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