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SANbox2-8c Fibre Channel Switch
Installation Guide
2.1.2.2
2.1.2.3
2.1.2.4
2.2
Fibre Channel Ports ........................................................................................... 2-5
2.2.1
Port LEDs .................................................................................................. 2-5
2.2.1.1
2.2.1.2
2.2.2
Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) Transceivers .................................... 2-6
2.2.3
Port Modes ................................................................................................ 2-7
2.2.3.1
2.2.3.2
2.2.3.3
2.3
Ethernet Port ...................................................................................................... 2-8
2.4
Serial Port........................................................................................................... 2-9
2.5
Power Supply and Fan ..................................................................................... 2-10
2.6
Switch Management......................................................................................... 2-10
Section 3
3.1
Devices............................................................................................................... 3-1
3.2
Multiple Chassis Fabrics .................................................................................... 3-2
3.2.1
Domain ID, Principal Priority, and Domain ID Lock ................................... 3-2
3.2.2
Common Topologies.................................................................................. 3-3
3.2.2.1
3.2.2.2
3.2.2.3
3.3
Performance....................................................................................................... 3-6
3.3.1
Distance..................................................................................................... 3-6
3.3.2
Bandwidth.................................................................................................. 3-7
3.3.3
Latency ...................................................................................................... 3-7
3.4
Device Access.................................................................................................... 3-8
3.4.1
Soft Zones ................................................................................................. 3-9
3.4.2
Access Control List Hard Zones ................................................................ 3-9
3.4.3
Virtual Private Fabric Hard Zones ........................................................... 3-10
3.5
Fabric Management ......................................................................................... 3-10
3.6
Security ............................................................................................................ 3-11
Section 4
4.1
Site Requirements.............................................................................................. 4-1
4.1.1
Fabric Management Workstation............................................................... 4-1
4.1.2
Switch Power Requirements ..................................................................... 4-1
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Fan Fail LED (Amber)....................................................................... 2-4
Heartbeat LED (Amber) .................................................................... 2-4
Input Power LED (Green) ................................................................. 2-4
Logged-In LED ................................................................................. 2-6
Activity LED ...................................................................................... 2-6
Fabric Ports ...................................................................................... 2-7
Translated Loop Port ........................................................................ 2-7
Expansion Port ................................................................................. 2-8
Cascade Topology ............................................................................ 3-3
Mesh Topology ................................................................................. 3-4
Multistage Topology .......................................................................... 3-5
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