Sun Microsystems StorEdge Network 2 Gb McDATA Sphereon 4300 Switch... User manual

Note – Read this document before you install the field-replaceable unit (FRU).
Caution – Before you install this Sun StorEdge 2 Gb McDATA
Sphereon 4300 Switch FRU, use the following procedure to confirm
that the firmware version of the FRU matches the firmware version
of the Sun StorEdge 2 Gb McDATA Sphereon 4300 Switch (hereafter
referred to as the “4300 switch”) it is replacing.
Sun StorEdge™Network 2 Gb
McDATA Sphereon 4300 Switch
FRU Installation

▼To Confirm the Compatibility Between the Existing 4300
Switch Firmware and the 4300 Switch FRU Firmware
1. Telnet to the 4300 switch.
a. If required, connect an Ethernet cable between the 4300 switch and
your workstation (the host).
b. Open a command-line window.
c. Establish a Telnet session to the 4300 switch.
d. Log in to the 4300 switch.
2. Use the show system command to display the firmware version.
In the following example, the firmware version is 05.05.00 12.
3. Compare the firmware version of the 4300 switch to the 4300 switch FRU
firmware.
#telnet 4300-switch-IP-address
Username: Administrator
Password: password
Root> show system
System Information
Name: san40-74
Description: Fibre Channel Switch
Contact: Diego Rendon
Location: SUN NKW16 Lab # 1200
Date/Time: 08/05/2003 17:55:254
Serial Number: T3001120
Type Number: 004300
Model Name: Sphereon 4300
Model Number: 001
EC Level: 1030721
Firmware Version: 05.05.00 12
Beaconing: Disabled
Root> logout
#

▼To Remove and Replace the 4300 Switch
Refer to the McDATA Sphereon 4300 Switch Installation and Service Manual,
620-000171. This manual is on the product CD.
Caution – You must check and update the firmware version before
you connect the 4300 switch to the network.
▼To Check the New 4300 Switch Firmware Version
1. Establish a Telnet session to the 4300 switch.
a. Connect an Ethernet cable between the new 4300 switch and your
workstation.
b. Open a command-line window.
c. Establish a Telnet session to the default IP address for a new 4300
switch.
Refer to the McDATA Sphereon 4300 Switch Installation and Service Manual,
620-000171. This manual is on the product CD.
d. Log in to the 4300 switch.
2. Use the show system command to read the firmware version.
See step 2 under “To Confirm the Compatibility Between the Existing 4300
Switch Firmware and the 4300 Switch FRU Firmware” on page 2.
If the new 4300 switch firmware does not match that of the original,
download the appropriate firmware by referring to the McDATA Sphereon
4300 Switch Installation and Service Manual, 620-000171.
#telnet new-4300-switch-default-IP-address
Username: Administrator
Password: password
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