Switch Initialization - IBM 3534-F08 Installation And User Manual

Secure feature
Fabric Manager
Extended fabrics
Remote switch
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Switch initialization

When you start or restart the switch, the following operations are performed:
1. Early power-on self test (POST) diagnostics are run. POST is run before
2. VxWorks is initialized.
3. The hardware is initialized. The system is reset, the internal addresses are
4. A full POST is run.
5. The links are initialized. Receiver and transmitter negotiation is run to bring the
6. A fabric exploration is run. This determines whether any ports are connected to
7. Addresses are assigned. After the principal switch is identified, port addresses
8. The routing table is constructed. After the addresses are assigned, the unicast
9. Normal node port or node loop port (Nx_port) operation is enabled.
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IBM TotalStorage SAN Switch: 3534 Model F08 Installation and User's Guide
QuickLoop enables servers with host bus adapters that use Fibre Channel
Arbitrated Loop private loops to communicate with Fibre Channel storage
devices through IBM TotalStorage SAN switches. For more information, see
the Brocade QuickLoop User's Guide.
The Secure feature provides customizable security restrictions through local
and remote management channels on a switch fabric. For more information,
see the Brocade Secure Fabric OS User's Guide.
Fabric Manager provides a GUI that allows the administrator to monitor and
manage a fabric from a standard workstation. For more information, see the
Brocade Fabric Manager User's Guide.
Extended fabrics activation extends SAN fabrics beyond the Fibre Channel
standard 10 km, which enables high performance applications over
extended distances for storage consolidation, data protection, disaster
tolerance, and data sharing.
Remote switch activation extends the distance of the SAN fabric by
enabling two Fibre Channel switches to interconnect over an asychronous
transfer mode (ATM) wide area network (WAN).
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VxWorks is running.
assigned to Loom chips, the Ethernet port is initialized, the serial port is
initialized, and the front panel is initialized.
connected ports online.
other switches. If so, it determines the principal switch.
are assigned. Each 3534 Model F08 tries to keep the same addresses that it
used previously. Previous addresses are stored in the configuration Flash
memory.
routing tables are constructed.