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Fibre Channel Switch Installati on Manual 071-82 12-00 APRIL 20 03 the most watched worldwide[...]
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2 Fibre Chan nel Swit ch 16 Apri l, 2003 Copyright Copyright © 2003 Thomson Broadcast and Media Solu tions, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States o f America. This document may not be copied in whole or in part, or otherwis e reproduced except as specifically permitted under U.S. copyright law, without the prior written consent of[...]
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16 April , 2003 Fibre Channe l Switch 3 Contents Welcom e ............... ........... ................. ................. ................. ................ ................. ........... ..... 7 How to use the manua ls ..................... ................ ................. ................. ................. .......... 8 Support fo r your Fibre C[...]
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Contents 4 Profil e XP Service Manual 16 April, 20 03[...]
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16 April , 2003 Fibre Channe l Switch 5 Grass Valley Pr oduct Support To get t echnic al as sista nce, ch eck on the stat us of proble ms, or repor t new p roble ms, contact Grass Vall ey Product Support via e -mail, the Web, or by phone or fax. Web Technical Support To access support infor mation on the Web, v isit the pro duct support Web p age o[...]
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Product Support 6 Fibre Chann el Switch 16 Apr il, 2003[...]
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16 April , 2003 Fibre Channe l Switch 7 Welcome You can us e your 8-, 16-, or 8 t o 64-port QLogic SANbox2 Fibre Channel switch to create fabrics for Grass Val ley Media Area Networks ( SCSI pro tocol) and Vid eo Networks (I ntern et Prot ocol). This manual su ppl ements th e infor mation pr ovided by the QLogic SANbox2 Switch ma nuals that yo u re[...]
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8 Fibre Chann el Switch 16 Apr il, 2003 How to use the manu als The foll owing tabl e describ es how to use the documen tation se t that a ccompanies your QLogic SANbox2 Switch and other Gr ass Valley pr oducts. NOTE: Careful ly read and understand a ll procedu res before at tempting any operati on with your switch. Proc edures such as replacing mo[...]
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Installing a Switch i n a Profile Video Network 16 April , 2003 Fibre Chan nel Switch 9 Installing a Sw itch in a Profile Video Netwo rk Compared to a Fibre Cha nnel hub, th e Fibre Channel switch imp roves the perfor mance of your Fibre Chann el insta llation by: • Increas ing the ba ndwidth bet ween any two F ibre Channe l devices by elimina ti[...]
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10 Fibre Chann el Switch 16 Apr il, 2003 Profile Syst em Softwar e Requirements The foll owing tabl e lists the minimum Profi le System Soft ware versi on requir ed for operati on with a QLogic SANbox2 Switch. Earlier versions do not support this Fib re Chan n el sw itch . Please r efer to the Profi le Relea se Notes f or instruct ions on how to i [...]
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PDR Series Fibre Channel fir mware and driver 16 April , 2003 Fibre Chan nel Switch 11 PDR Series Fibre Channel firm ware and dr iver requirements Early ve rsions of the firmwa re for th e PDR Series Fibr e Channel b oard (1.4, 1. 7.X) support ed the Fibre Cha nnel Arbit rated Loo p, but would not f unction wi th a Fibr e Channel s witch. More r ec[...]
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12 Fibre Chann el Switch 16 Apr il, 2003 Loading Fibre Channel Server firmware If you wi sh to connec t a Pr ofil e Fibr e Channel Serve r to a QLogic SANbox2 Swi tch, you must load swit ch- compa tible fi rmwar e on al l t h e Fi bre Channe l boa rd s install ed in your s erver. You mus t also inst all the appropria te Fibre Ch annel driver s that[...]
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Configuring Fibre Channel on your PDR Series 16 April , 2003 Fibre Chan nel Switch 13 To configur e your Prof ile sys tem fo r use in a Fibr e Channel environme nt, foll ow the instru ctions i n the Profi le User Manual . I n addition t o these i nstructions , you must also se t Fibre Channel Switch Mode ON. You can do thi s in one of two ways: •[...]
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14 Fibre Chann el Switch 16 Apr il, 2003 Configuring your Fibre Channel switch Your QLogic SANbox2 Switch mus t be confi gured so that you can con trol and monitor i t in your LAN envi ronment. As y ou make thes e settin gs, you should a lso verify that all the othe r switch a nd port se ttings ar e appropr iate for operation i n a Grass Val ley Fi[...]
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Configuring your Fibr e Channel switch 16 April , 2003 Fibre Chan nel Switch 15 AdminTimeout (dec value 0-1440 minutes, 0=never) [30] TempMonitoringWarning (dec value 0-100 degrees Celsius) [65] TempMonitoringFailure (dec value 0-100 degrees Celsius) [70] TempFailurePortShutdown (True / False) [False] SecurityEnabled (True / False) [False] LocalLog[...]
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16 Fibre Chann el Switch 16 Apr il, 2003 BoardTemp (1) - Degrees Celsius 22 BoardTemp (2) - Degrees Celsius 27 SwitchDiagnosticsStatus Pas sed SwitchTemperatureStatus Nor mal 3. If the corr ect firmw are vers ion is l oade d but no t ac tive, use t he fallback command to make it active. 4. If the co rrec t fi rmw are ve rsi on is no t load ed, re f[...]
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Configuring your Fibr e Channel switch 16 April , 2003 Fibre Chan nel Switch 17 IOStreamGuard (Enable / Disable) [Disabled] VIEnable (True / Fa lse) [False] CheckAlps (True / False) [False] Finished configuring attributes. This configuration must be saved (see c onfig save command) and activated (see config activate command) before it can take effe[...]
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18 Fibre Chann el Switch 16 Apr il, 2003 To discard this configuration use the c onfig cancel command. 7. Type the f ollowing command t o save your configurat ion. sb5_8port (admin-config) #> config save 8. Type the f ollowing command t o activa te your confi guration . sb5_8port (admin-config) #> config activate 9. Type the f ollowing c omma[...]
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Connecting devices to the switch 16 April , 2003 Fibre Chan nel Switch 19 Connecting devices to the switch Follow th e instruc tions in the SANbox2 Fi bre Channel Swi tch Insta ller’s/Use r’s Manual to c onnect your Profile sy stems an d other dev ices to the Fibre Channe l switch. You should al so take not e of the fol lowing guid elines whe n[...]
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20 Fibre Chann el Switch 16 Apr il, 2003 Monitoring your swit ch with NetCentral You can u se NetCent ral, a Gr ass Vall ey SNMP Mana ger, to mon itor the state of your Fibre Chan ne l swit ch. T he i nform ati o n pr ese nt ed i n NetC entr al al low s you to ve rif y the norma l operati on of your switc h and to det ect any p roblems th at may oc[...]
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SNMP configuration 16 April , 2003 Fibre Chan nel Switch 21 SNMP configuration NetCentr al monitor s the sta te of your Fibre Chann el switch if your switc h is connecte d to an Eth ernet net work access ible to the monitor ing station . The SNMP agen t is a stan d ard soft w are it em o n all F ibr e Cha nne l swi tch es . In addit ion to th e age[...]
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22 Fibre Chann el Switch 16 Apr il, 2003 Trap Severity Options --------------------- unknown, emergency, alert, critical, er ror, warning, notify, info, debug , mark Contact (string, max=32 chars) ["On-call engineer"] Location (string, m ax=32 chars) ["Rack 3-B"] Trap1Address (dot-notated IP Address) [192.168.217.5] Trap1Port (d[...]
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Setting port aliases 16 April , 2003 Fibre Chan nel Switch 23 Setting port ali ases You can conf igure NetC entra l to set the repor ting na me of ea ch port on your QLogic SANbox2 Switc h to something mea ningful t o you. When NetCe ntral repor ts the status of a port, or notifi es you of a problem, you may find i t convenient to se e a name that [...]
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24 Fibre Chann el Switch 16 Apr il, 2003 Monitoring Status You can use NetCentral t o monitor t he status of your QLogic S ANbox2 Switch. NetCentr al disp lays info rmation abou t the swi tch’s power sup plies , temperatu re, and fans. Cli ck on the appr opriate subsystem icon in the NetCe ntral window t o view its status . Consult the NetCentr a[...]
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Monitoring Status 16 April , 2003 Fibre Chan nel Switch 25 You can al so view err or statist ics for eac h of the po rts. Choose View | Port Statistics to see a summary of th e errors since the la st switc h reboot.[...]
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26 Fibre Chann el Switch 16 Apr il, 2003 Troubleshooting with NetCentral NetC en tra l re por ts st atu s, wa rnin g s, a nd al arm s us ing m ess ages that are e asy to underst and. Suggest ed correc tive act ions are presented along with failure informat ion. If yo u have any t rouble in terpret ing any of the problems or suggeste d solu tions, c[...]
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Maintenance procedures 16 April , 2003 Fibre Chan nel Switch 27 Maintena nce proce dure s You may wish to use th e followi ng p roc edu res to r ecov er fr om faulty con figurati ons or other problems. S ince these pr ocedures stop all traffi c on all Fibr e Channel por ts, be sure t o take th e switch ou t of serv ice befor e performi ng any of th[...]
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28 Fibre Chann el Switch 16 Apr il, 2003 7. Make the ap propriate sel ection fr om the display e d text menu, shown he re. 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. R efe r to the “Rec ove rin g a sw itch ” sec tion of the SANbox2 Fibr[...]