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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McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual

General Information

Switch Description

The Sphereon 4500 Switch provides Fibre Channel connectivity

through 24 generic mixed ports (GX_Ports). Switch ports operate at

either 1.0625 or 2.125 gigabits per second (Gbps), and can be

configured as:

• Fabric ports (F_Ports) to provide direct connectivity for up to 24

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.

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 4500 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.

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