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SANbox2-16 Fibre Channel Switch Installation Guide
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Table of Contents
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Introduction
General Description
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Installation
Planning
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Diagnostics/Troubleshooting
POST Diagnostics
Chassis Diagnostics
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Removal/Replacement
Appendix A Specifications
Appendix B Command Line Interface
Glossary Index
Figures
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Port-to-Port Transmission Combinations
Tables
Commands Listed by Authority Level
Serial Port Pin Identification
Introduction
Intended Audience
Section
Related Materials
SANbox2-8c/16 Switch Management User’s Guide, Publication Number
4-3, 4-5
Safety Notices
Sicherheitshinweise
Notes informatives relatives à la sécurité
Communications Statements
Federal Communications Commission FCC Class A Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Class A Compliance Statement
CE Statement
BSMI Class A Statement
VCCI Class A Statement
Electrostatic Discharge Sensitivity ESDS Precautions
Laser Safety Information
Accessible Parts
Pièces Accessibles
Zugängliche Teile
Contact Information
Technical Support
Availability
Training
1 - Introduction Technical Support
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Figure 2-1. SANbox2-16 Fibre Channel Switch
General Description
Section
Figure 2-2. Chassis Controls and LEDS
Power Switches
Maintenance Button
Chassis Controls and LEDs
Figure 2-3. Chassis LEDs
Over Temperature LED Amber
Chassis LEDs
Fan Fail LED Amber
Figure 2-4. Fibre Channel Ports
Input Power LED Green
Heartbeat LED Amber
Fibre Channel Ports
Figure 2-6. Port LEDs
Small Form-Factor Pluggable SFP Transceivers
Port LEDs
Figure 2-5. SFP Transceiver
Logged-In LED
Activity LED
Port Modes
Fabric Ports
Translated Loop Port
Expansion Port
Figure 2-8. Serial Port
Ethernet Port
Serial Port
Figure 2-7. Ethernet Port
Power Supplies
Figure 2-9. Power Supply Components
Table 2-1. Serial Port Pin Identification
Figure 2-10. Fans
Fans
Switch Management
2 - General Description Switch Management
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Planning
Devices
Section
Domain ID, Principal Priority, and Domain ID Lock
Multiple Chassis Fabrics
Common Topologies
Cascade Topology
Figure 3-1. Cascade-with-a-Loop Topology
Figure 3-2. Mesh Topology
Mesh Topology
Figure 3-3. Multistage Topology
Multistage Topology
Distance
Performance
Table 3-2. Port-to-Port Latency
Bandwidth
Latency
Table 3-1. Port-to-Port Transmission Combinations
Device Access
Soft Zones
Access Control List Hard Zones
Fabric Management
Virtual Private Fabric Hard Zones
Fabric Security
3 - Planning Fabric Security
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Fabric Management Workstation
Installation
Switch Power Requirements
Site Requirements
Installing a Switch
Figure 4-1. SANbox2-16 Fibre Channel Switch
Environmental Conditions
Mount the Switch
Figure 4-2. Installing Rack Mount Brackets
Install SFP Transceivers
AVERTISSEMENT
Connect the Switch to AC Power
WARNUNG
Appendix A Specifications
a. Check voltage at the AC power source b. Inspect the power cord
Figure 4-3. Ethernet and Serial Cable Connections
Connect the Management Workstation to the Switch
Serial Connection
Ethernet Connection
SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Solaris Installation
Install SANbox Manager
SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Windows Installation
SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Linux Installation
SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Windows Installation
mount /mnt/cdrom
SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Linux Installation
chmod +x sansurferlinuxinstall.bin
sansurferlinuxinstall.bin
SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Solaris Installation
chmod +x sansurfersolarisinstall.pkg
sansurfersolarisinstall.pkg
SANbox2 Installation Disk - Windows Installation
SANbox2 Installation Disk - Linux Installation
SANbox2 Installation Disk - Solaris Installation
Configure the Switch
Cable Devices to the Switch
Configure the Ports
Using SANbox Manager to Install Firmware
Install Firmware
Using the CLI to Install Firmware
ftpbin ftpput filename
Using FTP and the CLI to Install Firmware
userimages password images
cli $admin start
cli admin $reset
Powering Down a Switch
cli admin $image list
cli admin $image unpack filename
Normal all pass
Diagnostics/Troubleshooting
POST Diagnostics
Heartbeat LED Blink Patterns
Internal Firmware Failure Blink Pattern
Maintenance Mode Pattern
Fatal Error Blink Pattern
Configuration File System Error Blink Pattern
passwordimages
0 Exit 1 Image Unpack 2 Reset Network Config 3 Reset Password File
4 Copy Log Files 5 Remove Switch Config 6 Remake Filesystem
7 Reset Switch Option
i. Reset the switch and close the Telnet session. cli admin $reset
ftpbin ftpput configdata
telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx or telnet switchname
cli admin $config restore
Figure 5-2. Logged-In LED Indications
Logging In Error
Logged-In LED Indications
Figure 5-1. Port Logged-In LED
EPort Isolation
Excessive Port Errors
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Figure 5-3. Chassis and Power Supply LEDs
Chassis Diagnostics
Fan Fail LED is Illuminated
Chassis Over Temperature LED is Illuminated
Input Power LED Is Extinguished
No - Refer to ”Output Power LED Is Extinguished” on page
Power Supply Over Temperature LED is Illuminated
Output Power LED Is Extinguished
Recovering a Switch
Maintenance - Image Unpack
Maintenance - Exit
Maintenance - Remove Switch Config
Maintenance - Reset Network Config
Maintenance - Reset Password File
Maintenance - Copy Log Files
AVERTISSEMENT
Removal/Replacement
Section
WARNUNG
SFP Transceivers
Figure 6-1. SFP Transceiver Installation
Power Supplies
Figure 6-2. Power Supply Removal
Fans
Figure 6-3. Fan Removal
Figure 6-4. Fan Installation for Switch Model SB2A-16B
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Specifications
Switch Specifications
Appendix A
Switch Maintainability
Switch Dimensions
Switch Electrical
Fabric Management
Switch Environmental
Switch Regulatory Certifications
Two fans front-to-back or back-to-front
Shortwave Laser SFP 1G/2G multi-mode
Longwave Laser SFP 1G/2G single-mode
Command Line Interface
Logging On to a Switch
Appendix B
Command Syntax
Table B-1. Commands Listed by Authority Level
Commands
Keywords
Admin Command
Authority
Syntax
Authority Admin Syntax alias
Alias Command
members alias
remove alias members
rename aliasold aliasnew
activate config backup cancel
Config Command
Syntax config
Keywords activate config
restore
save config
Keywords MMDDhhmmCCYY
Date Command
Syntax date
MMDDhhmmCCYY
Examples
Fallback Command
Authority
Syntax
Authority User
Help Command
Keywords command
Syntax help command keyword
Authority User Syntax history
History Command
Image Command
Authority Admin Syntax image cleanup
Keywords cleanup
Authority Admin
Lip Command
Syntax passwd accountname Keywords accountname
Passwd Command
Authority User Syntax ping
Ping Command
Examples
Ps Command
Authority
Syntax
Quit Command
Authority User
Syntax quit, exit, or logout
Authority
Reset Command
config configname
config configname
Default
Table B-2. Switch Configuration Defaults
Table B-3. Port Configuration Defaults
Default
Default
Table B-3. Port Configuration Defaults Continued
Table B-4. Alarm Threshold Configuration Defaults
Default
Default
Table B-4. Alarm Threshold Configuration Defaults Continued
Table B-5. SNMP Configuration Defaults
Default
Table B-6. System Configuration Defaults
Default
Parameter
Syntax set
Set Command
setup option
switch state
port option
ports portnumber
Set Config Command
Table B-7. Set Config Port Parameters
port portnumber
Table B-7. Set Config Port Parameters Continued
Parameter
Description
Table B-8. Set Config Switch Parameters
Parameter
Description
threshold
Table B-9. Set Config Threshold Parameters
Description
Table B-10. Set Config Zoning Parameters
Examples The following is an example of the Set Config Port command
Parameter
The following is an example of the Set Config Threshold command
The following is an example of the Set Config Switch command
B - Command Line Interface Set Config Command
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The following is an example of the Set Config Zoning command
configuration
must be saved see config save command and
Keywords
Set Log Command
Authority
Syntax
Other Monitors other miscellaneous events Port
and the Level keyword to Info at the same time
start
stop
Stops logging of events
Authority Admin
Set Port Command
Syntax
Set Setup Command
Table B-11. SNMP Configuration Settings
Authority
Description
Table B-12. System Configuration Settings
Table B-11. SNMP Configuration Settings
Entry
Table B-12. System Configuration Settings Continued
B - Command Line Interface Set Setup Command
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The following is an example of the Set Setup System command
port portnumber post log
Show Command
Keywords about
log option lsdb
donor
log option
ns option
domains
port portnumber
perf option
Table B-13. Show Port Parameters
Displays performance information for all ports. Refer to the ”Show Perf Command” on page B-58
Table B-13. Show Port Parameters Continued
Entry
Description
steering domainid
Date Alias List Config List Date History Ps
Table B-13. Show Port Parameters Continued
Displays switch operational information
The following is an example of the Show NS local domain command
The following is an example of the Show NS DomainID command
The following is an example of the Show Interface command
Class2FramesOut
The following is an example of the Show Port command
TotalLinkResets
PL-XPL-00-S23-00
The following is an example of the Show Topology command
The following is an example of the Show Switch command
IPAddress
The following is an example of the Show Topology command for port
The following is an example of the Show Version command
10.0.0.1 use set setup system to update
port portnumber
Show Config Command
Syntax
Keywords
The following is an example of the Show Config Threshold command
The following is an example of the Show Config Switch command
The following is an example of the Show Config Zoning command
Authority User
Show Log Command
Keywords component
settings
The following is an example of the Show Log command
The following is an example of the Show Log Options command
Syntax
Show Perf Command
errors
Authority
The following is an example of the Show Perf Byte command
Examples The following is an example of the Show Perf command
Keywords
Show Setup Command
Authority
Syntax
The following is an example of the Show Setup System command
Shutdown Command
Authority Admin
Syntax shutdown
Syntax test
Test Command
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3. A series of test parameters are displayed on the screen. Press the Enter key to accept each default parameter value, or type a new value for each parameter and press the Enter key. The TestLength parameter is the number of frames sent, the FrameSize 256 byte maximum in some cases parameter is the number of bytes in each frame, and the DataPattern parameter is the pattern in the payload. Before running the test, make sure that the device attached to the port can handle the test parameters
Authority User Syntax uptime
Uptime Command
Keywords accounts
User Command
password 4-20 chars
The following is an example of the User Add command
The following is an example of the User Delete command
The following is an example of the User List command
Examples
Whoami Command
Authority
Syntax
Syntax zone
Zone Command
rename zoneold zonenew
list
members zone
remove zone members
The following is an example of the Zone Members command
Examples The following is an example of the Zone List command
zoneset1
The following is an example of the Zone Zonesets command
SANbox2 # zone zonesets zone1
Current List of ZoneSets for Zone wwnb0241f
Syntax zoneset
Zoneset Command
Removes a list of zones given by zonelist from the zone set given by
The following is an example of the Zoneset Zones command
SANbox2 # zoneset zones ssss Current List of Zones for ZoneSet ssss
zone1 zone2 zone3
Keywords active
Zoning Command
Examples The following is an example of the Zoning Edit command
B - Command Line Interface Zoning Command
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B - Command Line Interface Zoning Command
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Glossary
Frame
Private Loop
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add member zone B-74 copy B-74