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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – HP StorageWorks 2/8q Fibre Channel Switch Management User Guide
  • Page 3 – Contents
  • Page 7 – Admin
  • Page 10 – Figures
  • Page 11 – Tables
  • Page 13 – About This Guide; Switch Manager
  • Page 14 – Overview; This section covers the following topics:; Intended audience; HP StorageWorks 2/8q Fibre Channel Switch Installation Guide
  • Page 15 – Conventions; Conventions consist of the following:; Document conventions; This document follows the conventions in; Text symbols; Table 1: Document conventions; Italics; Monospace font
  • Page 16 – Equipment symbols
  • Page 17 – Getting help; gather required entitlement information.; HP installation and configuration assistance
  • Page 18 – HP technical support
  • Page 20 – Getting started; Installing Switch Manager; Installing Switch Manager on Windows systems; CD into the server or management workstation CD-ROM drive.; Table 2: Management system requirements
  • Page 21 – Installing Switch Manager on Linux systems; Starting Switch Manager; Figure 1; Figure 1: Initial Startup Dialog—Switch Manager dialog box; Configuration wizard
  • Page 22 – Opening a fabric view file; Exiting Switch Manager; To exit a Switch Manager application session:; Figure 2: Save Default Fabric View File dialog box; for more; Figure 3: Load Default Fabric View File dialog box
  • Page 23 – Removing Switch Manager; Removing Switch Manager from Windows; Changing the encryption key for the default fabric view file
  • Page 24 – Setting Switch Manager preferences; Figure 4: Preferences dialog box
  • Page 25 – Using online help; You can do one of the following to open the online help file:; Click Help on the tool bar.; Viewing software version and copyright information; Figure 5; Figure 5: Switch Manager Topology window
  • Page 26 – Figure 6: Switch Manager Faceplate window; Menu bars; Figure 7
  • Page 27 – Topology display menu bar options and shortcut keys
  • Page 28 – Faceplate display menu bar options and shortcut keys
  • Page 29 – Tool bar; Table 5; Fabric tree; The fabric tree lists the managed fabrics and their switches (; Table 5: Tool bar buttons
  • Page 30 – Figure 9: Fabric tree; A green icon indicates normal operation.; Graphic window; Figure 6; Fabric entry
  • Page 31 – Data window and tabs; Working status indicator; Using the topology display; The topology display (; Figure 10: Topology display
  • Page 32 – Switch status; Link—Displays information about the inter-switch links. See “; Working with switches and links; Selecting switches
  • Page 33 – Opening the topology display menus; The topology display also offers a Fabric, Switch, and Link menu:; Using the faceplate display; The faceplate display (; Figure 11: Faceplate display; “Port status” on page 80
  • Page 34 – Faceplate data windows; Switch—Displays current switch configuration data.; Working with ports; Selecting ports
  • Page 35 – Managing fabrics; This section describes the following tasks that manage fabrics:; Managing fabric security; The components of Fibre Channel fabric security are:; User account security; ” on page 62 for more; and privileges are only checked for a new login request.
  • Page 36 – Fabric services; Enabling SNMP configuration; Managing the fabric database; Adding a fabric
  • Page 37 – Figure 12: Add a New Fabric dialog box; Nine high priority Telnet sessions; Removing a fabric
  • Page 38 – Saving a fabric view file; Fabric zoning is sent to the switch from the fabric.
  • Page 39 – Replacing a failed switch; Archiving a switch configuration; could invalidate the fabric zoning configuration.; Deleting switches and links; Deleting a switch
  • Page 40 – Deleting a link; Displaying fabric information; Name Server data; Fabric status; To refresh the topology display, do one of the following:
  • Page 41 – Event Browser; Displaying the Event Browser; Perform the following to display the Event Browser:; Table 6: Topology display switch and status icons
  • Page 42 – Figure 13: Event Browser; Table 7: Event severity levels
  • Page 43 – Filtering the Event Browser; You can filter the event browser in the following ways:; Figure 14: Filter Events dialog box
  • Page 44 – Saving the Event Browser to a file; Active Zoneset data window; Configured Zonesets data windows; Figure 15: Active Zoneset data window
  • Page 45 – Zoning a fabric; Zoning concepts; Zones
  • Page 46 – Soft zones; Aliases; Zoning database
  • Page 47 – The zoning limits for a fabric are as follows:; Zoning configuration; Using the Zoning Config dialog box
  • Page 48 – new values into effect.; Figure 16: Zoning Config dialog box; Restoring default zoning; This command deactivates the active zone set.
  • Page 49 – Merging fabrics and zoning; HP does not support merging fabrics.; See “; Using the Edit Zoning dialog box
  • Page 50 – Figure 17: Edit Zoning dialog box; Table 8; Zone sets tree
  • Page 51 – Table 8: Edit Zoning dialog box tool bar buttons and icons
  • Page 52 – Managing zone sets; you must edit the zoning databases on the individual switches.; To create new zones in a zone set, do one of the following:; Click Apply to save changes to the zoning database.; Activating and deactivating a zone set; ” on page 48 for more information. It is not necessary to
  • Page 53 – Copying a zone to a zone set; Zones to remove the zone from all zone sets.; Removing a zone set
  • Page 54 – Managing zones; Managing zones involves the following:; ” on page 56 for more information. See “; if you would like to add that zone and its membership to the zone set.; Click Apply to save changes to the zoning database.
  • Page 55 – Adding zone members; Click Apply to save changes to the zoning database.; Creating a member; Select the zone or alias in the left pane in which to add a member.; Renaming a zone or a zone set; Select the zone/zone set to be renamed in the Zone Sets tree.; Removing a zone member
  • Page 56 – Removing a zone from a zone set; Removing a zone from all zone sets; Select the zone to be removed in the Edit Zoning dialog box.; Changing zone types; Select the zone to change in the Zone Sets tree.; Managing aliases; Creating an alias
  • Page 57 – Saving the Zoning Database to a File
  • Page 58 – Managing switches; Managing user accounts; Switches come from the factory with the following user accounts:; Table 9: Factory Supplied User Accounts
  • Page 59 – Creating user accounts; A switch can have a maximum of 15 user accounts.; Figure 18: User Account Administration dialog box – Add Account; Select an option from the Account Expiration Date area.; Removing a user account; then click Remove Account.
  • Page 60 – Figure 19: User Account Administration dialog box – Remove Account; Changing a user account password
  • Page 61 – Modifying a user account; Figure 21: User Account Administration dialog box—Modify Account
  • Page 62 – Select an option from the Account Expiration Date area.; Displaying switch information; Figure 22: Faceplate display—Switch data window; To refresh switch status in the display, do one of the following:
  • Page 63 – Name Server data window; for a description of the entries in the Name Server data window and; Switch data window; Configuring a switch; Table 10: Name Server data window entries
  • Page 64 – Link data window; for a description of the Port Statistics data window entries.; Entry
  • Page 65 – Port Information data window; for a description of the Port Information data window; A zone set entry expands to show its member zones.; Figure 23: Configured Zonesets data window
  • Page 66 – Configuring port threshold alarms; Figure 24: Port Threshold Alarm Configuration dialog box
  • Page 67 – Figure 25: Port Threshold Alarm example; through; Exporting name server information to a file; gathered for all switches.; Paging a switch; To cancel the beacon, reselect Toggle Beacon.; Event
  • Page 68 – Setting the date/time and NTP client; Table 12: Switch resets
  • Page 69 – Figure 26: Switch Properties dialog box
  • Page 70 – Administrative State parameter; Set command; Domain ID and Domain ID Lock parameters; Set; Broadcast Support parameter
  • Page 71 – In-band Management parameter
  • Page 72 – Network properties; IP Configuration parameters; After making changes, click OK to put the new values into effect.; Figure 27: Network Properties dialog box; describes the IP configuration parameters.
  • Page 73 – SNMP Configuration parameters; describes; Table 15: IP configuration parameters
  • Page 74 – SNMP Trap Configuration; describes the SNMP configuration parameters.; Remote Logging parameter
  • Page 75 – Restoring a switch configuration; Archiving a switch; complete, the switch can be reconnected to the fabric.
  • Page 76 – Figure 28: Restore dialog boxes – Full and Selective; dialog box except the IP address. Refer to“
  • Page 77 – Restoring the factory default configuration; lists the factory default switch configuration settings.; Table 18: Factory default configuration settings
  • Page 78 – Downloading a support file
  • Page 79 – Displaying hardware status; Input Power LED—Indicates the voltage status of the switch.; Figure 29: Hardware status LEDs
  • Page 80 – Managing ports; Displaying port information; Figure 30: Faceplate Display – Port Information data window; Port status
  • Page 82 – Port Statistics data window; describes the Port Statistics data window entries.; State
  • Page 84 – describes the Port Information data window entries.; Table 24: Port Information data window entries
  • Page 85 – for a description of the Name Server data window entries.; Configuring ports; . To open the Port Properties dialog box for a port, select one; Figure 31: Port Properties dialog box
  • Page 86 – Port States parameters; Set Port command; Port Speed parameters; describes the port speeds.; Table 25: Port states
  • Page 87 – Port Type parameters; describes the port types.; Click the Port Type option for the port type you want.; Interoperability Credits parameters; Interoperability Credits is not supported at this time.; I/O Stream Guard parameters; To change the symbolic name of a port from the faceplate display:; Table 27: Port types
  • Page 88 – Select one of the following in the Port Symbolic Name dialog box:; — Enter a new name for the port in the Set Port Symbolic Name box.; Extending port credits; Selected Donor Port column (; ). Match the number of ports needed with the; number of designated donor ports. Click Next.; Figure 32: Designating donor ports
  • Page 89 – Resetting a port; To run the internal, external, or online port loopback test on a port:; Test. The Port Loopback Test dialog box is displayed (
  • Page 90 – Figure 33: Port Loopback Test dialog box; Enter the frame count in the Frame Count box.
  • Page 91 – Graphing port performance; . When graphing data communication rates, you can choose either; Figure 34: Fabric View graphs; This section describes the following:; Starting HP StorageWorks Fabric View
  • Page 92 – Exiting HP StorageWorks Fabric View; Figure 2; Saving and opening Fabric View files
  • Page 93 – Changing the Default Fabric View File encryption key; Figure 37: Preferences – HP StorageWorks Fabric View; Setting the polling frequency
  • Page 94 – Displaying graphs; Removing graphs; Remove Fabric for the menu.; Arranging graphs in the display; Tile arranges the graphs in non-overlapping rows and columns.; Customizing graphs; Setting the polling
  • Page 95 – Figure 38: Default Graph Options dialog box; Graph in
  • Page 96 – selecting a new color scheme to be saved.; — Swatches – Click the Swatches tab. Select a swatch from the palette.; — Click in the color palette.; — Select H, S, or B and use the slide to vary the selected value.; Printing graphs; Rescale from the menu.; Saving graph statistics to a file; By default, the file is saved in the working directory.
  • Page 97 – Interpreting Switch Manager messages; Fabrics File—Open, Save messages; Table 28: Fabrics file—Open, Save messages; fabricname
  • Page 98 – Network Properties dialog box messages; hostname; Message
  • Page 99 – Switch Properties dialog box messages; Table 31: Switch Properties dialog box messages
  • Page 101 – Port Properties dialog box messages; Table 32: Port Properties dialog box messages
  • Page 102 – Faceplate display messages
  • Page 104 – Load Firmware dialog box messages; Table 34: Load Firmware dialog box messages
  • Page 105 – Table 35: Port Loopback test dialog box messages (Continued)
  • Page 106 – Extended Credits wizard messages; Table 36: Extended Credits wizard messages
  • Page 108 – Restore Configuration dialog box messages; Table 38: Restore Configuration dialog box messages
  • Page 109 – Trap Configuration dialog box messages; Table 40: Trap Configuration dialog box messages
  • Page 111 – Command Line Interface
  • Page 112 – Logging on to a switch; Commands; Table 41: Workstation port settings
  • Page 113 – Working with switch configurations; Modifying a configuration
  • Page 114 – Backing up a switch configuration
  • Page 115 – in this case, open and; Set Setup command
  • Page 116 – Commands and keywords are case insensitive.; Table 43: Command line completion
  • Page 117 – Authority; Syntax; Keywords; Opens the admin session.; Closes the admin session. The; Notes
  • Page 118 – Examples; The following example shows how to open and close an Admin session:; Alias; Admin session for all keywords except
  • Page 119 – Config; Set Config command; Creates a file named
  • Page 120 – configdata; Set Setup System; Config Edit
  • Page 121 – The following is an example of how to create a backup file (
  • Page 122 – Create Support; zip
  • Page 123 – Date; MMDDhhmmCCYY; Firmware Install
  • Page 124 – Hardreset; Set Log Command; To reset the switch without a power-on self test, refer to the “
  • Page 125 – Help; None
  • Page 126 – History; Use the; Hotreset
  • Page 127 – No port in the fabric is in the diagnostic state.; Image; Manages and installs switch firmware.; Displays the list of image files that reside on the switch.
  • Page 128 – switchname
  • Page 129 – Lip
  • Page 130 – Ping; Ps
  • Page 131 – Quit; Reset
  • Page 132 – communication with the switch and release the Admin session.; Set Log; communication with the switch.
  • Page 134 – Table 47: Port threshold alarm configuration default settings
  • Page 137 – Set Config; Config Save; qq
  • Page 138 – Table 51: Set Config port parameters
  • Page 139 – describes the Set Config Switch parameters.; Table 52: Set config switch parameters
  • Page 140 – Config command; Table 53: Set config threshold parameters
  • Page 141 – The following is an example of the; Table 54: Set config zoning parameters
  • Page 146 – Set Port
  • Page 147 – Online; Set Setup; press Enter to accept the current value shown in brackets.; Table 55: SNMP configuration settings
  • Page 148 – Table 56: System configuration settings
  • Page 150 – The following is an example of the Set Setup System command:; Show; Version
  • Page 151 – setting
  • Page 152 – Displays performance information for all ports. See the “; Table 57: Show Port parameters
  • Page 153 – Show Setup command
  • Page 154 – Displays switch operational information.
  • Page 160 – Show Version; Show Config; Show Config Port
  • Page 163 – Show Log
  • Page 165 – Show Perf
  • Page 166 – Show Setup; Displays the current SNMP and system settings.
  • Page 167 – Displays manufacturing information about the switch.
  • Page 169 – Shutdown; Test; internal
  • Page 170 – Choose the type of port loopback test to run:; AdminState box should display Online.; remote device. To run the online loopback test:
  • Page 171 – Uptime; User; Administers and displays user accounts.; — A switch can have a maximum of 15 user accounts.
  • Page 172 – Show Users
  • Page 173 – Whoami; Syntx
  • Page 174 – Zone; Zoning command
  • Page 175 – — Alias name
  • Page 176 – Zoneset
  • Page 177 – Only one zone set can be active at one time.
  • Page 178 – Zoning
  • Page 179 – performed it; This keyword does not require an Admin session.; Zoning Save; Zoning Clear; Table 58: Zoning limits
  • Page 188 – list definitions
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User Guide

HP

StorageWorks

2/8q Fibre Channel Switch

Management

First Edition (November 2004)

Part Number:

A7450–96007

This manual describes the management tools for the HP StorageWorks 2/8q Fibre Channel Switch

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