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GigWorks MKII-16 Switch Model MKII-BASE16
Installer's/User's Manual 59003-01 Rev. A
General Description 1-3
General Description
information about the Web-based Switch management application.
Switch management allows you to:
• Set up the connection between the Ethernet port on a PC and the Ethernet port on
the Switch and track the communication that takes place over this connection
• Configure the Switch Management interface with its IP network configuration
parameters and SNMP configuration parameters
• Configure the Fabric Number of the chassis and Chassis Number
• Configure the Chassis Stage Type for multistage fabrics
• Configure the Fibre Channel Timeouts
• Configure the desired Chassis State and read the actual Chassis State
• Configure the desired Port State and read the actual Port State
• Read and control the status of each port including:
• Read the Port Type for each fabric port
• Read the FL_Port Loop Status for each FL_Port
• Read the AL-PA (Loop Address) of all logged-in NL_Ports
• Configure Loop Ports including:
• Place any NL_Port into Loop Bypass Mode
• Place any or all NL_Ports back into normal Loop Mode
• Re-initialize the Loop
• Read Name Server Information for all logged-in ports
• Load new Switch control-processor firmware into the Switch’s control processor
Flash and Reset the Switch
• Display all the SNMP managed object provided by the Switch
• Display the Switch World Wide Name and all its hardware and software version
numbers
• Perform Diagnostics Trace operations on the Switch under the direction of Ancor
service personnel
• Divide the fabric ports into zones for more efficient and secure communication
among functionally grouped nodes. There are three types of zones and a port may
be defined in any or all of them.
• Hard Zones follow physical boundaries within a Single-Stage Switch chassis
and limit the communication of a port to only other ports in the same Hard
Zone. There may be as many as four Hard Zones and a particular port may be
in only one of them.
• Broadcast Zones allow the division of the fabric into as many as 16 zones that
define the area of Broadcasts. A particular port may be placed in one or more