and the initial setup of the IBM V7000 done: http://helmutati.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/initial-setup

and the initial setup of the IBM V7000 done: http://helmutati.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/initial-setup-of-an-ibm-v7000-storwyze-data-array-step-2/ , we now will have a look at the initial setup of the CISCO MDS SAN switches. Initial configuration
The top socket of these two is the Console Port, and is a serial port, while the bottom port is an Ethernet port. This Ethernet port should foodservice rewards be connected to the management network with a CAT5 UTP fly-lead. Use a serial cable to connect theManagement port to the serial connector on a laptop, terminal server, or serial terminal. You need to be able to handle RS-232 communications at 9600 BAUD.
With both the serial and Ethernet ports connected, switch on the two power supplies on the rear of the switch, and wait until the Switch Setup Utility screen appears on your laptop/terminal screen. Answer yes to the out-of-band management question. Set the IPv4 IP address, netmask, and gateway address. Terminate the Setup Switch Utility. foodservice rewards
The switch now can be reached by either installing the CISCO Device Manager GUI software and then using its GUI, or connect using a ssh client to connection to the CLI (command line interpreter). If you want to use the GUI, have a look at your product documentation, seeing that I will be using the CLI to do all further configuration of the SAN with. A word or two about using the CLI
Although you will be able to use the GUI if you establish a browser connection to the management ports on the management network, your management network then will not be as secure as when it is totally foodservice rewards isolated from your production network. You will have to open up access to the http and https ports through your firewall which protects the management network, and this may lead to a breach of your network security.
If however you decide to only use the CLI, then your management network can be isolated, and for remote access to your management network you then will have to go through one of your servers. foodservice rewards This adds another layer of security to your management network.
In working with the CLI on both the IBM V7000 as well as the CISCO switches, I up to now have come across one scenario only where you have to use the GUI. That is when you want to assign two hosts to be able to access the same LUNs. The IBM CLI does not allow you to do so, while the GUI will allow it, but prompts you to confirm that you want to do so, and then issues a serious warning about having only one server at a time enabled to write to the LUN. This warning is not to be taken lightly, because if two servers write to the same LUN simultaneously, you stand an excellent chance to totally foodservice rewards corrupt the contents of the LUN. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
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