Q-Logic SB2A-16B User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents

  3
  • Figures

    8
  • Tables

    9
• Section 1 Introduction

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  • 1.1 Intended Audience

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  • 1.2 Related Materials

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  • 1.3 New in this Release

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  • 1.4 Safety Notices

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  • 1.5 Sicherheitshinweise

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  • 1.6 Notes informatives relatives à la sécurité

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  • 1.7 Communications Statements

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    • 1.7.1 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Class A Statement

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    • 1.7.2 Canadian Department of Communications Class A Compliance Statement

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    • 1.7.3 Avis de conformité aux normes du ministère des Communications du Canada

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    • 1.7.4 CE Statement

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    • 1.7.5 VCCI Class A Statement

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    • 1.7.6 BSMI Class A Statement

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  • 1.8 Laser Safety Information

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  • 1.9 Electrostatic Discharge Sensitivity (ESDS) Precautions

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  • 1.10 Accessible Parts

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  • 1.11 Pièces Accessibles

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  • 1.12 Zugängliche Teile

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  • 1.13 General Public License

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    • 1.13.1 Preamble

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    • 1.13.2 Terms And Conditions For Copying, Distribution And Modification

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    • 1.13.3 How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs

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  • 1.14 Technical Support

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    • 1.14.1 Availability

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    • 1.14.2 Training

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    • 1.14.3 Contact Information

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• Section 2 General Description

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  • 2.1 Chassis Controls and LEDs

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    • 2.1.1 Power Switches

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    • 2.1.2 Maintenance Button

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    • 2.1.3 Chassis LEDs

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      • 2.1.3.1 Over Temperature LED (Amber)

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      • 2.1.3.2 Fan Fail LED (Amber)

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      • 2.1.3.3 Heartbeat LED (Amber)

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      • 2.1.3.4 Input Power LED (Green)

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  • 2.2 Fibre Channel Ports

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    • 2.2.1 Port LEDs

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      • 2.2.1.1 Port Logged-In LED

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      • 2.2.1.2 Port Activity LED

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    • 2.2.2 Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) Transceivers

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    • 2.2.3 Port Types

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  • 2.3 Ethernet Port

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  • 2.4 Serial Port

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  • 2.5 Power Supplies

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  • 2.6 Fans

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  • 2.7 Switch Management

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    • 2.7.1 SANsurfer Switch Manager

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    • 2.7.2 SANsurfer Switch Manager Web Applet

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    • 2.7.3 Command Line Interface

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    • 2.7.4 SANsurfer Switch Manager Application Programming Interface

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    • 2.7.5 Simple Network Management Protocol

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    • 2.7.6 File Transfer Protocol

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• Section 3 Planning

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  • 3.1 Devices

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  • 3.2 Device Access

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    • 3.2.1 Soft Zones

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    • 3.2.2 Access Control List Hard Zones

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  • 3.3 Performance

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    • 3.3.1 Distance

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    • 3.3.2 Bandwidth

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    • 3.3.3 Latency

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  • 3.4 Multiple Chassis Fabrics

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    • 3.4.1 Optimizing Device Performance

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    • 3.4.2 Domain ID, Principal Priority, and Domain ID Lock

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    • 3.4.3 Common Topologies

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      • 3.4.3.1 Cascade Topology

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      • 3.4.3.2 Mesh Topology

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      • 3.4.3.3 Multistage Topology

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  • 3.5 Fabric Security

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    • 3.5.1 User Account Security

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    • 3.5.2 Fabric Services

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  • 3.6 Fabric Management

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• Section 4 Installation

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  • 4.1 Site Requirements

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    • 4.1.1 Fabric Management Workstation

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    • 4.1.2 Switch Power Requirements

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    • 4.1.3 Environmental Conditions

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  • 4.2 Installing a Switch

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    • 4.2.1 Mount the Switch

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    • 4.2.2 Install SFP Transceivers

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    • 4.2.3 Connect the Workstation to the Switch

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    • 4.2.4 Configure the Workstation

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      • 4.2.4.1 Setting the Workstation IP Address for Ethernet Connections

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      • 4.2.4.2 Configuring the Workstation Serial Port

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    • 4.2.5 Install SANsurfer Switch Manager

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      • 4.2.5.1 SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Windows Installation

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      • 4.2.5.2 SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Linux Installation

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      • 4.2.5.3 SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Solaris Installation

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      • 4.2.5.4 SANsurfer Switch Manager Installation Disk - Windows Installation

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      • 4.2.5.5 SANsurfer Switch Manager Installation Disk - Linux Installation

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      • 4.2.5.6 SANsurfer Switch Manager Installation Disk - Solaris Installation

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    • 4.2.6 Start SANsurfer Switch Manager

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    • 4.2.7 Connect the Switch to AC Power

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    • 4.2.8 Configure the Switch

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    • 4.2.9 Cable Devices to the Switch

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  • 4.3 Install Firmware

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    • 4.3.1 Using SANsurfer Switch Manager to Install Firmware

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    • 4.3.2 Using the CLI to Install Firmware

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    • 4.3.3 Using FTP and the CLI to Install Firmware

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  • 4.4 Powering Down a Switch

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• Section 5 Diagnostics/Troubleshooting

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  • 5.1 POST Diagnostics

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    • 5.1.1 Heartbeat LED Blink Patterns

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      • 5.1.1.1 Internal Firmware Failure Blink Pattern

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      • 5.1.1.2 System Error Blink Pattern

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      • 5.1.1.3 Configuration File System Error Blink Pattern

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    • 5.1.2 Logged-In LED Indications

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      • 5.1.2.1 E_Port Isolation

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      • 5.1.2.2 Excessive Port Errors

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  • 5.2 Chassis Diagnostics

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    • 5.2.1 Chassis Over Temperature LED is Illuminated

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    • 5.2.2 Input Power LED Is Extinguished

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    • 5.2.3 Fan Fail LED is Illuminated

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    • 5.2.4 Output Power LED Is Extinguished

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    • 5.2.5 Power Supply Over Temperature LED is Illuminated

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  • 5.3 Recovering a Switch

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    • 5.3.1 Maintenance - Exit

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    • 5.3.2 Maintenance - Image Unpack

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    • 5.3.3 Maintenance - Reset Network Config

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    • 5.3.4 Maintenance - Reset User Accounts to Default

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    • 5.3.5 Maintenance - Copy Log Files

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    • 5.3.6 Maintenance - Remove Switch Config

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    • 5.3.7 Maintenance - Remake Filesystem

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    • 5.3.8 Maintenance - Reset Switch

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    • 5.3.9 Maintenance - Show Firmware Versions

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    • 5.3.10 Maintenance - Set Active Image

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• Section 6 Removal/Replacement

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  • 6.1 SFP Transceivers

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  • 6.2 Power Supplies

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  • 6.3 Fans

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• Appendix A Specifications

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  • A.1 Fabric Specifications

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  • A.2 Maintainability

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  • A.3 Fabric Management

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  • A.4 Dimensions

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  • A.5 Electrical

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  • A.6 Environmental

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  • A.7 Regulatory Certifications

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• Appendix B Command Line Interface

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  • B.1 Logging On to a Switch

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  • B.2 User Accounts

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  • B.3 Working with Switch Configurations

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    • B.3.1 Modifying a Configuration

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    • B.3.2 Backing up and Restoring Switch Configurations

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  • B.4 Commands

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    • Admin Command

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    • Alias Command

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    • Config Command

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    • Date Command

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    • Fallback Command

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    • Hardreset Command

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    • Help Command

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    • History Command

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    • Hotreset Command

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    • Image Command

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    • Lip Command

      122
    • Passwd Command

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    • Ping Command

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    • Ps Command

      125
    • Quit Command

      126
    • Reset Command

      127
    • Set Command

      133
    • Set Config Command

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    • Set Log Command

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    • Set Port Command

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    • Set Setup Command

      151
    • Show Command

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    • Show Config Command

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    • Show Log Command

      175
    • Show Perf Command

      178
    • Show Setup Command

      180
    • Shutdown Command

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    • Test Command

      184
    • Uptime Command

      187
    • User Command

      188
    • Whoami Command

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    • Zone Command

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    • Zoneset Command

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    • Zoning Command

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• Glossary

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• Index

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