Fibre Channel Switch Installation Manual 071-8429-01 JANUARY 2007
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Contents Preface .................................................................................................................. 5 Grass Valley Product Support ................................................................................. 5 Welcome ............................................................................................................... 7 Support for your Fibre Channel switch ....................................................................
Contents 4 Fibre Channel Switch Installation Manual 29 January 2007
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Preface 6 Fibre Channel Switch Installation Manual 29 January 2007
Welcome You can use your 8, 16, or 20 port QLogic 5202 SANbox Fibre Channel switch to create SCSI protocol fabrics for Grass Valley products. The QLogic 5202 SANbox Fibre Channel switch does not support Internet Protocol (IP) fabrics. The 8 and 16 port switches have 2Gb/1Gb auto-detecting ports. The 20 port switch includes four 10 Gb ports, which are for Inter-Switch Links (ISLs). This manual supplements the information provided by the QLogic 5202 SANbox Switch manuals that you received with your switch.
Welcome Enter administrator mode You must be in administrator mode to make changes to your QLogic 5202 SANbox Switch settings. To enter this mode: 1. Establish serial connection to the QLogic 5202 SANbox Switch using a null-modem cable and Windows HyperTerminal or an equivalent serial communication tool.
Verify firmware version RemoteLogHostAddress NTPClientEnabled NTPServerAddress EmbeddedGUIEnabled (dot-notated IP Address) (True / False) (dot-notated IP Address) (True / False) [10.0.0.254] [False [10.0.0.254] [True] Do you want to save and activate this system setup? (y/n): [n] y Verify firmware version You can use the show switch command to view switch information and confirm that the active firmware version is correct. The minimum qualified image is: • 5.0.0.17.
Welcome 3. If the correct firmware version is not loaded, refer to the SANbox 5200 Series Fibre Channel Switch Installation Guide for information on how to install firmware. Port and switch configuration You must ensure that all the Fibre Channel ports are correctly configured for operation with Grass Valley equipment. With these settings, you can use any port in a SCSI fabric without any further configuration. 1.
Port and switch configuration 4. If you are configuring a switch with 16 or fewer ports, skip ahead to step 8. 5. If you are configuring a 20 port switch, in configuration mode, type the following command at the prompt to view the configuration of port 16 (a 10 Gb port) on the switch. SANbox (admin-config) #> set config port 16 6. Modify the settings as needed. The following example shows the required settings. A list of attributes with formatting and current values will follow.
Welcome If you wish to terminate this process before reaching the end of the list press 'q' or 'Q' and the ENTER key to do so.
Combining with the QLogic SANbox2 switch 15. Save and activate the configuration with the following commands: sb2_16port (admin-config) #> config save sb2_16port (admin) #> config activate 16. Confirm activation of the configuration when prompted. You must make various SNMP settings so that you can monitor your switch with NetCentral. Refer to “Monitoring your switch with NetCentral” on page 14. The NetCentral Help menu has device provider documentation specific to the QLogic 5202 SANbox Switch.
Welcome • PFR500/600/700 RAID storage • NewsEdit Digital News Production system The QLogic 5202 SANbox Switch has not been qualified for operation with the following devices. Do not connect them to a QLogic 5202 SANbox Switch. • Profile PDR Video Server (IP Video Network) • Brocade Fibre Channel Switch • Profile PDR100 Professional Disk Recorder Monitoring your switch with NetCentral You can use NetCentral, a Grass Valley SNMP Manager, to monitor the state of your Fibre Channel switch.
Resetting the switch manually the following settings: • 9600 baud • 8-bit character • 1 stop bit • No parity Refer to the SANbox 5200 Series Fibre Channel Switch Installation Guide for connection information. 2. Log in to the switch with username admin and password password, all in lowercase characters. 3. Type the following command to enter the administrator mode, which allows you to modify settings: SANbox #> admin start 4.
Welcome 2) Reset Network Config 3) Reset User Accounts to Default 4) Copy Log Files 5) Remove Switch Config 6) Remake Filesystem 7) Reset Switch 8) Update Boot Loader Option: 6. Refer to the “Recovering a switch” section of the SANbox2 Fibre Channel Switch Installer’s/User’s Manual for detailed explanations of the various choices. For example, you might use item 2 to reset the switch’s network properties to the factory default values, or item 3 restore the admin password to password (password).
