HP SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director Switch Hardware Reference Guide (5697-1525, March 2012)

Contents
1 SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director overview........................................................8
Features..................................................................................................................................8
Hardware components .............................................................................................................8
Port side of the Director.......................................................................................................10
Nonport side of the Director................................................................................................12
Director blades.......................................................................................................................14
High availability.....................................................................................................................15
Reliability..............................................................................................................................15
Serviceability.........................................................................................................................15
Software features....................................................................................................................16
Security.................................................................................................................................16
Network manageability...........................................................................................................17
Optional software licenses.......................................................................................................17
Optional hardware kits............................................................................................................17
2 SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director installation...................................................20
Time and items required for installation......................................................................................20
Site preparation and unpacking the Director..............................................................................21
Items included with the Director................................................................................................22
Installing the Director in a rack ................................................................................................22
Rack Mount Kit contents......................................................................................................23
Torque requirements......................................................................................................24
Installing the cabinet hardware............................................................................................24
Installing the Director in the cabinet......................................................................................27
Installing the Director shipping brackets................................................................................28
Powering on the Director..........................................................................................................31
Port numbering.......................................................................................................................31
Powering off the SN8000B 4-Slot SAN Director..........................................................................32
Chassis slots..........................................................................................................................32
Managing cables...................................................................................................................32
Installing transceivers and attaching cables................................................................................33
Using the optional inter-chassis link cable..................................................................................34
3 Director login and configuration.................................................................36
Configuration overview............................................................................................................36
Establishing a serial connection and logging in to the Director......................................................36
Configuring IP addresses.........................................................................................................37
Default IP addresses and password......................................................................................37
Establishing an Ethernet connection...........................................................................................38
Customizing a switch name......................................................................................................39
Customizing a chassis name....................................................................................................39
Setting the domain ID.............................................................................................................39
Setting the date and time.........................................................................................................39
Setting the time zone..........................................................................................................40
Synchronizing local time.....................................................................................................40
Verifying the Port Identifier mode and connecting to the fabric .....................................................41
Installing transceivers and attaching cables................................................................................43
Installing SFP+ and mSFP transceivers and cables..................................................................44
Enabling software licenses.......................................................................................................44
Backing up the configuration....................................................................................................44
4 Monitoring system components...................................................................46
Commands............................................................................................................................46
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