HP (Hewlett-Packard) SAN Switch Bedienungsanleitung

McD A T A ® 4Gb S AN S w it c h f or HP p-C las s Blade S y ste m us er guid e P ar t number : AA-RW20C-TE Thir d edition: No vember 2006[...]

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McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 3 About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Prerequisite[...]

4 Sorting the event brow ser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Filtering the event browse r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Saving the event browse r to a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 5 Port status and opera tional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 McDATA Web Server C onfigured Zonese ts data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Configuring port thresh ol[...]

6 10 Events browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 11 Filter events dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 12 Devices data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 7 Abo ut this gui de This man ual descr ibes the McD A T A ® W eb Server™ and McD A T A Element Manager ™ management tools for the McD A T A 4Gb SAN S witch. McD A T A Element Manager is ref err ed to as Element Manager thr oughout this doc ument . The McD A T A 4Gb S AN S w itch[...]

8 Doc umen t con v enti ons and s y mbols WA R N I N G ! Indicates that failure to follow directi ons could re sult in bodily harm or death . CAUT ION: Indicates that f ailur e to follo w dir ecti ons could re sult in damage to equipment or data . IMP O RT A NT : Pr o v ides c larify ing inf ormati on or spec if ic instr ucti ons. NO TE: Pr ov ides[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 9 2. Redis tributi ons in binary for m must r epr oduce the abo ve cop y ri ght notice , this list of conditi ons, and the disc laimer that fo llow s thes e conditions in the doc umentati on and/or other mat eri als pr ov i ded with the distr ibution . 3. The name "JDOM" m u[...]

10 Helpful w eb sites F or other pr oduct infor mation , see the f ollo w ing HP we b sites: • http://www .hp.com • http://www .hp .com/go/stor age • http://www .hp.com/su pport/ • http://ww w .docs .hp.com • http://h710 2 8.www7 .hp.com/ent erpr ise/cache/8 0316 -0 -0 -0 -121.htm l[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 11 1 Using McD A T A W e b Ser ver/El ement Man ag er This s ection de scr ibes ho w to us e the McD A T A W eb Server and Eleme nt Manager applicati ons and their menus . McD A T A W eb Server is a gr aphical us er interface that pr o v ides both fa bri c and sw itch module managemen[...]

12 W or kstation r e quir ements The r equir ements f or fa bri c management wo rkstati ons running the McD A T A W e b Serv er web applet ar e listed in Ta b l e 2 . St arting McD A T A W eb Serv er T o start McDA T A W e b Serv er after the sw itc h is oper ational , ente r the sw itc h IP addre ss in an internet br ow ser . T he wor kstation u s[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 13 St ar ting Element Ma nager in HAFM T o use Element Manager , the H AFM clie nt applicati on mus t be running on y our w or kstatio n, or y ou m ust be accessing HAFM on the HAFM Appli ance. See yo ur HAFM document ation f or info rmatio n about starting and using HAFM. T o start E[...]

14 Setti ng pre fer enc es Y ou can c ustomi z e the follow ing pr efe rence s ettings for McD A T A W eb Server and Elemen t Manager: • Change the location o f the wor king dir ectory in whic h to sa ve f iles . • Change the location o f the bro w ser us ed to vi e w the online help . • Select a Displa y Dialog When Making No n -sec ur e Con[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 15 Using online help Online help is av ailable f or the McD A T A W eb Serv er and Element Manager applicati ons and their func tions . Online help is also cont ext-sensiti v e , that is, the online he lp opens to the top ic that de scr ibes the dialog y ou hav e open. T o open online[...]

16 User inter face The McD A T A W eb Server and Element Manager a pplicatio ns share a common in terface as sh ow n in Fi g u re 3 . T he interface consists of a men u bar , fabr ic tr ee , gra phic w indo w , data w indow s (some w ith buttons) , and data w indow t abs. T he sw itc h faceplat e is displa yed in the gr aphic w indo w and sho ws th[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 17 Menu bar The McD A T A W eb Ser v er and Element Manager menu bar opti ons are lis ted in Ta b l e 3 . T able 3 Menu Bar Options Menu McD A T A W eb Ser ver Options Element Manag er Options F ile Prefer ences Prefe rences HAFM Settings Ex it Fa b ri c N i ck n a m e s Redis cov er [...]

18 P opup menus P opup menus ar e displa yed w hen y ou ri ght-clic k the s witc h faceplat e image in the graphi c w indow . P o pup menu opti ons gi ve y ou q uic k access t o the fo llow ing common tasks and dialog s: • Re fr eshing a s w itc h • Selecting all ports or blades • Pr operties dialogs (P ort , Blade, S witc h, Netwo rk , and S[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 19 McD A T A W eb Se r v er F abr i c tr ee McD A T A W eb Server e nables y ou to manage McD A T A 4Gb SAN S witc hes and obs erve other s wit ches in th e fa bric. The fab ric t ree, s hown i n Fi g u r e 4 , pro v ides acces s to the faceplate displa y of each McD A T A 4Gb S AN S [...]

20 Data w indo ws and t abs The dat a windo w pr esents a t able of data and statis tic s assoc iat ed with the se lected tab f or the s w itch displa yed in the gr aphic w indo w . Use the s cr oll bar to br o ws e thr ough the data. T he windo w length can be adjus ted by c lic king and dr agging the borde r that it shares w ith the gr aphic w in[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 21 2 Managing F abr ic s This s ection des cr ibes the f ollo wing t asks that manage fabr ics u sing McDA T A W eb Server: • Sec uring a f abr ic , page 2 1 • Redis cov er ing a fa bri c , page 30 • Displa ying the e vent br o w ser , page 31 • W orking w ith dev ice inf or m[...]

22 Con n e ct io n se curi t y IMP O RT A NT : T he S SL and S SH serv ices can be managed o nly w ith Element Manager , whic h r equir es the Element Manager PFE k ey , and the CLI. See ” Installing Pr oduc t F eature Ena blement k ey s ” on page 8 2 for mor e infor mation about ins talling a PFE ke y . T o obtain the McD A T A 4Gb SAN S witch[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 23 De v i ce sec ur ity IMP O RT A NT : De vi ce sec ur ity is avai lable only w i th the McD A T A S ANtegr ity™ Enhanced PFE ke y and can be managed only w ith the CLI and Element Manager . Element Manager also r equir es a PFE k e y . See ” Installing Pr oduc t F eatur e Enable[...]

24 E dit Sec urity dialog Use the E dit Secur ity dialog to edit the sec urity conf igur ation on the s w itch . Y ou can also open and edit a sec ur ity conf igur ation sav ed to a file . E diting sec ur ity files co nsists of r enaming and r emo ving s ecur ity sets , gr oups , and members. T he Sec urity dialogs ar e a vaila ble only on a sec ur[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 25 Cr eate Sec urity Set dialog Use the C reat e Sec ur ity Set dialog s ho wn in Fig u r e 6 t o cre a t e a n ew s ec ur i t y s et. T h er e i s a m a xi m u m of 4 security set s. Fig ur e 6 Create Sec urity Set dial og T o add a sec ur ity set fr om the faceplate displa y: 1. Cli[...]

26 An empty (no member s) sec urity gr oup in the acti ve sec urity set w ill pr e ve nt all connecti ons fo r that sec urity gr oup type . F or e xample , an empty ISL sec ur ity grou p will cau se the sw itc h to r efu se all logins fr om other s witc hes . T o add a sec urity gr oup to a sec ur ity set: 1. Click Security on the tool bar in the f[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 27 The c onv enti ons f or P ort sec ur ity grou p members ar e lis ted belo w : • Y ou can enter member W orld Wi de Name (WWN) , whic h must be 16 hex c harac ters, or 2 3 char acter s with v alid WWN for mat xx:xx: xx:xx:xx :xx:xx:xx . • The au thenticati on ch oices ar e None [...]

28 Ed i t i n g t h e s e cu r i t y c o nf igur atio n on a s w itch T o edit a sec ur ity conf igur ation on the s w itch f r om the faceplate displa y: 1. Choose one of the f ollo wing to open the E dit Secur ity dialog: •C l i c k Security on the tool bar . •S e l e c t Security > Edit Sec urity . B y defaul t, the s ecu rity conf igur a[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 29 Sec ur ity Conf i g dialog Use the Sec ur ity Confi g dialog , show n in Fi g u re 9 , to sav e the acti ve s ecur ity configur ation on the s w itch t o non-volatile or to tempor ar y memory , and to requir e the domain I D of a s w itch be v alidated bef or e atta ching to the fa[...]

30 Deacti v ating a sec ur ity set Only o ne sec urity set can be acti v e at one time. T o deacti vate an ac tiv e sec urity set f r om the faceplate displa y: 1. Select Se c urit y > De ac tiva te Se cu rit y S et . 2. Select a se cur ity set fr om the dr op-dow n list in the Deacti vate Sec ur ity Set dialog. 3. Click Ye s to confir m that yo[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 31 Displa y ing the e v ent br o w ser The E ven t Br ow ser dis play s a list of e vents gene rated b y the sw itches in the fabr i c and the McDA T A W eb Server w eb applet . E vents that ar e gener ated b y the McD A T A W eb Serve r web apple t are n ot sav ed on the s witc h, bu[...]

32 Se ve rity is indicated in the sev er ity column using icons as descr ibed in Tab l e 4 . NO TE: E ven ts (Alar ms, Cr itical , W arning, and Inf ormati v e) generat ed by the w eb applet ar e not sav ed on the s wit ch . The y ar e permanen tly discar ded w hen yo u clos e a McDA T A W eb Server se ssion , but y ou can sav e these e v ents to a[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 33 F i lter ing the ev ent br o wser F ilter ing the Ev ent Br ow ser enabl es yo u to display onl y those e ven ts that are o f inter est based on the e vent se ver ity , timestam p, s our ce, ty pe , and descr iption . T o filter the E ve nt Bro wser , open the F i lter men u and se[...]

34 W orking w ith de v ice inf ormati on and ni c knames Dev ice s ar e hosts and sto rage ta rgets connect ed to the sw itch . A nickname is a u ser -def inable , meaningful name that can be used in place o f the W or ld Wi de Name . This sub-s ection de scr ibes ho w to v ie w and manage dev i ce infor mation and ni cknames . • Dev i ces data w[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 35 Displa y ing detailed de v ice inf or mati on In addition to the inf or mation that is av ailable in the De vi ces data w indo w , yo u can cli ck the (i) in the Details column to displa y mor e info rmatio n as sho wn in Fig u re 1 3 . Fig ur e 1 3 Detailed de v ices displa y dial[...]

36 Cr eating a nic kname T o creat e a dev ice port nic kname: 1. Select Fabric >Nicknames to open the Nic knames dialog . 2. Choos e one of the f ollo wing methods to en ter a nic kname . A nickname mu st start w ith a letter and can hav e up to 64 c har acters . V alid char acter s include alphanumer ic c har acter s [aA-zZ][0-9] and special s[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 37 Zo n i n g a f a b ri c If HAFM is used to manage the fabr ic , it is recommended to us e HAFM to manage the fabr ic z oning. If HAFM is not used and other McD A T A sw itch models ar e in the f abri c , it is recomme nded to use HAFM Basic or EFCM Basic , or in earlier f irm w are[...]

38 Zo n e s e t s A z one s et is a named group o f z ones . A z one can be a member of mor e than one z one se t. E ach sw itc h in the fabr ic main tains its o wn z oning database containing the ac tiv e z one se t. T his z oning dat abase r esides in no n -vol atile or permanent memory and is ther ef ore r et ained after a re set . See ” Displ[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 39 Z oning limits and pr opertie s Z oning limits v ary depending on the f irm war e installed on the s witc h . T o v ie w z oning limits and pr operties on a s witc h: 1. Select Zoning > Edit Zoning to open the E dit Z oning dialog. 2. Choo se one of the f ollo wing: • R ight-c[...]

40 Managing the z oning database Managing the z oning databas e consists of the f ollo win g: • E diting the z oning databas e , page 40 • Conf igur ing the z oning dat abase , page 4 2 • Sa ving the z oning databas e to a file , page 4 2 • Re stor ing the z oning database fr om a file , page 4 2 • Re stor ing the def ault z oning databas[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 41 • C l i c k a zo n e, zo n e s e t , o r p o r t i c o n . • R ight-cli ck t o select a z one set or z one , and open the cor re sponding popup menu . • Hold do wn the Shift k e y whil e cli cki ng sev er al co nsec uti ve i cons . • Hold do wn the Contr ol k e y while cli [...]

42 Conf i guring the z oning database Use the Z oning Conf ig dial og to change the Inter op Auto Save and Def ault Zone config urati on parame ters . The Default Zone par ameter a pplies onl y when Int er op Mode is set to McD A T A F abr ic Mode . Open the faceplate dis play . Selec t Zoning > Edit Z oning Config to open the Z oning Conf ig di[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 43 Re stor ing the def ault z oning database Re stor ing the def ault z oning clears the sw itc h of all z oning def initions . R est oring de fault z oning is a fabr ic -w ide acti on. W hen you ar e in S tandar d mode and re stor e defa ult z oning , no de vi ces/ports are a ble to [...]

44 Displa y ing the confi gur ed and acti v e z one sets Y ou can displa y the contents of the conf igur ed z one set and acti v e z one set w ith the Co nfi gured Z oneset data w indow and the Acti ve Z oneset data w indo w . T he Conf igur ed Z ones ets and Acti v e Z oneset data w indow s use dis play con ven tions f or expanding and contr actin[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 45 Cr eating a z one set To c r e a t e a zo n e s e t : 1. Select Zoning > Edit Zoning to open the E dit Zoni ng dialog . 2. Select Edit > Create Zone Set to op en the C r eate Zone Set dialog. 3. Enter a name f or the ne w z one set , and c lic k OK . T he new z one set name i[...]

46 Managing z ones Managing z ones inv ol ve s the fo llow i ng: • Cr eating a z one in a z one se t , page 46 • Adding z one members , page 4 7 • Re naming a z one or a z one se t , page 4 7 • Re mov ing a z one member , page 4 7 • Re mov ing a z one fr om a z one s et , page 48 NO TE: C hanges y ou sav e to the z oning database on a s w[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 47 Adding z one members Y ou can z one a por t/dev i ce by s w itch domain ID an d port number , or the dev i ce port WWN. Adding a port/dev ice to a z one affects e v ery z one set in whi ch that z one is a member . Domain ID/port z oning is only supported in McD A T A Fa bri c inter[...]

48 R emo v ing a z one fr om a z one set To r e m ov e a zo n e f ro m a zo n e s e t : 1. Select the z one to be r emov ed in the E dit Z oning dialog . The selected z one will be r emov ed fr om that zo n e s e t o n l y . 2. Select Edit > Remove . 3. Click Ye s in the Remo v e dialog to s av e the ch ange. 4. Click Apply in the E dit Z oning [...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 49 3 Managing s w itc he s This s ection de scr ibes the f ollo w ing tasks that manage s w itche s using the McD A T A W eb Server or Ele ment Manager applicati on. • Managing user accounts , page 4 9 • Conf igur ing RAD IUS s ervers , page 54 • Displa y ing s witc h inf ormati[...]

50 NO TE: If the same us er account ex ists on a s w itch and its RADIUS server , that user can login w ith either pass w or d, but the autho rity and account e xpir ation w ill alw ay s come fr om the sw itch databa se . Cr eating us er accounts A s wit ch can ha ve a max imum of 15 us er accounts. T o cr eate a ne w use r account on a sw itc h: 1[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 51 R emo v ing a us er account T o remo ve a u ser account on a s w itch: 1. Select S witch > User Accounts in the faceplat e displa y to open th e User A ccount Administr ation dialog. 2. Click the Rem ov e Account tab to open the Remo v e Account tab page sho wn in Fi g ure 1 9 .[...]

52 Changing a user account pas s w or d An y user can c hange their pas sw or d fo r their account , but only the A dmin account name can change the pass w or d for an other user ’s account . If the adminis trator does not kno w the us er’s or iginal pas sw or d , the administr ator mus t re mov e the account and add the account . T o change th[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 53 Modifying a u ser account T o modif y a user account on a s w itc h: 1. Select Sw itch > User Accounts in the f aceplate displa y to open the U ser Account A dministr ation di alog. 2. Click the M odify Account tab to open the Modify Account tab page sho w n in Fig u re 2 1 . 3.[...]

54 Con figu rin g R A D IUS se r vers IMP O RT A NT : RADIUS serve r support is available onl y w ith the McDA T A S ANtegr ity Enhanced PFE ke y and can be managed only w ith the CLI and Elemen t Manager . Element Manager also r equir es a PFE k e y . See ” Installing Pr oduct F eature Enableme nt k ey s ” on page 8 2 for mor e inf ormati on a[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 55 Adding a RADIUS s erve r A RADIUS server pr o vi des a method to centr ali z e use r and dev ice a uthenticati on ov er a networ k. Fig ur e 22 RADIUS Server Inf ormati on dialog—Add S erver tab page T o add a RA DIUS s erver : 1. Select Switch > Radius Servers in the f acepla[...]

56 Re movi n g a R A D I US s er ve r Re mov ing a RAD IU S server , disables the r emote authenti cation o f dev ice s or user s ov er the netw ork . Fig ur e 23 RADIUS Serve r Info rmation dialog—Remo v e Serv er tab page To r e m o v e a R A D I U S s e r v e r : 1. Select Switch > R adius Ser vers in the f aceplate displa y . 2. Click the [...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 57 E diting RADIUS s erver inf or mation E diting infor mation o f a R ADIUS serv er inv ol ve s changing the confi gurati on of a RADIUS serv er . Fig ur e 24 RADIUS Serve r Infor mation di alog—E dit Server ta b page T o edit informati on of a RADI U S server : 1. Select Switch &g[...]

58 Modifying RADIUS serv er authenti cation or der E diting infor mation o f a R ADIUS serv er inv ol ves changing the confi gurati on of a RADIUS server . Fig ur e 25 RADIUS Server Inf ormati on dialog—Modify Au thenticati on Or der tab page T o modif y the au thenticatio n orde r infor mation o f a RADIUS server : 1. Select Switch > R adius [...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 59 Displa y ing s w itc h inf or matio n The f aceplate displa y and data windo ws pro v ide the f ollo wing s w itc h informati on: • Swi t ch e ve n t l o g , page 5 9 • Dev ice and Ho st Bu s Ada pter inf or mati on , page 5 9 • S w itch st atus and oper ational inf or mation[...]

60 S wit ch s tatus and ope r ational inf ormatio n The Switch da ta win d ow , s hown in Fi g u r e 26 , display s the cur ren t status and oper ational inf ormatio n for the selected s w itch . T o op en the S w itch data w indow , clic k the Sw it c h tab belo w the data w indo w . Fig ur e 26 S witc h data w indow Infor mation in the S witc h d[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 61 Sta tus Oper ational S tate S witc h oper ational s tate: Online , Offline , Diagnosti c , Dow n Adminis trati ve St ate Cur r ent s w itc h administr ati ve s tate Conf igur ed Admin S tate S w itch admini strati v e stat e that is stor ed in the sw itc h confi gur ation Beacon St[...]

62 User Log in User Name Account name Log i n Leve l Aut ho rit y l evel Super Us er Super u ser pr iv ileges ena bled/disabled User Authenticati on Enabled En f or cement of accoun t names and author ity (alw ay s T rue) Fi r mw a re Firmware V ers ion Active firmware ve rsio n Inacti ve F irm war e V ersi on Not applic able . P ending F irm war e[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 63 SNMP En abled SNMP enabled or disabled . Zo n e s / S e cu r i t y Inter op Mode Inter opera bility mode. Use S tandar d to connect to FC-S W- 2 complian t sw itc hes and McD A T A sw itc hes in Open F abr ic Mode . Use McD A T A F abr ic Mode to connect to McDA T A sw itc hes in M[...]

64 P or t perfor mance statis tics The P ort St atistic s data windo w displa y s port per f ormance data f or the selec ted ports. Cli ck the Po r t S t a t s data w indow ta b in the faceplate displa y to open the P ort Statisti cs data w indow . See ” P ort statisti cs data win d ow ” on page 8 8 for a des cr iption of the P ort Statis tics [...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 65 Co nf igur ing port thr eshold alar ms IMP O RT A NT : P ort thre shold alarms can be managed onl y with Elemen t Manager , whic h r equir es the Element Manager PFE k ey , and the CLI. See ” Installing Pr oduct F eature Ena blement k ey s ” on page 8 2 for mor e infor mation a[...]

66 NO TE: T he s witc h w ill do wn a port if a rising tr igge r alarm is not c lear ed after three consec uti v e sample win d ows. Fig ur e 29 P ort thre shold alarm e xample 8. Enter a sam ple windo w in seco nds. T he sample w indo w def ines the peri od of time in w hic h to count even t s. 9. Repeat s teps 3 thr ough 7 f or each alarm y ou w [...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 67 R ese tting a s w itc h Re setting a sw itch r eboots the sw itc h using conf igur ation par ameter s in memory . Depending on the res et type , a s w itch r es et may or ma y not inc lude a P ow er -on Self T est (P OS T) , or it may or ma y not disr upt tr affi c. Ta b l e 9 desc[...]

68 Con figu rin g a sw i tch Y ou can conf igur e a s w itch e xplic itly or y ou can use the C onfi gurati on W i z ard . T he Conf igur ation W i z ar d is a ser ies of di alogs that guide y ou thr ough the cha ssis, netw ork , and SNMP conf igur ati on step s on new or replac ement switc hes. Select Wi zards > Configur ation Wiz ard to launc [...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 69 Domain ID and domain ID lock The domain ID is a uniq ue F ibre C hannel identif ier f or the s w itch . The F ibre Channe l addres s consists of the domain ID , port ID, and the A rbitr ated L oop Ph ysi cal Addr ess ( ALP A). S wit ches come fr om the fact ory with the Domain ID L[...]

70 Ta b l e 1 0 lists the corr esponding domain ID v alues f o r each inter o p mode: S tandard mode and McD A T A F abr ic mode . Sys l o g The S y slog (Remote L ogging) featur e enables sav ing of the log infor mation to a r emote ho st that supports the s ysl og pro tocol. Whe n enabled, the log en tri es ar e sent to the s y slog host at the I[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 71 S w itch a dmi nistrative states The s w itc h administr ati v e state de termi nes the oper atio nal state of the s wi tch . T he sw itch administ rati ve state e x ists in two f orm s: the confi gured adminis trati v e state and the c urr ent administr ati ve s tate . • The con[...]

72 F abr i c Dev ice Management I nterf ace F abr ic Dev ice Management Interface (FDMI) pr o vi des a means to gather and displa y dev i ce infor mation fr om the f abri c, and allo w s FDMI capable dev i ces to r egister certain inf ormatio n with the f abri c, if FDMI is enabled . McDA T A W eb Server or Element Manager w ill r epor t an y and a[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 73 Timeout v alues The s w itc h timeout v alues deter mine the timeout value s for all ports on the s w itc h. Ta b l e 1 2 desc r ibes the s wit ch timeout par ameters. The timeout val ues must be the s ame for all s w itche s in the fabr ic . NO TE: Mi smatched timeout v alues w il[...]

74 Use ca ution w hen disabling the Embedded GUI, GUI Mgmt , T elnet, S SL , and S SH, as it is pos sible to disable all acces s to the s w itch e x cept thr ough a ser ial connecti on . IMP O RT A NT : T he S SL and S SH serv ices can be managed o nly w ith Element Manager , whic h r equir es the Element Manager PFE k ey , and the CLI. See ” Ins[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 75 Networ k pr operties Use the Networ k Properties di alog show n in Fi g u re 33 to change IP conf igur atio n paramet ers . T o open the Networ k Pr operties dialog, c hoose one of the f ollo wing: • Select Swi t c h > N e t wor k Pro p er t i es . • R ight-cli ck a s w itch[...]

76 SN M P p rop e r t i es Use the S NMP Properties dialog sho w n in Fi g u re 34 to change S NMP confi gurati on paramet ers. After ma ki ng ch an ge s, cl ick t he OK button to put the ne w value s into effec t. T o open the SNMP Pr operties dialog , choo se one of the fo llow ing: • Select Swi t c h > S NM P Pro p er t i es . • R ight-cl[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 77 S NMP confi gur atio n The S NMP confi gur ation def ines ho w authenti cation tr aps ar e managed . Ta b l e 1 4 desc ribes the S NMP confi gur ation par ameter s. T he illegal char acter s for the us er-de fined f iel ds are the pound si gn (#) , semi-colon (;), and comma (,) . S[...]

78 Archivin g a sw i tch Y ou can c reat e an .XML arc hiv e f ile containing the conf igur ation par ameter s. Basi cally an y data r ecei ved by McD A T A W eb Se r v er is ar chi ved . This ar c hiv e file can be u sed to r estor e the conf igur atio n on the same s witc h or on a r eplacement s w itch . Y ou can also u se the ar chi ve f ile as[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 79 R est or ing a s w itc h Re stor ing a sw itc h loads the ar chi ved s w itc h confi gurati on paramet ers to the s w itch . The s w itch confi gur ation mu st be ar c hiv ed bef or e it can be r est ored . T he sw itc h ar chi v e must be compatible w ith the s witc h to be r esto[...]

80 4. T o res tor e all conf igur ation s ettings, c lic k the Fu ll Restore tab , then clic k Restore . T o r estore sele cted confi gur ation s ettings, c lic k the Selectiv e Restor e tab and select one o r more of the follo w ing options , then cli ck Resto re : • Netw ork Pr ope rtie s —Res tor es all settings pres ented in the Networ k pr[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 81 Do w nloading a suppo r t f ile The Dow nload Support File option ass embles all log f iles and s wit ch memory data into a cor e dump f ile ( dump_support.tgz) . This file can be s ent to tec hnical suppo rt p er sonnel fo r tr oubleshooting s w itch pr oblems . T o creat e a supp[...]

82 Installing Pr oduct F eature Enablement k e y s A PFE k ey is a pass w or d that yo u can purc hase f rom y our sw itch dist ribut or or author i z ed r esell er that enables partic ular fe ature s in yo ur sw itc h . The fol low ing PFE k e ys ar e a vailabl e: • S ANtegr ity Enhanced PFE ke y enables de v ice sec ur ity on the s w itch . Thi[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 83 Installing f irm war e Installing f irm w ar e inv olv es loading , unpacking , and acti vating the fir mw ar e image on the s wit ch . McD A T A W eb Ser v er does this in one operati on. T o pr ov ide co nsistent perf ormance thr oughout the f abr ic , ensur e the fo llo wing: ?[...]

84 Displa y ing har d w ar e st atus T o display a summary of the har dw ar e status inf ormati on in a popup te xt box , r est the c ursor o v er the cha ssis LED c lust er in the facepl ate displa y . • P ow er LED—Indicat es the volt age status o f the sw itc h. • Heartbeat LED—Indicates the gener al statu s of the internal s w itc h pr [...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 85 4 Managing ports The dat a windo w s pro v ide port info rmation and port st atistics f or se lected ports. T his secti on desc ribe s the fo llow ing tasks that manage ports and dev ices: • P ort infor mation data w indo w , page 8 5 • P ort statisti cs data w indo w , page 88[...]

86 The P ort Inf ormati on data w indow en tri es are lis ted belo w in Ta b l e 1 7 . T able 17 P ort informati on data w indo w entri es Entry Desc ription Summary P ort Addre ss P ort Fibr e Channel addr ess . Adminis trati v e P ort T ype The adminis trati v e port t ype (G , GL, F , FL) . This v alue is persist ent; it w ill be maintained dur [...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 87 Advan ce d MF S Mode Multiple F r ame Sequence bundling s tatus. I/O Str eam Guar d Not appli cable Dev ice S can Dev ice s can status . Enabled means the sw itc h quer ies the connected de vi ce during login f or FC- 4 desc r iptor info rmatio n. Au to P erformance T uning Enables[...]

88 Po r t s t a t i s t i c s d a t a w i n d o w The P ort St atistics dat a windo w , sho w n in Fi g u re 4 0 , display s st atistics about port perfor mance . Select one or mor e ports in the f aceplate displa y that you w ant to v ie w statis tics . Cli ck the Po r t S t a t s d ata window tab to open the P or t Statistics window . Fig ur e 4 [...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 89 BB_Cr editReco v eryFr ameF ailur e Number of times mor e frames w er e los t during a c redit r e co very per iod than the r eco very pr ocess co uld r esol ve . This caus es a L ink Re set to r eco ver the c r edits. B B_ C re d i t Re c ove r y R R D Y Fai l u re N u m b e r of [...]

90 LIP(f7 ,f7) A loop initiali z ati on primiti v e fr ame used to acq uir e an AL_P A. LIP(f8,AL_P S) This LIP denotes a loop failur e detected by the L_port identif ied b y AL_P S . LIP(f8,f7) A loop initiali z ati on primiti ve fr ame used to indi cate that a Loop F ailure has been dete cted at its rece iv er and does not ha ve a v alid AL_P A. [...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 91 V ie w ing and conf igur ing ports P ort color and te xt pro v ide inf ormati on about the port and its oper ational s tate . T o display port number and status inf or mation f or a port , position the c u rs or ov er a port on the faceplate dis play . T he status infor mation chan[...]

92 Po r t s t a t e s The port administr ati ve st ate deter mines the operati onal stat e of a port. T he port administrati v e state has two f orms: the conf igur ed administr ati ve s tate and the c urr ent administr ati ve s tate . Ta b l e 1 9 descr ibes the port administr ativ e and oper ational st ates. • The conf igur ed administr ati ve [...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 93 Po r t t y p e s The e xternal por ts can be configured to self-discov er the proper type to match the devi ce or sw itch to w hich it is connect ed. Ta b l e 2 0 lists the possible port types and the ir meanings. NO TE: Int ernal ports can be F_P ort or FL_P ort only . P ort types[...]

94 P or t speeds External ports ar e capable of tr ansmitting and rece iv ing at 1-Gbps , 2 -Gbps , or 4 -Gbps. Inter nal ports are capa ble of tr ansmitting and r ece i v ing at 1-Gbps o r 2 -Gbps . T he ports can be conf igur ed for e ither tr ansmission speed or to sens e the transmissi on speed of the dev ice to whi ch i t is connected . Ta b l[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 95 Po r t b i n d i n g IMP O RT A NT : P ort binding is a vail able only in Ele ment Manager w hich r equire s the Element Manager PFE key . Se e ” Installing Pr oduct F eatur e Enablement k e y s ” on page 8 2 for mor e info rmation a bout installing a PFE k ey . T o obtain the [...]

96 • SerDes leve l (internal) —The S erDes le vel t est v erif ie s port cir c uitry . The Ser Des lev el tes t sends a tes t fr ame fr om the A SIC through the SerDes c hip and back to the AS IC for the selected ports. The port passe s the test if the fr ame that w as sent b y the A SIC matche s the test f rame that w as r ecei ved . T his tes[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 97 Gl ossa r y Active firmwar e The f irm w ar e image on the sw itc h that is in use Active zone set The z one set that defi nes the cur r ent z oning f or the fabr ic Activity LED A po rt LED that indicates w hen fr ames ar e enter ing or leav ing the port Administrativ e state Stat[...]

98 Fabric v iew file A file containing a s et of fa bri cs that wer e opened and sa ved dur ing a pre v ious McDA T A W eb Ser ver session Fan F ail LED An LED that indicate s that a cooling fan in the sw itc h is operating belo w standar d Fla sh m em or y Memory on the s w itch that contains the c hassis contr ol fir mw ar e For ce PRO M m o de S[...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 99 Principal switch T he sw itc h in the fabr ic that manage s domain ID assignmen ts Product Featur e Enablement k ey A pass w or d that you can pur cha se fr om y our s w itch distr ibutor o r author i z ed r eseller to enable partic ular featur es in y our sw itch SFP Small F orm-F[...]

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McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 101 Inde x A active zone set 38 , 44 Active Zoneset data window 44 administrative state configured 71 , 92 current 71 , 92 port 92 switch 71 alarm configuration 65 archive configuration 78 audience 7 authentication device 54 trap 77 user 54 authorized reseller, HP 9 auto save, zoning [...]

102 Fabric Device Management Interface 72 factory defaults 80 FC-4 desc riptor 94 FDMI - See Fabric Device Mana gement Interface File Transfer Protocol 74 firmwa re install with McDATA Web Server 83 non-disruptive activation 83 FL_Port 93 G gateway address 75 generic port 93 graphic window 19 group add member 27 create 26 display 28 display member [...]

McDATA® 4Gb SA N Switch for HP p-Cla ss BladeSystem u ser guide 103 Q QuickTools 15 R RADIUS - See Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service read community 77 refresh 59 related d ocumentati on 7 Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service add server 55 authentication order 58 description 22 edit configuration 57 remove server 56 remote logging 70[...]

104 W web server se rvice 74 web sites HP documentation 7 HP storage 10 HP Subscriber’s choice 9 wizard, configuration 68 working directory 14 workstation requirements 12 write community 77 Z zone add member port 47 definition 37 remove member port 47 rename 47 zone merge description 48 failure 48 failure reco very 48 zone set activate 45 active [...]