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SANbox2-8c/16 Switch Management User’s Guide Q Information furnished in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. QLogic Corporation reserves the right to change product specifications at any time without notice. Applications described in this document for any of these products are for illustrative purposes only. QLo
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Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction 1.1 Intended Audience ............................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 Related Materials ............................................................................................... 1-1 1.3 Technical Support............................................................................................... 1-2 1.3.1 Availability..............................................................................
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SANbox2-8c/16 Switch Management User’s Guide Q 2.11.2.3 Opening the Faceplate Display and Topology Popup Menus......... 2-21 2.11.3 Topology Data Windows.......................................................................... 2-21 2.12 Using the Faceplate Display............................................................................. 2-22 2.12.1 Port Views and Status ............................................................................. 2-22 2.12.2 Working with Ports...............
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SANbox2-8c/16 Switch Management User’s Guide Q 3.4.3 Restoring Default Zoning......................................................................... 3-19 3.4.4 Merging Fabrics and Zoning.................................................................... 3-19 3.4.4.1 Zone Merge Failure ........................................................................ 3-19 3.4.4.2 Zone Merge Failure Recovery ........................................................ 3-20 3.4.5 Using the Edit Zoning Window
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SANbox2-8c/16 Switch Management User’s Guide Q 4.5 Paging a Switch................................................................................................ 4-14 4.6 Setting the Date and Time................................................................................ 4-14 4.7 Setting Temperature Thresholds ...................................................................... 4-14 4.8 Resetting a Switch....................................................................................
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SANbox2-8c/16 Switch Management User’s Guide Q 5.2.3 Changing Port Modes.............................................................................. 5-11 5.2.4 Changing Buffer-to-Buffer Credits ........................................................... 5-12 5.2.5 I/O Stream Guard .................................................................................... 5-13 5.2.6 Scan Device ............................................................................................ 5-13 5.2.7 Exte
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SANbox2-8c/16 Switch Management User’s Guide Q Uptime Command....................................................................................A-73 User Command .......................................................................................A-74 Whoami Command..................................................................................A-76 Zone Command.......................................................................................A-77 Zoneset Command.........................
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SANbox2-8c/16 Switch Management User’s Guide Q 4-1 Account Administration – Add........................................................................................ 4-2 4-2 Account Administration – Remove................................................................................. 4-3 4-3 Account Administration – Change Password................................................................. 4-4 4-4 Faceplate Display........................................................................
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SANbox2-8c/16 Switch Management User’s Guide Q 5-5 Port Statistics Data Window Entries............................................................................... 5-4 5-6 Port Information Data Window Entries........................................................................... 5-7 5-7 Port Administrative States............................................................................................ 5-10 5-8 Port Speeds ..................................................................
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Section 1 Introduction This manual describes the switch management tools which include the SANbox® Manager application (version 2.0) and the Command Line Interface (CLI) for the SANbox2®-8c and SANbox2-16 Fibre Channel switches (firmware version 2.0). The SANbox Manager switch management application is the primary focus of this manual which is organized as follows: Section 1 describes the intended audience for this manual, related materials, and technical support. Section 2 describes how
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1 – Introduction Technical Support Q 1.3 Technical Support Customers should contact their authorized maintenance provider for technical support of their QLogic switch products. QLogic-direct customers may contact QLogic Technical Support; others will be redirected to their authorized maintenance provider. Visit the QLogic support Web site listed in Contact Information for the latest firmware and software updates. 1.3.1 Availability QLogic Technical Support is available from 7:00 AM to 7:00 P
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Section 2 Using SANbox Manager This section describes how to use the SANbox Manager application and its menus. The following topics are covered: Installing SANbox Manager Starting SANbox Manager Exiting SANbox Manager Changing the password for the default fabric view file Setting SANbox Manager user preferences Using online help SANbox Manager user interface Using the topology display Using the faceplate display 2.1 Installing SANbox Manager The SANbox Manager application requires a ma
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2 – Using SANbox Manager Installing SANbox Manager Q Your switch was shipped with either a SANsurfer Management Suite Disk or a SANbox2 Installation Disk. Refer to the following installation instructions that correspond to your situation: SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Windows Installation SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Linux Installation SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Solaris Installation SANbox2 Installation Disk - Windows Installation SANbox2 Installation Disk - Linux Installa
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2 – Using SANbox Manager Installing SANbox Manager Q 2.1.2 SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Linux Installation To install the SANbox Manager application on Linux from the SANsurfer Management Suite Disk, do the following: 1. Close all programs currently running, and insert the SANsurfer Management Suite Disk into the management workstation CD-ROM drive. If a file browser dialog opens showing icons for the contents of the CD-ROM, double-click the Start_Here.htm file to open the SANsurfer Man
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2 – Using SANbox Manager Installing SANbox Manager Q 2.1.3 SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Solaris Installation To install the SANbox Manager application on Solaris from the SANsurfer Management Suite CD-ROM, do the following: 1. Close all programs currently running, and insert the SANsurfer Management Suite Disk into the management workstation CD-ROM drive. If the SANsurfer Management Suite start page does not open in your default browser, do the following: a. Right-click the to open the
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2 – Using SANbox Manager Installing SANbox Manager Q 2.1.4 SANbox2 Installation Disk - Windows Installation To install the SANbox Manager application on Windows from the SANbox2 Installation Disk, do the following: 1. Close all programs currently running, and insert the SANbox2 Installation Disk into the management workstation CD-ROM drive. 2. Using Windows Explorer, double-click the drive letter which contains the SANbox2 Installation Disk. 3. Double click the SANbox_Manager folder, then dou
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2 – Using SANbox Manager Starting SANbox Manager Q 2.2 Starting SANbox Manager To start the SANbox Manager application for the first time, choose one of the following methods: For a Windows platform, double-click the SANbox Manager shortcut, or select SANbox Manager from Start menu, depending on how you installed the SANbox Manager application. From a command line, you can enter the SANbox_Manager command: \SANbox_Manager\sanbox_manager.exe For a Linux platform, enter th
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2 – Using SANbox Manager Starting SANbox Manager Q Choose Start Application Without Specifying a Fabric to open the SANbox Manager window shown in Figure 2-2. Figure 2-2. SANbox Manager Window 59022-06 A 2-7
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2 – Using SANbox Manager Exiting SANbox Manager Q 2.3 Exiting SANbox Manager To exit a SANbox Manager application session, open the File menu and select Exit. If you have made changes to the view, the Save Default Fabric File dialog, shown in Figure 2-3, prompts you to save the view as the default fabric view file. You may also enter a password with which to protect the default fabric view file, but a password is not required. Refer to ”Changing the SANbox Manager Default Fabric File Passwo
