HP (Hewlett-Packard) A7540-96010 manual

Installation Guide HP S tor age W or ks 2/8q F ibr e C hannel S w itc h F ir st E dition (No v embe r 2004) Pa r t N u m b e r : A7 540 -9 6010 This m anual de scr ibe s the f eatur es of , and installa tion p r ocedur es f or , the HP S tor ag e W or ks 2/8q F ibre Cha nn el Switch. Sections inc lude: ■ Intr oduc tion —pr o v ide s an o ve rvi[...]

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3 HP Storag e W ork s 2/ 8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal latio n G uide Contents Contents About this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Content s 4 HP Stor age W orks 2/8q F ibr e Channel Sw itch Installation Gui de 2 Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Content s 5 HP Storag e W ork s 2/ 8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal latio n G uide Maintenance menu – Remove Switch C onfig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Maintenance menu – Remake Filesyst em . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Maintenance menu – Reset Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Maintenance menu – Show Firmwar[...]

Content s 6 HP Stor age W orks 2/8q F ibr e Channel Sw itch Installation Gui de Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Fi gu r es 1 Chassis features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

7 HP Storag e W ork s 2/ 8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal latio n G uide About This Guide About this Guide About this Guide About this Guide topics include: ■ Intended audience , page 7 ■ Related docume ntation , page 7 ■ Document con ventions , page 8 ■ Te x t s y m b o l s , page 8 ■ Equipment symbols , page 9 ■ Rack stability , page [...]

Abou t t hi s G u ide 8 HP Stor age W orks 2/8q F ibr e Channel Sw itch Installation Gui de Docum ent conv entions This document follo ws the con v entions in Ta b l e 1 . T ext s ymbols The follo wing symbols may be fo und in the text of this guide. The y ha ve the follo wing meanings: WA R N I N G : T ext set off in this manner indicates that fai[...]

Abou t t hi s G u ide 9 HP Storag e W ork s 2/ 8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal latio n G uide Equipment s ymbols The follo wing equipment symbols may be foun d on hardware for which this guide pertains. They ha ve the following meanings: An y en clo sed surf ace o r ar ea of t he equip ment m ark ed w it h thes e sy mbols in dic ates the pr ese nc[...]

Abou t t hi s G u ide 10 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide Rack stability Rack stability protects personnel and equipment. WA R N I N G : T o r educe t he ri sk of per sonal inj ury or damage to the eq uipment , be sur e that: ■ The lev eling jacks are extended to the floor . ■ The f ull we ight of t he rac k r[...]

Abou t t hi s G u ide 11 HP Storage W orks 2 /8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal lat ion G uide HP technical suppor t T elephone numbers for worldwid e technical supp ort are listed on the follo wing HP web site: http://ww w .hp .com/ support/ . From this web site, select the country of origin. Note: F or cont inuou s qu ality impr o vem ent , calls [...]

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13 HP Storage W orks 2 /8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal lat ion G uide 1 Intr oduc tion This chapter describes switch features, including the LEDs, user controls , and connections. An ov ervie w of the switch management tools is also provided. Included sections: ■ Switch chassis features , page 13 ■ Switch management , page 19 S wi t ch ch a s[...]

Intr oduc tion 14 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide P ow er suppl y The po wer supply con verts standard 110 or 230 V A C to DC v oltages for the v arious switch circuits. Four internal fans provide cooling. Th e switch monitors internal air temperature, and therefore does not monitor or report fan opera tional sta[...]

Intr odu ction 15 HP Storage W orks 2 /8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal lat ion G uide Heartbeat LED (green) The Heartbeat LED indicates the status of the in ternal switch processor and the results of the Po wer On Self T est (POST). Follo wing a normal po wer -up, the Heartbeat LED blinks about once per second to indicate that the switch passed th[...]

Intr oduc tion 16 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide Maintenance but ton The Maintenance b utton is a dual-function mome ntary switch on the fro nt panel. (Figure 1) Its purpose is to reset the switch or pl ace the switch in maintenance mode. See “Maintenance mode option s” on page 47 for more information. Rese [...]

Intr odu ction 17 HP Storage W orks 2 /8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal lat ion G uide Fi bre Channel ports and LEDs The switch has eight Fibr e Channel ports, numbered 0–7. ( Figure 4 ) Each Fibre Channel port is served b y a 2 G bps Small Form-F actor Pluggable (SFP) optical transceiv er . SFPs are hot-pluggable. User ports self-discov er both [...]

Intr oduc tion 18 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide SFP transcei vers The switch supports SFP optical transcei vers for the Fibre Channel ports. A transcei ver con v erts electrical signals to and from optical laser signals to transmit and recei ve data. Duplex f iber optic cables plug in to the transceivers, which[...]

Intr odu ction 19 HP Storage W orks 2 /8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal lat ion G uide S witch management Fabrics are managed with following tools: ■ Switch Manager user interface ■ Command Line Interface ■ File T ransfer Protocol ■ Simple Network Management Pro tocol S witch M anager user inter face Switch Manager is a workst ation-based J[...]

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21 HP Storage W orks 2 /8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal lat ion G uide 2 P lanning Consider the follo wing when planning a fabric: ■ De vices , page 22 ■ Device access , page 22 ■ Performance , page 24 ■ Fabric security , page 25 ■ Fabric mana gement , page 25[...]

Pl anning 2 2 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide De vices When planning a f abric, consider the numb er of public de vices and the anticipated demand . This determines the number of ports that ar e needed and in turn the number of switches. Consider how man y and what types of switches are needed. Consider the distr[...]

Pl anning 23 HP Storag e W ork s 2/ 8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal latio n G uide Hard z ones (A ccess Control L ists) Access Control List (A CL) zoning di vides the fa bric for purposes of controlling disco very and inbound traf fic. A CL zoning is a type of hard zo ning that is hardware enforced. This type of zoning is useful for controlling ac[...]

Pl anning 2 4 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide Pe r f o r m a n c e The switch supp orts class 2 and class 3 Fibre Chan nel service at transmis sion rates of 2 Gb ps, with a maximum frame size of 2148 bytes. Related performance characteristics include: ■ Distance ■ Bandwidth ■ Latency Distance Consider the p[...]

Pl anning 25 H P Storage W orks 2/ 8q Fibr e Cha nn el Switch I nsta llat ion G uide Fab ric se c ur i t y Fabric security consis ts of the follo wing: ■ User account security ■ Simple Network Management Pro tocol security User account security User account security consists of account na mes, passwords, e xpiration dates, and authority le vels[...]

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27 HP Storag e W ork s 2/ 8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal latio n G uide 3 Installing This section describes ho w to install and initially conf igure th e 2/8q FC Switch. It also describes ho w to backup and update switch f irmware. T opics include: ■ Site requirements , page 27 ■ Installing and initially configuring the switch , page 28 ■ B[...]

Installing 2 8 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide Installing and initiall y configuring the sw itch Installing a 2/8q FC Switch in vo lv es the following steps, each of which is discussed in the follo wing sections: ■ Unpack the switch and verify carton contents , page 28 ■ Mount the switch , page 29 ■ Install[...]

Installing 29 H P Storage W orks 2/ 8q Fibr e Cha nn el Switch I nsta llat ion G uide Moun t the s w it ch The 2/8q FC Switch can be placed on a s table flat surface or mounted in a 19” EIA rack. When placing the switch on a flat surface, attach the pr ovided adhesi ve rubber feet to the bottom of the switch and then place th e switch on work sur[...]

Installing 30 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide Note: The r ails and the sw itch ar e installed fr om the r ear of the rac k. T o ensure pr oper airflo w thr ough the dev ice, the port-side of the switch mu st face the rear of the r ack. 4. Install the rails in the rack. a. Identify the left (L) and right (R) rails[...]

Installing 31 HP Storage W orks 2 /8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal lat ion G uide d. Remov e the locking nut on the rail reta ining bracket and mo ve the brack et to the farthest position inside the rail. ( Figure 8 ) Figur e 8: Moving the rail r etaining bracket on the right r ail - rear vie w e. Repeat step a through step d for the other rail. 5[...]

Installing 3 2 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide 6. From the rear of the rack, place the switch as sembly onto the rails, and slide the assembly back until the flanges of the m ounting adapter brack ets are flush with the rear uprights of the rack. ( Figure 10 ) Figur e 10: Placing the switch on t he rails - rear v[...]

Installing 33 H P Storage W orks 2 /8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal latio n G uide 8. From the front of the rack, secure the switch by sliding the rai l retaining brackets on the rails to ward the switch until they engage the mounting adapter bracke ts, and then tighten the rail bracket thumbscre ws to secure the de vice. ( Figure 1 2 ) Figur e 12[...]

Installing 34 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide Install SFP transcei vers The switch has been v alidated with transcei ve rs that support a variet y of interconnection media. T o install a transcei ver , insert the transc eiv er into the port and gently push in on the SFP until the it snaps in place. T o remove a t[...]

Installing 35 H P Storage W orks 2 /8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal latio n G uide Connect th e cables ■ Connect Fibre Channel de vices to the switch ■ Connect po wer to the switch Connec t Fibr e Channel devices to the sw itch Connect cables to the SFP transceiv ers and thei r corresponding de vices, and then apply po wer to the de vices. LC-[...]

Installing 36 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide Configur e th e sw itch Note: Adv anced sw itc h confi gurati on and monito ring ta sks ar e ex ec uted using t he S witc h Manager appli cation or t he Command L ine Interf ace , using a w or kstati on connected to th e sw itch . See “M anagement S ystem R equi rem[...]

Installing 37 HP Storage W orks 2/ 8q F ibre Cha nn el Switch In stal latio n G uide Bac king up th e sw itch configuration Backing up and restoring a co nfiguration is useful to protect your w ork or to use as a template in conf iguring other switches. The CLI Config Backup command creates a file on the switch, named configdata . This file can be [...]

Installing 38 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide Updating s witch firm w are The switch comes with fi rmware installed. Y ou can upgrade the firmware from the management workstation as new f irmware become s a v ailable. Firmware updates are av ailabe on the MSA1000 web site at ww w .hp .com/go/msa1000 . See “Mana[...]

Installing 39 H P Storage W orks 2 /8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal latio n G uide 2. Enter your accoun t name on the remote host and the IP address of the remote host. When prompted for the source f ile name, enter the path for the f irmware image f ile. When prompted to install the ne w firmw are, enter Yes to continue or No to cancel. This is t[...]

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41 HP Storage W orks 2 /8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal lat ion G uide 4 T roubleshooting Diagnostic information about the switch is a v a ilable through the chassis LEDs and the port LEDs. Diagnostic information is also a vaila ble through the Switch Manager an d CLI e vent logs and error displays. This section describes the follo wing diagnostic[...]

Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g 4 2 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide P OS T diagnostics The switch performs a series of tests as part of its po wer-up procedure. The POST diagnostic program performs checksum tests on the boot firmware in PR OM and the switch f irmware in flash memory , internal data loopback tests on[...]

Tro u b l e s h o o t i n g 43 HP Storage W orks 2/ 8q Fibre Chan nel Switch Inst al lation Gu ide Internal firm war e failure blink pattern An internal f irmware failure blink pattern is 2 blinks follo wed by a two second pause. The 2-blink error pattern indicates that the f irmware has failed, and that the switch must be reset. Momentarily press [...]

Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g 44 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide Over temper ature blink pattern An ov er temperature blink pattern is 5 blinks follo wed b y a two second pau se. The 5-blink error pattern indicates that the a ir temperatur e inside the switch has exceeded the failure temperature threshold (70° C)[...]

Tro u b l e s h o o t i n g 45 H P Storage W orks 2/ 8q Fibr e Cha nn el Switch I nsta llat ion G uide P or t Error blinking pattern The switch can monitor a set of port errors and generates alarms based on user -defined sample windo ws and thresholds. Port errors in clude the follo wing: ■ CRC errors ■ Decode errors ■ Login / Logout errors ?[...]

Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g 46 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide Chassis diagnostic s Chassis diagnostics are indicated by the chassis LEDs, as sho wn in Figure 16 . Figur e 16 : Chassis LEDs Input P ow er LED is e xtinguished The Input Power LED illuminates to indicate that the switch logic circuitry is recei vin[...]

Tro u b l e s h o o t i n g 47 H P Storage W orks 2/ 8q Fibr e Ch ann el Switch I nsta llat ion G uide Maintenance mod e options If a switch becomes inoperable or unmanageable because the firmw are is corrupt, the IP address is lost, the switch conf iguration is corrupt, or the password is for gotten, you can recov er the switch using the switch Ma[...]

Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g 48 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide These options and their use are desc ribed in the follo wing subsections. Maintenance menu – Exit This option closes the current login session. T o log in again, enter the maintenance mode account name and pa ssword (prom, prom). T o return to norm[...]

Tro u b l e s h o o t i n g 49 HP Storage W orks 2/ 8q Fibre Channe l Switch In stal lation G uide Maintenance menu – Remake Filesystem In the e vent of sudden loss of po wer , it is possible that the switch conf iguration may become corrupt. The f ile system on which the conf iguratio n is sto red must be re-created. This option resets the switc[...]

Tr o u b l e s h o o t i n g 50 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide[...]

51 HP Storage W orks 2 /8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal lat ion G uide A Regulatory Compliance Notices F ederal Communications Commission Notice Part 15 of the Federal Communications Co mmission ( FCC) Rules and Regulations has established Radio Freq uency (RF) emission limits to provide an i nterference-free radio frequency spectrum. Man y electr[...]

Regulato ry Compliance No tices 5 2 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide ■ Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. ■ Increase the separa tion between the equipment and receiv er . ■ Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circ uit dif ferent from that to which the recei v er is connected. ■ Consult the d[...]

Regulat ory Compliance Noti ces 53 HP Storage W orks 2/ 8q Fibre Channe l Switch In stal lation G uide Canadian Notice (Av is Canadien) Class A equipment This Class A digital apparatus meets all requir ements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe A respecte toutes les e xigences du Règleme[...]

Regulato ry Compliance No tices 54 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide Japanese Notice Japanese P ow er Cor d Notice Ko r e a n n o t i c e s Class A equipment[...]

Regulat ory Compliance Noti ces 55 HP Storag e W ork s 2/ 8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal latio n G uide Las er c o mp li an ce The SFP Module contains a laser diode of e ither gallium aluminum arsenide (GaALAs) emitting in the wa v elength range of 770-860 nm, or indium gallium arsenide phosphide (InGaAsP) emitting in the wa velength range of 127[...]

Regulato ry Compliance No tices 56 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide Batter y replacement notice Y our de vice is provided with a Lithium Manganese Dioxide, a Nick el-Metal Hydride, or a V anadium Pentoxide, batteries. There is a danger of explosi on and risk of personal i njury if the array is incorrectly replaced[...]

57 HP Storag e W ork s 2/ 8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal latio n G uide B Elec tr ostatic Disc har g e T o prev ent damage to the system, be aw are of the precautions you need to follo w when setting up the system or handling pa rts. A discharge of static electricity from a f inger or other conductor may dama ge system boards or o ther static-sen[...]

Electr os tatic Dis char ge 58 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide[...]

59 HP Storage W or ks 2/ 8q Fibr e Cha nn el Switch I nsta llat ion G uide C Specifications This appendix contains the specifica tions for the 2/8q FC Switch. See “ Introduction ” on page 13 for the location of all connecti ons, switches, contro ls, and components. Fa bric specifications T able 4: Fabric specifications Item Descriptio n F ibr e[...]

Spe cification s 60 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide Maintainabilit y F abric management S ystem pr ocessor 200 M Hz Motorola® 8 2 45 P owerPc® F abr ic latency (intr a-switc h) 2 Gbps to 2 Gbps < 0.4 µsec Ba n dwid th P oint-to - poi nt Aggr egat e (single sw it ch) 2 .125 Gbps , F ull Duplex 16 Gbps, f ull[...]

Spe cification s 61 HP Storage W orks 2 /8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal lat ion G uide Dimensions Electrical Env ir onmental T able 7 : 2/8q FC S witch c hassis dimensions Item Dimension Wid th 1 7 inches ( 43 2 mm), 19-inch r ack mo unt Height 1.7 0 inc hes ( 4 3 .2 mm) (1U) Dept h 12 .0 inches (305 mm) We i g h t 9 lbs ( 4. 08 Kg) T able 8: Ele[...]

Spe cification s 6 2 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide Regulatory cer tifications T able 10: Regulatory certifica tions Item Descriptio n Safety Standards UL60950:2000 CS A 22 .2 No. 609 5 0 -00 (Canada) EN609 50:2000 (E C) CB Scheme -IEC 6095 0:1 999 Emissio ns Stan dar ds FCC P art 15B Clas s A ICE S-03 Issue 3 V[...]

63 H P Storage W orks 2/ 8q Fibr e Cha nn el Switch I nsta llat ion G uide D M anagem ent S ystem Requir ements Adv anced configuration and monitoring task s are performed through the Switch Manager application or the Command Line Interface (CLI). This section includes th e follo wing infomation about connec ting to these user interfaces: ■ Manag[...]

Mana gement S ystem Requirements 64 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide Cable pin configurations Switch Manager and the CLI are used for adv a nced configuration tasks, and are accessed through an Ethernet or serial connec tion from a workstation to the switch. Use one of th e follo wing connection methods. See Ta b [...]

Mana gement S ystem Requirements 65 HP Storage W orks 2/ 8q Fibre Channe l Switch In stal lation G uide Establishing an Ethernet o r serial connec tion T o access Switch Manager or the CLI, co nnect the manage ment worksta tion to the switch in one of three ways, as previously describ ed in “Cable pin configurations” on pa ge 64 . Note: Ether n[...]

Mana gement S ystem Requirements 66 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide Serial con n ec ti on info rmat io n 1. Connect a null modem F/F DB 9 cable from a COM port on the ma nagement workstation to the RS-232 serial port on the switch. 2. Configure the connection according to your platform: F or Windows en vir onment[...]

67 HP Storag e W ork s 2/ 8q Fibre Chann el Switch I nstal latio n G uide Index Index Index A Access Control List zone 23 access, of devices 22 account name 25 maintenance mode 47 Activity LED 15 , 17 air flow 14 , 61 altitude 61 audience, targ et 7 authorized reseller, HP 11 B backing up swit ch configuration 37 bandwidth 24 , 60 battery replaceme[...]

Inde x 68 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide management 25 , 60 management of switch 15 management workstation 63 point-to-point bandwidth 60 port 18 ports 18 services 25 fabric security 25 factory defaults 48 fan 14 FCC notice 51 features, of switch 13 Fibre Channel LED locations 13 port location 13 ports 17 protoc[...]

Inde x 69 HP Storage W or ks 2/ 8q Fibr e Cha nn el Switch I nsta llat ion G uide P password 25 file reset 48 maintenance mode 47 restore default 48 pending firmwa re 49 performance 24 planning 21 port buffer credits 24 characteristics 59 diagnostics 44 Ethernet 15 fabric 18 Fibre Channel 17 generic 18 LEDs 17 number of 59 serial 14 speed 59 types [...]

Inde x 7 0 HP Stor age W or ks 2/8q F ibre Channel S wit ch Installation Guide worldwide name 22 Z zone access control list 23 definition 22 name server 23 zone set 22 zoning database 22 limits 22[...]