Planning For Cable Management; Items Required For Setup; Setting Up The Switch - IBM SAN06B-R Installation, Service And User Manual

Planning for cable management

Attention: The minimum bend radius for Cat5 and Cat6 copper cables and 50
micron cable is 51 mm (2 in.) under full tensile load and 30.5 mm (1.2 in.) with no
tensile load. Because they can be easily overtightened, tie wraps are not
recommended for use with optical cables.
Cables can be organized and managed in a variety of ways: for example, using
cable channels on the sides of the cabinet or patch panels to minimize cable
management. A list of best practices follows:
v Plan for rack space required for cable management before installing the switch.
v Leave at least 1 meter (3.28 ft) of slack for each port cable. This provides room
to remove and replace the switch, allows for inadvertent movement of the rack,
and helps prevent the cables from being bent to less than the minimum bend
radius.
v For easier maintenance, label the fiber optic cables and record the devices to
which they are connected.
v Keep LEDs visible by routing port cables and other cables away from the LEDs.
v Do not use tie wraps on fiber optic cables, because wraps can be easily
overtightened and can damage the optic fibers.

Items required for setup

The following items are required for configuring and connecting the switch for use
in a network and fabric:
v The switch, installed and connected to a power source
v Workstation with an installed terminal emulator, such as HyperTerminal
v Available IP address and corresponding subnet mask and gateway address
v Serial cable (provided)
v Ethernet cable
v SFP transceivers and compatible fiber and copper cables, as required
v Access to an FTP server for backing up or downloading the switch configuration

Setting up the switch

Follow the steps described in the next sections to set up your switch.
v "Providing power to the switch" on page 16
v "Creating a serial connection" on page 16
v "Setting the switch IP address" on page 17
v "Creating an Ethernet connection and logging in" on page 18
v "Changing the switch name and chassis name" on page 18
v "Connecting cables" on page 21
v "Setting the switch date and time" on page 19
v "Setting the switch domain ID" on page 18
v "Configuring FCIP and Fibre Channel routing services" on page 20
v "Installing SFPs" on page 21
v "Connecting cables" on page 21
v "Verifying correct operation of the switch" on page 22
v "Backing up the configuration" on page 23
Chapter 2. Installing and configuring the SAN06B-R
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