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Installation Tasks
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Installation Tasks
— IP Access Control - Configure a list of device IPaddresses ora
rangeofdeviceIPaddressesauthorizedtocommunicatewith
the product.
— RADIUS Servers - Configure RADIUS servers. A RADIUS
server stores and authenticates passwords and CHAP secrets.
• Enterprise Fabric Mode - Use the Enterprise Fabric Mode option
from the Configure menu (SAN management application) to
enable or disable EFM. Fabric binding is activated when EFM is
enabled.
• Fabric binding - Use the Fabric Binding from the Configure option
from the Configure menu (SAN management application) 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 WWNs that can communicate with the
product.
• Switch binding - Use the Switch Binding option from the
Configure menu (Element Manager application) 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).
To configure optional features, refer to the SANavigator Software
Release 4.2 User Manual (621-000013) or EFC Manager Software Release
8.7 User Manual (620-000170) for instructions.
Configure Interswitch Links
This section describes optional ISL performance features configured
through theSAN management or ElementManagerapplications. The
OpenTrunking PFE key must be installed (Install PFE Keys (Optional)
on page 2-25). Features include:
• OpenTrunking - Use the OpenTrunking option from theConfigure
menu (Element Manager application) to optimize ISLbandwidth.
The feature monitors data rates (congestion and BB_Credit
starvation) through multiple ISLs and load balances traffic (from
congested to uncongested links) accordingly.