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McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 13 1 Using McDATA Web Server This section describes how to use the McDATA Web Server application and its menus. The following topics are covered: • Workstation requirements , page 13 • Starting McDATA Web Server , page 14 • Exiting McDATA ...

14 Using McDATA Web Server Starting McDATA Web Server To start McDATA Web Server after the switch is operational, enter the switch IP address in an internet browser. The workstation used to manage the switch must be able to connect to the default switch IP address 10.0.0.1. 1. At the workstation, en...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 15 • Select Start Application Without Specifying a Fabric to open the McDATA Web Server window shown in Figure 2 . Click Add to open the Add a New Fabric dialog, which prompts you for a fabric name, IP address, account name, and password. ...

16 Using McDATA Web Server • Displaying transceiver media status , page 95 Figure 3 Preferences dialog – McDATA Web Server To set preferences for your McDATA Web Server sessions, perform the following procedure: 1. Select File > Preferences to open the Preferences dialog. 2. Enter or browse for p...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 17 McDATA Web Server user interface The McDATA Web Server application uses two basic displays to manage the fabric and individual switches: the topology display and the faceplate display. The topology display shows all switches that are ab...

18 Using McDATA Web Server Topology display menu The menu options available in the topology display are shown in Figure 5 . Figure 5 Topology display menu Faceplate display menu The menu options available in the faceplate display are shown in Figure 6 . Figure 6 Faceplate display menu NOTE: The Secu...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 19 Shortcut keys Shortcut key combinations, available in both the topology and faceplate displays, provide an alternative method of accessing menu options. The shortcut key combinations are not case-sensitive. For example, to exit the appl...

20 Using McDATA Web Server Fabric tree The fabric tree lists the managed fabrics and their switches as shown in Figure 7 . The window width can be adjusted by clicking and dragging the moveable window border. An entry handle located to the left of an entry in the tree indicates that the entry can be...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 21 Working status Indicator The working status indicator, located in the lower right corner of the McDATA Web Server window, shows when the management workstation is exchanging information with the fabric. As conditions change, the fabric ...

22 Using McDATA Web Server Selecting switches and links Selected switch icons are highlighted in light blue. Selected ISLs are displayed as a heavier line. You can select switches and links in the following ways: • Click the icon or link to select a switch or a link. • Press and hold Control , and s...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 23 Using the faceplate display The faceplate display shown in Figure 9 displays the switch name and operational state, and port status. The external ports numbered 0 and 9. Internal ports are numbered 1–8. The port numbers 1–8 correspond t...

24 Using McDATA Web Server Opening the faceplate popup menu To open the popup menu, right-click on the faceplate image to present the following tasks. • Refresh the switch • Select all ports • Manage switch properties • Manage network properties • Manage SNMP properties • Manage port properties • Ch...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 25 2 Managing fabrics This section describes the following tasks that manage fabrics: • RADIUS servers , page 25 • Securing a fabric , page 30 • Tracking fabric firmware and software versions , page 38 • Managing the fabric database , page...

26 Managing fabrics Adding a RADIUS server When you add a RADIUS server, you provide a method to centralize the management of authentication passwords over a network. Figure 10 RADIUS Server Information dialog — Add Server tab page To add a RADIUS server, perform the following procedure: 1. Select S...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 27 b. RADIUS Local — attempts to authenticate using the RADIUS server. If the switch can not contact the RADIUS server due to a network or some other problem, the switch will authenticate using the local password database. 12. Click Close ...

28 Managing fabrics Editing RADIUS server information Editing information of a RADIUS server involves changing the configuration of a RADIUS server. Figure 12 RADIUS Server Information dialog — Edit Server tab page To edit information of a RADIUS server, perform the following procedure: 1. Select Sw...

30 Managing fabrics Securing a fabric Fabric security consists of the following: • Connection security , page 30 • User account security , page 30 • Security consistency checklist , page 30 • Device security , page 31 • Fabric services , page 37 Connection security Connection security provides an en...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 31 Device security IMPORTANT: Device security is available only with the McDATA SANtegrity™ Product Feature Enablement (PFE) key. Refer to ” Installing Product Feature Enablement (PFE) keys ” on page 88 for more information about installin...

32 Managing fabrics Edit Security dialog Use the Edit Security dialog is to edit the security configuration on the switch. You can also open and edit a security configuration saved to a file. Editing security files consists of renaming and removing security sets, groups, and members. The Security di...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 33 • View properties for the selected security set, group, or group member. Create Security Set dialog Use the Create Security Set dialog shown in Figure 15 to create a new security set. There is a maximum of 4 security sets. Figure 15 Cre...

34 Managing fabrics 2. Choose one of the following methods to open the Create a Security Group dialog:• Click a security set and click Security Group in the tool bar in the graphic window. • Right-click on a security set and select Create a Security Group from the popup menu. 3. Enter a security gro...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 35 • Secret is 16 byte length for MD5 authentication, and 20 bytes if authentication is SHA-1. To add a member to a security group, perform the following procedure: 1. Choose one of the following to open the Edit Security dialog from the f...

36 Managing fabrics 5. To save the changes, choose one of the following:• Click Apply to save the changes and keep the Edit Security dialog open. Click OK to close the Edit Security dialog. • Click OK to save changes and close the Edit Security dialog. Viewing properties of a security set, group, or...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 37 Archiving a security configuration to a file To archive (save) a security configuration to a file from the faceplate display, perform the following procedure: 1. Click Security on the tool bar, or select Security > Edit Security to o...

38 Managing fabrics Enabling SNMP configuration To enable SNMP configuration from the faceplate display, perform the following procedure: 1. Select Switch > SNMP Properties to open the SNMP Properties dialog. 2. Select the SNMP Enabled option in the SNMP Configuration area. 3. Click OK to save th...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 39 Saving a version snapshot The Fabric Snapshot Analysis dialog, shown in Figure 19 , opens with the Summary, Differences and Reports tab pages. Click Browse to open and view the snapshot files in the corresponding tab pages. Click Close ...

40 Managing fabrics 4. Click Add Fabric . NOTE: A switch supports a combined maximum of 19 logins or sessions as listed below: • 4 logins or sessions for internal applications such as management server and SNMP• 9 high priority Telnet sessions• 6 McDATA Web Server and/or Telnet logins. Additional lo...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 41 Adding a new switch to a fabric If there are no special conditions to be configured for the new switch, simply plug in the switch and the switch becomes functional with the default fabric configuration. The default fabric configuration ...

42 Managing fabrics CAUTION: Do not reconnect inter-switch links, target devices, and initiator devices at this time. Doing so could invalidate the fabric zoning configuration. c. Power up the switch. 3. Select the failed switch in the topology display. Select Switch > Delete . 4. Restore the con...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 43 The topology display uses switch and status icons to provide status information about switches, inter-switch links, and the Ethernet connection. The switch status icons, displayed on the left side of a switch, vary in shape and color. S...

44 Managing fabrics Entries in the Event Browser shown in Figure 21 are formatted by severity, time stamp, source, type, and description. The maximum number of entries allowed in the Event Browser is 10,000. The maximum number of entries allowed on a switch is 1200. Once the maximum is reached, the ...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 45 NOTE: Events (alarms, critical, warning, and informative) generated by the application are not saved on the switch. They are permanently discarded when you close a McDATA Web Server session, but you can save these events to a file on th...

46 Managing fabrics Saving the Event Browser to a file You can save the displayed Event Browser entries to a file. Filtering affects the save operation, because only displayed events are saved. To save the Event Browser to a file, perform the following procedure: 1. Filter and sort the Event Browser...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 47 Active Zone Set data window The Active Zoneset data window, shown in Figure 23 , shows the zone membership for the active zone set that resides on the fabric management switch. The active zone set is the same on all switches in the fabr...

48 Managing fabrics Displaying detailed device information In addition to the information that is available in the Devices data window, you can click (i) in the Details column to display more information as shown in Figure 24 . Figure 24 Detailed Device Display dialog Exporting device information to...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 49 Creating a nickname To create a device port nickname, perform the following procedure: 1. Select File > Nicknames to open the Nicknames dialog. 2. Choose one of the following methods to enter a nickname. A nickname must start with a ...

50 Managing fabrics Zoning a fabric If EFCM or HAFM are used to manage the fabric, it is recommended to use EFCM or HAFM to manage the fabric zoning. If EFCM or HAFM are not used and other McDATA switch models are in the fabric, it is recommended to use SANpilot or Embedded Web Server to manage the ...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 51 Zone sets A zone set is a named group of zones. A zone can be a member of more than one zone set. Each switch in the fabric maintains its own zoning database containing one or more zone sets. This zoning database resides in non-volatile...

52 Managing fabrics • MaxTotalMembers is 10,000. The maximum number of total zone and alias members that can be configured on the switch. This will be enforced during the configuration of zoning and during a zoning database merge from the fabric. Aliases are considered zone members since they can be...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 53 You cannot edit an active zone set on a switch. You must configure an inactive zone set to your needs and then activate that updated zone set to apply the changes to the fabric. When you activate a zone set, the switch distributes that ...

54 Managing fabrics Configuring the zoning database Use the Zoning Config dialog to change the Interop Auto Save , Default Visibility , Default Zone , and Discard Inactive configuration parameters. Open the faceplate display. Select Zoning > Edit Zoning Config to open the Zoning Config dialog sho...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 55 Default Visibility The Default Visibility parameter is only applicable when the Interop Mode option on the Advanced Switch Properties dialog is set to Standard. The Default Visibility parameter determines the level of communication that...

56 Managing fabrics To restore the default zoning for a switch, perform the following procedure: 1. Select Zoning > Restore Default Zoning in the faceplate display. 2. Click OK to confirm that you want to restore default zoning and save changes to the zoning database. Removing all zoning definiti...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 57 Activating and deactivating a zone set You must activate a zone set to apply its zoning definitions to the fabric. Only one zone set can be active at one time. When you activate a zone set, the switch distributes that zone set to the te...

58 Managing fabrics Managing zones Managing zones involves the following: • Creating a zone in a zone set , page 58 • Adding zone members , page 58 • Renaming a zone or a zone set , page 59 • Removing a zone member , page 59 • Removing a zone from a zone Set , page 59 • Removing a zone from all zone...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 59 • Select a port/device in the Port/Device tree. Press and hold Control while selecting multiple ports/devices. Select a zone set in the left pane. Click Insert . If the port/device you want to add is not in the Port/Device tree, you can...

60 Managing fabrics Managing aliases An alias is a collection of objects that can be zoned together. An alias is not a zone, and cannot have a zone or another alias as a member. NOTE: Changes that you make to the zoning database are limited to the managed switch and do not propagate to the rest of t...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 61 Merging fabrics and zoning If you join two fabrics with an inter-switch link, the active zone sets from the two fabrics attempt to merge automatically. The fabrics may consist of a single switch or many switches already connected togeth...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 63 3 Managing switches This section describes the following tasks that manage switches in the fabric. • Managing user accounts , page 63 • Displaying switch information , page 68 • Configuring port threshold alarms , page 73 • Paging a swi...

64 Managing switches Creating user accounts A switch can have a maximum of 15 user accounts. To create a new user account on a switch, perform the following procedure: 1. Select Switch > User Accounts in the faceplate display to open the User Account Administration dialog. 2. Click the Add Accoun...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 65 Removing a user account To remove a user account on a switch, perform the following procedure: 1. Select Switch > User Accounts in the faceplate display to open the User Account Administration dialog. 2. Click the Remove Account tab ...

66 Managing switches Changing a user account password Any user can change their password for their account, but only the Admin account name can change the password for another user’s account. If the administrator does not know the user’s original password, the administrator must remove the account a...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 67 Modifying a user account To modify a user account on a switch, perform the following procedure: 1. Select Switch > User Accounts in the faceplate display to open the User Account Administration dialog. 2. Click the Modify Account tab...

68 Managing switches Displaying switch information The faceplate display and data windows provide the following switch information: • Device and HBA information • Switch specifications and addresses • Configuration parameters • Port performance statistics • Port information • Configured zone sets Fi...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 69 Table 9 Switch data window entries Entry Description First Port Address Switch FC address World Wide Name Switch World Wide Name Serial Number Number assigned to each chassis (required for PFE keys) Reason for Status Additional status i...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 71 Port Statistics data window The Port Statistics data window displays port performance data for the selected ports. Click the Port Stats data window tab in the faceplate display to open the Port Statistics data window. Refer to ” Port St...

72 Managing switches Configured Zonesets data windows The Configured Zonesets data window displays all zone sets, zones, aliases, and zone membership in the zoning database, shown in Figure 32 . Click the Configured Zonesets data window tab in the faceplate display to open the Configured Zonesets da...

74 Managing switches NOTE: The switch will down a port if a rising trigger alarm is not cleared after three consecutive sample windows. Figure 34 Port threshold alarm example 8. Enter a sample window in seconds. The sample window defines the period of time in which to count events. 9. Repeat steps 3...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 75 Resetting a switch Resetting a switch reboots the switch using the switch configuration parameters last saved in permanent memory on the switch. Depending on the reset type, a switch reset may or may not include a Power On Self Test (PO...

76 Managing switches Configuring a switch Switch configuration is divided into three areas: chassis configuration, network configuration, and SNMP configuration. Chassis configuration specifies switch-wide FC settings. Network configuration specifies IP settings, remote logging, and the NTP client. ...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 77 Switch administrative states The switch administrative state determines the operational state of the switch. The switch administrative state exists in two forms: the configured administrative state and the current administrative state. ...

78 Managing switches In McDATA Fabric mode, the McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch will display the domain IDs the same as other M-series directors and edge switches no matter which management utility is used. The valid domain ID range is 1—31 for McDATA Fabric mode.Prior to changing from McDATA Fabric mode to S...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 79 Use the FDMI Enabled option on the Switch Properties dialog to enable or disable FDMI. If FDMI is enabled on an HBA, the HBA forwards information about itself to the switch when the HBA logs into the switch. If FDMI is enabled on a swit...

80 Managing switches Timeout values The switch timeout values determine the timeout values for all ports on the switch. Table 13 describes the switch timeout parameters. The timeout values must be the same for all switches in the fabric. NOTE: Mismatched timeout values will disrupt the fabric. These...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 81 CAUTION: Use caution when disabling the Embedded GUI (McDATA Web Server), GUI Mgmt, Telnet, SSL, and SSH, as it is possible to disable all access to the switch. • Embedded GUI — McDATA Web Server. Allows users to point a browser at the ...

82 Managing switches Network properties Use the Network Properties dialog shown in Figure 38 to change IP configuration parameters and enable remote logging. To open the Network Properties dialog, choose one of the following: • Select a switch in the topology display. Select Switch > Network Prop...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 83 Remote logging The Remote Logging (syslog) feature enables saving of the log information to a remote host that supports the syslog protocol. When enabled, the log entries are sent to the syslog host at the IP address that you specify in...

84 Managing switches SNMP configuration The SNMP configuration defines how authentication traps are managed. Table 15 describes the SNMP configuration parameters. The illegal characters for the user-defined fields are the pound sign (#), semi-colon (;), and comma (,). Table 15 SNMP configuration par...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 85 SNMP trap configuration The SNMP trap configuration defines how traps are set. Choose from the tabs Trap1 – Trap 5 to configure each trap. Table 16 describes the SNMP configuration parameters. Archiving a switch Archiving a switch saves...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 87 • Configured Zoning — restores all configured zone sets, zones, and aliases in the switch’s zoning database, excluding the active zone set. Refer to ” Configuring the zoning database ” on page 54 for more information. • Configured Secur...

88 Managing switches Downloading a support file The Download Support File option assembles all log files and switch memory data into a core dump file ( dump_support.tgz) . This file can be sent to technical support personnel for troubleshooting switch problems. The menu option is not accessible (dis...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 89 3. Select Switch > Features to display the Feature Licenses dialog shown in Figure 41 . Figure 41 Features Licenses dialog 4. Click Add to open the Add License Key dialog shown in Figure 42 . Figure 42 Add License Key dialog 5. Enter...

90 Managing switches During a hotreset operation, fabric services will be unavailable for a short period (30-75 seconds). To ensure that an a Non-Disruptive Code Load and Activation (NDCLA) operation is successful, verify that all administrative changes to the fabric (if any) are complete. When you ...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 91 2. Enter your account name on the remote host and the IP address of the remote host. When prompted for the source file name, enter the path for the firmware image file. User Account : johndoe IP Address : 10.20.20.200 Source Filename : ...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 93 4 Managing ports This section describes the following topics about managing ports and devices: • Displaying port information , page 93 • Configuring ports , page 100 • Resetting a port , page 102 • Testing ports , page 102 Displaying po...

94 Managing ports Monitoring port status The faceplate display provides the following port related information: • Port type • Port operational state • Port speed • Port media To display port number and status information for a port, position the cursor over a port on the faceplate display. The statu...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 95 Displaying port speeds To display the speed of each port in the faceplate display, select View > View Port Speeds . Table 20 lists the possible port speeds. Displaying transceiver media status To display transceiver media status, sel...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 97 Flow Errors Number of times a frame is received and all the switch ports receive buffers are full. The normal Fabric Login exchange of flow control credit should prevent this from occurring. The frame will be discarded. FReject Number o...

98 Managing ports Port Information data window The Port Information data window displays detail information for the selected port. Click the Port Info data window tab in the faceplate display to open the Port Information data window. Total Rx Frames Total number of frames received by the port Total ...

100 Managing ports Configuring ports The port settings or characteristics are configured using the Port Properties dialogs shown in Figure 45 . Select a port in the faceplate display. Select Port > Port Properties to open the Port Properties dialog. The Port Properties dialog shows the switch nam...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 101 Changing port speeds The 1-Gbps/2-Gbps/4-Gbps ports are capable of transmitting and receiving at 1-Gbps, 2-Gbps, or 4-Gbps. The ports can be configured for either transmission speed or to sense the transmission speed of the device to w...

102 Managing ports Changing port symbolic name To change the symbolic name of a port from the faceplate display, perform the following procedure: 1. Open the faceplate display and select a port. 2. Select Port > Port Symbolic Name . 3. In the Port Symbolic Name dialog, choose one of the following...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 105 5 Command Line Interface The Command Line Interface (CLI) enables you to perform a variety of fabric and switch management tasks through an Ethernet connection. This section describes the following: • Logging on to a 4Gb SAN Switch , p...

106 Command Line Interface Working with switch configurations Successful management of switches and fabrics with the CLI depends on the effective use of switch configurations. Modifying configurations, backing up configurations, and restoring configurations are key switch management tasks. Modifying...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 107 Backing up and restoring switch configurations Backing up and restoring a configuration is useful to protect your work or for use as a template in configuring other switches. The Config Backup command creates a file on the switch, name...

108 Command Line Interface Commands The command syntax is as follows: command operandoperand [value] operand [value1] [value2] The command is followed by one or more operands. Consider the following rules and conventions: • Commands and operand are case insensitive. • Required operand values appear ...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 109 Table 28 Commands listed by authority level Monitoring commands Configuration command HelpHistoryPingPsQuitShowShow ConfigShow LogShow PerfShow SetupUptimeWhoami ( 133 ) ( 134 ) ( 141 ) ( 142 ) ( 143 ) ( 178 ) ( 188 ) ( 191 ) ( 194 ) (...

110 Command Line Interface Admin command Description Starts and ends an Admin session. The Admin session allows commands that change the fabric and switch configurations. Only one Admin session can be started on the switch at any time. An idle Admin session will time out after a period of time (the ...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 111 Alias command Description Creates a named set of ports/devices. Aliases make it easier to assign a set of ports/devices to many zones. An alias can not have a zone or another alias as a member. Authority Admin session for all operands ...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 113 CIM command Description Manages CIM listener and subscription configurations on the switch. Authority Admin session Syntax cim cancel clear edit limits save Operands cancel Terminates the current CIM edit session without saving changes...

114 Command Line Interface CIMListener command Description Configures CIM indication service listeners and adds subscriptions to listeners. Refer to the CIMSubscription command for information about configuring subscriptions. Authority Admin session and a CIM Edit session. Refer to the CIM command f...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 115 Examples The following is an example of the CIMListener Create command: McDATA4GbSAN (admin-cim) #> cimlistener create listener_1 A list of attributes with formatting and current values will follow. Enter a new value or simply press...

116 Command Line Interface CIMSubscription command Description Creates, edits, or removes CIM subscriptions. Authority Admin session and a CIM Edit session. Syntax cimsubscription create [subscription_name] delete [subscription_name] edit [subscription_name] Operands create [subscription_name] Promp...

118 Command Line Interface Config command Description Manages the FC configurations on a switch. For information about setting the port and switch configurations, refer to the Set Config command. Authority Admin session for all operands except List. Syntax config activate [config_name] backup cancel...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 119 restore Restores configuration settings to an out-of-band switch from a backup file named configdata , which must be first uploaded on the switch using FTP. You create the backup file using the Config Backup command. Use FTP to load th...

120 Command Line Interface The following is an example of how to upload a configuration backup file ( configdata ) from the workstation to the switch, and then restore the configuration. #> ftp symbolic_name or ip_address user: images password: images ftp> bin ftp> put configdata ftp> qu...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 121 Create command Description Creates support files for troubleshooting switch problems, and certificates for secure communications for McDATA Web Server. Authority Admin session Syntax create certificate support Operands certificate Crea...

122 Command Line Interface Examples The following is an example of the Create Support command when an FTP server is available on the workstation: McDATA4GbSAN (admin) #> create support Log Msg:[Creating the support file - this will take several seconds] FTP the dump support file to another machin...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 123 See also Date command , page 124 Set command , page 154 Set Setup command , page 170

124 Command Line Interface Date command Description This command displays or sets the system date and time. To set the date and time the information string must be provided in this format: MMDDhhmmCCYY. The new date and time takes effect immediately. Authority Admin session except to display the dat...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 125 Feature command Description Adds Product Feature Enablement (PFE) key features to the switch and displays the PFE key log. A Product Feature Enablement (PFE) key is a password that you can purchase from your switch distributor or autho...

126 Command Line Interface Firmware Install command Description Downloads firmware from a remote host to the switch, installs the firmware, then resets the switch (without a POST) to activate the firmware. This command is disruptive, and prompts you for the following: • IP address of the remote host...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 127 Group command Description Creates groups, manages membership within the group, and manages the membership of groups in security sets. IMPORTANT: This command is available only with the SANtegrity Enhanced PFE key. Authority Admin sessi...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 129 copy [group_source] [group_destination] Creates a new group named [group_destination] and copies the membership into it from the group given by [group_source]. create [group] [type] Creates a group with the name given by [group] with t...

130 Command Line Interface Secret(MS Groups) Hexadecimal string that is encrypted by the Hash function for authentication with MS group members. The string has the following lengths depending on the Hash function:MD5 hash: 16-byteSHA-1 hash: 20-byte Binding(ISL Groups) Domain ID of the switch to whi...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 131 The following is an example of the Group Edit command: McDATA4GbSAN (admin-security) #> group edit G1 10:00:00:c0:dd:00:90:a3 A list of attributes with formatting and current values will follow. Enter a new value or simply press the...

132 Command Line Interface Hardreset command Description Resets the switch and performs a POST. This reset disrupts traffic, activates the pending firmware, and clears the alarm log. To save the alarm log before resetting, refer to the Set Log command. Authority Admin session Syntax hardreset Notes ...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 133 Help command Description Displays a brief description of the specified command, its operands, and usage. Authority None Syntax help [command] [operand] Operands [command] Displays a summary of the command given by [command] and its ope...

134 Command Line Interface History command Description Displays a numbered list of the previously entered commands from which you can re-execute selected commands. Authority None Syntax history Notes Use the History command to provide context for the ! command: • Enter ![command_string] to re-execut...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 135 Hotreset command Description Resets the switch for the purpose of activating the pending firmware without disrupting traffic. This command terminates all management sessions, saves all configuration information, and clears the event lo...

136 Command Line Interface Image command Description Manages and installs switch firmware. Authority Admin session Syntax image cleanup fetch [account_name] [ip_address] [file_source] [file_destination] install list unpack [file] Operands cleanup Removes all firmware image files from the switch. All...

138 Command Line Interface Examples The following is an example of the Image Install command: McDATA4GbSAN (admin) #> image install Warning: Installing new firmware requires a switch reset. Continuing with this action will terminate all management sessions, including any Telnet sessions. When the...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 139 Lip command Description Re-initializes the specified loop port. Authority Admin session Syntax lip [port_number] Operands [port_number] The number of the port to be re-initialized. Examples The following is an example of the Lip comman...

140 Command Line Interface Passwd command Description Changes a user account’s password. Authority Admin account name and an Admin session to change another account’s password. You can change you own password without an Admin session. Syntax passwd [account_name] Operands [account_name] The user acc...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 141 Ping command Description Initiates an attempt to communicate with another switch over an Ethernet network and reports the result. Authority None Syntax ping [ip_address] Operands [ip_address] The IP address of the switch to query. Broa...

142 Command Line Interface Ps command Description Displays current system process information. Authority None Syntax ps Examples The following is an example of the Ps command: McDATA4GbSAN #> ps PID PPID %CPU TIME ELAPSED COMMAND 338 327 0.0 00:00:00 3-01:18:35 cns 339 327 0.0 00:00:01 3-01:18:35...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 143 Quit command Description Closes the Telnet session. Authority None Syntax quit, exit, or logout Notes You can also press Control+D to close the Telnet session.

144 Command Line Interface Reset command Description Resets the switch configuration parameters. If you omit the operand, the default is Reset Switch. Authority Admin session Syntax reset cim config [config_name] factory port [port_number] radius security services snmp switch (default) system zoning...

150 Command Line Interface save Saves the changes that have been made to the security database during a Security Edit session. Changes you make to any security set will not take effect until you activate that security set. Refer to the Securityset command for information about activating a security ...

152 Command Line Interface Securityset command Description Manages security sets in the security database. NOTE: This command is available only with the SANtegrity Enhanced PFE key. Authority Admin session and a Security Edit session. Refer to the Security command for information about starting a Se...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 153 list Displays a list of all security sets. This operand is available without an Admin session. remove [security_set] [group] Removes a group given by [group] from the security set given by [security_set]. If [security_set] is the activ...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 155 setup [option] Changes SNMP and system configuration settings. Refer to the Set Setup command. switch [state] Changes the administrative state for all ports on the switch to the state given by [state]. The previous Set Config Switch se...

158 Command Line Interface security Initiates an edit session in which to change the security settings. The system displays each parameter one line at a time and prompts you for a value. For each parameter, enter a new value or press Enter to accept the current value shown in brackets. Press q or Q ...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 161 zoning Initiates an edit session in which to change switch zoning attributes. The system displays each parameter one line at a time and prompts you for a value. For each parameter, enter a new value or press Enter to accept the current...

162 Command Line Interface Examples The following is an example of the Set Config Port command: McDATA4GbSAN #> admin start McDATA4GbSAN (admin) #> config edit McDATA4GbSAN (admin-config) #> set config port 0 A list of attributes with formatting and current values will follow. Enter a new v...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 163 The following is an example of the Set Config Switch command: McDATA4GbSAN #> admin start McDATA4GbSAN (admin) #> config edit McDATA4GbSAN (admin-config) #> set config switch A list of attributes with formatting and default va...

164 Command Line Interface The following is an example of the Set Config Threshold command: McDATA4GbSAN #> admin start McDATA4GbSAN (admin) #> config edit McDATA4GbSAN (admin-config) #> set config threshold A list of attributes with formatting and current values will follow. Enter a new va...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 165 The following is an example of the Set Config Zoning command. McDATA4GbSAN #> admin start McDATA4GbSAN (admin) #> config edit McDATA4GbSAN (admin-config) #> set config zoning A list of attributes with formatting and current va...

166 Command Line Interface Set Log command Description Specifies the events to record in the event log and display on the screen. You determine what events to record in the switch event log using the Component, Level, and Port operands. You determine what events are automatically displayed on the sc...

172 Command Line Interface SSLEnabled Enables (True) or disables (False) secure SSL connections for management applications including McDATA Web Server, the McDATA Web Server web applet, McDATA Web Server Application Programming Interface, and the CIM server. The default is False. • To enable secure...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 175 Examples The following is an example of the Set Setup RADIUS command: McDATA4GbSAN (admin) #> set setup radius A list of attributes with formatting and current values will follow. Enter a new value or simply press the ENTER key to a...

176 Command Line Interface The following is an example of the Set Setup SNMP command: McDATA4GbSAN #> admin start McDATA4GbSAN (admin) #> set setup snmp A list of attributes with formatting and current values will follow. Enter a new value or simply press the ENTER key to accept current value....

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 177 The following is an example of the Set Setup System command: McDATA4GbSAN (admin) #> set setup system A list of attributes with formatting and current values will follow. Enter a new value or simply press the ENTER key to accept the...

178 Command Line Interface Show command Description Displays fabric, switch, and port operational information. Authority None Syntax show about alarm [option] audit broadcast chassis cimlistener [listener_name] cimsubscription [subscription_name] config [option] domains fabric fdmi [port_wwn] interf...

184 Command Line Interface The following is an example of the Show FDMI WWN command: McDATA4GbSAN #> show fdmi 21:00:00:e0:8b:09:3b:17 FDMI Information ---------------- Manufacturer QLogic Corporation SerialNumber [04202 Model QLA2342 ModelDescription QLogic QLA2342 PCI Fibre Channel Adapter Port...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 185 The following is an example of the Show Interface command: McDATA4GbSAN #> show interface eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:DD:00:BD:ED inet addr:10.20.68.107 Bcast:10.20.68.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST ...

186 Command Line Interface The following is an example of the Show Switch command: McDATA4GbSAN #> show switch Switch Information ------------------ SymbolicName McDATA4GbSAN SwitchWWN 10:00:08:00:88:e0:aa:b5 BootVersion V1.3.0.8.0 (Tue Mar 8 10:24:41 2005) CreditPool 0 DomainID 98 (0x62) FirstPo...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 187 The following is an example of the Show Topology command for port 10: McDATA4GbSAN #> show topology 1 Local Link Information ---------------------- Port Int:1 PortID 620100 PortWWN 20:01:08:00:88:e0:aa:b5 PortType F Remote Link Info...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 189 The following is an example of the Show Config Switch command: McDATA4GbSAN #> show config switch Configuration Name: default ------------------- AdminState Online BroadcastEnabled True InbandEnabled True FdmiEnabled True FdmiEntrie...

190 Command Line Interface The following is an example of the Show Config Zoning command: McDATA4GbSAN #> show config zoning Configuration Name: default ------------------- Zoning Configuration Information -------------------------------- InteropAutoSave True DefaultVisibility None DefaultZone Fa...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 191 Show Log command Description Displays the contents of the log or the parameters used to create and display entries in the log. The log contains a maximum of 1200 entries. When the log reaches its entry capacity, subsequent entries over...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 193 The following is an example of the Show Log Options command: McDATA4GbSAN #> show log options Allowed options for log ----------------------- FilterComponent All,None,NameServer,MgmtServer,Zoning,Switch,Blade,Port,Eport,Snmp FilterL...

194 Command Line Interface Show Perf command Description Displays port performance in frames/second and bytes/second. If you omit the operand, the command displays data transmitted (out), data received (in), and total data transmitted and received in frames/second and bytes per second. Authority Non...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 195 The following is an example of the Show Perf Byte command: McDATA4GbSAN #> show perf byte Displaying bytes/sec (total)... (Press any key to stop display) 0 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ------------------------------------------------- 30M 12M ...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 197 The following is an example of the Show Setup RADIUS command: McDATA4GbSAN #> show setup radius Radius Information ------------------ DeviceAuthOrder RadiusLocal UserAuthOrder RadiusLocal TotalServers 1 Server: 1 ServerIPAddress 10....

198 Command Line Interface The following is an example of the Show Setup System command: McDATA4GbSAN #> show setup system System Information ------------------ Eth0NetworkDiscovery Static Eth0NetworkAddress 10.20.92.246 Eth0NetworkMask 255.255.255.0 Eth0GatewayAddress 10.20.92.1 AdminTimeout 30 ...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 199 Shutdown command Description Terminates all data transfers on the switch at convenient points and closes the Telnet session. Always power cycle the switch after entering this command. Authority Admin session Syntax shutdown

200 Command Line Interface Test command Description Tests ports using internal (SerDes level), external (transceiver), and online loopback tests. Internal and external tests require that the port be placed in diagnostic mode. Refer to the Set Port State command for information about changing the por...

202 Command Line Interface Uptime command Description Displays the elapsed up time since the switch was last reset and reset method. A hot reset or non-disruptive firmware activation does not reset the elapsed up time reported by this command. Authority None Syntax uptime Examples The following is a...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 203 User command Description Administers and displays user accounts. Authority Admin account name and an Admin session. The Accounts and List operands are available to all account names without an Admin session. Syntax user accounts add de...

204 Command Line Interface The following is an example of the User Add command: McDATA4GbSAN (admin) #> user add Press 'q' and the ENTER key to abort this command. account name (1-15 chars) : user1 account password (8-20 chars) : ******* please confirm account password: ******* set account expira...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 205 Whoami command Description Displays the account name, session number, and switch domain ID for the Telnet session. Authority None Syntax whoami Examples The following is an example of the Whoami command: McDATA4GbSAN #> whoami User ...

206 Command Line Interface Zone command Description Manages zones and zone membership on a switch. Authority Admin session and a Zoning Edit session. Refer to the Zoning command for information about starting a Zoning Edit session. The List, Members, and Zonesets operands are available without an Ad...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 207 remove [zone] [member_list] Removes the ports/devices given by [member_list] from the zone given by [zone]. Use a <space> to delimit aliases and ports/devices in [member_list]. [member_list] can have any of the following formats:...

208 Command Line Interface The following is an example of the Zone Members command: McDATA4GbSAN #> zone members wwn_b0241f Current List of Members for Zone: wwn_b0241f --------------------------------- 50:06:04:82:bf:d2:18:c2 50:06:04:82:bf:d2:18:d2 21:00:00:e0:8b:02:41:2f The following is an ex...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 211 Zoning command Description Starts a Zoning Edit session in which to create and manage zone sets and zones. Refer to the Zone command and the Zoneset command. Authority Admin session except for the Active, History, Limits, and List oper...

212 Command Line Interface limits Displays the number of zone sets, zones, aliases, members per zone, members per alias, and total members in the zoning database. This operand also displays the switch zoning database limits, excluding the active zone set, which are described in Table 55 . This opera...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 213 The following is an example of the Zoning Limits command: McDATA4GbSAN #> zoning limits Zoning Attribute Maximum Current [Zoning Name] ---------------- ------- ------- ------------- MaxZoneSets 1 1 MaxZones 2000 17 MaxAliases 2500 1...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 215 The following is an example of the Zoning List command: McDATA4GbSAN #> zoning list Active ZoneSet Information ZoneSet Zone ZoneMember -------------------------------- wwn wwn_b0241f 50:06:04:82:bf:d2:18:c2 50:06:04:82:bf:d2:18:d2 2...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 217 Glossary Active zone set The zone set that defines the current zoning for the fabric Active firmware The firmware image on the switch that is in use Activity LED A port LED that indicates when frames are entering or leaving the port Ad...

McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem user guide 221 Index A account name display 203 , 205 factory 105 active zone set 47 , 51 Active Zoneset data window 47 Admin account name 108 authority 108 Admin command 110 Admin session timeout 174 administrative state configured 77 , 100 current ...