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16 April, 2003 Fibre Channel Switch 3
Contents
Welcome ..............................................................................................................................7
How to use the manuals..................................................................................................8
Support for your Fibre Channel switch............................................................................8
Installing a Switch in a Profile Video Network......................................................................9
Profile System Software Requirements.........................................................................10
PDR Series Fibre Channel firmware and driver requirements ...................................... 11
Loading PDR Series firmware..................................................................................11
Loading Fibre Channel Server firmware...................................................................12
Configuring Fibre Channel on your PDR Series systems .............................................12
Configuring your Fibre Channel switch .........................................................................14
Enter administrator mode .........................................................................................14
Configure Ethernet LAN settings..............................................................................14
Verify firmware version.............................................................................................15
Port and switch configuration ...................................................................................16
Connecting devices to the switch..................................................................................19
Cable lengths ...........................................................................................................19
Fabric topology.........................................................................................................19
Compatible Fibre Channel Devices..........................................................................19
Monitoring your switch with NetCentral..............................................................................20
SNMP configuration ...................................................................................................... 21
Setting port aliases........................................................................................................23
Monitoring Status ..........................................................................................................24
Troubleshooting with NetCentral...................................................................................26
Maintenance procedures ...................................................................................................27
Resetting the switch to factory defaults.........................................................................27
Resetting the switch manually.......................................................................................27