HP Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem p-Class - Manual (Page 89)

Fabric OS 5.0.0 procedures user guide 89
5 Configuring the Core Switch 2/64 and
the SAN Director 2/128
This chapter contains procedures that are specific to the Core Switch 2/64 and the SAN Director 2/128
and consists of the following sections:
• Identifying ports , page 89
• Basic card management , page 90
• Setting chassis configurations , page 92
• Setting the card beacon mode , page 98
Because these switches contain interchangeable 16-port cards (the software calls them blades), their
procedures differ from those for the SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN Switch 2/16V, SAN Switch 2/32, and the
SAN Switch 4/32 fixed-port switches. For example, fixed-port models identify ports by domain, port
number, while director models identify ports by slot/port number.
Also, because the Core Switch 2/64 comprises two logical switches (domains) and the SAN Director
2/128 in its default configuration has only one domain, procedures for the two directors sometimes differ
from one another.
For detailed information about the Core Switch 2/64 and the SAN Director 2/128, refer to their
hardware reference manuals.
Identifying ports
The Core Switch 2/64 and the SAN Director 2/128 have slots and can have a variable number of ports
within a given domain. Ports are identified by their combined slot number and port number.
There are a total of 10 slots that contain cards:
• Slot numbers 5 and 6 contain control processor cards (CPs).
• Slot numbers 1 through 4 and 7 through 10 contain port cards.
On each port card, there are 16 ports (counted from the bottom, 0 to 15). A particular port must be
represented by both slot number (1 through 4 and 7 through 10) and port number (0 through 15).
The Core Switch 2/64 is divided into two logical switches, where slots 1 through 4 are logical switch 0
(sw0) and slots 7 through 10 are logical switch 1 (sw1). You must be connected to the logical switch that
represents the slot where you want to execute a command.
In the SAN Director 2/128 default configuration, all the ports are part of a single logical switch. With
Fabric OS v4.4.0 and later, you can configure the SAN Director 2/128 as two logical switches
(domains).
The following sections tell how to identify ports on the Core Switch 2/64 and the SAN Director 2/128,
and how to identify ports for zoning commands.