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About This Document
Introduction
Use this guide for monitoring, configuring, and maintaining a StorageNet Fibre Channel
Switch 4000 through SCSI-3 Enclosure Services (SES). You should be knowledgeable about
networking in general, routing and bridging in particular. A clearly defined network and
security plan is necessary. Your security plan should assess the possible risks to your network
and define access policies to deal with those risks.

How This Guide is Organized

This guide is divided into the following chapters:
•Chapter 1 “Product Overview”, provides an overview of SES and SES Management.
•Chapter 2 “SES Concepts”, describes the concepts associated with SES.
•Chapter 3 “SES Commands”, describes FC-PH constructs, FCP and SES commands,
and diagnostics pages.
•Chapter 4 “Troubleshooting”, describes command error messages.
The following appendix is also included in this guide:
•Appendix A “Glossary”.

Reference Documents

The following documents contain information related to SES:
Fibre Channel Standards. For detailed information on the Fibre Channel standards, see the
Fibre Channel Association web site at http://www.fibrechannel.com.
StorageNet Fibre Channel Switch 4000 Installation and Reference Guide (8946119902)
StorageNet Fibre Channel Switch 4000 WEB TOOLS User Guide (8946121602)
StorageNet Fibre Channel Switch 4000 ZONING User Guide (8946121502)