HP StorageWorks 2/16 - SAN Switch User manual

Installation
Guide
hp StorageWorks
SAN Switch 2/16
Version 3.1.2
Fourth Edition (May 2004)
Part Number: AA-RR84D-TE
This installation guide provides basic procedures for setting up, configuring, and managing the
SAN Switch 2/16 and SAN Switch 2/16 power pack models.

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SAN Switch 2/16 Version 3.1.2 Installation Guide
Fourth Edition (April 2004)
Part Number: AA–RR84D–TE

3SAN Switch 2/16 Version 3.1.2 Installation Guide
contents
Contents
About this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Text Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Equipment Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rack Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
HP Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
HP Storage Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
HP Authorized Reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
SAN Switch 2/16 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Hardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SFP Media Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Optical Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ISL Trunking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SFPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power Supply Side. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Field-Replaceable Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Optional Hardware Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2 Installing the SAN Switch 2/16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Unpack and Verify Carton Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installation Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Selecting an Operating Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Cooling Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Electrostatic Discharge Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing the SAN Switch as a Stand-alone Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing the Switch in a Rack Using the SAN Switch Rack Mount Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting AC Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power-On Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Checking POST Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Configuring Network Addressing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting Network Addresses via a Serial Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Connecting the Switch to the LAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Important Information on Setting the Core PID Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
How to Check the Current Core PID Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
How to Change the Core PID Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Modifying Domain IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Specifying Custom Status Policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Connecting the Switch to the Fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Verifying Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Installing Multiple Switches into an Existing SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Next Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Setting QuickLoop Mode on Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Setting Up Speed Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Cascading Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
3 Managing the SAN Switch 2/16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Interpreting LED Activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Front Panel LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear Panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Management Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Optional Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Displaying the Optional Feature Licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Enabling Licensed Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Running Basic Switch Operations Using Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Logging in to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Changing the Admin Password and User ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Configuring the IP and Fibre Channel Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Displaying Devices within the Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Checking the Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Setting the Switch Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Displaying Switch Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Diagnostic Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Interpreting POST Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Diagnostic Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
4 Backing Up the Configuration and Upgrading Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Backing Up System Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Restoring the System Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Upgrading or Restoring the Switch Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Downloading Firmware from the HP Website. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
A Regulatory Compliance Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
FCC EMC Statement (USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
EMC Statement (Canada). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
EMC Statement (European Union). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Spécification ATI Classe A (France) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Germany Noise Declaration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
VCCI EMC Statement (Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Harmonics Conformance (Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
BSMI EMC Statement (Taiwan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
RRL EMC Statement (Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Laser Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Battery Replacement Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
B Electrostatic Discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Grounding Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
C Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Power Supply Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Memory Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Figures
1 SFP media side. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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2 Power supply side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3 Carton contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4 Installing the rear mounting brackets (HP 10000 series or comparable EIA cabinet). . . 28
5 Installing the rear mounting brackets (HP System/e rack-left rear upright) . . . . . . . . . . 29
6 Installing the outer rails (HP 10000 series or comparable EIA cabinet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
7 Assembling the outer rails (HP 10000 series or comparable EIA cabinet) . . . . . . . . . . . 31
8 Assembling the outer rails (HP System/e cabinet). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
9 Assembling the inner rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
10 Assembling the inner rails on a SAN Switch with plenum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
11 Installing the switch into a rack (HP 10000 series or comparable EIA cabinet) . . . . . . . 35
12 Installing the switch into a rack (HP System/e cabinet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
13 Connecting the power cords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
14 Connecting the Serial cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
15 Connecting the Ethernet cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
16 Inserting a cable into an SFP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Tables
1 Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 SAN Switch 2/16 Orderable Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3 Shipping Carton Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4 SAN Switch Rack Mount Kit rails and rail mounting hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5 Front Panel LED Patterns During Normal Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6 Rear Panel LED Patterns During Normal Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
7 Physical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
8 Power Supply Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
9 Environmental Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
10 Cabling Pinouts if Pin 7 is Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

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guide
About this Guide
About this Guide
This installation guide provides information to help you set up and configure the
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16. This preface discusses the following topics:
■Audience, page 8
■Related Documentation, page 8
■Conventions, page 8
■Rack Stability, page 11
■Getting Help, page 11

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Audience
This installation guide is intended for use by customers who purchased the SAN
Switch 2/16 or SAN Switch 2/16 power pack; and for authorized service providers
who are experienced with the following:
■Configuration aspects of customer Storage Area Network (SAN) fabrics
■Customer host environments, such as Windows 2000®, Windows NT®, and
IBM AIX
■Web Tools Graphical User Interface (GUI), for configuring the switch via a
supported Web browser
Related Documentation
For a list of related documents included with this product, see the Related
Documents section of the HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 Version 3.1.2
Release Notes.
For the latest information, documentation and firmware releases, please visit the
following HP StorageWorks website:
http://www.hp.com/country/us/eng/prodserv/storage.html
For information about Fibre Channel standards, visit the Fibre Channel
Association web site, located at:
http://www.fibrechannel.org
Conventions
Conventions consist of the following:
■Document Conventions
■Text Symbols
■Equipment Symbols

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Document Conventions
The document conventions are specified in Table 1 apply in most cases.
Text Symbols
The following symbols may be found in the text of this guide.
WARNING: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow
directions in the warning could result in bodily harm or death.
Caution: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions
could result in damage to equipment or data.
Note: Text set off in this manner presents commentary, sidelights, or interesting points
of information.
Table 1: Document Conventions
Element Convention
Cross-reference links Blue text: Figure 1
Key and field names, menu items,
buttons, and dialog box titles Bold
File names, application names, and text
emphasis
Italics
User input, command and directory
names, and system responses (output
and messages)
Monospace font
COMMAND NAMES are uppercase
monospace font unless they are case
sensitive
Variables <monospace, italic font>
Website addresses Blue, underlined sans serif font text, for
example:
http://www.hp.com

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Equipment Symbols
The following equipment symbols may be found on hardware discussed in this
document:
Any enclosed surface or area of the equipment marked with these
symbols indicates the presence of electrical shock hazards. Enclosed
area contains no operator serviceable parts.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from electrical shock
hazards, do not open this enclosure.
Any RJ-45 receptacle marked with these symbols indicates a network
interface connection.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of electrical shock, fire, or damage to the
equipment, do not plug telephone or telecommunications connectors
into this receptacle.
Any surface or area of the equipment marked with these symbols
indicates the presence of a hot surface or hot component. Contact with
this surface could result in injury.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from a hot component,
allow the surface to cool before touching.
Power supplies or systems marked with these symbols indicate the
presence of multiple sources of power.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from electrical
shock, remove all power cords to completely disconnect power
from the power supplies and systems.

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Overview
The HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 is a high-performance, 16-port,
2 gigabit (Gb) Fibre Channel (FC) switch that interconnects storage devices,
hosts, and servers in a SAN.
The HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 is offered in two configurations: the 2/16
and 2/16 power pack. Refer to the HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/16 Fabric OS
3.1.2 Release Notes for a complete list of management features enabled on your
switch.
Note: This guide refers to both models as the SAN Switch 2/16, unless otherwise
noted.
This chapter provides the following information:
■SAN Switch 2/16 Features, page 14
■Firmware, page 14
■Hardware, page 15

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SAN Switch 2/16 Features
Read the following sections for feature-specific information.
Firmware
The SAN Switch 2/16 operates using Fabric Operating System (FOS) firmware
Version 3.1.2. (version as of this writing, please refer to the switch Release Notes
for exact version number). The firmware supports:
■An optional Security feature that provides security mechanisms at all
vulnerable points in a SAN fabric, from hosts to storage at the port, switch,
and fabric levels
■High-speed data traffic using Interswitch Link (ISL) trunking technology.
■Automatic rerouting through the Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) algorithm.
■Application Programming Interface (API), a protocol that allows applications
to interface with switch services.
■Zoning, which provides a means to allocate storage controllers to groups of
computers. Zoning allows you to create logical subsets of the fabric to
accommodate closed user groups or to create functional user groups within a
fabric.
For more information refer to the HP StorageWorks Zoning Version
3.1.x/4.1.x User Guide.
■Per port statistics to help technicians diagnose and isolate problem ports
without disrupting switch operations.
■Error detection and fault isolation, which automatically disables failing ports
and restarts when the problem is resolved.
■Industry standard Management Information Base (MIB).
■Automatic self-discovery, which discovers and registers host server and
storage devices.

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Hardware
The SAN Switch 2/16 consists of the following components:
■A 1-Unit (U) chassis, designed for mounting in a 19-inch rack, with forced-air
cooling that flows from the back of the switch to the front.
■16 optical ports, compatible with Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) media.
■One RS-232 Serial port (DB9 connector) on the front panel.
■One IEEE compliant RJ-45 connector on the front panel for use with 10/100
Mbps Ethernet or in-band.
■The following LEDs:
— One Power Switch LED on the left of the front panel
— One Port Status and Port Speed LED for each of the 16 ports
— One Power Supply LED on the back of the power supply
— One Port Readiness LED on the back panel
■Universal input power supplies with AC switches and built-in fans. (The
power supplies plug into internal blind-mate connectors when installed in the
chassis.)
■Two fan trays, each containing two fans. Air is pulled in through the rear
intake and pushed out through the vents in the front panel. The fans provide
adequate cooling for the maximum switch power rating.
■Three digital thermometers, capable of sensing a temperature range from
-55°C to +125°C, in 0.5°C increments
■A field-replaceable motherboard completely enclosed in an Electro-Magnetic
Interference (EMI) enclosure tray, with logic and chassis ground connected to
the chassis, and an embedded processor that processes frames up to 1024
bytes.
■A real-time clock (RTC) with a 10-year battery and 56 bytes of NVRAM.

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SFP Media Side
The front panel of the SAN Switch 2/16 is shown in Figure 1. The front panel
houses the Serial port, Ethernet port, fiber optic ports with corresponding LEDs,
and the power switch LED.
Figure 1: SFP media side
Optical Ports
All switch ports support full fabric capability. Full fabric allows the Fibre Channel
SAN Switch 2/16 to link or cascade to other HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel
switches running v2.6x and later, building a highly scalable SAN fabric. The Fibre
Channel SAN Switch 2/16 supports F_port, FL_port, and E_port connections and
Distributed Name Server (DNS).
The ports on the front panel of the SAN Switch 2/16 are color-coded in groups,
with four purple ports alternating with four unmarked ports, to indicate which
ports can be used in the same ISL trunking group (see “ISL Trunking” on
page 17). Each port automatically negotiates to the highest common speed.
The ports are capable of operating at 2.125 Gbps or 1.0625 Gbps. Each port
conforms to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Fibre Channel,
FC-PI specification for Fibre Channel SFP transceivers.
1Serial port
2Ethernet port
3Optical ports (16)
4Port speed LEDs (16)
5Port status LEDs (16)
6Power switch LED
SHR-2548A
35 4
2
6
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ISL Trunking
ISL trunking is a Fabric OS feature that enables distribution of traffic over the
combined bandwidth of up to four ISLs between two directly adjacent switches,
while preserving in-order delivery. For specific information about ISL trunking,
refer to the HP StorageWorks Trunking Version 3.1.x/4.1.x User Guide.
SFPs
The ports connect to SFP media. SFPs are universal and self-configuring.
Power Supply Side
Figure 2 shows the rear panel of the switch. The rear panel houses the fan trays,
power supplies, and switch status LED. Each power supply also integrates a
separate status LED. The power supplies, fan trays, and motherboard are all Field
Replaceable Units (FRUs).
Figure 2: Power supply side
Field-Replaceable Units
The power supplies, fan trays, and motherboard can all be replaced in the field,
without the use of special tools. The switch continues operating during the
replacement of a fan tray or power supply, if they are replaced one at a time. The
switch must be turned off during replacement of the motherboard. To simplify
replacement, the switch has a minimum of internal cables and no jumpers or
hardware settings. Replacement instructions are provided with all replacement
units ordered.
1Power supply LED
2Port readiness LED
3Power supply
4Fan tray assembly (inside chassis)
5Spring latch (2)
6Power switch
7Power supply
SHR-2475A
3
5 4
2
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Optional Hardware Kits
HP provides the following optional hardware kits in support of the SAN Switch
2/16, see Table 2.
* Pre-merger HP part number
** Pre-merger Compaq part number
Table 2: SAN Switch 2/16 Orderable Hardware
Accessory Part Number
Short wavelength SFP A6515A*or 300834-B21**
Long wavelength SFP, 10 km A6516A*or 300835-B21**
2m LC-to-LC Fibre Channel (fc) cable C7524A*
2m LC-to-LC multi-mode fc cable 221692-B21**
16m LC-to-LC fc cable C7525A*
5m LC-to-LC multi-mode fc cable 221692-B22**
50m LC-to-LC fc cable C7526A*
15m LC-to-LC multi-mode fc cable 221692-B23**
200m LC-to-LC fc cable C7527A*
30m LC-to-LC multi-mode fc cable 221692-B26**
50m LC-to-LC multi-mode fc cable 221692-B27**
2m LC-to-SC fc cable C7529A*
2m LC-to-SC multi-mode fc cable 221691-B21**
16m LC-to-SC fc cable C7530A*
5m LC-to-SC multi-mode fc cable 221691-B21**
15m LC-to-SC multi-mode fc cable 221691-B23**
30m LC-to-SC multi-mode fc cable 221691-B26**
50m LC-to-SC multi-mode fc cable 221691-B27**
SC female to SC female adapter C7534A*
2m LC male to SC male adapter kit C7534A*

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Installing the
SAN Switch 2/16
This chapter covers the following topics:
■Unpack and Verify Carton Contents, page 20
■Installation Guidelines, page 23
■Installing the SAN Switch as a Stand-alone Unit, page 25
■Connecting AC Power, page 37
■Configuring Network Addressing, page 39
■Connecting the Switch to the LAN, page 43
■Important Information on Setting the Core PID Format, page 44
■Modifying Domain IDs, page 46
■Specifying Custom Status Policies, page 47
■Connecting the Switch to the Fabric, page 47
■Installing Multiple Switches into an Existing SAN, page 49
■Next Steps, page 50

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Unpack and Verify Carton Contents
Unpack and inspect the SAN Switch 2/16 carton contents as follows.
1. Inspect the shipping container for possible damage caused during transit.
2. Unpack the shipping cartons.
Note: The Rack Mount Kit shown in Figure 3 and Table 3 may not represent the kit that
shipped with your switch. HP reserves the right to substitute Rack Mount Kits, providing
applicable instructions with each switch.