HP (Hewlett-Packard) FC 1GB/2GB SWITCH 16B manual

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HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide iii Contents Preface About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide v Preface About This Guide This guide provides the follow ing information: Cha pte r 1 Introducin g the HP S urestor e FC 1Gb/2 Gb Switch 16B Overview information about the swit ch. Cha pte r 2 Inst a lli ng and C onf i gu rin g the HP Surest ore FC 1 Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Instructions[...]

vi HP Sur estore FC 1Gb/2Gb S witch 16B Installation and Reference Relate d Publ ic ations Related product informati on can be fou nd in t he followi ng publicat ions. Thos e publi cations wi th part nu mbers are pro vided as printed copi es with y our pro duct. The HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2 Gb Switch 16B Documentation CD contain s all p ublicati ons l[...]

HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Ref erence Guide vii Be prepared to provi de the fo llowing in formation t o the supp ort pers onnel: • Switch s erial number • Switch world wide name • Output fr om the supportShow telnet command • Detailed description of the pro blem • T opolog y confi guration • T roub leshooting s[...]

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HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2FGb S witch 16B Installation and Reference Guide 1-1 Chapter 1 Introducin g the HP Sures tore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 1 6B This chapter provides the follo wing in for m atio n: • Overview on page 1- 1 • Monitor ing and Mana ging the FC 16B on page 1-3 Ove rview The HP Sures tore F C 1 Gb/ 2Gb S w it ch 16 B is a 16- por t Fibr e[...]

1-2 HP Surestore FC 1G b/2FGb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Introduc ing the HP Suresto re FC 1G b/2Gb S witch 16B 1 The SFP Media Side Figure 1-1 shows the SFP media side of t he FC 16B , which con tains the ser ial por t, Ethernet por t, fiber op tic por ts and their corresp onding L EDs, and th e switch p ower LE D. Figure 1-1 The SFP me[...]

HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2FGb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide 1-3 Introduc ing the HP Suresto re FC 1G b/2Gb S witch 16B 1 Monitoring and Managing the FC 16B The FC 16B can be managed i n-band us ing Fibr e Channel prot ocol, o r out-of- band by connecting to the Ethernet port. The managem ent functions allow the admin istrator to monitor fa[...]

1-4 HP Surestore FC 1G b/2FGb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Introduc ing the HP Suresto re FC 1G b/2Gb S witch 16B 1[...]

HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide 2-1 Chapter 2 Installing and Con figuring the HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16 B The HP Surestor e FC 1 Gb/2Gb Switch 1 6B can b e inst alled either as a stand-alon e unit or in a rack that meets EIA (Electronic Indu stries Association) stand ards. This chapter provides the follo [...]

2-2 HP Surestor e FC 1Gb/2Gb S witch 16B Installation and Reference Installi ng and Conf iguring the HP Sur estore FC 1Gb/2G b Switch 1 6B 2 additi onal eq uipment or b alla st, the equ ipment r ack must be anchor ed to the b uilding struct ure be fore oper ation. Package Cont ents The m a jor items cont aine d in the FC 16 B shi ppi n g ca rt on( [...]

HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Ref erence Guide 2-3 Insta lling and Con figur ing the HP Suresto re FC 1G b/2Gb S witch 16B 2 4. Provide p ower to the switc h by complet ing the followin g steps : a. Con nect the power cabl e to the FC 16B power supply and to a power outl et. Ensu re the power cable is rou ted so tha t it is [...]

2-4 HP Surestor e FC 1Gb/2Gb S witch 16B Installation and Reference Installi ng and Conf iguring the HP Sur estore FC 1Gb/2G b Switch 1 6B 2 The foll owing i tems ar e require d to in stal l the swit ch in a rack: •F C 1 6 B • Pow er ca ble s • #2 Phill ips and T25 T orx screwdriver s • Rails an d rail mounting ha rdware : (2) Rear mountin [...]

HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Ref erence Guide 2-5 Insta lling and Con figur ing the HP Suresto re FC 1G b/2Gb S witch 16B 2 T o inst all the s witch in a rack : 1. Check cont ents o f the shi pping cart on to v erify al l the requir ed parts and hard ware are avail abl e. 2. Choose a moun ting l ocation i n the r ack for t [...]

2-6 HP Surestor e FC 1Gb/2Gb S witch 16B Installation and Reference Installi ng and Conf iguring the HP Sur estore FC 1Gb/2G b Switch 1 6B 2 Figure 2- 4. Instal ling th e Ti nnerman C lips (HP Rack ) – Fo r a Compaq/Rit tal r ack, inst all (2) #10-32 s quare T inner man nuts for each o f the front c olumns of the r ack in the top an d botto m pos[...]

HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Ref erence Guide 2-7 Insta lling and Con figur ing the HP Suresto re FC 1G b/2Gb S witch 16B 2 5. A ssem ble th e out er ra il s by co mple tin g the f o llowi ng s te ps: a. As an a id in asse mb ly , two r ubbe r washer s have been in cluded t o hel p k eep t he rear slotte d port ion of the o[...]

2-8 HP Surestor e FC 1Gb/2Gb S witch 16B Installation and Reference Installi ng and Conf iguring the HP Sur estore FC 1Gb/2G b Switch 1 6B 2 6. Assemble t he two i nner rai ls (one on eac h side) to t he swit ch using (6 ) #8-3 2 x 5/16 Phillips p an- head scre ws, and #8 flat wa sher as s hown in Figur e 2-8. Figure 2- 8. Assembli ng the Inn er Ra[...]

HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Ref erence Guide 2-9 Insta lling and Con figur ing the HP Suresto re FC 1G b/2Gb S witch 16B 2 Note Al low f or 1 U space in the rack f or ev e ry fi ve sw it che s to fa ci lita te cab le management. a. Con nect the p ower cab le to the FC 16B power supply and t o a powe r outlet . b. Turn o n [...]

2-10 HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Refer ence Installi ng and Conf iguring the HP Sur estore FC 1Gb/2G b Switch 1 6B 2 – In a W indows 95, 98, 2000, or NT environment : – In a UNI X environment , ente r the following string at the p rompt: tip /dev/ ttyb -9600 f. From the t erminal emul ator applicat ion, log on to the s[...]

HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Ref erence Guide 2-11 Insta lling and Con figur ing the HP Suresto re FC 1G b/2Gb S witch 16B 2 2. R ecord the IP addr ess fo r fu tu re re fe ren c e. 3. Connect t he swit ch to the worksta tion comput er by Ether net cabl e (can be a direc t connecti on or t hrough a ne twork) by completi ng t[...]

2-12 HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Refer ence Installi ng and Conf iguring the HP Sur estore FC 1Gb/2G b Switch 1 6B 2 7. Add the SFPs (small form fa ctor plu ggable media) a nd cables to the ports as r equired by comple ti ng the fol lo wing steps: Note The p orts a nd FC cables used in tr unking groups must meet spe cific [...]

HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Ref erence Guide 2-13 Insta lling and Con figur ing the HP Suresto re FC 1G b/2Gb S witch 16B 2 Backing up t he Switch Con figuration Settings FTP must be used on W indows workst ations to backup the system conf igurati on. The FTP server must be r unning bef ore an upload can occur . Use t he R[...]

2-14 HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Refer ence Installi ng and Conf iguring the HP Sur estore FC 1Gb/2G b Switch 1 6B 2 Note The p assword operand is only requ ired i f you are using FTP . 5. Reboot th e switc h by enter ing the followin g comman d: fastBoot Next St eps Spec ific ta sks re main to be c omp leted bef or e th e[...]

HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Ref erence Guide 2-15 Insta lling and Con figur ing the HP Suresto re FC 1G b/2Gb S witch 16B 2 On the FC 16B, l ogon to th e switc h with admin istrati ve privi leges and enter the fo llow ing te lnet c omman ds: 1. switchDisable 2. interopMode 1 3. switchEnable On the Dir ector FC-64 switc h, [...]

2-16 HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Refer ence Installi ng and Conf iguring the HP Sur estore FC 1Gb/2G b Switch 1 6B 2 a. T o change the port to pology for contr oller 1 enter th e following command, se lecting 4 for Di rect F abr ic Attac h: vfpmgr -t 4 -c 1 When pro mpted to reset , ente r no . b. T o change the por t top [...]

HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide 3-1 Chapter 3 Operating th e HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2 Gb Switch 1 6B This chapter provides the follo wing in for m atio n: • Turning the FC 16B O n and Off on page 3 -1 • Interpretin g LED Activity on page 3-1 • Interpre ti ng PO ST Resul t s on page 3 -5 • Maintaini ng th e S[...]

3-2 HP Surestor e FC 1Gb/2Gb S witch 16B Installation and Reference Operating the HP Sur estore FC 1Gb/2G b Switch 1 6B 3 • 16 port speed LEDs on the SFP media side (ab ove an d to the r ight of each por t) to indicate the current link speed of each port. • One switch power LED below the serial port on the SFP media side, to ind icate whether t[...]

HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Ref erence Guide 3-3 Opera ting the HP Sure store FC 1G b/2Gb S witch 16B 3 Ta b l e 3 - 1 SFP Me dia Side LED Patter ns During Normal O peratio n Location of LED Purpo se of LED Color of LED Status of Hardware Recommended Action Above Each Port, on Left Indicates port st atus No light No light [...]

3-4 HP Surestor e FC 1Gb/2Gb S witch 16B Installation and Reference Operating the HP Sur estore FC 1Gb/2G b Switch 1 6B 3 LEDs On the Power Supply Side Figure 3-2 shows th e power supply side of th e switch with the LEDs identified. Figure 3-2 The power supp ly si de of t he FC 16B Steady g reen The port is transmitting / receiving at 2 Gbps . No a[...]

HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Ref erence Guide 3-5 Opera ting the HP Sure store FC 1G b/2Gb S witch 16B 3 T able 3-2 describes the LEDs on the power supply side of the switch . Interp reti ng POST Res ult s Each time the switch is powered on or reset, the switch automatically p erforms POST , a one minute system check du rin[...]

3-6 HP Surestor e FC 1Gb/2Gb S witch 16B Installation and Reference Operating the HP Sur estore FC 1Gb/2G b Switch 1 6B 3 Mainta ining the Swit ch The FC 16B does not require any reg ular phys ical maintenan ce, and is des igned to min imize the chance of failur e, including diagno s tic tests and field-replaceab le units. Diagnostic Tests Diagnost[...]

HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Ref erence Guide 3-7 Opera ting the HP Sure store FC 1G b/2Gb S witch 16B 3 Field-Replaceable Unit s (FRUs) The power supplies, fan trays , and the en tire switch can all be replaced in the field, withou t the use of special tools. The switch can continue operatin g during the rep lacement of a [...]

3-8 HP Surestor e FC 1Gb/2Gb S witch 16B Installation and Reference Operating the HP Sur estore FC 1Gb/2G b Switch 1 6B 3[...]

HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide A-1 Appendix A Product Specific at ions This appendix provid es th e follo wing information: • Switch Co mponents on page A-1 • Weigh t and Phys ical D ime nsio ns on page A- 2 • Facility Requirements on p age A- 2 • Power Suppl y Specif icat io ns on page A-3 • Environme[...]

A-2 HP Surestor e FC 1Gb/2Gb S witch 16B Installation and Reference Produc t Specific ations A • T wo fan trays, each containing two f ans. Air is p u lled in through the rea r intake and pushed out throug h the vents in the SF P media si de. The f ans provi de adequa te coolin g for the maximum switch power rating of 102 W atts . • Three digit[...]

HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Ref erence Guide A-3 Produc t Specif ications A Power Supply Specificat ions The power supplies are univer sal and capabl e of func tioning worldwide w ithout us ing volt age jumpers or swit ches. They m eet IEC 61000-4-5 sur g e voltag e requirements and ar e autoranging in terms of accommodati[...]

A-4 HP Surestor e FC 1Gb/2Gb S witch 16B Installation and Reference Produc t Specific ations A General S pecifi cations The FC 16B suppo rts F_Port, F L_Port, and E_Port co nnection s and DNS (Di stributed Name Server). It is EMC (Electromagneti c Compatib ilit y) compliant. The following table lists th e gene ral specificati ons for the FC 16B. Sh[...]

HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Ref erence Guide A-5 Produc t Specif ications A Memory Specific at ions The FC 16B ha s the f ollow ing me mor y: • Main Memory: 16 MB per sw itch • Flash Memory: 16MB of 16 -bit wide memor y , stored in 2 b anks of 8M-b ytes each • Boot Fl ash: 51 2K bytes o f 8-bit for sys tem boot The c[...]

A-6 HP Surestor e FC 1Gb/2Gb S witch 16B Installation and Reference Produc t Specific ations A The port requ ires a straight serial cable with a fe male 9-pi n subm ini ature -D c onne ctor. Only pi ns 2, 3, and 5 ar e suppo rted; if pin 7 is used, the signal mus t always be driven high, usi ng the pin outs listed in the following table. POST Speci[...]

HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Ref erence Guide A-7 Produc t Specif ications A Regulatory Compliance FCC EMC St atement (USA) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with th e limi ts f or a Clas s A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the F CC Rules. Th ese limits are desig ned to provi de reasonab le protec ti[...]

A-8 HP Surestor e FC 1Gb/2Gb S witch 16B Installation and Reference Produc t Specific ations A Harmonics Conformance (Jap an) BSMI EMC St atement (T aiwan) RRL EMC St atement (Korea) Laser Safety A. Certi fication and Cl assificati on Inf ormation When equipped with nati ve Fibr e Ch annel adapters, this product contains a laser in ternal to the sm[...]

HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Ref erence Guide A-9 Produc t Specif ications A B. Product Information Each communications port consists of a transmitter and receiver optical subassembly . The transmitter sub assembly contains internally a sem iconductor laser diode in the wavelength of either 850 nano meters (shortwav e laser[...]

A-10 HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Reference Produc t Specific ations A Declaration of Confor mity DECL A RA T ION OF CONFOR MITY acc ordi n g to I SO/ IEC G ui de 2 2 and EN 45 014 M anufac turer's N ame: Hewle tt-Pac kard Company Networ k Stor age Sol uti ons Org anizatio n M anu fact urer 's A ddress : 8000 Foot[...]

HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide Glossary-1 Glossar y 8b/10b Encoding An encod ing schem e that converts each 8- bit byte into 10 bits. Used to balance ones and zeros in high- speed transports . Address Identifier A 24-bit or 8-bit value used to identif y the source or dest ination of a frame. Advanced Performance[...]

Glossary-2 HP Sures tore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide BER Bit Error Rate; the rate at which bits are expected to be received in erro r . Expressed as the ratio of error bits to tot a l bit s transmi tted . See also Err or . Block As applies to Fibre Channel, upp er -level ap plication data that is transferr ed in a single [...]

HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide Gl ossary-3 Disparity The relationship of ones and zero s in an encoded character . “Neutral disparity” means an equal nu mber of each, “positiv e disparity” means a majority of ones, and “negative d isparity” means a majority o f zeros. Distributed Fabrics The combined[...]

Glossary-4 HP Sures tore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide Fabric Manager A soft wa re prod uct that w o rks in conj unc tion w ith W e b T ool s to p ro vide a graphical user interface f or man aging switch gr oup s as a s ingle unit, instead of as separa te switches . Fabr ic Manager i s install ed on and ru n from a computer[...]

HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide Gl ossary-5 FSPF Fabr ic Short est Pa th First. Rout ing proto col for F ibre Chan nel switches . Full-duplex A mode of commu nication that allows the same port to si multan eously transmit and receive fr ames. See also Hal f-duplex . Fx_Port A fabric port that can o perate as eith[...]

Glossary-6 HP Sures tore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide JBOD Just a Bunch Of Disks; indicates a num ber of disks co nnected in a single chassis to one or more controllers. See also RAID . K28.5 A special 10-bit character used to indicat e the b eginning of a tran smission word that perf orms Fibre Channel con trol an d signa[...]

HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide Gl ossary-7 Multimode A fiber optic cabling specification that allo ws up to 500 meters betw een devices. N_Port Node Port; a p ort on a n ode that can con nect to a Fibre Channel po rt o r to ano ther N_Po rt in a poi nt-to -poin t connection. See also NL_Po rt , Nx_Por t . Name S[...]

Glossary-8 HP Sures tore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide Private Device A device that supports arbitrated loop prot o col and can interpret 8-bit ad dresses, but cannot log into the fabric. Private Loop An arbitrated loop that does not include a participating FL_Port. Prot oc ol A defined metho d and a set of standards for co[...]

HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide Gl ossary-9 SI Sequence Initiative. Single Mode The fiber op tic cabling stand ard that corr esponds to dis tances of up to 10 km between devices. SNMP Simple Network Man agement Pr otocol. An intern et management proto col that uses either IP for network-l evel functi ons and UDP [...]

Glossary-10 HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide U_Port Universal Port; a switch po rt that can operate as a G_Port, E_Port, F_Port, or FL_Port. A port is defined as a U _Port when it is not connected o r has not yet assumed a specific fu nction in the fabric. UDP User Data gram Proto col; a pr otocol that runs on top[...]

HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide Index-1 Index A airflow directio n throug h switch A- 2 applications supported 1-3 B bandwidth, aggr egate A-4 buffers, f rame A-4 C class Fibre Channel classes supported A-4 color-cod ed ports 1-2 command lin e, managi ng by 1-3 compliance general regulato r y A-7 components, swit[...]

Index-2 HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Reference M maintenance, switch 3-6 management interfaces 1-3 monitoring compatible interfaces 1-3 throug h LED activity 3-1 N NVRAM A-2 O optical ports LEDs 3-1 specifications A-5 P physical dimensions of switch A-2 port color-coding 1-2 configurable types 1- 1, A-4 ethernet port A-1 LE[...]

HP Surestore F C 1Gb/2Gb Switc h 16B Installation and Ref erence Guide Index-3 T technical suppo rt vi telnet managing by 1-3 telnet commands suppor tShow comm and vii temperature, requ irements A-3 tests, diagnostic 3-6 thermometer s A-2 transm ission range, data A-5 trunki ng about 1-2 W Web Tool s, manag ing by 1-3 weight, switch A-2[...]

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