Q-Logic MKII-BASE16 user manual Switch on Front, Switches on Back, Refresh Button

Switch Utilities — Versions

memory. This number is loaded as part of the Flash code. Therefore, this number could change following a Flash load.

Prom Software Version: This is the version number of the control code in PROM. This number is read from the PROM. Therefore, this number could change following a PROM change.

Hardware Version (PCB.ASIC): The number on the left side of the period is the version number of the board in the Switch. The number to the right of the period is the version number of the Switch ASIC.

Quadrants: Always equal to one in an 8 or 16-port Switch.

Chassis Type: This indicates that the Switch hardware is an 8 or 16-port Switch.

Chassis Number: This number represents bits 19 through 14 of the 24-bit Fibre Channel Address.

Stage Number: In a single-stage Switch this number is not used.

Fabric Id: This number represents bits 20 through 23 of the 24-bit Fibre Channel Address.

Module Address: This is the 24-bit Fibre Channel Address for the lowest numbered Fibre Channel port on the Switch chassis.

Management Version: The version number of the Management firmware.

Switch on Front

Continuous Test: This shows the state of the Continuous Test Button on a 16-port Switch. It is not used on an 8-port Switch.

Switches on Back

The FP (Force Prom) field indicates the position of the Force Prom switch on the 16-port Switch and the rotary Test Mode switch on an 8-port Switch. It will read “Normal” if the switch/button is in the normal operate position. It will read Force Prom if the switch/button is in the Force Prom position.

The remainder of the fields in this display show the states of the switches on the 16-port Switch Chassis Switch Panel (located on the back of the 16-port Switch chassis). These switches are not used, except for the Test Mode switches which are used at the factory.

Refresh Button

Reads the World Wide Name (8 or 16-port), Version Information (8 or 16-port), the Continuous Test button (16-port Switch), and the switches on the back of the 16-port Switch chassis.

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