McDATA Sphereon 4500, User Manual

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Hardware View
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Monitoring and Managing the Switch
• Operating Mode. Always in Open System Mode.
• Preferred Domain ID as set through the Configure Operating
Parameters dialog box.
• Active Domain ID. The actual domain ID assigned to the switch.
• Fibre Channel Address Domain.
• CTP State.
• Switch Speed. This is always set to 2 Gb/sec.
• Switch Binding. Enabled if the optional SANtegrity features are
installed and enabled. Otherwise, disabled displays.
Using Menu Options Right-click on various parts of the Hardware View to display menu
options for displaying status and information and for controlling the
switch and various hardware components.
Switch Menu Right-click on any area of the switch illustration where a hardware
component is not installed to display the following menu options.
Switch Properties
Click to display the Switch Properties dialog box. This dialog box
contains the switch name, description, location, and contact person
configured through the Configure Identification dialog box. Also
included is other product information as detailed in
Displaying Switch
Information on page 2-12. You can also display this dialog box by
double-clicking an area on the illustration away from a hardware
component.
Enable Unit Beaconing
Click the check box to toggle unit beaconing on or off. When the
check box has a check mark, unit beaconing is on, and the system
error light (ERR) on the switch blinks to help users locate the unit
managed by the Product Manager. The amber indicator on the
Hardware View also blinks when beaconing is enabled. When you
click the check box to remove the check mark, the unit beaconing is
disabled.
You can only enable beaconing if there are no system errors (the system error
light is off).