HP StorageWorks 8/8 - SAN Switch

Electrical considerations ...................................................................................................... 33
Environmental considerations ............................................................................................... 33
Rack mount considerations .................................................................................................. 33
Cabling considerations ....................................................................................................... 34
Items required for installation ...................................................................................................... 34
Installing the switch as a standalone device .................................................................................. 35
Installing the switch using the SAN Switch Rack Mount Kit .............................................................. 35
Before you begin—important information about the plenum ..................................................... 35
Installation and safety guidelines .......................................................................................... 36
Installing the HP SAN Switch Rack Mount Kit in your HP custom rack ......................................... 36
Installing the plenum (if required) .......................................................................................... 44
Securing the switch to the outer rails ..................................................................................... 44
Cabling and configuring the SAN Switch ..................................................................................... 45
Connecting the SAN Switch to the fabric ...................................................................................... 46
EZSwitch Setup (optional) .................................................................................................... 46
Obtain required items ......................................................................................................... 46
Powering on the 8-Gb SAN Switch ....................................................................................... 46
Making a serial connection ................................................................................................. 47
Setting the switch IP address ................................................................................................ 48
DHCP ........................................................................................................................ 48
Setting a static IP address ............................................................................................. 48
Connecting an Ethernet cable and opening a Telnet session .................................................... 49
Setting the domain ID ......................................................................................................... 49
Setting the switch date and time ........................................................................................... 50
About setting time zones ..................................................................................................... 50
Setting the time zone .......................................................................................................... 51
Synchronizing local time using Network Time Protocol (NTP) .................................................... 51
Verifying the configuration ................................................................................................... 52
Backing up the configuration ............................................................................................... 52
3 Managing the 8-Gb SAN Switches ..................................................... 55
Configuring the Encryption SAN Switch ....................................................................................... 55
Configuring the FCoE Converged Network Switch ......................................................................... 56
8-Gb SAN Switch LEDs .............................................................................................................. 56
8/8 and 8/24 SAN Switch LEDs ......................................................................................... 57
8/40 SAN Switch LEDs ....................................................................................................... 57
8/80 SAN Switch LEDs ....................................................................................................... 58
Port side LED activity for the 8/80 SAN Switch ............................................................................. 60
Nonport side LED activity for the 8/80 SAN Switch ...................................................................... 62
Port side LED activity for the Encryption SAN Switch ...................................................................... 63
Port side LED activity for the FCoE Converged Network Switch ....................................................... 65
Nonport side LED activity for FCoE Converged Network Switches .................................................... 67
Interpreting POST results ............................................................................................................ 68
Maintaining the 8-Gb SAN Switches ........................................................................................... 69
Installing an SFP ................................................................................................................ 69
Diagnostic Tests ................................................................................................................. 70
Installing Field-Replaceable Units ................................................................................................ 70
8/8 SAN Switch and 8/24 SAN Switch FRU units .................................................................. 70
8/40 SAN and FCoE Converged Network Switch FRU units .................................................... 71
Verifying fan assembly FRU replacement ............................................................................... 71
Fan assembly ..................................................................................................................... 71
Fan assembly LEDs ............................................................................................................. 72
Replacing the 8/40 SAN Switch power supply and fan assembly ............................................. 72
8/80 SAN Switch and Encryption SAN Switch FRU units ............................................................... 73
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