SANbox2-16 Fibre Channel Switch Installation Guide
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Introduction
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Installation
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Chassis Diagnostics
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POST Diagnostics
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Appendix B Command Line Interface
Removal/Replacement
Appendix A Specifications
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Serial Port Pin Identification
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Commands Listed by Authority Level
Port-to-Port Transmission Combinations
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Introduction
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SANbox2-8c/16 Switch Management User’s Guide, Publication Number
Related Materials
Notes informatives relatives à la sécurité
Safety Notices
Sicherheitshinweise
4-3, 4-5
Federal Communications Commission FCC Class A Statement
Communications Statements
Canadian Department of Communications Class A Compliance Statement
CE Statement
VCCI Class A Statement
BSMI Class A Statement
Laser Safety Information
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Training
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1 - Introduction Technical Support
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General Description
Figure 2-1. SANbox2-16 Fibre Channel Switch
Section
Chassis Controls and LEDs
Power Switches
Maintenance Button
Figure 2-2. Chassis Controls and LEDS
Fan Fail LED Amber
Over Temperature LED Amber
Chassis LEDs
Figure 2-3. Chassis LEDs
Fibre Channel Ports
Input Power LED Green
Heartbeat LED Amber
Figure 2-4. Fibre Channel Ports
Figure 2-5. SFP Transceiver
Small Form-Factor Pluggable SFP Transceivers
Port LEDs
Figure 2-6. Port LEDs
Activity LED
Logged-In LED
Port Modes
Translated Loop Port
Fabric Ports
Expansion Port
Figure 2-7. Ethernet Port
Ethernet Port
Serial Port
Figure 2-8. Serial Port
Figure 2-9. Power Supply Components
Power Supplies
Table 2-1. Serial Port Pin Identification
Fans
Figure 2-10. Fans
Switch Management
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2 - General Description Switch Management
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Devices
Planning
Section
Multiple Chassis Fabrics
Domain ID, Principal Priority, and Domain ID Lock
Cascade Topology
Common Topologies
Figure 3-1. Cascade-with-a-Loop Topology
Mesh Topology
Figure 3-2. Mesh Topology
Multistage Topology
Figure 3-3. Multistage Topology
Performance
Distance
Table 3-1. Port-to-Port Transmission Combinations
Bandwidth
Latency
Table 3-2. Port-to-Port Latency
Device Access
Access Control List Hard Zones
Soft Zones
Virtual Private Fabric Hard Zones
Fabric Management
Fabric Security
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3 - Planning Fabric Security
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Site Requirements
Installation
Switch Power Requirements
Fabric Management Workstation
Figure 4-1. SANbox2-16 Fibre Channel Switch
Installing a Switch
Environmental Conditions
Mount the Switch
Install SFP Transceivers
Figure 4-2. Installing Rack Mount Brackets
Connect the Switch to AC Power
AVERTISSEMENT
Appendix A Specifications
WARNUNG
a. Check voltage at the AC power source b. Inspect the power cord
Connect the Management Workstation to the Switch
Figure 4-3. Ethernet and Serial Cable Connections
Ethernet Connection
Serial Connection
SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Linux Installation
Install SANbox Manager
SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Windows Installation
SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Solaris Installation
SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Windows Installation
sansurferlinuxinstall.bin
SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Linux Installation
chmod +x sansurferlinuxinstall.bin
mount /mnt/cdrom
chmod +x sansurfersolarisinstall.pkg
SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Solaris Installation
sansurfersolarisinstall.pkg
SANbox2 Installation Disk - Linux Installation
SANbox2 Installation Disk - Windows Installation
SANbox2 Installation Disk - Solaris Installation
Configure the Switch
Configure the Ports
Cable Devices to the Switch
Install Firmware
Using SANbox Manager to Install Firmware
Using the CLI to Install Firmware
cli $admin start
Using FTP and the CLI to Install Firmware
userimages password images
ftpbin ftpput filename
cli admin $image unpack filename
Powering Down a Switch
cli admin $image list
cli admin $reset
Heartbeat LED Blink Patterns
Diagnostics/Troubleshooting
POST Diagnostics
Normal all pass
Configuration File System Error Blink Pattern
Maintenance Mode Pattern
Fatal Error Blink Pattern
Internal Firmware Failure Blink Pattern
7 Reset Switch Option
0 Exit 1 Image Unpack 2 Reset Network Config 3 Reset Password File
4 Copy Log Files 5 Remove Switch Config 6 Remake Filesystem
passwordimages
cli admin $config restore
ftpbin ftpput configdata
telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx or telnet switchname
i. Reset the switch and close the Telnet session. cli admin $reset
Figure 5-1. Port Logged-In LED
Logging In Error
Logged-In LED Indications
Figure 5-2. Logged-In LED Indications
EPort Isolation
Excessive Port Errors
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Chassis Diagnostics
Figure 5-3. Chassis and Power Supply LEDs
No - Refer to ”Output Power LED Is Extinguished” on page
Chassis Over Temperature LED is Illuminated
Input Power LED Is Extinguished
Fan Fail LED is Illuminated
Output Power LED Is Extinguished
Power Supply Over Temperature LED is Illuminated
Recovering a Switch
Maintenance - Exit
Maintenance - Image Unpack
Maintenance - Copy Log Files
Maintenance - Reset Network Config
Maintenance - Reset Password File
Maintenance - Remove Switch Config
WARNUNG
Removal/Replacement
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AVERTISSEMENT
Figure 6-1. SFP Transceiver Installation
SFP Transceivers
Figure 6-2. Power Supply Removal
Power Supplies
Figure 6-3. Fan Removal
Fans
Figure 6-4. Fan Installation for Switch Model SB2A-16B
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Switch Specifications
Specifications
Appendix A
Switch Maintainability
Switch Electrical
Switch Dimensions
Fabric Management
Switch Regulatory Certifications
Switch Environmental
Two fans front-to-back or back-to-front
Shortwave Laser SFP 1G/2G multi-mode
Longwave Laser SFP 1G/2G single-mode
Logging On to a Switch
Command Line Interface
Appendix B
Command Syntax
Commands
Table B-1. Commands Listed by Authority Level
Syntax
Admin Command
Authority
Keywords
Alias Command
Authority Admin Syntax alias
remove alias members
members alias
rename aliasold aliasnew
Keywords activate config
Config Command
Syntax config
activate config backup cancel
save config
restore
MMDDhhmmCCYY
Date Command
Syntax date
Keywords MMDDhhmmCCYY
Syntax
Fallback Command
Authority
Examples
Syntax help command keyword
Help Command
Keywords command
Authority User
History Command
Authority User Syntax history
Authority Admin Syntax image cleanup
Image Command
Keywords cleanup
Lip Command
Authority Admin
Passwd Command
Syntax passwd accountname Keywords accountname
Ping Command
Authority User Syntax ping
Syntax
Ps Command
Authority
Examples
Authority User
Quit Command
Syntax quit, exit, or logout
config configname
Reset Command
config configname
Authority
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
Default
Table B-6. System Configuration Defaults
Parameter
Set Command
Syntax set
switch state
setup option
port option
port portnumber
Set Config Command
Table B-7. Set Config Port Parameters
ports portnumber
Parameter
Table B-7. Set Config Port Parameters Continued
Description
Parameter
Table B-8. Set Config Switch Parameters
Description
Table B-9. Set Config Threshold Parameters
threshold
Parameter
Table B-10. Set Config Zoning Parameters
Examples The following is an example of the Set Config Port command
Description
The following is an example of the Set Config Switch command
The following is an example of the Set Config Threshold command
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must be saved see config save command and
The following is an example of the Set Config Zoning command
configuration
the ENTER
Syntax
Set Log Command
Authority
Keywords
Other Monitors other miscellaneous events Port
Stops logging of events
start
stop
and the Level keyword to Info at the same time
Set Port Command
Authority Admin
Authority
Set Setup Command
Table B-11. SNMP Configuration Settings
Syntax
Entry
Table B-12. System Configuration Settings
Table B-11. SNMP Configuration Settings
Description
Table B-12. System Configuration Settings Continued
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B - Command Line Interface Set Setup Command
B-41
The following is an example of the Set Setup System command
log option lsdb
Show Command
Keywords about
port portnumber post log
domains
log option
ns option
donor
Displays performance information for all ports. Refer to the ”Show Perf Command” on page B-58
perf option
Table B-13. Show Port Parameters
port portnumber
Entry
Table B-13. Show Port Parameters Continued
Description
Date Alias List Config List Date History Ps
steering domainid
Table B-13. Show Port Parameters Continued
Displays switch operational information
The following is an example of the Show NS DomainID command
The following is an example of the Show NS local domain command
The following is an example of the Show Interface command
PL-XPL-00-S23-00
The following is an example of the Show Port command
TotalLinkResets
Class2FramesOut
The following is an example of the Show Switch command
The following is an example of the Show Topology command
10.0.0.1 use set setup system to update
The following is an example of the Show Topology command for port
The following is an example of the Show Version command
IPAddress
Keywords
Show Config Command
Syntax
port portnumber
The following is an example of the Show Config Switch command
The following is an example of the Show Config Threshold command
The following is an example of the Show Config Zoning command
settings
Show Log Command
Keywords component
Authority User
The following is an example of the Show Log Options command
The following is an example of the Show Log command
Authority
Show Perf Command
errors
Syntax
Examples The following is an example of the Show Perf command
The following is an example of the Show Perf Byte command
Syntax
Show Setup Command
Authority
Keywords
The following is an example of the Show Setup System command
Authority Admin
Shutdown Command
Syntax shutdown
Test Command
Syntax test
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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
Uptime Command
Authority User Syntax uptime
User Command
Keywords accounts
The following is an example of the User List command
The following is an example of the User Add command
The following is an example of the User Delete command
password 4-20 chars
Syntax
Whoami Command
Authority
Examples
Zone Command
Syntax zone
remove zone members
list
members zone
rename zoneold zonenew
Examples The following is an example of the Zone List command
The following is an example of the Zone Members command
Current List of ZoneSets for Zone wwnb0241f
The following is an example of the Zone Zonesets command
SANbox2 # zone zonesets zone1
zoneset1
Zoneset Command
Syntax zoneset
Removes a list of zones given by zonelist from the zone set given by
SANbox2 # zoneset zones ssss Current List of Zones for ZoneSet ssss
The following is an example of the Zoneset Zones command
zone1 zone2 zone3
Zoning Command
Keywords active
Examples The following is an example of the Zoning Edit command
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B - Command Line Interface Zoning Command
B-79
B-80
B - Command Line Interface Zoning Command
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Glossary
Frame
Private Loop
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Index
Numerics
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