Specifications

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Configuration Planning Tasks
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Configuration Planning Tasks
• Obtain IP addresses and SNMP community names for
management workstations that have access to products.
• Determine which (if any) management workstations can have
write permission for SNMP variables.
• Obtain product-specific trap information from McDATA to load
onto SNMP management workstations.
Task 8: Plan E-Mail Notification (Optional)
As an option, network administrators can configure director and
fabric switch e-mail support. The following support considerations
are required if the e-mail notification feature is used:
• Determine if e-mail notification is to be configured and used for
significant system events.
• Determine which persons (up to five) require e-mail notification
of significant director or switch events and record their e-mail
addresses.
• Identify an attached e-mail server that supports the simple mail
transfer protocol (SMTP) standard as defined in RFC 821.
NOTE: E-mail notification for SAN routers is not supported.
Task 9: Establish Product and Server Security Measures
Effective network security measures are recommended for directors,
fabric switches, SAN routers, and the management server. Physical
access to the network should be limited and monitored, and
password control should be strictly enforced. When planning
security measures, consider the following:
• Managed products and the management server are installed on a
LAN segment and can be accessed by attached devices (including
devices connected through a remote LAN). Access from remote
devices is limited by installing the management server and
managed products on an isolated, dedicated LAN segment.
This approach is recommended. Installing and enabling the
SANtegrity Authentication and SANtegrity Binding features is
also recommended.