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

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McDATA Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual
General Information
• Fabric ports (F_Ports) to provide direct connectivity for up to 12
switched fabric devices.
• Fabric loop ports (FL_Ports) to provide arbitrated loop
connectivity and fabric attachment for FC-AL devices. Each
FL_Port can theoretically support the connection of 126 FC-AL
devices.
• Expansion ports (E_Ports) to provide interswitch link (ISL)
connectivity to fabric directors and switches. E_Port connectivity
is not standard, and must be configured through an optional
product feature enablement (PFE) key.
The switch can be installed on a table or desk top, mounted in a
McDATA FC-512 Fabricenter
®
equipment cabinet, or mounted in any
standard 19-inch equipment rack. Figure 1-1 illustrates the switch.
Figure 1-1 Sphereon 4300 Switch
Administrators or operators with a browser-capable PC and an
Internet connection monitor and manage the switch through the
SANpilot interface. The SANpilot interface manages only a single
switch, and provides a graphical user interface (GUI) that supports
product configuration, statistics monitoring, and basic operation. The
SANpilot interface is opened from a standard web browser running
Netscape Navigator
®
4.6 or higher or Microsoft
®
Internet Explorer
4.0 or higher. At the browser, enter the Internet Protocol (IP) address
of the switch as the Internet uniform resource locator (URL). When
prompted at a login screen, enter a user name and password.