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

1
Switch Description
1-5
General Information
Error-Detection,
Reporting, and
Serviceability
Features
The switch provides the following error-detection, reporting, and
serviceability features:
• Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on switch FRUs and adjacent to
Fibre Channel ports that provide visual indicators of hardware
status or malfunctions.
• System and threshold alerts, event logs, audit logs, link incident
logs, threshold alert logs, and hardware logs that display switch,
Ethernet link, and Fibre Channel link status at the management
server, customer-supplied server (running the EFCM Lite
application), or a remote workstation.
• Diagnostic software that performs power-on self-tests (POSTs)
and port diagnostics (internal loopback, external loopback, and
Fibre Channel (FC) wrap tests). The FC wrap test applies only
when the switch is configured to operate in FICON management
mode.
• Automatic notification of significant system events (to support
personnel or administrators) through e-mail messages or the
call-home feature.
• An external modem for use by support personnel to dial-in to the
management server for event notification and to perform remote
diagnostics.
• An RS-232 maintenance port at the rear of the switch (port access
is password protected) that enables installation or service
personnel to change the switch’s internet protocol (IP) address,
subnet mask, and gateway address; or to run diagnostics and
isolate system problems through a local or remote terminal.
• Redundant FRUs; (small form factor pluggable (SFP)) optical
transceivers, power supplies, and cooling fans that are removed
or replaced without disrupting switch or Fibre Channel link
operation.
• A modular design that enables quick removal and replacement of
FRUs without tools or equipment.
• Concurrent port maintenance. SFPs and Fiber-optic cables are
removed and attached to ports without interrupting other ports
or director operation.










