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QLogic 8C/16

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – Document Revision History
  • Page 3 – Table of Contents; Section 1
  • Page 4 – Section 3
  • Page 5 – Section 4
  • Page 6 – Section 5
  • Page 7 – Appendix A Command Line Interface
  • Page 8 – Appendix B Graphing Port Performance; Figure
  • Page 9 – Tables; Table
  • Page 11 – Introduction; Intended Audience; SANbox2-8c Fibre Channel Switch Installation Guide
  • Page 12 – Technical Support; Visit the QLogic support Web site listed in; Availability; , you may choose Electronic-Based Training or schedule an; Contact Information
  • Page 13 – Section 2; Using SANbox Manager; Installing SANbox Manager; Table 2-1. Management Workstation Requirements
  • Page 14 – SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Windows Installation; SANbox
  • Page 15 – SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Linux Installation
  • Page 16 – SANsurfer Management Suite Disk - Solaris Installation
  • Page 17 – SANbox2 Installation Disk - Windows Installation
  • Page 18 – Starting SANbox Manager; Don’t show this dialog again; ”Setting SANbox Manager Preferences” on page 2-11; Open Existing Fabric; ”Adding a Fabric” on page 3-3; Open Existing Fabric View File; ”Opening a Fabric View File” on page 3-4
  • Page 19 – Choose; Start Application Without Specifying a Fabric; to open the
  • Page 20 – Exiting SANbox Manager; Exit; ”Changing the SANbox Manager Default; Save View File; Figure 2-3. Save Default Fabric File Dialog – SANbox Manager; ”Setting
  • Page 21 – Uninstalling SANbox Manager; To uninstall the SANbox Manager application, do the following:
  • Page 22 – Changing the SANbox Manager Default Fabric File Password; Figure 2-5. Set New Password Dialog – SANbox Manager Fabric File; Saving and Opening SANbox Manager Fabric View Files
  • Page 23 – Setting SANbox Manager Preferences; Change the location of the browser used to view the online help.; Figure 2-6. Preferences Dialog – SANbox Manager
  • Page 24 – Using Online Help; Help Topics; Viewing Software Version and Copyright Information
  • Page 25 – SANbox Manager User Interface; Figure 2-7. SANbox Manager Display Elements; Faceplate
  • Page 26 – Menu Bar; The Menu Bar presents the SANbox Manager menus as shown in; Figure 2-8. SANbox Manager Menu Structure; ”Opening the Faceplate Display and Topology Popup
  • Page 27 – Most menu selections have shortcut keys as shown in; Shortcut
  • Page 28 – Tool Bar; . The tool bar buttons are an; Tool Bar Button
  • Page 29 – Fabric Tree; . The window width can be adjusted by clicking and dragging the
  • Page 31 – Using the Topology Display; ”Fabric Status” on page 3-7
  • Page 33 – Opening the Faceplate Display and Topology Popup Menus
  • Page 34 – ”Monitoring Port Status” on page 5-2
  • Page 35 – Working with Ports; Select; Opening the Faceplate Popup Menu
  • Page 36 – Faceplate Data Windows; Switch – displays current switch configuration data.
  • Page 37 – Managing Fabrics; Security; ”Set Setup Command” on page A-42
  • Page 38 – Inter-Switch Link Security; ”Set Config Command” on page A-29; Inband Management; ”Switch Properties” on page 4-16
  • Page 39 – Managing the Fabric Database; ”User Authentication” on page 3-1; Add Fabric
  • Page 41 – Rediscovering a Fabric; Rediscover; Adding a New Switch to a Fabric; Fabric zoning is sent to the switch from the fabric.; Restore Factory Defaults; in the
  • Page 42 – Replacing a Failed Switch; Turn off the power and disconnect the AC cords.; Delete; Choose the; Restore
  • Page 43 – Deleting Switches and Links; Displaying Fabric Information; ”Name Server Data Window” on page 4-7; Fabric Status; Refresh
  • Page 44 – Switch Icon
  • Page 45 – Displaying the Event Browser; or choose the
  • Page 47 – Filtering the Event Browser; Filter Entries; opens the Filter Events dialog shown in
  • Page 48 – To save the Event Browser to a file, do the following:
  • Page 49 – Active Zone Set Data Window; ”Configured Zonesets Data
  • Page 51 – Soft Zones
  • Page 52 – ”Configured Zonesets Data Window” on page 4-11
  • Page 53 – Zoning Database; ”Using the Zoning
  • Page 54 – Using the Zoning Config Dialog; Edit Zoning Config; to open the Zoning Config dialog shown in; OK; button to put the new values; Default Visibility
  • Page 55 – Restoring Default Zoning; Restore Default; Merging Fabrics and Zoning; ”Port Information Data Window” on page 5-7
  • Page 56 – Zone Merge Failure Recovery; Refer to
  • Page 57 – Using the Edit Zoning Window; Edit Zoning
  • Page 58 – Table 3-3. Edit Zoning Window Tool Bar Buttons
  • Page 59 – Managing Zone Sets; ”Copying a Zone to a Zone Set” on page 3-24; Apply
  • Page 60 – Activating and Deactivating a Zone Set; ”Default Visibility” on page 3-18; Copying a Zone to a Zone Set
  • Page 61 – Removing a Zone Set
  • Page 62 – ”Changing Zone Types” on page 3-29
  • Page 63 – Adding Zone Members
  • Page 65 – Changing Zone Types
  • Page 67 – Managing Switches; Managing User Accounts; Account Name
  • Page 68 – Creating User Accounts; . This displays the User Account Administration dialog; Add Account; tab. A switch can have a; Figure 4-1. Account Administration – Add
  • Page 69 – Permanent Account; button and enter the number days in which the account will expire.; Removing a User Account; tab in the dialog to; Remove Account; Figure 4-2. Account Administration – Remove
  • Page 70 – Changing a User Account Password; tab in the; Change Password; Figure 4-3. Account Administration – Change Password
  • Page 71 – Displaying Switch Information
  • Page 72 – Displaying Hardware Status
  • Page 73 – Name Server Data Window; Name Server; tab below the data window to; Switch Data Window; ”Configuring a Switch” on page 4-16; Switch; tab below; Entry
  • Page 77 – Configured Zonesets Data Window; Configured Zonesets data window, choose the; Configured Zonesets; Figure 4-6. Configured Zonesets Data Window
  • Page 78 – Configuring Alarms; Figure 4-7. Alarm Threshold Configuration Dialog
  • Page 79 – Enable; steps 3; Enable All Alarm Thresholds; Event
  • Page 81 – Figure 4-9. Temperature Thresholds Dialog; Resetting a Switch; describes the types of switch resets:; Type
  • Page 83 – Symbolic Name; ”Set
  • Page 84 – describes the administrative state values.; Domain ID and Domain ID Lock; ”Set Config; Parameter
  • Page 85 – Broadcast Support; The
  • Page 86 – Legacy Port Address Format; setting is; Timeout Values; the same for all switches in the fabric.; Legacy Address Format; setting must be the same on all
  • Page 87 – Use the Network Properties dialog shown in; button to put the; Network Properties
  • Page 88 – IP Configuration; describes the IP configuration
  • Page 89 – SNMP Configuration; describes the SNMP configuration parameters.
  • Page 90 – SNMP Trap Configuration; and configure the trap.; Remote Logging; Table 4-9. SNMP Trap Configuration Parameters
  • Page 91 – Archiving a Switch; ”Restoring a Switch” on page 4-26; Archive
  • Page 92 – Restoring a Switch; ”Archiving a Switch” on page 4-25; Figure 4-12. Restore Dialogs – Full and Selective
  • Page 93 – ”Network Properties”
  • Page 94 – Load Firmware
  • Page 95 – Activating the Pending Firmware; Activate Firmware; . SANbox Manager attempts a; Changing the Pending Firmware; In the faceplate display, open the Switch menu and select; Firmware; button to select the
  • Page 96 – Restoring the Factory Default Configuration; lists the factory default switch; Reset Password File; option in the maintenance menu. Refer to “Recovering a; Setting
  • Page 98 – Notes
  • Page 99 – Managing Ports; Displaying port information; Displaying Port Information; Figure 5-1. Faceplate Display – Port Information
  • Page 100 – Monitoring Port Status; Port mode; Displaying Port Modes; View Port Modes; lists the possible port modes and their; Mode
  • Page 101 – Displaying Port Operational States; View Port States; lists the possible operational; Displaying Port Speeds; View Port Speeds; lists the possible speeds.; State
  • Page 102 – Media Icon; Table 5-5. Port Statistics Data Window Entries
  • Page 105 – Port Information Data Window; Port Info
  • Page 106 – tab below the data
  • Page 107 – Configuring Ports; Port Properties
  • Page 108 – Changing Port Administrative States
  • Page 109 – Changing Port Speeds; Changing Port Modes
  • Page 111 – Scan Device; credit extension
  • Page 112 – Apply changes: Redistribute credits as requested.; Resetting a Port; Open the Port menu and select; Reset Port
  • Page 113 – Testing Ports; presents the following loopback tests:
  • Page 115 – Appendix A; Command Line Interface; Logging On to a Switch; ”Commands” on
  • Page 116 – Command Syntax; command; Keystroke
  • Page 117 – Commands; The command set provides for User and Admin authority levels.; User Authority Commands
  • Page 118 – Admin Command; Authority; Admin; Syntax; admin; Keywords; Opens the admin session.; cancel; The following example shows how to open and close an Admin session:
  • Page 119 – Alias Command; alias; list
  • Page 121 – Config Command; ”Set Config Command” on; activate; Creates a file named
  • Page 122 – restore; configdata; save
  • Page 124 – Date Command; Admin to change the date User to display the date.; date; The following is an example of the Date command:
  • Page 125 – Fallback Command; fallback; The following is an example of the Fallback command:
  • Page 126 – Hardreset Command; hardreset; To reset the switch without a power-on self test, refer to the
  • Page 127 – Help Command; User; help; all; Examples; The following is an example of the Help Set command:
  • Page 128 – History Command; history; Use the History command to provide context for the ! command:; The following is an example of the History command:
  • Page 129 – Hotreset Command; hotreset; This command clears the event log and all counters.
  • Page 130 – Image Command; Manages and installs switch firmware.; image; cleanup; Displays the list of image files that reside on the switch.
  • Page 131 – Lip Command; Reinitializes the specified loop port.; The number of the port to be reinitialized.; The following is an example of the Lip command:
  • Page 132 – Passwd Command; Changes a user account’s password.; Admin to change another account’s password User to change your own.; The following is an example of the Passwd command:
  • Page 133 – Ping Command; Ping; The IP address of the switch to query.; The following is an example of a successful Ping command:
  • Page 134 – Ps Command; Displays current system process information.; ps; The following is an example of the Ps command:
  • Page 135 – Quit Command; Closes the Telnet session.; You can also enter Control-D to close the Telnet session.
  • Page 136 – Reset Command; ”Hardreset Command” on page A-12
  • Page 138 – Table A-5. Alarm Threshold Configuration Defaults
  • Page 141 – Set Command; Sets a variety of switch parameters.; set; alarm clear
  • Page 142 – The following examples enables and disables the beacon:
  • Page 143 – Set Config Command; Admin authority and a Config Edit session; set config; port; describes the port parameters.; describes the port parameters.
  • Page 145 – switch; Table A-10. Set Config Switch Parameters
  • Page 147 – threshold; ”Config Command” on page A-7
  • Page 148 – zoning
  • Page 149 – The following is an example of the Set Config Port command:
  • Page 151 – The following is an example of the Set Config Zoning command.
  • Page 152 – Set Log Command; set log; archive
  • Page 154 – Stops logging of events.
  • Page 155 – Set Port Command; Specifies the port. Ports are numbered beginning with 0.; clear; Clears the counters on the specified port.; enable; Sends a Loop Port Enable (LPE) to all ALPAs on the arbitrated loop.
  • Page 156 – Set Setup Command; set setup; snmp; describes the SNMP fields. For each parameter, enter a new value or
  • Page 157 – system; Table A-14. System Configuration Settings
  • Page 158 – The following is an example of the Set Setup SNMP command:
  • Page 160 – The following is an example of the Set Setup System command:
  • Page 161 – Show Command; Displays the last 200 alarm entries.
  • Page 163 – perf; Displays performance information for all ports. Refer to the
  • Page 165 – post log; ”Show Setup Command” on page A-66; steering
  • Page 167 – The following is an example of the Show Fabric command:
  • Page 168 – The following is an example of the Show Interface command:
  • Page 169 – The following is an example of the Show Port command:
  • Page 171 – The following is an example of the Show Topology command for port 1:
  • Page 172 – The following is an example of the Show Version command:
  • Page 173 – Show Config Command
  • Page 175 – The following is an example of the Show Config Zoning command:
  • Page 176 – Show Log Command; Displays the components currently being monitored for events.; The following is an example of the Show Log Component command:
  • Page 177 – The following is an example of the Show Log Options command:; The following is an example of the Show Log command:
  • Page 178 – Show Perf Command
  • Page 179 – The following is an example of the Show Perf command:; The following is an example of the Show Perf Byte command:
  • Page 180 – Show Setup Command; show setup; mfg
  • Page 181 – The following is an example of the Show Setup Snmp command:
  • Page 182 – The following is an example of the Show Setup System command:
  • Page 183 – Shutdown Command; shutdown; When the shutdown is complete, the Heartbeat LED is extinguished.
  • Page 184 – Test Command; ”Set Command” on page A-27; test; Cancels the online test in progress.; status; Place the port in Diagnostics mode, enter the following command (; Insert the loopback plug into the SFP on the selected port.
  • Page 185 – Choose the type of port loopback test to run:
  • Page 187 – Uptime Command; uptime; The following is an example of the Uptime command:
  • Page 188 – User Command; Administers or displays user accounts.; Admin. The List keyword is available with User authority.; user; accounts; Displays all user accounts that exist on the switch.; add; A switch can have a maximum of 15 user accounts.; The following is an example of the User Accounts command:
  • Page 189 – The following is an example of the User Add command:
  • Page 190 – Whoami Command; whoami; The following is an example of the Whoami command:
  • Page 191 – Zone Command; Admin authority and a Zoning Edit session. Refer to the; zone; Alias name
  • Page 193 – The following is an example of the Zone List command:; The following is an example of the Zone Members command:
  • Page 194 – The following is an example of the Zone Zonesets command:
  • Page 195 – Zoneset Command; Manages zone sets and zone set membership across the fabric.; zoneset; active
  • Page 196 – Only one zone set can be active at one time.; The following is an example of the Zoneset Active command:; The following is an example of the Zoneset List command:
  • Page 197 – The following is an example of the Zoneset Zones command:
  • Page 198 – Zoning Command; ”Zone Command” on page A-77; Opens a Zoning Edit session.
  • Page 199 – limits; The following is an example of the Zoning Edit command:
  • Page 200 – The following is an example of the Zoning List command:
  • Page 203 – Appendix B; Graphing Port Performance
  • Page 204 – Starting SANsurfer Fabric View; Start Fabric View; Exiting SANsurfer Fabric View; ”Changing the SANsurfer Fabric View Default Fabric File; Figure B-2. Save Default Fabric File – SANsurfer Fabric View
  • Page 205 – Figure B-3. Load Default Fabric File – SANsurfer Fabric View; ”Setting SANsurfer; Saving and Opening SANsurfer Fabric View Fabric View Files; Save View As
  • Page 206 – Changing the SANsurfer Fabric View Default Fabric File Password; Change Default File Password; Figure B-4. Set New Password – SANsurfer Fabric View Fabric File; Setting SANsurfer Fabric View Preferences; Preferences; ”Exiting SANsurfer; Figure B-5. Preferences – SANsurfer Fabric View
  • Page 207 – Setting the Polling Frequency; ”Customizing Graphs” on page B-6
  • Page 208 – Arranging Graphs in the Display; arranges the graphs in non-overlapping rows and columns.; Customizing Graphs; . Enter an interval in seconds; Figure B-6. Default Graph Options Dialog
  • Page 209 – Printing Graphs
  • Page 210 – Saving Graph Statistics to a File; Open the File menu, and select; Save Current Graph Statistics to a File; to; Save All Graph Statistics to a File; can also right click on a graph and select; Save Statistics to File; Save
  • Page 211 – Glossary; Arbitrated Loop Physical Address
  • Page 212 – Fibre Channel Private Loop Direct Attach
  • Page 213 – Internet Protocol
  • Page 214 – Switch management application.
  • Page 215 – Index; alarm
  • Page 216 – database
  • Page 217 – faceplate display
  • Page 218 – name server
  • Page 220 – topology display
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