Physical Planning And Hardware Installation Tasks - McDATA StorageWorks 64 - SAN Director Switch Planning Manual

Physical Planning and Hardware Installation Tasks

Table 6-2
Activity
Locate the physical facilities.
Connect the facility alternating current
(AC) power circuits.
Obtain an uninterruptable power supply
(optional).
Obtain two outside-access phone lines.
Order and deliver Ethernet and fiber-optic
cables with appropriate connectors.
Cables must support Fibre Channel
network, management network, and IP
WAN network (if SAN routing is supported)
connectivity.
Order the Fabricenter cabinet with one or
more McDATA managed products.
Order Fibre Channel devices and
peripherals.
Determine proximity of the equipment
cabinet (with directors, fabric switches,
and SAN routers) to attached devices
(multimode shortwave laser or singlemode
longwave laser).
Install Fibre Channel devices and
peripherals.
Set up server peripheral for inband director
or switch management (optional).
Route fiber-optic jumper cables.
Set up local area network (LAN)
connections for directors, fabric switches,
SAN routers, and the management server.
Task Owner Due Date
If more than one managed product, consider
separate power circuits for availability.
Recommended.
One for the modem and the second for a telephone.
Cables are purchased by the customer separately.
Plan to have cables installed before equipment
cabinet delivery.
500 meters (1.0625 Gbps), 300 meters (2.1250
Gbps), or 150 meters (10.2000 Gbps) for 50/125
mm multimode cable.
250 meters (1.0625 Gbps), 120 meters (2.1250
Gbps), or 75 meters (10.2000 Gbps) for 62.5/125
mm multimode cable.
10, 20, or 35 kilometers for 9/125 mm singlemode
cable, depending on the optic purchased.
Order OSMS or FMS product feature enablement
(PFE) key.
If SAN routing is supported, provide additional
management server configuration tasks.
Configuration Planning Tasks
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