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SAN32M1 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual
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Expansion ports (E_Ports) to provide interswitch link (ISL)
connectivity to fabric directors and switches.
The switch can be installed on a table or desk top, mounted in an
equipment cabinet or in any standard equipment rack.
Multiple switches and the management server communicate on a
local area network (LAN) through one or more 10/100 Base-T
Ethernet hubs. One or more 24-port Ethernet hubs are optional and
can be ordered with the switch. Up to three hubs are daisy-chained as
required to provide additional Ethernet connections as more switches
(or other IBM managed products) are installed on a customer
network.
The switches provide dynamically switched connections for servers
and devices, supports mainframe and open-systems interconnection
(OSI) computing environments, and provides data transmission and
flow control between device node ports (N_Ports) as dictated by the
Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH 4.3). Through
interswitch links (ISLs), the switch can connect additional switches to
form a Fibre Channel multiswitch fabric.
The switch provides connectivity for devices manufactured by
multiple original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). To determine if
an OEM product can communicate through connections provided by
the switch, or if communication restrictions apply, refer to the
supporting publications for the product or contact your IBM
marketing representative
Out-of-band (non-Fibre Channel) management access to IBM
products is provided through an Ethernet LAN connection to a
switch front panel. The following out-of-band management access
methods are provided:
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Optional management server with the SAN Management
Application) and Element Manager applications installed. The
management server is a rack-mount unit that provides a central
point of control for up to 48 switches or managed IBM products.
Operators at remote workstations can connect to the management
server through the local SANavigator or EFCM application and
associated Element Manager applications to manage and monitor
switches controlled by the management server. A maximum of
nine concurrent users (including a local user) can log in to the
SANavigator or EFCM application.
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