Symbolic Name; Switch Administrative States; Broadcast Support - Qlogic SANbox 5600 Series User Manual

4 – Managing Switches
Configuring a Switch

Symbolic Name

The symbolic name is a user-defined name of up to 32 characters that identifies
the switch. The symbolic name is used in the displays and data windows to help
identify switches. The illegal characters are the pound sign (#), semi-colon (;), and
comma (,).

Switch Administrative States

The switch administrative state determines the operational state of the switch. The
switch administrative state exists in two forms: the configured administrative state
and the current administrative state.
Configured administrative state — the state that is saved in the switch
configuration and is preserved across switch resets. QuickTools always
makes changes to the configured administrative state. The configured
administrative state is displayed in the Switch Properties dialog.
Current administrative state — the state that is applied to the switch for
temporary purposes and is not retained across switch resets. The current
administrative state is set using the Set Switch command.
Table 4-4
Parameter
Online
Offline
Diagnostics

Broadcast Support

Broadcast is supported on the switch and allows for TCP/IP support. Broadcast is
implemented using the proposed standard specified in Multi-Switch Broadcast for
FC-SW-3, T11 Presentation Number T11/02-031v0. Fabric Shortest Path First
(FSPF) is used to set up a fabric spanning tree used in transmission of broadcast
frames. Broadcast frames are retransmitted on all ISLs indicated in the spanning
tree and all online N_Ports and NL_Ports. Broadcast zoning is supported with
zones. The default setting is enabled.
4-18
describes the administrative state values.
Table 4-4. Switch Administrative States
The switch is available.
The switch is unavailable.
The switch is in diagnostics mode, is unavailable, and tests can
then be run on all ports of the switch.
Description
S
59235-03 A