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Configuration Planning Tasks
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Task 5: Plan Ethernet Access
McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual
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Remote user workstations - If remote access to the management
server is required, plan to install user workstations with the SAN
management and Element Manager applications configured.
Administrators can use these remote workstations to configure
and monitor directors and fabric switches. Up to 25 sessions can
be simultaneously active. Sessions from remote user workstations
are disabled if the management server is powered off.
NOTE: Remote management server access to SAN routers is
not supported.
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Inband management support - If inband console management of
a director or fabric switch is required, plan for a Fibre Channel
port connection that communicates with the attached server.
If director or fabric switch management through an OSI server is
planned, ensure the OSMS feature key is ordered with the
Element Manager application. This feature enables host control of
the product from an OSI server attached to a Fibre Channel port.
Ensure the server meets minimum specifications and a product-
compatible HBA and appropriate operating system or SAN
management application is available.
If director or switch management through an IBM host is
planned, ensure the FMS feature key is ordered with the Element
Manager application. This feature key enables host control of the
product from an IBM System/390 Parallel Enterprise Server or
eServer zSeries processor attached to a Fibre Channel port.
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SANpilot interface - If a web browser-capable PC and Internet
access to a director or switch SANpilot interface are required,
plan accordingly and ensure access to an analog phone line.
Access to the SANpilot interface is not provided by the
management server.
NOTE: SANpilot interface access to SAN routers is not supported.
The management server and one or more products are configured on
a dedicated Ethernet LAN segment and delivered in the Fabricenter
equipment cabinet. No Ethernet access planning is required for a
stand-alone cabinet. This task is required to:
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