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IBM TotalStorage SAN16B-2 Installation, Service, and User’s Guide Service information: 2005 / B16, 16B Read Before Using This product contains software that is licensed under written license agreements. Your use of such software is subject to the license agreements under which they are provided.
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IBM TotalStorage SAN16B-2 Installation, Service, and User’s Guide Service information: 2005 / B16, 16B GC26-7753-00...
(D004), at the end of each notice. Use this ID to locate the translation of these danger and caution notices in the IBM eServer Safety Notices (G229–9054) publication, which is on the CD-ROM that accompanies this product. See the following examples of danger and caution notices for the location of the ID number.
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A comprehensive danger notice provides instructions on how to avoid shock hazards when servicing equipment. Unless instructed otherwise, follow the procedures in the following danger notice. DANGER Electrical voltage and current from power, telephone, and communication cables are hazardous. To avoid a shock hazard: v Do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation, maintenance, or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm.
Labels As an added precaution, safety labels are often installed directly on products or product components to warn of potential hazards. The actual product safety labels may differ from these sample safety labels: DANGER Hazardous voltage, current, or energy levels are present inside any component that has this label attached.
Attention notices An attention notice indicates the possibility of damage to a program, device, or system, or to data. An exclamation point symbol may accompany an attention notice, but is not required. A sample attention notice follows: Attention: Do not bend a fibre cable to a radius less than 5 cm (2 in.); you can damage the cable.
Rack safety Rack installation DANGER v Always lower the leveling pads on the rack cabinet. v Always install stabilizer brackets on the rack cabinet. v To avoid hazardous conditions due to uneven mechanical loading, always install the heaviest devices in the bottom of the rack cabinet.
Rack relocation (19″ rack) CAUTION: Removing components from the upper positions in the rack cabinet improves rack stability during relocation. Follow these general guidelines whenever you relocate a populated rack cabinet within a room or building: v Reduce the weight of the rack cabinet by removing equipment starting at the top of the rack cabinet.
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Chapter 1. Introducing the SAN16B-2 switch The IBM TotalStorage SAN16B-2 fabric switch provides a 16–port addition to the IBM TotalStorage SAN b-type 4 Gbps switch family. This family of products provide enhancements to storage networking with improved affordability, higher throughput, and increased port density.
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scale: 5/16" = 1" IOIOI Figure 1. Port side of the SANB16-2 switch AC power receptacle Ethernet port Serial port Fibre Channel ports (16) Non-port side of the SAN16B-2 switch The non-port side of the switch is used solely for air flow and for serial number labels.
Advanced Security Activation is designed to enables policy-based security mechanisms integrated within Fabric Operating System V2.6, and later. To enable advanced security capabilities, all switches within the IBM SAN Switch Fabric must be configured with their respective Fabric operating system version (2.6 or later) before activating the Advanced Security feature license key.
Trunking Group 1 Trunking Group 3 Trunking Group 2 Trunking Group 4 Figure 2. Trunking groups Trunking group Port numers Group 1 Ports 0–3 Group 2 Ports 4–7 Group 3 Ports 8–11 Group 4 Ports 12–15 Note: For more information about trunking, refer to the Brocade Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.
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Installation and safety considerations Use this section to prepare your site for a safe and successful installation. Attention: Although the switch has been designed for customer installation and replacement procedures, you must first ensure that the rack into which the switch is to be installed is also customer accessible.
1. Unpack the switch and verify that all items listed in “Items included with the switch” on page 7 are present and undamaged. Note: If any items are damaged or missing, contact the IBM Quality Hotline toll-free at 1-800-442-6773 within the United States and Canada, or direct dial 770-858-8459 in other locations.
Installing a SAN16B-2 into an EIA cabinet Attention: Refer to “Rack safety” on page xiii for danger and caution notices related to rack and cabinet installations. You can install the rack mount kit in either of two ways: v To allow the port side of the switch to slide out of the exhaust-air side of the cabinet.
Outer Slide EIA Rack Rail Inner Slide Detail A Front of Switch Detail A SJ000153 Figure 3. Rack assembly 1. Unpack the rack-mount kit and verify that all ordered items and parts are present and undamaged. See Table 4 for a list of parts and the quantities supplied.
2. Separate the inner and outer slides. a. Open one of the slides until the lock engages. b. Press the lock release lever ( 1 in Figure 4) and remove the inner rail from the outer rail. SJ000046 Figure 4. Separating the inner and outer rails. c.
Front SJ000047 Figure 5. Mounting the moving portion of the slide and mounting brackets to the switch c. Repeat step 3a on page 12 and step 3b on page 12 for the second inner rail on the other side of the switch chassis. 4.
SJ000048 Figure 6. Mounting the fixed portion of the rail and the locking ears to the rack 6. Install the outer (larger) slides in the rack, as shown in Figure 6. a. At the desired height, install the five M5 nut clips 5 . Put three M5 nut clips in the front of the rack and two in the back.
SJ000049 Figure 7. Inserting slides into the rack rails b. Check the alignment of the slides by sliding the switch in and out of the rack. Any difficulty moving the switch indicates lateral stress or misalignment. If this situation occurs, adjust the slide positions until the movement is smooth.
Cabling and configuring the SAN16B-2 You must configure the switch to ensure correct operation within a network and fabric. For instructions about how to configure the switch to operate in a fabric that contains switches from other vendors, refer to the Brocade Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.
4. “Creating an Ethernet connection and logging in” on page 19 5. “Modifying the domain ID (optional)” on page 19 6. “Installing the SFP transceivers” on page 19 7. “Connecting the cables” on page 20 Creating a serial connection Before you can begin configuring the switch, you must create a connection by way of the serial port.
Powering up the switch and logging in After you create the serial connection using the steps in “Creating a serial connection” on page 17, provide power to the switch by completing the steps below. Note: Power is supplied to the switch as soon as the power supply is connected to a power source, you should then see POST messages.
Note: Any time the serial port is not in use, install the protective plug to keep foreign material out of the port. Creating an Ethernet connection and logging in Create an Ethernet connection to the switch by performing the following steps: 1.
2. Position a transceiver so that it is oriented correctly and insert it into a port until the latching mechanism clicks. The transceivers are keyed to ensure correct orientation. If a transceiver does not install easily, ensure that it is correctly oriented.
Figure 9 shows the location of the LEDs on the port side of the switch. See “LED patterns and recommended actions” for details about how to interpret the activity of these LEDs, and possible actions to take. scale: 5/1 6" = 1" IOIOI IOIOI Figure 9.
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Switch is off or power supply has Verify that the system is on and has failed. completed booting. If the system is on, the unit is faulty. Contact IBM Support. Steady green Switch is on and power supply is No action required.
Port LED patterns Each port has two LEDs: a port speed and a port status indicator. These LEDs are located below both rows of ports, and each set is labeled with the port number. Table 7 shows the LED location, color, and meaning for these port LEDs. Table 7.
Table 8. Ethernet LED patterns LED name, location LED color Status of hardware Recommended action Ethernet link Amber Link is valid. No action required. Blinking amber Traffic. Ethernet Speed No light Port speed is 10 Mb/sec No action required. Steady green Port speed is 100 Mb/sec.
Enter. If the switch prompt still does not display, open another Telnet session or access the switch through another management tool. If this is not successful, the switch did not successfully complete POST. Contact IBM Service for repair. 3. Review the switch system log for errors. Any errors detected during POST are written to the system log, which is accessible through the errShow command.
connection to the switch. Some tests require the ports to be connected by external cables, to allow diagnostics to verify the serializer/deserializer interface, SFP, and cable. All diagnostic tests are run at link speeds of 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/sec, depending on the speed of the link being tested.
Installing an SFP If your switch did not come with installed SFPs, or you are replacing older ones, follow the instructions below to install your SFPs. Note: SFPs are keyed so that they can be inserted only in the correct orientation. The ports in the top row the switch are oriented in one direction, and the lower row of ports are oriented in the opposite direction.
Figure 14. Installing a plastic tab type SFP Figure 15. Installing a wire bale type SFP Switch chassis Wire bale (in open, unlocked position) 5. For SFPs with wire bales, close the bale to lock it in place (see as shown in 2 in Figure 15.
scale: 1/2" = 1" I O I Figure 16. Locking wire bale SFP in place Switch chassis Wire bale (in closed, locked position) 6. Repeat this procedure for the remaining SFPs and ports, as required. For the top row of ports, SFPs will be oriented as shown in Figure 14 on page 30 and Figure 15 on page 30.
2. Holding the cable by its connector, align the cable end with the SFP module, and push it into the SFP (see Figure 18) until the connector clicks in place . Figure 18. Inserting a fiber-optic cable into an SFP module Removing SFP modules In some cases you might need to remove an SFP module, either because it is no longer needed or because you must replace it.
Figure 20. Removing a fiber-optic cable 3. Replace the protective caps on the cable ends. 4. If you are leaving the SFP in place, replace the protective cap on the SFP. Removing a plastic tab type SFP Follow the steps below to remove a plastic tab type SFP. 1.
Figure 22. Removing an SFP module, plastic tab type 3. Replace the protective cover on the SFP module. 4. Place the SFP module into a static-protective package. 5. Replace the protective cover on the switch port. 6. Repeat this procedure for any additional SFPs, as required. Removing a wire bale type SFP Follow the steps below to remove a wire bale type SFP.
Open Bale Bale Figure 23. Unlocking the SFP module latch, wire bale type 2. Grasping it by the bale, gently but firmly pull the SFP out of the port (see 2 in Figure 23). 3. Replace the protective cover on the SFP module. 4.
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The port requires a straight (extension) serial cable with a female 9–pin subminiature-D connector. Only pins 2, 3, and 5 are supported. Power supply specifications The power supply is universal and capable of functioning worldwide without using voltage jumpers or switches. It meets IEC 61000-4-5 surge voltage requirements and is autoranging in terms of accommodating input voltages and line frequencies.
Weight and physical dimensions Table 12 lists the weight and physical dimensions of the SAN16B-2. Table 12. Switch specifications Dimension Value Height 1U = 4.29 cm (1.69 in.) Width 42.85 cm (16.87 in.) Depth 30.734 cm (12.10 in.) Weight 4.0 kg (8.8 lb) Memory specifications The switch memory specifications are listed in Table 13.
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IBM. Figure 24 on page 43 shows the plugs associated with each power cord. These feature codes and part numbers apply to products purchased through IBM or IBM resellers. For products purchased through the Web at www.ibm.com, the power cord part numbers are different.
PN 02K0546 Note: Part number 6952300 is the default power cord for the countries or regions listed. If you do not specify a power cord when you place your order, IBM provides this power cord. Types of plugs Figure 24 on page 43 shows the plugs for the power cords in Table 15 on page 41.
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It also provides additional definitions of technical terms and abbreviations. If you do not find the alias AL_PA. An arbitrated loop physical address term you are looking for, see the IBM Terminology (AL_PA) value recognized by a loop port (L_port) in located at http://www.ibm.com/ibm/terminology/ addition to the AL_PA assigned to the port.
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asynchronous transfer mode (ATM). A method of blade. A component that provides application-specific transmission in which the sending and receiving of data services and components. A blade is typically a hot is controlled by control characters such as a start bit swappable hardware device.
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Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol Common Information Model (CIM). An (CHAP). (1) An authentication protocol that protects implementation-neutral, object-oriented schema for against eavesdropping by encrypting the user name and describing network management information. The password. (2) Allows remote servers and clients to Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) develops securely exchange authentication credentials.
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DB-9 connector. A 9–pin version of the RS–232C port EIA rack. A storage rack that meets the standards set interface. by the Electronics Industries Alliance (EIA). dc. Direct current. electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). The design and test of products to meet legal and corporate defined zone configuration.
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ports (N_ports). Composed of one or more related FC-AL-3. The Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop standard sequences, and can work in either one or both defined by ANSI. Defined on top of the FC-PH directions. standards. expansion port (E_port). A port is designated an FCC.
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Fibre Channel transport. A protocol service that supports communication between Fibre Channel service providers. See also Fibre Channel service protocol. gateway. Hardware that connects incompatible networks by providing the necessary translation for both field replaceable unit (FRU). An assembly that is hardware and software.
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host bus adapter (HBA). The interface card between is called a trunking group; each port employed in a a server or workstation bus and the Fibre Channel trunking group is called a trunking port. See also master network. port. hot-pluggable. A field replaceable unit (FRU) that can isolated E_port.
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local area network (LAN). A network that connects LPSM. See loop port state machine. several devices into a limited area (such as a single LSAN. Logical storage area network. An LSAN building or campus) and that can be connected to a enables device and storage connectivity that spans two larger network.
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node port (N_port). A port on a node that can path selection. The selection of a transmission path connect to a Fibre Channel port or to another N_Port in through the fabric. Switches use the Fibre Channel a point-to-point connection. shortest path first (FSPF) protocol.
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primitive signal. A part of an ordered set that indicates events. See also ordered set. RAID. See redundant array of independent disks. principal switch. The switch that assumes the responsibility to assign domain IDs. The role of principal RAM. See random access memory. switch is negotiated after a “build fabric”...
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ROM. See read only memory. Gbps link speeds. Can also refer to the type of gigabit interface converter (GBIC) or small form-factor route. As applies to a fabric, the communication path pluggable (SFP). See also long wavelength. between two switches. Can also apply to the specific path taken by an individual frame, from source to SID.
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switch. Hardware that routes frames according to Tx. Transmitted. Fibre Channel protocol and is controlled by software. switch name. The arbitrary name assigned to a switch. U. Unit of measure for rack-mounted equipment. switch port. A port on a switch. Switch ports can be UDP.
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wide area network (WAN). A network that provides communication services to a geographic area larger than that served by a local area network or a metropolitan network, and that can use or provide public communications facilities. workstation. A computer used to access and manage the fabric.
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20 Ethernet connection 19 Boot 25 Ethernet LED patterns 24 Boot steps 25 Brocade documents xvii IBM product and model number matrix xviii Fabric Watch 3 Brocade documents xvii facility requirements 8 feature activation additional port 3 Full Fabric 3...
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SANB16-2 27 notices 43 management features 27 trademarks 45 management options 27 IBM product and model number matrix xviii memory specifications 39 installation minimum bend radius instructions 10 fiber-optic cables 20 rack xiii modifying the domain ID 19...
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product (continued) SAN16B-2 switch introduction 1 introduction 1 recycling xv SANB16-2 specifications 37 maintaining 27 product disposal xv management features 27 product documents xvii management options 27 product recycling xv monitoring 27 product specifications 37 product specifications data transmission ranges 37 See product specifications Fibre Channel ports 37 serial connection 17...
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usage restrictions xii verify configuration 20 warning cable xvi warning, cable xvi Web sites xviii WEEE directive xv weight 39 who should read this document xvii SAN16B-2 Installation, Service, and User’s Guide...
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