Contents
Read this first ............iii
Summary of changes ...........iii
Third edition .............iii
Second edition ............iii
Getting help ..............iii
Taiwan Contact Information ........iv
Accessibility features for the SAN48B-5 .....iv
Accessibility features ..........iv
Keyboard navigation ..........iv
Vendor software ............iv
Related accessibility information ......iv
IBM and accessibility ..........v
How to send your comments .........v
Figures ...............ix
Tables ...............xi
Safety and environmental notices . . . xiii
Safety notices and labels ..........xiii
Danger notices ............xiii
Caution notices ............xv
Safety labels.............xvii
Attention notices ...........xviii
Rack safety ..............xix
Rack installation ...........xix
Rack relocation (19" rack).........xx
Product recycling and disposal........xxi
About this document ........xxiii
Product documents ...........xxiii
Brocade documents ...........xxiii
IBM and Brocade product matrix .....xxiv
Chapter 1. Introducing the SAN48B-5 . . 1
Switch capabilities ............1
Switch components ............2
Port side of the switch ...........3
Nonport side of the switch .........4
Chapter 2. Installing and configuring the
switch ...............5
Items included with the switch ........5
Site preparation and installation requirements . . . 6
Electrical requirements ..........6
Environmental requirements ........6
Cabinet requirements ..........6
Planning for cable management .......7
Items required for installation .......7
Setting up the switch as a standalone unit ....7
Installing in an EIA cabinet .........9
Time required .............9
Items required .............9
Parts list ...............9
Installation instructions .........10
Configuring the switch ..........14
Providing power to the switch .......14
Creating a serial connection ........14
Setting the switch IP address .......15
Setting the switch date and time ......16
Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking ......19
Installing SFP+ transceivers and connecting cables 19
Fabric OS Native and Access Gateway modes . . . 21
Disabling and enabling Access Gateway mode. . 22
Chapter 3. Using and maintaining the
switch ...............25
Powering the switch on and off........25
Interpreting LEDs ............25
LED locations ............25
POST and boot specifications ........28
POST ...............28
Boot ................28
Interpreting POST results..........29
SAN48B-5 maintenance ..........29
Diagnostic testing ...........29
SAN48B-5 management ..........30
Chapter 4. FRU replacement .....31
Replacing a power supply and fan assembly . . . 31
Determining the need to replace a power supply
and fan assembly ...........33
Time required ............33
Items required ............33
Removing a power supply and fan assembly . . 33
Replacing a power supply and fan assembly . . 34
Removing the battery ...........35
Appendix A. Product specifications . . 37
Weight and physical dimensions .......37
Facility requirements ...........37
Power supply specifications .........38
Environmental requirements.........38
General specifications ...........39
Data transmission ranges ..........40
Memory specifications...........40
Fibre Channel port specifications .......41
Serial port specifications ..........41
Access Gateway default port mapping .....42
Appendix B. Link troubleshooting . . . 43
Fault isolation .............43
Dust, dirt, or other contaminants .......44
Best practices for minimizing link loss .....44
Attenuation on LWL connections .......45
Best Practice for LWL connections – Optically
engineer a long-distance connection .....45
2G LWL SFP maximum receive power ....45
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