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Switch Faceplate Display (Port Display/TL Configuration)
SANbox-8/16 Switch Management
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SANsurfer Switch Management
59010-06 Rev. A
User’s Manual
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About Utility — Display a screen containing the product name and version
level.
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Utility Online Help — Display the online help dialogue box. Use this
dialogue box to search for a topic or term.
Connecting Devices to a Port
When connecting devices (initiators or targets) to a port, it is necessary to view the
port display table in either the Loop Devices or TL Configuration mode to observe
the Status field for the new device. If the device status is not “logged in”, the
device was not registered with the name server. To assist the switch in establishing
communication, it may be necessary to disconnect/reconnect the device, or
perform a power cycle on the device.
Managing the Translation Entries Lists
When a port is connected to devices, either initiators or targets, the switch will
discover what type of device(s) are present through polling and queries. The switch
will enter all devices present on the fabric on the Translation Entries list, but will
limit bridging to devices which reside in the table. The number of initiators to be
bridged must be 31 or fewer. If not limited by the user, the switch will limit the
number of devices, which will cause some devices to be ignored.
When View>TL Configuration is selected, and a TL port is selected, the default
screen will be for initiators. If this port contains targets, click on the Target radio
button and then click the Apply button. The application will now attempt to bridge
to all available initiators on the Translation Entries list.
The proxy ALPA numbers assigned to the bridged devices for the current port can
be re-established by selecting Special>Clear TL Mapping. After clearing the TL
mapping, press the Apply button to re-initiate assignment of proxy ALPA values
for all bridged devices on this port.
Initiator Table
If an initiator is removed from one zone and included in another, it may be neces-
sary to manually attempt to create a bridge between that initiator and all currently-
bridged devices. To perform this manual bridging attempt, click on the entry line
of the table for the desired initiator. A river icon without a bridge will appear. Press
the Apply button, and then the Refresh button to observe whether the switch was
able to perform the bridge. If the icon did not become the bridge icon, the switch
was unable to achieve a bridge with that initiator.
Clicking on a bridge or river icon will remove the bridge or bridging attempt with
that device as soon as the Apply button is pressed.
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