User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Section 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Intended Audience
- 1.2 Related Materials
- 1.3 New in this Release
- 1.4 Safety Notices
- 1.5 Sicherheitshinweise
- 1.6 Notes informatives relatives à la sécurité
- 1.7 Communications Statements
- 1.8 Laser Safety Information
- 1.9 Electrostatic Discharge Sensitivity (ESDS) Precautions
- 1.10 Accessible Parts
- 1.11 Pièces Accessibles
- 1.12 Zugängliche Teile
- 1.13 General Public License
- 1.14 Technical Support
- Section 2 General Description
- Section 3 Planning
- Section 4 Installation
- 4.1 Site Requirements
- 4.2 Installing a Switch
- 4.2.1 Mount the Switch
- 4.2.2 Install SFP Transceivers
- 4.2.3 Connect the Workstation to the Switch
- 4.2.4 Configure the Workstation
- 4.2.5 Install SANsurfer Switch Manager
- 4.2.5.1 SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Windows Installation
- 4.2.5.2 SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Linux Installation
- 4.2.5.3 SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Solaris Installation
- 4.2.5.4 SANsurfer Switch Manager Installation Disk - Windows Installation
- 4.2.5.5 SANsurfer Switch Manager Installation Disk - Linux Installation
- 4.2.5.6 SANsurfer Switch Manager Installation Disk - Solaris Installation
- 4.2.6 Start SANsurfer Switch Manager
- 4.2.7 Connect the Switch to AC Power
- 4.2.8 Configure the Switch
- 4.2.9 Cable Devices to the Switch
- 4.3 Install Firmware
- 4.4 Powering Down a Switch
- Section 5 Diagnostics/Troubleshooting
- 5.1 POST Diagnostics
- 5.2 Chassis Diagnostics
- 5.3 Recovering a Switch
- 5.3.1 Maintenance - Exit
- 5.3.2 Maintenance - Image Unpack
- 5.3.3 Maintenance - Reset Network Config
- 5.3.4 Maintenance - Reset User Accounts to Default
- 5.3.5 Maintenance - Copy Log Files
- 5.3.6 Maintenance - Remove Switch Config
- 5.3.7 Maintenance - Remake Filesystem
- 5.3.8 Maintenance - Reset Switch
- 5.3.9 Maintenance - Show Firmware Versions
- 5.3.10 Maintenance - Set Active Image
- Appendix A Specifications
- Appendix B Command Line Interface
- B.1 Logging On to a Switch
- B.2 User Accounts
- B.3 Working with Switch Configurations
- B.4 Commands
- Admin Command
- Alias Command
- Config Command
- Date Command
- Fallback Command
- Hardreset Command
- Help Command
- History Command
- Hotreset Command
- Image Command
- Lip Command
- Passwd Command
- Ping Command
- Ps Command
- Quit Command
- Reset Command
- Set Command
- Set Config Command
- Set Log Command
- Set Port Command
- Set Setup Command
- Show Command
- Show Config Command
- Show Log Command
- Show Perf Command
- Show Setup Command
- Shutdown Command
- Test Command
- Uptime Command
- User Command
- Whoami Command
- Zone Command
- Zoneset Command
- Zoning Command
- Glossary
- Index
3 – Planning
Multiple Chassis Fabrics
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3.4.3.3
Multistage Topology
A Multistage topology describes a fabric in which two or more edge switches
connect to one or more core switches. Each additional core switch increases the
bandwidth to each edge switch by 200 MB/s. The Multistage fabric shown in
Figure 3-3 has the following characteristics:
Each link contributes up to 200 MB/s of bandwidth between chassis.
Competition for this bandwidth is less than that of a cascade topology, but
greater than that of the mesh topology.
Latency between any two device ports is no more than two chassis hops.
26 Fibre Channel ports are available for devices
Figure 3-3. Multistage Topology
Edge Switch
Edge Switch Edge Switch
Core Switch