IBM N Series User manual

IBM System Storage N series
10G Cluster-Mode Switch Installation Guide
GI13-2866-00
NA 210-06282_B0

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1
Chapter 1 CN1610 Switch Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Hardware components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Software features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Installing the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connecting to ports and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing and removing hardware components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 3 Switch Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Accessing the management interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Boot process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Startup Utility functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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About this guide 3
About this guide
Purpose and
audience This guide provides an overview of the CN1610 switch hardware and software features and describes the procedures to install the switch and to access the
command-line interface (CLI). This document is intended for network
administrators responsible for installing and managing network equipment.
Terms and
acronyms In most cases, acronyms are defined on first use.
Various technical terms and acronyms in this document are also defined in
“Glossary” on page 47.
Document
conventions The following conventions may be used in this document:
Additional
documentation The following documentation provides additional information about the CN1610:
uThe CN1610 Network Switch CLI Command Reference describes the
commands available from the command-line interface (CLI) for managing,
monitoring, and configuring the switch.
uThe CN1610 Network Switch Administrator’s Guide contains step-by-step
configuration examples for several features.
Convention Description Example
courier font
Command or command-line
text
show vlan brief
italic courier
font
Variable value. Replace the
italicized text with an
appropriate value, which
might be a name or number.
show vlan vlan_id
[ ] square brackets Optional parameter.
[value]

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