IBM 69Y1930, Product Manual

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IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch and Pass-thru 5
The switch supports the following management methods:
Web interface through QuickTools
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Command-line interface through SSH (Telnet is also supported but disabled by default)
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Switch simple network management protocol (SNMP) agent: enables a network management
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workstation to receive configuration values, traffic information, and Fibre Channel failure data through
SNMP and the Ethernet interface
Supported Fibre Channel standards
The switch supports the following Fibre Channel standards:
C-PH version 4.3
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FC-PH-2
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FC-PH-3
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FC-AL version 4.5
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FC-AL-2 Rev 7.0
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FC-FLA
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FC-GS-3
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FC-FG
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FC-PLDA
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FC-Tape
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FC-VI
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FC-SW-2
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Fibre Channel Element MIB RFC 2837
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Fibre Alliance MIB version 4.0
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Supported chassis and adapter cards
The switches are installed in switch bays in the rear of the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis as shown
in the following figure. Switches are normally installed in pairs because I/O adapter cards installed in the
compute nodes route to two switch bays for redundancy and performance.
Figure 2. Location of the I/O bays in the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis