EMC Connectrix B Series, ED-48000B Hardware Reference Manual

EMC® Connectrix® B Series

ED-48000B

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Hardware Reference Manual

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EMC Connectrix B systems have been extensively tested and certified to meet UL60950, CSA 22.2 No 60950,
IEC 60950/EN60950; Safety of Information Technology Equipment including Electrical Business
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electromagnetic compatibility.

The EMC Connectrix B system is a Stationary Pluggable Type B system.

This class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

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This equipment generates, uses, and may emit radio frequency energy. The equipment has been type tested
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Operation of this equipment in a residential area may cause interference in which case the user at his own
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Contents

Preface.............................................................................................................................. 9

Chapter 1 Overview

ED-48000B features........................................................................... 16

Hardware components..................................................................... 17

Portside of the ED-48000B........................................................ 19

Nonport Side of the ED-48000B............................................... 20

High availability ............................................................................... 21

Reliability ........................................................................................... 22

Serviceability ..................................................................................... 23

PB-48K-18i blade............................................................................... 24

Software features............................................................................... 26

Port numbering ................................................................................. 27

Chapter 2 Installation, Setup, and Login

Overview............................................................................................ 30

Time and items required.................................................................. 31

Site planning and safety guidelines ............................................... 32

Items included with the ED-48000B............................................... 34

Providing power to the ED-48000B................................................ 35

Establishing a serial connection...................................................... 37

Managing cables................................................................................ 39

Chapter 3 Initial Configuration Parameters

Overview............................................................................................ 44

Configure IP addresses for the ED-48000B ................................... 45

Establish an Ethernet connection.................................................... 48

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Customize a switch name................................................................ 49

Set the Domain ID............................................................................. 50

Verify the PID mode and connect to the fabric............................. 51

Enable software licenses.................................................................. 53

Back up the configuration ............................................................... 54

Chapter 4 Monitor System Components

Overview............................................................................................ 56

Port blades ......................................................................................... 57

CP blades ........................................................................................... 61

Power supplies.................................................................................. 63

Blower assemblies............................................................................. 65

WWN card......................................................................................... 67

Cable management tray................................................................... 70

Chapter 5 Remove and Replace System Components

Overview............................................................................................ 72

Replacing the cable management tray........................................... 73

Replacing a port blade and filler panel ......................................... 77

Removing a port blade ............................................................. 81

Replacing a CP blade........................................................................ 85

Replacing a power supply and filler panel................................... 96

Replacing a blower assembly........................................................ 100

Replacing the WWN bezel and card............................................ 104

Installing and removing SFPs in a port blade ............................ 112

Chapter 6 Chassis Replacement

Overview.......................................................................................... 114

Time required .................................................................................. 114

Items required................................................................................. 115

Verify need for replacement.......................................................... 116

Record critical switch and SAN information.............................. 117

Disconnect from network and fabric ........................................... 122

Remove components from chassis............................................... 123

Remove and replace chassis.......................................................... 125

Install components into new chassis............................................ 127

Install modems (optional) ............................................................. 129

Verify correct operation of hardware........................................... 130

Configure new chassis serial number.......................................... 130

Verify correct operation of system................................................ 131

Reconnect system to network and fabric .................................... 133

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Verify correct configuration of fabric ........................................... 135

Cable routing tables........................................................................ 137

Chapter 7 Blade Support Notes

Overview.......................................................................................... 140

ED-48000B blade support............................................................... 141

CP blades................................................................................... 141

Port blade compatibility.......................................................... 142

Port blade configurations........................................................ 142

Planning the installation ................................................................ 143

Supported blade installation overview................................. 143

Chassis configuration setting ................................................. 143

Power requirements ................................................................ 144

Preparing to add new blades......................................................... 145

Upgrading to the latest Fabric OS version ........................... 145

Backing up the Director configuration and obtaining a SAN

profile......................................................................................... 146

Verifying a safe work space.................................................... 147

Labeling all the cables ............................................................. 147

Installing port blade procedures................................................... 148

Adding FC2-16 blades to an ED-48000B............................... 148

Validating the installation.............................................................. 150

Troubleshooting the installation............................................ 150

ED-48000B configuration form............................................... 151

Contents

Chapter 8 Setting Up and Installing Modems

Overview.......................................................................................... 158

Using high-availability connectivity ............................................ 159

Connecting modems....................................................................... 161

Setting up a remote modem system............................................. 162

Verifying the modem connection.................................................. 164

Appendix A Specifications

System architecture ........................................................................ 168

System size and weight ................................................................. 170

System blade and FRU weights ................................................... 171

Facility requirements ..................................................................... 172

Power specifications ...................................................................... 173

Power cords ..................................................................................... 174

Environmental requirements ........................................................ 178

Thermal policy.......................................................................... 179

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General specifications ................................................................... 180

Data transmission ranges ............................................................. 181

Fibre Channel port specifications ................................................ 182

CP blade specifications ................................................................. 183

Memory specifications............................................................ 183

Battery specifications .............................................................. 183

Serial port specifications......................................................... 184

Modem serial port specifications .......................................... 185

Regulatory compliance specifications ........................................ 186

FCC warning (USA only) ....................................................... 186

MICstatement (Republic of Korea) ....................................... 186

VCCI statement........................................................................ 187

BSMI statement (Chinese)...................................................... 188

CE statement ............................................................................ 189

Canadian requirements .......................................................... 189

Laser compliance..................................................................... 189

RTC battery .............................................................................. 190

Electrical safety ........................................................................ 190

Regulatory certifications......................................................... 190

Appendix B Troubleshooting

Overview ......................................................................................... 194

Obtaining chassis and component status ................................... 195

Interpreting POST and boot results ............................................ 196

POST.......................................................................................... 196

Boot............................................................................................ 197

Diagnostics ...................................................................................... 198

Troubleshooting the ED-48000B .................................................. 199

Appendix C Port Numbering Template

Template .......................................................................................... 204

Index.............................................................................................................................. 209

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Preface

As part of an effort to improve and enhance the performance and capabilities
of its product line, EMC from time to time releases revisions of its hardware
and software. Therefore, some functions described in this manual may not be
supported by all revisions of the software or hardware currently in use. For
the most up-to-date information on product features, refer to your product
release notes.

If a product does not function properly or does not function as described in
this manual, please contact your EMC representative.

Audience This manual is part of the EMC Connectrix Departmental Switch and

Enterprise Director documentation set, and is intended for use by
system administrators and technicians during installation and
configuration of the switches to help you operate, maintain, and
troubleshoot the ED-48000B. This document is specific to the
ED-48000B and Fabric OS version 5.2.

Related

documentation

Related documents include:

◆ EMC Connectrix B Series Diagnostic and System Error Message

Reference Manual

◆ EMC Connectrix B Series Fabric Watch Reference Manual

◆ EMC Connectrix B Series Management Information Base (MIB)

Reference Manual

◆ EMC Connectrix B Series Fabric OS Command Reference Manual

◆ EMC Connectrix B Series Web Tools Administrator’s Guide

◆ EMC Connectrix B Series Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide

◆ EMC Connectrix B Series ED-24000B Hardware Reference Manual

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◆ EMC Connectrix DS-8B3 and DS-16B3 Hardware Reference Manual

◆ EMC Connectrix Enterprise Director ED-12000B Hardware Reference

◆ EMC Connectrix Departmental Switch DS-32B2 Hardware Reference

◆ EMC Connectrix B Series DS-4100B Hardware Reference Manual

◆ EMC Connectrix B Series DS-4900B Hardware Reference Manual

◆ EMC Connectrix B Series DS-220B Hardware Reference Manual

◆ Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide

Special term usage The following abbreviated terms are used throughout this document

for clarity and consistency.

Term Abbreviation Definition

Manual

Manual

ED-12000B control
processor blade

ED-24000B control
processor blade

ED-48000B control
processor blade

16-port 2-Gbit/sec port
blade

16-port 2-Gbit/sec port
blade

16-port 4-Gbit/sec port
blade

32-port 4-Gbit/sec port
blade

CP1 This CP manages the FC-16 port blades in an ED-12000B. It does not have

switching capabilities. All port blades can operate at either 1- and 2-Gbit/sec. It
only supports a dual domain configuration within the chassis.

CP2 This CP manages the FC2-16 port blades in a ED-24000B. This CP supports 1-

and 2- Gbit/sec port speeds. It provides switching capability at 2-Gbit/sec when
the FC2-16 is used. It supports both the dual domain and a single domain
configuration within the chassis.

CP4 This CP manages the FC2-16, FC4-16, and FC4-32 port blades in a ED-48000B.

This CP provides the Fibre Channel switching capability up to 4-Gbit/sec when the
FC4-16 or FC4-32 blades are used. It provides switching capability at 2-Gbit/sec
when the FC2-16 is used. It only supports a single domain configuration within the
chassis.

FC-16 A 16-port director port blade supporting 1- and 2- Gbit/sec port speeds. This port

blade is only compatible with the ED-12000B CP blades.

FC2-16 A 16-port director port blade supporting 1- and 2- Gbit/sec port speeds. This port

blade is only compatible with the ED-24000B or ED-48000B CP blades. Uses
newer technology to achieve higher performance with less power consumption
than FC-16.

FC4-16 A 16-port director port blade supporting 1-, 2-, and 4- Gbit/sec port speeds. This

port blade is only compatible with the ED-48000B CP blades. FC4-16 blades do
not support private devices.

FC4-32 A 32-port director port blade supporting 1-, 2-, and 4- Gbit/sec port speeds.This

port blade is only compatible with the ED-48000B CP blades. Uses the same
technology as in FC4-16 with built in daughter card to achieve higher port density
than FC4-16. FC4-32 blades do not support private devices.

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Term Abbreviation Definition

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48-Port 4-Gbit/sec port
blade

16-port 4-Gbit/sec port
blade with 2-port, 1 GbE
(FCIP) capabilities

D1 Chassis NA The first generation director chassis. These chassis are unable to read the

D2 Chassis NA The second generation director chassis. In Fabric OS 5.0, use the chassisShow

D3 Chassis NA The third generation director chassis. In Fabric OS 5.0, use the chassisShow

PB-48K-48 A 48 port director port blade supporting 1, 2, and 4 Gbit/sec port speeds in

chassis mode 5 with port and exchange-based routing. This port blade is only
compatible with the ED-48000B CP blades.

PB-48K-18i A16-port Fibre Channel routing and FCIP blade that also has 2 GbE ports and is

compatible only with the ED-48000B (using chassis configuration option 5).

backplane revision number.

command to view the backplane revision number for this chassis, D2.

command to view the backplane revision number for this chassis, D3.

For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking
Industry Association online dictionary at
http://www.snia.org/education/dictionary.

Conventions used in

this guide

EMC uses the following conventions for notes, cautions, warnings,
and danger notices.

Note: A note presents information that is important, but not hazard-related.

CAUTION

A caution contains information essential to avoid data loss or
damage to the system or equipment. The caution may apply to
hardware or software.

WARNING

A warning contains information essential to avoid a hazard that can
cause severe personal injury, death, or substantial property damage
if you ignore the warning.

DANGER

A danger notice contains information essential to avoid a hazard
that will cause severe personal injury, death, or substantial property
damage if you ignore the message.

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Typographical conventions

EMC uses the following type style conventions in this document:

Normal Used in running (nonprocedural) text for:

• Names of interface elements (such as names of windows,
dialog boxes, buttons, fields, and menus)

• Names of resources, attributes, pools, Boolean expressions,
buttons, DQL statements, keywords, clauses, environment
variables, filenames, functions, utilities

• URLs, pathnames, filenames, directory names, computer
names, links, groups, service keys, file systems, notifications

Bold: Used in running (nonprocedural) text for:

• Names of commands, daemons, options, programs,
processes, services, applications, utilities, kernels,
notifications, system call, man pages

Used in procedures for:

• Names of interface elements (such as names of windows,
dialog boxes, buttons, fields, and menus)

• What user specifically selects, clicks, presses, or types

Italic: Used in all text (including procedures) for:

• Full titles of publications referenced in text

• Emphasis (for example a new term)

• Variables

Courier: Used for:

• System output, such as an error message or script

• URLs, complete paths, filenames, prompts, and syntax when
shown outside of running text

Courier bold: Used for:

• Specific user input (such as commands)

Courier italic: Used in procedures for:

• Variables on command line

• User input variables

< >

[ ]
|
{ }
...

Angle brackets enclose parameter or variable values supplied by
the user

Square brackets enclose optional values

Vertical bar indicates alternate selections - the bar means “or”

Braces indicate content that you must specify (that is, x or y or z)

Ellipses indicate nonessential information omitted from the
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Overview

The ED-48000B represents the next generation of advanced Fibre
Channel directors used to intelligently interconnect storage devices,
hosts, and servers in a Storage Area Network (SAN). The ED-48000B
director is the highest-performance and highest-scalability director
offered by EMC. It satisfies the most demanding Reliability,
Availability, and Serviceability (RAS), performance, and scalability
requirements of a director, while delivering investment protection,
interoperability, and fabric-based intelligence advantages.

This chapter includes the following sections:

◆ ED-48000B features............................................................................ 16

◆ Hardware components...................................................................... 17

◆ High availability................................................................................. 21

◆ Reliability ............................................................................................ 22

◆ Serviceability....................................................................................... 23

◆ PB-48K-18i blade ................................................................................ 24

◆ Software features................................................................................ 26

◆ Port numbering .................................................................................. 27

Overview

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ED-48000B features

Key features of the ED-48000B include the following:

◆ Up to 384 ports in a single chassis, providing high port density for

a scalable solution to drive high-port-count SAN configurations.

◆ A single logical switch, that encompasses all port blades in the

chassis for ease of maintenance. The IP address for this single
logical switch is shown as SWITCH under the ipaddrShow
command. This director does not support the dual domain
configuration.

◆ Support for high-performance port blades running at 1-, 2-, or

4-Gbit/sec, enabling flexible system configuration:

• 16-port, 4-Gbit/sec blades (FC4-16)

• 32-port, 4-Gbit/sec blades (FC4-32)

• 48-port, 4-Gbit/sec blades (PB-48K-48)

• PB-48K-18i blade: Fibre Channel Routing Services and FCIP
using the PB-48K-18i blade. See the PB-480000-18i Hardware
Reference Manual for more information.

◆ Dual-redundant control processors provide high availability and

enable nondisruptive software upgrades.

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◆ Redundant and hot swappable CPs, power supplies, and blower

assembly enable a high availability platform for mission critical
SAN applications.

◆ Supports 1-, 2-, and 4-Gbit/sec auto-sensing Fibre Channel ports.

Trunking technology groups up to eight ports to create high
performance 32-Gbit/sec ISL trunks between switches.

◆ Universal ports self-configure as E_Ports, F_Ports, or FL_Ports.

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Hardware components

The ED-48000B features a modular and scalable mechanical
construction that allows a wide range of flexibility in installation,
fabric design, and maintenance. The ED-48000B consists of the
following:

◆ Up to eight hot-swappable port blade assemblies, which can be

configured in a single chassis, delivering up to 384 Fibre Channel
ports

◆ Two slots for control processor (CP) blade assemblies (slots 5 and

6):

• A single active CP blade can control all 384 ports in the

• The standby CP blade assumes control of the switch if the

◆ Modular hot-swappable field replaceable units (FRUs):

• 16-port, 4-Gbit/sec blades (FC4-16)

• 32-port, 4-Gbit/sec blades (FC4-32)

• 48-port, 4-Gbit/sec blades (PB-48K-48)

• 18-port, 16 FC + 2 GbE (PB-48K-18i, up to 2 blades per chassis,

• Two CP blades (CP4)

• Small form-factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers

• 3 blower assemblies

• Up to 4 power supplies (four power supplies are required

◆ Cables, blades, and power supplies are serviced from the port

side of the ED-48000B, and blowers are serviced from the nonport
side

Overview

chassis.

active CP fails.

supporting Fibre Channel Routing Services and FCIP)

when using the PB-48K-18i blade in the chassis)

◆ Improved cable management using a redesigned cable

management tray and chassis door

◆ Three blowers, providing cooling, allowing continuous operation

even if one blower fails

◆ Constant intake and FRU temperature monitoring

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◆ World Wide Name (WWN) card on the nonport side, to maintain

chassis-specific information such as WWNs, IP addresses, and
summary status information of each port blade assembly and
power supply through LEDs

◆ Redundant AC primary power connections to allow two primary

power connections for higher availability

◆ Supports up to eight of the following port blades:

• 16-port 2-Gbit/sec port blade (FC2-16)

• 16-port 4-Gbit/sec port blade (FC4-16)

• 32-port 4-Gbit/sec port blade (FC4-32)

• 48-port 4-Gbit/sec port blade (PB-48K-48)

• 18-port, 16 FC + 2 GbE (PB-48K-18i, up to two blades per
chassis)

◆ Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers utilized

for 1-, 2-, and 4-Gbit/sec ports

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Portside of the ED-48000B

Overview

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2 FC4-16 Port Blade 8 AC Power Switch (for Power Supplies 2 & 4)

3 CP4 Blade (Control Processor Blade 9 Cable Management Tray

4 Grounding Strap Connector 10 Power Supply #1

5 AC Power Switch (for Power Supplies 1 & 3) 11 FC4-32 Port Blade

6 AC Power Connector (for Power Supplies 1 & 3) 12 Power Supply Filler Panel

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Nonport Side of the ED-48000B

Figure 2 displays the nonport side view of the ED-48000B.

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1 Port Blade and CP Blade LEDs 6 Blower Handle

2 WWN Bezel 7 Blower Assembly #3

3 Power Supply LEDs 8 Blower Assembly #2

4 Blower Power LED 9 Blower Assembly #1

5 Blower Fault LED

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High availability

Overview

The following features contribute to the ED-48000B high-availability
design:

◆ Redundant, hot-swappable components

◆ Redundant power supply and blower assembly subsystems

◆ Enhanced data integrity on all data paths

◆ Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) rerouting around failed links

◆ Integration with Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

managers

◆ Automatic control processor failover

◆ Nondisruptive “hot” software code loads and activation

◆ Easy configuration, save, and restore

◆ Hot-swappable World Wide Name (WWN) card

The high-availability software architecture of the ED-48000B provides
a common framework for all applications that reside on the system,
allowing global and local states to be maintained enough to manage
any component failure. High-availability elements consist of the High
Availability Manager, the heartbeat, the fault/health framework, the
replicated database, initialization, and software upgrade.

The High Availability Manager controls access to the standby control
processor, facilitates software upgrades, prevents extraneous
switchover activity, closes and flushes streams as needed, provides
flow control and message buffering, and supports a centralized active
and standby state.

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Reliability

The ED-48000B uses the following error detection and correction
mechanisms to ensure the reliability of all data inside the chassis:

◆ All data inside the switch protected by the Error Detection and

Correction mechanism, which checks for encoder errors and fault
isolation (EDFI), such as cyclic redundancy checking (CRC),
parity checking, checksum, and illegal address checking.

◆ Power-on self-test (POST).

◆ Dual control processors that enable hot, nondisruptive fast

firmware upgrades.

◆ Each control processor contains two serial ports and one Ethernet

port. Offline control processor diagnostics and remote diagnostics
simplify troubleshooting. The standby control processor
continuously runs diagnostics to ensure it is operational, should a
failover be necessary.

◆ Inter-IC (I

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Serviceability

Overview

The ED-48000B provides the following features to enhance and
ensure serviceability:

◆ Modular design with hot-swappable components

◆ Redundant flash memory that stores two firmware images per

control processor

◆ Extensive diagnostics and status reporting, along with a serial

port to support an external, country-specific modem for remote
diagnostics and status monitoring

◆ Nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM), containing the

OEM serial number, EMC serial number, revision information,
and part number information

◆ Background health-check daemon

◆ Memory scrubber, self test, and bus ping to determine if a bus is

not functioning

◆ Watchdog tim ers

◆ Status LEDs

◆ Predictive diagnostics analysis through Fabric Watch

◆ SNMP integration with higher-layer managers

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PB-48K-18i blade

The PB-48K-18i blade is optionally available for the ED-48000B. This
blade has 16 physical Fibre Channel SFP ports supporting the Fibre
Channel Routing Services, and 2 physical Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) SFP
ports supporting the Fibre Channel Over IP (FCIP) feature. It
operates with the Fabric Operating System and can communicate
with another PB-48K-18i for both Fibre Channel Routing services and
FCIP, or an AP-7420B for Fibre Channel Routing Services.

The PB-48K-18i blade can be installed only in a ED-48000B director
configured in chassisConfig mode 5, with Fabric OS v5.1.0 or higher.
The PB-48K-18i blade requires that the ED-48000B have 4 power
supplies. A maximum of two PB-48K-18i blades can be installed in a
ED-48000B.

The PB-48K-18i blade is intended as a platform for Fibre Channel
Routing Services and FCIP. See the EMC Connectrix B Series Fabric OS
Administrator’s Guide for information on configuring these features.

The PB-48K-18i blade provides the following features:

◆ 5 internal temperature sensors, 3 standalone and 2 inside the

voltage monitor chip (DS1780)

◆ 16 Fibre Channel SFP ports supporting the Fibre Channel Routing

Services with link speeds up to 1, 2, or 4 Gbit/sec

◆ 2 GbE ports supporting the FCIP and Fibre Channel Routing

Services with link speeds up to 1 Gbit/sec:

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• Each GbE port can support up to 8 FCIP tunnels

• Each FCIP tunnel is represented and managed as a virtual
Fibre Channel E_Port

• Fibre Channel Routing Services can be used over the FCIP link

• Fabrics connected through FCIP merge if the ports are
configured as VE_Ports, and do not merge if they are
configured as VEX_Ports. If VE_Ports are used in a Fibre
Channel Routing Services backbone fabric configuration, then
the backbone fabric merges, but the EX_Port-attached edge
fabrics do not merge. For more information see the EMC
Connectrix B Series Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.

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Overview

WARNING

Upgrade firmware on the ED-48000B to the level required for any
new blades before you install the new blades (v5.1.0 or greater for the
PB-48K-18i, v5.2.0 or greater for the PB-48K-48). Do not install a
blade into a director running an unsupported version of Fabric OS for
that blade.

Note: The PB-48K-18i blade powers up in a persistently disabled state until
the ports are persistently enabled. This allows you to configure new ports
before enabling them in the system.

After the POST is complete, the firmware version on the PB-48K-18i blade
will autolevel with the firmware version on the active CP. You must have
Fabric OS v5.1.0 or higher or the PB-48K-18i blade will be faulted. For more
information see the EMC Connectrix B Series PB-48000B-18i Hardware Reference
Manual.

PB-48K-18i blade

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Overview

Software features

Security Secure Telnet access is available using Secure Shell (SSH), a network

The ED-48000B must be running Fabric OS v5.1.0 or greater, and with the
PB-48K-48 port blade, it must be running V5.2.0 or greater. The Fabric
OS allows any Fibre Channel-compliant device to attach to the
switches as long as it conforms to the device login, name service, and
related Fibre Channel standards. Each operating environment
requires that a Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) be available
with a standards-compliant driver for proper interface to the fabric.

Fabric OS consists of a set of embedded applications running on top
of an embedded real-time Linux operating system kernel. These
applications are the Name Server, alias server, Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP) agent, and several tasks to manage
address assignment, routing, link initialization, fabric initialization,
link shutdown, switch shutdown, and the user interface.

security protocol for secure remote login and other secure network
services over an insecure network.

Web Tools management is available through a secure browser using
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). The SSL security protocol provides data
encryption, server authentication, message integrity, and optional
client authentication for a TCP/IP connection. Because SSL is built
into all major browsers and Web servers, installing a digital certificate
turns on the SSL capabilities.

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Network

manageability

The ED-48000B has a single domain and is managed as a single
element to a Network Management System (NMS). The director
responds to its own IP address and appears as a separate entity to the
Telnet protocol and SNMP.

All management interfaces, such as Telnet, Web Tools, the Fabric
Access Layer API, and Management Server, support a “port N within
blade M” naming scheme.

When SNMP devices send SNMP messages to a management console
running SAN management software, the information is stored in a
management information base (MIB). Fabric OS v5.x supports the
latest Fibre Alliance Fibre Channel Management (FCMGMT) and
Storage Management Initiative (SMI) MIBs, which allow common
information necessary for management software to provide
information to a SAN administrator. Refer to the EMC Connectrix B
Series Fabric OS MIB Reference Manual for additional MIB information.

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Port numbering

Overview

Except for the following cases, the area ID is equal the port number:

◆ When you perform a port swap operation

◆ When you enable Extended Edge PID mode on the director. For

more information on Extended Edge PID mode, refer to the EMC
Connectrix B Series Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.

The ED-48000B uses the following port numbering schemes:

◆ FC4-16 port blade — ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from

bottom to top.

◆ FC4-32 port blade — ports are numbered from 0 through 15 from

bottom to top on the left set of ports and 16 through 31 from
bottom to top on the right set of ports.

◆ PB-48K-48 port blade — ports are numbered from 0 through 23

from bottom to top on the left set of ports and 24 through 47 from
bottom to top on the right set of ports.

◆ PB-48K-18i blade — the 16 physical Fibre Channel ports on this

blade are numbered 0 through 15 from bottom to top. The two
GbE ports are numbered from the bottom as Ge0 and Ge1. These
ports, when fully configured, enable 16 VE_Ports or VEX _Ports
and appear in the switchShow command as ports 16 through 31.

Slots are numbered 1 through 10, from left to right when facing the
portside of the director.

Refer to Appendix C, “Port Numbering Template,” for a port
numbering template for your SAN to easily identify how the ports
are numbered. If you have a 16-port blade installed, cross out the
extra ports displayed on the template.

Port numbering

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Installation, Setup, and

Login

This chapter contains the following information:

◆ Overview............................................................................................. 30

◆ Time and items required ................................................................... 31

◆ Site planning and safety guidelines ................................................ 32

◆ Items included with the ED-48000B................................................ 34

◆ Providing power to the ED-48000B................................................. 35

◆ Establishing a serial connection....................................................... 37

◆ Managing cables................................................................................. 39

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Installation, Setup, and Login

!

Overview

This chapter describes how to install the ED-48000B into a
Connectrix

®

cabinet. It assumes that the cabinet has already been
properly installed and connected to the local power source.
Information concerning EMC

®

Connectrix cabinets can be found in

the Connectrix EC-1500 Cabinet Setup and Installation Manual.

IMPORTANT

EMC recommends that the installation of the ED-48000B be
performed by trained EMC service personnel. The content in this
chapter is being provided for information purposes only and is not
intended to be a "how to" manual for customer set up of the
ED-48000B.

You can set up and install the ED-48000B in the following ways:

◆ In a 19-inch Electronic Industries Association (EIA) cabinet, using

optional Connectrix ED-12000B-CNV Kit, available from EMC.

◆ In a mid-mount (Telco) rack, using the optional Mid-Mount Rack

Kit, available from EMC.

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