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IBM Flex System FC3171 8 Gb SAN Switch and Pass-thru Installation and User’s Guide
Connecting to the switch
To access and control the switch over an SSH interface, you can connect the switch
to the workstation through the Ethernet port or the serial port. To establish an
Ethernet connection, you must know the IP address of the switch and have either an
indirect connection from the workstation to the switch through the management
module or a direct connection from the workstation to the switch Ethernet port. If
you have to obtain the IP address for the switch or establish a connection, contact
your system or network administrator. Be sure to use the correct IP address in the
required commands. You can connect the switch Ethernet port to the workstation
using a 10/100 Base-T straight cable or a 10/100 Base-T cross-over cable.
To establish a serial connection, connect the switch serial port to the workstation
using a null-modem, F/F, USB type B-to-DB9 serial cable. For more details, see
“Switch serial connection” on page 29.
Table 8 describes the serial port pin mapping.
Accessing the switch through a terminal emulator program
You can access the switch through IP-enabled devices that are connected to the
Chassis Management Module. For more information, see the following documents
at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/flexsys/information/index.jsp:
• IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis Installation and Service Guide
•
IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module Installation Guide
• IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module Command-Line Interface Reference
Guide
•
IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module User’s Guide
To access the switch through a terminal emulator program on the network
management workstation, complete the following steps:
1. Open an SSH session and provide a switch bay IP address. For information about
IBM Flex System switch bay IP addresses, see the IBM Flex System Enterprise
Chassis Installation and Service Guide.
• For a Windows
®
platform, use an SSH client such as PUTTY.
•
For a Linux ® platform, type
ssh USERID@ xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
, where
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the switch bay IP address.
2. Press Enter.
A command-prompt window opens.
Table 8. Switch serial port (USB) to workstation (DB9) pin mapping
USB type B DB9
Pin Number Name Pin Number Name
1 +5V N/A
2 Data + 2 TD
3 Data – 3 RD
4 ID N/A
5 Ground 5 Common