FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual (620-000171-010, April 2005)

General Information
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General Information
The McDATA
®
Sphereon™ 4300 Fabric Switch provides up to 12
ports of low-cost and high-performance dynamic Fibre Channel
connectivity for switched fabric devices or arbitrated loop devices.
This function allows low-cost, low-bandwidth workgroup (edge)
devices to communicate with mainframe servers, mass storage
devices, or other peripherals, and ultimately be incorporated into an
enterprise storage area network (SAN) environment.
This chapter describes the switch and switch management through
the SANpilot™ interface. The chapter specifically describes:
• The switch, including field-replaceable units (FRUs), controls,
connectors, and indicators, and switch specifications.
• Maintenance approach.
• Switch management through the SANpilot interface.
• Error detection, reporting, and serviceability features.
• Software diagnostic features.
• Tools and test equipment.
Switch Description
The Sphereon 4300 Switch provides Fibre Channel device
connectivity through 12 ports that operate at either 1.0625 or 2.125
gigabits per second (Gbps), and can be configured as: