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

General Information
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General Information
The McDATA
®
Sphereon™ 4500 Fabric Switch provides up to 24
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 or the optional rack-mount management
server. 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, rack-mount
management server, or a remote workstation.
• Error detection, reporting, and serviceability features.
• Software diagnostic features.
• Tools and test equipment.