Fibre Channel Ports

SANbox2-16 Fibre Channel Switch

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Installation Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.1.3.2

Fan Fail LED (Amber)

2-3

2.1.3.3

Heartbeat LED (Amber)

2-4

2.1.3.4

Input Power LED (Green)

2-4

2.2

Fibre Channel Ports

2-4

2.2.1

Port LEDs

2-5

2.2.1.1

Port Logged-In LED

2-5

2.2.1.2

Port Activity LED

2-5

2.2.2

Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) Transceivers

2-6

2.2.3

Port Types

2-6

2.3

Ethernet Port

2-7

2.4

Serial Port

2-8

2.5

Power Supplies

2-9

2.6

Fans

2-10

2.7

Switch Management

2-10

2.7.1

SANsurfer Switch Manager

2-10

2.7.2

SANsurfer Switch Manager Web Applet

2-11

2.7.3

Command Line Interface

2-11

2.7.4

SANsurfer Switch Manager Application Programming Interface

2-11

2.7.5

Simple Network Management Protocol

2-11

2.7.6

File Transfer Protocol

2-12

Section 3

Planning

 

 

3.1

Devices

3-1

3.2

Device Access

3-2

3.2.1

Soft Zones

3-3

3.2.2

Access Control List Hard Zones

3-3

3.3

Performance

3-4

3.3.1

Distance

3-4

3.3.2

Bandwidth

3-5

3.3.3

Latency

3-5

3.4

Multiple Chassis Fabrics

3-6

3.4.1

Optimizing Device Performance

3-6

3.4.2

Domain ID, Principal Priority, and Domain ID Lock

3-7

3.4.3

Common Topologies

3-8

3.4.3.1

Cascade Topology

3-8

3.4.3.2

Mesh Topology

3-9

3.4.3.3

Multistage Topology

3-10

3.5

Fabric Security

3-11

3.5.1

User Account Security

3-11

3.5.2

Fabric Services

3-11

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