Brocade Communications Systems BR-1020 manual

53-1 00 1256-0 1 12 June 20 09 ® 53-1 00 1256-0 1 Brocade Adapt er s Administrat or’s Guide Suppor ting CN A models BR-10 10 and BR-1020 Suppor ting HBA models 4 15, 425, 8 15, 825[...]

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Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide iii 53-1001256-01 Contents About This Document In this section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Document conv entions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

iv Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Suppor t ed features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 OS-specific f eatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Chapter 3 Getting Started with HCM Software In this chapt er . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide v 53-1001256-01 HCM Logging lev els . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Configuring the HCM logging le vel using the GUI . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 Advance d por t configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Opening the Adv ance[...]

vi Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Configuring beaconing using the GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Configuring beaconing using the BCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 SFP Management . . . . . .[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide vii 53-1001256-01 LPORT Pr oper ties panel (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 15 Master Log tab (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6 Master Log Filt er dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Persist ent Binding dialog bo [...]

viii Brocade Adapters Administrator ’ s Guide 53-1001256-01 ethlog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 1 ethport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 72 fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide ix 53-1001256-01 Figures Figure 1 HCM Login dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Figure 2 Change HCM Password dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Figure 3 Change HCM Agent password dialog[...]

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Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide xi 53-1001256-01 Tables Ta b l e 1 HCM tree pop-up menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ta b l e 2 Ethernet Link Layer Driver ope rating system support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Ta b l e 3 FCoE driver operating system support .[...]

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Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide xiii 53-1001256-01 About This Document In this section • How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii • Document conv entions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv • Notice to th e reader . . .[...]

xiv Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 • Appendix C, “HCM T roubleshooting,” provides a summar y of HC M navigation pr oblems and wor karou nds . Document conventions This section describes te xt formatting con venti ons and important notice formats u sed in this document. Text formatting The narrative-t ext formatting co[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide xv 53-1001256-01 Key terms For definitions specific t o Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Broc ade Glossar y . For definitions specific to this document, see “Glossary and acronyms” on page 20 1. For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the St orage Networking Industr y Association online dictionar[...]

xvi Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Other industry resources For additional resource information, visit the T echnical Committee T11 W eb site. This Web sit e pro vides interface standards f or high-per f orman ce and mass storage applications f or Fibre Channel, storage management , and other applications: http://www .t11.o[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide xvii 53-1001256-01 Document feedback Quality is our first concern at Brocade and we ha ve made ev er y effor t t o ensure the accuracy and complet eness of this document. How ever , if you find an error or an omission, or y ou think that a topic need s fur ther de velopment, we w ant to he ar from you. Fo r[...]

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Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 1 53-1001256-01 Chapter 1 Fibre Channel over Ethernet In this chapter • FCoE ov er vie w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 • Enhanced Ethernet f eatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 •[...]

2 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Enhanced Ethernet features 1 Drivers Three types of adapte r drivers are pro vided in installation packages: • Storage dr iver - This is a unified driver that provides Fibre Channel frame transport for Br ocade HBAs and FCoE transport for Br ocade CNAs. The adapt er logic detects ei ther a[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 3 53-1001256-01 Enhanced Ethernet features 1 Priority-based flow control Priority flow contro l pau ses traffic based on the pr iority levels. A high-le vel pause algorithm f ollows: • During periods of hea vy congestion, the receiv e buf f ers reach high threshold and generate a pause. • The pause tell[...]

4 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 FCoE protocols supported 1 FCoE protocols supported The Bro cade FCoE conv erged network adapt er suppor ts two l ayers of pr otocols: Ethernet link la yer and FCoE la yer . They are listed in the f ollowing sections. Ethernet link layer protocols supported The follo wing protocols support t[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 5 53-1001256-01 Chapter 2 HCM Overview In this chapter • HCM sof tw are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 • HCM f eatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 • T ree [...]

6 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 HCM features 2 HCM features Common HBA and CNA managemen t sof twa re features include the f ollowing: • Discov er y using the agent software running on the servers attached to the SAN, which enables you t o contact the devices in your SAN. • Configuration management , which enables you [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 7 53-1001256-01 Tree node pop-up menus 2 TA B L E 1 HCM tree pop-up menus SAN component Pop-up menu feature Host Refresh All Star t Polling Upload Boot Code Image Change Agent Passwor d Configure Names Basic Por t Configuration Persist ent Binding Statistics > Por t Statistics FC-SP Suppor t Save T ree &[...]

8 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Operating system support 2 Operating system support There are slight dif f eren ces in the operating syst ems (OSs) that are supported on the driver , on the Host Connectivity Manager (HCM), and the Broc ade Command Line Utility (BCU), and the HCM agent. Ethernet Link Layer Driver OS support[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 9 53-1001256-01 Supported features 2 FCoE Driver OS support Ta b l e 3 lists the operating syst ems suppor ted on the F CoE driver . Supported features Some features are av a ilable only in specific por t nodes. These f eatures are identified in Ta b l e 4 . TA B L E 3 FCoE driver operating syst em suppor t[...]

10 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 OS-specific features 2 OS-specific features Some features are available only in specific OS environments. The features are sho wn in Ta b l e 5 . TA B L E 5 OS-specific f eatures Features Windows Linux Solaris VMWare Storage - NPIV suppor t Y es Y es No Y es Ethernet - VLAN su pport Y es Y [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 11 53-1001256-01 Chapter 3 Getting Started with HCM Software In this chapter • HCM sof tw are launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 • Changing an HCM application passwor d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 • Discov er [...]

12 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 HCM software launch 3 Launching the application on Linux platforms Af t er installi ng t he HCM software, loca te Br ocade HCM on the Linux platf orm. • If using a GNOME shell, double-click the BROCADE_FCHBA icon to launch the application . • If using a KDE shell, single-click the BROCA[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 13 53-1001256-01 HCM software launch 3 Changing an HCM application password Y ou can change the default passwor d of the ap plication t o a dif ferent passwor d using the Change HCM Passwor d dialog. Note the f ollowing when you change a password: • Y o u mu st va li d ate yo ur u se r id en ti t y by s u[...]

14 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 HCM software launch 3 Changing an HCM agent password Y ou can change the def ault password of th e agent t o a dif f erent password using the Change HCM Agent Pa ssw ord dialog. Note the f ollowing when you change a password: • Y o u mu st va li d ate yo ur u se r id en ti t y by s up pl [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 15 53-1001256-01 HCM software launch 3 Resetting a password or restoring a factory default password After a successful installat ion, copy the /data/noitacitnehtua.properties file t o your personal folder so that, in case the passwor d is lost, you can ov er write the noitacitnehtua.properties file in the d[...]

16 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 HCM main window 3 HCM main window F rom the Host Connec tivity Manager main window , you can manage all the adapters installed in this computer . Alternatively you can manage adapt ers in stalled in remot e computers, if the comput ers are networ ked. Only one ho st can be managed at a time[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 17 53-1001256-01 HCM product icons 3 HCM product icons On the left side of the Host Connectivity Manage r , there is a na vigation tree for representing the managed host with adapt ers and por ts. Each tree node has an icon to represent the type of node. If the operational status is of fline, link-down, or [...]

18 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Discovery 3 Discovery Discov er y enables you to contact the adapt ers pres ent in a specified host in your SAN. The setup discov er y pro f ile is sa ved in the SetupDiscovery.properties fil e to r eme mbe r th e hi stor y of each host and relat ed attributes of discov ered hosts. When you[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 19 53-1001256-01 Logging off HCM 3 2. F rom the Host Name list, select the host name fr om where you will discover the adapt er . For the first time, the Host Name list will contain only the Local host. Y ou must specify the Hostname or the IP address f or discovering th e remote servers. Only previo usly -[...]

20 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Logging off HCM 3[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 21 53-1001256-01 Chapter 4 Host Configuration In this chapter • Host security authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 • Buffer credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 • Basic [...]

22 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Host security authentication 4 Configuring security authentica tion using the GUI (Host and HBA) Y ou can access the Fibre Channel Security Pr otocol C onf iguration dialog box by selecting the Host, an HBA, or an HBA port from the device tree. NOTE FC-SP is not av ai lable f or Solaris pla[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 23 53-1001256-01 Host security authentication 4 3. Configure the f ollowing parameters o n the Port Security Authentication tab: a. Select the Enable A uthentication check box t o enable or disable the authentication policy . If authentication is enabled, the po r t attempts to negotiat e with the switch. I[...]

24 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Buffer credits 4 Buffer credits Buffer -to-buffer credit flo w control is implement ed to limit the amount of data a port sends, based on the number and size of the frames sent from th at port. This scheme allows Fibre Channel t o be self-thro t tling, thereb y allowing it to establish a re[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 25 53-1001256-01 Basic port configuration 4 Opening the Basic Port Co nfiguration dialog box There are slight changes in HCM’s basic por t configuration dialog, depending on the operating syst em. Y ou can acce ss the Basic Port Configuration dialog box by selecting the Host, an HBA, an HBA por t, a CNA ,[...]

26 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Basic port configu r a tion 4 Port logging level The number of messages logged by the host depends on the predetermined logging level. Altho u gh the adapter might generate man y messages, only cer tain types of messages are logged based on the specified logging le vel. Configuring the port[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 27 53-1001256-01 Basic port configuration 4 Port speed Port speed is the maximum amount of data that ca n pass through the por t at a giv en secon d. The unit of measurement is in gigabits per second (Gbps). NOTE For the 10 Gbps CNA, the only option i s auto-negotiat e. Configuring the port speed using the [...]

28 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Basic port configu r a tion 4 Frame data field size Buffer credits det ermine the maximum amount of fram e data. If the number of buffer credits is no t large enough t o handle the link distance and speed, per formance can be severely limit ed. See “Buffer credits” on page 24 for inf or[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 29 53-1001256-01 Basic port configuration 4 Enabling and disabling persiste nt binding using the BCU T arge t persist ent binding enables target por t w orld wide name bindin g to a p er si ste nt tar ge t I D for the OS stack. Using the -list operand, you can quer y the list of mappings fr om the persisten[...]

30 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Basic port configu r a tion 4 NOTE Y ou must first enter the bcu port -disable <port_id> command, f ollowed by the bcu port -enable <port_id> command, befo re the bcu qos -enable or bcu qos -disable commands tak e e ffect. Enter the f ollowing commands to enable or disable QoS s[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 31 53-1001256-01 Basic port configuration 4 Path Time Out Y ou can enable o r edit the Path Time Out field only when MPIO is disabled. Specifying Path Time Out using the G UI 1. S elect Configure > Basic P or t Configuration fr om the Host Connectivity Manager . The Basic Por t Configuration dialog box d[...]

32 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Boot over SAN (HBA onl y ) 4 Enabling and disabling rate limiting on the adapt er side using the BCU Enter the f o llo wi ng command to enable or di sable rate limiting on the adapter side. NOTE Y ou must first enter the bcu port --disable <port_id> command, f ollowed by the bcu port [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 33 53-1001256-01 Boot over SAN (HBA only) 4 Configuring Boot over SAN The boot-LUN table lists the vendor information, LUN capacity , and whethe r t he L UNs ar e accessible. These fiel ds are not editable. Y ou can acce ss the Boot ov er SAN dialog box b y selecting the Host, an HBA, or an HBA por t fr om [...]

34 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Boot over SAN (HBA onl y ) 4 8. Select the Boo t Device Port WWN row in the table, then click the up and down arr ows to mo ve the ro w up or down in the table. The host will attem pt t o boot from the first LUN in the table, and then mov e on to succeeding LUNs. • Y ou can dele te a ro w[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 35 53-1001256-01 Virtual Port configuration 4 FIGURE 9 Boot Code Image Upload dialog bo x 4. Click the Browse butt on and navigat e to the location of the boot code image. 5. Select the boo t code image and click Op en . The selected file uploads. If an error occu rs during the uploading process, an err or [...]

36 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Virtual Port configuration 4 NOTE By default, the Use aut o-generated check box is selected and the Generate Again button is enabled. Y ou can still edit the Vir tual Port WWN field if Use auto- generated is selected. FIGURE 1 0 Virtual Port Creation dialog box 3. ( Optional ). Pro vide a s[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 37 53-1001256-01 HCM Logging levels 4 HCM Logging levels Y ou can set the log l e vel for the f ollowing m odules: • Agent communication log, where all messages are ex changed between the HCM GUI application and the HCM agent. • HCM debug log, where messages are logged locally . If you do no t set an HC[...]

38 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Advanced port configuration 4 Advanced port configuration Y ou can acce ss the Advanced Port Confi guration dialog box by selecting an HBA por t or an FC oE por t fr om the device tree. For each port, you can configure the following paramet ers usin g the Advanced P or t Configurati on dial[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 39 53-1001256-01 Advanced port configuration 4 Queue Depth configuration The queue depth is the number of I/O operations th at can be run in parallel on a de vice. When the queue is full, the drive refuses to accept an y a dditional SCSI com mands. The device continues to refuse new commands until at least [...]

40 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 NPIV 4 Configuring the Interrupt Contr ol C oalesce using the GUI (HBA only) 1. Select a port from the de vice tree. • F rom the Host Connectivity Manager , select Configure > Advanced Port Confi guration. The Advanced P or t Configuration dialog box displays. OR • Right-click a por [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 41 53-1001256-01 Name configurat ion 4 Name configuration The Host Connecti vity Manager a llows you t o conf igure names as a method of pr oviding familiar , simple names to w orld wide nam es f or adapters, por ts, virtual por ts, and remot e por ts in the SAN. (A logical port can be a base por t or a vi [...]

42 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Name configuration 4 Editing the name fields Only the name, the world wide name (WWN), and th e description fields are editable. Depending on the component, the following occ urs when you edit the name fields: • Name changes on the adapt er and por ts are sent t o the agent and stored in [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 43 53-1001256-01 Name configurat ion 4 Adding name entries Y ou can add up to 2000 names which are then st ored in the HbaAliasdb.properties file. The entries persist during reb oot. The WWN types are as follows: • Node • Por t • Rem ote Por t • V_Por t • Dual Role (port type that acts as initiato[...]

44 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Name configuration 4 4. Select a de vice to highlight it and click the Remove button t o remove the disco vered de vice from the list. The Re move button clears the names of the disc o vered WWN and the entire r ow of the detached (undiscov ered) WWN. 5. Click OK t o close the window . Expo[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 45 53-1001256-01 Name configurat ion 4 Importing the properties for a WWN 1. S elect Configure > Names from the Host Connectivity Manager . OR Right-click a device from the device tree and select Configure N ames . The Configure Na mes dialo g box displays. 2. Select one of the following fr om the Displa[...]

46 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Name configuration 4 Importing properties in DCFM or FM format Y ou can use this procedure t o import proper ties in DCFM or Fabric Manage r (FM) format. 1. I n the C onfigure Names dialog box, select DCFM/FM F ormat and then select Impor t . 2. Na vigate t o the location of the *.pr oper t[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 47 53-1001256-01 Name configurat ion 4 Importing duplicated names The Duplicated Names dialog box displa ys when you impo rt a file with a duplicate name. 1. S elect Configure > Names from the Host Connectivity Manager . OR Right-click a device from the device tree and select Configure N ames . If there [...]

48 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 VLAN configuration 4 VLAN configuration A Vir tual LAN (VLAN) is a collection of networ k nodes that share the same br oadcast domain regardl ess of their phys ical location or connectio n point to the n etwork. A VLAN s er ves as a l ogical workgroup with no o ther physical barriers and al[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 49 53-1001256-01 VLAN configurati on 4 The VLAN Configuration dialog displays. FIGURE 1 5 VLAN Configuration dialog box 3. Click the Add butt on that corresponds t o the VLANs table. 4. Click Ad d on the VLAN Configuration dialog ( Figure 15 ). The A dd VLAN dialog displa ys. Fi gure 1 6 shows a VLAN config[...]

50 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 VLAN configuration 4 VLAN configuration conflicts Figure 1 7 shows the VLAN C onfiguration dialog box if a PORT VLAN exists in the configuration. When a PORT VLAN e xists, the VLAN Add, Edit, and R emov e buttons are disabled. FIGURE 1 7 VLAN Configuration dialog box with PORT VLAN A po rt [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 51 53-1001256-01 VLAN configurati on 4 3. Click Edit on the VLAN Configuration dialog ( Figure 15 ). The Edit VLAN dialog displays. FIGURE 1 9 Edit VLAN dialog box 4. T ype a new name in th e VLAN Name text bo x. 5. Click OK . Removing a VLAN Y ou can acce ss the VLAN Configuration dialog bo x by selecting [...]

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Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53 53-1001256-01 Chapter 5 Monitoring In this chapter • Performance monit oring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 • Master Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 • Application log[...]

54 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Performance monitoring 5 Polling frequency rate The fast er the polling rate, the mo re quickly the HCM GUI receiv es indications fro m the host. Howe ver , fast er polling rates consume more of your system’s CPU and netw ork resources and can therefo re slow the system. Controlling the p[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 55 53-1001256-01 Master Log 5 Master Log The Master Log Properties dialog box, des cribed in Ta b l e 1 0 , displays a list of all ev ents that have occurred. Eve n t monit oring enables early fault de tection and isolation on a select ed adapter . Y ou can filter the e vents based on th e user -defined cri[...]

56 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Master Log 5 Filtering event log entries Event filte ring enables y ou to block e vents based on user-define d criteria (sev erity or type of log). Events that ha ve been filtered out do not appear in the Master Log 1. C lick th e Filt er button in the Master Log section of the bott om pane[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 57 53-1001256-01 Application log 5 Application log The application log displays all application-related informational and err or me ssages, as w ell as the following attributes: • Date and time the message occurred • Sev erity of the message • Description of the message • The agent IP address FIGURE[...]

58 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Syslog support 5 Syslog support Syslog fo r war ding is the process by which y ou can configure the Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) agent to send Syslog messages to other computer s through por t 5 1 4. Y ou can configure the HCM agent to f or w ard ev ents to a maximum of three Sysl og des[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 59 53-1001256-01 Syslog support 5 Removing a host server 1. S elect Configure > Sys log from the mai n menu. The Syslog Ser v er Configuration dialog box displays. 2. Enter the host name of the destination device into the Hostname field. 3. Ent er the IP address of the destination device int o the IP Add[...]

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Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 61 53-1001256-01 Chapter 6 Diagnostics In this chapter • Fibre Channel diagnostics using the B CU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 • Fibre Channel diagnostics using the G UI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 • Beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

62 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Fibre Channel diagnostics using the BCU 6 Fibre Channel diagnostics using the BCU The purpose of diagnostic commands i s to eva luate the i nteg rity of th e sy stem h ardwa re. Be su re to disable the port before running an y type of port diag nostics. In addition , it is advisable that yo[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 63 53-1001256-01 Fibre Channel diagnostics using the GU I 6 Fibre Channel diagnostics using the GUI The purpose of diagnostic commands i s to eva luate the i nteg rity of th e sy stem h ardwa re. Be su re to disable the port(s) before running an y type of por t diagnostics. In addition, it is advisable that[...]

64 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Fibre Channel diagnostics using the GUI 6 3. Click the check box that corresponds t o the por t test you are running. 4. Specify the parameters based on paramet er information found in Ta b l e 1 5 . NOTE Click the Stop on Err or check box if you want the test t o stop running if an error o[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 65 53-1001256-01 Fibre Channel diagnostics using the GU I 6 Running a Fibre Channel protoc ol-level test using the GUI There are three pr otocol-le vel tests: • Echo test, which sends an FC Echo ELS t o a remote port. • FC ping test, which req uests the management se rver to t est the connectivity with [...]

66 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Displaying test log details 6 4. Click the check box that corresponds t o the protoco l test you are running. 5. Select a por t, targe t, and logical por t fr om the lists, and click Add to add it to the te st table. 6. Define how many times the test runs b y specif yi ng the test cy cle nu[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 67 53-1001256-01 Displaying test log details 6 FIGURE 2 7 T est Log Details f or Echo T est dialog box FIGURE 28 T est Log Details f or FC trace test dialog bo x[...]

68 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Ethernet diagnostics 6 Ethernet diagnostics The Ethernet loopba ck t est g enerat es an d sends ou t the desired number of packets and expects t o receive the same number of pack ets through the loopback int er face (Ser des or external). Each time a packe t is sent it is selected from a di[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 69 53-1001256-01 Beaconing 6 The Ethernet T est options are descri bed in Ta b l e 17 . Beaconing Beaconing is a continuous signaling of error conditions on a LAN. Beaconing can occur either on the por t or o n one or both sides of the link (k no wn as end-to-end beaconing). Link end -to-end beaconing pro v[...]

70 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 SFP Management 6 SFP Management The Por t SFP dialog bo x enables you to displa y the prop er ties that are associat ed with a select ed small form-f actor pluggable (SFP) transceiver . Displaying SFP information using the BCU Enter the f ollowing command t o view the SFP inf o rmation. If [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 71 53-1001256-01 Debugging 6 Debugging The f ollowing debug commands capture all the su pport information needed to diagnose suspect ed system issues: • por tlog Displays the log of FC frames and o ther m ain contr ol messages that were sent out and received. • por tlogclear Clears the po rt’s frame l[...]

72 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 supportSave 6 supportSave The supportSave co mmand collects debu g inf ormation needed from the driv er . The captured debug inf ormation can be sa ved to the local filesystem and then sent to the supplier for fur ther inv estigat ion. The inf ormation that is captured is detailed in Ta b l[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 73 53-1001256-01 supportSave 6 Automatic statis tics collection The por t statistics log file is collecte d as part of the suppor tSa ve activity . Port statistics collection occurs every eight hours and will be logged in t o a rolling file under the /log/ di rec tor y . The re a re a max imu m of five ba c[...]

74 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 supportSave 6 supportSave collection using a browser Y ou can use an Internet bro wser (Internet Explorer 6 or higher or Firef ox 2.0 or higher) to collect and transf er suppor tSav e information f or the driver and the HCM agent. Use a browser if y ou do not ha ve roo t access, if y ou do [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 75 53-1001256-01 Appendix A HCM Dialog Boxes In this section • Authentication Statistics dial og bo x (HBA an d CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 • Backup dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 • Base Port Properties panel (HBA and CN[...]

76 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 In this sect ion A • Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 • Pro tocol T ests dialog bo x (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 • QoS Statistics dialog box (HBA on ly) . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 77 53-1001256-01 Authentication Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Authentication Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Authen tication Statistics dialog box enables y ou to display statistical inf orm ation relat ed to transmitted and received DH-CHAP attem pts for a select ed por t. Opening the dialo[...]

78 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Authentication Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Using the dialog box Ref er to the f ollowing t opics for specific pr ocedures using this dialog box: • “Configuring security authenticat ion using the GUI (Host and HBA)” • “Por t Statistics dialog box (HBA a nd CNA)” • “[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 79 53-1001256-01 Backup dialog bo x (HBA and CNA) A Backup dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Back up dialog box allows y ou to create a back up of data and configuration files. Opening the dialog box Select an y device fr om the device tree and select T ool > Backup Data fr om the Host Connectivity Manager . [...]

80 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Base Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA) A Base Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA) The Base Por t Pr oper ties panel enables you t o display the pr oper ties that are associated with the base por t. Opening the properties panel 1. F rom the de vice tree, select a base port. 2. In the right[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 81 53-1001256-01 CEE properties panel (CNA only) A CEE properties panel (CNA only) The CEE properties panel enables you to displa y the proper ties that are associat ed with a selected conv erged network adapt er (CNA). Operational CEE Configuratio n is displa yed when the CEE Status is Activ e. The Remot e[...]

82 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 CEE Port Properties panel (CNA only) A CEE Port Properties panel (CNA only) The Por t P rope r tie s panel enables you to displa y the properties that are assoc iated with a selected CEE por t. Opening the properties panel 1. Select a CEE port in the device tree. 2. Click the Proper ties ta[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 83 53-1001256-01 CEE Statistics dialog bo x (CNA o nly) A CEE Statistics dialog box (CNA only) The CEE Statistics dialog bo x enables you to displa y the stat istics that are associat ed with the link lay er por t. Opening the CEE Statistics dialog box 1. F rom the de vice tree, select a physical po r t of [...]

84 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 CEE Statistics dialog bo x (CNA only) A DCBX Receiv e Sequence Numbers The number of DCBX receiv e sequence numbers on the phys ical por t of the CNA . DCBX Receiv e Acknowledgements The number of receiv e acknowledgements for DCBX . CEE HW Config Changed The number of times the phy sical p[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 85 53-1001256-01 Change HCM Password dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Change HCM Password dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Change HCM Passw ord dialog box enables you to change an e xisting password f or the application. Opening the dialog box Select Configure > Change HCM Password fr om the Host Connectivity Mana[...]

86 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Change HCM Agent dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Change HCM Agent dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Change HCM Agent Passw ord dialog bo x enables you to change an e xisting password f or the host. Opening the dialog box Select Configure > Change P assword > Change Agent P assword fr om the Hos[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 87 53-1001256-01 CNA Properties panel (CNA only) A CNA Properties panel (CNA only) The CNA Pr oper ties panel enables you t o display the pr oper ties that are associat ed with a selected Conv erged network adapt er (CNA). Opening the properties panel 1. Select a CNA in the de vice tree. 2. Click the Proper[...]

88 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 CNA Properties pan el (CNA only) A V endor ID T he identifier of the PCI Regist er’s vendor . Device ID The device ID of the PCI Register . Subsystem ID The ID of t he PCI subsystem. Subsyst em Vendor ID The ID of the PCI subsystem vendor. Current # of Lanes The number of PCI lanes, in Gb[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 89 53-1001256-01 Configure Names dialog box (HBA and CN A) A Configure Names dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Configure Na mes dialog box enables you t o add a worl d wide name and an associated name for an adapt er , por t, or st orage device that is no t y et discov ered. Y ou can also remov e a device from t[...]

90 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Define Name dialog box ( H B A and CNA) A Define Name dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Define Name dialog box enables you t o assign a name to an existing w orld wide nam e . Opening the dialog box 1. Right-click on an HBA, a CNA or a por t in the dev ice tree. NOTE Y ou ca n not define a name [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 91 53-1001256-01 Duplicated Names dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Duplicated Names dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Duplicated Names dialog bo x enables you t o display configured names that are redundant. Opening the dialog box 1. Sel ect Configure > Names from the Host Connectivity Manager . 2. Click Fix Duplic[...]

92 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Eth IOC Statistics di alog box (CNA only) A Eth IOC Statistics dialog box (CNA only) The Eth IOC Statistics dialog bo x enables you to displa y st atistical information related t o the Ethernet IOC. Opening the dialog box 1. Select an Ether net por t fr om the device tree. 2. Select Monit o[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 93 53-1001256-01 Ethernet Port Properties panel (CNA only) A Ethernet Port Properties panel (CNA only) The Ethernet Por t Pr ope rties panel enables you to displa y the properties that are associated with a selected Etherne t por t. Opening the properties panel 1. Select an Ether net por t in the de vice tr[...]

94 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Eth Statistics dialog box (CNA only) A Eth Statistics dialog box (CNA only) The Eth Statisti cs dialog box enables you t o display statis tical information related to the Ethernet por t. Opening the dialog box 1. Select an Ether net por t fr om the device tree. 2. Select Monit or > Stati[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 95 53-1001256-01 Eth Statistics dialog box (CNA only) A Rxf0 Multicast Vlan T otal number of received multicast VLANs. Rxf0 Br oadcast Octets T otal number of received br oadcast octets Rxf0 Br oadcast T otal number of received broadcast f rames. Rrxf0 Broadcast Vlan T otal number of receiv ed broadcast VLA[...]

96 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Event Properties dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Event Properties dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Event Pr oper ties dialog box displa ys the proper ties associat ed with a selected e vent fr om the Master Log. Opening the dialog box 1. C lick th e Master Log tab, locat ed on the bottom pane of the[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 97 53-1001256-01 Fabric Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Fabric Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Fabric Statistics dialog box enables you t o view statistics on a select ed Fabric. Opening the dialog box 1. Select a por t fr om the device list. 2. Select Monitor > Statistics > Fabric Stati[...]

98 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 FCoE port properties (CNA only) A FCoE port properties (CNA only) The FCoE Port proper ties panel enables y ou to displa y the proper ties that are associated with a selected FCoE port. Opening the properties panel Select an FCoE por t in th e device tree and click the Proper ties tab in th[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 99 53-1001256-01 FCoE port proper ties (CNA only) A Using the property panel Ref er to the f ollowing t opics for specific pr ocedures using this dialog box: • “Enabling and disabling ra t e limitin g on the ada p ter side using the GUI” • “Enabling and disabling ra t e limitin g on the ada p ter [...]

100 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 FCoE Statistics dial og box (CNA only) A FCoE Statistics dialog box (CNA only) The FCoE Statistics dialog box enables y ou to display stat istical inf ormation related to the Fibre Channel ov er Ethernet (FCoE) por t. Opening the dialog box 1. Select an FCoE port from the device tree. 2. S[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 101 53-1001256-01 FCP IM Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A FCP IM Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) The FCP IM Statistics dialog box e n ables you to displa y Fibre Channel Prot ocol Input Method (FCP IM) statistical information for initiators and targets. Opening the dialog box Select Monitor > St[...]

102 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 FCP IM Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Using the dialog box Ref er to the f ollowing t opics for specific pr ocedures using this dialog box: • “Por t Statistics dialog box (HBA a nd CNA)” • “Polling freq uency rate” • “Resetting statistics” • “Performance monit [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 103 53-1001256-01 FCP IM Module Statistics dialog box (HBA an d CNA) A FCP IM Module Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) The FCP IM Module Statistics dialog box enables y ou to displa y statis tical inf ormation for each initiator target ne xus (ITN). Opening the dialog box Select Monitor > Statistics &g[...]

104 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 FCP IM Modu le Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Using the dialog box Ref er to the f ollowing t opics for specific pr ocedures using this dialog box: • “Por t Statistics dialog box (HBA a nd CNA)” • “Polling freq uency rate” • “Resetting statistics” • “Performanc[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 105 53-1001256-01 Fibre Channel Security Protocol dial og box (HBA and CNA) A Fibre Channel Security Protocol dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Fibre Channel Security Pr otocol (FC SP) dialog bo x enables you to define sec urity authentication on sele ct ed por ts. Opening the dialog box 1. Select a supported de[...]

106 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Hardware Tests Diagnostics dialog box (HBA a nd CNA) A Hardware Tests Diagnostics dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Por t T ests diag nostics dialog box enables you t o run test s on the por t and to configure parameters such as link speed and frame count. Opening the dialog box 1. Select an HB[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 107 53-1001256-01 HBA Properties panel (HBA only) A HBA Properties panel (HBA only) The HBA Pr oper ties panel enables y ou to display the proper ties that are associat ed with a selected 4 Gbps or 8 Gbps Br ocade HBA . Opening the properties panel 1. Select an HBA in the de vice tree. 2. Click the Proper t[...]

108 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 HBA Properties panel (HBA only) A Current # of Lanes The number of PCI lanes, in Gbps, each way between the PCI slot and the adapte r . PCIe Generation The number of times the PCI Regi ster is generated. Initial Negotiat ed # of Lanes The set nu mber of PCI lanes that were initially ne got[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 109 53-1001256-01 IOC Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A IOC Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) The IOC Statistics dialog box enables y ou to view statistics related to the input/output contro ller (IOC). Opening the dialog box 1. Select a physical port of the HBA or an FCoE port of a CN A from the devi[...]

110 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 IOC Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A intr_c ause0 The number of 0 cause int errupts on the firmware port. intr_evt The number of ev ent-type interrupts on th e f irm ware port. intr_other The number of other -type interru pts on the firmw are por t. intr_other_ign T he number of other[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 111 53-1001256-01 IOC Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Using the dialog box Ref er to the f ollowing t opics for specific pr ocedures using this dialog box: • “Por t Statistics dialog box (HBA a nd CNA)” • “Polling freq uency rate” • “Resetting statistics” • “Performance monit ori[...]

112 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 LLDP Properties panel (CNA only) A LLDP Properties panel (CNA only) The LLDP Pr oper ties panel enables you to displa y t he link la y er properties that are associated with the selected co nverged network adapt er (CNA), both locally and remot ely . Opening the properties panel 1. Select [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 113 53-1001256-01 Logical Port Statistics dialog bo x (HBA and CNA) A Logical Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Logical Port Statistics dialog box enables y ou to display stat istics that are related t o a selected logical por t. Opening the dialog box Select Monitor > Statistics > Logical [...]

114 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Logical Port Statist ics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Using the dialog box Ref er to the f ollowing t opics for specific pr ocedures using this dialog box: • “Por t Statistics dialog box (HBA a nd CNA)” • “Polling freq uency rate” • “Resetting statistics” • “Performance[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 115 53-1001256-01 LPORT Properties panel (HBA and CNA) A LPORT Properties panel (HBA and CNA) The LPOR T Properties pa nel enables y ou to display the proper ties that are associated with a logical por t. Opening the properties panel 1. F rom the de vice tree, select a physical po r t. 2. Click the LPORT s [...]

116 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Master Log tab (HBA and CNA) A Master Log tab (HBA and CNA) The Master Log enables you to display a list of all events that have occurred. Opening the Master Log Click the Master Log tab, located on the bo ttom pane of the Host Connectivity Manager . A master summary of events on a ll disc[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 117 53-1001256-01 Master Log ta b (HBA and CNA) A Using the dialog box Ref er to the f ollowing t opics for specific pr ocedures using this dialog box: • “Master Log” • “E vent seve ri tie s” • “Filtering e vent log entries”[...]

118 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Master Log Filter dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Master Log Filter dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Master Log Filt er dialog box enables y ou to filt er the events y ou receive by time, se verity , category , or world wide name. Opening the dialog box 1. Select the Mast er Log tab, located at the[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 119 53-1001256-01 Persistent Binding dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Persistent Binding dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Persistent Binding dialog box enables target port worl d wide name binding to a persist ent target ID fo r the OS sta ck. Y ou can view the Persistent Binding dial og box a t the host l ev e l, th[...]

120 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Port POM Properties panel (HBA and CNA) A Port POM Properties panel (HBA and CNA) The P or t POM Properties panel enables y ou to monitor the SFP attributes. A notification is given f or any paramet ers that are not within the configured power , t emperature, voltage, and current specifica[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 121 53-1001256-01 Port Properties panel (HBA only) A Port Properties panel (HBA only) The Por t P rope r tie s panel enables you to displa y the properties that are assoc iated with a selected HBA por t. NOTE QoS properties apply only to the HBA. Opening the properties panel 1. Select a por t in the d evice[...]

122 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Port Properties panel (HBA only) A Using the property panel Ref er to the f ollowing t opics for specific pr ocedures using this dialog box: • “Configuring the por t speed using the GUI” • “Specify ing the maximum frame size using the GUI” • “Specify ing the maximum frame s[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 123 53-1001256-01 Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Port Statistics dialog box enables you t o monitor the performance of the CNA and the traf fic between the CNA and the L UNs. Y ou can use the inf o rmation t o isolate and tr oubleshoot areas that affe[...]

124 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Using the dialog box Ref er to the f ollowing t opics for specific pr ocedures using this dialog box: • “Por t Statistics dialog box (HBA a nd CNA)” • “Polling freq uency rate” • “Resetting statistics” • “Performance monit or[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 125 53-1001256-01 Protocol Tests dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Protocol Tests dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Prot ocol T ests dialog bo x enables you to run diagnost ic t ests on Fibre Channel components. Opening the dialog box 1. S elect Configure > Diagnostics fr om the Host Connectivity Manager . 2. Click [...]

126 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 QoS Statistics dialog box (HBA only) A QoS Statistics dialog box (HBA only) The QoS Statistics dialog box enables you to vie w stat isti cs relat ed to Quality of Service (QoS). Opening the dialog box Select Monitor > Statisti cs > QoS Statistics from the Host Connectivity Manager . [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 127 53-1001256-01 Remote Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA) A Remote Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA) The Remot e Por t Pr oper ties panel enables you to displa y the pr operties that are associated with the remote port. Opening the properties panel 1. F rom the device tree, se lect a remo te por t (tar[...]

128 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 SFP Properties panel A SFP Properties panel The SFP Properties panel enables you t o display the pr oper ties that are associat ed with a selected small form-f actor pluggable (SFP) transceiver . Opening the properties panel 1. Select a por t in the d evice tree. 2. Click the SFP or SFP+ t[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 129 53-1001256-01 SFP Properties panel A Ve n do r P ar t The par t number of the e xtended link. Revi sio n The re vision lev el of the extended link. Wa velength T he wav elength translation, which e nables longer reach thr ough low er attenuation. Options Displa ys details about the transceiv er; for e x[...]

130 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Syslog Server Configuration dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Syslog Server Configuration dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Syslog Server Configuration dialog box enables y ou to configur e the h ost connectivity manager (HCM) to send Syslog messages to other c omputers thr ough por t 5 14. Y ou can c[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 131 53-1001256-01 Target Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Target Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) The T arget Statistics dialog bo x enables you to displa y stat istical information f or a selected remote p o rt ( R _ P o rt) o r FC o E po rt . Opening the dialog box Select Monitor > Statistics &[...]

132 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Target Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A LOG O R ece ive d The number of times l ogouts are received. HAL uninit Create Event s The number of har dware abstraction lay er (HAL) uninit create even ts. HAL uninit Excepti on Events The numbe r of hardware abstraction la yer (HA L) uninit [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 133 53-1001256-01 Target Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Using the dialog box Ref er to the f ollowing t opics for specific pr ocedures using this dialog box: • “Por t Statistics dialog box (HBA a nd CNA)” • “Polling freq uency rate” • “Resetting statistics” • “Performance monit [...]

134 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Test Log Details dial og bo x (HBA and CNA) A Test Log Details dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Test Log Details dialog box enables y ou to view details about a select ed por t or pr otocol t est. Opening the dialog box 1. Sel ect Configure > Di agnostics from the Host Connectivity Manager [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 135 53-1001256-01 Virtual Port Creation di alog box (HBA an d CNA) A Virtual Port Creation dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Vir tual Por t Creation dialog box enables y ou to create a new virtual por t from a physical port or FCoE por t. Opening the dialog box 1. Select a ph ysical por t fro m the device tree. [...]

136 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Virtual Port Deletion di alog box (HBA and CNA) A Virtual Port Deletion dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Vir tual Port Deletion dialog box enables you t o delete an e xisting vir tual port or FCoE por t. Opening the dialog box 1. Select a virt ual port from the de vice tree. 2. Select Configur[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 137 53-1001256-01 Virtual Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA) A Virtual Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA) The Vir tual P or t Paramet ers properties panel enables you t o display the pr oper ties that are associated with a vir tua l por t or FCoE port. Opening the properties panel Select a vir tual port f[...]

138 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Virtual Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Virtual Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) The Vir tual Port Statistics dialog box enables you t o view st atistical information relat ed to a s el e c t e d vi rt u al p o rt or F C oE p o rt . Opening the dialog box 1. Select a vir[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 139 53-1001256-01 Virtual Port Statistics dialog bo x (HBA and CNA) A Using the dialog box Ref er to the f ollowing t opics for specific pr ocedures using this dialog box: • “Por t Statistics dialog box (HBA a nd CNA)” • “Polling freq uency rate” • “Resetting statistics” • “Performance[...]

140 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 VLAN Configuration dialo g box (CNA only) A VLAN Configuration dialog box (CNA only) The VLAN Configuration d i al o g b o x e n a bl e s yo u to cr e a te a lo g ic a l wo r k g ro u p co n s is t in g o f u p to 6 4 VLANs. Y ou can also add, edit , or remove VLANs using the VLAN Configur[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 141 53-1001256-01 VLAN configuration - Add a VLAN dialog box (CNA only) A VLAN configuration - Add a VLAN dialog box (CNA only) The Add VLAN dialog box allows you to create a VLAN . Y ou can create a VLAN by sel ecting an Ethernet por t. Opening the dialog box 1. Select an Ether net por t fr om the device t[...]

142 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 VLAN configuration - Edit a VLAN dialog box ( C NA only) A VLAN configuration - Edit a VLAN dialog box (CNA only) The Edit VLAN dialog bo x allows you to edit an existing VLAN. Opening the dialog box 1. Select an Ether net por t fr om the device tree. 2. Select Configure > VLAN Configur[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 143 53-1001256-01 VLAN Statistics dialog bo x (CNA o nly) A VLAN Statistics dialog box (CNA only) The VLAN Statistics dialog box enables you t o display stat istics relat ed to a select ed vir tual LAN. NOTE If a PORT VLAN exists in the VLAN conf iguratio n, you cannot per f orm any add, dele te, or edit op[...]

144 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 VLAN Statistics dial og box (CNA on ly) A[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 145 53-1001256-01 Appendix B Brocade Command Utility In this appendix • adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1 • auth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

146 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 About the BCU B About the BCU This appendix pro vides reference documentatio n f or the Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU) suppor ting the Br ocade Fibre Channel components. BCU runs in two modes: • Direct mode, where you type the co mman d at the command prompt. F or example: bcu port -[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 147 53-1001256-01 BCU commands B Boot commands boot ov er SAN commands apply to the 8 Gbps HBA only . bcu boot --blunZone -c <cfg> -p <por t_wwn > -r <rport _wwn> -l <lun_id | lun#> --upload [adapter_id ] <image_file> [-a] Conv erged Enhanced Et hernet (CEE) commands bcu cee --[...]

148 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 BCU commands B bcu ethlog --lev el <port_id > Ethernet Port commands bcu ethpor t --s tats <po rt_id > --statsclr <po rt_id > FC diagnos tic commands bcu fcdiag --fcping <por t_id> <r pwwn> [-l lpwwn] --fctracerout e <port _i d> <rpwwn> [-l lpwwn] [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 149 53-1001256-01 BCU commands B --disable <por t_id> --stats <port_id> --statsclr <po rt_id > --quer y <por t_id> --top ology <port_id> {auto | p2p|lo op} --speed <por t_id> <speed> --dfsize <po rt_id > [dfsize] Remot e por t (rport) commands bcu rpor t --lis[...]

150 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 BCU commands B V irtu a l p ort (v po rt) co mm an ds Not e: vpor t commands are no t suppor t ed on Solaris platforms. bcu vport --creat e <port_id> <v pwwn> [-n <n wwn>] [-s <sname>] --delete <por t_id> <vpw wn> --query <port_id > <vpwwn> -[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 151 53-1001256-01 adapter B adapter Displays and sets adapt er parameters. The adapte rs are HBA models 4 15, 425, 8 15, and 825 and CNA single-port models BR-10 1 0 and BR-1 020. NOTE When trunking is enabled, multiple physical po rts are trunke d together t o form a logical Fibre Channel por t. Synopsis b[...]

152 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 adapter B bcu adapter --query 1 Example:# bcu adapter --query 1 Adapter Information: model info: BR-1020 OEM info: N/A num ports: 2 max speed: 10 Gbps chip revision: Rev- X hw path: 0000:0a:00 Serial Num: ARZ0351D00L name: PCI Information: vendor id: 0x1657 device id: 0x0014 ssid: 0x0014 s[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 153 53-1001256-01 adapter B Flash Information: status: good fw version: FCHBA2.0.0.0 bios version: brocade_adapter_boot_fw_v2-0-0-0 bcu adapter --query 3 Adapter Information: model info: BR-1010 card type: CNA num ports: 2 max speed: 10 Gbps chip revision: Rev- X hw path: 0000:14:00 Serial Num: ALX0714D05R [...]

154 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 auth B auth Enables authentication configu ration on a per -por t basis and the ability to displa y authen tication status and statistics. Synopsis bcu auth -- algo < por t_id > < md|sha1|ms|sm > bcu auth -- policy < port_id > { on|of f } bcu auth -- secret < port_id &[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 155 53-1001256-01 auth B por t_id Specifies the ID of the por t f or which you want to display information. --stats Displays the authentication statistics. por t_id Specifies the ID of the por t f or which you want to display information. --statsc lr Clea rs the authentication statis tics. por t_id Specifie[...]

156 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 auth B auth_tx_stats: auth_rjts: 0 auth_negs: 2 auth_dones: 0 dhchap_challenges: 0 dhchap_replies: 2 dhchap_successes: 0 auth --statsclr 4/1 Successfully cleared auth stats See Also None.[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 157 53-1001256-01 bios B bios Enables the basic input/output syst em (BIOS) in preparation for Boo t Over SAN. The BIOS is the firmw are code that, when first powere d o n , is a type of boot loader . NOTE Refe r to th e Brocade Fibre Channel CNA Ins tallation and Reference Manual f or more information abou[...]

158 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 bios B b pwwn,lun Specifies the host bo o ts from the LUN inf ormation def ined by the target po rt world wide name (PWWN) and LUN v alue (lun*). Specify the PWWN as a colon-separated v alue and the LUN as a 64-bit decimal value. The LUN must be the same LUN that you bound t o the CEE por [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 159 53-1001256-01 boot (HBA only) B boot (HBA only) Updat es the boot code in flash. The boot-o ver-S A N f eature is not supported on the con verged network adapt er (CNA). The adapter id could be an y one of the following: • <adapter_id> • <adapter_sn> • <adapter_name> • <adap[...]

160 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 cee B cee Queries the Con verged Enhanced Ethernet inf ormat ion on the port and displays statistics. The por t_id could be an y of t he f ollowing: • Adapt er ID or p or t ID • Por t n ame • Por t h ardware path NOTE All switches must be in non-willing mode. Synopsis bcu cee -- quer[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 161 53-1001256-01 cee B Priority Table CoS: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ____________________ PGID 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 FCoE Priority Table 2 # bcu cee --stats 1/0 _________________________ CEE Statistics _________________________ LLDP Frames Transmitted 29 LLDP Frames Aged Out 0 LLDP Frames Discarded 0 LLDP Frames with Erro[...]

162 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 debug B debug The debug comman ds gather suppor t information on Fibre Channel componen ts. Synopsis bcu debug -- por tlog < por t_id > bcu debug -- por tlogclear < por t_id > bcu debug -- por tlogctl < por t_id > < enable | disable > bcu debug does not suppo r t th[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 163 53-1001256-01 debug B Example bcu debug --portlog 10/0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- time event port code args --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08:35:28.430 fwm 10/0 00 00001234, 00050001 08:35:28.431 mbox 10/0 01 0[...]

164 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 debug B Warning: No saved firmware trace Done. ===================== Fetching Firmware trace for port 3/1 ===================== Warning: No saved firmware trace Done. ========================= Fetching supportshow details ========================= Done. ============================== Creat[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 165 53-1001256-01 diag B diag Lists the non-des tructive gr oup of diagn ostic commands. Synopsis bcu diag -- sfpshow < port_id > bcu diag -- tem ps how [ ad_id ] bcu diag -- beacon < por t_id > { on | of f } [-t < secs >] bcu diag -- pciloopback < port_id > < patt ern > bcu di[...]

166 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 diag B --loopback Sends a health check message from the host to the firmware through message queues me mor y-mapped ov er the PCI. This is an of fline diagnostic test. por t_id Specifies the ID of the port on which you want t o run a loopback t est. -t sub_test_id Specifies the loopback te[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 167 53-1001256-01 diag B bcu diag --tempshow 1 temperature: 43.131800 C bcu diag --beacon 1/1 on Port beacon turned on To turn on the first LED with green color: bcu diag --ledtest 1/0 1 on green led turned on See Also “fcdiag”[...]

168 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 drvconf B drvconf Sets the basic paramet ers for the driv er to function properly . Note: The drvconf commands are supported on Windows platforms only . Synopsis bcu drvconf - -ke y <ke y_name> [- -val <value>] Description Changes the values f or basic Windows registry entr y p[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 169 53-1001256-01 ethdiag B ethdiag The Ethernet Por t Loopback T est that tests the Et hernet data path fr om the host to Ser des or ext ernal loopback based on y our selection. Synopsis bcu ethdiag -- loopback < port_ id > [-t < loopback_type ] [-c < frame_count >] [-p patt ern ] Descriptio[...]

170 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 ethioc B ethioc Displays or clears Ethernet IOC statistics. The por t_id could be an y of the following : • Adapt er ID or p or t ID • Por t n ame • Por t h ardware path Synopsis bcu ethioc -- enable <por t_id> bcu ethioc -- disable <por t_id > bcu ethioc -- quer y <po[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 171 53-1001256-01 ethlog B ethlog Sets the log level f or each Ethe rnet driver . The por t_id cou ld be an y of the following: • Adapt er ID or p or t ID • Por t n ame • Por t h ardware path Synopsis bcu ethlog -- level < port_id > [< level >] Description The number of messages log ged by[...]

172 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 ethport B ethport Di sp lay s o r c le ar s s ta ti st ic al in for ma tio n o n t he E the rn et po r t. An Et he rn et po r t i s a lo gi ca l E th er ne t that uses CNA ’s physical por t as a transport. Synopsis bcu ethpor t -- stat s < por t_id > bcu ethpor t -- stat sclr < [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 173 53-1001256-01 ethport B bcu ethport --statsclr 1/0 Successfully reset the ethernet port stats See Also None[...]

174 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 fabric B fabric Prints and resets F ab ric statistics. Synopsis bcu fabric -- stats < por t_id > bcu fabric -- statsclr < po rt_id > Description Displays or clears F abric statis tics. Operands --stats Prints the fabric statistics . por t_id Specifies the ID of the fabric port [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 175 53-1001256-01 fcdiag B fcdiag Runs diagnostic t ests on Fibre Channel components. Synopsis bcu fcdiag -- fcping < port_id > < rpwwn > [-l < lpwwn >] bcu fcdiag -- fctracer oute < por t_id > < rpwwn > [-l < lpwwn >] bcu fcdiag -- fcecho < por t_id > < rpwwn &g[...]

176 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 fcdiag B Examples bcu fcdiag --fctraceroute 2/0 50:05:07:63:04:13:46:eb Error: Reject from attached fabric bcu fcdiag --fctraceroute 2/0 50:05:07:63:04:13:46:eb FC Traceroute completed successfully. Path Info: bcu fcdiag --fctraceroute 2/0 50:05:07:63:04:13:46:e1 FC Traceroute Failed. Reas[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 177 53-1001256-01 fcpim B fcpim Enables or disables fast failo ver of init iat or mode I/O. The def ault setting is of f. Synopsis bcu fcpim -- stats < por t_id > bcu fcpim -- statsclear < port_id > bcu fcpim -- qdepth < por t_id > < q_depth_value > bcu fcpim -- que ry < port_id &[...]

178 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 fcpim B Example bcu fcpim --stats 1/0 50:00:1f:e1:50:0d:da:a9 rport onlines: 4 rport offlines: 3 PRLI sent: 4 PRLI Accepts: 4 PRLI error responses: 0 PRLI responses parse err: 0 fcxp alloc waits: 0 Second level err recovery: 0 Num times in initiator mode: 0 HAL fcpim statistics online even[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 179 53-1001256-01 IOC B IOC Enables or disables the IO Contr oller (IOC), wh ich ref er s t o the combination of por t and the firmw are controlling it. NOTE The Interrupt Control Coalesce feature is not suppor t ed on t he con verged network adapter (CNA). Synopsis bcu ioc -- stats < port_id > bcu io[...]

180 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 IOC B delay Sets the dela y timeout interrupt value. A delay can be between 0 to 1125 microseco nds. A delay v alue of 0 di sables the dela y timeout interrupt. Example # bcu ioc --stats 1/0 Num suspends: 7 bcu ioc --statsclr 1/0 ioc stats cleared. bcu ioc --enable 1/0 ioc is enabled bcu i[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 181 53-1001256-01 log B log Sets the log lev el for each module. If no log lev el is specified, the current lev el is used. Synopsis bcu log -- level < port_id > [< le vel >] [-m <fw|ha1|fcs|drv |aen|all>] Description The number of messages log ged by the host depends o n the predetermined[...]

182 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 lport B lport Lists the logical por t (lpor t) commands. Synopsis bcu lpor t -- list < por t_id > bcu lpor t -- quer y < por t_id > [ -l lpwwn ] bcu lpor t -- stats < por t_id > [ -l lpwwn ] bcu lpor t -- statsc lr < por t_id > [ -l lpwwn ] Description Lists all the[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 183 53-1001256-01 lport B # bcu lport --query hba5_port0 State: Online FC address: 0c0100 Port wwn: aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:aa:bb Node wwn: cc:dd:cc:aa:ff:cc:aa:ff Symbolic name: FC4 Role: fcpim ipfc # bcu lport --query hba5_port0 - 1 01:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:00:01 State: Online FC address: 0c0101 Port wwn: 01:bb:cc:dd:[...]

184 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 pbind B pbind Enables target por t wo rld wide name (WWN) bindin g to a persistent targe t ID for an operating system (OS) stack. Synopsis bcu pbind -- list < por t_id > [ <pwwn> ] bcu pbind -- clear < por t_id > Description Queries the list of mappings or clears existing[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 185 53-1001256-01 port B port Lists the por t commands (the physical por ts on the CNA). Synopsis bcu por t -- li st bcu por t -- name < port_id > [ por t_name ] bcu por t -- enable < por t_id > bcu por t -- disable < port_id > [ -f ] bcu por t -- st ats < por t_id > bcu por t -- st [...]

186 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 port B --stats Displays the ph ysical por t-le vel statistics. por t_id Specifies the ID of the por t f or which you want to display statistical information. --statsc lr Cl ears por t-lev el statistics. por t_id Specifies the ID of the por t f or which you want to cl ear statis tical inf o[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 187 53-1001256-01 port B bcu port --name 1/0 emc_fab3_ad5_p0 Port 1/0’s name set to emc_fab3_ad5_p0 bcu port --name 1/0 Port 1/0’s name is emc_fab3_ad5_p0 bcu port --enable 2/1 port enabled bcu port --enable 2/1 port is already enabled bcu port --disable 2/1 port disabled bcu port --disable 2/1 port is [...]

188 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 port B TRL: Disabled TRL default speed: 1G Path TOV: 30 seconds SCSI queue Depth: 0 Beacon status: Off Portlog: Enabled Vlans: -- Eth: Burnt-in MAC: 00:05:1e:8e:b6:04 Currently used MAC: 00:05:1e:8e:b6:04 state: Linkup OS Eth Device: eth2 #bcu port --query 1/1 port id: 1/1 port type: CNA p[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 189 53-1001256-01 port B bcu port --dfsize 1/1 2112 Setting will be enforced after port --disable and --enable bcu port --dfsize 1/1 auto Setting will be enforced after port --disable and --enable bcu port --dfsize 1/1 2112 Port maximum receive data field size met bcu port --dfsize 1/1 auto Port maximum rec[...]

190 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 qos (HBA only) B qos (HBA only) NOTE The QoS feature is not suppor t ed on the converged netw ork adapter (CNA). Quality of Ser vice (QoS) w orks in co njunction with the QoS f eatur e on Br ocade switch F_por ts. The Fabric operating system (F OS) pro vides a mechan is m to assign traf fi[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 191 53-1001256-01 ratelim (HBA only) B ratelim (HBA only) Enables or disables ta rget rat e limit ing support on the HBA side. NOTE .The target rate limiting f eature is not su ppor t ed on the con verged networ k adapter (CNA). Synopsis bcu ratelim -- enable < port _id > [-s < default_spe ed >][...]

192 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 rport B rport Lists the commands that apply t o a remote port in a fa bric. A remote por t is a port that is physically separated fr om the adapter . Synopsis bcu rpor t -- list < por t_id > [-l < lpwwn >] bcu rpor t -- osname <port _id> [-l <lpwwn>] bcu rpor t -- q[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 193 53-1001256-01 rport B Examples bcu rport --list 2/0 Num RPORTs = 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FC Addr Remote Port PWWN Remote Port NWWN State df_sz --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 010ada 21:00:00:04:cf:75:6a:04 [...]

194 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 rport B HAL rport statistics: uninit: create events: 1 uninit: exception events: 0 created: online events: 1 created: delete events: 0 created: IOC down: 0 created: exception events: 0 fw create: f/w responses: 2 fw create: delete events: 0 fw create: offline events: 0 fw create: IOC down:[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 195 53-1001256-01 vlan B vlan Lists the commands that apply to an Ethernet vir tua l LAN (Windows only). The por t ID can be either the adapter ID or the port ID. Synopsis bcu vlan -- add < por t_id > < vlan_id > | [< vlan_name >] bcu vlan -- remov e {< vlan_id > {< por t_id > [...]

196 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 vlan B Examples bcu vlan --list 1/0 bcu vlan --query 1 See Also None. Vlan id Vlan Name 1 VLAN000 1 3000 VLAN3000 vlan id: 1 vlan name: VLAN 000 1 vlan statistics: Tx Bytes: 200 Rx Bytes: 1 00 Duration: 2:30:32 [Hr:Mi n:sec] /*r olls up and shows days also* Status: Connect ed[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 197 53-1001256-01 vport B vport Lists the commands that apply t o a vir tual por t. Synopsis bcu vpor t -- create < port_id > < vpwwn > [ -n <nwwn> ] [ -s <sname> ] bcu vpor t -- delet e < po rt_id > < vpwwn > bcu vpor t -- quer y < por t_id > < vpwwn > bcu vp[...]

198 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 vport B --statsc lr Clea rs the statistics that are associated with the V_P or t. If y ou do not specify the por t’s w orld wide name, the statis tics list ed are for the base V_P or t. por t_id Specifies the ID of the por t f or which you want to cl ear statis tical inf ormation. vpwwn [...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 199 53-1001256-01 Appendix C HCM Troubleshooting This section discusses known problems with HCM usability features and the w orkaround. HCM tab navigation Problem There are various places within the Host Connec tivity Manager ( HCM) where you cannot navigat e without using the mouse on the KDE GUI on the Li[...]

200 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 HCM tab navigation C[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 201 53-1001256-01 Appendix D Glossary and acronyms Address assignment A process whereb y addresses are assigned to switc hes and switch por ts. Address identifier A 2 4-bit address value use d to uniquely id entify the source (S_ID) and destination (D_ID) of F ibre Channel frames. A vailable BB_Credit A val[...]

202 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Glossary and acronyms D A fabric inter -el ement por t used to connect bridge devices with E_Por ts. Byte A group of eight data bits. CDM Common Diagnostic Model. CEE Conv erged Enhanced Ethernet. CIM Common Information Model. CIMOM Common Information Mo del Object Manager . Class of ser v[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 203 53-1001256-01 Glossary and acronyms D Data Center Bridging. DCBX DCB Capability Ex change Prot ocol. DCFM Data Center F abric Manager Distributed Services Timeout V alue (D_S_TO V) The maximum ti me that a request or wi ll wait f or a response to an FC-CT distributed services request. Domain_ID An eight[...]

204 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Glossary and acronyms D Host Bus Adapte r . HCM Host Connectivity Manager . Host Bus Adapter (HBA) A hardware facility in a node that pro vides an inter f ace attachment. IOC I/O Contro ller . ITL Initiator -T arget-LUN. An Initiator Port (HBA controller) talks to one T a rget P or t addre[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 205 53-1001256-01 Glossary and acronyms D NL_Por t A por t within a node that is capa ble of arbitrat ed loop operations. NPIV N _P ort I D Vi rt u a li z a ti o n (N P I V) e n ab l e s a single Fibre Channel prot ocol por t to appear as multiple, distinct por ts, pr oviding separat e por t identification [...]

206 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 Glossary and acronyms D TL V T ype Length Value, where: • Ty p e is a numeric code that indicates the kind of field this part of the message represents. • Length is the size of the value field, typically measured in b ytes. • Val ue is a variable-sized set o f b ytes that contain dat[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 207 53-1001256-01 Index A adapter command , 151 advanced port configuration options , 38 application log , 57 auth command , 154 Authentication Configuration dialog box , 105 authentication, security , 23 B backing up data prior to uninstalling , 15 base port properties panel , 80 beaconing configuring usin[...]

208 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 dialog box Authentication Configuration , 105 Configure Names , 89 Define Master Log Filter , 118 Define Name , 90 Event Properties , 96 Persistent Binding , 119 Protocol Tests diagnostics , 125 Security Authentic ation , 105 Test Log Details , 134 discovery description of , 6 setting up ,[...]

Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 209 53-1001256-01 operating system-specific features , 9 P panel HBA Properties , 87 , 107 Port POM , 120 Port SFP , 128 Port Statistics , 123 remote port properties , 115 , 12 7 password how to change , 13 , 14 how to reset , 15 path time out specifying using the BCU , 31 specifying using the GUI , 31 pers[...]

210 Brocade Adapters Administrator ’s Guide 53-1001256-01 T test log details , 66 Test Log Details dialog box , 134 tree node pop-up menus , 6 U uninstalling the software , 15 V vlan command , 195 vport command , 197 W Windows, launching HCM application , 11 WWN adding a name , 46 exporting , 44 importing , 45 removing , 43[...]