User manual

Preface

This publication is part of the documentation suite that supports the

following McDATA

products:

• Sphereon™ 3016, 3032, 3216, 3232, 4300, 4400, 4500, and 4700

Fabric Switches

•Intrepid

6064 and 6140 Directors

Who Should Use This

Manual

This publication is for data center administrators or customer

support personnel, who use the Command Line Interface (CLI)

equipped with a Telnet Client to manage the following:

• Sphereon 3016, 3032, 3216, 3232, 4300, 4400, 4500 and 4700 Fabric

Switches

• Intrepid 6064 and 6140 Directors

NOTE: A limited number of these commands are available on the ED-5000

Director.

These commands can be entered directly or combined into scripts for

a host-based scripting environment. This publication assumes that

the users are familiar with the following:

• Establishing and using a Telnet session

• Using the command line of a terminal

• Writing Scripts

• Networking, SAN and Zoning concepts

• McDATA's products in the managed network