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TotalStorage

 

SAN16B-2

Installation,

 

Service,

 

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User’s

 

Guide

 

Service

 

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2005

 

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B16,

 

16B

  

GC26-7753-00

  

 

 

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Summary of Contents for SAN16B-2 - TotalStorage Express Model Switch

Page 1: ...User s Guide Service information 2005 B16 16B GC26 7753 00 Read Before Using This product contains software that is licensed under written license agreements Your use of such software is subject to th...

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Page 3: ...IBM TotalStorage SAN16B 2 Installation Service and User s Guide Service information 2005 B16 16B GC26 7753 00...

Page 4: ...S OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Some states or regions do not allow disclaimer of express or implied warranties...

Page 5: ...2 switch 1 Features and functions of the SAN16B 2 switch 1 Supported connectivity 2 Switch characteristics 2 Port side of the SAN16B 2 switch 2 Non port side of the SAN16B 2 switch 3 Supported option...

Page 6: ...37 Data transmission ranges 37 Fibre Channel port specifications 37 Serial port specifications 37 Power supply specifications 38 Weight and physical dimensions 39 Memory specifications 39 System gener...

Page 7: ...wire bale variety 28 12 Removing the protective cap from a plastic tab type SFP 29 13 Removing the protective cap from a wire bale type SFP 29 14 Installing a plastic tab type SFP 30 15 Installing a...

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Page 9: ...ddress 18 6 System LED patterns during normal operation 23 7 Port LED patterns during normal operation 24 8 Ethernet LED patterns 25 9 Management options for the switch 27 10 Laser data transmission r...

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Page 11: ...inks for more detailed descriptions and examples of the danger caution and attention notices in the sections that follow v Note These notices provide important tips guidance or advice v Attention noti...

Page 12: ...d outlets v When possible use one hand only to connect or disconnect signal cables v Never turn on any equipment when there is evidence of fire water or structural damage v Disconnect the attached pow...

Page 13: ...ymbol is It means A hazardous electrical condition with less severity than electrical danger A generally hazardous condition not represented by other safety symbols A hazardous condition due to the us...

Page 14: ...laser safety standard IEC 825 2 CAUTION Data processing environments can contain equipment transmitting on system links with laser modules that operate at greater than Class 1 power levels For this r...

Page 15: ...rer s recommended ambient temperature for all your rack mounted devices v Do not install a unit in a rack where the air flow is compromised Ensure that air flow is not blocked or reduced on any side f...

Page 16: ...hat the route that you choose can support the weight of the loaded rack cabinet Refer to the documentation that came with your rack cabinet for the weight of a loaded rack cabinet Verify that all door...

Page 17: ...02 96 EC concerning waste electrical and electronic equipment WEEE The Directive determines the framework for the return and recycling of used appliances as applicable throughout the European Union Th...

Page 18: ...the United States IBM has established a return process for reuse recycling or proper disposal of used IBM sealed lead acid nickel cadmium nickel metal hydride and other battery packs from IBM equipmen...

Page 19: ...Safety Notices G229 9054 v IBM TotalStorage SAN b type 2005 Statement of Limited Warranty GC26 7654 Brocade documents IBM b type switches use software licensed from Brocade Communications Systems Inc...

Page 20: ...or support information for this product and other SAN products see the following Web site http www ibm com servers storage support san For detailed information about the Fibre Channel standards see th...

Page 21: ...partment GZW 9000 South Rita Road Tucson Arizona 85744 0001 U S A When you send information to IBM you grant IBM a nonexclusive right to use or distribute the information in any way it believes approp...

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Page 23: ...he SAN16B 2 switch v Supported connectivity on page 2 v Switch characteristics on page 2 v Supported optional features on page 3 Features and functions of the SAN16B 2 switch The switch provides the f...

Page 24: ...torage 3580 3588 3590 and 3592 Tape Drives v IBM TotalStorage 3494 3582 3583 and 3584 Tape Libraries v IBM TotalStorage 3581 Tape Autoloader v IBM TotalStorage 3584 High Availability Frame Model HA1 v...

Page 25: ...chase port activation for ports eight to eleven first four port increment and ports twelve to fifteen second four port increment Port activation features do not include fiber optic transceivers Full F...

Page 26: ...d separately for field installation Performance Monitoring helps identify end to end bandwidth usage by host target pairs and is designed to provide information for capacity planning Trunking enables...

Page 27: ...Ports 12 15 Note For more information about trunking refer to the Brocade Fabric OS Administrator s Guide 0 4 3 7 1 5 2 6 8 12 11 15 9 13 10 14 Trunking Group 1 Trunking Group 2 Trunking Group 3 Trunk...

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Page 29: ...cabinet on page 10 v Cabling and configuring the SAN16B 2 on page 16 Items included with the switch The following items are included with the standard shipment of the switch When you open the packagi...

Page 30: ...flow of 40 1 cubic meters per hour 24 cubic feet per minute available in the immediate vicinity of the switch v Ambient air temperature not exceeding 40 C 104 F while the switch is operating Cabinet w...

Page 31: ...39 370 ft above sea level Shock 20 G 6 ms duration half sine wave 15 G 12 18 ms duration trapezoid Vibration 0 5 G 5 500 Hz 2 0 G 5 500 Hz Air flow 40 1 cubic meters per hour 24 cubic feet per minute...

Page 32: ...cm 24 in deep v Two power cables that are provided with the switch v Two power outlets v Rack mount kit Attention Use the exact screws specified in the procedure for use with the switch chassis Using...

Page 33: ...1 3 Left rack mount bracket optional bracket for front of switch 1 4 Rack mounting bracket 3 hole 4 5 Nut clip M5 11 6 Screw 8 32 x 3 16 in zinc 11 7 Screw M5 x 12 11 8 Bracket to slide rack kit cont...

Page 34: ...Install the inner smaller slide on the switch chassis as Figure 3 on page 11 shows Attention If you use screws longer than 3 16 in you can damage the switch a Position the flat side of the inner rail...

Page 35: ...the 8 32 x 3 16 in zinc screws see 6 in Figure 3 on page 11 c Repeat step 4a and step 4b for the right rack mount bracket on the right front corner of the switch chassis 5 Attach all four of the 3 hol...

Page 36: ...he locking ears b Attach the slides by using four M5 x 12 screws 7 see Figure 3 on page 11 c Repeat step 6a and step 6b for the other rail 7 Install the switch in the rack a Position the switch in fro...

Page 37: ...the M5 nut clips for the locking ears 9 Continue with initial setup of the switch by following the procedures in Cabling and configuring the SAN16B 2 on page 16 DANGER An electrical outlet that is not...

Page 38: ...m bend radius v If you are using ISL Trunking consider grouping cables by trunking groups The cables used in trunking groups must meet specific requirements as described in the Brocade Fabric OS Admin...

Page 39: ...al port on the switch see 2 in Figure 8 2 Disable any serial communication programs running on the workstation 3 Open a terminal emulator application such as HyperTerminal on a PC or TERM in a UNIX en...

Page 40: ...te up to two simultaneous admin sessions and four user sessions For details refer to the Brocade Fabric OS Administrator s Guide and the Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual You will be prompted...

Page 41: ...perate normally To find the domain IDs that are currently in use run the fabricShow command on another switch in the fabric Note The SAN16B 2 is an entry level switch and should not be included in fab...

Page 42: ...ransceivers as required The cables used in trunking groups must meet specific requirements For a list of these requirements refer to the Brocade Fabric OS Administrator s Guide Verifying the configura...

Page 43: ...tates no light a steady light and a flashing light The steady lights and flashing lights can be green or amber Sometimes the LEDs flash either of these colors during boot POST or other diagnostic test...

Page 44: ...s for lower row of ports 11 Ethernet link LED 6 Port speed LEDs 16 total LED patterns and recommended actions Table 6 on page 23 Table 7 on page 24 and Table 8 on page 25 summarize LED location color...

Page 45: ...completed booting Steady green Switch is operational No action required Slow flashing green on 1 second off 1 second One or both of the following are true v One or more environmental ranges are exceed...

Page 46: ...ng amber on one second off one second Port is disabled as the result of diagnostics or portDisable command If all ports are slow flashing amber the switch could be disabled Enable the port using the p...

Page 47: ...ss failure results of the diagnostic tests that run during POST can be monitored through the error log or the command line interface POST includes the following steps 1 Preliminary POST diagnostics ar...

Page 48: ...command 2 Verify that the switch prompt displays on the terminal of a computer workstation connected to the switch If there is no switch prompt when POST completes press Enter If the switch prompt sti...

Page 49: ...Web Tools Administrator s Guide Ethernet connection IP over Fibre Channel Standard SNMP applications For information see the Brocade Fabric OS MIB Reference Manual Ethernet connection IP over Fibre Ch...

Page 50: ...ansceivers or you are replacing older ones follow the instructions in Installing an SFP on page 29 to install the SFPs Follow the instructions in Removing SFP modules on page 32 to replace faulty SFPs...

Page 51: ...ective package 3 Remove the protective cap from the SFP module as shown in Figure 12 and Figure 13 Save the cap for future use 4 Hold the SFP correctly oriented towards the port as shown in Figure 14...

Page 52: ...or SFPs with wire bales close the bale to lock it in place see as shown in 2 in Figure 15 OIOI sfpp0004 SFP Figure 14 Installing a plastic tab type SFP IOIOI 1 2 3 b1600009 Figure 15 Installing a wire...

Page 53: ...e Fiber optic cable connectors are keyed to ensure that they are inserted in the SFPs correctly If a cable does not install easily ensure that it is oriented and aligned correctly and that the SFP or...

Page 54: ...tions below the SFPs and cables are shown outside of the switch s ports for clarity and are not oriented in the direction that they are installed in the switch Removing fiber optic cables Follow the s...

Page 55: ...utward 10 from the SFP to unlock it see Figure 21 Note If there is not enough room because of an adjacent cable and SFP you may need to temporarily remove that cable 2 Using the plastic tab pull the S...

Page 56: ...ving a wire bale type SFP Follow the steps below to remove a wire bale type SFP 1 Unlock the bale wire handle by pulling it outwards 90 to release the SFP see 1 in Figure 23 on page 35 Note If there i...

Page 57: ...SFP module 4 Place the SFP module into a static protective package 5 Replace the protective cover on the switch port 6 Repeat this procedure for any additional SFPs as required OIOI Bale IOIOI Open B...

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Page 59: ...ec 50 150 m 492 ft N A 62 5 70 m 230 ft N A 9 N A N A Fibre Channel port specifications The Fibre Channel ports in the SAN16B 2 are compatible with SWL and LWL SFPs The strength of the signal is deter...

Page 60: ...switch The power supply is not removable Table 11 lists the power supply specifications of the switch Table 11 SAN16B 2 power supply specifications Specification Values Outlet The outlet must be corre...

Page 61: ...F_Port FL_Port and E_Port System architecture Nonblocking shared memory switch System processor PowerPC440GP 333 MHz CPU ANSI Fibre channel protocol FC PH Fibre Channel Physical and Signalling Interfa...

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Page 63: ...5 15P Chicago U S A 1 US Canada 2 8 m 250 V FC 9833 PN 1838574 NEMA 6 15P Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Costa Rica Curacao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador...

Page 64: ...ubai Yemen Zambia 7 Switzerland 2 8 m 250V FC 9828 PN 14F0051 SEV SN 416534 Liechtenstein Switzerland 8 Italy 2 8 m 250V FC 9830 PN 14F0069 CEI 23 16 Chile Ethiopia Italy Libya Somalia 9 Israel 2 8 m...

Page 65: ...t program or service IBM may have patents or pending patent applications covering subject matter described in this document The furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these paten...

Page 66: ...g any obligation to you Any performance data contained herein was determined in a controlled environment Therefore the results obtained in other operating environments may vary significantly Some meas...

Page 67: ...lass A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial enviro...

Page 68: ...is product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Germany Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive Zulassungsbescheinigung laut dem Deutschen Gese...

Page 69: ...People s Republic of China Class A Electronic Emission Statement Japan VCCI Class A ITE Electronic Emission Statement Korea Class A Electronic Emission Statement Notices 47...

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Page 71: ...address identifier recognized by a port in addition to its standard identifier An alias address identifier can be shared by multiple ports alias AL_PA An arbitrated loop physical address AL_PA value...

Page 72: ...bits to total bits transmitted See also error blade A component that provides application specific services and components A blade is typically a hot swappable hardware device block As applies to Fib...

Page 73: ...mmand line interface CLI Interface that depends entirely on the use of commands such as through Telnet or simple network management protocol SNMP and does not involve a graphical user interface Common...

Page 74: ...ndustries Alliance EIA electromagnetic compatibility EMC The design and test of products to meet legal and corporate specifications dealing with the emissions and susceptibility to frequencies in the...

Page 75: ...3 The Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop standard defined by ANSI Defined on top of the FC PH standards FCC Federal Communications Commission FC FLA The Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attach standard defined by...

Page 76: ...F_port or fabric loop port FL_port See also fabric port and fabric loop port G gateway Hardware that connects incompatible networks by providing the necessary translation for both hardware and softwar...

Page 77: ...er the combined bandwidth of up to four inter switch links ISLs between adjacent switches while preserving in order delivery A set of trunked ISLs is called a trunking group each port employed in a tr...

Page 78: ...d loop capabilities An L_port can be either in fabric mode or loop mode See also fabric mode loop mode nonparticipating mode and participating mode loop port state machine LPSM The logical entity that...

Page 79: ...op physical address AL_PA and can arbitrate send frames and retransmit received transmissions See also nonparticipating mode path selection The selection of a transmission path through the fabric Swit...

Page 80: ...translative mode R RAID See redundant array of independent disks RAM See random access memory random access memory RAM A temporary storage location in which the central processing unit CPU stores and...

Page 81: ...Gbps link speeds Can also refer to the type of gigabit interface converter GBIC or small form factor pluggable SFP See also long wavelength SID The 3 byte source ID of the originator device in the 0x...

Page 82: ...SNMP agent to inform the SNMP management station of a critical error See also simple network management protocol tunneling A technique for enabling two networks to treat a transport network as though...

Page 83: ...e but are not visible to any outside the zone See also zoning zone alias An alias for a set of port numbers or worldwide names WWNs Zone aliases can be used to simplify the entry of port numbers and W...

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Page 85: ...0 configuring SAN16B 2 7 16 switch 16 connecting fiber optic cables 20 connectivity 2 creating a serial connection 17 creating an Ethernet connection and logging in 19 D danger notices ix definition i...

Page 86: ...em Status 21 license patents 43 licensing address 43 Web address 43 logging in 18 M maintaining SANB16 2 27 management features 27 management options 27 memory specifications 39 minimum bend radius fi...

Page 87: ...g 7 items included 7 library xvii physical dimensions 39 powering off 21 powering on 21 weight 39 SAN16B 2 switch introduction 1 SANB16 2 maintaining 27 management features 27 management options 27 mo...

Page 88: ...estrictions xii V verify configuration 20 W warning cable xvi warning cable xvi Web sites xviii WEEE directive xv weight 39 who should read this document xvii 66 SAN16B 2 Installation Service and User...

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