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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McDATA® Sphereon 3032 and 3232 Fabric Switches Installation and Service Manual
Preface
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or trademark symbol (™) on first use in this publication, are
trademarks of McDATA Corporation or SANavigator, Inc. in the
United States or other countries or both:
Registered Trademarks
Trademarks
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®
Sphereon™
Fabricenter
®
OPENconnectors™
OPENready
®
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®
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Laser Compliance
Statement
Laser transceivers in the switches are tested and certified in the
United States to conform to Title 21 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), Subchapter J, Parts 1040.10 and 1040.11 for Class 1
laser products. Elsewhere, the transceivers are tested and certified to
be compliant with International Electrotechnical Commission
IEC825-1 and European Norm EN60825-1 and EN60825-2 regulations
for Class 1 laser products.
Class 1 laser products are not considered hazardous. The transceivers
are designed such that there is never human access to laser radiation
above a Class 1 level during normal operation or prescribed
maintenance conditions.
Federal
Communications
Commission (FCC)
Statement
The switches generate, use, and can radiate radio frequency energy,
and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions
provided, may cause interference to radio communications. The
switches have been tested and found to comply with the limits for
Class A computing devices pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of the
FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection
against such interference in a commercial environment. Operation of
this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in
which case the user, at his or her own expense, will take whatever










