IBM N Series User manual

IBM System Storage N series

10G Cluster-Mode Switch Installation Guide

GI13-2866-00

NA 210-06282_B0

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents 1

Chapter 1 CN1610 Switch Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Hardware components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Software features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Installing the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Connecting to ports and power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Installing and removing hardware components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Chapter 3 Switch Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Accessing the management interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Boot process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Startup Utility functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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About this guide 3

About this guide

Purpose and

audience This guide provides an overview of the CN1610 switch hardware and software

features and describes the procedures to install the switch and to access the

command-line interface (CLI). This document is intended for network

administrators responsible for installing and managing network equipment.

Terms and

acronyms In most cases, acronyms are defined on first use.

Various technical terms and acronyms in this document are also defined in

“Glossary” on page 47.

Document

conventions The following conventions may be used in this document:

Additional

documentation The following documentation provides additional information about the

CN1610:

uThe CN1610 Network Switch CLI Command Reference describes the

commands available from the command-line interface (CLI) for managing,

monitoring, and configuring the switch.

uThe CN1610 Network Switch Administrator’s Guide contains step-by-step

configuration examples for several features.

Convention Description Example

courier font

Command or command-line

text

show vlan brief

italic courier

font

Variable value. Replace the

italicized text with an

appropriate value, which

might be a name or number.

show vlan vlan_id

[ ] square brackets Optional parameter.

[value]

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