Chapter 1. The Brocade 4 Gb San Switch Module - IBM Brocade 4 Gb SAN Switch Module Installation Manual

Chapter 1. The Brocade 4 Gb SAN switch module

This Installation Guide contains instructions for and information about:
v Setting up and installing or replacing the Brocade
Module for IBM
SAN Switch Module for IBM Eserver BladeCenter
v Configuring the switch module through the Telnet interface
v Configuring the switch module through the Advanced Web Tools interface
For installation details, see Chapter 2, "Installing and replacing a switch
module," on page 11. For additional information about switch modules and
other BladeCenter components, see the BladeCenter documentation.
Notes:
1. The Brocade 20-port 4 Gb SAN Switch Module for IBM Eserver
BladeCenter and the Brocade 10-port 4 Gb SAN Switch Module for IBM
Eserver BladeCenter are referred to throughout this document as the
Brocade switch module or the switch module.
2. All IBM Eserver BladeCenter units are referred to throughout this
document as the BladeCenter unit.
3. The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
4. The sample screens that appear in this document might differ slightly from
the screens that are displayed by your system. Screen content varies
according to the type of BladeCenter unit that you are using and the
firmware versions and options that are installed.
5. When you are using the Brocade switch module with a BladeCenter T unit,
the internal ports operate at 2 Gb, and the external ports operate at up to 4
Gb.
The switch module is a Fibre Channel component that consists of 20 ports:
v 14 internal ports to connect to the BladeCenter unit blade server bays
v 6 external Fibre Channel user ports to connect to external Fibre Channel
devices
You can manage and configure the switch module through multiple interfaces.
v A Telnet connection to the embedded command-line interface (CLI)
For more information, see Chapter 4, "Configuring the switch module
through the Telnet interface," on page 25.
v A Web browser (Advanced Web Tools) interface
For more information, see Chapter 5, "Configuring the switch module
through the Advanced Web Tools interface," on page 29.
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2005
Eserver
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BladeCenter
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20-port 4 Gb SAN Switch
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