McDATA 3000 Network Router User Manual


 
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Network Design Criteria
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Network Design
A LC to SC fiber cable is needed to connect the UltraNet Edge
3000 to a Brocade 2000 Series Switch.
A LC to LC fiber cable is needed to connect the UltraNet Edge
3000 to a Brocade 3000 Series Switch.
The Brocade and McData switches need specific flash parameters
specified (see the chapter on “Brocade Switch Requirements” in
the UltraNet Edge Storage Router - 3000 Series Release Notes, part
number 30200581).
The FCCNT card auto-senses the attached port speed and adjusts
accordingly.
UltraNet ConfigManager
When you perform the initial TCP/IP configuration using the
UltraNet ConfigManager, the PC which has UltraNet ConfigManager
installed on it, must be on the same LAN and subnet as the Ethernet
maintenance interface.
ATM Network
Criteria
Figure 3-2 is an example of an ATM OC-3 network using two
UltraNet Edge 3000s in a 1x1 configuration with an ATM WAN.
Figure 3-2 Example ATM WAN with two UltraNet Edge 3000s
ATM OC-3
Cloud
Maintenance IP
Fibre
Channel
Switch 1
Fabric Fabric
Default
Gateway 1
Personal
Computer 1
192.168.10.3/24
192.168.10.1/24
192.168.144.16/24 192.168.144.32/24
UltraNet
Edge 10
UltraNet
Edge 20
Default
Gateway 2
FC
Maintenance IP
Fibre
Channel
Switch 2
192.168.20.1/24
192.168.20.3/24
FC
FC
FC
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