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McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual
Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products
• LEDs provide visual indicators of hardware status or
malfunctions. LEDs are provided on FRUs, operator panels,
front panels, and bezels.
• System alerts, event logs, audit logs, link incident logs, and
hardware logs display the following director and fabric switch
information at the management server or remote workstations:
— Director status.
— Fabric switch status.
— Ethernet link status.
— Fibre Channel link status.
In addition, threshold alerts and a threshold alert log notify users
when the transmit (Tx) or receive (Rx) throughput reaches a
specified value for configured ports.
• System alerts, system logs, message logs, SAN reports, and
product reports display the following SAN router information at
the management server or remote workstations:
— SAN router status.
— Port connectivity status.
In addition, port statistics, traffic, and compression dialog boxes
provide Tx or Rx status for configured ports.
• Product diagnostic software that performs power-on self-tests
(POSTs), and director and fabric switch software that performs
port diagnostics (internal and external loopback tests).
NOTE: SAN routers do not support loopback testing.
• Directors and fabric switches (except the Sphereon 4300 and
Sphereon 4500 Switches), can perform a diagnostic Fibre Channel
(FC) wrap test. The FC wrap test applies only when a director or
switch is operated using the FICON management style.
NOTE: Sphereon 4300 and 4500 Fabric Switches do not support
operation using the FICON management style.