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    Ibm totalstorage san switch 2109 model f16 user’s guide gc26-7439-03 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 f16 user’s guide gc26-7439-03.

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    Note: before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information under “safety and environmental notices” on page xi and “notices” on page 79. Fourth edition (may 2003) this edition replaces gc26-7439-02. © copyright international business machines corporation 2001, 2003...

  • Page 5: Contents

    Contents figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vii tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ix safety and environmental notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xi safety notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xi removing ac power . ....

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    Protocol compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 support for fibre channel ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 fibre channel class operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 auto-configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 in-order delivery . . . ...

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    Korean government ministry of communication (moc) statement . . . . . 82 taiwan class a compliance statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 contents v.

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    Vi ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Figures 1. Safety label on the 2109 model f16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xii 2. Linecord caution label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xiii 3. 2109 model f16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4. Simplified 2109 model f16 cp...

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    Tables 1. Brocade and ibm product and model number matrix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Xvi 2. Power supply requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3. Front panel led patterns during normal (non-post) operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4. Back panel led patter...

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    X ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Safety and environmental notices this section contains information about: v safety notices that this document uses v safety inspection for this product v environmental guidelines for this product safety notices safety notices are printed throughout this document. V a danger notice warns you of condi...

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    External machine checks perform the following external machine checks: 1. Verify that all external covers are present and are not damaged. 2. Ensure that all latches and hinges are in correct operating condition. 3. If the 2109 model f16 is not installed in a rack cabinet, check for loose or broken ...

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    Ac grounding danger an electrical outlet that is not correctly wired could place a hazardous voltage on the metal parts of the system or the products that attach to the system. It is the customer’s responsibility to ensure that the outlet is correctly wired and grounded to prevent an electrical shoc...

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    Should be consulted in selecting a fire suppression system that provides the correct level of coverage and protection. Ibm designs and manufactures equipment to internal and external standards that require certain environments for reliable operation. Because ibm does not test any equipment for compa...

  • Page 17: About This Document

    About this document this document introduces the ibm ® totalstorage ™ san switch 2109 model f16 (hereafter referred to as the 2109 model f16). Who should read this document this document is intended for network and system administrators whose responsibilities include administration and management of...

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    When you use any of the brocade documents, you will notice that the model numbers reflect the original brocade switches. Table 1 provides a product matrix for you to use to correlate the brocade model numbers to the ibm product and model numbers. Table 1. Brocade and ibm product and model number mat...

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    Www.Storage.Ibm.Com/ibmsan/products/sanfabric.Htm 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 t...

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  • Page 21: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Chapter 1. Introduction this chapter describes the totalstorage san switch 2109 model f16, hereafter referred to as the 2109 model f16. It provides the following information: v “product overview” v “hardware components” on page 2 v “software components” on page 10 v “diagnostics” on page 12 v “manag...

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    The 2109 model f16 switch provides the following features: v 16 nonblocking ports that provide full-duplex, throughput bandwidth at either 1.0625 gbps or 2.125 gbps v fibre channel auto-sensing ports that self-negotiate to the highest speed that is supported by the attached devices v universal ports...

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    Asics, the serializer/deserializer (serdes), and the sfp media are the key components that provide high-speed data transfer. Sfp media interfaces support swl and lwl. The system chassis is a 1u height enclosure with space for two power supply units and one system board. The system board is placed in...

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    Electronics figure 4 shows a simplified block diagram of the 2109 model f16 cpu subsystem electronics. Embedded processor the embedded processor is an intel 80960vh processor with a clock speed of 100 mhz. It contains the following features: v a high-performance risc processor core (compatible with ...

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    Thermometers, and miscellaneous i/o are handled by the i2c bus of the cpu. The cpu is the only i2c bus master in the system. The rs232 port and drivers, ethernet mac/phy, and leds are external components to the cpu. An rj45 connector provides ethernet connection to external systems. The db9 rs232 is...

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    Destination port sends a transmission complete message (a finish message) to the port that received the frame. This method allows the receiving port to reuse the buffer for subsequent frames received. The central memory is also incorporated into the asics. Frames received on the ports in an asic are...

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    Frame transmission has completed. A recipient port is free to reuse a receive buffer when it receives notification that the frame was transmitted. In the case of multicast, multiple notifications are required to determine when a receive buffer is freed. The cmi interfaces for the asics are connected...

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    Parameters of the serial port are fixed at 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, no hardware flow control, 1 start and 1 stop bit. Use this connector to configure the internet protocol (ip) address and to recover the factory default settings of the switch should flash memory contents be lost. You shoul...

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    Table 2 lists the power supply requirements. Table 2. Power supply requirements specification value total power 126 watts delivered over temperature range input voltage 100 - 240 v ac, auto range input line frequency 47 - 63 hz inrush current 10 amps peak > 300 microseconds (hot or cold start) harmo...

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    Status led. Each power supply also has an led that indicates the status of that power supply. The power supplies, fan trays, chassis, and system board are all field replaceable units (frus). Software components this section briefly describes the software components of the 2109 model f16. Firmware th...

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    Full fabric switch upgrade the full fabric switch upgrade feature provides connectivity of up to 16 other switches, advanced zoning, and fabric watch. Activation keys enable all 16 ports as universal (f_port, fl_port, or e_port) ports, and enable advanced zoning and fabric watch. V advanced zoning l...

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    Wide area network (wan). With this feature, you can stage and manage data transfers across a pair of fibre channel switches that are connected to a pair of cnt open system gateways. Quickloop (request price quote) quickloop enables servers with fibre channel arbitrated loop private loop host bus ada...

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    Hardware support loop-back paths for frame traffic are provided in the hardware for diagnostic purposes. You can use a loop-back path within the asic, at the final stages of the fibre channel interface, to verify that the internal fibre channel port logic is functioning properly, as well as paths be...

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    Chapter 2. Operating the 2109 model f16 this chapter describes how to operate the 2109 model f16 and includes the following information: v “turning on and off the 2109 model f16” v “interpreting led activity” v “interpreting post” on page 19 v “maintaining the switch” on page 20 turning on and off t...

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    Leds on the front panel figure 7 shows the front panel with the different leds identified. Table 3 on page 17 describes the front panel leds. It shows the led names, purposes, locations, colors, and status. It also lists the actions that you should take while you monitor led activity. Sj000154 port ...

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    Table 3. Front panel led patterns during normal (non-post) operation led name and purpose led location led color status recommended action port status led; indicates port status above and to the left of each port no light no light or signal carrier (media or cable) is detected. Check the media and t...

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    Table 3. Front panel led patterns during normal (non-post) operation (continued) led name and purpose led location led color status recommended action switch status led; indicates whether the switch is on and has successfully started below the serial port no light either the switch is off, the start...

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    Table 4. Back panel led patterns during normal (non-post) operation (continued) led name and purpose led location led color status recommended action switch status led; indicates whether the switch is on and has successfully started center of back panel no light either the switch is off, the startup...

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    Maintaining the switch the 2109 model f16 does not require any physical maintenance and is designed to minimize the chance of failure. However, if a failure occurs, the you can replace some of the switch components. For more information, see ibm totalstorage san switch 2109 model f16 installation an...

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    Appendix a. Standards and protocol compliance ibm is committed to providing products that comply with industry standards and protocols. Standards the ibm 2109 model f16 switch is compliant with the following standards: v fibre channel ansi specifications – fc-ph, version 4.3 (fibre channel physical)...

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    Aggregate rate of 800 mbps in both directions. The trunk group is automatically configured on the ports of the switch as the links between the switches are connected. In-order delivery the 2109 model f16 guarantees in-order delivery of frames between source f/fl and destination f/fl ports. In-order ...

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    Appendix b. Interoperability, reliability, serviceability, and specifications this appendix provides the following information: v “interoperability” v “reliability and serviceability” v “specifications” on page 24 interoperability this section includes information about interoperability. Switch inte...

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    Low component count because buffering is integrated into the asics in the 2109 model f16, you do not need external sram chips on the system board. The 2109 model f16 switch uses a highly integrated 80960vh processor that incorporates a memory controller, pci bus arbiter, and i2c controller in the pr...

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    Table 5. Performance, physical, environmental, and power specifications for the 2109 model f16 switch performance specifications routing capacity a minimum aggregate routing capacity of ten million frames per second is provided for class 2, class 3 and class f frames in a 16-port switch. Latency the...

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    Appendix c. Safety certifications and regulatory compliance the 2109 model f16 switch complies with all the safety and regulatory standards listed in this chapter. Safety the 2109 model f16 switch complies with the following safety certifications: v ul1950 (underwriters laboratory standard 1950. 3rd...

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    Immunity the 2109 model f16 switch provides immunity 50% greater than the levels that the 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 610...

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    Appendix d. Translated safety notices this section contains the translated safety notices. © copyright ibm corp. 2001, 2003 29.

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    Arabic sjara329 30 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjara332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 31.

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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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    Nos estados unidos, utilize apenas unidades gbic ou produtos de fibra Ótica que estejam em conformidade com os padrões de desempenho de radiação da fda, 21 cfr subcapítulo j. Em outros países, utilize apenas unidades gbic ou produtos de fibra Ótica que estejam em conformidade com o padrão iec 825-1....

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    Chinese, simplified 34 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjchs332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 35.

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    Chinese, traditional 36 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjtai332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 37.

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    Croatian sjcro329 38 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjcro332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 39.

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    Czech sjcze329 40 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjcze332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 41.

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    Danish sjdan329 42 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjdan332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 43.

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    Dutch 44 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjdut332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 45.

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    Finnish sjfin329 46 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjfin332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 47.

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    French sjfre329 48 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjfre332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 49.

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    German sjger329 50 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjger332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 51.

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    Greek sjgre329 52 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjgre332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 53.

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    Hebrew 54 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjheb332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 55.

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    Hungarian 56 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjhun332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 57.

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    Italian sjita329 58 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjita332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 59.

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    Japanese sjjpn329 60 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjjpn332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 61.

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    Korean sjkor329 62 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjkor332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 63.

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    Macedonian sjmac329 64 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    ÍÈÌÀÍÈÅ: Êîíòðîëåðñêàòà êàðòèöà ñîäðæè ëèòèóìñêà áàòåðè¼à. Çà äà íå äî¼äå äî åêñïëîçè¼à, íå ¼à ãîðåòå, íå ¼à çàìåíóâà¼òå, íå ¼à ïîëíåòå áàòåðè¼àòà. Ïðè ôðëàœå íà êîíòðîëåðñêàòà êàðòèöà ïîñòàïåòå ñïîðåä ëîêàëíèòå ðåãóëàòèâè çà ëèòèóìñêè áàòåðèè. (4) î ÑÀÄ êîðèñòåòå ñàìî gbic åäèíèöè èëè Ôèáåð-îïòè÷êè...

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    Portuguese sjpor329 66 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjpor332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 67.

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    Russian sjrus329 68 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjrus332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 69.

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    Slovak sjslk329 70 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjslk332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 71.

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    Slovenian sjslv329 72 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjslv332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 73.

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    Spanish sjspa329 74 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjspa332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 75.

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    Swedish 76 ibm totalstorage san switch: 2109 model f16 user’s guide.

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    Sjswe332 appendix d. Translated safety notices 77.

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  • Page 99: Notices

    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 intel is a registered trademark of intel corporation in the united states, other countries, or both. Other company, product, or service na...

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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 that the ibm 2109 model f16 uses. This glossary defines technical terms and abbreviations that this book uses. If you do not find the term you are looking for, see the ibm glossary of computing terms located at ...

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    Arp. See address resolution protocol. Asic. See application-specific integrated circuit. Asynchronous transfer mode (atm). A broadband technology for transmitting data over local area networks (lans) or wide area networks (wans), based on relaying cells of fixed size. Provides any-to-any connectivit...

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    Control message interface (cmi). A set of control signals that are used to pass hardware-level messages between ports. Control processor (cp). The central processing unit that provides all control and management functions in a switch. Cp. See control processor. Cpld. Complex programmable logic devic...

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    End-to-end credit (ee_credit). A credit scheme used to manage end-to-end flow control during the exchange of frames between two communicating devices. See also buffer-to-buffer credit and end-to-end flow control. End-to-end flow control. Governs flow of class 1 and class 2 frames between node ports ...

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    Field replaceable unit (fru). An assembly that is replaced in its entirety when any one of its components fails. In some cases, a field replaceable unit can contain other field replaceable units. File transfer protocol (ftp). In transmission control protocol/internet protocol (tcp/ip), an applicatio...

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    Idle. Continuous transmission of an ordered set over a fibre channel link when no data is being transmitted, to keep the link active and maintain bit, byte, and word synchronization. Ietf. Internet engineering task force. Information unit (iu). A set of information as defined by either upper-level p...

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    Can also be in participating mode or nonparticipating mode. See also loop port, fabric mode, participating mode, and nonparticipating mode. Loop port (l_port). A node port (nl_port) or fabric port (fl_port) that has arbitrated loop capabilities. An l_port can be either in fabric mode or loop mode. S...

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    Pci. Peripheral control interconnect. Pcb. Printed circuit board. Performance monitoring. A feature that provides error and performance information to the administrator and user for use in storage management. Phantom address. An arbitrated loop physical address (al_pa) value that is assigned to a de...

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    Remote switch. A feature that runs on fabric operating system (os) and enables two fabric switches to be connected over an asynchronous transfer mode (atm) connection. This requires a compatible fibre channel to atm gateway, and can have a distance of up to 10 km (6.214 mi) between each switch and t...

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    Snmpv1. The original standard for snmp, now labeled v1. Sns. See simple name server. Sof. Start-of-frame. Spc. Scsi-3 primary command. Standard translative mode. A hardware translative mode that allows public devices to communicate with private devices across the fabric. See also hardware translativ...

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    Metropolitan network, and that may use or provide public communications facilities. (t) workstation. A computer used to access and manage the fabric. Can also be referred to as a management station or host. Worldwide name (wwn). Uniquely identifies a switch on local and global networks. World wide w...

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  • Page 115: Index

    Index numerics 2109 model f16 asics 6 auto-configuration 21 back panel 9 bus operations 5 central memory 5 control message interface (cmi) 6 cpu subsystem 3 diagnostic coverage 13 diagnostics 12 diagnostics, environment 12 electronics 4 embedded processor 4 enclosure 8 features 3 features and functi...

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    D danger notices xi danish translated safety notices 42 diagnostic tests 20 diagnostics 12 coverage 13 environment 12 director of licensing, address 79 dutch translated safety notices 44 e electronic emission statements 80 electronics 4 embedded processor 4 emi/emc 27 enclosure, 2109 model f16 8 env...

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    L label check, safety xii gbic xii laser safety xiii led activity, interpreting 15 back panel 18 front panel 16 leds 9 back panel 9 front panel 9 license, for patents 79 low component count 24 m macedonian translated safety notices 64 machine checks, external xii maintaining the switch 20 managing t...

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    S safety 27 environmental notices xi label check xii laser xiii notices xi safety inspection, external machine checks xii safety label checks xii safety notices, translated arabic 30 brazilian-portuguese 32 chinese, simplified 34 chinese, traditional 36 croatian 38 czech 40 danish 42 dutch 44 finnis...

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