IBM Flex System FC3171, Installation And User Manual

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Chapter 2. Installing, removing, replacing, and enabling a switch
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Enabling the switch and its external ports
After you install a switch, the switch and its six external ports are enabled, and you
are ready to configure the Fibre Channel fabric through the switch using the Chassis
Management Module.
Note:
•
For additional information about the management module and its configuration
requirements, including the requirements for enabling ports, see the following
documents at http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/:
— IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis Installation and Service Guide
— IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module Installation Guide
— IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module User’s Guide
— IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module Command-Line Interface Reference
Guide
• The contents of all management-module Web-interface pages vary according to
the type of IBM Flex System chassis that you are using and the firmware versions
and optional devices that are installed.
•
The 14 internal switch ports correspond to the connectors for the compute nodes
that you can attach to the IBM Flex System chassis.
• For the location of the six external ports, see the illustrations in Chapter 3,
“Information panel LEDs and external Fibre Channel ports” on page 19.