SANSwitchISLTrunkinggroups........................ 31
OptionalSANSwitchfeatures......................... 32
SANSwitchoptionalportlicensesandhardware................. 33
2InstallingandconfiguringSANSwitches ......... 35
Shippingcartoncontents........................... 35
Installationandsafetyconsiderations...................... 38
Electricalconsiderations ......................... 38
Environmentalconsiderations ....................... 38
Rackspecifications............................ 39
Coolingconsiderations.......................... 39
Installingtheswitchasastand-alonedevice................... 40
InstallingtheswitchusingtheSANSwitchRackMountKit ............. 41
InstallingthePlenum(ifrequired)...................... 49
Securingtheswitchtotheouterrails .................... 50
CablingandconfiguringtheSANSwitch .................... 52
Recommendationsforcablemanagement.................. 52
ConnectingtheSANSwitchtothefabric .................... 53
Obtainrequireditems .......................... 53
Makeaserialconnection......................... 53
Applypowertotheswitchandlogin.................... 56
SettheIPaddress ............................ 57
CreateanEthernetconnection....................... 58
ModifytheFCdomainID(optional) .................... 58
InstalltheSFPtransceivers......................... 59
Connectthecables............................ 60
Verifytheconfiguration.......................... 60
Backuptheconfiguration......................... 60
Settheswitchdateandtime........................ 61
Synchronizethelocaltimewithanexternalsource .............. 61
Setthetimezone ............................ 62
3ManagingSANSwitches................ 65
Poweringonandoff............................. 66
4/8and4/16SANSwitchmodels .................... 66
4/32,4/32Band4/64SANSwitchmodels ................ 66
SANSwitchmanagementfeatures ....................... 67
Managing SAN Switches from a single management station . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
InterpretingLEDactivity............................ 69
4/8and4/16SANSwitchLEDs ....................... 69
4/8and4/16SANSwitchLEDpatterns .................... 70
PowerStatusLEDpatterns......................... 70
4/8and4/16SANSwitchsystemStatusLEDpatterns ............ 71
4/8and4/16SANSwitchportLEDpatterns ................ 72
4/8and4/16SANSwitchEthernetLEDpatterns .............. 74
4/32SANSwitchportsideLEDs........................ 74
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