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3-2 Switch Management
GigWorks MkII-16 Switch Model MKII-BASE16
59003-01 Rev. A Installer's/User's Manual
Introduction
• Configure the desired Port State and read the actual Port State
On Line
Off Line
Test
Failure (Read only)
• Read the status of each port including:
• Port Type for each fabric port
F_Port
FL_Port
T_Port (Trunk ports interconnect chassis in a multi-stage fabric.)
• Port Status for each fabric port
Logged In
Not Logged In
• FL_Port Loop Status for each FL_Port
• AL-PA of all logged-in NL_Ports
• Configure Loop Devices including:
• Place any NL_Port into Loop Bypass Mode
• Place any or all NL_Ports back into normal Loop Mode
• Re-initializing 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 objects 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