HP Surestore 6164 - Switch Manuale utente

user’s guide

version 2.3

QuickLoop

www.hp.com

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Trademarks

Brocade, SilkWorm, Brocade Extended Fabrics, Brocade

Fabric Manager, Brocade Fabric OS, Brocade Fabric

Watch, Brocade QuickLoop, Brocade Remote Switch,

Brocade Web Tools, and Brocade Zoning are trademarks

or registered trademarks of Brocade Communications

Systems, Inc. in the United States and/or in other

countries.

All other brands, product or service names are or may be

trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify

products of services of their respective owners.

Brocade Extended Fabrics, Brocade Fabric Manager,

Brocade Fabric OS, Brocade Fabric Watch, Brocade

QuickLoop, Brocade Remote Switch, Brocade Web Tools,

and Brocade Zoning are hereafter referred to as Extended

Fabrics, Fabric Manager, Fabric OS, Fabric Watch,

QuickLoop, Remote Switch, Web Tools, and Zoning

respectively.

Safety notices

Any servicing, adjustment, maintenance, or repair must be

performed only by authorized service-trained personnel.

Format conventions

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output Denotes text displayed on the screen.

[ ] Indicates that the enclosed element is

optional and may be left out.

{ } Indicates that you must specify one of the

listed options.

| Separates alternatives.

. . . Indicates a repetition of the preceding

parameter.

Tip Denotes ideas for enhanced product usage.

Note Denotes significant concepts or operating

instructions.

CAUTION Denotes a hazard that can cause hardware or

software damage.

WARNING Denotes a hazard that can cause personal

injury or death.

Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Getting Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1Introducing QuickLoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

QuickLoop Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Address Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Combining QuickLoop and Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2Using QuickLoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Administering QuickLoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Telnet Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

QuickLoop Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

QuickLoop Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Dual-switch QuickLoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

QuickLoop Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

CONTENTS

4QuickLoop User’s Guide

Sample Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Configuration 1: Emulating a Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Configuration 2: Dual-switch QuickLoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Configuration 3: Long-wave Laser Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Sample Telnet Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Configuration 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Configuration 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Configuration 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Switch Level Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Port Level Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

AQuickLoop Telnet Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Telnet Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

qlDisable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

qlEnable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

qlPartner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

qlPortDisable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

qlPortEnable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

qlShow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

qlStatsShow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

qlPortShowAll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Revision History

July 2001 First release.

6QuickLoop User’s Guide

PREFACE

QuickLoop and Zoning are supported with Fabric OS version a2.4.1 or

later.

About This Guide

This guide provides the following information:

Chapter 1

Introducing QuickLoop Provides an overview of QuickLoop.

Chapter 2

Using QuickLoop Provides information about configuring and

using QuickLoop.

Appendix A

QuickLoop Telnet

Commands

Provides the command summaries for

configuring and using QuickLoop.

QuickLoop User’s Guide

Related Publications

Related product information can be found in the following publications.

Those publications with part numbers are provided as printed copies with

your product. The HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Documentation CD

contains all publications listed in the table below and is also provided with

your product.

For information about Fibre Channel standards, visit the Fibre Channel

Association web site, located at

http://www.fibrechannel.com.

Getting Help

For support information, visit the HP web site located at:

http://www.hp.com

Title Part Number

HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Documentation

CD A7326-11011

HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Installation and

Reference Guide A7326-90902

HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Quick Start Guide A7326-90901

Distributed Fabrics User’s Guide, version 2.2 Available only on CD

Fabric OS Reference Manual, version 2.4 Available only on CD

Fabric Watch User’s Guide, version 2.2 Available only on CD

MIB Reference Manual, version 2.3 Available only on CD

Web Tools User’s Guide, version 2.3 Available only on CD

Zoning User’s Guide, version 2.2 Available only on CD

Preface

Getting Software Updates

Firmware and software updates are found on the HP web site at:

http://www.hp.com

New switch firmware can be installed from the following host operating

systems:

• UNIX

• Windows NT

• Windows 2000

• Windows 98

• Windows 95

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