Q-Logic MKII-BASE16 user manual Introduction

Introduction

•Configure the desired Port State and read the actual Port State On Line

Off Line Test

Failure (Read only)

•Read the status of each port including:

•Port Type for each fabric port F_Port

FL_Port

T_Port (Trunk ports interconnect chassis in a multi-stage fabric.)

•Port Status for each fabric port

Logged In

Not Logged In

•FL_Port Loop Status for each FL_Port

•AL-PA of all logged-in NL_Ports

•Configure Loop Devices including:

•Place any NL_Port into Loop Bypass Mode

•Place any or all NL_Ports back into normal Loop Mode

•Re-initializing the Loop

•Read Name Server Information for all logged-in ports

•Load new Switch control-processor firmware into the Switch’s control processor Flash and Reset the Switch

•Display all the SNMP managed objects provided by the Switch

•Display the Switch World Wide Name and all its hardware and software version numbers

•Perform Diagnostics Trace operations on the Switch under the direction of Ancor service personnel

•Divide the fabric ports into zones for more efficient and secure communication among functionally grouped nodes. There are three types of zones and a port may be defined in any or all of them.

•Hard Zones follow physical boundaries within a Single-Stage Switch chassis and limit the communication of a port to only other ports in the same Hard Zone. There may be as many as four Hard Zones and a particular port may be in only one of them.

•Broadcast Zones allow the division of the fabric into as many as 16 zones that

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