Dell PowerVault 57F User Manual

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1-2 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s GuideTable 1-1 describes how these screens, or views, are organized:

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2-2 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s GuideIf no name resolution service exists, place the entries corresponding to the switches in the hosts file

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2-4 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide!#" The fabric topology window shows the physical configuration of the fabric including

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2-6 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide$%'"#The Name Server Table window displays the Name Server Table for the fabric.

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2-8 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s GuideWhen making zoning changes, perform the following steps:1. Define zone aliases to establish groupings.

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2-10 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s GuideUse Zone Settings to create, delete, or rename zones and to add or delete members from zo

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2-12 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s GuideUse Zone Config Settings to create zone configurations, to place zones into

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2-14 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide%*The Switch Management Application is a representation of the front panel

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2-16 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s GuideLED status indicator icon No light — No device attached Steady yellow — Receiving light, but not onl

support.dell.com Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager 2-17+%Port Information provides statistics, by port. To display statistics for

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support.dell.com Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager 2-19Port Status fieldNo_Module — No GBIC module in this portNo_Light — The module is not r

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2-20 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s GuideLink Control Frames Received fieldNumber of link control frames receivedMcast Frames Received fieldNum

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2-22 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide Reboot switch Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) administrationTo access these functions, cl

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2-24 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s GuideNOTE: If the IP address of the switch from which you initially started the Switch Manager is changed,

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support.dell.com Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager 2-29Use SNMP Admin to set SNMP options.To access SNMP Administration, click the SN

ivYou may also have one or more of the following documents: Documentation for the Microsoft® Windows NT® Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition operating sys

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support.dell.com Glossary 1The following list defines or identifies technical terms, abbreviations, and acro-nyms used in Dell™ user documents

2 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s GuideThe F_Port is the Fabric access port used to connect an N_Port.&The FL_Port is the fabric

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viScreen text is a message or text that you are instructed to type as part of a com-mand (referred to as a command line). Screen text is presented in

vii  PowerVault Switch Manager Screens . . . . . . .

viii! Figure 2-1. Fabric View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3Figure 2-2. Fabric Top

support.dell.com Introduction 1-1The Dell™ PowerVault™ Switch Manager allows you to monitor, configure, and man-age fabric switch