Preface – McDATA 4300 User Manual
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Preface
This publication is part of a documentation suite that supports the
McDATA
®
Sphereon 4300 Fabric Switch.
Who Should Use this
Manual
Use this publication if you are a trained installation and service
representative experienced with the product, storage area network
(SAN) technology, and Fibre Channel technology.
The product contains no customer-serviceable parts that require
internal access to the product during normal operation or prescribed
maintenance conditions. In addition, refer to this manual for
instructions prior to performing any maintenance action.
Organization of this
Manual
This publication includes six chapters and one appendix organized as
follows:
- This chapter describes the switch,
including field-replaceable units (FRUs), controls, connectors, and
indicators, and switch specifications. The chapter also describes
the maintenance approach, error detection and reporting features,
serviceability features, software diagnostic features, and tools and
test equipment.
- This chapter describes tasks to
install, configure, and verify operation of the switch.
Maintenance Analysis Procedures
- This chapter
describes maintenance analysis procedures (MAPs) to fault isolate
a switch problem to an individual FRU.