Operational Features; San Router Features - IBM TotalStorage SAN16M-R SAN Installation And Service Manual

Intelligent ports
for IP connection
Management ports

Operational features

To the left of each FC port is an LED that indicates the configuration
and status of the associated port. For more information about these
LEDs, see Table 20 on page 52.
The SAN Router provides four intelligent ports for Gig Ethernet (GE)
connectivity, labeled 13 through 16. Each intelligent port for IP
connectivity can be configured for either Internet Small Computer
Systems Interface (iSCSI) or Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP).
There are two management ports located on the front of the SAN
Router. An RS-232 serial port that can be connected to a VT100
terminal emulator for access to SAN Router console that supports the
Command Line Interface (CLI), and an RJ45 port that can be
connected to the LAN for out-of-band management using the SAN
Router Element Manager or the SANvergence Manager. The RJ45
management port can be accessed by any PC on the LAN with a web
browser or Telnet based CLI.
The SAN Router features are described in
features. Some features are optional and may not be present in some
SAN Router software versions.

SAN Router features

Table 3
Feature Description
Intelligent ports Four intelligent ports, which can be configured for
Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) or
Internet Fibre Channel Protocol (iFCP). An Intelligent
port is also referred as TCP port.
Internet Fibre Channel The SAN Router supports the IETF draft standard for
Protocol (iFCP) iFCP, which provides connectivity and networking for
standards track existing Fibre Channel devices over a TCP/IP network.
protocols
iSCSI The SAN Router supports IETF standard based iSCSI
protocol.A TCP port can be configured for either iSCSI
or iFCP.
Table 3, SAN Router
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