VTrak E-Class Product Manual - Promise Technology, Inc.

VTrak E-Class Product Manual
1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.
2. Click the Administrative Tools icon.
3. Click the Fibre Channel Management icon.
4. Click the SFP tab in Management View.
The SFP information for all Fibre Channel ports is shown.
SFP Information
• Connector – Type of connector
• Transceiver – SFP
• Transceiver Code – Defines the method to interpret the transceiver type and
compatibility options
• Serial Encoding – Serial encoding algorithm
• Bit Rate – In gigabits per second
• Link Length – The maximum link length depending the type of fiber
• Vendor Name – Vendor name of the SFP transceiver
• Vendor OUI – Organizational Unique Identifier, SFP vendor’s IEEE company
ID
• Vendor Part Number
• Vendor Revision
• Vendor Serial Number
• Manufacturing Date – Code with 2 digits each for year, month, day, and
optional vendor-specific lot number
Viewing Fibre Channel Logged-in Devices
To view a list of the devices currently logged into the VTrak:
1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.
2. Click the Administrative Tools icon.
3. Click the Fibre Channel Management icon.
4. Click the Logged In Device tab in Management View.
One of the devices in the list will be the port itself. If there is no other device,
this notification will appear: “There is no logged in device.” If a Fibre Channel
switch is attached, it will also appear in this list.
Viewing Fibre Channel Initiators
You must add an initiator to the VTrak's initiator list in order to use the initiator to
create a LUN for your logical drive.
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