Q-Logic 16HA Bedienungsanleitung

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA High A vailability Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Publication No. 59005-03 Rev . A[...]

Preliminar y QLogic Corporation 6321 Bury Drive Eden Prairie, MN 55346 (952) 932-4000 Release Number 03, Revision A ( August, 2000) The following paragraph does not apply to the United Kingdom or any country where such provisions are inconsistent with local law: THIS PUBLICA TION is printed “AS IS” WITHOUT W ARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSE[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A iii T able of Contents Preface How to Use This Manual 1 Intended Audience 1 Related Materials 2 Safety Notices 3 Sicherheitshinweise 3 Notes informatives relatives à la sécurité 3 Communications Statements 4 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Clas[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch iv 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Power Switches 1-19 T est Mode Switch 1-19 Front Panel LEDs 1-20 Heartbeat LED (Y ellow) 1-20 Switch Logic Power Good LED (Green) 1-20 Power Supply Fail LED (RED) 1-20 Over T emperature LED (Red) 1-21 Logged-In LED (Green) 1-21 T raffic LED (Y ellow) [...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A v TL_Ports 2-19 T_Ports 2-19 T uning Ports for Multi-Frame Sequences 2-20 Zoning 2-21 Rack and Shelf Administration 2-22 Operating the Switch 2-22 3 Diagnostics/T roubleshooting Introduction 3-1 Power Supply T roubleshooting 3-2 Power -On-Self-T est (POST[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch vi 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Mesh Latency 5-9 Mesh Bandwidth 5-10 Mesh Physical Distance Between Chassis 5-10 Mesh Zoning 5-11 MKII Compatibility 5-11 Multistage T opology 5-12 T_Port Rules for SANbox IO/T Chassis 5-12 T_Port Rules for SANbox Cross-Connect (CC) Chassis 5-12 Multis[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A vii B QLogic Customer Support Help Desk B-1 Hardware Support B-1 Software Support B-2 Customer Responsibilities B-2 Index[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch viii List of Figures and T ables 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual List of Figures and T ables Figure 1-1 SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 1-1 Figure 1-2 Segmented Loop Topology Example 1-4 Figure 1-3 SCSI Example 1-6 Figure 1-4 TCP/IP Example 1-7 Figure 1-5 Chassis Front 1-17 Figure 1-6 [...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Preface 1 Preface How to Use This Manual This manual has five sections and tw o appendix es: • Section 1 is an o verview of the Switch. It describes indicator lights and all user controls and connections. • Section 2 explains ho w to install the Swit[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 2 Preface 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Related Materials The follo wing manuals and materials are referenced in the text and/or pro vide additional information. • Switch Management Installer’ s/User’ s Manual, Publication Number 59010. A vailab le from QLogic Cor poration. • [...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Preface 3 Safety Notices A Danger notice indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing death or serious personal injury . Danger notices appear on the follo wing pages: 2-5 , 2-6 , 4-6 A W arning notice indicates the presence of a h[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 4 Preface 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual C ommunications Statements The follo wing statements apply to this product. The statements for other products intended for use with this product appear in their accompan ying manuals. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Class A Statement Thi[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Preface 5 CE Statement The CE symbol on the equipment indicates that this system complies with the EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility) directi ve of the European Community (89/ 336/EEC) and to the Lo w V oltage (Safety) Directi ve (73/23/EEC). Such markin[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 6 Preface 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual VCCI Class A Statement T ranslation: This is a Class A product based on the standard of the V oluntary Control Council F or Interference by Information T echnolo gy Equipment (VCCI). If this equipment is used in a domestic en vironment, radio di[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Preface 7 Laser Safety Information This product ma y use Class 1 lasers to communicate o ver the fiber optic conduc- tors. The U .S. Depar tment of Health and Human Services (DHHS) does not consider Class 1 lasers to be hazardous. The Inter national Elec[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 8 Preface 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Accessible Parts The onl y Field Replaceab le Units (FR Us) in the SANbox-16HA F ibre Channel Switch are: • Fuses associated with the A C po wer input, • P o wer suppl y(s), and • Interfaces to the interconnection media called GBICs. Other[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Preface 9 QLogic Customer Support Phone: (952) 932-4040 F ax: (952) 932-4018 Attn: Customer Support E-Mail: support@QLogic.com W eb: www .QLogic.com Please refer Appendix B QLo gic Customer Suppor t for an explanation of QLo gic Customer Support.[...]

SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Preface 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Notes[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A General Description 1-1 Section 1 General Description Introduction The SANbox™-16HA High A vailability F ibre Channel (FC) Switch is the F abric component of a Fibre Channel compliant netw ork. F igure 1-1 is an illustration of the Switch. This manual d[...]

Preliminar y Major Fibre Channel Port Features SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 1-2 General Description 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Major Fibre Channel Port Features Major Fibre Channel port features include: • Each Switch chassis has 16 Fibre Channel ports. Each por t operates at 1062.5 megabaud. • Any or all 16 ports ma y[...]

Preliminar y Major Fibre Channel Port Features SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A General Description 1-3 • Y ou ma y populate 2 to 16 por ts with GBICs. The choice of por ts and GBICs is yours. The Switch has been v alidated with GBICs that support a variety of intercon- nection media. Refer to “F[...]

Preliminar y Major Fibre Channel Port Features SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 1-4 General Description 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Figure 1-2 sho ws a possib le topology of a Se gmented Loop. In this figure, there are three distinct loop segments that ha ve been linked (placed in the same se gmented loop zone) to gether b y t[...]

Preliminar y Major Fibre Channel Port Features SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A General Description 1-5 • Devices in the same se gmented loop zone communicate with one another as though they w ere on the same ph ysical loop. • Devices on SL_P orts cannot communicate with devices on F , FL or TL_P[...]

Preliminar y Major Fibre Channel Port Features SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 1-6 General Description 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual T ranslated Loop Port (TL_Port) Over view Y ou ma y use Switch management to configure any or all ports on the SANbox-16 chassis as T ranslated Loop por ts (TL_P or ts). TL_P orts connect to devic[...]

Preliminar y Major Fibre Channel Port Features SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A General Description 1-7 TCP/IP protocols are also supported. Figure 1-4 sho ws possible topolo gies for TCP/IP: • Ser ver 1 to and from Server 2 (Pub lic de vice to/from Priv ate device) • Ser ver 3 to and from Server[...]

Preliminar y Major Fibre Channel Port Features SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 1-8 General Description 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual • The set of off-loop de vices that a single TL_P or t ma y proxy ma y o verlap or exclude the de vices accessed by other TL_P or ts in the same fabric. • The set of off-loop de vices proxied b[...]

Preliminar y Major Switch Chassis Features SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A General Description 1-9 TL_Port Management Refer to the Switch Management manual for more information. SANsurfer Switch management pro vides the follo wing: • The user ma y choose which ports (if any) are TL_P or ts. • Th[...]

Preliminar y Major Switch Chassis Features SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 1-10 General Description 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual • Each chassis has tw o separate A C pow er inputs, one for each po wer suppl y . The left A C po wer input pro vides input po w er to the left po w er supply . The right A C po wer input pro vides [...]

Preliminar y Major Switch Management Features SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A General Description 1-11 Major Switch Management Features Switch management allo ws you to: • Manage multiple fabrics • Select a fabric and set up the connection to the Ether net por t on the Switch chassis through-whi[...]

Preliminar y Major Switch Management Features SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 1-12 General Description 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual • P erform T race operations to follo w selected operations through the selected chassis • Read and write memor y locations on the selected chassis • Update the Flash memor y on the selected [...]

Preliminar y Major Switch Management Features SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A General Description 1-13 Name Serv er Zoning b y W orld Wide Name Name server zoning by w orld wide name (WWN) allo ws the division of the fabric into as many as 256 zones that define w hich de vices receiv e Name Server [...]

Preliminar y Major Switch Management Features SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 1-14 General Description 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual • Configure Loop Devices including: - Place an y NL_P or t into Loop Bypass Mode - Place an y or all NL_P or ts back into normal Loop Mode - Reset the Loop - Re-initializing the Loop • Config[...]

Preliminar y Switch Management Tools SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A General Description 1-15 Switch Management T ools The Switch supports switch management primaril y through the follo wing tools. Refer to the Switch Management Manual for information about these tools. • The SANsurfer Switch mana[...]

Preliminar y Switch Management Tools SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 1-16 General Description 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual • Set or read the IP netw ork configuration • Read the SNMP configuration infor mation • Online testing T rivial File T ransfer Protocol (TFTP) The follo wing functions are av ailable in TFTP: • L[...]

Preliminar y Fibre Channel Ports SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A General Description 1-17 Fibre Channel Ports Figure 1-5 identifies the parts of the chassis front. P or t numbers are marked on the front of the chassis. Notice that the order of transmit (TX) and recei ve (RX) connectors on the botto[...]

Preliminar y Fibre Channel Ports SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 1-18 General Description 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual GigaBit Interface Converters (GBICs) Cur rentl y , the follo wing GBICs are cer tified for use: • Shor t-w a velength fiber optic GBICs 100-M5-SN-I or 100-M6-SN-I without OFC to support connection to non-OF[...]

Preliminar y Front Panel Controls SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A General Description 1-19 Front Panel Controls Power Switches There are tw o P o w er Switches and Figure 1-5 sho ws their location. Figure 1-7 sho ws the right P o w er Switch. The left P o w er Switch controls the left P o w er Suppl[...]

Preliminar y Front Panel LEDs SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 1-20 General Description 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Front Panel LEDs Refer to Figure 1-5 . LEDs visib le through lenses in the front of the chassis indicate chassis and port status. During a Reset operation (for about two seconds at the beginning of po w er-up) all[...]

Preliminar y Front Panel LEDs SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A General Description 1-21 Over T emperature LED (Red) This LED is normally OFF . The o ver temperature LED illuminates to indicate that the air temperature inside the switch has e xceeded a certain limit. If this LED illuminates, inspect t[...]

Preliminar y AC Input Power Connectors and Fuses SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 1-22 General Description 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual T raffic LED (Y ellow) Each port has its own P ort Activity LED . The P or t Activity LED for a particular port is ON when Class 2, or 3 frames are entering or lea ving the port. The Switch tur[...]

Preliminar y Chassis Back SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A General Description 1-23 Chassis Back Refer to Figure 1-8 . The back of the chassis contains ba ys for tw o P o w er Supplies. The fan is par t of the po wer suppl y . Air enters the front of the chassis and exits the back of the chassis. Fig[...]

Preliminar y Chassis Back SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 1-24 General Description 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Power Supply(s) The chassis has ba ys for tw o po w er supplies. When there is only one suppl y , it can operate from either ba y and the unused ba y is co vered with a plate. The fan on a P o w er Suppl y also fur ni[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Installation 2-1 Section 2 Installation Introduction There are nine basic steps required to install the Switch. 1. Unpack 2. Place or Mount the Equipment 3. Appl y the IEC Laser Safety Label (If the installation contains fiber optic GBICs and is in Europ[...]

Preliminar y Place or Mount the Equipment SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 2-2 Installation 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Place or Mount the Equipment The Switch ma y be placed on a flat surface and stacked , or mounted in a 19” EIA rack. The Switch comes with r ubber feet on the bottom for placing it on a flat surface. Air ?[...]

Preliminar y Place or Mount the Equipment SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Installation 2-3 The follo wing steps describe ho w to mount the chassis in a rack: 1. Mount the Brackets. The chassis must sit on rails or a shelf in the rack or cabinet. Refer to Figure 2-1 . The Switch is shipped with a pac[...]

Preliminar y Apply the IEC Class 1 Laser Information Label (If the installation is in Europe) SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 2-4 Installation 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Apply the IEC Class 1 Laser Information Label (If the installation is in Europe) Refer to Figure 2-2 . When a Switch using fiber optic GBICs is installed in[...]

Preliminar y Install GBICs SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Installation 2-5 Install GBICs Y ou ma y populate y our Switch with 2 to 16 GBICs. The choice of ports and GBICs is yours. The Switch has been validated with GBICs that support a variety of inter - connection media. If this chassis is part o[...]

Preliminar y Connect to AC Power SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 2-6 Installation 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual DANGER: This product is supplied with a 3-wire power cable and plug for the user’ s safety . Use this power cable in conjunction with a properly grounded outlet to avoid electrical shock. Y ou may require a different[...]

Preliminar y Switch Logic Power Good LED SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Installation 2-7 Refer to Appendix A Reference Infor mation for Switch po w er requirements. 1. Connect the po wer cab le to the front of the chassis. 2. Connect the other end of the po wer cab le to a 3 wire, g rounded , A C o[...]

Preliminar y Cable Fibre Channel Devices to the Switch SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 2-8 Installation 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Cable Fibre Channel Devices to the Switch There are tw o types of Fibre Channel de vices, Public and Pri vate. Public Devices Public de vices ha ve full F ibre Channel addressing capability and th[...]

Preliminar y Cable Fibre Channel Devices to the Switch SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Installation 2-9 Pri vate de vices connect to Segmented Loop P or ts (SL_P or ts) or T ranslated Loop P or ts (TL_P or ts). Use Switch Management to configure SL or TL_P or ts. Refer to Section 1 General Descript[...]

Preliminar y Cable Fibre Channel Devices to the Switch SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 2-10 Installation 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Distance The maximum distance betw een each adapter and the Switch depends on the type of GBICs and the type of cable installed. Refer to Appendix A Reference Infor ma- tion for this information.[...]

Preliminar y Cable Fibre Channel Devices to the Switch SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Installation 2-11 Figure 2-3 sho ws a server connected to a switch that is cab led for 24 credits through port 5. Figure 2-3 Extending Buffer Credits by Chaining Ports Hot-Pluggable All GBICs and cables are “hot[...]

Preliminar y Cable Fibre Channel Devices to the Switch SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 2-12 Installation 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Fiber Optic Connections K eys on “Duple x” cab le assemblies (a connector -pair containing both transmit and recei ve fastened together in one unit), pre vent y ou from connecting them incor-[...]

Preliminar y Cable Fibre Channel Devices to the Switch SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Installation 2-13 Public Loop Storage Devices Connected to Public Servers Figure 2-4 sho ws Pub lic Loop storage devices connected to FL_P or ts. The ser v ers ma y be able to attach to either F or FL_P orts. If t[...]

Preliminar y Cable Fibre Channel Devices to the Switch SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 2-14 Installation 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Variety of Public Device Connections Figure 2-5 sho ws a v ariety of Public de vice connections. Figure 2-5 Variety of Public Connections Rx Tx Rx Tx Rx Tx Tx Rx Tx Rx F_Port F_Port Tx Rx F_Port [...]

Preliminar y Cable Fibre Channel Devices to the Switch SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Installation 2-15 Private Segmented Loop Connections Figure 2-6 sho ws the connection of Pri vate Loop servers and Pri vate Loop storage units. Each SL_P or t is one segment of a se gmented loop. Each segmented lo[...]

Preliminar y Cable Fibre Channel Devices to the Switch SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 2-16 Installation 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Private T ranslated Loop Connections Figure 2-7 is an e xample of T ranslated Loop por ts (TL_P or ts) used in conjunction with each other and with F and FL_P orts. Use Switch management to con?[...]

Preliminar y Configure the Chassis SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Installation 2-17 Configure the Chassis If this chassis is part of a Multi-Chassis fabric, f ollo w the instructions in “Chassis Configuration” on pag e 5-18 . If this is a single chassis switch, the only configuration necessa[...]

Preliminar y Configure the Ports SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 2-18 Installation 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Configure the Ports Use Switch Management for all port configuration. Fabric Ports The default mode of each Switch por t is FL. That is, each por t can automaticall y disco ver that it must operate as an F_P or t if[...]

Preliminar y Configure the Ports SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Installation 2-19 TL_Ports The set of of f-loop devices pro xied b y a TL_Port is contained in its translation entries list. The translation entries list for a TL_P or t connected to Priv ate initiators will contain the targets (both P[...]

Preliminar y Configure the Ports SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 2-20 Installation 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual T uning Ports for Multi-Frame Sequences In most circumstances, tuning of an indi vidual por t is not desirab le, and the default setting (Normal) should be left unchanged. How e ver , cer tain Host-Bus-Adapters (HB A)[...]

Preliminar y Zoning SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Installation 2-21 Zoning SANbox s witches use the follo wing types of zoning to restrict or extend access to de vices in the fabric: • Hard zones • Name Ser ver zones • Segmented loop zones • Broadcast zones Refer to Section 5 Multi-Chassis[...]

Preliminar y Rack and Shelf Administration SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 2-22 Installation 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Broadcast Zones Broadcast zones focus the distribution of broadcast messages to onl y those de vices that need to recei ve them. This reduces traffic on the fabric and eliminates unneces- sary message proce[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Diagnostics/T roubleshooting 3-1 Section 3 Diagnostics/T roubleshooting Introduction This section contains information to help you diagnose and troubleshoot prob lems with your Switch. • P o wer Suppl y T roubleshooting helps y ou solve A C po wer and P[...]

Preliminar y Power Supply Troubleshooting SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 3-2 Diagnostics/T roubleshooting 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Power Supply T roubleshooting T able 3-1 and T ab le 3-2 are troubleshooting matrix es for finding A C source po w er and P o w er Suppl y prob lems. The y use indications such as LEDs and f a[...]

Preliminar y Power Supply Troubleshooting SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Diagnostics/T roubleshooting 3-3 Shaded text in ta ble denotes a bnormal indications. Power Supply voltage out of range O n O n O ff O ff O ff O n O n O ff O n Y e s Replace Power Supply/Fan Power Supply overheat O n O n O ff [...]

Preliminar y Power Supply Troubleshooting SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 3-4 Diagnostics/T roubleshooting 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Shaded text in table denotes abnormal indications. * The state of the Power Supply Fail LED is not applicable in a system with one Power Supply . T able 3-2 T roubleshooting Matrix (Single Powe[...]

Preliminar y Power Supply Troubleshooting SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Diagnostics/T roubleshooting 3-5 F or example: 1. Note in T able 3-1 that w hen you ha ve a Switch chassis with tw o po wer supplies and the P o w er Supply F ail LED lights, you should look at the back of the chassis to see t[...]

Preliminar y Power-On-Self-Test (POST) SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 3-6 Diagnostics/T roubleshooting 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Power -On-Self-T est (POST) Overview The Switch checks the state of the T est Mode s witch as par t of its po w er-up proce- dure. Refer to Figure 3-3 for the location of the T est Mode s witch. F[...]

Preliminar y Power-On-Self-Test (POST) SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Diagnostics/T roubleshooting 3-7 When POST is complete and er rors are encountered , the Switch uses the Heartbeat LED to blink an error code which describes the first fatal er ror encountered. These er ror codes are described n[...]

Preliminar y Power-On-Self-Test (POST) SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 3-8 Diagnostics/T roubleshooting 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual • Switch Management por t lo gic • Arbitrated Loop tests Heartbeat LED Blink Patterns Normal (all pass) If all POST diagnostics pass, the Switch will go to normal operation and the Hear t- bea[...]

Preliminar y Power-On-Self-Test (POST) SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Diagnostics/T roubleshooting 3-9 Flash Checksum Failure/Switch Management Port (Ethernet) T ests Good (3 Blinks) The Switch is not operable The Flash checksum test verifies the inte g rity of the Flash data. If the Flash data is[...]

Preliminar y Power-On-Self-Test (POST) SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 3-10 Diagnostics/T roubleshooting 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Fibre Channel Port Loop-back T est Failure (8 Blinks) This test runs in Continuous T est onl y . Contin uous T est is contr olled b y the T est Mode switch. Use this test only under the dir ectio[...]

Preliminar y Power-On-Self-Test (POST) SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Diagnostics/T roubleshooting 3-11 Switch Auto-Route T est Failure (10 Blinks) The Switch is operable. The Switch Auto-Route T est v erifies the auto-route capability of indi vidual por ts to automaticall y route frames to the ot[...]

Preliminar y Cable Continuity Tests SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 3-12 Diagnostics/T roubleshooting 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Cable Continuity T ests When there is a problem communicating o ver a par ticular link and both the Switch and the N_P or t adapter pass their respectiv e tests, check the continuity of the cables. [...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Removal/Replacement Procedures 4-1 Section 4 Removal/Replacement Procedures Introduction The onl y Field Replaceab le Units (FR Us) in the Switch are the Input Fuses, GBICs, and the P o w er Supply(s). Input Fuse Removal 1. T urn OFF the P o w er Switch. [...]

Preliminar y Input Fuse SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 4-2 Removal/Replacement Procedures 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Replacement 1. Insert the Fuse into the Fuse Holder . Refer to Appendix A Reference Infor- mation for fuse-type information. 2. Refer to Figure 4-2 . Insert the Fuse Holder into the right side of the A C P o w[...]

Preliminar y GBIC SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Removal/Replacement Procedures 4-3 GBIC GBICs ma y be remo ved and replaced with the Switch po w er on without disrupting traf fic on other por ts. Removal 1. Disconnect the cable (if one is connected) from the GBIC y ou are remo ving. 2. Remo v e G[...]

Preliminar y GBIC SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 4-4 Removal/Replacement Procedures 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual T o remo ve GBICs that ha ve bail-operated latches, as sho wn in Figure 4-4 , use your finger -tip to rotate the bail outward , then pull on the bail to remo ve the GBIC. Figure 4-4 Removing GBICs that have bail-op[...]

Preliminar y GBIC SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Removal/Replacement Procedures 4-5 2. Slide the GBIC into the port opening (the spring-loaded door will open as you push the GBIC in). If y ou can only slide the GBIC in about an inch (2.5 cm) before it stops, you ha ve the K eywa y in the wrong posi[...]

Preliminar y Power Supply SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 4-6 Removal/Replacement Procedures 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Power Supply Removal If the Switch contains tw o P o w er Supplies, either supply is “Hot-Pluggab le”. That is, one suppl y can be remo ved w hile the Switch is po wered-up and operating as long as the o[...]

Preliminar y Battery SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Removal/Replacement Procedures 4-7 Replacement If the Switch contains tw o P o w er Supplies, either supply is “Hot-Pluggab le”. That is, one suppl y can be replaced while the Switch is po w ered-up and operating as long as the other suppl y i[...]

Battery SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Removal/Replacement Procedures 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Notes[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Multi-Chassis Fabrics 5-1 Section 5 Multi-Chassis Fabrics Introduction Y ou ma y use SANbo x Switch chassis as building blocks to build a multiple-chassis fabric that will expand the number of user ports beyond the number in an y one chassis. Also, the ca[...]

Preliminar y Introduction SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 5-2 Multi-Chassis Fabrics 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Three Multi-Chassis T opologies There are three basic multi-chassis topolo gies for SANbox Switches: Cascade, Mesh, and Multistage™. The term “cascade” indicates that chassis are connected in a row “one-to-th[...]

Preliminar y Introduction SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Multi-Chassis Fabrics 5-3 Choosing a T opology The topolo gy you choose depends on the follo wing major fabric requirements: • The size of the fabric (number of user por ts required), • The amount of latency the users can tolerate (number[...]

Preliminar y Introduction SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 5-4 Multi-Chassis Fabrics 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Bandwidth Between Chassis Each T_P ort link betw een directl y connected chassis contributes 100 me gab ytes of bandwidth betw een those chassis. De voting half of the chassis ports to T_P or ts ma y pro vide as much[...]

Preliminar y Cascade Topology SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Multi-Chassis Fabrics 5-5 Cascade T opology The term “cascade” indicates that chassis are connected in a line “one-to-the- next”. Y ou ma y optionall y ha ve chassis interconnections from the last chassis back to the first chassi[...]

Preliminar y Cascade Topology SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 5-6 Multi-Chassis Fabrics 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Cascade Fabric Size SANbox-16 chassis connected in Cascade topolo gy expand from tw o chassis to a maximum of eight chassis. If you use Cascade-with-a-loop topolo gy and cable eight T_P or ts on each chassis for [...]

Preliminar y Cascade Topology SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Multi-Chassis Fabrics 5-7 Cascade Bandwidth A chassis in a Cascaded topolo gy divides its chassis interconnection bandwidth betw een adjacent chassis. That is, half of the T_P or ts connect one direction around the loop and the other half[...]

Preliminar y Cascade Topology SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 5-8 Multi-Chassis Fabrics 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Cascade Zoning Sanbox Switch chassis support fabric-wide zones for all zone types. Broadcast Zones and Name Server Zones require no special consideration in a cascade fabric. That is, you ma y assign these zones [...]

Preliminar y Mesh Topology SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Multi-Chassis Fabrics 5-9 Mesh T opology The term “mesh” indicates that each chassis has at least one T_P or t directly connected to each other chassis. In fabrics containing tw o or three chassis, Cascade-with-a-loop topology and Mesh t[...]

Preliminar y Mesh Topology SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 5-10 Multi-Chassis Fabrics 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Mesh Bandwidth A chassis in a Mesh topolo gy di vides its chassis interconnection bandwidth among the other chassis in the fabric. That is, each chassis has at least one T_P or t connec- tion to each other chassis [...]

Preliminar y Mesh Topology SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Multi-Chassis Fabrics 5-11 Mesh Zoning Sanbox Switch chassis support fabric-wide zones for all zone types. Broadcast Zones and Name Server Zones require no special consideration in a mesh fabric. That is, you ma y assign these zones b y por [...]

Preliminar y Multistage Topology SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 5-12 Multi-Chassis Fabrics 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Multistage T opology A Multistage Switch consists of chassis configured in tw o dif ferent Stage T ypes, an Input-Output/T ransfer (IO/T) stage type, and a Cross-Connect (CC) Stage T ype. T w o or more chass[...]

Preliminar y Multistage Topology SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Multi-Chassis Fabrics 5-13 Multistage Bandwidth Multistage topolo gy has the best bandwidth. All T_Ports from each IO/T chassis connect to all other IO/T chassis in the same number of chassis hops (three) no matter ho w large the fabri[...]

Preliminar y Multistage Topology SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 5-14 Multi-Chassis Fabrics 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Multistage Examples Figures 5-3 through 5-5 are e xamples of Multistage topolo gy using SANbox-16 Switch chassis. Figure 5-3 SANbox-16 Multistage with one T_Port link from each IO/T chassis Figure 5-3 sho ws [...]

Preliminar y Multistage Topology SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Multi-Chassis Fabrics 5-15 Figure 5-4 SANbox-16 Multistage with two T_Port links from each IO/T chassis Figure 5-4 sho ws a Multistage Switch built from SANbo x-16 chassis. T w o T_P or ts on each IO/T chassis connect to the CC chassis[...]

Preliminar y Multistage Topology SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 5-16 Multi-Chassis Fabrics 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Figure 5-5 SANbox-16 Multistage with eight CC chassis Figure 5-5 sho ws a Multistage Switch built from SANbo x-16 chassis. One T_Port on each IO/T chassis (the minimum) connects to each CC chassis. This pro v[...]

Preliminar y Cabling SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Multi-Chassis Fabrics 5-17 its user ports. In this case there is a T_P or t for each user port. If a T_P or t or CC chassis fails, the chassis re-assigns the user por t from the failed path to another T_P or t/CC that is good. Note that an y IO/T [...]

Preliminar y Chassis Configuration SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 5-18 Multi-Chassis Fabrics 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Chassis Confi guration There are tw o parameters that control the role that each chassis plays in a multi- chassis fabric: Stage T ype and Chassis Number . Assign the Stage T ype and Chassis Number for the[...]

Preliminar y Chassis Configuration Process SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Multi-Chassis Fabrics 5-19 Chassis Confi guration Process 1. Ph ysicall y Connect a Management Station directl y to the Ethernet por t of the chassis through which the fabric will be managed. F ollo w the Ether net Cab ling [...]

Preliminar y Chassis Configuration Process SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 5-20 Multi-Chassis Fabrics 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual c. The F abric T opology windo w will displa y all the Switch chassis in the fabric and sho w the T_P or t interconnections. Initiall y , all chassis will be IO/T chassis. Double click a chassis tha[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Reference Information A-1 Appendix A Reference Information Appendix A contains the specifications for the SANbox-16 F ibre Channel Switch. Refer to “Fibre Channel P orts” on page 1-17 for the location of all connections, switches, and components. QLo[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Specifications SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch A-2 Reference Information 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Specifi cations Switch Fibre Channel Protocols:....................FC-PH Re v . 4.3 FC-PH-2 (selected features) FC-PH-3 (selected features) FC-GS-2[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Specifications SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Reference Information A-3 Media T ype: ........................................Industr y standard Gigabit Interface Con ver ter (GBIC). Hot pluggable. Media supported by the Standard: Shortwa ve 100-M5-SN-I [...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Specifications SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch A-4 Reference Information 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Switch Maintainability Maintenance Strategy: .......................FR U-based: GBIC Modules P o w er supplies/f ans A C input fuses Does not require enclosure opening for an y reas[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Specifications SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Reference Information A-5 Switch Mechanical Chassis Dimensions: .......................... Refer to Figure A-1 and F igure A-2 . Enclosure T ypes: ................................The chassis is shipped with [...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Specifications SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch A-6 Reference Information 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Non-Operating Altitude: ....................0 to 15240m (0 to 50,000 feet) Non Operating V ibration:...................(In any axis): 5-500 Hz, random, 2.09 G rms, 10 minutes Non Op[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Specifications SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Reference Information A-7 Recei ver Sensiti vity: ..........................-16dBm a verage Distance: ............................................500 meters maximum using 50 micron fiber 300 meters maximum [...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Specifications SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch A-8 Reference Information 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Copper Intra-Enclosure GBIC (passive) Connector: ..........................................Style 1 (9 pin D-subminiature, DB-9) Style 2 (HSSDC, looks like wide phone jack or RJ45) C[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Specifications SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Reference Information A-9 Figure A-1 SANbox-16HA Switch Front/Back Dimensions in Millimeters (Inches) 444.5 (17.5") 85.34 (3.36") 17.78 (.7") 24 6 8 10 12 14 16 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 Rx Tx Rx Tx [...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Specifications SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch A-10 Reference Information 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Figure A-2 SANbox-16HA Switch T op View Dimensions in Millimeters (Inches) 17.78 (.7”) 552.45 (21.75”) 508 (20.00”) 444.5 (17.5”) 38.1 (1.5”)[...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A QLogic Customer Support B-1 Appendix B QLogic Customer Support This appendix describes the basic w arranty and customer suppor t. Customers who purchased directl y from QLogic ma y contact Customer Suppor t as described in this appendix. W e encourage oth[...]

Preliminar y Software Support SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch B-2 QLogic Customer Support 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Software Support QLo gic activ ely supports the cur rent softw are/fir mw are release and the prior release for 6 months follo wing the general av ailability date for the cur rent release. Y ou are encouraged [...]

Preliminar y SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Index 1 Index A AC power connector 1-22, 2-5 accessible parts 1-8 air flow 2-2, A-5 AL_P A - See Arbitrated Loop Physical Address. altitude A-5 Arbitrated Loop Physical Address 1-4 Arbitrated Loop T est Failure 3-11 auto learning 1-8 B backup components [...]

Preliminar y Index SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 2 Index 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual E emissions standards A-6 enclosure types A-5 environmental specifications A-5 error code Arbitrated Loop T est Failure (13 Blinks) 3-11 Complete Failure 3-11 Fibre Channel Port Loop-back T est Failure (8 Blinks) 3- 10 Flash Checksum Failur[...]

Preliminar y Index SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Index 3 Hung Flash Control Code 3-11 I IEC regulations 2-4 immunity A-6 in order delivery 5-4 Input-Output/T ransfer stage type 1-9, 5-2 installation 2-1 IO/T - See Input-Output/T ransfer stage type L laser information label 2-4 labeling requirement[...]

Preliminar y Index SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch 4 Index 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual power source loading A-5 power supply 4-6 operating voltage A-5 over temperature light 1-24 power A-5 Power Good Light 1-24 removal 4-6 replacement 4-7 Power Supply Fail LED 1-20 Power -On-Self-T est 1-10 private devices 2-8 PROM Checksum Fa[...]

Preliminar y Index SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Installer’ s/User’ s Manual 59005-03 Rev . A Index 5 private targets 1-8, 2-19 public initiator 1-6 public targets 1-8 topologies supported 1-6 translation entries list 1-8, 2-19 zoning 1-8 topology cascade 5-5 choosing 5-3 mesh 5-9 mixing 5-4, 5-8, 5-11 Multistage 5-12 T raffic LED 1-22 tran[...]

SANbox-16HA Fibre Channel Switch Index 59005-03 Rev . A Installer’ s/User’ s Manual Notes[...]