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SANcastle® GFS-2 Hardware Guide
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Abstract. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Product Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Supported Releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Document History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Document Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Export Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Regulatory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
What’s New In This Manual
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About This Manual
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Table of Contents
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List of Figures
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List of Tables
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GFS-2 Product Overview
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Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Key Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Management Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Console Management Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
In-Band Management Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Out-of-Band Management Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Operation Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Implementation Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
IP Tunneling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
SAN Tunneling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
IP Translation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installation
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Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Unpacking the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing the GFS-2 in a 19” Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing the Switch on a Table or Shelf . . . . . . . . 12
Power Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
GFS-2 Front Panel Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Switch Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Establishing a Connection with the Switch . . . . . . . 16
GFS-2 Maintenance
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Shutting Down the Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Replacing A Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
To Replace a Malfunctioning Switch . . . . . . . . . . 20
To Upgrade a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Recovering from Power Failure (Disaster Recovery) . . . 21
Bring Up Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Power Off the Switches and Devices . . . . . . . . . 22
Power On the Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Power on the Core Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Verify the Fabric Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Power On or Connect the Devices . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Verify the SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Running Built-In Self-Test (BIST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Technical Specifications
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GFS-2 Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Cabling Specifications
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Optic Fiber Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connector Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Optics Fiber Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Troubleshooting
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Troubleshooting Chart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Index
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