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    Ibm totalstorage san switch 2109 model m12 user’s guide gc26-7468-02 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 san switch 2109 model m12 user’s guide gc26-7468-02.

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    Note: before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in “safety and environmental notices” on page xi and “notices” on page 51. Third edition (may 2003) this edition replaces gc26-7493-01. © copyright international business machines corporation 2002, 2003. Al...

  • Page 5: Contents

    Contents figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vii tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ix safety and environmental notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xi safety label checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xi environmental notice...

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    Fabric os . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 network manageability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 field replaceable units (frus) . . ....

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    Germany compliance statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 japanese voluntary control council for interference (vcci) class 1 statement 54 korean government ministry of communication (moc) statement . . . . . 54 taiwan class a compliance statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 glossary . ...

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    Vi ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model m12 user’s guide.

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    Figures 1. Safety label on the 2109 model m12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xii 2. Linecord caution label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xii 3. Sfp label (front view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xii 4. Sfp label (back view) . ...

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    Viii ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model m12 user’s guide.

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    Tables 1. Brocade and ibm product and model number matrix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xvi 2. Power distribution system specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3. Power supply configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4. Cable side leds . . ....

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    X ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model m12 user’s guide.

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    Safety and environmental notices safety notices are printed throughout this document. A danger notice indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing death or serious personal injury. A caution notice indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing moderate ...

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    2. Verify that the linecord safety label shown in figure 2 is installed on the power supply of the 2109 model m12. Caution: this unit may have two linecords. To remove all power, disconnect both linecords. (1) 3. Verify that the sfp label shown in figure 3 and figure 4 on page xiii is installed on t...

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    Environmental notices and statements this section describes the environmental notices and statements. Laser safety this unit might contain a single-mode or a multimode transceiver class 1 laser product. The transceiver complies with iec 825-1 and fda 21 cfr 1040.10 and 1040.11. The transceiver must ...

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    Battery notice caution: a lithium battery can cause fire, explosion, or a severe burn. Do not recharge, disassemble, heat above 100°c (212°f), solder directly to the cell, incinerate, or expose cell contents to water. Keep away from children. Replace only with the part number specified for your syst...

  • Page 17: About This Document

    About this document this document introduces the ibm ® totalstorage ™ san switch 2109 model m12 (hereafter referred to as the 2109 model m12). Who should read this document this document is intended for network and system administrators whose responsibilities include administering and managing a sto...

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    Product and model numbers. Table 1. Brocade and ibm product and model number matrix brocade model number ibm product and model number silkworm 2010 3534 model 1ru silkworm 2400 2109 model s08 silkworm 2800 2109 model s16 silkworm 3200 3534 model f08 silkworm 3800 2109 model f16 silkworm 3900 2109 mo...

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    How to send your comments your feedback is important to help us provide the highest quality of information. If you have any comments about this document, you can submit them in one of the following ways: v e-mail submit your comments electronically to: starpubs@us.Ibm.Com be sure to include the name...

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  • Page 21: Introduction

    Introduction this chapter describes the totalstorage san switch 2109 model m12, hereafter referred to as the 2109 model m12. It provides the following information: v “product overview” v “system design overview” on page 3 v “power distribution system” on page 7 v “cp blade assembly” on page 9 v “swi...

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    The 2109 model m12 is a nonblocking core fabric switch. It never prevents a server from being able to connect to storage, even under congestion. The backplane bandwidth between ports on a 2109 model m12 is sufficient to allow traffic to flow at full bandwidth. Throughput the 2109 model m12 provides ...

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    System design overview the 2109 model m12 is highly available, modular, and scalable. High availability features include: v redundant cps and cp hot-swappable replacements v dual redundant ac input and hot-swappable power supplies in the redundant power subsystem v hot-swappable blowers in the redun...

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    High availability if a system is available, it is accessible 7 days a week and 24 hours per day. Availability is designated in terms of 9s. For example, the architecture of the 2109 model m12 is designed for availability in excess of 99.999%. The high availability software architecture of the 2109 m...

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    V dual cps that enable hot, nondisruptive fast firmware upgrades. Each cp contains two serial ports and one ethernet port. Offline cp diagnostics and remote diagnostics make troubleshooting easy. The standby cp continuously runs diagnostics to ensure that it is operational should a failover be neces...

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    V speed (10 mbps or 100 mbps) v status of the connection additionally, each cp has its own ethernet port. You can choose to connect the ethernet ports to each other through an ethernet switch or to connect them to separate networks for greater availability. Each cp has its own unique ip address and ...

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    Cable management the cable management tray and cable pillars provide easy access to the 2109 model m12 cables and allow you to organize and maintain the cables easily. Up to 128 pairs of fibre optic cables can be maintained on a single chassis. The cable management system is designed to allow any sw...

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    Table 2. Power distribution system specifications (continued) specification value under voltage protection the 2109 model m12 power supply self-protects from any input voltage, static or dynamic, from zero volts to its operating ranges. It recovers to normal operation when it returns to its operatin...

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    Table 3 shows various supported power supply configurations and their respective levels of redundancy. Table 3. Power supply configurations number of power supplies number of power cords number of switch blades number of cp blades number of blowers redundancy 1 1 4 2 3 no 2 1 4 or 8 2 3 partial (see...

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    Interface, direct memory access (dma) engine, serial ports, i ² c interface, read-only memory, and general purpose i/o. In addition, the cp blade assembly has the following functions: v sdram controller that is built into the ppc405 with error correction support at 100 mhz v sdram that supports 128 ...

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    Switch blade assembly the switch blade assembly is a blade in the chassis of the 2109 model m12. Each switch blade assembly provides 16 external fibre channel ports that run at 1 gbps and 2 gbps. A full switch consists of up to four switch blade assemblies and provides up to 64 ports in multiples of...

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    Fault monitoring and diagnostics fault monitoring, diagnostic tests, and system status indicators simplify switch management and ensure the availability of the 2109 model m12. Diagnostic tests diagnostic testing occurs in three areas: power-on self test (post), switch level testing, and manufacturin...

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    Table 4. Cable side leds (continued) led location indication each power supply contains three leds v green – solid indicates that ac is applied and power outputs are ok. – flashing indicates that only the auxiliary output is valid. V amber center light is a predictive failure light. It indicates tha...

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    Enables policy-based security mechanisms that are integrated within fabric os the following licensed software provides a graphical user interface from a standard workstation: v fabric manager 4.0 (feature code 7203) administers, configures, and maintains fabric switches and sans with host-based soft...

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    The fabric os for the 2109 model m12 allows any fibre channel-compliant device to attach to the switches as long as it conforms to the device login, name service, and related fibre channel feature standards. Each operating environment requires that a fibre channel host bus adapter (hba) be available...

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    Fibre alliance fibre channel management (fcmgmt) mibs, which allow common information necessary for management software to provide information to a san administrator. Field replaceable units (frus) each fru in the 2109 model m12 is hot-swappable. Fault isolation to the fru level provides failure con...

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    Appendix a. Product specifications this appendix contains the 2109 model c36 with model m12 specifications. 2109 model m12 components the 2109 model m12 contains the following components: v a 14u chassis, designed to be mounted in a 48.26 cm (19 in.) rack. Two 2109 model m12 switches can be mounted ...

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    Table 7. Component weights (continued) component weight door 3.4 kg (7.6 lbs) blower assembly 4 kg (8.8 lbs) power supply 3.2 kg (7.0 lbs) wwn bezel 0.27 kg (0.6 lbs) cp card 2.5 kg (5.6 lbs) 16-port card 3.9 kg (8.6 lbs) card filler panel 1.6 kg (3.2 lbs) cable management tray 0.27 kg (0.6 lbs) 210...

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    Memory specifications the centralized memory maximizes switch throughput by guaranteeing full transmit and receive bandwidth to all fibre channel ports at all times. Each cp card contains the type and specification of memory listed in table 9. Table 9. Memory specifications memory type amount main m...

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    Table 11. Terminal serial port pinouts (continued) pin signal description 5 and logic ground 6 7 8 9 modem serial port specifications each cp card has a modem serial port with a fully rs-232 compliant db-9 connector. Note: for dust and end protection, a cover is provided for the serial port and shou...

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    V an air flow of at least 350 cubic feet per minute per switch, available in the immediate vicinity of the 2109 model c36 with model m12. V the power specifications listed in “power specifications”. V the environmental specifications listed in “environmental requirements” on page 22. V interference ...

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    Environmental requirements table 14 lists the environmental operating ranges for the 2109 model c36 with model m12. The requirements for non-operating conditions are also provided for acceptable storage and transportation environments. Table 14. Environmental requirements condition acceptable range ...

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    Table 15. General specifications (continued) specification description internet protocol (ip) over fibre channel (fc-ip) complies with fc-ip 2.3 of the fca profile aggregate switch input/output (i/o) bandwidth per port: 4 gbps, running at 2 gbps, full duplex per 16-port card: 64 gbps, all 16 ports a...

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    Table 16. Regulatory specifications (continued) country or region safety specification emc specification norway nemko iec 60950+a1+a2+a3+a4+a11 (cb report) european union (austria, belgium, denmark, finland, france, germany, greece, ireland, italy, luxembourg, netherlands, portugal, spain, sweden, u...

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    Appendix b. Safety certifications and regulatory compliance the switch complies with all the safety and regulatory standards listed in this chapter. Safety the switch is certified to: v ul1950/csa950 binational v iec950/en 60950 (nemko & tuv; ce) additionally, the following product safety/country or...

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    Immunity the switch provides immunity 50% greater than the levels that en 55024 specifies and complies with the following specifications: v en 61000-4-2, severity level 3 for esd v en 61000-4-3, severity level 3 for rf fields v en 61000-4-4, severity level 3 for eft/burst v en 61000-4-5, severity le...

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    Appendix c. Danger and caution notice translations arabic sjara347 (1) (2) (3) © copyright ibm corp. 2002, 2003 27.

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    Brazilian-portuguese avisos sobre segurança avisos sobre segurança estão impressos em toda esta publicação. Um aviso de adverte sobre condições ou procedimentos que podem resultar em morte ou ferimentos graves. Perigo um aviso de adverte sobre condições ou procedimentos que podem causar ferimentos n...

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    Chinese, simplified sjchs347 (2) (3) (1) sjchs699 appendix c. Danger and caution notice translations 29.

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    Chinese, traditional (1) (2) (3) sj000338 sjtai347 30 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model m12 user’s guide.

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    Croatian sjcro347 (1) (2) (3) sj000338 oprez: postoji opasnost od eksplozije ako se baterija pogrešno zamjenjuje. Sve iskorištene baterije se moraju odbaciti u skladu s uputama proizvoðaèa. Kontaktirajte ibm ako sat za stvarno vrijeme poène kasniti. (4) oprez: da uklonite napajanje za 2109 model m12...

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    Czech sjcze347 (1) (2) (3) sjcze699 32 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model m12 user’s guide.

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    Danish sjdan347 (1) (2) (3) appendix c. Danger and caution notice translations 33.

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    Finnish sjfin347 sj000338 (1) (2) (3) sjfin699 34 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model m12 user’s guide.

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    French sjfre347 (1) (2) (3) sjfra699 appendix c. Danger and caution notice translations 35.

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    German sjger347 nur gbic-einheiten oder glasfaserpr odukte verwenden, die dem iec stan- dard 60825-1 entsprec hen. Optisc he pr odukte , die diesen standar ds nic ht entsprec hen, können strahlung en erz eug en, die zu a ug en- verletzung en führen können. Achtung: sjger338 achtung: lithiumbatterien...

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    Greek sjgre329 (1) (3) (2) sjgre699 appendix c. Danger and caution notice translations 37.

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    Hebrew sjheb347 sj000338 .(1) .(2) (3) 38 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model m12 user’s guide.

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    Appendix c. Danger and caution notice translations 39.

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    Hungarian (1) (2) (3) sj000338 sjhun347 sjhun699 40 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model m12 user’s guide.

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    Italian (1) (2) (3) sjita347 sj000338 attenzione: se la batteria non viene posizionata correttamente vi è pericolo di esplosione. Tutte le batterie usate devono essere smaltite secondo le istruzioni del produttore. Contattare l’ ibm se l’orologio non è preciso. (4) attenzione: per arrestare l’alimen...

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    Japanese (1) (2) (3) sj000338 sjjpn347 sjjpn699 42 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model m12 user’s guide.

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    Korean (1) sj000338 sjkor347 (2) (3) appendix c. Danger and caution notice translations 43.

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    Macedonian (1) (2) (3) sj000338 sjmac347 ÍÈÌÀÍÈÅ: Ïîñòîè îïàñíîñò îä åêñïëîçè¼à àêî áàòåðè¼àòà íåïðîïèñíî ñå çàìåíóâà. Ñèòå èñêîðèñòåíè áàòåðèè ìîðà äà ñå óíèøòàò ñïîðåä ïðåïîðàêèòå íà íèâíèîò ïðîèçâåäóâà÷. Êîíòàêòèðà¼òå ãî ibm àêî real time clock ÷èïîò ãóáè èíôîðìàöè¼à çà âðåìåòî. (4) ÍÈÌÀÍÈÅ: ïðè ...

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    Portuguese sjpor347 (1) (2) (3) sj000338 appendix c. Danger and caution notice translations 45.

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    Russian sjrus347 sj000338 (1) (2) (3) 46 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model m12 user’s guide.

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    Slovak (1) (2) (3) sj000338 sjslk347 vÝstraha: ak je batéria nesprávne vymenená, existuje nebezpeèenstvo výbuchu. Všetky pouité batérie musia by znehodnotené v súlade s pokynmi výrobcu. Ak hodiny reálneho èasu zaèínajú meška, obráte sa na ibm. (4) vÝstraha: ak chcete odstráni napájanie pre 2109 mode...

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    Slovenian sj000338 (1) (2) (3) sjslv347 opozorilo: Èe baterije ne vstavite na pravilno mesto, lahko pride do eksplozije. Vse izrabljene baterije morate usmetišèiti v skladu z navodili proizvajalca. Èe ura dejanskega èasa zaène zaostajati, se obrnite na ibm. (4) opozorilo: Èe elite odstraniti napajan...

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    Spanish (1) (2) (3) sj000338 sjspa347 appendix c. Danger and caution notice translations 49.

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    Swedish (1) (3) (2) sj000338 sjswe347 varning: det finns fara för explosion om batteriet byts ut på ett felaktigt sätt. Släng det använda batteriet i enlighet med tillverkarens anvisningar. Kontakta ibm om klockan börjar gå långsammare. (4) varning: bryt strömmen till 2109 modell m12 genom att koppl...

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    Notices this information was developed for products and services offered in the u. S. A. Ibm may not offer the products, services, or features discussed in this document in other countries. Consult your local ibm representative for information on the products and services currently available in your...

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    Trademarks the following terms are trademarks of the international business machines corporation in the united states, other countries, or both: ibm totalstorage other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. Electronic emission statements this section gives t...

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    European community compliance statement this product is in conformity with the protection requirements of ec council directive 89/336/eec on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to electromagnetic compatibility. Ibm cannot accept responsibility for any failure to satisfy the p...

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    Glossary this glossary provides definitions for the fibre channel and switch terminology used for the ibm 2109 model m12. This glossary also provides definitions for the fibre channel and switch terminology used for the ibm totalstorage san cabinet 2109 model c36. This glossary defines technical ter...

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    Arbitrate primitive signal (arb). A primitive signal that is transmitted as the fill word by a loop port (l_port) to indicate that the l_port is arbitrating to access to the loop. Applies only to the arbitrated loop topology. Arbitrated loop. A shared 100 mbps fibre channel transport structured as a...

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    Buffer-to-buffer flow control. Management of the frame transmission rate in either a point-to-point topology or in an arbitrated loop. See also buffer-to-buffer credit. Cam. Content addressable memory. Cascade. Two or more interconnected fibre channel switches that can build large fabrics. Switches ...

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    Data terminal equipment (dte) port. A port that is capable of interfacing to a transmission circuit through a connection to a data communications equipment (dce) port. Dte devices with an rs-232 (or eia-232) port interface transmit on pin 3, and receive on pin 2 in a 9-pin connector (reversed in 25-...

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    Enabled zone configuration. The currently enabled configuration of zones. Only one configuration can be enabled at a time. See also defined zone configuration and zone configuration. End port. A port on an edge switch that connects a device to the fabric. End-to-end credit (ee_credit). The number of...

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    Fc-al-3. The fibre channel arbitrated loop standard defined by ansi. Defined on top of the fc-ph standards. Fcc. Federal communications commission. Fc-fla. The fibre channel fabric loop attach standard defined by ansi. Fcmgmt. Fibre alliance fibre channel management. Fcp. See fibre channel protocol....

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    Gateway. Hardware that connects incompatible networks by providing the necessary translation for both hardware and software. Gbic. See gigabit interface converter. Gbps. Gigabits per second. Gbps. Gigabytes per second. Generic port (g_port). A generic port that can operate as either an expansion por...

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    Iod. See in-order delivery. Ip. See internet protocol. Ipa. Initial process associator. Isl. See inter-switch link. Isl trunking. A feature that enables distribution of traffic over the combined bandwidth of up to four inter-switch links (isls) (between adjacent switches), while preserving in-order ...

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    Lsu. Link state update. Lun. See logical unit number. Lwl. See long wavelength. Mac. Media access controller. Management information base (mib). A simple network management protocol (snmp) structure to help with device management, providing configuration and device information. Master port. As relat...

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    Phantom device. A device that is not physically in an arbitrated loop, but is logically included through the use of a phantom address. Plda. See private loop direct attach. Plogi. See port login. Pmc. Pci mezzanine card. P/n. Part number. Point-to-point. A fibre channel topology that employs direct ...

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    Redundant array of independent disks (raid). A collection of disk drives that appear as a single volume to the server and are fault tolerant through mirroring or parity checking. Registered state change notification (rscn). A switch function that allows notification of fabric changes to be sent from...

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    Interface converter (gbic) or small form-factor pluggable (sfp). See also long wavelength. Sid. The 3-byte source id of the originator device, in the 0xdomainareaalpa format. Sid-did. Source identifier-destination identifier. Simms. Single in-line modules. Simple name server (sns). A switch service ...

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    Trap (snmp). The message sent by a simple network management protocol (snmp) agent to inform the snmp management station of a critical error. See also simple network management protocol. Tunneling. A technique for enabling two networks to treat a transport network as though it were a single communic...

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  • Page 89: Index

    Index numerics 16-port card specifications 18 2109 model c36 with model m12 library xv 2n power architecture 8 a about this document related publications xv who should read this document xv ac input 8 address director of licensing 51 ibm xvii advanced security feature 13 b battery notice xiv battery...

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    Form reader comment, how to send xvii frus (field replaceable units) 16 g gbic label on the 2109 model m12 xi general specifications of the switch 22 germany compliance statement 53 getting help xvi software updates xvi h help, getting xvi high availability design 4 how to send your comments xvii i ...

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    R rack mounting 6 radio interference 52 reader comment form processing xvii recycling products xiv regulatory compliance 25 specifications 23 related documents xv reliability 4 remote switch 13 requirements, environmental 22 restrictions, usage xiii s safety certifications 25 label xi label checks x...

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    W web sites xvi weight of the switch and components 17 who should read this document xv 72 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model m12 user’s guide.

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