User`s guide

INSPEED MODEL 370 EMBEDDED STORAGE SWITCH

USER’S GUIDE CHAPTER 3: SWITCH MANAGEMENT

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Smart Setting Assignments

The Smart Settings are based on several port settings and policies grouped into the following

categories:

• Port Information

• Pre-Insertion Testing

• Change Notifications

•Port Recovery

• Diagnostics

These settings can be adjusted on custom Smart Settings; however, these settings are fixed on the

default Smart Settings.

Port Information

The following settings are available.

Pre-Insertion Testing

The following settings are available.

Setting Description

Smart Setting Name Displays the name of the Smart Setting. The Smart Setting name

will automatically appear in the text box when selected in the scroll

menu.

Smart Setting Type The topology among switches for a port. Options include:

• Initiator or Target Port – the default setting. Should be used when

there are no links between switches.

• Tree Cascade – designates the port as a tree cascade port. Use

this setting when connecting multiple switches together in a tree

cascade configuration. Under most conditions, this setting will

result in acceptable performance.

• String Cascade 1 through String Cascade 4 – designates the

string cascade to which a port is assigned. String cascades

maintain fairness when two or more InSpeed-based storage

switches are serially cascaded. Switch performance may be

lower when compared to a tree cascade configuration.

Setting Description

Enable Policies/Smart

Insertion

This policy is the default operating mode for all ports and

determines what the switch looks for prior to allowing a port to

insert into a zone. When the policy is enabled, an external device is

sent an F7 Initialization notification by the switch until an F7

Initialization notification is received from the device. Once an F7

Initialization notification is received, the port is inserted in the zone.

This policy takes precedence over all other policies. When this

policy is disabled, no additional policies are operational, and as

long as a port transmits a signal of the correct frequency and

amplitude, the port will be allowed in the zone.