light-emitting diode (LED).
4. Amber system error (ERR) LED.
5. SFP optical transceivers (12).
Figure1 -1 Sphereon 4300 Switch (Front View)