Dell Brocade 6520 Web Tools Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.0 - Page 80
Physically locating a switch using beaconing, Locating logical switches using chassis beaconing,
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3 Physically locating a switch using beaconing Physically locating a switch using beaconing Use the Beacon button to physically locate a switch in a fabric. The beaconing function helps to physically locate a switch by sending a signal to the specified switch, resulting in an LED light pattern that cycles through all ports for each switch (from left to right). NOTE You must have an RBAC role of admin to initiate switch beaconing. The LED light pattern is initiated on the actual switch or chassis. It is not mirrored in the Switch View. To use beaconing, perform the following steps. 1. Select a logical switch from the Logical Switch drop-down list in the top-right corner of the Switch Explorer window. The selected switch displays in the Switch View. 2. Select Tools > Beacon > Beacon for a switch or Chassis Beacon for a chassis-based switch. The LED lights on the actual switch light up on the physical switch in a pattern running back and forth across the switch itself. In chassis-based switches, the LEDs glow across all the blades. 3. Look at the physical switches in your installation location to identify the switch. Locating logical switches using chassis beaconing To locate all logical switches in a chassis, perform the following steps. 1. Select a logical switch from the Logical Switch drop-down list in the top-right corner of the Switch Explorer window. The selected switch displays in the Switch View. 2. Select Tools > Beacon > Chassis Beacon. The LEDs on the logical switch light up on the blades associated with the logical switch. Virtual Fabrics overview Virtual Fabrics is an architecture that virtualizes hardware boundaries. Traditionally, SAN design and management is done at the granularity of a physical switch. Each switch and all the ports in the switch act as a single fabric element that participates in a single fabric. Virtual Fabrics allows SAN design and management to be done at the granularity of a port. This enables partitioning of a physical switch into multiple logical switches, which may be organized into logical fabrics. The following platforms are Virtual Fabrics-capable: • Brocade DCX and DCX-4S • Brocade 5300 • Brocade 5100 • Brocade 6510 • Brocade 6520 52 Web Tools Administrator's Guide 53-1002756-01