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McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual

Physical Planning Considerations

• Connectivity to an IBM eServer zSeries 800 (z800), zSeries 900

(z900), or zSeries 990 (z990) processor, with one or more FICON

or FICON Express channel adapter cards installed, using the

z/OS operating system, Version 1.1 or later.

• A host-attached Hardware Management Console. The console

runs the Hardware Management Console application (HWMCA)

and is the operations and management PC platform for S/390 or

zSeries servers.

Flexport Technology

Sphereon 3232, 4300, and 4500 Fabric Switches can be purchased at a

discount without all Fibre Channel ports enabled. The Flexport

Technology feature is a hardware port expansion kit that allows

customers to upgrade switch capacity on demand in eight-port

increments. Flexport Technology kits are available to upgrade the:

• Sphereon 3232 Fabric Switch from 16 to 24 ports or

from 24 to 32 ports.

• Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch from four to eight ports or

from eight to 12 ports.

• Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch from eight to 16 ports or

from 16 to 24 ports.

Each port expansion kit includes four or eight SFP optical

transceivers, upgrade instructions, and a feature key that enables the

added port capacity through the Element Manager application.

SANtegrity

Authentication

SANtegrity Authentication is a feature that significantly enhances

and extends SAN data security by providing password safety; CHAP

or DHCHAP verification for fabric elements, management servers,

and devices; a PCP user database; CT authentication for the OSMS

interface; RADIUS server support; inband and out-of-band access

controls lists; encrypted SSH protocol; and security logging. For

additional information about the feature, refer to SANtegrity

Authentication.

SANtegrity Binding

SANtegrity Binding is a feature that significantly enhances SAN data

security. The feature includes:

• Fabric binding - This portion of the feature allows only specified

directors or fabric switches to attach to specified fabrics in a SAN.