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66 Sun Storage Fibre Channel Switch 5802 QuickTools User Guide • September 2008
TABLE 3-4 describes the administrative state values.
Broadcast Support
Broadcast is supported on the switch and allows for TCP/IP support. Broadcast is
implemented using the proposed standard specified in Multi-Switch Broadcast for FC-
SW-3, T11 Presentation Number T11/02-031v0. Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) is used
to set up a fabric spanning tree used in transmission of broadcast frames. Broadcast
frames are retransmitted on all ISLs indicated in the spanning tree and all online
N_Ports and NL_Ports. Broadcast zoning is supported with zones. The default
setting is enabled.
In-band Management
In-band management is the ability to manage switches across inter-switch links
using QuickTools, SNMP, management server, or the application programming
interface. The switch comes from the factory with in-band management enabled. If
you disable in-band management on a particular switch, you can no longer
communicate with that switch by means other than a direct Ethernet or serial
connection.
Fabric Device Management Interface
Fabric Device Management Interface (FDMI) provides a means to gather and display
device information from the fabric, and allows FDMI capable devices to register
certain information with the fabric, if FDMI is enabled. QuickTools will report any
and all FDMI information reported by the entry switch, if FDMI is enabled on the
entry switch. To view FDMI data, FDMI must be enabled on the entry switch and on
all other switches in the fabric which are to report FDMI data.
FDMI is comprised of the fabric-to-device interface and the application-to-fabric
interface. The fabric-to-device interface enables a device’s management information
to be registered. The application-to-fabric interface provides the framework by
which an application obtains device information from the fabric. Use the FDMI HBA
TABLE 3-4 Switch Administrative States
Parameter Description
Online The switch is available.
Offline The switch is unavailable.
Diagnostics The switch is in diagnostics mode, is unavailable, and tests can
then be run on all ports of the switch.