SANbox2-8c Fibre Channel Switch Installation Guide
 SANbox2-8c Fibre Channel Switch Installation Guide
Document Revision History
 Table of Contents
 Soft Zones Access Control List Hard Zones
User Account Security Fabric Services
Section Planning
Distance Bandwidth Latency
 Section Installation
Section Diagnostics/Troubleshooting
 Appendix a Specifications
Appendix B Command Line Interface
 Glossary Index
 Figures
Tables
 Intended Audience
Related Materials
 New in this Release
 Safety Notices Sicherheitshinweise
 Communications Statements
Federal Communications Commission FCC Class a Statement
 CE Statement
 Vcci Class a Statement
Bsmi Class a Statement
 Laser Safety Information
Electrostatic Discharge Sensitivity Esds Precautions
 Accessible Parts
Pièces Accessibles
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 General Public License
Preamble
 Introduction General Public License
 Introduction
 Introduction General Public License
 Introduction
 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
No Warranty
 ANY Warranty without even the implied warranty
Starts in an interactive mode
Hypothetical commands `show w and `show c should show
Later version
 Technical Support
Availability
Training
Contact Information
 General Description
 Maintenance Button
Resetting a Switch
Chassis Controls and LEDs
 Placing the Switch in Maintenance Mode
Over Temperature LED Amber
Chassis LEDs
 Input Power LED Green
Fan Fail LED Amber
Heartbeat LED Amber
Fibre Channel Ports
 Port LEDs
Port Logged-In LED
Port Activity LED
 Small Form-Factor Pluggable SFP Transceivers
Port Types
 Ethernet Port
Ethernet Port
 Serial Port
Serial Port Pin Identification
 Power Supply and Fan
Switch Management
SANsurfer Switch Manager
 SANsurfer Switch Manager Web Applet
Command Line Interface
SANsurfer Switch Manager Application Programming Interface
Simple Network Management Protocol
 File Transfer Protocol
 General Description Switch Management 59042-06 a
 Planning
Devices
 Device Access
Zoning Database Limits
 Access Control List Hard Zones
Soft Zones
 Performance
Distance
 Bandwidth
Latency
Port-to-Port Transmission Combinations
Port-to-Port Latency
 Multiple Chassis Fabrics
Optimizing Device Performance
 Domain ID, Principal Priority, and Domain ID Lock
 Common Topologies
Cascade Topology
 Mesh Topology
Mesh Topology
 Multistage Topology
Multistage Topology
 Fabric Services
Fabric Security
User Account Security
 Fabric Management
 Switch Power Requirements
Site Requirements
Fabric Management Workstation
Management Workstation Requirements
 Installing a Switch
Environmental Conditions
 Mount the Switch
Avertissement
 Install SFP Transceivers
 Connect the Workstation to the Switch
Ethernet and Serial Cable Connections
 Configure the Workstation
Setting the Workstation IP Address for Ethernet Connections
Configuring the Workstation Serial Port
Choose Make New Connection
 Enter the following COM Port settings in the COM Properties
Window and choose the OK button
 Bits per second
Data Bits
 Install SANsurfer Switch Manager
SANsurfer Management Suite Disk Windows Installation
 SANsurfer Management Suite Disk Linux Installation
 SANsurfer Management Suite Disk Solaris Installation
Execute the install program
Follow the installation instructions
 5.4
 Start SANsurfer Switch Manager
 For Linux or Solaris enter the SANsurfer command
 Connect the Switch to AC Power
 Avertissement
 Installation
 Configure the Switch
 Cable Devices to the Switch
Choose the Start button, select Programs, Accessories
HyperTerminal, and HyperTerminal
Select the connection you created earlier and choose the OK
 Install Firmware
 Using SANsurfer Switch Manager to Install Firmware
Using the CLI to Install Firmware
To start an admin session, enter the following
 Using FTP and the CLI to Install Firmware
Enter the following command to install the new firmware
 Wait for the unpack to complete
 Powering Down a Switch
 Diagnostics/Troubleshooting
Post Diagnostics
 System Error Blink Pattern
Heartbeat LED Blink Patterns
Internal Firmware Failure Blink Pattern
 Configuration File System Error Blink Pattern
 Close the FTP session. ftpquit
 Telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx or Telnet switchname
 Logging Error
Logged-In LED Indications
 EPort Isolation
 Excessive Port Errors
 Diagnostics/Troubleshooting
 Chassis Diagnostics
Over Temperature LED is Illuminated
 Input Power LED Is Extinguished
Fan Fail LED is Illuminated
 Recovering a Switch
 Maintenance Exit
Maintenance Image Unpack
 Maintenance Reset Network Config
Maintenance Reset User Accounts to Default
Maintenance Copy Log Files
Maintenance Remove Switch Config
 Maintenance Show Firmware Versions
Maintenance Set Active Image
 Diagnostics/Troubleshooting Recovering a Switch 59042-06 a
 Fabric Specifications
 Maintainability
 Dimensions
Electrical
 Environmental
 Regulatory Certifications
Vcci Class a ITE
Bsmi Class a
Cispr 22, Class a
 Specifications Regulatory Certifications 59042-06 a
 Logging On to a Switch
User Accounts
 Working with Switch Configurations
Modifying a Configuration
 Backing up and Restoring Switch Configurations
When you are done making changes to the switch
Shown
 Ftp ipaddress
 Commands
Table B-1. Command-Line Completion
 Table B-2. Commands Listed by Authority Level
Admin Session Commands
 Admin Command
Authority
Syntax
Keywords
 Alias Command
Syntax alias
 Members alias
Remove alias memberlist
Rename aliasold aliasnew
 Config Command
Syntax config
Keywords activate configname
Edit configname
 Restore
Manager Archive function are not compatible with the Config
Restore command
Save configname
 # ftp symbolicname or ipaddress
 Date Command
Syntax date
Keywords MMDDhhmmCCYY
 Fallback Command
Fallback
 Hardreset Command
Syntax
 Help Command
Keywords command
Syntax help command keyword
Authority None
 History Command
Authority None Syntax history
 Hotreset Command
Hotreset
 Image Command
Cleanup
Image
Fetch accountname ipaddress filesource filedestination
 Lip Command
 Passwd Command
Syntax passwd accountname Keywords accountname
 Ping Command
Syntax ping ipaddress
Keywords ipaddress
 Ps Command
Following is an example of the Ps command
Syntax Examples
Displays current system process information
 Quit Command
Closes the Telnet session
Syntax quit, exit, or logout
 Reset Command
Config configname
 Table B-3. Switch Configuration Defaults
System
Zoning
 Table B-4. Port Configuration Defaults
Arbff
 Table B-5. Port Threshold Alarm Configuration Defaults
Table B-6. Zoning Configuration Defaults
 Table B-7. Snmp Configuration Defaults
 Table B-8. System Configuration Defaults
 Set Command
Syntax set
 Setup option
Switch state
Port option
 Set Config Command
Set config
Table B-9. Set Config Port Parameters
Port portnumber
 Command Line Interface Set Config Command
 Table B-9. Set Config Port Parameters
 Table B-10. Set Config Switch Parameters
 Threshold
 Table B-11. Set Config Threshold Parameters
 Table B-12. Set Config Zoning Parameters
Memory. Refer to FC-SW-2 Compliant on page B-37 .
 Arbff
 Following is an example of the Set Config Switch command
Following is an example of the Set Config Threshold command
 RisingTrigger Decimal value 200 FallingTrigger SampleWindow
 Following is an example of the Set Config Zoning command
This
 Set Log Command
Set log
Archive
Clear
 Level level
Port portlist
Save
Start
 Stop
 Set Port Command
 Command Line Interface Set Port Command
 Set Setup Command
Set setup
Table B-13. Snmp Configuration Settings
Snmp System
 Table B-14. System Configuration Settings
 Table B-14. System Configuration Settings
 SANbox2 admin # set setup snmp
 Command Line Interface
 Following is an example of the Set Setup System command
SANbox2 admin # set setup system
 Show Command
Alarm option
Keywords about
Broadcast
 Fdmi portwwn
Log option
Ns option
 Pagebreak
Perf option
Table B-15. Show Port Parameters
 Lipalpdalps
 Post log
Steering domainid
Support
 Table B-16. Switch Operational Parameters
 Table B-16. Switch Operational Parameters
 Topology
Users
Version
 Following is an example of the Show Fdmi command
Following is an example of the Show Fdmi WWN command
 Following is an example of the Show NS local domain command
Following is an example of the Show NS domainID command
Following is an example of the Show NS portID command
 Following is an example of the Show Interface command
Collisions0 txqueuelen100
 Following is an example of the Show Port command
LIPF8F7
 Following is an example of the Show Switch command
Following is an example of the Show Topology command
 Command Line Interface Show Command
 Following is an example of the Show Version command
 Show Config Command
Show config
 Following is an example of the Show Config Switch command
Following is an example of the Show Config Threshold command
 Following is an example of the Show Config Zoning command
 Show Log Command
Show log
Component
Level
 Settings
Following is an example of the Show Log Level command
Options
Port
 Following is an example of the Show Log Options command
Following is an example of the Show Log command
 Show Perf Command
 Following is an example of the Show Perf Byte command
 Show Setup Command
Show setup
Mfg
 Following is an example of the Show Setup Snmp command
 Following is an example of the Show Setup System command
 Shutdown Command
Power from the switch
Shutdown
 Test Command
Test
Port portnumber testtype
Status
 Loopback plug must be installed for this test to pass
 To run an internal loopback test, enter the following
 Command Line Interface Test Command
 Uptime Command
Examples The following is an example of the Uptime command
Authority None Syntax uptime
 User Command
Keywords accounts
Add
Delete accountname
 Following is an example of the User Add command
 Following is an example of the User Edit command
Following is an example of the User Delete command
Following is an example of the User List command
 Whoami Command
Following is an example of the Whoami command
Whoami
 Zone Command
Syntax zone
 Members zone
Remove zone memberlist
Rename zoneold zonenew
Type zone zonetype
 Following is an example of the Zone Members command
 Following is an example of the Zone Zonesets command
 Zoneset Command
Syntax zoneset
 Remove zoneset zonelist
Rename zonesetold zonesetnew
Zones zoneset
 Zoning Command
Keywords active
Opens a Zoning Edit session
History
 Limits
Table B-17. Zoning Database Limits
 Following is an example of the Zoning Limits command
E2JBOD2
 Following is an example of the Zoning List command
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 Access Control List Zone
Administrative State
Alarm
BootP
 Class 3 Service
Configured Zone Sets
Default Visibility
Fabric Management Switch
 Input Power LED
Inter-Switch Link
Maintenance Button
Maintenance Mode
 Over Temperature LED
Power On Self Test Post
Principal Switch
SANsurfer Switch Manager
 Set of zone sets, zones, and aliases stored on a switch
Zone Set
Zoning Database
Page
 Index
Numerics
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 LED
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 Database 3-2,B-26
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