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Grass Valley Fibre Channel Switch User Manual

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29 January 2007

Fibre Channel Switch Installation Manual

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Contents

Preface

.................................................................................................................. 5

Grass Valley Product Support ................................................................................. 5

Welcome

............................................................................................................... 7

Support for your Fibre Channel switch .................................................................... 7
Profile System Software Requirements................................................................... 7
Configuring your Fibre Channel switch ................................................................... 7

Enter administrator mode ................................................................................... 8
Configure Ethernet LAN settings ........................................................................ 8
Verify firmware version ....................................................................................... 9
Port and switch configuration ............................................................................. 10

Combining with the QLogic SANbox2 switch .......................................................... 13
Connecting devices to the switch ............................................................................ 13

Cable lengths...................................................................................................... 13
Fabric topology ................................................................................................... 13
Compatible Fibre Channel Devices .................................................................... 13

Monitoring your switch with NetCentral ................................................................... 14
Maintenance procedures ......................................................................................... 14

Resetting the switch to factory defaults .............................................................. 14
Resetting the switch manually ............................................................................ 15