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McDA T A ® Sph er eon ™ 4500 Fab ric Switch Prod uct Manag er User Manua l iii Preface ....................... ........... ........... ................. ........... ............ ........... ................. ........... . xi Chap ter 1 Pr oduct Manag er Ov erview Managing the Sphereo n ES-4500 Fabric Switch .
McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic S witch Produc t Ma nager User Man ual iv Conten ts Port List V iew .................... ........... ........... ................. ............ ........... 2- 20 Menu Options ................. ............ ......
v McDA T A ® Sph er eon ™ 4500 Fab ric Switch Prod uct Manag er User Manua l Conte nt s Chapter 4 Using Lo gs Using Logs ............ ........... ............ ........... ................. ........... ........... .... 4-2 Button Function ..........
McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic S witch Produc t Ma nager User Man ual vi Conten ts F ........ ........... ........... ................. ........... ............ ........... ................A-12 I.................... ........... ...............
McDA T A ® Sphe re on ™ 4500 Fabric Switc h Product Ma nager User M anual vii 1-1 EFC Server and R emote Works tation Con figuration (Dua l Ethernet) . 1-9 1-2 EFC Manager Icon . ................. ........... ........... ............ ..............
viii McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 F abric S witch Pro duct Manage r User Manual Figures 3-3 Configure Fabric Par ameters Dialog Box ............... ................. ........... ....... 3-7 3-4 Conf igure Ports Dialog Box .... ........... ...........
McDA T A ® Sph er eon ™ 4500 Fab ric Switch Prod uct Manag er User Manua l ix 1-1 Operating Sta tus - Status Bar and Switch Status ............ ........... ........... . 1-32 1-2 User Ri ghts for Product Manager Functions .. ........... ...........
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McDA T A ® Sph er eon ™ 4500 Fab ric Switch Prod uct Manag er User Manua l xi Preface This pu blica tio n p ro vid es d etai ls f or us ing the Spher eon ES -450 0 Fabric Switch Product Manag er application to monitor , con trol, and configure operation for a specif ic ES-4500 sw itch.
xii McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 F abric S witch Pro duct Manage r User Manual Preface Chapter 5 , Using Maint enance Fe atures , describes how to use the maintenance option s availa ble for th e switch through the Product Mana ger ’ s Mainten ance menu.
McDA T A ® Sph er eon ™ 4500 Fab ric Switch Prod uct Manag er User Manua l xiii Preface Manual Conventions The following notational conventions ar e used in this document: A n ote p re sents i mpo rtan t inf ormat ion th at is not h azar d-r elated.
xiv McDA T A ® Sp hereon ™ 4500 F abric S witch Product Manage r U ser Ma nual Preface Customers who pur chased t he har dwar e product from a company other than McDA T A shoul d cont act th at c ompan y ’ s service r epr esentative for technical support.
McDA T A ® Sph er eon ™ 4500 Fab ric Switch Prod uct Manag er User Manua l xv Preface All other trademark ed terms, indicated by a register ed trademark symbo l ( ® ) or trademark symbol ( ™ ) on first use in this publicatio n, are tra demarks of their respective owners in the Un ited States, other countries, or both.
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Product Manager Overview 1-1 1 Invisible Body T ag This chap ter is an introducti on and ov ervie w of the Sph ereon ES- 4500 Fabric Switch Product Manager applicatio n. It is inten ded as a quick r eference fo r using featur es available through the main Pr oduct Man ager w ind ow .
1 1-2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview Managing the Sphereon E S-4500 Fabric Switch Three options ar e available for managing the Sphereon ES-45 00 Fabric Switch through a user interfa ce: • The Product Manager ap plicatio n installed on an EFC Server .
1 EFC Mana gement Menu Op tions 1-3 Product Mana ger Ov erview The default user name for the right to view stat us and other information is “ oper at or . ” The d efault user name for the right to modify conf iguration da ta, per form maint enance t asks, o r perform ot her option s is “ administr ato r .
1 1-4 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview • Open • Delet e • Modify • Prop erties • Logout • Exit Fabrics Menu • Renam.
1 EFC Mana gement Menu Op tions 1-5 Product Mana ger Ov erview • Enable F ly Over Displa y Configure Menu • Users • Nicknames • Session s • Operati ng Parame ters (Switch and Fabric) • SNM.
1 1-6 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview Product Menu • Port (optio ns available wh en port is selected) — Port P roperties —.
1 Prod uct Ma nager Desc ript ion 1- 7 Product Mana ger Ov erview • Threshold Al erts • Export Config uration Report • Enabl e W e b Serv er • Enable T elne t Log s Men u • Audit Log • Eve.
1 1-8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview Fibre Channel fabrics managed by an EFC Server . The EFC Manager also pro vides tools to administer user and pr oduct access to the EFC Manager and P rod uct Manag er .
1 Prod uct Ma nager Desc ript ion 1- 9 Product Mana ger Ov erview Figur e 1-1 EFC Server and Remote W orkstation Configuration (Dual Ethernet) Using the Product Manager , you can: • Back up and rest or e configuration da ta. • Clear the system err or indicator .
1 1-10 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview • Configure nickname to dis play in stead of WWN for sw itch and att ach ed nod es . • Configurin g Port Bindin g. • Configure SNMP trap recipients and communi ty name s.
1 Using t he Pr oduct Mana ger 1-11 Product Mana ger Ov erview • Run p ort diagn os tics. • Se t th e da te a nd t ime on the swi tch. Using the Pr oduct Manager This section provides a general overvi ew of the P roduct Manager and its functio ns.
1 1-12 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview • If you are using a remote user workstation, follow steps 2 through 5. • If the EF C Mana ger win dow dis plays already , sk ip to Opening the Pr oduct Manag er on pag e 1- 13.
1 Using t he Pr oduct Mana ger 1-13 Product Mana ger Ov erview 5. Click Activate o r press the Enter key on your keyboard. The main EFC Manage r win dow di splays show ing the Product Vi e w .
1 1-14 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview Figur e 1-5 Sphereon ES-45 00 Fabric Product Mana ger Window Note t hat the EFC Manag er win dow is stil l availa ble as a separate window .
1 Using t he Pr oduct Mana ger 1-15 Product Mana ger Ov erview • Maint enan ce • Help Click one of the tabs to d isplay a li st of me nu options. Cl ick an op tion to open a dialog box that allows you to perform configuration and maintenance tasks and view logs.
1 1-16 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview Pr operties Cli ck to dis pla y the Switch P roperti es dialo g box. This dialog box contains the switch name, description, location, and contact person configured through the Configure Identification dialog box.
1 Using t he Pr oduct Mana ger 1-17 Product Mana ger Ov erview Fabric Operating Parameters Use this dialog box to set param eters for fabric opera tion.
1 1-18 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview Management Server Select this optio n to display t he Configu re Open Syst ems Manage ment Se rver dialog box, if this fe ature is en abled for the switch.
1 Using t he Pr oduct Mana ger 1-19 Product Mana ger Ov erview Export Configuration Report Select this option to display th e Export Configuration Report di alog box, which enabl es you to specify a file na me in which to save an ASCII text fi le containin g all current user-defina ble configuration options in a printable fo rmat.
1 1-20 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview installed, whet her the FRU wa s inserted or removed, the FRU part number and serial number , and the date and time the FRU was inserte d or removed.
1 Using t he Pr oduct Mana ger 1-21 Product Mana ger Ov erview IPL Select this op tion to initia te an initial program load on the switch. A dialog bo x displays to al low you to confirm th e IPL. Note that an IPL does not af fect any configuration settings done through the Product Man ager .
1 1-22 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview Enable Call Home Notification The default setting for the Enab le Call Home Notification function is disabled (uncheck ed). Select Enable Call Home Notificat ion fr om the Maintenance menu to enable the call-home function for the switch.
1 Using t he Pr oduct Mana ger 1-23 Product Mana ger Ov erview WARNING This operation resets all configuration including any optiona l features that have been insta lled. Y ou will need to re -ent er your featur e key to enable all optional features after r esetting the configura tion.
1 1-24 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview Figur e 1-6 Hardware V iew In the Hardw are V iew , colored indicators reflect the status of actual LEDs on th e switch FRU s.
1 Using t he Pr oduct Mana ger 1-25 Product Mana ger Ov erview • IPL Switch • Set Switch Da te and T ime • Set Switch Onlin e State For details on m enu optio ns, r efer to Switc h Me nu on page 2-13. For details o n navigatin g and mo nitoring via the Hardwar e V iew , ref er to Hardware V iew on pa ge 2-2.
1 1-26 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview Figur e 1-7 Port List View The Po rt List V iew displays in formati on ab out al l ports instal led in th e switch. All da ta is dynam ic and up dates autom atically .
1 Using t he Pr oduct Mana ger 1-27 Product Mana ger Ov erview • Port Binding • Clear T hreshold Alert( s) Note that these options ar e also available when you click a port row and se lect the Por t secondary menu fr om the Pr oduct menu on the menu bar .
1 1-28 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview Figur e 1-8 Node List View Note that these options ar e also available when you click a port row , then select the Port secon dary m enu from the Product ta b on the menu bar .
1 Using t he Pr oduct Mana ger 1-29 Product Mana ger Ov erview functioning as an expansion port (E_ Port), the message is “ E_Po rt . ” When a port is no t logged in to an end-d evice (not func tioning a s an F_Port) or to another switch (n ot functioning as an E_Port), th e message is the port ’ s current o nline state.
1 1-30 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview • Port Binding • Clear T hreshold Alert( s) Note that these same options ar e also available when you click a port ’ s graph, then select the Port secondary menu fro m the Prod uct menu on the menu bar .
1 Using t he Pr oduct Mana ger 1-31 Product Mana ger Ov erview Figur e 1-10 FRU List View For details on naviga ting and monitoring via the FRU L ist V iew , refe r to FRU Li st V iew on page 1- 30. Status Bar The st atus bar is located along the bot tom of the Product Mana ger window .
1 1-32 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview If a gray squar e displays in the status bar ( no Ethernet connection), a r eason for the status displays in the Stat us table at the top of the Hardwa re V iew .
1 Using t he Pr oduct Mana ger 1-33 Product Mana ger Ov erview Closi ng t he Pr oduct Manager T o close the Product Manag er , use the followin g steps: 1. T o close the Product Manager , do one of the following: • Select Close fro m the Pr oduct men u on the men u bar .
1 1-34 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview • Vi e w By default , all users have view rights, whi ch allow viewing of but n ot the changin g configura tions. V iew rights cannot be removed.
1 Using t he Pr oduct Mana ger 1-35 Product Mana ger Ov erview Configure Fa bric Param eters X ❏❏ Modify Port Binding X ❏ Configure Por ts X X ❏ Configure SNMP X ❏❏ Configure Switc h Bindi.
1 1-36 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview Backing Up and Restoring Pr oduct Manager Data As long as a Zip ® disk r emains in the Z.
1 Back ing Up and Restor ing Pro duct Mana ger D ata 1-37 Product Mana ger Ov erview The data contained in the EfcData dir ectory and mirr or ed to the Zip disk includes t he following: • All EFC Ma.
1 1-38 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview Using QuikSync QuikSync is functioning to back up data when the QuikSync icon displays in the sys tem tray in the righ t corner of the W i ndows ta skbar ( Figure 1-1 1 ).
1 Back ing Up and Restor ing Pro duct Mana ger D ata 1-39 Product Mana ger Ov erview • Click t he W indows Start button and select Pr ograms , then Iom eg a Qui kSy nc and choose QuikSync . • Double-click the QuikSyn c icon on th e W indow s system bar in the lower right corn er of the W indow s desktop.
1 1-40 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Product Manager Overview.
Monito ring and Managing the Switch 2-1 2 Invisible Body T ag This chapter describes how to use the featur es available in the Product Manager view panel to mo nitor and mana ge switch operation.
2 2-2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch Ha rd w a re Vi ew The Hardwar e V iew is the default view when you open the Pr oduct Mana ger .
2 Hardw are V iew 2-3 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch • Online All unblocked ports are able to connect with devices. Y ou can configure this state t hrough the Set Onl ine State dialog box. Refer to Set O nli ne St at e on page 5-4 for instruction s.
2 2-4 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch • Link T imeout The network con nection that was establish ed between the swit ch and EFC Server has been los t.
2 Hardw are V iew 2-5 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch Monitoring Hardware Operatio n Determine hardwar e component operating status and states by the simulated light emitting diode (LED ) indicators and status symb ols, such as flash ing red and yello w diamond s and yellow triangles , that appear on har dware components.
2 2-6 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch to Ta b l e 2 - 1 on page 2-36.
2 Hardw are V iew 2-7 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch • Unit Beaconing Indicator . The amber system error indicator blinks if unit bea coning is enabled. Ena ble and disab le unit beaconing by right-clickin g on the front or rear view away from a hardware com ponent a nd sel ect ing En able Unit Beaconing from the menu.
2 2-8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch Figur e 2-2 FRU Prop erties Dialog Box Displaying Port Info rmati on Ther e ar e several ways to display the Port Properties dialog bo x: • Double-click on a port connect or in the Hardw a re V i ew .
2 Hardw are V iew 2-9 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch • Port Number The physical port num ber . • Port Name User -defined port name or d escription. Refer to Con figure Ports on page 3-9 for i nstructio ns. • Ty p e — G_port. This d isplays if nothing is logged into the port.
2 2-10 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch • Beac oning This field indicates th e beaconing status for the p ort. T o enable o r disable beacon ing, right- click the port and sel ect Enable Beaconing .
2 Hardw are V iew 2-11 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch — 07 No n-McD A T A switch at oth er end of the I SL . The cable is conn ecte d to a non-M cDA T A switch and inter op mode is s et to McDA T A fabric mode. — 08 ISL conn ection not allowed on t his port .
2 2-12 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch • Thresh old A lert If a thr eshold alert exists for the po rt, an alert indicator (yellow triangle) will a ppear by the Threshol d Alert field, and the configured name for the last alert received will appear in the field.
2 Hardw are V iew 2-13 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch • Operati ng Mode . Always in O pen Syst em M ode. • Pre ferre d Domain ID as set thr ough the Conf igure Operating Paramete rs dialog bo x. • Active Domai n ID . The actual domain ID assigned to the switch.
2 2-14 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch Clear Syst em Error Light Select this to turn of f the amber system err or light ( ERR ), located below the green/blue power ( PWR ) LED o n the switch.
2 Hardw are V iew 2-15 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch 2. Perform one of the following steps: • T o imme diately synchroniz e the switch da te and time with th e EFC Server , be sure the P eriodic Date/T ime Synchronization op tio n is enabled and th en click Sy nc Now .
2 2-16 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch Figur e 2-7 Set Online State Dialog Box (Switch is Of fline) Figur e 2-8 Set Online State Dialog Box (Switch is Online) 2.
2 Hardw are V iew 2-17 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch • Distance: General distance ran ge for port transmission. This can be either short to lon g distances for the longw ave laser LC transceiver or short dista nces for the shortwa ve laser LC transceivers.
2 2-18 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch Reset Po rt Click to display a con firmation dia log box.
2 Hardw are V iew 2-19 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch bind the WWN of a device by cli cking the WWN radio button and entering a WWN or ni ckname (see the foll owing). Cha nges only take ef fect when you click t he Activate butto n. • WWN : Click the radi o button and e nter a world wide name (WWN) in the pr oper format (xx.
2 2-20 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch Figur e 2-10 Clear Threshold Alert(s) Dialog Box Port List View Display th e Port Li st V iew ( Fig ure 2-1 1 ) in the v iew panel by selecting the Port List opti on fr om vi ew ta bs on the P r oduct Ma nager windo w .
2 Port Li st View 2-21 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch • Nam e Displays the port name as configured thro ugh the Conf igu r e Port s dialog bo x. • Block Config Indicates the block ed or unblocked configuration of th e port as set through: — The Conf igure Port s dialog bo x.
2 2-22 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch — Segmented E_Port — Link Incident — Te s t i n g — Inactive • Ty p e The type of po rt. If the Port State is online, the available port types are F_ Port , FL_P ort , an d E_Port .
2 FRU List V iew 2-23 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch • Clear Li nk Incide nt Alert • Rese t Port • Port Binding • Clear T hreshold Alert( s) For Node Properties , if a nod e is not log ged in a messa ge displays indicat ing that node info rmation is not available.
2 2-24 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch • Position: S lot positio n of FRU in the chas sis relative to identical FRUs also installed in the chas sis.
2 Node List V iew 2-25 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch Informatio n that dis plays for each node includ es: • Port # Number of the port, fr om 0 thr ough 23. • Fibre Cha nnel Address The 3-byte Fibre Channel addr ess for the node or the arbitra ted loop p hysic al a ddress (A LP A ) fo r pri vat e loop devic es.
2 2-26 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch • BB_C redit The BB_Cr edit supported by the de vice. For private lo op devices, th is fi eld wi ll be bla nk . Double-click a r ow to d isplay th e Node Propert ies dialog box.
2 Node List V iew 2-27 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch • Display Op tions Select Nickn ame or Worldwid e Name from the submenu. Selecting Nickname displays attached devices in the Port WWN column by the nick name c on figur ed thr oug h the Define Ni ckname menu option.
2 2-28 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch • Port Number The physical port number on the switch to which the node is connected. • Fibre Cha nnel Address The 3-byte addr ess of the node o r the ALP A for private loop devices.
2 Per fo r mance V iew 2-29 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch lower portion o f the view display s statistica l values for the specif ic port ’ s bar graph that you select. Figur e 2-15 Per formance View Menu Options Right -click any of the port ba r graphs to displa y a menu with the following port-related a ction options.
2 2-30 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch • Enable Beaconing • Diagnostics • Clear Li nk Incide nt Alert (s) • .
2 Per fo r mance V iew 2-31 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch T raf fic Statistics with Rece ive and T ransmit V alues This sectio n describes the types of statisti cs that displ ay when you click a port ’ s bar graph: • Link Uti lization% The re is a sep arat e val ue for tran smit and re ce ive li nk uti liz ati on.
2 2-32 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch Class 2 Statistics The Class 2 Statistics table includes: • Received Frame s The number of Class 2 fra mes received by this F_Port fr om its att ach ed N_ Por t.
2 Per fo r mance V iew 2-33 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch The switch increments this count when it discar ds a frame that cannot be routed. This o ccurs most frequently when a destinat ion becomes un available wi thout the source realizing the d estinati on is unavailable.
2 2-34 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch • Disca rded fra mes A r eceived frame could no t be routed and was discarded beca use the frame ti med out (in suffici ent buf fer -to-buf fer cr edit) or t he destinat ion devi ce was not log ged into the sw itch.
2 Per fo r mance V iew 2-35 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch • Frames to o short A r eceived frame exceeded the Fibre Channel fram e maximum size or was les s than the Fibre Channel minimum si ze, indicati ng the frame arrived at the switch ’ s port corrupted.
2 2-36 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch Port Operational States Ta b l e 2 - 1 describes the port operational s tates and the LED and attenti on indicators that display in the Hardwar e V iew and Port List Vi e w .
2 Link I nci de nt Al erts 2-37 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch a. The status indicat or displays on the port in the Hardwar e V iew . It indi cat es th at a corr ective a ction is r equir ed to return the port to a normal op erating sta te.
2 2-38 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch being detected through a port connection that may r equire operator intervention to correct.
2 Threshold A lerts 2-39 Moni tor ing an d Mana ging th e Swit ch Select the Thresh old Alerts op tion on the Conf igure menu to di splay the Config ure Threshold Ale rts di al og box . U se th is dia lo g bo x t o co nf ig ure criteria for generating a thr eshold alert.
2 2-40 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Monitoring an d Mana ging the Switch.
Con figuring the Switch 3-1 3 Invisible Body T ag This chapter des cribes how to use the o ptions that display on the Product Manager ’ s Configure menu on the Product Manager menu bar .
3 3-2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Configuring the Switch Configur e Identi fication Use the pr ocedure in this section to identify the switch by its name, description, lo cation, an d contact person.
3 Configu re Switch Parame ters 3-3 Config urin g the Swit ch 6. Click Set Name as Nickn ame and a dd a check mark to the check bo x if you want to use the name in the Name field as a nickname for the switch ’ s WWN . The nickname will then display instead of the WWN in Product Manager views .
3 3-4 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Configuring the Switch Figur e 3-2 Configure Switch Pa rameters Dialog Box Ordi narily , you do not n eed to chang e values in this dialog box fr om their default s. The o nly exception is the Preferr ed Domain ID .
3 Configu re Switch Parame ters 3-5 Config urin g the Swit ch When a check mark displays, the domain ID configured in the Pre ferr ed Doma in ID field will become the ac tive domain iden tification when the fabric initializes.
3 3-6 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Configuring the Switch dir ector or switch is offline. Disabling Domain RSCNs also disables Enterprise Fabric Mode.
3 Config ure Fabric Para meters 3-7 Config urin g the Swit ch Figur e 3-3 Configure Fabr ic Parameters Dialog Box Ordi narily , you do not n eed to chang e values in this dialog box fr om their default s. The o nly exception is the Preferr ed Domain ID .
3 3-8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Configuring the Switch Set th e same v alue for E_ D_T OV on al l switches on a mu ltiswi tch fabric. If the value is not the same, the f abric segments. Switch Priority Setting thi s value determi nes the principal switch for t he multis witch fabric.
3 Con figure Swi tch B inding 3-9 Config urin g the Swit ch Configur e Switch Bi nding For complete procedur es on configuring thi s optional feature, ref er to SANtegrit y Features on page 6-2.
3 3-10 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Configuring the Switch Place or remove check marks in the check bo xes in this column to enable or disable li nk incident alerts. The factory defa ult is to enable LIN alerts.
3 Config ure Ports 3-11 Config urin g the Swit ch any device can attach to the port even if a WWN or nickname is specified in the Bound WWN colu mn. P ort binding is allow ed only for a port that is either a G_Port, E_Port, or F_Port. • Bound WWN Enter a worl d wide name (WWN) in the pr oper form at (xx.
3 3-12 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Configuring the Switch Figur e 3-4 Configure Ports D ialog Box Ports are nu mbered fr om 0 thr ough 23. 2. Click a Name field and type a name that r eflects the end device connected thro ugh the port.
3 Con fig ur e SNM P 3-13 Config urin g the Swit ch 7. T o bind a device with a specific WWN or nickname to the port, click the Port Binding check box to display a check m ark. Then enter the WWN or configu red nickname for the device into the Bound WW N column .
3 3-14 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Configuring the Switch — MIB-II — Fabric Element MI B — Fibre Alliance (FCMGMT) M IB — Switch private MIB F.
3 Con fig ur e SNM P 3-15 Config urin g the Swit ch The Configure SNMP di alog box di splays. Figur e 3-5 Configure SNM P Dialog Box 2. Click t he Enab le Authorization T raps field to enable authori zation traps to be sent to S NMP manag ement stat ions when unauthori zed stations try to access S NMP informa tion from the switch.
3 3-16 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Configuring the Switch 7. Click Activate to activate the data and close the dialog box. The SNMP configuration is stored in NV -RAM on the switch. 8. If you ar e finished configuring the switch, back up the configuratio n data.
3 Configure Feature Key 3-17 Config urin g the Swit ch The Configure Feature Key di al og bo x di sp la ys . Figur e 3-6 Configure Feat ure Key Dialog Box 3. Click New to add a n ew featu re key . 4. In the New Feature Key dialog box, enter the switch ’ s feat ure key and click OK .
3 3-18 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Configuring the Switch If you click Activ ate , all curr ent feat ures will be r eplac ed with ne w feature s.
3 Configure Date and T im e 3-19 Config urin g the Swit ch Figur e 3-7 Configure Date a nd Time Periodic Synchr onization Dialog Box T o disable Periodic Dat e/T ime Synchronization , click the check box to remove the check mark, then click Activate .
3 3-20 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Configuring the Switch Figur e 3-8 Configure Date a nd Time Manually b.
3 Configure Threshold Alerts 3-21 Config urin g the Swit ch Use the Threshold Al erts option on the Config ure menu to config ure the followi ng: • Name for the alert. • T ype of thre shold for the alert (Rx, Tx, or either). • Active or inactive s tate of t he alert.
3 3-22 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Configuring the Switch Figur e 3-9 Configure Thr eshold Alerts Dialog Box If alerts are conf igured, they w ill displ ay in ta ble format showi ng the name of the alert, type of alert (Rx, Tx, or Rx or Tx), and alert state (inactive or active).
3 Configure Threshold Alerts 3-23 Config urin g the Swit ch 4. Select one of the following fr om the dro p-down list under the Name fiel d: • Rx Through put . An alert will occu r if the threshold set for re c e i v e t h ro u g h p u t i s re a c h e d .
3 3-24 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Configuring the Switch 8. Enter the interval in m inutes in which th roughput is measured and threshold notifications can occur . The valid range is 5 minutes to 70 ,560 minutes.
3 Configure Threshold Alerts 3-25 Config urin g the Swit ch 1 1. Click Next . A final scr een appears to pr ovide a summary of your alert configuratio n. T o make an y chan ges, backwards and forw ards through the configurat ion screens by selecting th e Pr evious and Next buttons.
3 3-26 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Configuring the Switch Figur e 3-14 Configure Thr eshold Alerts Dialog Box - Alerts Activate d Modify an Alert Use the follow ing steps to modify an existing th reshold alert configuration.
3 Export Con figurati on Repo rt 3-27 Config urin g the Swit ch 7. Make appr opriate changes, then continue thro ugh the Modify Thr eshold screens, making chan ges as necessary , until the summary screen appears dis playing the a lert configuratio n. 8.
3 3-28 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Configuring the Switch This fil e cann ot be used to set co nfigur ation paramete rs through the Product Manager . Data in the file includes: • Product i dentific ation Data inpu t into the Configure Ident ification dialog box.
3 Enab le SANpil ot 3-29 Config urin g the Swit ch 2. Select the folder wher e you want to save the file. 3. T ype in a file name and exten sio n in the File nam e field.
3 3-30 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Configuring the Switch T o ensure tr ouble -fre e backups; it is imperativ e that you leave th e Zip drive connec ted to th e EFC S erver , and leave a Zip disk in th at driv e at all times.
Usi ng L ogs 4-1 4 Invisible Body T ag This chapter des cribes the Sphereon ES-450 0 Fabric Switch lo gs that yo u can ac ce ss thr ough th e Log s menu on t he Pr oduct Ma nage r me nu bar: Using L o.
4 4-2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Using Logs Using Logs The Audit, Event, Har dwar e, and Link Incident, and Thr eshol d Alert logs store up to 1000 entries each. The most r ecent entry displays at the top of the log.
4 Usi ng L ogs 4-3 Using Logs Figur e 4-1 Save Dialog Box 1. Click Export on the log window . 2. In the Save dialog box, select the folder where you want to save the file. 3. T ype in a file name and exten sio n in the File nam e field. 4. Click Save .
4 4-4 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Using Logs Audit Log The audit log d isplays a h istory of a ll configura tion chan ges applied to the switch fr om any source such as Pro duct Manager , SNMP management stations, web server interface, host, or another switch.
4 Event Log 4-5 Using Logs — SNMP: C hang e wa s made by a r emote SNMP mana gemen t station. — Fabric: Change was init iated by anoth er switch in th e fabric that is not managed by this EFC Server . — W e b server: Change was m ade by a user through the SANpilot Interface.
4 4-6 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Using Logs Figur e 4-3 Event Log All detected firmwar e faults and har dware f ailures ar e sent to the EFC Server for r ecording in the event log. The log provides a maximum of 1000 log entries before it wraps and overwrites th e oldest entries.
4 Hardw are Log 4-7 Using Logs Informatio nal Minor Majo r Sever e • FRU Positi on The FRU involved in th e event and the slot position in the chassis relative to identical FRUs in stalled. • Event D ata Up to 32 bytes of supple mentary information for the event in hexadecimal fo rmat.
4 4-8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Using Logs • FRU The name of the inserted or r emoved FRU. • Position Slot positi on in the chassis relative to identical compon ents installed. • Action Ins e rte d o r rem ov ed .
4 Link Incident Log 4-9 Using Logs • Port The number of the port on which the incident occurr ed. • Link Inciden t A short description of the incident. The following events may cause a link incident to be written to the log. — Implicit incid ent.
4 4-10 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Using Logs Thres hold Al ert Log This log provides details of threshold alert no tifications.
4 Threshold Alert Log 4-11 Using Logs • Utiliz ation % Per cent usage of traffic ca pacity . This is the percent of the port ’ s throughput capacity achieved by the measured thr oughput. This setting const itutes the threshold value and is con figured thr ough the Conf igur e Thr esh old Al erts dialo g box.
4 4-12 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct Mana ge r User M anual Using Logs.
Using Ma intena nce Features 5-1 5 Invisible Body T ag This chapter des cribes how to use the o ptions that display from the Maintenance men u on the Product Manager menu bar .
5 5-2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M a nager User Man ual Using Maintenance Features Run Port Diagnostics The Port Dia gnost ics o ption enables y ou to run internal and external loopbac k tests on a ny por t.
5 Execute an IPL 5-3 Using Maintenance Features Figur e 5-1 IPL Confirmation Dialog Box 2. Click Ye s . Selectin g IPL from the Maintenance menu cause s Ethern et conn ectio n between the swit ch and .
5 5-4 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M a nager User Man ual Using Maintenance Features After the IPL: • All Fabric services da tabase s containin g informa tion ab out current Fabric logins, name server registration s, and other data remain intact, making the operatio n transparent to attached devices.
5 Mana ge Fi r mw are V e rsions 5-5 Using Maintenance Features Figur e 5-3 Set Online State Dialog Box (State Is Online) 2. Click Set Offline or Se t Online , depend ing on the op erating sta te you want to set. 3. When a warning box displays requesting you to confirm the offline or online state, click OK .
5 5-6 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M a nager User Man ual Using Maintenance Features 1. S ele ct Enable E-Mail Noti fication from the Mainte na nce menu on the menu bar . 2. T o enable e-mail no tification, select th e option to add a check mark to the check box.
5 Back up and Re store Co nfigur ation 5-7 Using Maintenance Features Backup and Restor e Configur ation Select this optio n from the Maintenance menu to save the product configuration stor ed on the switch to the EFC Server har d disk or to restor e the product configura tion from the EFC Server .
5 5-8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M a nager User Man ual Using Maintenance Features • SNMP configuration (trap re cipients, community n ames, and write au thoriza tions). • Zoni ng conf igurati on (a ctive zone set and def ault zo ne state).
5 Reset C onfigur ation 5-9 Using Maintenance Features using this o ption, record the switch ’ s curr ent IP address which dis pla ys b elow the s witc h ’ s icon in the EFC Manager ’ s Pr oduct V iew (view Dis play Option s se t to Network Addre ss ).
5 5-10 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M a nager User Man ual Using Maintenance Features.
Optiona l Features 6-1 6 Invisible Body T ag This chapter provides det ailed informat ion on u sing, adm inisterin g, and conf igurin g option al EFC Manager ’ s feature s through EFC management application.
6 6-2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Optional Features Configur e Open Systems Management Server Use these pr ocedure s to configure the open systems inban d managem ent progra m to fu nction with the sw itch .
6 SANtegrity Features 6-3 Optional Features switches. These featur es are en abled by purchasing a feature key , then enablin g the key through the Configure F eature Key dialog box. For general instructions in en abling a feature key , refer to Configure Feature Key on page 3-16 .
6 6-4 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Optional Features For More Info rmation T o enable, disable, and configure this option, r efer to the Fabric Bin ding sec tion o f Ch apte r 8, “ Opti onal F eatu res , ” in the McD A T A Ente rpris e Fa bric M ana ger U ser Ma nual (620 -005001-6 00).
6 SANtegrity Features 6-5 Optional Features After enabling Switch Bi nding, you prohibit devices and/or switches fr om connecting with switch ports by removing them from the Membership List in the Switch Binding Me mbersh ip List dialog box. Y ou allow connections by adding them to the Membership List.
6 6-6 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Optional Features • Restric t F _Por ts . Select if yo u want to restrict connectio ns from specific devices to director F_Ports.
6 SANtegrity Features 6-7 Optional Features Figur e 6-2 Switch Binding Membership List Dialog Box Refer to Configuri ng Switch Binding - Overvi ew on page 6- 4 for informa tion on h ow the Switch Me mbership List is popula ted wi th WWNs accor ding to opt ions set in the Switch Bi nding Stat e Change dialog box.
6 6-8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Optional Features • Switch Bindin g is not enabl ed for the same port ty pe as enabled for the Connection Policy in the Switch Binding State Chang e dialog box.
6 Enterprise Fabric Mode 6-9 Optional Features • If Enterpris e Fabric Mode is enabled an d the dir ector or switch is offline you can disable S witch Binding, but E nterprise Fabric Mode will a lso disable. • WWNs can be added to the Switch Membership List when Switch Binding is enabled or disabled .
6 6-10 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Optional Features r equirements for disabling these parameters and featur es when the dir ector or switch is offline or online.
6 Enterprise Fabric Mode 6-11 Optional Features example, this inf ormatio n might be that a lo gical path has been br oken because of a physical event, such as a fiber o ptic cable being discon necte d fr om a port .
6 6-12 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Product M anage r User M anual Optional Features.
Product Man ager Mess ages A- 1 A Ivisible Body T ag This append ix lists an d explai ns messages th at may d isplay in message boxes as you use the Pr oduct Manager . Solutions to pr oblems implied by each message ar e included when applicable. A Message Ac tivating this co nfiguratio n will o verwrite the current configura tion.
A A-2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Prod uct Manag er User Manua l Product Manager Messages Message All port names must be uniq ue. Desc rip tio n A duplicate port name was enter ed. Every configur ed port name must be uni que. Acti on Reconfigur e the port with a unique name.
A Product Man ager Mess ages A- 3 Product Manager Messages C Message Can not disable S witch Binding while Ente rprise Fabric Mo de is active a nd the switch i s Online. Desc rip tio n User attempted to dis able switch bindi ng through the Switch Bi nding Change State dialog box, but En terprise Fabric Mode is enabled.
A A-4 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Prod uct Manag er User Manua l Product Manager Messages Acti on Remove the spaces or r etype the field without spaces. Message Cannot insta ll firmware to a switch with a f ailed CTP card. Desc rip tio n Firmware cannot be installed on a switch with a def ective CTP card.
A Product Man ager Mess ages A- 5 Product Manager Messages Message Can not re trieve por t configura tion. Desc rip tio n Port configurat ion can not be retrieved. The link is down or busy . Acti on Retry the operatio n later . If the condition persists, contact su pport personnel.
A A-6 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Prod uct Manag er User Manua l Product Manager Messages Message Cannot run diagnostics on a por t that is fa iled. Desc rip tio n Port diagnostics cannot be performed on a po rt that has failed. Acti on Run diagn ostics on ly on an operatio nal port .
A Product Man ager Mess ages A- 7 Product Manager Messages Message Can not set Fibre Channel pa rameters. Desc rip tio n Fibre Channel parameters cannot be set. The link is down o r busy . Acti on Retry the operatio n later . If the condition persists, contact su pport personnel.
A A-8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Prod uct Manag er User Manua l Product Manager Messages Message Cannot star t port diag nostics. Desc rip tio n Port diagnostics cannot be started. The link is down or busy . Acti on Retry the operatio n later .
A Product Man ager Mess ages A- 9 Product Manager Messages Message Co uld not find f irmware file. Desc rip tio n The selected file is not a firmware file. Acti on Obtain a valid firmware f ile from your service repr esentative. Message Co uld not re move dump files from server .
A A-1 0 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Prod uct Manag er User M anual Product Manager Messages D Message Date ent ered is invali d. Desc rip tio n Date entered incorrectly . Acti on V erify tha t the numb er of days in the m onth is vali d.
A Product Man ager Mess ages A-11 Product Manager Messages Message D isabling Switch B inding wil l disable Enter prise Fab ric Mode. Do you want t o continue? Desc rip tio n User attempting to disabl.
A A-1 2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Prod uct Manag er User M anual Product Manager Messages Message Error r etrieving po rt info rmation. Desc rip tio n An error occurr ed while retrieving port inf ormation. The link is down or busy . Acti on Retry the operatio n later .
A Product Man ager Mess ages A-13 Product Manager Messages Message F ile transf er aborted . Desc rip tio n User has sto pped the f ile transf er . Acti on N/A. An in formationa l messa ge. Message F ile transfer is in progr ess. Desc rip tio n Firmware or data collection is being tran sferred.
A A-1 4 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Prod uct Manag er User M anual Product Manager Messages I Message Incorrect product type. Desc rip tio n When configurin g a new product through the New Pr oduct di alog box, an incorrect pr oduct was selected for the network address.
A Product Man ager Mess ages A-15 Product Manager Messages Acti on Use up to 24 alpha numeric cha racters, in cluding s paces, hy phens an d underscores. Message I nvalid feature key . Desc rip tio n The feature key was not recognized. Acti on Re-enter the feature key notin g the key is case sensitive and to include the dashes.
A A-1 6 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Prod uct Manag er User M anual Product Manager Messages Message Invalid port swap. Desc rip tio n Port swap sele ction i s not al lowed. Acti on Ensure that each po rt selected for swap has not been pr eviously swapped.
A Product Man ager Mess ages A-17 Product Manager Messages Message I nvalid va lue for hour (0 - 23). Desc rip tio n V alue for hour must be an integer fro m 0 thro ugh 23. Acti on Enter a value from 0 through 23. Message I nvalid va lue for minute (0 - 5 9).
A A-1 8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Prod uct Manag er User M anual Product Manager Messages Message Invali d W orld Wide Name. Desc rip tio n W orld wide name must have eight two-digit hexadeci mal numbers separated by co lons ( xx :x x:x x:x x:x x:x x:x x: xx ).
A Product Man ager Mess ages A-19 Product Manager Messages N Message No file was selected. Desc rip tio n Action requires you to select a file Acti on Select a file. Message No firmware version file was sel ected. Desc rip tio n A file was not selected in th e Firmware Library dialog box before an action, such as modify or send was perform ed.
A A-2 0 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Prod uct Manag er User M anual Product Manager Messages P Message Performing this oper ation wi ll change th e current st ate to Of fline. Desc rip tio n This operation causes the switch to go of fline.
A Product Man ager Mess ages A-21 Product Manager Messages Acti on Review the Switch Binding Membership List to determine if the devices shoul d be membe rs. Message Po rt diagnost ics cannot be perf ormed on an inactive port. Desc rip tio n This displays when port diagn ostics is run on a port in an in active state.
A A-2 2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Prod uct Manag er User M anual Product Manager Messages Message Re sou rce is u na va ila ble . Desc rip tio n The specified opera tion cannot be performed because the pro duct is unavailable. Acti on V erify that the EFC Server-to-pr oduct link is up.
A Product Man ager Mess ages A-23 Product Manager Messages Message Switch Binding was removed from attache d devices that a re also participa ting in Port B inding.
A A-2 4 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Prod uct Manag er User M anual Product Manager Messages Message The EFC Se rver is busy pro cessing a reque st from an other Product Manager Desc rip tio n The EFC Server could not pr ocess the curr ent req uest because it is busy hand ling a request from anothe r Product Ma nager .
A Product Man ager Mess ages A-25 Product Manager Messages Message T he maximum number of a ddress configurat ions has been r eached. Desc rip tio n Th e max imum n umb er of save d add r ess conf igur atio ns h as be en re a c h e d . Acti on Dele te con figu ra tions no lo nger need ed to allo w ne w conf igu rati on t o be saved.
A A-2 6 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Prod uct Manag er User M anual Product Manager Messages Message The switch must be of fline t o configur e. Desc rip tio n A configu ration changed was a ttempted f or a configu ration requiring offline changes.
A Product Man ager Mess ages A-27 Product Manager Messages Message T hreshold al erts are not supported o n firmware earlier tha n 01.0 3.0 0. Desc rip tio n Thr eshold alerts ar e not supported in firmwar e r eleases befor e 1.03. 00. Acti on Informa tiona l messag e.
A A-2 8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Prod uct Manag er User M anual Product Manager Messages.
Glos sary g-1 Glossar y The following cross-r efer ences are us ed in this glossary: Contr ast wi th . This ref ers to a term that has an o pposite or substanti vely differ ent meani ng. See . This refers th e re ader to another keywor d or phrase for the s ame term.
g-2 McDA T A ® Sphe reon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct M anage r User M anual Glossa ry ALP A Arbitrated Loop Phys ical Addr ess. ANSI Am erican Nation al S tandar ds Inst itute: an or ganization that pr ovid es voluntar y stan dards in the United S tates.
Glos sary g-3 Glos sary bit error rat e A comparison of the number of bits rece ived incorrectly by a device to the total number o f bits transmitted. blocked port Devices commun icating with the port are prevented from logging into the switch or com municatin g with other devices atta ched to the switch.
g-4 McDA T A ® Sphe reon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct M anage r User M anual Glossa ry Class 2 Fibre Channel service Pr ovides a connectionle ss (not dedicated) service with notification of delivery or nondelivery betw een two N_P orts. In-order delivery of frames is not guaranteed.
Glos sary g-5 Glos sary control unit port An internal port on the CTP car d that communicates with the attached IBM S/390 or similar pro cessor channels to r eport err or conditio ns and li nk initi alizatio n. CRC See cyclical redundancy check. CTP See control pr ocessor card.
g-6 McDA T A ® Sphe reon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct M anage r User M anual Glossa ry device Product, connected to a man aged switch, that is no t controlled directly by the Product Manager . See also no de. diagnostics Procedur es used by computer users and s ervice personnel to diagno se hardware or softw are error conditio ns.
Glos sary g-7 Glos sary runs only on the EFC Server ( and cannot be downloade d to rem ote worksta tions ). EMS See EFC Ma nagem ent Servic es. Enterprise Fabri c Connectivity Manager Software applicatio n that is the system ma nagement f ramewo rk providing the user interface for manag ing McDA T A Fibre Channel connectivity products.
g-8 McDA T A ® Sphe reon ™ 450 0 Fabr ic Sw itch Pro duct M anage r User M anual Glossa ry F fabric Entity that interconnects N_Ports and is ca pable of routing (switchin g) Fibre Channel fra mes using the d estinat ion ID informatio n in the Fibre Channe l frame head er accompan ying the frames.
Glos sary g-9 Glos sary fibre port module card Each fi be r po rt mo du le c ard prov i des fo ur Fib re Ch an nel co nn ec tion s through duplex small form factor pluggable (SFP) fiber-optic transceivers. field-replaceable unit Assembly removed and r epl aced in its entir ety when any one of its compon ents fa ils.
g-10 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 F abric S witch Pro duct Manage r User Manual Glossa ry GUI Graphical User Interface. Gx_Port A configurable port type that r estricts a port to operate either as an F_Port, FL_Port, or E _Port. H hard wa re lo g Record of FRU ins ertions and removals in the switch .
Glos sary g-11 Glos sary I IML See ini tial machi ne load . inband management Management of the switch th rough Fibre Channel connection to a port car d. information message Me ssage telling a user that a functio n is performin g normally or has completed no rmally .
g-12 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 F abric S witch Pro duct Manage r User Manual Glossa ry IOCDS A data set tha t contains an I/O config uration definitio n bui lt by the IOCP . IOCP Se e input/o utput config uration program. IP address See inter net p r otoc ol a ddres s.
Glos sary g-13 Glos sary link incident A lin k incid ent i s a problem detected o n a fi ber optic lin k, like t he loss of light, in valid sequ ences and oth er problems. link incident alerts A user notification, such as a graphic symbol in the har dware view that indicates that a link incident has occurr ed.
g-14 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 F abric S witch Pro duct Manage r User Manual Glossa ry management information base Related s et of softw ar e objects (vari ables) cont aining i nformati on about a mana ged devic e an d acce sse d via S NMP f rom a net work manage ment s tati on.
Glos sary g-15 Glos sary node port Physica l interface wi thin an end device which ca n connect to an F_Port on a swi tched fabric or directly to another N_Port ( in point-to -point com municatio ns).
g-16 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 F abric S witch Pro duct Manage r User Manual Glossa ry Of fline - when the switch is set offline, all ports are set of fline. The switch transmits the offline sequence (OLS) to attache d devices, and the d evices cannot lo g in to the switch .
Glos sary g-17 Glos sary path In a network, a ny route between any two ports. persistent binding A form of server -level access contr ol that uses configuration information to bind a server to a specific Fibr e Channel storage volume (or logica l device) using a unit number .
g-18 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 F abric S witch Pro duct Manage r User Manual Glossa ry R R_A_TO V See resour ce allocation time-out value . redundancy Performance characteristic of a system or pro.
Glos sary g-19 Glos sary S SAN See storage ar ea network. SANpilo t A managem ent interface embedd ed on the sw itch ’ s code which offers featur es similar to, but not as r obust as, the EFC Manager and Product Manager .
g-20 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 F abric S witch Pro duct Manage r User Manual Glossa ry SNMP management station An SNMP workstation console used to oversee the SNMP network.
Glos sary g-21 Glos sary U unblocked port Devices comm unicating with an unbl ocked port can log in to the switch and communicate with devices attached to any other unblocked port (ass uming that this is supported by the current zoni ng conf igur ation ).
g-22 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 F abric S witch Pro duct Manage r User Manual Glossa ry window A scr ollable viewin g area on screen. A window may refer to a part of the application, such as the scro llable index window or the text window in the electronic versions of this database, or it m ay refer to the entire application in a window .
Index i-1 A alert s thresho ld 1-1 8 clearing 2-19 alerts, link i ncident (LI N) 2-37 enablin g 3-9 audit log 1-19 , 4-4 B backup and restore configuration 5-7 data 1-36 , 3-29 backup and r estor e co.
McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 F abric S witch Pro duct Manage r User Manual i-2 Inde x dialog box 3-6 conf ig ur e port s dialog box 3-9 procedure open systems mode 3-11 configur e port s dialog b ox .
i-3 Index Index FRU description 1- 15 product menu 1-1 5 FRU l ist view 1-30 defined 2-23 display ed 1-31 , 2-23 opening 2-23 FRU pr operties 2-7 H h ard w a re l og 1-19 , 4-7 h ard w a re vi e w 1-2.
McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 F abric S witch Pro duct Manage r User Manual i-4 Inde x menus con fig ure 1-16 hardwar e view 2-13 help 1- 23 logs 1-19 mai nt ena nc e 1-20 menu bar 1-1 4 node list v i.
i-5 Index Index node list vi ew menu 1-27 opening 1-13 performance view 1-2 8 , 2-28 performance view menu 1-29 port list view 1-2 5 , 2-20 port menu 1-25 product 1- 15 statu s bar 1-31 switch v iew 1.
McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 F abric S witch Pro duct Manage r User Manual i-6 Inde x thr eshold al erts 1-18 clear ing 2-19 general in formatio n 2- 38 trade mark s 4-x iv U username, d efault 1-3 ,.
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