SANbox2-64 Fibre Channel Switch

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Installation Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.3

Fibre Channel Ports

2-7

 

2.3.1

Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) Transceivers

2-8

 

2.3.2

Port Status LED

2-8

 

2.3.3

Port Modes

2-9

 

2.3.3.1

Fabric Ports

2-9

 

2.3.3.2

Translated Loop Port

2-10

 

2.3.3.3

Expansion Port

2-10

 

2.4

Ethernet Port

2-11

 

2.5

Serial Port

2-12

 

2.6

Power Supply Modules

2-13

 

2.7

Fans

2-14

 

2.8

Switch Management

2-15

 

Section 3

Planning

 

 

3.1

Devices

3-1

 

3.1.1

Public and Private

3-1

 

3.1.2

Redundancy and Latency

3-2

 

3.2

Multiple Chassis Fabrics

3-4

 

3.2.1

Domain ID, Principal Priority, and Domain ID Lock

3-4

 

3.2.2

Common Topologies

3-5

 

3.3

Performance

3-6

 

3.3.1

Distance

3-6

 

3.3.2

Bandwidth

3-7

 

3.3.3

Latency

3-7

 

3.4

Device Access

3-8

 

3.4.1

Soft Zone

3-9

 

3.4.2

Access Control List Hard Zone

3-9

 

3.4.3

Virtual Private Fabric Hard Zones

3-10

 

3.5

Fabric Management

3-10

 

3.6

Fabric Security

3-11

 

Section 4

Installation

 

 

4.1

Site Requirements

4-1

 

4.1.1

Fabric Management Workstation

4-1

 

4.1.2

Switch Power Requirements

4-1

4.1.3

Environmental Conditions

4-2

 

4.2

Installing a Switch

4-2

 

4.2.1

Mount the Switch

4-3

 

4.2.2

Install SFP Transceivers

4-5

 

4.2.3

Connect the Switch to AC Power

4-5

 

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