Qlogic SANbox2-8c Installation Manual page 4

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 Planning
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 Installation
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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