FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual (620-000159-320, April 2005)

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Installation Tasks
a. Type a switch name of 24 alphanumeric characters or less in
the Name field. Each switch should be configured with a
unique name.
If the switch is installed on a public LAN, the name should
reflect the switch’s Ethernet network DNS host name. For
example, if the DNS host name is sphereon4500.mcdata.com,
the name entered in this dialog box should be Sphereon 4500.
b. Type a switch description of 255 alphanumeric characters or
less in the Description field.
c. Type the switch’s physical location (255 alphanumeric
characters or less) in the Location field.
d. Type the name of a contact person (255 alphanumeric
characters or less) in the Contact field.
e. Click Set Name as Nickname to add a check mark to the check
box if you want to use the name in the Name field as a
nickname for the switch’s WWN. The nickname will then
display instead of the WWN in Element Manager application
Views.
2. Click Activate to save the information and close the dialog box.
Configure Switch
Parameters
Perform this procedure to configure the switch’s preferred domain
ID, insistent domain ID, rerouting delay, and domain RSCNs. The
switch must be set offline to configure the preferred domain ID. To
configure switch parameters:
1. Ensure the switch is set offline. For instructions, refer to Set the
Switch Online or Offline on page 4-48.
2. At the Hardware View, select Operating Parameters, then
Switch Parameters from the Configure menu. The Configure Switch
Parameters dialog box displays (Figure 2-85 on page 2-91).