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SANbox 5602 Switch Management

 

 

 

User’s Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

In-Order-Delivery

A feature that requires that frames be received in the same order in which they were sent.

Input Power LED

A chassis LED that indicates that the switch logic circuitry is receiving proper DC voltages.

Inter-Switch Link

The connection between two switches using E_Ports.

IP

Internet Protocol

LIP

Loop Initialization Primitive sequence

Logged-in LED

A port LED that indicates device login or loop initialization status.

Maintenance Button

Formerly known as the Force PROM button. Momentary button on the switch used to reset the switch or place the switch in maintenance mode.

Maintenance Mode

Formerly known as force PROM mode. Maintenance mode sets the IP address to

10.0.0.1and provides access to the switch for maintenance purposes.

Management Information Base

A set of guidelines and definitions for SNMP functions.

Management Workstation

PC workstation that manages the fabric through the fabric management switch.

Mesh Topology

A fabric in which each chassis has at least one port directly connected to each other chassis in the fabric.

MIB

Management Information Base

Multistage Topology

A fabric in which two or more edge switches connect to one or more core switches.

NL_Port

Node Loop Port. A Fibre Channel device port that supports arbitrated loop protocol.

N_Port

Node Port. A Fibre Channel device port in a point-to-point or fabric connection.

Pending Firmware

The firmware image that will be activated upon the next switch reset.

POST

Power On Self Test

Power On Self Test (POST)

Diagnostics that the switch chassis performs at start up.

Principal Switch

The switch in the fabric that manages domain ID assignments.

SANsurfer Switch Manager

Switch management application.

SFP

Small Form-Factor Pluggable.

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Sun Microsystems 5602 In-Order-Delivery, Input Power LED, Inter-Switch Link, Logged-in LED, Maintenance Button, NLPort