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McDATA Sphereon™ 4500 Fabric Switch Product Manager User Manual

Product Manager Overview

List allows you to create a list of switches and devices that you

want to allow exclusively to attach to switch ports. For details,

refer to Configure Switch Binding on page 3-9.

Ports

Select this option to display the Configure Ports dialog box. For

each port you can provide a name, block or unblock operation,

enable LIN alerts for each port, enable Fabric Address

Notification (FAN), define a type (G, F, E, Gx, and Fx), configure

port binding, define port speed and enable port binding.

NOTE: Ports are automatically configured as G_Ports if no device is

connected, F_Ports if a device is connected, E_Ports if a switch is

connected, and FL_Port if connected to a loop device.

SNMP Agent

Select this option to display the Configure SNMP dialog box. Use

this dialog box to configure network addresses and community

names for up to six SNMP trap recipients. Also authorize write

permissions to enable SNMP management stations to modify

writable MIB variables. In addition, you can enable authorization

traps to be sent to management stations when unauthorized

stations request access to switch SNMP data.

Management Server

Select this option to display the Configure Open Systems

Management Server dialog box, if this feature is enabled for the

switch. Use this to configure an open systems inband

management program to function with the switch. To use these

procedures, you must have enabled the Open Systems

Management Server through the Configure Feature Key dialog box.

Features

Displays the Configure Feature Key dialog box. Use this dialog box

to enter a feature key to enable optional features that you have

purchased for the switch.

Date and Time

Select this option to display the Configure Date and Time dialog

box. Use this option to set the current date and time in the switch.

When the Periodic Date/Time Synchronization check box is checked,

the Date and Time fields are greyed out (disabled), and the EFC

Server date and time periodically synchronizes the switch date