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SANbox 1400 Series Switch Management User’s Guide
Input Power LED
A chassis LED that indicates that the switch logic circuitry is receiving proper DC voltages.
Inter-Switch Link
The connection between two switches using E_Ports.
IP
Internet Protocol
LIP
Loop Initialization Primitive sequence
Logged-in LED
A port LED that indicates device login or loop initialization status.
Maintenance Button
Formerly known as the Force PROM button. Momentary button on the switch used to reset the switch or place the switch in maintenance mode.
Maintenance Mode
Formerly known as force PROM mode. Maintenance mode sets the IP address to
10.0.0.1and provides access to the switch for maintenance purposes.
Management Information Base
A set of guidelines and definitions for SNMP functions.
Management Workstation
PC workstation that manages the fabric through the fabric management switch.
Mesh Topology
A fabric in which each chassis has at least one port directly connected to each other chassis in the fabric.
MIB
Management Information Base
Multistage Topology
A fabric in which two or more edge switches connect to one or more core switches.
NL_Port
Node Loop Port. A Fibre Channel device port that supports arbitrated loop protocol.
N_Port
Node Port. A Fibre Channel device port in a
Pending Firmware
The firmware image that will be activated upon the next switch reset.
POST
Power On Self Test
Power On Self Test (POST)
Diagnostics that the switch chassis performs at start up.
Principal Switch
The switch in the fabric that manages domain ID assignments.
SANsurfer Switch Manager
Switch management application.
SFP
Small
Small Form-Factor Pluggable
A transceiver device, smaller than a GigaBit Interface Converter, that plugs into the Fibre Channel port.
