McDATA ULTRANET EDGE 3000, User Manual

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Preface
This guide provides information for those who are involved in the
installation, configuration, and maintenance of the UltraNet Edge
Storage Router - 3000 Series. Throughout the remainder of this User
Guide, the UltraNet Edge Storage Router - 3000 Series is referred to as
the “UltraNet Edge 3000”.
Document
Organization
This guide is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, Introduction, introduces the UltraNet Edge Storage
Router - 3000 Series (“UltraNet Edge 3000”), providing an
overview of its functionality, features, benefits, and security
information.
Chapter 2, Hardware Configurations, provides the valid
hardware configurations possible with the new customizable
UltraNet Edge 3000 features.
Chapter 3, Network Design Criteria,
provides the basic criteria
you will need to design and configure your Ethernet or ATM
network. It also provides information on the network routing
options for the UltraNet Edge 3000, the Switch WWN Proxy
software enhancement, E_port Disk Streaming network
recommendations, Fibre Channel Frame Level and End to End
CRC, as well as MTU Batching.
Chapter 4, Building a Custom Edge 3000 Chassis, provides the
configuration procedure for a custom UltraNet Edge 3000 chassis
using the UltraNet ConfigManager Custom Chassis Wizard.