HP AA-RWF3A-TE User manual

HP StorageWorks
SAN Switch installation guide
Part number: AA-RWF3A-TE
Fifth edition: May 2007

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Contents
Aboutthisguide .................... 11
Intendedaudience.............................. 11
Relateddocumentation............................ 11
Documentconventionsandsymbols ...................... 12
Rackstability .............................. 13
HPtechnicalsupport............................. 13
HPauthorizedreseller .......................... 14
Helpfulwebsites ............................ 14
1Overview ...................... 15
4/8and4/16SANSwitchmodels ...................... 15
4/8and4/16SANSwitchfeatures .................... 16
4/8and4/16SANSwitchchassis .................... 17
4/8and4/16SANSwitchportside.................. 17
4/8and4/16SANSwitchnonportside ................ 17
Activating additional 4/8 and 4/16 SAN Switch ports . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
EnablingE_Portsonthe4/8SANSwitch .................... 18
SANSwitchlicensing........................... 19
4/32SANSwitchmodels........................... 20
4/32SANSwitchfeatures ........................ 20
4/32SANSwitchchassis......................... 20
4/32SANSwitchportside...................... 21
4/32SANSwitchnonportside .................... 31
Activating additional 4/32 and 4/32B SAN Switch ports . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4/64SANSwitchmodels........................... 24
4/64SANSwitchfeatures ........................ 24
4/64SANSwitchchassis......................... 25
4/64SANSwitchportside...................... 25
4/64SANSwitchportnumbering................... 27
4/64SANSwitchnonportside .................... 27
Activating additional 4/64 SAN Switch ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4/32BSANSwitchmodels.......................... 29
4/32BSANSwitchfeatures........................ 29
4/32BSANSwitchchassis ........................ 29
4/32BSANSwitchportside ..................... 30
Locating4/32BSANSwitchFCports.................. 31
Activating additional 4/32B SAN Switch ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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SANSwitchISLTrunkinggroups........................ 31
OptionalSANSwitchfeatures......................... 32
SANSwitchoptionalportlicensesandhardware................. 33
2InstallingandconfiguringSANSwitches ......... 35
Shippingcartoncontents ........................... 35
Installationandsafetyconsiderations...................... 38
Electricalconsiderations ......................... 38
Environmentalconsiderations ....................... 38
Rackspecifications............................ 39
Coolingconsiderations.......................... 39
Installingtheswitchasastand-alonedevice................... 40
InstallingtheswitchusingtheSANSwitchRackMountKit ............. 41
InstallingthePlenum(ifrequired)...................... 49
Securingtheswitchtotheouterrails .................... 50
CablingandconfiguringtheSANSwitch .................... 52
Recommendationsforcablemanagement.................. 52
ConnectingtheSANSwitchtothefabric .................... 53
Obtainrequireditems .......................... 53
Makeaserialconnection......................... 53
Applypowertotheswitchandlogin.................... 56
SettheIPaddress ............................ 57
CreateanEthernetconnection....................... 58
ModifytheFCdomainID(optional) .................... 58
InstalltheSFPtransceivers......................... 59
Connectthecables............................ 60
Verifytheconfiguration.......................... 60
Backuptheconfiguration......................... 60
Settheswitchdateandtime........................ 61
Synchronizethelocaltimewithanexternalsource .............. 61
Setthetimezone ............................ 62
3ManagingSANSwitches................ 65
Poweringonandoff............................. 66
4/8and4/16SANSwitchmodels .................... 66
4/32,4/32Band4/64SANSwitchmodels ................ 66
SANSwitchmanagementfeatures ....................... 67
Managing SAN Switches from a single management station . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
InterpretingLEDactivity............................ 69
4/8and4/16SANSwitchLEDs ....................... 69
4/8and4/16SANSwitchLEDpatterns .................... 70
PowerStatusLEDpatterns......................... 70
4/8and4/16SANSwitchsystemStatusLEDpatterns ............ 71
4/8and4/16SANSwitchportLEDpatterns ................ 72
4/8and4/16SANSwitchEthernetLEDpatterns .............. 74
4/32SANSwitchportsideLEDs........................ 74
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4/32SANSwitchnonportsideLEDs...................... 78
4/64SANSwitchportsideLEDs........................ 79
4/64SANSwitchnonportsideLEDs...................... 82
4/32BSANSwitchLEDs ........................... 85
POSTandbootspecifications ......................... 88
POST ................................. 88
Boot.................................. 88
InterpretingPOSTresults ........................... 89
Diagnostictests ............................... 89
4Installingfield-replaceableunits............. 91
Replacingthe4/32SANSwitchpowersupply.................. 91
Itemsrequired.............................. 93
Procedure ............................... 94
Replacingthe4/32SANSwitchfanassembly.................. 96
Itemsrequired.............................. 97
Procedure ............................... 97
Replacingthe4/64SANSwitchpowersupply.................. 99
Itemsrequired............................. 100
Procedure .............................. 101
Replacingthe4/64SANSwitchfanassembly.................. 103
Itemsrequired............................. 104
Procedure .............................. 104
Replacing the 4/32B SAN Switch Power Supply/Fan Assembly Unit . . . . . . . . 106
PowerSupply/FanAssemblyoverview .................. 106
HowtodeterminetoreplacethePowerSupply/FanAssemblyUnit ...... 108
Itemsrequired............................. 109
Procedure .............................. 109
ReplacinganSFP ............................. 110
ARegulatorycomplianceandsafety............ 113
Regulatorycompliance........................... 113
Federal Communications Commission notice for Class A equipment . . . . . . 113
Declaration of conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States
only............................... 113
Modifications........................... 114
Cables.............................. 114
Regulatorycomplianceidentificationnumbers ............... 114
Laserdevice ............................. 114
Lasersafetywarning........................ 114
Certificationandclassificationinformation............... 115
Laserproductlabel......................... 115
Internationalnoticesandstatements ..................... 115
Canadiannotice(avisCanadien) .................... 115
ClassAequipment......................... 115
EuropeanUnionnotice......................... 116
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BSMInotice.............................. 116
Japanesenotice............................ 117
Koreannotices ............................ 117
Safety .................................. 118
Batteryreplacementnotice ....................... 118
Taiwanbatteryrecyclingnotice ..................... 119
Powercords.............................. 119
Japanesepowercordstatement ..................... 119
WasteElectricalandElectronicEquipmentdirective............... 120
Englishnotice............................. 120
Dutchnotice ............................. 120
Czechoslovakiannotice......................... 121
Estoniannotice ............................ 121
Finnishnotice.............................. 122
Frenchnotice .............................. 122
Germannotice ............................. 123
Greeknotice .............................. 123
Hungariannotice ............................ 124
Italiannotice .............................. 124
Latviannotice.............................. 125
Lithuaniannotice ............................ 125
Polishnotice .............................. 126
Portuguesenotice ............................ 126
Slovakiannotice............................. 127
Sloveniannotice............................. 127
Spanishnotice ............................. 128
Swedishnotice ............................. 128
BElectrostaticdischarge................. 129
Howtopreventelectrostaticdischarge ..................... 129
Groundingmethods ............................. 129
CSANSwitchtechnicalspecifications ........... 131
Generalspecifications ............................ 132
Weightandphysicaldimensions........................ 134
Facilityrequirements............................. 134
Environmentalrequirements.......................... 136
Datatransmissionranges........................... 137
FCportspecifications ........................... 140
4/8and4/16SANSwitchFCportspecifications ............. 140
4/32and4/64SANSwitchFCportspecifications............. 140
4/32BSANSwitchFCportspecifications................. 141
Serialportspecifications .......................... 141
Powersupplyspecifications .......................... 143
Memory ................................. 144
SupportedSFPs .............................. 144
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SupportedHBAs............................... 145
Glossary........................ 147
Index ......................... 157
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Figures
14/8and4/16SANSwitchportside .................. 17
24/32SANSwitchportside ...................... 21
34/32SANSwitchnonportside..................... 22
44/64SANSwitchportside ...................... 26
54/64SANSwitchportnumbering.................... 27
64/64SANSwitchnonportside..................... 28
74/32BSANSwitchportside...................... 30
84/32BSANSwitchFCports...................... 31
9SANSwitchshippingcartoncontents .................. 35
10 Installing the rear mounting brackets (HP 10000 series racks) . . . . . . . 43
11Installingtherearmountingbrackets(HPSystem/eRack) ......... 43
12Installingtheouterrails(HP10000seriesracks)............. 44
13Assemblingtheouterrails(HP10000seriesracks)............ 45
14Assemblingtheouterrails(HPSystem/eRack).............. 46
15Attachingtheinnerrailstothe4/8or4/16SANSwitch ......... 48
16Attachingtheinnerrailstothe4/32or4/64SANSwitch......... 48
17AttachingthePlenumtothe4/8or4/16SANSwitch .......... 50
18 Securing the switch (in HP 9000 Series or HP 10000 Series Racks) . . . . . 51
19Securingtheswitch(inanHPSystem/erack) .............. 51
20Connectingtheserialcable...................... 54
21Connectingthepowercord...................... 56
22ConnectingtheEthernetcable..................... 58
234/8and4/16SANSwitchLEDlocations................ 69
244/32SANSwitchportsideLEDs.................... 75
254/32SANSwitchnonportsideLEDs.................. 78
264/64SANSwitchportsideLEDs.................... 80
274/64SANSwitchnonportsideLEDs.................. 83
284/32BSANSwitchportsideLEDs................... 85
294/32SANSwitchpowersuppliesonthenonportside .......... 92
30Installingthepowersupplyina4/32SANSwitch ............ 94
314/32SANSwitchfanassembliesonthenonportside........... 96
32Installingthefanassemblyina4/32SANSwitch ............ 98
334/64SANSwitchpowersuppliesonthenonportside .......... 99
34Installingthepowersupplyinthe4/64SANSwitch ........... 102
354/64SANSwitchfanassembliesonthenonportside........... 103
36Insertingthefanassemblyina4/64SANSwitch ........... 105
374/32BSANSwitchPowerSupply/FanAssemblyUnit.......... 106
38 Inserting the Power Supply/Fan Assembly Unit in the 4/32B SAN Switch . . 110
39InstallingtheSFP ......................... 112
40Class1laserproductlabel ..................... 115
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Tables
1Documentconventions......................... 12
2Optionalportlicensesandhardwarekits................. 33
3SANSwitchshippingcartonchecklist .................. 36
4SANSwitchRackMountKithardware.................. 42
5Numberofscrewsrequiredtoassembletheinnerrails ........... 46
6Timezonecommandvalues ...................... 63
7Managementtools .......................... 67
8Exampleofasetofgatewayaddresses ................. 68
94/8and4/16SANSwitchLEDpatterns................. 70
10SystemstatusLEDpatternsduringnormaloperation............ 71
11PortLEDpatternsduringnormaloperation................ 72
12EthernetLEDpatterns......................... 74
134/32SANSwitchportsideLEDpatterns ................ 76
144/32SANSwitchnonportsideLEDpatterns............... 79
154/64SANSwitchportsideLEDpatterns ................ 81
16 4/64 SAN Switch nonport side LED patterns during normal operation . . . . 84
174/32BSANSwitchLEDpatternsduringnormaloperation......... 85
184/32SANSwitchPowerSupplyStatusLEDs............... 93
194/32SANSwitchFanStatusLEDbehavior ............... 97
20FanStatusLEDs.......................... 104
21 4/32B SAN Switch power supply/fan assembly unit status LED . . . . . . . 107
22Generalspecifications ........................ 132
23SANSwitchphysicaldimensions.................... 134
24Facilityrequirements......................... 134
25Environmentalrequirements...................... 136
26 Laser data transmission ranges for the 4/8 and 4/16 SAN Switches . . . . 137
27Laserdatatransmissionrangesforthe4/32SANSwitch ......... 138
28Laserdatatransmissionrangesforthe4/64SANSwitch ........ 140
29Laserdatatransmissionrangesforthe4/32BSANSwitch........ 140
30Cablingpinouts........................... 142
31Powersupplyspecifications...................... 143
324/8and4/16SANSwitchmemoryspecifications........... 144
334/32and4/64SANSwitchmemoryspecifications .......... 144
344/32BSANSwitchmemoryspecifications............... 144
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