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
General Information
Multiswitch Fabrics
A Fibre Channel topology that consists of one or more interconnected
switches or switch elements is called a fabric. Operational software
provides the ability to interconnect switches (through expansion port
(E_Port) connections) to form a multiswitch fabric. The data
transmission path through the fabric is typically determined by fabric
elements and is user-transparent. Subject to zoning restrictions,
devices attached to any interconnected switch can communicate with
each other through the fabric.
Because a multiswitch fabric is typically complex, maintenance
personnel should be aware that several factors can degrade fabric
performance or cause connectivity failures. These factors include:
• Domain ID assignment - Each switch in a fabric is identified by a
unique domain ID that ranges from 1 through 31. A domain ID of
0 is invalid. If two operational fabrics join, they determine if any
domain ID conflicts exist between the fabrics. If one or more
conflicts exist, the E_Ports that form the interswitch link (ISL)
segment to prevent the fabrics from joining.
• Zoning - In a multiswitch fabric, zoning is configured on a
fabric-wide basis, and any change to the zoning configuration is
applied to all switches in the fabric. To ensure zoning is consistent
across a fabric, the following rules are enforced when two fabrics
(zoned or unzoned) join:
— Fabric A unzoned and Fabric B unzoned - The fabrics join
successfully, and the resulting fabric remains unzoned.
— Fabric A zoned and Fabric B unzoned - The fabrics join
successfully, and fabric B automatically inherits the zoning
configuration from fabric A.
— Fabric A unzoned and Fabric B zoned - The fabrics join
successfully, and fabric A automatically inherits the zoning
configuration from fabric B.
— Fabric A zoned and Fabric B zoned - The fabrics join
successfully only if the zone configurations can be merged. If
the fabrics cannot join, the connecting ports segment and the
fabrics remain independent.
Zone configurations for two fabrics are compatible (the zones can
join) if the active zone set name is identical for each fabric, and if
zones with the same name have identical elements.