Installing An Sp Or Sp Filler Module - Dell FC4500 Hardware Reference Manual

Installing an SP or SP
Filler Module
!
CAUTION
Handle an SP gently and use an ESD wristband.
1. Perform this step only if you are installing the DPE into an FC-AL
environment. Otherwise, continue to the next step.
If the DPE is operating in a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop
environment, each SP requires a unique FC-AL address ID on the
loop to communicate with a server/host. If you are installing a
replacement SP, set its address to be the same as that of the SP you
removed. If you are installing an add-on SP, set the address to a
unique address on the loop. The FC-AL protocol translates the
address ID into an 8-bit arbitrated loop physical address (ALPA).
Valid Fibre Channel address IDs range from 0 through 125
(decimal), 0 through 7D (hexadecimal).
Using the SP FC-AL ID switches, set the FC-AL address ID, as
shown in Figure 3-18.
Servicing and Upgrading a DPE

Installing an SP or SP Filler Module

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