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
Ethernet LAN
Connector
The front panel provides a 10/100 megabit per second (Mbps) RJ-45
twisted-pair connector (Figure 1-2 on page 1-3) that attaches to an
Ethernet LAN to provide communication with a PC accessing the
SANpilot interface or a simple network management protocol
(SNMP) management workstation. The connector provides two green
LEDs. The left LED illuminates to indicate LAN operation at 10
Mbps, while the right LED illuminates to indicate LAN operation at
100 Mbps.
Power and System
Error LEDs
The PWR LED (Figure 1-2 on page 1-3) illuminates when the switch
is connected to facility AC power and is operational (the switch does
not have a power switch). If the LED extinguishes, a facility power
source, power cord, or power distribution failure is indicated.
The ERR LED (Figure 1-2 on page 1-3) illuminates when the switch
detects an event requiring immediate operator attention, such as a
FRU failure or link incident. The LED remains illuminated as long as
an event is active. The LED extinguishes when Clear System Error
Light is selected from the SANpilot interface.
The LED blinks if unit beaconing is enabled. An illuminated LED
(indicating a failure) takes precedence over unit beaconing. The LED
also blinks (at twice the beaconing rate) when the IML/RESET button
is pressed and held for more than three seconds.
Port Status LEDs
Amber and green/blue LEDs to the left of each port (Figure 1-2 on
page 1-3) illuminate, extinguish, or blink to indicate port status and
port speed. The amber LED illuminates if the port fails. The green/
blue LED illuminates green to indicate 1.0625 Gbps port operation.
The green/blue LED illuminates blue to indicate 2.125 Gbps port
operation.
Maintenance Port
The rear panel provides a 9-pin DSUB maintenance port (Figure 1-3
on page 1-3) that provides a connection for a local terminal or dial-in
connection for a remote terminal. Although the port is typically used
by authorized maintenance personnel, operations personnel can use
the port to configure switch network addresses.