FW 08.01.00 McDATA® Sphereon 3032 and 3232 Fabric Switches Installation and Service Manual (620-000155-220, November 2005)
Table Of Contents
- Preface
- General Information
- Installation Tasks
- Factory Defaults
- Installation Options
- Summary of Installation Tasks
- Task 1: Verify Installation Requirements
- Task 2: Unpack, Inspect, and Install the Ethernet Hub (Optional)
- Task 3: Unpack, Inspect, and Install the Switch
- Task 4: Configure Network Information
- Task 5: LAN-Connect the Switch
- Task 6: Unpack, Inspect, and Install the Management Server
- Task 7: Configure Management Server Password and Network Addresses
- Task 8: Configure Management Server Information
- Task 9: Configure Windows 2000 Users
- Task 10: Set Management Server Date and Time
- Task 11: Configure the Call-Home Feature (Optional)
- Task 12: Assign User Names and Passwords
- Task 13: Configure the Switch to the Management Application
- Task 14: Record or Verify Management Server Restore Information
- Task 15: Verify Switch-to-Management Server Communication
- Task 16: Configure PFE Key (Optional)
- Task 17: Configure Management Server (Optional)
- Flexport
- Open Trunking
- Task 18: Set Switch Date and Time
- Task 19: Configure the Sphereon 3032/3232 Element Manager Applications
- Task 20: Configure Switch Operating Parameters
- Task 21: Configure Fabric Operating Parameters
- Fabric Parameters
- Configure Ports (Open Systems Mode)
- Configure Ports (FICON Mode)
- Configure Port Addresses (FICON Mode)
- Configure SNMP Trap Message Recipients
- Configure and Enable E-mail Notification
- Configure and Enable Ethernet Events
- Configure and Enable Call-Home Event Notification
- Configure Threshold Alerts
- Procedures
- Task 22: Configure Open Trunking
- Task 23: Test Remote Notification (Optional)
- Task 24: Back Up Configuration Data
- Task 25: Configure the Switch from the EFCM Basic Interface (Optional)
- Configure Product Identification
- Configure Date and Time
- Configure Parameters
- Configure Fabric Parameters
- Configure Network Information
- Configure Basic Port Information
- Configure Port BB_Credit
- Configure Port NPIV
- Configure SNMP
- Enable CLI
- Enable or Disable Host Control
- Configure SSL Encryption
- Install PFE Keys (Optional)
- Configure Security
- Configure Interswitch Links
- Task 5: Configure Product Network Information (Optional)
- Task 26: Cable Fibre Channel Ports
- Task 27: Connect Switch to a Fabric Director (Optional)
- Task 28: Register with the McDATA File Center
- Diagnostics
- Maintenance Analysis Procedures
- MAP 0000: Start MAP
- MAP 0100: Power Distribution Analysis
- MAP 0200: POST, Reset, or IPL Failure Analysis
- MAP 0300: Console Application Problem Determination
- MAP 0400: Loss of Console Communication
- MAP 0500: Fan and CTP Card Failure Analysis
- MAP 0600: Port Failure and Link Incident Analysis
- MAP 0700: Fabric, ISL, and Segmented Port Problem Determination
- MAP 0800: Server Hardware Problem Determination
- Repair Information
- Factory Defaults
- Procedural Notes
- Using Log Information
- Using Views
- FRU List View
- Performing Port Diagnostics
- Swapping Ports
- Collecting Maintenance Data
- Clean Fiber-Optic Components
- Power-On Procedure
- Power-Off Procedure
- Reset or IPL the Switch
- Set the Switch Online or Offline
- Block and Unblock Ports
- Manage Firmware Versions
- Manage Configuration Data
- Install or Upgrade Software
- FRU Removal and Replacement
- Illustrated Parts Breakdown
- Messages
- Event Code Tables
- Restore EFC Server
- Consolidating EFC Servers in a Multiswitch Fabric
- Glossary
- Index

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Task 25: Configure the Switch from the EFCM Basic Interface (Optional)
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Installation Tasks
3. At the PC, launch the browser application (Netscape Navigator
or
Internet Explorer).
4. Enter the default Internet Protocol (IP) address of the switch
(10.1.1.10) as the uniform resource locator (URL). The Enter
Network Password dialog box displays.
5. Type the case-sensitive default user name (Administrator) and
password (password) and click OK. The First Time Login View
displays.
6. Type customer-specified values in the User Name, New Password,
and Confirm Password fields, then click Activate. The Topology View
displays with status information about each fabric element,
including the product to be configured.
7. Click Switch Details. The Hardware View displays.
8. To configure the product from the EFCM Basic Edition interface,
selectively perform the following tasks according to customer
requirements:
— Product - includes identification, date and time, parameters,
fabric parameters, and network addresses.
— Ports - includes basic information, buffer-to-buffer credits
(BB_Credits), and N_Port identifier virtualization (NPIV).
— Management - includes SNMP trap message recipients,
command line interface (CLI), open systems management
server (OSMS), secure socket layer (SSL) encryption.
— Options - includes product feature enablement (PFE) keys.
— Security - includes SANtegrity authentication (settings, access
control list, and remote authentication dial-in user service
(RADIUS) server support), Enterprise Fabric Mode, and
SANtegrity binding (fabric, switch, and port binding).
— Interswitch links - includes OpenTrunking, preferred path,
and interswitch link (ISL) port fencing.
Configure Product
Identification
Perform this procedure to configure the product identification. The
Name, Location, and Contact variables correspond respectively to the
SNMP variables sysName, sysLocation, and sysContact, and are used by
management workstations when obtaining product data.










