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McDATA Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual
Installation Tasks
Principal is the highest priority setting, Default is next, and
Never Principal is the lowest. At least one switch in a fabric
must be set as Principal or Default. If all switches are set to
Never Principal, all ISLs segment.
d. Select from the Interop Mode drop-down list to set the product
operating mode. This setting affects the management mode
and does not affect port operation. Available selections are:
• McDATA Fabric 1.0 - Select this option if the product is
fabric-attached only to other McDATA directors or
switches operating in McDATA fabric mode.
• Open Fabric 1.0 - Select this option (default) for managing
heterogeneous fabrics and if the product is fabric-attached
to McDATA directors or switches and other open-fabric
compliant switches.
NOTE: With Open Fabric 1.0 enabled, the default zone set is disabled.
3. Click OK to save and activate changes.
4. Set the product online. Refer to Set Online State for instructions.
Configure Network
Information
Verify the LAN installation with the network administrator. If:
• One product is installed on a dedicated LAN, network
information (IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address) does
not require change.
• Multiple products are installed or a public LAN segment is used,
network information must be changed to conform to the LAN
addressing scheme.
Perform this procedure to change product network information.
1. Select Switch and Network from the Configure menu at any view.
The Network View displays (Figure 2-6).
a. At the IP Address field, type the new value as specified by the
network administrator (default is 10.1.1.10).
b. At the Subnet Mask field, type the new value as specified by
the network administrator (default is 255.0.0.0).
c. At the Gateway Address field, type the new value as specified
by the network administrator (default is 0.0.0.0).