GRASS VALLEY PROFILE FAMILY, PROFILE Series Installation Manual

FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCH

Installation Manual

PROFILE FAMILY

VIDEO FILE SERVERS

071-0564-04

JULY 2001

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Revision Status

Rev Date Description

February, 1999 Origin al is su e. Manual Par t Num b er 071-056 4-0 0.
September, 1999 Updated to include new switch models and Profile XP

support.
Manual Part Number 071-0564-01.

November 2000 Revised Product Support contact information.

Part Number 071-0564-02.

February 2001 Added NetCentral II support.

Part Number 071-0564-03.

July 2001 Added Media Area Network information.

Part Number 071-0564-04.

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Contents

Grass Valley Group Product Support........................................................................... 4

Welcome................................ ............................................................ .......................... 5

How to Use the Manuals...................................................................................... 6

Support for Your Fibre Channel Switch........................................................ ..... ... 6

Installing a Switch in a Profile Video Network. ............................................................. 7

Profile System Software Requirements................................................................ 8

Fibre Channel Firmware and Driver Requirements.............................................. 9

Loading Profile Firmware.......................................... ....... ..... .. ....... ..... ....... ... 9

Loading Fibre Channel Server Firmware. ..................................................... 10

Configuring Fibre Channel on Your Profile Systems............................................ 11

Configuring Your Fibre Channel Switch ............................................................... 12

Connecting Devices to the Switch........................................................................ 12

Cable Length s........ ...................................... ............................................. ... 12

Single-Switch Fabric..................................................................................... 12

Multi-Switch Fabric....................................................................................... 14

Monitorin g Your Swi tch with NetCentral II........................... ...................................... ... 17

SNMP Configuration............................................................................................. 18

Monitoring Status................................................................................................. 23

Troubleshooting with NetCentral II. ...................................................................... 25

Figures

1 The Profile Fibre Channel Switch..................................................... ....... ........7

2 The Update FC Microcode window.................................................................10

3 Single-switch fabric with no loops attached ....................................................13

4 A sample two-switch fabric..............................................................................15

5 A sample three-switch fabric...........................................................................16

6 A NetCentral II view of a Fibre Channel Switch..............................................17

7 A Fabric View i n a browse r........ ........................................................... ..........19

8 The Switch Management Application..............................................................20

9 The SNMP Admin tab.....................................................................................21

10 Port status.......................................................................................................23

11 Port error statistics..........................................................................................24

4 Profile Fibre Channel Switch

Grass Valley Group Product Support

You can get technical assist ance, check on the status of problems, or report new
problems by contacting our Produc t Support Group.

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Welcome

Profile Fibre Channel Switch 5

Welcome

You can use your eight- or sixteen- port Brocade Si lkWorm Fibre Channel switc h
to create fabrics for Grass Valley Group Media Area Networks (SCSI protocol)
and Profile Vi deo Ne twork s ystems (Int ernet Protocol ). Thi s man ual supp lements
the information provided by the Brocade SilkWorm manuals that you received
with your switch.

Please refer to the following Brocade manuals, included on the SilkWorm 2000
Family Documentati on CD-ROM, when i nstalli ng and c onfiguring your Broc ade
SilkWorm Fibre Channel switch.

• SilkWorm Hardware Reference Manual - This is your pr imary reference on

the installati on and init ia l setup of your sp ecific mod el of Silk Worm switch.
It also provides maintena nce and repair information.

• BROCADE WEB TOOLS User’s Guide - This manual describes the Web
browser-based applic ation that allows you to monitor and administe r your
Brocade SilkWorm switch. Open the

Table of Contents for the SilkWorm

2000 Family Documentation CD-ROM, choose

BROCADE Fabric Services

Users Guides Version 2.2

, then BROCADE WEB TOOLS 2.2.

NOTE: If you are installin g the SilkWorm switch in a Media Area Network,
please refer to your Med ia Area N etwork I nstructio n Manual for detailed
installation and configuration information.

6 Profile Fibre Channel Switch

How to Use the Manuals

The following table descr ibes how to u se the documentation set that accom panies
your SilkWorm Fibre Channel switch and oth er Grass Valley Group products.

Support for Your Fibre Channel Swi tch

Your Brocade SilkWorm Switch is s old, supported, a nd servic ed by Grass Valle y
Group.

If you have any questions about your Broca de SilkWorm Switch, or if you need
any help or service for the switch, please contact your local Grass Valley Group
Support representa tive listed at the front of this manual

NOTE: Do not contact Brocade Communication Systems directly for support
of your Brocade SilkWorm Switch.

For information on... See...

Installing the switch in a
Profile Video Network

“Installing a Sw itch in a Prof ile Video Network” beginning on
page 7 of this manual.

SilkWorm Hardware Reference Manual
Brocade WEB TOOLS User’s Guide

Installing the switch in a
Media Area Network

Media Area Network Instruction Manual
SilkWorm Hardware Reference Manual
Brocade WEB TOOLS User’s Guide

Configuring the SilkWorm switch
for NetCentral monitoring

“Monitoring Your Switch with NetC entral II” beginning on page
17 of this manual.

SilkWorm Hardware Reference Manual
BROCADE WEB TOOLS User’s Guid e

Installing a Switch in a Profile Video Network

Profile Fibre Channel Switch 7

Installing a Switch in a Profile Video Network

Compared to a Fibre Channel hub, the Fibre Channel switch improves the
performance of your Video Network by:

• Increasing the bandwidth between any two Fibre Channel devices by
eliminating the shared bandwidth required by a Fibre Channel Arbitrated
Loop.

• Improving the scalability of your Video Network. By managing your inter­switch connections , you can inc rease the size of your network without the
shared bandwidth concerns of a large loop.

• Providing optional multicast capability, which lets you move materia l to
several machines at once, rat her than with several individual transf ers.

Figure 1 shows the Profile Fibre Channe l switch in a simple fabric environment.

Figure 1. The Profil e Fibr e Channel Switch

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8 Profile Fibre Channel Switch

The sections tha t follow describe the inst allation and use of the Brocade SilkWorm
Switch in a Profile Video Network envir onment. Topics include:

• Installing the required Profile System Software version (2.5 or higher). All
versions of Profile XP System Softwa re support the Profile Fibre Channel
Switch.

• Loading the required Profile Fibre Channel firmware onto the Profile Fibre
Channel card, and ensuri ng that other Fibre Channel dev ices on the fabric are
using compatible firmware .

All versions of Prof ile XP Fibre Channel boa rds have t he requir ed firmware
for operation with the Profile Fibre Channel Switch. You do not need to
change the Fibre Channel firmware or drive rs on Profile XP systems.

• Configuring the Profile system to work with a switch (fcconfig -s on). This
step is not required on a Profile XP.

• Avoiding loop configurations in a fabric (switched) environment.

Profile System Software Requirements

You must install Profile Syste m Software version 2.5 or higher on all Profile
systems connected to a Fibre Channel switch. You must install Profile System
Software 2.5 or hi gher be fore loading t he switc h-compatibl e Fibre Chan nel boa rd
firmware.

Please refer to the Profile Release Notes for instructions on how to instal l your
Profile Syst em Sof twa re, as well as inf ormation on the new feat ures that are
included in th e releas e.

All Profile XP System Software versions fully support the Profile Fibre Channel
Switch. Be sure to read the Profile XP Release Notes to learn about any new
requirements.