Installing and configuring the Edge Switch 2/2462
Connect the switch to a fabric
To provide Fibre Channel connectivity between public devices and fabric-attached devices, connect
the switch to an expansion port (E_Port) of an HP director or Edge Switch. The switch port to switch
port connection is called an interswitch link (ISL). To fabric-attach the Edge Switch and create an ISL:
1. Ensure that the Edge Switch is defined to the HAFM application (defined while performing
”Enabling HAFM to manage the switch” on page 39.
2. Ensure that the preferred domain ID for the Edge Switch is unique and does not conflict with the
ID of another Edge Switch participating in the fabric. To change the domain ID, see ”Configure
switch operating parameters” on page 45.
3. Ensure that the R_A_TOV and E_D_TOV values for the Edge Switch are identical to the values for
all edge switches participating in the fabric. To change the values, see ”Configure fabric
operating parameters” on page 48.
4. Route a multimode or single mode fiber optic cable (depending on the type of SFP transceiver
installed) from a customer-specified E_Port of the switch to the switch.
5. Connect the switch-attached fiber optic cable to the port SFP transceiver.
6. If the Edge Switch is managed by an attached HAFM appliance, go to step 7. If the Edge Switch
is managed by the Embedded Web Server interface:
a. Select View at the left side of the window. The View window opens with the Switch tab
selected and displayed.
b. At the View window, click the Port Properties tab. The Port Properties page is displayed with
0 selected, and port information listed for port 0.
c. Select the port number of the port used to make this ISL connection.
d. Ensure that the Operational State field displays Online and the Reason field displays N/A or
is blank. If an ISL segmentation or other problem is indicated, refer to the HP StorageWorks
Edge Switch 2/24 service manual to isolate the problem. If no problems are indicated,
installation tasks are complete.
7. At the HAFM appliance’s Product View page, double-click the Edge Switch icon. The Hardware
View page for the selected Edge Switch is displayed.
To Next Page
Loading...
Need help?
General