Fibre Channel Switch Installation Manual 071-8212-00 APRIL 2003 the most watched worldwide
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Contents Welcome .............................................................................................................................. 7 How to use the manuals.................................................................................................. 8 Support for your Fibre Channel switch ............................................................................ 8 Installing a Switch in a Profile Video Network ......................................................................
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Welcome You can use your 8-, 16-, or 8 to 64-port QLogic SANbox2 Fibre Channel switch to create fabrics for Grass Valley Media Area Networks (SCSI protocol) and Video Networks (Internet Protocol). This manual supplements the information provided by the QLogic SANbox2 Switch manuals that you received with your switch. Please refer to the following QLogic manuals, included on the SANsurfer Tool Kit CD-ROM, when installing and configuring your QLogic SANbox2 Switch.
How to use the manuals The following table describes how to use the documentation set that accompanies your QLogic SANbox2 Switch and other Grass Valley products. For information on... See... Installing the switch in a Profile Video Network “Installing a Switch in a Profile Video Network” beginning on page 9 of this manual.
Installing a Switch in a Profile Video Network Installing a Switch in a Profile Video Network Compared to a Fibre Channel hub, the Fibre Channel switch improves the performance of your Fibre Channel installation by: • Increasing the bandwidth between any two Fibre Channel devices by eliminating the shared bandwidth of a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop. • Improving the scalability of your Video Network.
Profile System Software Requirements The following table lists the minimum Profile System Software version required for operation with a QLogic SANbox2 Switch. Earlier versions do not support this Fibre Channel switch. Profile Model Minimum Profile System Software Version PDR100 Not supported PDR200 2.5.23 PDR300 2.5.23 PDR400 3.2.8 PVS Series 5.2.
PDR Series Fibre Channel firmware and driver PDR Series Fibre Channel firmware and driver requirements Early versions of the firmware for the PDR Series Fibre Channel board (1.4, 1.7.X) supported the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop, but would not function with a Fibre Channel switch. More recent versions of the firmware support operation with a switch and interoperation with other Fibre Channel board manufacturers, but have not been optimized for use in a loop.
Loading Fibre Channel Server firmware If you wish to connect a Profile Fibre Channel Server to a QLogic SANbox2 Switch, you must load switch-compatible firmware on all the Fibre Channel boards installed in your server. You must also install the appropriate Fibre Channel drivers that can use all the features of the new firmware. NOTE: A Profile Fibre Channel Server consists of an SGI O200 or O2000 system equipped with Fibre Channel boards purchased from Grass Valley.
Configuring Fibre Channel on your PDR Series To configure your Profile system for use in a Fibre Channel environment, follow the instructions in the Profile User Manual. In addition to these instructions, you must also set Fibre Channel Switch Mode ON. You can do this in one of two ways: • Type the following command from the Command Prompt: fcconfig -s on. OR • In Configuration Manager, select Switch Compatibility Mode in the Fibre Channel Configuration dialog box.
Configuring your Fibre Channel switch Your QLogic SANbox2 Switch must be configured so that you can control and monitor it in your LAN environment. As you make these settings, you should also verify that all the other switch and port settings are appropriate for operation in a Grass Valley Fibre Channel fabric. The following instructions describe how to verify and assign these settings using a serial port connection. The same commands can also be used in a Telnet session over the Ethernet port.
Configuring your Fibre Channel switch AdminTimeout TempMonitoringWarning TempMonitoringFailure TempFailurePortShutdown SecurityEnabled LocalLogEnabled RemoteLogEnabled RemoteLogHostAddress (dec value 0-1440 minutes, 0=never) (dec value 0-100 degrees Celsius) (dec value 0-100 degrees Celsius) (True / False) (True / False) (True / False) (True / False) (dot-notated IP Address) [30] [65] [70] [False] [False] [True] [False] [10.0.0.
BoardTemp (1) - Degrees Celsius BoardTemp (2) - Degrees Celsius SwitchDiagnosticsStatus SwitchTemperatureStatus 22 27 Passed Normal 3. If the correct firmware version is loaded but not active, use the fallback command to make it active. 4. If the correct firmware version is not loaded, refer to the SANbox2 Fibre Channel Switch Installer’s/User’s Manual information on how to install firmware.
Configuring your Fibre Channel switch IOStreamGuard VIEnable CheckAlps (Enable / Disable) (True / False) (True / False) [Disabled] [False] [False] Finished configuring attributes. This configuration must be saved (see config save command) and activated (see config activate command) before it can take effect. To discard this configuration use the config cancel command. 4.
To discard this configuration use the config cancel command. 7. Type the following command to save your configuration. sb5_8port (admin-config) #> config save 8. Type the following command to activate your configuration. sb5_8port (admin-config) #> config activate 9. Type the following commands to view the threshold advanced settings: sb2_16port #> admin start sb2_16port (admin) #> config edit sb2_16port (admin-config) #> set config threshold 10.
Connecting devices to the switch Connecting devices to the switch Follow the instructions in the SANbox2 Fibre Channel Switch Installer’s/User’s Manual to connect your Profile systems and other devices to the Fibre Channel switch. You should also take note of the following guidelines when setting up your fabric environment.
Monitoring your switch with NetCentral You can use NetCentral, a Grass Valley SNMP Manager, to monitor the state of your Fibre Channel switch. The information presented in NetCentral allows you to verify the normal operation of your switch and to detect any problems that may occur. If you set one or more appropriate SNMP trap destination addresses on your switch, you can also be alerted immediately when problems occur on the switch.
SNMP configuration SNMP configuration NetCentral monitors the state of your Fibre Channel switch if your switch is connected to an Ethernet network accessible to the monitoring station. The SNMP agent is a standard software item on all Fibre Channel switches. In addition to the agent, you must install the SANbox2 Device Provider on the NetCentral monitoring station. The device provider supplies many of the text messages that you read in the NetCentral window.
Trap Severity Options --------------------unknown, emergency, alert, critical, error, warning, notify, info, debug, mark Contact (string, max=32 chars) Location (string, max=32 chars) Trap1Address (dot-notated IP Address) Trap1Port (decimal value) Trap1Severity (see allowed options above) Trap1Enabled (True / False) Trap2Address (dot-notated IP Address) Trap2Port (decimal value) Trap2Severity (see allowed options above) Trap2Enabled (True / False) Trap3Address (dot-notated IP Address) Trap3Port (decimal val
Setting port aliases Setting port aliases You can configure NetCentral to set the reporting name of each port on your QLogic SANbox2 Switch to something meaningful to you. When NetCentral reports the status of a port, or notifies you of a problem, you may find it convenient to see a name that you chose To set port aliases: 1. Select the switch you want to configure in the NetCentral List View or Facility View. 2. Choose Device | Port Settings for that device. The Port Settings dialog box opens. 3.
Monitoring Status You can use NetCentral to monitor the status of your QLogic SANbox2 Switch. NetCentral displays information about the switch’s power supplies, temperature, and fans. Click on the appropriate subsystem icon in the NetCentral window to view its status. Consult the NetCentral User Guide for more information on using NetCentral. NetCentral also lets you monitor the status of each of the ports on your QLogic SANbox2 Switch.
Monitoring Status You can also view error statistics for each of the ports. Choose View | Port Statistics to see a summary of the errors since the last switch reboot.
Troubleshooting with NetCentral NetCentral reports status, warnings, and alarms using messages that are easy to understand. Suggested corrective actions are presented along with failure information. If you have any trouble interpreting any of the problems or suggested solutions, contact Grass Valley support.
Maintenance procedures Maintenance procedures You may wish to use the following procedures to recover from faulty configurations or other problems. Since these procedures stop all traffic on all Fibre Channel ports, be sure to take the switch out of service before performing any of these tasks. Resetting the switch to factory defaults Resetting factory defaults returns your QLogic SANbox2 Switch to its original configuration, although it does not reset the password.
7. Make the appropriate selection from the displayed text menu, shown here. 0) Exit 1) Image Unpack 2) Reset Network Config 3) Reset Password File 4) Copy Log Files 5) Remove Switch Config 6) Remake Filesystem 7) Reset Switch 8. 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 Ethernet IP address to 10.0.0.
