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McDATA Sphereon 4400 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual

Installation Tasks

• RADIUS - Use the RADIUS Server View to configure up to three

remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) servers as

part of SANtegrity authentication. A RADIUS server stores and

authenticates passwords and CHAP secrets.

• Enterprise Fabric Mode - Use the Enterprise Fabric Mode View to

enable or disable Enterprise Fabric Mode (EFM). Fabric binding is

activated when EFM is enabled.

• Fabric binding - Use the Fabric Binding View to lock parameters of

a fabric in accordance with the user configuration. Fabric binding

creates a membership list of element (director or switch)

Domain_IDs and worldwide names (WWNs) that can

communicate with the product.

• Switch binding - Use the Switch Binding View to create a

membership list of node (device) WWNs that can attach to the

product. The specified connection policy restricts product access

through E_Ports, F_Ports, or in general (all ports).

• Port binding - Use the Port Binding View to bind an attached

device WWN to a product Fibre Channel port.

To configure optional features, refer to the McDATA EFCM Basic

Edition User Manual (620-000240) for instructions.

Configure

Interswitch Links

This section describes the procedures to configure the optional ISL

performance features enabled through Configure menu selections.

The OpenTrunking feature requires PFE key installation. Refer to

Installing PFE Keys (Optional) for instructions. Features include:

• OpenTrunking (Configure>Performance>Open Trunking)- Use

the OpenTrunking View to optimize ISL bandwidth. The feature

monitors data rates (congestion and BB_Credit starvation)

through multiple ISLs and load balances traffic (from congested

to uncongested links) accordingly.

• Preferred path (Configure>Performance>Preferred path) - Use

the Preferred Path View to specify and configure one or more ISL

data paths between multiple fabric elements. At each fabric

element, a preferred path consists of a source port, exit port, and

destination Domain_ID.