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

McDATA® Sphereon 3032 and 3232 Fabric Switches Installation and Service Manual
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Index
using 1-27
diamond, red
meaning of 1-43
director
fibre channel addresses 2-79
NV-RAM 2-78, 2-81
rerouting delay 2-80
director addressing, default values 2-3
director priority, default value 2-3
director, connecting switch to 2-129
domain ID 1-8
insistent 2-80
preferred 2-79
zone member 4-21
domain RSCNs 2-80
Duplicate domain IDs 1-9
E
E_D_TOV 2-112
e_d_tov 2-83
default value 2-3
fabric segmentation 2-83
less than r_a_tov 2-83
multiswitch fabrics 2-83
rerouting delay 2-80
E_Port
configure 2-114
description 1-2
OpenTrunking 2-124
performance features 2-124
port fencing 2-124
preferred path 2-124
E_Port segmentation 1-9
E_port segmentation
preferred domain ID 2-79
EFC
audit log 4-4
event log 4-4
EFC Manager
consolidating EFC Servers, version required
D-5
diagnostic features 1-23
EFC Manager application
default password 2-47, 2-106, 4-62
default user name 2-47, 2-106, 4-62
EFC Server
consolidating D-7
EFC Manager, version required D-5
IP address assignment D-5
private and public LAN connection
D-15
private LAN connection D-12
consolidating in multiswitch fabric D-1
description 1-12
hardware fault isolation 3-107
illustration 1-12
reconfiguring a client D-1, D-17
recording and verifying restoration
information 2-53
restoring
procedure for C-2
requirements for C-1
setting date and time 2-44
unpacking, inspecting, and installing 2-22
verifying communication to switch 2-55
EFC server
Fibre Alliance MIB 1-6
remote workstation 1-3
electrostatic discharge (ESD)
repair procedures, caution 4-2
element manager 1-38
closing 1-44
configure 1-30
FRU list view 1-43
functionality 1-25
help menu 1-37
logs menu 1-34
maintenance menu 1-35
node list view 1-40
node list view menu 1-40
performance view 1-41
performance view menu 1-41
port list view 1-39
port menu 1-39
product 1-28
switch view 1-38
view panel 1-38
view tabs 1-38
window layout and function 1-28
Element Manager application
configure PFE key
EFCM Basic 2-120
ELP retransmission failure timeout 1-9










