User`s manual

Preliminary
Major Switch Management Features
SANbox-8 Fibre Channel Switch
Installer’s/User’s Manual 59008-03 Rev. A General Description 1-13
Name Server zones of which it is a member. If hard zones are enabled, Name
Server zones do not cross the defined hard zone boundaries. Name Server
zones may overlap each other. T_Ports are not affected by Name Server
zones.
Segmented Loop Zones
Segmented Loop Zones allow the division of the fabric into as many as 256
zones that define the SL_Ports that may communicate with each other. Each
segmented loop zone can have a maximum of 32 SL_Ports, and each AL_PA
within a segmented loop zone must be unique. You can zone individual
SL_Ports together, or all SL_Ports on a chassis by defining the chassis as an
SL Private Loop stage type. Refer to “SL Private Loop Stage Type” on
page 1-5 for more information. If hard zones are enabled, segmented loop
zones do not cross the defined hard zone boundaries.
• Configure the Mode of each port on the selected chassis. Port Modes include:
- F_Port (Port forced to be an F_Port)
- FL_Port (Port allowed to self-configure as a Public Loop port or an
F_Port)
- SL_Port (Port forced to be a Private Segmented Loop port)
- TL_Port (Port forced to be a Private Translated Loop port)
- F_Ext16, F_Ext24, F_Ext32 (2, 3, or 4 ports configured for extended
credit chaining)
- Off Line (Port forced off line)
- Test (Port forced into test mode)
• Tune any port on the selected chassis to the multi-frame-sequence (MFS)
characteristics of the particular host bus adapter
• View the type of GBIC installed in each port on the selected chassis
• View statistics for each port on the selected chassis
• View Address, WWN, FC-4 Type, and Logged-In status of each Loop Device
connected to any port on the selected chassis
• Configure Loop Devices including:
- Place any NL_Port into Loop Bypass Mode
- Place any or all NL_Ports back into normal Loop Mode
- Reset the Loop
- Re-initializing the Loop