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Dell PowerVault 51F 8-Port Fibre Channel Switch User's
Guide - Page 14
...software. Always read these updates before consulting any other documentation because the updates often contain the latest information.
Technical information files-sometimes called "readme" files-may be installed on your hard-disk drive to provide last-minute updates...are window titles, button and icon names, menu names and selections, and other options that appear on the monitor screen or display. ...
Dell PowerVault 51F 8-Port Fibre Channel Switch User's
Guide - Page 22
The PowerVault 51F switch includes the following features:
Easy setup and configuration. After power-on self-test (POST), you need only add the switch's Internet Protocol (IP) address. The remainder of the switch's setup is automated. The switch's firmware allows discovery of all connected devices and determines optimum data paths without intervention, supporting up to 239 interconnected switches....
Dell PowerVault 51F 8-Port Fibre Channel Switch User's
Guide - Page 46
... to:
Dell Computer Corporation P.O. Box 149258 Austin, Texas 78714-9258 Attention: Year 2000
Despite a system's ability to pass the YMARK2000 test, actual rollover results in specific operating environments may vary depending on other factors including, but not limited to, other hardware, operating systems, and applications software.
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Dell PowerVault 51F 8-Port Fibre Channel Switch User's
Guide - Page 47
... be independently verified by customers to be year 2000-compliant. The factory-installed software on your system is the current version provided by the software manufacturer and is validated by Dell for installation. Dell recommends that you check each software manufacturer's year 2000 Web site for updates to their products. Links to a number of these Web sites can be...
Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User's Guide - Page 3
... and procedures, and safety information Your Dell system Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for troubleshooting procedures and instructions for using the Dell Diagnostics to test your computer system NOTE: Documentation updates are sometimes included with your system or software to describe changes to your system and software. Always read these updates before consulting any other documentation...
Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User's Guide - Page 4
...-installed on your hard-disk drive or included on your CD to provide last-minute updates about changes to your system or software. Readme files can also contain advanced technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians.
For safety cautions and warnings you must observe while servicing a hardware system, see your hardware User's Guide. Throughout this guide...
Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User's Guide - Page 7
... 2-2 Using the PowerVault Switch Manager Views 2-2
Fabric View 2-2 Fabric Topology 2-4 Name Server Table 2-6 Zone Administration 2-7
Zone Alias Settings 2-8 Zone Settings 2-10 Zone Configuration Settings 2-12 Switch Management Application 2-14 Port Information 2-17 Performance Window 2-21 Administration 2-21 Switch Admin 2-22 User Admin 2-24 Firmware Upgrade 2-25 Reboot Switch...
Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User's Guide - Page 10
... port
Performance
Graphically portrays real-time data throughput for each port and displays total switch bandwidth utilization
Administration
Allows you to perform functions such as upgrading firmware versions or reconfiguring a switch
Telnet
Allows you to use Telnet commands for switch diagnostics, troubleshooting, and fabric management
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Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User's Guide - Page 11
...) addresses to resolve to corresponding device names. You must have a name resolution service with reverse lookup (such as DNS, Windows Internet Naming Service [WINS], or Network Information Service [NIS]) enabled on the Ethernet network that connects the switches in the managed fabric; the entries should correspond to the switches in the fabric.
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Using the Dell PowerVault Switch...
Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User's Guide - Page 31
...
The Performance window displays throughput for each port and for ...window, click perform. in the Switch Management Application.
Figure 2-9 shows the Performance window.
The administration window consists of the following functions. NOTE: You must have admin privilege to access these functions.
Switch administration User administration Firmware upgrade
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Using the Dell PowerVault...
Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User's Guide - Page 35
... you made
Click to reset all components to the values set at the last submission
Use Firmware Upgrade to download firmware upgrades.
To access Firmware Upgrade, click the Firmware Upgrade tab from any administration window.
Figure 2-12 shows the Firmware Upgrade tab. Table 2-11 provides a description for each component in this tab.
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Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager 2-25
Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User's Guide - Page 37
... File From field
Download Flash Now! button Reset button
Displays or sets the host name or host IP address
Displays or sets the remote user name
Displays or sets the absolute directory path from the source host where the binary file resides NOTE: You must use forward slashes (/) when downloading the firmware from Microsoft Windows NT operating systems. Click to download the firmware
Click to...
Dell PowerVault 51F 8-Port Fibre Channel Switch
Installation and Troubleshooting Guide - Page 13
...About This Guide
This guide is intended for anyone who is installing and managing a Dell PowerVault 51F 8-Port Fibre Channel Switch. It is to be used by field technicians, hardware and software engineers, and system administrators for monitoring and troubleshooting the switch. The chapters and appendixes are summarized as follows:
• Chapter 1, "Installing the PowerVault 51F Switch," provides...
Dell PowerVault 51F 8-Port Fibre Channel Switch
Installation and Troubleshooting Guide - Page 14
...The Dell PowerVault 51F 8-Port Fibre Channel Switch User's Guide introduces the
user to the PowerVault 51F and includes feature information and specifications.
• The Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User's Guide describes the Dell PowerVault
Switch Manager and how to use each of its funtions.
• Technical information files-sometimes called "readme" files-may be installed
on software media...
Dell PowerVault 51F 8-Port Fibre Channel Switch
Installation and Troubleshooting Guide - Page 48
... devices, subject to the limit of 126 devices on a loop (the total of private and fabric-attached devices).
Private devices are registered to the Simple Name Server (SNS), so the fabric-attached devices can query SNS for their addresses and initiate communication.
DELL CONFIDENTIAL - Preliminary 4/6/00
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Dell PowerVault 51F 8-Port Fibre Channel Switch
Installation and Troubleshooting Guide - Page 80
... an RCP command running on top of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) between the switch and the host.
To download the firmware, perform the following steps:
1. Run the setup.exe file on the Dell PowerVault system utilities diskette to install the rshd.exe and cat.exe utility files on the hard-disk drive.
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Dell PowerVault 56F 16-Port Fibre Channel Switch
Installation and Troubleshooting Guide - Page 14
...Dell PowerVault 5xF Switches Zoning Guide describes using the Dell PowerVault 5xF switches to segment their storage area network (SAN) into zones.
Technical information files-sometimes called "README" files-may be installed on software media packaged with your PowerVault 56F to provide lastminute updates... an instruction and intended to be typed.
Example: "Type
to format the diskette in drive A."...
Dell PowerVault 56F 16-Port Fibre Channel Switch
Installation and Troubleshooting Guide - Page 49
... date and time of the last flash firmware update. If you upgrade the firmware in flash memory with a different firmware version, the date the new firmware was entered is displayed. Use this date to quickly establish the date the firmware was updated.
Pressing while Boot Prom Update is selected displays the date and time the boot prom was manufactured. Use this date to establish the...
Dell PowerVault 56F 16-Port Fibre Channel Switch
Installation and Troubleshooting Guide - Page 74
... software is needed. For Windows 9x, Windows NT or Windows 2000 host, the PowerVault utilities diskette provides a daemon to support a remote shell (RSH). A firmware download is executed by way of an RCP command running on top of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) between the switch and the host. To download the firmware, perform the following steps: 1. Run the setup.exe file on the PowerVault...
Dell PowerVault 5xF Switches Zoning Guide - Page 3
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