Grass Valley Fibre Channel Switch User Manual

Fibre Channel Switch

Installation Manual

071-8429-01
JANUARY 2007

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January 29, 2007 Updated release for QLogic SANbox 5202, 071-8429-01

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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

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Preface

Grass Valley Product Support

T o get technica l assistance, che ck on the status of a q uestion, or to report new issue, contac t
Grass Valley Product Support via e-mail, the Web, or by phone or fax. Contact Grass Valley
first regarding problems with third party software on Grass Valley products, such as the

Microsoft
internet browser, an d SQL Server™.

Web Technical Support

Phone Support

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Windows® operating system, Windows Media® player, Internet Explorer

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Grass Valley Web site. You can download software or find solutions to probl ems b y
searching our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) database.

World Wide Web: http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/support/
Technical Support E-mail Address: [e-mail].

Use the following information to contact product support by phone during business
hours. Afterhours phone support is available for warranty and contract customers.

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International
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International
(United States,
Canada)

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Taiwan, Korea,
Macau

Australia, New
Zealand

Central, South
America

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Belgium [phone] Northern Europe [phone]
Japan [phone] Singapore [phone]
Malaysia [phone] Spain [phone]
Middle East [phone] UK, Ireland, Israel [phone]

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[phone] Indian

[phone] Germany, Aust r ia,

[phone] Near East, Africa [phone]

Authorized Support Representative

Italy [phone]

[phone]

Belarus, Russia,
Tadzikistan,
Ukraine,
Uzbekistan

Subcontinent

Eastern Europe

[phone]
[phone]

[phone]
[phone]

[phone]

A local authorized support represent ative may be avail able in your countr y. To locate the
support representat ive for your count ry, visit the pro duct support Web page on the Grass
Valley Web site.

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