McDATA ULTRANET EDGE 3000, User Manual

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Chapter 1 Introduction
Introducing the UltraNet Edge 3000 ..............................................1-1
UltraNet Edge 3000 Benefits............................................................1-3
UltraNet Edge 3000 Features...........................................................1-4
UltraNet Edge 3000 Security ...........................................................1-7
Chapter 2 Hardware Configurations
UltraNet Edge 3000 Featurization ..................................................2-1
Typical Configuration of the UltraNet Edge 3000........................2-5
Ethernet Configurations ...........................................................2-5
ATM WAN Configurations ......................................................2-6
FC/SCSI Tape Pipelining..........................................................2-6
Valid Hardware Interface Configurations.....................................2-7
Fibre Channel Card Dependencies.................................................2-8
FC/SCSI E_port Configurations..............................................2-8
FC/SCSI F_port Configurations..............................................2-9
FC/SCSI N_port Configurations.............................................2-9
FICON Port Configurations ...................................................2-10
Internal Fibre Channel Switch (FCSW)........................................2-11
Hardware Components..................................................................2-11
Indicators, Switches, and Interfaces .............................................2-13
Chapter 3 Network Design Criteria
Network Design ................................................................................3-1
Ethernet Network Criteria........................................................3-1
ATM Network Criteria..............................................................3-5
Network Routing Options ...............................................................3-8
Dedicated ....................................................................................3-8
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