McDATA Sphereon 4300 manuals

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Mcdata Sphereon 4300 User Manual (188 pages)


Brand: Mcdata | Category: Network switches | Size: 2.43 MB |

 

Table of contents

Sphereon™ 4300 Fabric Switch

1

Revision Date Description

2

Contents

3

Chapter 4 Repair Information

4

Appendix A Event Code Tables

5

General Information

23

Switch Description

23

Field-Replaceable

24

SFP Transceiver

25

Power Supply

26

IML/RESET Button

26

Ethernet LAN

27

Connector

27

Power and System

27

Error LEDs

27

FRU Status LEDs

27

Switch Specifications

28

Maintenance Approach

29

Switch Management

30

Tools and Test Equipment

31

Tools Supplied with

32

Tools Supplied by

33

Service Personnel

33

Summary of Installation Tasks

36

Unpack and Inspect

37

Desktop Installation

38

Rack-Mount

39

Installation

39

Installation Tasks

40

Configure Date and

42

Configure

43

Parameters

43

Configure Network

46

Network View

47

Configure Basic Port

48

Configure Port

49

BB_Credit

49

Configure Port NPIV

50

Configure SNMP

50

Enable CLI

51

Enable or Disable

52

Host Control

52

Configure SSL

53

Encryption

53

Install PFE Keys

54

(Optional)

54

D(installed) or

56

Quick Start

66

MAP 0000: Start MAP

69

Table 3-4 MAP 200 Event Codes

74

Table 3-6 MAP 400 Event Codes

79

Table 3-7 MAP 500 Event Codes

81

Port Fence Codes and Actions

98

Byte 4 Port Fence Code Action

98

Repair Information

103

Procedural Notes

103

Power On Switch

104

Power Off Switch

105

IML or Reset Switch

105

Clean Fiber-Optic Components

106

McDATA Filecenter Home Page

108

Port LED Diagnostics

110

Obtain Log

111

Information

111

Perform Port

114

Diagnostics

114

Diagnostics View

118

Collect

120

Maintenance Data

120

Set Online State

121

Block or Unblock a

122

Upgrade Firmware

123

Firmware Upgrade View

124

Configuration Data

125

Backup Configuration View

126

Restore Configuration View

127

ESD Procedures

130

Field-Replaceable Units

130

Illustrated Parts

135

Breakdown

135

Front-Accessible FRUs

136

Miscellaneous Parts

137

Power Cords and Receptacles

138

Illustrated Parts Breakdown

139

Event Code Tables

142

Table of contents

Products in a SAN

1

Environment

1

Planning Manual

1

Contents

3

Chapter 2 Product Management

4

Appendix B Firmware Summary

7

Introduction to McDATA

27

Multi-Protocol Products

27

Product Overview

28

Cabinet-Mount McDATA Products

30

SAN Management

31

Applications

31

Directors

32

Director

33

Performance

33

Intrepid 6064

34

Intrepid 6064 Director

35

Intrepid 6140

36

Intrepid 6140 Director

37

Intrepid 10000

38

Fabric Switches

40

Fabric Switch

41

Sphereon 3232

41

Sphereon 4300

42

Sphereon 4400

44

Sphereon 4500

45

Sphereon 4700

47

SAN Routers

48

SAN Router

49

Eclipse 1620 SAN

50

Eclipse 1620 SAN Router

51

Eclipse 2640 SAN

52

Product Features

54

Security Features

57

Serviceability

58

Features

58

Product Management

63

Interface Summary

68

Management Server Support

69

Specifications

70

Ethernet Hub

72

Product Firmware

73

Firmware Services

74

Backup and Restore Features

75

SAN Management Applications

77

Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch

78

Hardware View

79

SANvergence

80

Manager

80

EFCM Basic Edition Interface

82

Command Line Interface

83

Planning Considerations

85

Topologies

85

Fibre Channel Topologies

85

Shared Mode Versus

87

Switched Mode

87

Switched Mode Operation

88

Public Versus Private

90

Private Device Connectivity

91

Public Loop Connectivity

93

Private Loop Connectivity

93

FL_Port Connectivity

94

Connecting FC-AL

95

Devices to a

95

Switched Fabric

95

Tape Device

97

Fabric Topologies

98

Full Mesh Fabric

99

Core-to-Edge

100

2-by-14 Core-to-Edge Fabric

101

SAN Islands

102

Fabric Topology

103

Factors to Consider

104

When Implementing

104

Fabric Initialization

113

Fabric Performance

114

ISL Oversubscription

116

Low Device Locality

118

High Device Locality

118

Interswitch Link

119

Fabric Connection

119

Device Fan-Out Ratio: 10 to 1

119

Tier 2 Storage

120

Tier 2 Servers

120

Fabric Availability

121

Fabric Scalability

123

Obtaining

124

Professional

124

Services

124

FCP and FICON in a

125

Single Fabric

125

CTP - 1 Card

127

CTP - 0 Card

127

SBAR - 1 Module

128

SBAR - 0 Module

128

Multiple Data

135

Transmission Speeds

135

FICON Cascading

136

High-Integrity

137

Minimum

137

Requirements

137

Best Practices

138

Implementing SAN

143

Internetworking Solutions

143

SAN Island Consolidation

144

Flexible Partitioning

146

Technology

146

SAN Routing

150

SAN Routing Hierarchy

151

SAN Routing Concepts

152

Table 4-1 mSAN Routing Domain

160

Figure 4-6 iFCP WAN Extension

166

Table 4-3 mFCP Versus iFCP

170

Inter-FlexPar Routing

171

Implementing BC/DR Solutions

178

Extended-Distance

179

Operational Modes

179

SAN Extension

181

Transport

181

Technologies

181

Distance Extension

191

Through BB_Credit

191

Intelligent Port

193

Consolidation

202

Physical Planning

205

Considerations

205

Port Requirements

206

SFP Optical

208

Transceivers

208

High-Availability

210

Fibre Channel

211

Cables and

211

Connectors

211

Routing Fiber-Optic

212

Management

214

Remote User

215

Workstations

215

SNMP Management

217

EFCM Basic Edition

218

Interface

218

Security Provisions

219

SANtegrity

220

Authentication

220

SANtegrity Binding

223

PDCM Arrays

224

PDCM Array - Example Problem

226

Preferred Path

227

Director Zoning

229

Server and

233

Storage-Level

233

Access Control

233

Security Best

234

Practices

234

Optional Feature Keys

237

Flexport Technology

240

OpenTrunking

241

Full Volatility

242

Full Fabric

242

Remote Fabric

243

N_Port ID

243

Virtualization

243

Element Manager

243

Application

243

Configuration Planning

245

Task 1: Prepare a Site Plan

246

Configuration Planning Tasks

247

Task 5: Plan Ethernet Access

251

Rules for Port Names

257

Rules for Nicknames

258

Task 14: Plan AC Power

272

Product Specifications

283

Power Requirements

285

Heat Dissipation

287

Clearances

287

Operating

289

Dimensions

290

Cabinet Footprint

290

Fabricenter Cabinet Footprint

291

Firmware Summary

293

System-Related Differences

293

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