Step 2: Configuring the local switches

Log in to the switch, using the console port and hyperterm, and set the appropriate variables and IP addresses, as described in the appropriate Brocade switch hardware reference manual.

Note
Use telnet for subsequent switch login sessions, using the switch IP address.

Check the switch firmware by entering the following command:

version

Result

The currently installed switch firmware is displayed. See the NOW Web site at http://now.netapp.com/NOW for the current version of switch firmware.

If the switch firmware is...

Then...

Current

Go to Step 4.

Out of date

1. Download the switch firmware from the NOW Web site at http://now.netapp.com/NOW and install it, as described in the appropriate Brocade switch hardware reference manual.
2. Reboot the switch.

Disable the switch by entering the following command:

switchdisable

Clear any existing configuration on the switch by entering the following command:

cfgclear

Disable the configuration by entering the following command:

cfgdisable

Save the configuration by entering the following command:

cfgsave

Ensure that the switch is configured with default settings by entering the following command:

configdefault

Set the switch parameters by entering the following command:

configure

Result

You should only set the following parameters:

• Fabric parameters = y
• domain_id = XXX (See your system administrator for this value.)
• Disable device probing = 1

Exit the configuration utility by entering the following command:

ctrl-d

Reboot the switch so that the default settings take effect by entering the following command:

fastboot

Log in to the switch and disable the switch by entering the following command:

switchdisable

Set the switch port speeds to half duplex by entering the following command for each switch port into which a disk is plugged:

portcfglport port# 0,0,1 

Note
You only need to do this command on the ports to which disks are attached.

If the distance between switches is...

Then...

Between 500 meters and 10 kilometers

Set the ISL port distance on each ISL port to short distance by entering the following command:

portCfgLongDistance ISL-port#, "LE"

Between 10 and 30 kilometers

Set the ISL port distance on each ISL port to long distance by entering the following command:

portCfgLongDistance ISL-port#, "L1"

Enable the switch by entering the following command:

switchenable

Set the switch name by entering the following command:

switchname Metro1_switch1

Metro1_switch1 is the name you gave to the current switch. Use a name that is meaningful, such as node name and switch, as in the previous example.

Check the switch settings by entering the following command:

configshow

Repeat Steps 1 through 16 on the second switch on the local node.

Go to Step 3: Cabling the local node