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© Copyright IBM Corp. 2011, 2013
This document describes how to install and service the IBM System Storage
SAN384B-2 fabric backbone product (Machine type 2499-416). Throughout this
document, the product is referred to as the SAN384B-2, or more generically as
system, device, or chassis, where appropriate. This document includes information
specific to the SAN384B-2 running Fabric OS version 7.1.1 and later. For
information about a Fabric OS version other than 7.1.1, refer to the documentation
specific to your Fabric OS version.
Note: 7.0.0c is the latest FICON supported release.
The sections that follow provide information about:
v "Who should read this document"
v "Product documents"
v "Brocade documents"
v "Accessibility features for SAN384B-2" on page xxviii
This document is intended for trained service representatives who are responsible
for installing and servicing the SAN384B-2, and for network administrators
responsible for maintaining and using the SAN384B-2.
The documents contain information related to this product. The documentation
may be printed material, on the documentation CD that is shipped with the
product, or available on the web through the IBM Support Portal or IBM
Publications Center.
v IBM System Storage SAN384B-2 Installation, Service, and User Guide, GA32-0894
(this document, which is also available in accessible HTML format on the
documentation CD)
v Safety Notices
v IBM Systems Environmental Notices and User Guide, Z125-5823
v IBM Warranty
v Implementing an IBM/Brocade SAN with 8 Gbps Directors and Switches, (an IBM
Redbook), SG24-6116
Note: This publication was written for earlier products, but many of the
practices still apply.
v IBM System Storage FIPS 140-2 Security Seal Application Procedures (GA32-2220-00),
available online only for this optional feature.
IBM switches and directors use software licensed from Brocade Communications
Systems, Inc. You can find information related to the software that supports the
SAN384B-2 in the documents on the CD-ROM supplied with this product. More
recent versions of the Fabric Operating System (FOS) documentation may be
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