Page 3 - Contents
i Contents Preface .......................................................... vii Intended Audience .................................................................................................................................... viiTypographical Conventions .........................................
Page 7 - Preface; Intended Audience
v Preface This document is a guide to the Chassis Manager Web-based graphical user interface (GUI) that runs on your Server Switch. This document explains how to use Chassis Manager (CM) and provides the steps that you need to perform to configure your Server Switch with the GUI. Intended Audience T...
Page 8 - Contact Information
vi Contact Information Table 2-1: Customer Contact Information For the name of your nearest authorized HP reseller: In the United States, call 1-800-345-1518.In Canada, call 1-800-263-5868.Outside the United States and Canada, refer to www.hp.com. For HP technical support In the United States and Ca...
Page 9 - About Chassis Manager; Introduction; System Frame
1 1 About Chassis Manager The following sections appear in this chapter:• “Introduction” on page 1 • “Anatomy of Chassis Manager” on page 1 • “Browser Requirements” on page 6 • “Platform Requirements” on page 6 Introduction The Chassis Manager (CM) runs directly on your switch to help you quickly an...
Page 11 - Tree Frame Branches
3 Table 1-2 lists and describes the icons in the Tree frame. Tree Frame Branches 1. Click the plus-sign ( ) to expand an icon and display the branches that you can configure. 2. Click a branch icon ( ) to open the configuration options for that branch in the View frame. Table 1-3 lists and describes...
Page 13 - View Frame
5 Table 1-6 lists and describes the configurable branches under the Ethernet icon. Table 1-7 lists and describes the configurable branches under the InfiniBand icon. Table 1-8 lists and describes the configurable branches under the Help icon. View Frame The View frame appears on the right-hand side ...
Page 14 - Browser Requirements; Platform Requirements
6 Figure 1-3 displays the table that appears in the View frame when you expand the Chassis icon and click the Ports branch. Figure 1-3: View Frame Browser Requirements CM supports the following browsers:• Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 6 • Netscape Navigator version 6 • Mozilla version 1.4 Pla...
Page 17 - Getting Started; Preparing Your Device
9 2 Getting Started The following sections appear in this chapter:• “Preparing Your Device” on page 9 • “Launching Chassis Manager” on page 11 • “Navigating Chassis Manager” on page 14 • “Understanding Access Privileges” on page 15 • “Viewing Device Status” on page 15 Preparing Your Device To launch...
Page 19 - Launching Chassis Manager; Launching Chassis Manager without SSL; Launching Chassis Manager with SSL
11 b. (Optional) Enter the ip http secure-server command to enable HTTPS services on your device to permit SSL-secured access to your Server Switch. Example Launching Chassis Manager CM without SSL requires no additional setup. CM with SSL requires additional steps based on yourWeb browser. Launchin...
Page 20 - Internet Explorer
12 Netscape/Mozilla To launch a secure CM connection:1. Launch your Web browser.2. Type https:// and the IP address of your Server Switch in the address field of your browser and press Enter . (You configured the IP address in step 5 of “Preparing Your Device” on page 9 ) A login window opens. 3. Cl...
Page 21 - Avoiding Error Messages
13 5. Click the root certificate in the tree. Example 6. Click the View Certificate button. 7. Click the Install Certificate button. 8. Click the Next button. 9. Click the Place all certificates in the following store radio button. 10. Click the Browse button. The Select Certificate Store window ope...
Page 22 - Logging Out of Chassis Manager; Navigating Chassis Manager
14 The alert cautions you that the name on the certificate does not match the name of the site. This hostname mismatch message reappears after you log in and the java applet begins to load. To avoid this message entirely, configure your Server Switch to use the identifier that you enter in the brows...
Page 23 - Moving Backward; Refreshing Views; Understanding Access Privileges
15 When you further filter your display, the View frame indicates the new level of granularity. For instance, if you view the ports on a particular gateway card instead of all ports on the device, a tiered locator appears, followed by a filter indicator. If you view only external ports on an Etherne...
Page 25 - Chassis Icon Tasks; Viewing Cards on a Chassis
17 3 Chassis Icon Tasks The following sections appear in this chapter:• “Viewing Cards on a Chassis” on page 17 • “Viewing Internal Gateway Ports” on page 22 • “Viewing Physical Ports on a Chassis” on page 23 • “Configuring Ports” on page 27 • “Viewing Power Supply Status” on page 28 • “Viewing Fan ...
Page 27 - Viewing Card Properties
19 3. (Optional) Click the Refresh button to update the attributes in the display. Viewing Card Properties To view card properties:1. Expand the Chassis icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Cards branch. A Cards table that includes all cards in the chassis appears. A radio button appears to the left...
Page 29 - Viewing Card Inventory
21 Viewing Card Inventory To view memory and image information on a card:1. Expand the Chassis icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Cards branch. The Cards table appears. 3. Click the radio button next to the card whose inventory you want to view, then click the Inventory button. The Card Inventory ...
Page 30 - Configuring Administrative Status of a Card; Viewing Internal Gateway Ports
22 Configuring Administrative Status of a Card With CM, you can bring up or shut down any card on your chassis. To configure the administrative status of a card:1. Expand the Chassis icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Cards branch. A table of the cards in the chassis appears. A radio button appear...
Page 31 - Viewing Physical Ports on a Chassis; Viewing Port Properties
23 4. From the Show Options... pulldown menu, select Show Gateway Ports . The Gateway Ports table opens in the View frame. Table 3-4 lists and describes the fields in this table. Viewing Physical Ports on a Chassis To view the physical ports on your device:1. Expand the Chassis icon in the Tree fram...
Page 35 - Configuring Ports; Configuring a Port Name
27 Configuring Ports CM provides different configuration options for each type of port. The options available to each port will appear in the Port Properties window. Configuring a Port Name To configure the administrative name of a port:1. Expand the Chassis icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Port...
Page 36 - Viewing Power Supply Status
28 4. Click the Properties button. The Port Properties window opens. 5. In the Name field of the Port Properties window, enter a name for the port, then click the Apply button. 6. Click the Close button to close the Port Properties window. Enabling or Disabling a Port To enable or disable a port:1. ...
Page 41 - Maintenance Icon Tasks; Configuring Basic System Information
33 4 Maintenance Icon Tasks The following sections appear in this chapter:• “Configuring Basic System Information” on page 33 • “Configuring Date and Time Properties” on page 35 • “Viewing Files in the File System” on page 35 • “Installing Software Images” on page 36 • “Importing Configuration Files...
Page 43 - Configuring Date and Time Properties; Configuring Date and Time; Viewing Files in the File System
35 Configuring Date and Time Properties An internal clock runs on your device, but we recommend that you configure your device to access a network time protocol (NTP) server to synchronize your device with your network. Configuring Date and Time To configure the date and time of the internal clock o...
Page 44 - Deleting Files in the File System; Installing Software Images
36 3. (Optional) Click the Refresh button to poll your switch and update your display to reflect the most current inventory of your file system. Deleting Files in the File System To delete files from your file system:1. Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the File Management bran...
Page 45 - Customizing the Boot Configuration
37 5. Enter the user ID that logs you into the FTP server in the Remote FTP User Name field. 6. Enter the password logs you into the FTP server in the Remote FTP Password field. 7. Enter the directory path and name of the file on the FTP server in the Remote File Path and Name field. 8. Enter the na...
Page 46 - Assigning a DNS Server
38 Backing Up Running Configuration File To save your running configuration file:1. Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Backup Configuration branch. The Backup Configuration display appears in the View frame. 3. Enter a file name in the Save Configuration As field. CM will sa...
Page 48 - Configuring HTTP and HTTPS; Viewing RADIUS Servers
40 Configuring HTTP and HTTPS To configure HTTP and HTTPS services:1. Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame. 2. Expand the Services sub-icon in the Tree frame. 3. Click the General branch. The System Services display appears in the View frame. 4. Configure fields under the HTTP heading. For ...
Page 49 - Adding RADIUS Servers
41 Adding RADIUS Servers To configure a new RADIUS server on your device:1. Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree frame. 2. Expand the Services sub-icon in the Tree frame. 3. Click the Radius Servers branch. The Radius Servers table appears in the View frame. 4. Click the Add button. The Add Radiu...
Page 50 - Deleting RADIUS Servers; Viewing Authentication Failures
42 5. In the Address field, enter the IP address of the server. 6. (Optional) Edit the UDP Port field. The numbers to the right of the field indicate the range of integer values that this field supports. 7. (Optional) Enter an encryption key in the Encryption Key field. 8. (Optional) Edit the Timeou...
Page 53 - InfiniBand Icon Tasks; Viewing Subnet Managers
45 5 InfiniBand Icon Tasks The following sections appear in this chapter:• “Viewing Subnet Managers” on page 45 • “Viewing InfiniBand Services” on page 47 • “Viewing InfiniBand Nodes” on page 48 • “Viewing InfiniBand Ports” on page 51 • “Viewing Neighboring IB Devices” on page 56 • “Viewing IOUs” on...
Page 55 - Viewing InfiniBand Services; Viewing InfiniBand Service Properties
47 Deleting a Subnet Manager To delete a SM:1. Expand the InfiniBand icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Subnet Managers branch. The Subnet Managers table appears in the View frame. 3. Click the radio button next to the SM that you want to delete, then click the Delete button. Configuring Subnet Ma...
Page 56 - Viewing InfiniBand Nodes; Viewing Node Properties
48 3. Click the radio button next to the service whose properties you want to view, then click the Properties button. The InfiniBand Service Properties window opens. Table 5-4 lists and describes the fields in this window. Viewing InfiniBand Nodes Both IB switches and IB hosts qualify as IB nodes. T...
Page 58 - Viewing Node Ports
50 Viewing Node Ports To view the IB ports on a node in your IB fabric:1. Expand the InfiniBand icon in the Tree frame. 2. Expand the Topology icon in the IB frame. 3. Click the Nodes branch. The Nodes table appears in the View frame. Linear FDB Top Specifies the top of the linear forwarding table. ...
Page 59 - Viewing Node Neighbors; Viewing InfiniBand Ports; Viewing InfiniBand Port Properties
51 4. Click the radio button next to the node whose ports you want to view, then select Show Ports from the Show Options pulldown menu. The InfiniBand Ports display appears in the View frame, but lists only the ports that belong to the node that you selected. For details, refer to “Viewing InfiniBan...
Page 64 - Viewing Neighboring IB Devices; Viewing IB Neighbor Properties
56 Viewing Neighboring IB Devices To view the IB devices that directly connect to your device:1. Expand the InfiniBand icon in the Tree frame. 2. Expand the Topology icon in the Tree frame. 3. Click the Neighbors branch in the Tree frame. The InfiniBand Neighbors table appears in the View frame. Tab...
Page 66 - Viewing IOC Properties
58 3. Click the IOCs branch. The IOCs display appears in the View frame. Table 5-13 lists and describes the fields in this display. Viewing IOC Properties To view the properties of the I/O controllers (IOCs) on your device: NOTE: This feature is not available on all hardware platforms. 1. Expand the...
Page 67 - Viewing IOC Services; Viewing Properties of IOC Services
59 Viewing IOC Services To view the IOC services on your device: NOTE: This feature is not available on all hardware platforms. 1. Expand the InfiniBand icon in the Tree frame. 2. Expand the Device Management sub-icon in the Tree frame. 3. Click the IOC Services branch in the Tree frame. The IOC Ser...
Page 69 - Ethernet Icon Tasks; Viewing Bridge Groups
61 6 Ethernet Icon Tasks The following sections appear in this chapter:• “Viewing Bridge Groups” on page 61 • “Viewing Bridge Subnets” on page 64 • “Viewing Bridge Forwarding” on page 64 • “Viewing Redundancy Groups” on page 65 • “Viewing Trunk Groups” on page 66 Viewing Bridge Groups To view the br...
Page 72 - Viewing Bridge Subnets; Adding Bridge Subnet; Viewing Bridge Forwarding
64 Viewing Bridge Subnets To view bridge subnets:1. Expand the Ethernet icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Bridge Subnet branch. The Bridge Subnet display appears in the View frame. Table 6-3 lists and describes the fields in this display. Adding Bridge Subnet To add a bridge subnet:1. Expand the ...
Page 73 - Viewing Redundancy Groups
65 Adding Bridge Forwarding To add a bridge subnet:1. Expand the Ethernet icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Bridge Forwarding branch. 3. Click the Add button. The Add Ethernet Bridge Group Forwarding window opens. 4. Enter the ID of the bridge group in the ID field. 5. Click the eth or ib radio b...
Page 74 - Viewing Trunk Groups; Adding a Trunk Group
66 Viewing Trunk Groups To view the trunk groups on your Server Switch:1. Expand the Ethernet icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Trunk Groups branch. The Trunk Groups table appears in the View frame. Table 6-6 lists and describes the fields in this table. Adding a Trunk Group To add a trunk group:...
Page 75 - Viewing Trunk Group Properties
67 6. Check, in the Port Members field, the checkboxes of the ports that you want to include. NOTE: Check the checkbox of a particular card to automatically check all ports on that card. 7. Click the radio button of the distribution type to apply to the trunk group in the Distribution Type field. 8....
Page 77 - Fibre Channel Icon Tasks; Configuring Global ITL Attributes
69 7 Fibre Channel Icon Tasks The following sections appear in this chapter:• “Configuring Global ITL Attributes” on page 69 • “Viewing SRP Hosts (Initiators)” on page 70 • “Viewing Fibre Channel Targets” on page 73 • “Viewing Fibre Channel LUNs” on page 75 • “Viewing IT Policies” on page 77 • “View...
Page 80 - Viewing IT Policies of the Host; Viewing ITL Policies of the Host; Adding SRP Host
72 4. Select Show WWPNs from the Show Options pulldown menu. A SRP Host Wwpns table appears in the View frame. Table 7-3 lists and describes the fields in this table. Viewing IT Policies of the Host To view the details of the initiator-target (IT) pairs to which a host (initiator) belongs:1. Expand ...
Page 81 - Viewing Fibre Channel Targets
73 Deleting SRP Host To delete an SRP host from the configuration file:1. Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the SRP Hosts branch. A SRP Hosts table that includes all SRP hosts that connect to the chassis appears in the View frame. 3. Click the radio button next to the host th...
Page 83 - Viewing IT Policies of the Target; Viewing ITL Policies of the Target; Viewing Fibre Channel LUNs; Viewing Fibre Channel LUN Properties
75 6. (Optional) Enter a serve name in the Service Name field. 7. Click the Apply button, then click the Close button. Viewing IT Policies of the Target To view the details of the initiator-target (IT) pairs to which a target belongs:1. Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the T...
Page 84 - Configuring Fibre Channel LUN Properties
76 3. Click the radio button next to the LUN whose properties you want to view, then click the Properties button. The SRP LUN Properties window opens. Table 7-7 lists and describes the elements in this window. Configuring Fibre Channel LUN Properties To configure FB LUN properties:1. Expand the Fibr...
Page 85 - Viewing ITL Policies of the LUN; Viewing IT Policies; Viewing IT Properties
77 9. Click the Apply button, then click the Close button. Viewing ITL Policies of the LUN To view the details of the initiator-target-LUN (ITL) groups to which a LUN belongs:1. Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Logical Units branch. A Logical Units table that includes al...
Page 86 - Viewing ITLs; Viewing ITL Properties
78 Viewing ITLs To view ITL properties:1. Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the ITLs branch. The ITLs table appears in the View frame. Table 7-10 lists and describes the fields in this table. Viewing ITL Properties To view detailed ITL properties:1. Expand the Fibre Channel i...
Page 87 - Viewing Global Statistics
79 Viewing Global Statistics To view global SRP statistics:1. Expand the FB icon in the Tree frame.2. Click the Global Statistics branch. The SRP Global Statistics display appears in the View frame. Table 7-12 lists and describes the fields in this display. LUN Logical ID field Logical ID of the dis...
Page 89 - Index
Index A access privileges ....................................................15 admin status configuring, card .............................................22 authentication ........................................................39 auto-negotiation, configuring ..........................28 , 31 B ...
