Connecting The Msa San Switch 2/8 To The Ethernet Network - HP StorageWorks MSA 2/8 - SAN Switch Installation Manual

Connecting the MSA SAN Switch 2/8 to the Ethernet Network

If you have not yet connected the MSA SAN Switch to the Ethernet segment:
1. Remove the shipping plug from the MSA SAN Switch Ethernet port.
2. Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the workstation or to an Ethernet
3. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to the MSA SAN Switch Ethernet
4. Verify that you can access the MSA SAN Switch through the Ethernet.
Note:
enable connection using telnet.
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network containing the workstation.
port.
The MSA SAN Switch will automatically sense the cable configuration used
(straight or cross over.)
Use the following CLI command to verify the switch connection:
PING ipaddress
where is the Ethernet IP address of the MSA SAN Switch.
ipaddress
For example:
PING 10.77.77.77
Reply from 10.77.77.77: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=
Reply from 10.77.77.77: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=
Reply from 10.77.77.77: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=
Reply from 10.77.77.77: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=
Ping statistics for 10.77.77.77:
Packets: Sent=4, Received=4, Lost=0
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum-0ms, Maximum=0ms, Average-0ms
The switch must be connected to your IP network through the Ethernet port to
If you cannot connect to the MSA SAN Switch, check your cable connections
and enter the ipaddrset command again to verify that the IP address
information was entered correctly.
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