Management Ports; Fibre Channel Ports; Ethernet Ports - IBM SAN04B-R - System Storage Router Installation, Service And User Manual

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Management ports

An RJ-45 serial port ( 2 in Figure 1 on page 4) and a 10/100 BaseT Ethernet port
( 3 ) are included on the router for management purposes. The serial connector is
for initial IP address configuration and for recovery of the router to its factory default
settings should Flash memory contents be lost. It is not intended for normal
administration or maintenance functions. An RJ-45 serial cable is provided with the
router for management through this serial connection. An RJ-45 to DB9 adaptor is
also provided with the cable.
An Ethernet cable can be used to connect the Ethernet port directly to a
management workstation or to an Ethernet network that includes the management
workstation. There are two LEDs on the Ethernet management port. One LED
indicates link status, and the other indicates the speed (10 Mb/sec or 100 Mb/sec).
See "LEDs on the port side of the router" on page 30 for more details on these
LEDs. The TCP/IP address for the Ethernet management port can be configured
from the serial port or directly from the Ethernet port itself.

Fibre Channel ports

The standard router has two physical Fibre Channel ports ( 4 in Figure 1 on page
4), numbered 0 and 1, that are enabled in this model. The next 14 physical ports
(2-15) can be enabled with an upgrade license. An LED next to the port number
indicates the port status. See "LEDs on the port side of the router" on page 30 for
more details on these LEDs. The ports support Fibre Channel Routing services with
link speeds up to 1-, 2-, or 4-Gbps. The ports are able to auto-negotiate to the
maximum link speed. A number of different small form-factor pluggable (SFP)
optical transceivers are compatible with these ports. Contact your IBM
representative for more information on SFPs for this product.

Ethernet ports

Two GbE ports ( 5 in Figure 1 on page 4) numbered GE0 and GE1 support the
FCIP and Fibre Channel Routing Services features with link speeds up to 50 Mbps
(up to 1 Gbps with upgrade license). Each GbE port can each support one FCIP
tunnel (eight with upgrade license). Each FCIP tunnel is represented and managed
as an Fibre Channel E_Port. Fibre Channel Routing Services functionality can be
used over the FCIP link. Fabrics connected through FCIP merge if the ports are
configured as VE_Ports, and do not merge if they are configured as VEX_Ports. If
VE_Ports are used in an Fibre Channel Routing Services backbone fabric
configuration, then the backbone fabric merges but the EX_Port attached to edge
fabrics do not merge. For more information see the Fabric OS Administrator's
Guide.
System status and power LEDs
Two LEDs ( 6 in Figure 1 on page 4) display an indication of the overall status of
the product. The System Status LED (the top LED) provides information on the
current status of the router. The System Power LED (the lower LED) indicates
whether the product is on, and the status of the power supplies. See "LEDs on the
port side of the router" on page 30 for more details on these LEDs.
IP address, WWN pull-out tab
The pull-out tab ( 7 in Figure 1 on page 4) provides a space to record the router
IP address after you change it from the factory default. See "Setting the router IP
address" on page 20 for instructions on setting the IP address. The tab also
contains the world wide name (WWN) of the router and its serial number.
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