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

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SANbox2-8c Fibre Channel Switch
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Figures
Figure Page
2-1 SANbox2-8c Fibre Channel Switch................................................................................ 2-1
2-2 Chassis Controls and LEDS........................................................................................... 2-2
2-3 Chassis LEDs.................................................................................................................2-3
2-4 Fibre Channel Ports ....................................................................................................... 2-4
2-5 Port LEDs....................................................................................................................... 2-5
2-6 SFP Transceiver ............................................................................................................ 2-6
2-7 Ethernet Port.................................................................................................................. 2-7
2-8 Serial Port and Pin Identification.................................................................................... 2-8
3-1 Cascade-with-a-Loop Topology ..................................................................................... 3-8
3-2 Mesh Topology............................................................................................................... 3-9
3-3 Multistage Topology..................................................................................................... 3-10
4-1 SANbox2-8c Fibre Channel Switch................................................................................ 4-2
4-2 Ethernet and Serial Cable Connections......................................................................... 4-5
5-1 Logged-In LED............................................................................................................... 5-6
5-2 Logged-In LED Indications............................................................................................. 5-6
5-3 Chassis LEDs............................................................................................................... 5-10
Tables
Table Page
2-1 Serial Port Pin Identification........................................................................................... 2-8
3-1 Zoning Database Limits ................................................................................................. 3-2
3-2 Port-to-Port Transmission Combinations ....................................................................... 3-5
3-3 Port-to-Port Latency....................................................................................................... 3-5
4-1 Management Workstation Requirements....................................................................... 4-1
B-1 Command-Line Completion ...........................................................................................B-5
B-2 Commands Listed by Authority Level.............................................................................B-6
B-3 Switch Configuration Defaults ......................................................................................B-26
B-4 Port Configuration Defaults..........................................................................................B-27
B-5 Port Threshold Alarm Configuration Defaults...............................................................B-28
B-6 Zoning Configuration Defaults......................................................................................B-28
B-7 SNMP Configuration Defaults ......................................................................................B-29
B-8 System Configuration Defaults.....................................................................................B-30
B-9 Set Config Port Parameters .........................................................................................B-33
B-10 Set Config Switch Parameters .....................................................................................B-36
B-11 Set Config Threshold Parameters................................................................................B-38
B-12 Set Config Zoning Parameters.....................................................................................B-39
B-13 SNMP Configuration Settings ......................................................................................B-49
B-14 System Configuration Settings.....................................................................................B-50
B-15 Show Port Parameters.................................................................................................B-57
B-16 Switch Operational Parameters ...................................................................................B-60
B-17 Zoning Database Limits ...............................................................................................B-97