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Silicon Graphics Fibre Channel Hub manual available for free PDF download: Owner's Manual
Silicon Graphics Fibre Channel Hub Owner's Manual (108 pages)
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
5
List of Figures
9
About this Guide
13
Audience
14
Structure of this Document
14
Other Documentation
15
Conventions
15
Product Support
16
Features of the Fibre Channel Hub
17
Fibre Channel Hub Kit
18
Figure 1-1 FC-HUB Kit Contents
18
Fibre Channel Hub Physical Features
19
Figure 1-2 Fibre Channel Hub, Desktop Use
19
Figure 1-3 Fibre Channel Rack: Rear View, with Two Fibre Channel Hub Units
20
Figure 1-4 Fibre Channel Hub Ports
22
Leds
23
Table 1-1 Power and Network LED Functionality
23
Fibre Channel Hub Rackmounting Requirements
24
Table 1-2 Fibre Channel Port LED Functionality
24
Compatibilities, Fibre Channel Cables, and Adapters
25
Fibre Channel Disk Drives
25
Table 1-3 some Fibre Channel Disk Drives Compatible with the Fibre Channel Hub
25
Fibre Channel Cabling Options for the Hub
26
Table 1-4 Fibre Channel Cabling Options: Codes and Part Numbers
26
Figure 1-6 Media Interface Adapter (Optional)
27
Media Interface Adapter (MIA)
27
Fault and Error Management
28
Automatic LIP F8 Word Substitution and Bypass
28
Automatic Loop Reconfiguration
29
Loop Management Software
29
Connectors and Ports
21
Loop Configuration with the Fibre Channel Hub
31
Fibre Channel Hub Configurations and Applications
31
Single-Loop Configuration
32
Figure 2-1 Hub Port Numbering
32
Dual-Loop Configuration
34
Figure 2-4 Dual-Loop Configuration Example, Fibre Channel RAID Storage
35
Figure 2-5 Dual-Loop Configurations with JBOD Storage
36
Figure 2-7 Port Leds
39
Figure 2-8 Hub MAC Address Location
40
Selecting a Spot for the Hub
41
Planning Loop Configuration
39
Determining Hub Management
40
Cascaded Hubs
38
Hub Segmentation
38
Fibre Channel Hub Setup and Cabling
43
Preparing and Setting up the Hub
43
Figure 3-1 Attaching Feet
44
Figure 3-2 Attaching the Power Cord
45
Figure 3-3 Cabling the Ethernet Port
46
Figure 3-4 Cabling the Serial (Console) Port
46
Cabling Servers, Workstations, and Storage to the Fibre Channel Hub
47
Cascading Two Hubs (Optional)
47
Figure 3-5 Cascaded Hubs (Example)
47
Figure 3-6 Media Interface Adapter (MIA) for Optical Fibre Channel Cables
49
Connecting the Hub Power Cord and Powering on the Loop
50
Using Copper Cabling
48
Using Fiber Optic Cabling
48
Cabling the Management Port
46
Figure 3-7 Hub Leds
50
Table 3-1 LED Activity at Hub Power-On
51
Setting up Local or Remote Hub Management
53
Setting up Local Communication with the Hub
53
Logging in Via a Console Terminal
54
Using Terminal Emulation
55
Setting up Remote Communication for Hub Management
55
Preparation
55
Remote Communication Setup: Command-Line Interface
56
Starting the Internet Browser Interface
57
Figure 4-1 Internet Browser: Hub Port Status Screen
58
Obtaining Privileged Status
60
Figure 4-2 Setup Menu
62
Telnet Login
59
Changing TCP/IP Settings
60
Changing TCP/IP Settings: Command-Line Interface
60
Changing TCP/IP Settings: Internet Browser Interface
62
Figure 4-3 Hub Setup Menu
62
Figure 4-5 Power LED
67
Figure 4-6 Segmenting and Unsegmenting the Hub
68
Figure 4-7 Setting the Administrative Password
70
Terminating the Connection
71
Segmenting and Unsegmenting the Hub: Internet Browser Interface
68
Setting Passwords
69
Setting the Administrative Password: Command-Line Interface
69
Setting the Login Password
69
Setting the Administrative Password: Internet Browser Interface
70
Figure 4-4 Hub Setup: TCP
63
Setting Bootp, DHCP, and RARP Parameters
64
Setting Bootp, DHCP, and RARP Parameters: Command-Line Interface
64
Setting Bootp, DHCP, and RARP Parameters: Internet Browser Interface
65
Enabling and Disabling Connections
66
Segmenting and Unsegmenting the Hub
66
Segmenting and Unsegmenting the Hub: Command-Line Interface
66
Fibre Channel Hub Operation and Management
73
Viewing Statistics
73
Table 5-1 Commands for Obtaining Parameters
74
Viewing Hub and Port Statistics: Command-Line Interface
74
Figure 5-2 Hub Port Detailed Status Screen Example
79
Figure 5-3 Hub and Hub Manager Statistics
80
Figure 5-4 Hub Manager Diagnostic Information Example
81
Bypassing Ports
82
Bypassing Ports: Command-Line Interface
82
Bypassing Ports: Internet Browser Interface
83
Viewing Hub Statistics: Internet Browser Interface
80
Figure 5-1 Internet Browser Status Screen
78
Viewing Port Statistics: Internet Browser Interface
78
Figure 5-6 Hub Port Status Screen
84
Figure 5-7 Port Setup Example
85
Figure 5-9 Choosing Hub Advanced Setup
89
Figure 5-10 Advanced Setup Screen: Changing Autobypass Sample Count
90
Renaming the Hub Manager
90
Figure 5-5 Hub Port Selection
84
Figure 5-8 Bypassing Ports
86
Changing LIP F8 and LIP F7 Settings
87
Changing Interval and Threshold Settings
88
Changing Interval and Threshold Settings: Command-Line Interface
88
Changing Interval and Threshold Settings: Internet Browser Interface
89
Technical Specifications
91
System Specifications
91
Table A-1 Fibre Channel Hub Physical Specifications
91
Interface Connector Pinouts
92
Table A-2 Copper Connector Specifications
92
Factory Defaults
93
Figure A-1 Fibre Channel Hub DB-9 Pinout
92
Table A-3 Console (Serial) RJ11 Connector Specifications
93
Table A-4 Fibre Channel Hub Factory Defaults
93
Command-Line Interface Summary
95
Table B-1 Command-Line Interface
95
Setup Checklist
99
Table C-1 Hub Setup Checklist
99
Index
101
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