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Chapter 4 Other Supported MEDIASwitches

MEDIASwitches

The older MEDIASwitches can have either 8 ports or 16 ports, and your

MediaNetwork workgroup can have 1 or 2 switches. The switch allows you to

connect the File Manager, several PortServer or PortServer Pro systems,

several MediaNetwork Fibre Channel clients, and up to 7 MEDIArray II (or 6

MEDIArray ZX(3)) drive enclosures (either individually or in pairs of daisy-

chained enclosures) together.

Each MEDIASwitch isolates its ports, treating each port as an individual Fibre

Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL). This isolation localizes loop initialization

events (adding or removing clients, or client restarts) to a particular port. This

isolation also increases the stability of the Fibre Channel environment.

All the connections and indicators are on the back of the MEDIASwitch. “An

8-Port MEDIASwitch” and “A 16-Port MEDIASwitch” show the back panel

connectors and status indicators for the 8-port and 16-port MEDIASwitches,

respectively.

An 8-Port MEDIASwitch

A 16-Port MEDIASwitch

Each MEDIASwitch port uses a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) connector

to attach an optical cable to the MEDIASwitch (see “Small Form-factor

Pluggable Connector” on page 41). The connectors are removable so that you

can reconfigure your MEDIASwitch optical cable connections.

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