Operational Setup Tasks - McDATA StorageWorks 64 - SAN Director Switch Planning Manual

Configuration Planning Tasks
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Table 6-2
Set up LAN connections to corporate
intranet for remote workstation access
(optional).
Determine peak available bandwidth of the
available IP WAN network (optional).
Negotiate SLA (optional).
Table 6-3
Obtain or assign IP addresses, subnet
masks, and gateway addresses for
products.
Obtain or assign intelligent port network
addresses (optional).
Obtain gateway addresses for router or
other gateway devices on company LAN.
Assign host names.
Add host name to domain name service
(DNS) database.
Determine what level of SAN
management application user rights are
to be used for up to 16 users.
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Physical Planning and Hardware Installation Tasks (continued)
Activity

Operational Setup Tasks

Activity Task Owner
Task Owner Due Date
Remote workstation access is supported for
directors and fabric switches only.
If SAN routing is supported, rate limiting must be
configured and enabled based on peak available
bandwidth.
If SAN routing is supported, an SLA must be
negotiated with a network service provider to
ensure reliable IP WAN transport service.
Due Date
Management server (if installing on a LAN with
non-McDATA devices).
Directors, fabric switches, and SAN routers (if
installing on a LAN with non-McDATA devices).
Remote user workstation (optional).
Simple network management protocol (SNMP)
management stations (optional).
SAN router intelligent ports require network
addressing to support iFCP connectivity.
To configure management server and products
(if installing on a LAN with non-McDATA devices).
Management server and products (optional).
Management server and products.
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