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McDA T A® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric Switc h Product Mana ger U ser Ma nual ii Record of Revisions and Updat es Copyri ght © 2002 McDATA Corpora tion.
McDA T A ® Sphe reon ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Product Manag er User Manua l iii Preface ....................... ................ ............ ................. ........... ................. ........... ................. . xi Chapte r 1 Pr oduct Manager Overv iew Managing the Sphereo n ES-4500 Fabric Sw itch .
McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product M anag er User Manual iv Contents Port List V iew .............. ................. ........... ................. ............ ........... 2-20 Menu Options ............ ................. ..........
v McDA T A ® Sphe reon ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Product Manag er User Manua l Conte nts Chapter 4 Usi ng Logs Using Logs....................... ............ ................. ........... ................. ......... 4- 2 Button Function ....... ........
McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product M anag er User Manual vi Contents F ........................ ............ ................. ........... ........... ................. ..... A-12 I.................... ................. ........... .
McDA T A ® Sph ere on ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Prod uct Manage r User Man ual vii 1-1 EFC Server and R emote Workstation Configuration ( Dual Ethernet) . 1-9 1-2 EFC Manager Icon ...... ............ ................. ........... ................. .....
viii McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabr ic Switc h Product Manage r User Ma nual Figures 3-3 Configure Fabric Parameters D ialog Box ..................... ................. ........... . 3-7 3-4 Configure Ports Di alog Box ..................... ......
McDA T A ® Sphe reon ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Product Manag er User Manua l ix 1-1 Operating Status - Status Bar and Switch Status ............ ........... ............ 1-32 1-2 User Ri ghts for Product Manager Functions ............. .................
x McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabr ic Switc h Product Manage r User Ma nual T ables.
McDA T A ® Sphe reon ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Product Manag er User Manua l xi Preface This pub lica tion pr ovid es detai ls f or us ing t he Sp her eon ES-45 00 Fabric Switch Product Manage r application to moni tor , control, and configure operation for a specific ES -4500 switch.
xii McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabr ic Switc h Product Manage r User Ma nual Preface Chapter 5 , Using Mainten ance Features , describes how to use the maintenance options a vailable fo r the switch th rough the Product Mana ger ’ s Mainte nanc e menu.
McDA T A ® Sphe reon ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Product Manag er User Manua l xiii Preface Manual Conventions The following notational conventions ar e used in this document: A no te pr ese nts i mport ant i nforma tion that is not h azar d-rela ted.
xiv McDA T A ® Sp hereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Preface Customers who pur c hased the hardwar e product fro m a company other than McDA T A s hould co ntact th at com pany ’ s service r epresen tative for technical support.
McDA T A ® Sphe reon ™ 4500 Fabric Switch Product Manag er User Manua l xv Preface All other trademarked terms, indica ted by a register ed trademark symbol ( ® ) or tradem ark symbol ( ™ ) on first use in this publication, are tra demarks of their respective owners in the United States, other countries, or both.
xvi McDA T A ® Sphe reon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Preface.
Product Manager Overview 1-1 1 Invisible Body T ag This chap ter is an introduc tion and overview of the Sphe reon ES-450 0 Fabric Switch Product Manager applicatio n. It is intended as a qui ck refer ence for using features available thr ough the main Product Manag er w indow .
1 1-2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview Managing the Spher eon ES-4500 Fabric Switch Three options are ava ilable for managing the Sphereon ES-4500 Fabric Switch through a user interface: • The Product Manager ap plication insta lled on an EF C Server .
1 EFC Managem ent Menu Options 1- 3 Product Mana ger Over view The default user name for the right to view status and other information is “ oper ato r . ” The default user name for the right to modify configu ration da ta, perform maintena nce tas ks, or perf orm other op tions is “ administr ator .
1 1-4 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview • Open • Delete • Modify • Prop erties • Logout • Exit Fabrics Menu • Rename .
1 EFC Managem ent Menu Options 1- 5 Product Mana ger Over view • Enable F ly Over Di splay Configure Menu • Users • Nicknames • Session s • Operati ng Parame ters (S witch and Fabric) • SN.
1 1-6 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview Product Menu • Port (options available when po rt is selected) — Port P r oper ties — .
1 Prod uct Man ager De scri ption 1-7 Product Mana ger Over view • Threshold Al erts • Export Config uration Report • Enabl e W eb S erver • Enable T elne t Log s Menu • Audit Log • Event .
1 1-8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual 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 Pr oduc t Manager .
1 Prod uct Man ager De scri ption 1-9 Product Mana ger Over view Figur e 1-1 EFC Server and Remote W orkstation Configuration (Dual Ethernet) Using the Product Ma nager , you can: • Back up and restor e configuration data. • Clear the system err o r indicator .
1 1-10 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview • Configure nickname to dis play instead of W WN for switch and atta che d no des . • Configuring Po rt Binding. • Configure SNMP trap recipients and co mmunity nam es.
1 Using t he Prod uct M anager 1-11 Product Mana ger Over view • Run po rt di agnos tics. • Se t the dat e an d ti me o n the swi tch. Using the Pr oduct Manager This section provides a genera l overview of the Product Manager a nd its functions.
1 1-12 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview • If you are using a remote user workstation, follo w steps 2 through 5. • If the EF C Manager window d isplays already , skip to Opening the Pr oduct Manager on pag e 1- 1 3.
1 Using t he Prod uct M anager 1-13 Product Mana ger Over view 5. Click Activate or press the Enter key on your keyboard. The main EFC Manager window displa ys showin g the Produ ct Vi e w .
1 1-14 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview Figur e 1-5 Sphereon ES-4500 Fabric Pr oduct Manager Wind ow Note t hat the EFC Manager w indow is still a vailable a s a separa te window .
1 Using t he Prod uct M anager 1-15 Product Mana ger Over view • Maint enance • Help Click one of the tabs to displ ay a list of m enu options. Cl ick an option 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 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview Properties Cli ck to disp lay th e Switch Properti es dialog box. This dialog box contains the switch name, description, location, and contact person configured thr o ugh the Configure Identificat ion dialog box.
1 Using t he Prod uct M anager 1-17 Product Mana ger Over view Fabric Operating Parameters Use this dialog box to set param eters for fabric operation.
1 1-18 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview Management Server Select this optio n to display th e Configure Open Sy stems Manage ment Serv er dialog box, if this featur e is enabled for the switch.
1 Using t he Prod uct M anager 1-19 Product Mana ger Over view Export Configuration Report Select this option to display the Export Config uration Report di alog box, which enabl es you to specify a file nam e in which to save an ASCII text file con taining a ll current user-definable configura tion options in a printable format.
1 1-20 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview installed, whet her the FRU was in serted or removed, the FRU part number and serial number , and the da te and time the FRU was inserted or removed.
1 Using t he Prod uct M anager 1-21 Product Mana ger Over view IPL Select this option to initiate an initia l program load on the switch. A dialog box di splays to allow you to confirm th e IPL. Note that an IPL does not af fect any configuration settings done through the Product Manager .
1 1-22 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview Enable Call Home Notification The default set ting for the Enable Ca ll Home Notif ication functio n is disabled (uncheck ed). Select Enable Call Home Notification from the Maintenance menu to enable the call-home function for the switch.
1 Using t he Prod uct M anager 1-23 Product Mana ger Over view WARNING This operation resets all configuration including any optiona l features that have been insta lled. Y ou w ill need to re-enter your feature key to enable all optional featur es after reset ting the configura tion.
1 1-24 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview Figur e 1-6 Hardware V iew In the Hardw are V iew , colored indicators reflect the status of actu al LEDs on the s witch FRUs.
1 Using t he Prod uct M anager 1-25 Product Mana ger Over view • IPL Switch • Set Switch Date and T ime • Set Switch Onlin e State For details on me nu options, refer to Swi tch Me nu on page 2-13. For details o n navigating a nd monitoring via the Hardwar e V iew , refer to Hardware V iew on pa ge 2-2.
1 1-26 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview Figur e 1-7 Port List View The Port L ist V iew displays in formati on about all ports installed in the switch. All da ta is dynamic an d updates autom atically .
1 Using t he Prod uct M anager 1-27 Product Mana ger Over view • Port Binding • Clear T hreshold Aler t(s) Note that these options ar e also available when you click a port r ow and se lect th e Port secondary menu fr om the Produ ct menu on the menu bar .
1 1-28 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview Figur e 1-8 Node List View Note that these options ar e also available when you click a port r ow , then select the Port secon dary me nu from th e Product ta b on the menu bar .
1 Using t he Prod uct M anager 1-29 Product Mana ger Over view functioning as an expansion port (E_ Port), the message is “ E_Po rt. ” When a port is no t logged into a n end-device (not functioning as an F_Port) or to another switch (n ot functioning as an E_Port), the message is the port ’ s current o nline state.
1 1-30 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview • Port Binding • Clear T hreshold Aler t(s) Note that these same options ar e also available when you click a port ’ s graph, then select the Por t secondary menu from the Pr oduct menu on the menu bar .
1 Using t he Prod uct M anager 1-31 Product Mana ger Over view Figur e 1-10 FRU List View For details on navigatin g and monito ring via the FRU L ist V iew , re fer to FRU Li st V iew on page 1- 30. Status Bar The st atus bar is located along the bottom of the Product Manager window .
1 1-32 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview If a gray squar e displays in the status bar (no Ether net connection), a reas on for the status displays in the Stat us ta ble at the top of the Hardware V iew .
1 Using t he Prod uct M anager 1-33 Product Mana ger Over view Closi ng the P ro duct Manager T o close the Product Manag er , us e the following st eps: 1. T o close the Product Manager , do one of the following: • Select Close fro m the Produ ct menu on the menu bar .
1 1-34 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview • Vi e w By default, all users have view rights, which al low viewing of but not the changin g configurations . V iew rights cann ot be removed.
1 Using t he Prod uct M anager 1-35 Product Mana ger Over view Configure Fabri c Parameters X ❏❏ Modify Port Binding X ❏ Configure Ports X X ❏ Configure SNMP X ❏❏ Configure Switc h Binding.
1 1-36 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview Backing Up and Restoring Pro duct Manager Data As long as a Zip ® disk remains in the Zip .
1 Backing Up and Rest oring Pro duct Ma nager D ata 1-37 Product Mana ger Over view The data contained in th e EfcData dir ectory and mirr ored to the Zip disk includes t he following: • All EFC Man.
1 1-38 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview Using QuikSync QuikSync is functioning to back up data when the QuikSync icon displays in the sys tem tray in the right corn er of the W indows ta skbar ( Figure 1-1 1 ).
1 Backing Up and Rest oring Pro duct Ma nager D ata 1-39 Product Mana ger Over view • Click the W indo ws Start button and select Pr ograms , then Iom ega Qui kSync and choose QuikSync . • Double-click the QuikSync ico n on the W indow s system bar in the lower right corner of the W indows desktop.
1 1-40 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Product Manager Overview.
Monito ring and Managing the Switc h 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 manage sw itch operation.
2 2-2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch Ha rdw a re Vi ew The Hardwar e V iew is the default view when you open the Product Mana ger .
2 Hardwa re Vie w 2-3 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch • Online All unblocked ports are able to connect with devices. Y ou can configure this state t hrough the Set Online State dialo g box. Refer to Set O nlin e Sta te on page 5-4 for ins tructions.
2 2-4 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch • Link T imeout The network connectio n that was established b etween the switch and EFC Server has been lost.
2 Hardwa re Vie w 2-5 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch Monitoring Hardware Operatio n Determine hardwar e component operating status and states by the simulated light emitting diode (LED) i ndicators a nd status symbols , such as flash ing red and yellow dia monds and yel low triangles , that appear on har dware components.
2 2-6 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch to Ta b l e 2 - 1 on page 2-36. For inf ormation on link incidents, refer to Link Incid ent A lerts on page 2-37.
2 Hardwa re Vie w 2-7 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch • Unit Beaconing Indicator . The amber system error indicator blinks if unit bea coning is enabled . Enable and disab le unit beaconing by right- clicking on the f ront or r ear view away from a hardware comp onent and select ing Enable Unit Beaconing from t he menu.
2 2-8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch Figur e 2-2 FRU Propert ies Dialog Box Displaying Port Info rmatio n There are s everal ways to display the Port Propert ies dialog bo x: • Double-click on a port co nnector in the Har dwa re V i ew .
2 Hardwa re Vie w 2-9 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch • Port Number The physical port num ber . • Port Name User -defined port name or descr iption. Refer to Con figure Ports on page 3- 9 for i nstructions . • Ty p e — G_port. This dis plays if nothi ng is logged into the port.
2 2-10 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch • Beacon ing This field indicates th e beaconing status for the port. T o enable o r disable beacon ing, right-click the port and select Enable Beaconing .
2 Hardwa re Vie w 2-11 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch — 07 Non- McDA T A swi tch at oth er end of th e ISL . The cable is conn ected to a non-M cDA T A switc h and int er op mode i s set to McDA T A fabric mode. — 08 ISL connect ion not allowed on this p ort .
2 2-12 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch • Thresh old Aler t If a thr eshold alert exists for the port, an alert indicator (yellow triangle) will appea r by the Threshold Al ert field, and the configured name for the last alert r eceived will appear in the field.
2 Hardwa re Vie w 2-13 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch • Operati ng Mode . Always in O pen Syst em Mode . • Pref erred Dom ain ID as set through the Configure Operating Parameters dialog box. • Active Domai n ID . The actual domain ID assigned to the switch.
2 2-14 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch Clear Syste m Error Light Select this to turn off th e amber system erro r light ( ERR ), locat ed below the green/blue power ( PWR ) LED on th e switch.
2 Hardwa re Vie w 2-15 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch 2. Perform one of the following steps: • T o immed iately synchronize the sw itch date and time w ith the EFC Server , be sure the Periodic Dat e/T ime Synchronization op tio n is enabled and th en click Sy nc Now .
2 2-16 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch Figur e 2-7 Set Online State Dialog Box (Switch is Offline) Figur e 2-8 Set Online State Dialog Box (Switch is Online) 2.
2 Hardwa re Vie w 2-17 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch • Distance: General distance range for port transmission. This can be either short to long dista nces for the longwa ve laser LC transceiver or short dista nces for the shortwave la ser LC transceivers.
2 2-18 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch Reset Port Click to display a conf irmation dialog box.
2 Hardwa re Vie w 2-19 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch bind the WWN of a device by cli cking the WWN rad io button an d entering a WWN or ni ckname (see the followi ng). Change s only take effect when you click the Activate butto n. • WWN : Click the radio button and enter a world wide na me (WWN) in the pr oper format (xx.
2 2-20 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch Figur e 2-10 Clear Threshold Alert(s) D ialog Box Port List View Display th e Port List V i ew ( Figure 2-1 1 ) in the v iew panel by selecting the Port List opti on fr om view t abs o n the P r oduct Ma nager windo w .
2 Port Lis t View 2-21 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch • Name Displays the port name as configured thro ugh the Conf igur e Ports dialog bo x. • Block Config Indicates the block ed or unblocked con figuration of the po rt as set through: — The Conf igure Ports dialog box.
2 2-22 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch — Segmented E_Port — Link Incident — Te s t i n g — Inactive • Ty p e The type of port. If the Port State is online, the available port types are F_ Port , FL_Port , and E_ Port .
2 FRU List V iew 2-23 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch • Clear Li nk Incident Aler t • Rese t Port • Port Binding • Clear T hreshold Aler t(s) For Node Properties , if a nod e is not log ged in a message d isplays indicating that node info rmation is not availa ble.
2 2-24 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch • Position: Slo t position of FR U in the chassis relative to identical FRUs also installed in the chassis.
2 Node List View 2-25 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch Informatio n that display s for each nod e includes: • Port # Number of the port, fr om 0 thro ugh 23. • Fibre Channel Address The 3-byte Fibre Channel addr ess for the node or the arbitra ted loop phy sica l address ( ALP A ) for p rivat e loop devices .
2 2-26 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch • BB_C redit The BB_Cr edit supported by the de vice. For private loop devices , this fi eld w ill be blank . Double-click a r ow to di splay the Node P roperties dialog box.
2 Node List View 2-27 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch • Display Op tions Select Nickn ame or Worldwide Nam e fr om the submenu. Selecting Nickname dis plays attached devices in the Port WWN column by the nickna me confi gur ed t hr ough the Defi ne Nickname menu option.
2 2-28 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch • Port Number The physical port number on the switch to which the node is connected. • Fibre Channel Address The 3-byte addr ess of the node or the ALP A for private loop devices.
2 Per for mance V iew 2-29 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch lower portion of th e view displays statis tical values for the sp ecific port ’ s bar graph that you select. Figur e 2-15 Per formance View Menu Options Right-cl ick any of the port bar graph s to display a menu with the following port-related a ction options.
2 2-30 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch • Enable Beaconing • Diagnostics • Clear Li nk Incident Aler t(s) • Rese .
2 Per for mance V iew 2-31 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch T raf f ic Statistics with Receive and Transmit V alues This section d escribes the type s of statisti cs that displ ay when you click a port ’ s bar graph: • Link Utiliz ation% The re is a sepa rate va lue for tran smit and re ce ive lin k uti liza tion .
2 2-32 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing 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 atta che d N _Por t.
2 Per for mance V iew 2-33 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch The switch increments this count when it discar ds a frame that cannot be routed. This o ccurs most frequently wh en a destin ation becomes unava ilable witho ut the source r ealizing the destinati on is unavailable.
2 2-34 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch • Disca rded f rames A r eceived frame could no t be routed and was disca rded because the frame timed out (insuf ficient buffer -to-buffer cr edit) or t he destinat ion device was no t logged into the sw itch.
2 Per for mance V iew 2-35 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch • Frames too sh ort A received f rame exceeded the Fibr e Channel frame m aximum size or was les s than the Fibre Channel minim um size, indicati ng the frame arrived at the switch ’ s port corrupted.
2 2-36 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch Port Operational States Ta b l e 2 - 1 describes the port operati onal states an d the LED and attention i ndicators that d isplay in the Hardware V iew an d Port List Vi e w .
2 Link In cid ent A lerts 2-37 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch a. The status indicator di splays on the port in the Hardwar e V iew . It indic ate s that a corr ective acti on is r equir ed to r eturn the po rt to a nor mal operating s tate.
2 2-38 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch being detected through a port connection that may req uire operator intervention to correct.
2 Threshold A lerts 2-39 Monit oring and Manag ing th e Swi tch Select the Threshold Ale rts opt ion on the Configu re menu to display the Configure Th reshold Alerts d ia log box. Us e th is d ial og b ox to c onf igu re criteria for generating a thr eshold alert.
2 2-40 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Monitoring and Managing the Switch.
Con figuring the Sw itch 3-1 3 Invisible Body T ag This chapter desc ribes how to use the optio ns that display on the Product Manager ’ s Co nfigure menu on the Product Manager menu bar .
3 3-2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Configuring the Switch Configur e Identif ication Use the pr ocedure in this section to identify the switch by its name, description, locat ion, and contac t person.
3 Configu re Switch Para meters 3-3 Config uring t he Swi tch 6. Click Set Name as Nickna me and add a check mark to the check box 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 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Configuring the Switch Figur e 3-2 Configure Switch Paramet ers Dialog Box Ordi narily , you do not need to change v alues in th is dialog box fr om their default s. The only exception is the Pr eferred Domain ID .
3 Configu re Switch Para meters 3-5 Config uring t he Swi tch When a check mark displays, the domain ID configured in the Pre ferr ed Domain I D field will become the a ctive domain identif ication when the fabric initializes.
3 3-6 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Configuring the Switch director or switch is of fli ne. Disabling Domain RSCNs also disables Enterprise Fabric Mode.
3 Configu re Fabric Pa rameters 3-7 Config uring t he Swi tch Figur e 3-3 Configure Fabric Parame ters Dialog Box Ordi narily , you do not need to change v alues in th is dialog box fr om their default s. The only exception is the Pr eferred Domain ID .
3 3-8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Configuring the Switch Set th e same va lue for E_D_T OV on all swit ches on a m ultiswi tch fabric. If the value is not the sa me, the fabric s egments. Switch Priority Setting this va lue determines the princi pal switch for t he multiswitch fabric.
3 Con figure S witch Binding 3-9 Config uring t he Swi tch Configur e Switch Binding For complete procedures on configuring thi s optional feature, r efer to SANtegrity Features on page 6-2.
3 3-10 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Configuring the Switch Place or remove check marks in the check bo xes in this column t o enable or disable li nk incident alerts. The factory default is to enable LIN alerts.
3 Configu re Ports 3-11 Config uring t he Swi tch any device can attach to the port even if a WWN or nickname is specified in the Bound WWN colu mn. Port binding is allowe d only for a port that is either a G_Port, E_Port, or F_Port. • Bound WWN Enter a world wide n ame (WWN) in the pr oper format (xx.
3 3-12 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Configuring the Switch Figur e 3-4 Configure Ports Dialog Bo x Ports are number ed from 0 through 23. 2. Click a Name field and type a name that r eflects the end device connected thro ugh the port.
3 Con fig ure SNMP 3-13 Config uring t he Swi tch 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 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Configuring the Switch — MIB-II — Fabric Element MI B — Fibre Alliance (FCMGMT) M IB — Switch private MIB For.
3 Con fig ure SNMP 3-15 Config uring t he Swi tch The Configure SNMP di alog box dis plays. Figur e 3-5 Configure SNMP Dialog Box 2. Click t he Enable Authorization T raps field to enable authorization traps to be sent to SNM P management stations wh en unauthori zed stations tr y to access SNMP info rmation from the switch.
3 3-16 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual 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 uring t he Swi tch The Configure Feature Key di alog box disp lays . Figur e 3-6 Configure Feature K ey Dialog Box 3. Click New to add a n ew featu re key . 4. In the New Feature Key dialog box, enter th e switch ’ s feature key and click OK .
3 3-18 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Configuring the Switch If you click Activate , al l current featur es will b e re placed with n ew featur es. That is, if ther e ar e featur es shown in the curr ent l ist that ar e not shown in the new lis t, the n those fe atures wil l be removed from th e swi tch.
3 Configure Date and T im e 3-19 Config uring t he Swi tch Figur e 3-7 Configure Date and Tim e Periodic Synchroniz ation Dialog Box T o disable Periodic Date/T ime Synchronization , click the check box to remove the check mark, then click Activate .
3 3-20 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Configuring the Switch Figur e 3-8 Configure Date and Tim e Manually b.
3 Configure Threshold Alerts 3-21 Config uring t he Swi tch Use the Threshold Al erts opti on on the Configure 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 state o f the alert.
3 3-22 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Configuring the Switch Figur e 3-9 Configure Thr eshold Alerts Dialog Box If alerts are conf igured, they will display in table format showing the name of the alert, type of alert (Rx, Tx, o r Rx or Tx), and alert state (inactive or active).
3 Configure Threshold Alerts 3-23 Config uring t he Swi tch 4. Select one of the following fr om the drop-do wn list under the Name fiel d: • Rx Throughp ut . An alert will occur if the threshold set for rec e i ve t h ro u gh p u t i s rea c h e d.
3 3-24 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Configuring the Switch 8. Enter the interval in min utes in which throughput is m easured and threshold notifications can occur . The valid range is 5 minutes to 70,56 0 minutes.
3 Configure Threshold Alerts 3-25 Config uring t he Swi tch 1 1. Click Next . A final scr een appears to pro vide a summary of your alert configuratio n. T o make any cha nges, backwa rds and forwards through the configurat ion screens by selecting the Previous an d Next buttons.
3 3-26 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Configuring the Switch Figur e 3-14 Configure Thr eshold Alerts Dialog Box - Alerts Activated Modify an Alert Use the follow ing steps to modify an existing threshold alert configuration.
3 Export Con figuration Report 3-27 Config uring t he Swi tch 7. Make appr opriate changes, then continue through the Modify Thr eshold screens, making changes as necessary , until the summary screen appears dis playing the alert con figuration.
3 3-28 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Configuring the Switch This file cannot be used to se t configur ation par ameters through the Produ ct Manager . Data in the file inclu des: • Product i dentificatio n Data input into the Configure Identifi cation dialog box.
3 Enable SANpilot 3-29 Config uring t he Swi tch 2. Select the folder wher e you want to save the file. 3. T ype in a file name and ex tension in the File name field.
3 3-30 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Configuring the Switch T o ensure tr ouble-free backup s; it is imperative th at you leave the Zip drive connec ted to th e EFC Serv er , an d leave a Zip d isk in that dr ive at a ll times .
Usi ng Log s 4-1 4 Invisible Body T ag This chapter desc ribes the Sphereon ES-4500 Fabric Swi tch logs that you c an acc ess thr oug h the Lo gs m enu o n th e Pr oduc t Mana ger m enu bar: Using Log.
4 4-2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Using Logs Using Logs The Audit, Event, Har dw are , and Link Inci dent, and Thre shold Alert logs store up to 1000 en tries each. The most r ecent entry displays at the top of the log.
4 Usi ng Log s 4-3 Using Logs Figur e 4-1 Save Dialog Box 1. Click Export on the log win dow . 2. In the Save dialog box, select the folder where you want to save the file. 3. T ype in a file name and ex tension in the File name field. 4. Click Save .
4 4-4 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Using Logs Audit Log The audit log displ ays a histor y of all configura tion changes a pplied to the switch fr om any source such as Product Manager , SNMP management stations, web server interface, host, or another switch.
4 Event Log 4-5 Using Logs — SNMP: C hang e was made b y a r emot e SNMP ma nage ment station. — Fabric: Change was init iated by another switch in the fabric that is not managed by this EFC Server . — W e b server: Change was made by a us er thro ugh the SANpilot Interface.
4 4-6 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Using Logs Figur e 4-3 Event Log All detected firmwar e faults and hardwar e failures ar e sent to the EFC Server for recor ding in the event log. The log provides a maximum of 1000 log entries before it wraps and overw rites the oldest entries.
4 Hardwa re Lo g 4-7 Using Logs Informationa l Minor Major Sever e • FRU Positi on The FRU involved in the event and the slot position in the chassis relative to identical FRUs in stalled. • Event Data Up to 32 bytes of supplementary information for the event in hexadecimal fo rmat.
4 4-8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Using Logs • FRU The name of the inserted or r emoved FRU. • Position Slot position in the chassis relative to identical com ponents installed. • Action Ins ert ed o r remo ve d.
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 incide nt.
4 4-10 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Using Logs Thres hold Aler t Log This log provides details of threshold alert notif ications.
4 Threshold Alert Log 4-11 Using Logs • Utilizati on % Percent usage o f traffic capacity . This is the per cent of the port ’ s throughput capacity achieved by the measured thr oughput. This setting const itutes the threshold value and is configured through the Confi gur e Thr esh old Alerts dialog box.
4 4-12 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Pro duct Mana ger U ser Manual Using Logs.
Using Ma intenance Features 5-1 5 Invisible Body T ag This chapter desc ribes how to use the optio ns that display from the Maintenance men u on the Product Manager menu bar .
5 5-2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product M anage r User Manual Using Maintenance Features Run Port D iagnostics The Port Dia gnostics option enables y ou to run internal and external loopbac k tests on any port.
5 Execute an IPL 5-3 Using Maintenance Features Figur e 5-1 IPL Confirmation Dialog Box 2. Click Ye s . Selecting IPL from the Maintenance menu c auses Ethe rnet conn ectio n between the switch and EF.
5 5-4 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product M anage r User Manual Using Maintenance Features After the IPL: • All Fabric services data bases con taining info rmation abou t current Fabric logins, name server registration s, and other data remain intact, making the operatio n transparent to attached devices.
5 Mana ge Fir m ware V ers ions 5-5 Using Maintenance Features Figur e 5-3 Set Online State Dialog Box (State Is Online) 2. Click Set Offline or Set Online , de pending on the op erating state 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 Fabric S witch Product M anage r User Manual Using Maintenance Features 1. S elec t Enable E-Mail Notification fr om the Mainte nanc e menu on t he menu bar . 2. T o enable e-mail no tification, select the optio n to add a check mark to the check box.
5 Back up and Restore Configur ation 5-7 Using Maintenance Features Backup and R estor e Configurati on Select this optio n fr om the Maintena nce menu to save the product configuration stored o n the switch to the EFC Server hard disk or to restor e the product configura tion from the EFC Server .
5 5-8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product M anage r User Manual Using Maintenance Features • SNMP configuration (trap re cipients, community n ames, and write auth orization s). • Zoning c onfigu ration (active zone set and de fault zo ne state).
5 Reset C onfiguratio n 5-9 Using Maintenance Features using this op tion, recor d the switch ’ s current IP address which dis pla ys be low the swi tch ’ s icon in the EFC Manager ’ s Pr oduct V iew (view Displ ay Options set to Network A ddr ess ).
5 5-10 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product M anage r User Manual Using Maintenance Features.
Optional Features 6-1 6 Invisible Body T ag This chapter provides detail ed information on using, ad ministering, and config uring opti onal EFC Manager ’ s features through EFC management application.
6 6-2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Optional Features Configur e Open Systems Management Server Use these pr ocedures to co nfigure the open systems inband managem ent program to function with the sw itch.
6 SANtegrity Features 6-3 Optional Features switches. These features are enabled by pur cha sing a featur e key , then enablin g the key through the Configure Feature K ey dialog box. For general ins tructions in enabli ng a feature key , refer to Configure Feature Key on page 3-16 .
6 6-4 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Optional Features For More Information T o enable, disable, an d configure this option, ref er to the Fabric Bin ding sect ion of Chap ter 8 , “ Opt ional Featu res , ” in the McD A T A Enterp rise Fab ric Ma nager U ser Manual (620-00 5001-6 00).
6 SANtegrity Features 6-5 Optional Features After enabling Switch Bind ing, you prohibit devices and/or switches fro m connecting with switch ports by removing them from the Membership List in the Switch Binding Me mbership List dialog bo x. Y ou allow connections by adding them to the Membership List.
6 6-6 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Optional Features • Restric t F_Po rts . 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 B ox Refer to Configuring Switch Binding - Over view on page 6-4 for informati on on ho w the Swit ch Member ship List is populated with WWNs accor ding to opti ons set in the Swit ch Bi nding S tate Chan ge dialog box.
6 6-8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Optional Features • Switch Bindin g is not enabled for the sam e port type as enabled for the Connection Policy in the Switch Binding State Chang e dialog box.
6 Enterprise Fabric Mode 6-9 Optional Features • If Enterprise F abric Mode is ena bled and the directo r or switch i s offline you can disable Switch Binding, but Enterpri se Fabric Mode will a lso disable. • WWNs can be added to the Switch Membership List when Switch Binding is ena bled or disabled.
6 6-10 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Optional Features requir ements for disabling these parameters an d features when the director or switch is of fline or online.
6 Enterprise Fabric Mode 6-11 Optional Features example, this info rmation mi ght be that a logical path has been broken because of a physical event, such as a fiber optic cable being discon nected fr om a po rt. If Enterprise Fabric Mode is en abled, this param eter is automatical ly enabled and can not be disabled unless the switch is offline.
6 6-12 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 450 0 Fabric S witch Product Mana ger U ser Manual Optional Features.
Product Man ager Messag es A- 1 A Ivisible Body T ag This appendix list s and expl ains messa ges that may d isplay in message boxes as you use the Pro duct Manager . Solutions to problems implied by each message ar e included when applicable. A Message Activ ating this conf iguration w ill overwr ite the curr ent configuratio n.
A A-2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Product Man ager User M anual Product Manager Messages Message All port name s must be unique. Desc ript io n A duplicate port name was enter ed. Every configured port name must be uni que. Action Reconfigure the port with a unique name.
A Product Man ager Messag es A- 3 Product Manager Messages C Message Can not disable S witch Binding wh ile Enterprise Fabric Mode is active a nd the switch is Online. Desc ript io n User attempted to d isable switch bindi ng through the Switch Bindin g Change State dialog box, but En terprise Fabric Mode is enabled.
A A-4 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Product Man ager User M anual Product Manager Messages Action Remove the spaces or retype the field without spaces. Message Cannot insta ll firmware to a switch w ith a fail ed CTP card. Desc ript io n Firmware cannot be insta lled on a switch with a defective CTP ca rd.
A Product Man ager Messag es A- 5 Product Manager Messages Message Can not retr ieve port conf iguration. Desc ript io n Port config uration can not be retrieved. The link is down or busy . Action Retry the operation later . If the condit ion persists, contac t support personnel.
A A-6 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Product Man ager User M anual Product Manager Messages Message Cannot run diagnostics on a port tha t is failed. Desc ript io n Port diagnostics cannot be performed on a port that has failed. Action R un diagnost ics only on an opera tional port .
A Product Man ager Messag es A- 7 Product Manager Messages Message Can not set Fibre Channel parameter s. Desc ript io n Fibre Channel parameters cannot be set. The link is down o r busy . Action Retry the operation later . If the condit ion persists, contac t support personnel.
A A-8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Product Man ager User M anual Product Manager Messages Message Cannot start po rt diagnost ics. Desc ript io n Port diagnostics cannot be started. The link is down or busy . Action R etry the operation la ter .
A Product Man ager Messag es A- 9 Product Manager Messages Message Could n ot find firmwar e file. Desc ript io n The selected file is not a firmw are f ile. Action Obtain a valid firmware file from your serv ice repr esentative. Message Co uld not remove d ump files fr om server .
A A-10 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Product Man ager User M anual Product Manager Messages D Message Date ent ered is invali d. Desc ript io n Date entered incorrectly . Action V erify that th e number of days in the month is valid. Message Device applicati ons should be terminated before starting diagnostics.
A Product Man ager Messag es A-11 Product Manager Messages Message Disab ling Switch B inding will disa ble Enterpr ise Fabric Mode. Do you want to continue? Desc ript io n User attempting to disa ble.
A A-12 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Product Man ager User M anual Product Manager Messages Message Error r etrieving po rt informa tion. Desc ript io n An error occurred while retrieving port information . The link is do wn or busy . Action R etry the operation la ter .
A Product Man ager Messag es A-13 Product Manager Messages Message F ile transfer aborted . Desc ript io n User ha s stopped the f ile transfer . Action N/A . An informa tional me ssage. Message File transfer is in progress. Desc ript io n Firmware or data collection is being tran sferred.
A A-14 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Product Man ager User M anual Product Manager Messages I Message Incorrect product type. Desc ript io n When configurin g a new product through the New Pr oduct dial og box, an incorrect product was selected for the network addr ess.
A Product Man ager Messag es A-15 Product Manager Messages Action U se up to 24 alphanumeric characters, in cluding spaces , hyphens a nd underscores. Message I nvalid fe ature key . Desc ript io n The feature key was not recognized. Action Re-enter the feature key noting the key is case sensitive and to include the dashes.
A A-16 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Product Man ager User M anual Product Manager Messages Message Invalid po rt swap. Desc ript io n Port swap se lection is no t allow ed. Action Ensure that each port selected for swap has not been pr evious ly swapped.
A Product Man ager Messag es A-17 Product Manager Messages Message I nvalid value for ho ur (0 - 23) . Desc ript io n V alue for hour must be an integer fr om 0 thr ough 23. Action Enter a value from 0 through 23. Message I nvalid value for minute (0 - 59).
A A-18 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Product Man ager User M anual Product Manager Messages Message Invali d W o rld Wide Name. Desc ript io n W orld wide name must h ave eight two-di git hexadecimal numbers separated by co lons ( xx: xx:x x:x x:xx :xx :xx: xx ).
A Product Man ager Messag es A-19 Product Manager Messages N Message No file was selected. Desc ript io n Action requires you to select a file Action Select a file. Message No fi rmware version file was sel ected. Desc ript io n A file was not selected in th e Firmware Library dialog box before an action, such as modify or send was performed.
A A-20 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Product Man ager User M anual Product Manager Messages P Message Performing this operati on will cha nge the cur rent state to Of fline. Desc ript io n This operation causes the switch to go off line.
A Product Man ager Messag es A-21 Product Manager Messages Action Revi ew the Switch Binding Membership List to determine if th e devices shoul d be members. Message Por t diagnostics cann ot be performe d on an inactiv e port. Desc ript io n This displays when port diagnost ics is run on a port in an inac tive state.
A A-22 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Product Man ager User M anual Product Manager Messages Message Res ourc e is una vail ab le. Desc ript io n The specified operation can not be performed because the pr oduct is unavailable. Action V erify that the EFC Server-to-pr oduct link is up.
A Product Man ager Messag es A-23 Product Manager Messages Message Switch Binding was removed from attache d devices that are also participa ting in Port Bindi ng.
A A-24 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Product Man ager User M anual Product Manager Messages Message The EFC Server is busy processi ng a request f rom another Product Manager Desc ript io n The EFC Server could not pr ocess the current r equest because it is busy hand ling a request from ano ther Product Ma nager .
A Product Man ager Messag es A-25 Product Manager Messages Message T he maximum number of addr ess configuratio ns has been reached. Desc ript io n The maxi mum nu mber o f save d addr ess c onfi gura tions has b een rea c h e d. Action Del ete c onfi gurati ons no long er n eeded to al low n ew conf igurati on to be saved.
A A-26 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Product Man ager User M anual Product Manager Messages Message The switch must be of fline t o configure. Desc ript io n A configu ration ch anged w as attempted for a co nfigurati on requiring offline changes.
A Product Man ager Messag es A-27 Product Manager Messages Message T hreshold aler ts are not supported on fir mware earli er than 01.0 3.00. Desc ript io n Threshold alerts are not supported in firmware r eleases befor e 1.03. 00. Action Inf ormatio nal messag e.
A A-28 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabric Sw itch Product Man ager User M anual Product Manager Messages.
Gloss ary g-1 Glossary The following cross-r eferences are used in this glossary: Contra st wi th . This refers to a term that has an opposite or substanti vely differ ent meaning. See . This refers th e reader to another keyword or phrase for the same term.
g-2 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 F abric Sw itch Product Manage r User M anual Glossa ry ALP A Arbitrated Loop Physica l Addr ess. ANSI Am erican N ational Stand ard s Ins titut e: an or ganizati on that pr ovides voluntary st andards in the Un ited States .
Gloss ary 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 po rt are prevented fr om logging into the switch or com municating with o ther devices attached to the switch.
g-4 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 F abric Sw itch Product Manage r User M anual Glossa ry Class 2 Fibre Channel service Pr ovides a connectionless (not d edicated) service with notification of delivery or nondelivery betw een two N_Ports. In-order delivery of frames is not guaranteed.
Gloss ary g-5 Glos sary control unit port An internal port on the CTP card that communicates with the attached IBM S/390 or similar proc essor channels to r eport err or conditio ns and link i nitializa tion. CRC See cyclical redundancy check. CTP See control pr ocessor card.
g-6 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 F abric Sw itch Product Manage r User M anual Glossa ry device Product, connected to a man aged switch, that is not con trolled directly by the Product Manager . See also nod e. diagnostics Procedur es used by computer users and service personnel to diagno se hardware or so ftware error cond itions.
Gloss ary g-7 Glos sary runs only on the EFC Server ( and cannot be downloade d to remote workstat ions). EMS See EFC Ma nagem ent Ser vices . Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager Software application th at is the sy stem managem ent framewo rk providing the user interface for managing McDA T A Fibre Channe l connectivity products.
g-8 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 F abric Sw itch Product Manage r User M anual Glossa ry F fabric Entity that interconnects N_Ports and is capabl e of routing (switching) Fibre Channel frames using the desti nation ID informatio n in the Fibre Channel fram e header accompa nying the frames.
Gloss ary g-9 Glos sary fibre port modul e card Each fib er po rt modu le card prov ide s fo ur F ibre C han nel conn ec tion s through duplex small form facto r pluggable (SFP) fi ber-optic transceivers. field-replaceable unit Assembly removed and r epl aced in its entir ety w hen any one of its components fails .
g-10 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabr ic Switc h Product Manage r User Ma nual 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 ware log Record of FRU ins ertions and removals in the switch.
Gloss ary g-11 Glos sary I IML See ini tial machine lo ad. inband management Management of the switch through Fibre Channel conn ection to a port car d. information message Me ssage telling a user tha t a function is perfo rming normally or has completed norma lly .
g-12 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabr ic Switc h Product Manage r User Ma nual Glossa ry IOCDS A data set tha t contains an I/O configuration defin ition built by th e IOCP . IOCP See inp ut/outpu t configurat ion program. IP address See inter net pr otocol a ddress.
Gloss ary g-13 Glos sary link incident A lin k inciden t is a problem detected o n a fi ber optic link, l ike the loss of light, in valid sequen ces and other problems. link incident alerts A user notification, such as a graphic symbol in the har dware view that indicates that a link incident has occurred.
g-14 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabr ic Switc h Product Manage r User Ma nual Glossa ry management information base Related set of softwar e objects (variables ) containi ng informat ion about a manage d dev ice and access ed vi a SNMP f rom a netwo rk managem ent st ation.
Gloss ary g-15 Glos sary node port Physical in terface within an end device wh ich can connect to an F_Port on a switched fabric or directly to another N_Port (in point-to-po int communica tions).
g-16 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabr ic Switc h Product Manage r User Ma nual Glossa ry Of fline - when the switch is set of fline, all ports a r e set offline. The switch transmits the offline sequence (OLS) to attache d devices, and the de vices cannot log in to the switch.
Gloss ary g-17 Glos sary path In a network, any route between any tw o ports. persistent binding A form of server -level access contro l that uses configuration information to bind a server to a specific Fibr e Channel storage volume (or logica l device) using a unit numb er .
g-18 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabr ic Switc h Product Manage r User Ma nual Glossa ry R R_A_TO V See resource allocation time-out value . redundancy Performance characteristic of a system or pr o.
Gloss ary g-19 Glos sary S SAN See storage ar ea network. SANpilot A management interface embedded on the switch ’ s code which offers features similar to, but not as r obust as, the EFC Manager and Product Manager .
g-20 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabr ic Switc h Product Manage r User Ma nual Glossa ry SNMP management station An SNMP workstation console used to oversee th e SNMP network.
Gloss ary g-21 Glos sary U unblocked port Devices commun icating with an unblocked po rt can log in to the switch and communicate with devices attached to any other unblocked port (assumi ng that this is supp orted by the current zoni ng configu ration ).
g-22 McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabr ic Switc h Product Manage r User Ma nual Glossa ry window A scro llable viewin g area on screen. A window may refer to a part of the application, such as the scrollable index wi ndow or the text window in the electronic versions of this database, or it may r efer to the entire application in a w indow .
Index i-1 A alert s thresho ld 1-18 clearing 2-19 alerts, link inciden t (LIN) 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 estore confi.
McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabr ic Switc h Product Manage r User Ma nual i-2 Inde x dialog box 3-6 conf igur e ports dialog box 3-9 procedure open systems mode 3-11 configur e ports di alog box 1-1.
i-3 Index Index FRU description 1-1 5 product menu 1-1 5 FRU li st view 1-30 defined 2-23 displayed 1-31 , 2-23 opening 2-23 FRU proper ties 2-7 H ha rd wa re lo g 1- 19 , 4-7 ha rd wa re vi ew 1-23 a.
McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabr ic Switc h Product Manage r User Ma nual i-4 Inde x menus conf ig ure 1- 16 hardwar e view 2-13 help 1- 23 logs 1-19 mai nte nanc e 1-20 menu bar 1-14 node list v ie.
i-5 Index Index node list view me nu 1-27 opening 1-13 performance view 1-28 , 2-28 performance view menu 1- 29 port list view 1-25 , 2-20 port menu 1-25 product 1- 15 statu s bar 1-31 switch v iew 1-.
McDA T A ® Sphereon ™ 4500 Fabr ic Switc h Product Manage r User Ma nual i-6 Inde x thr eshold alert s 1-1 8 clear ing 2- 19 general in formatio n 2-3 8 trade marks 4-x iv U username, de fault 1-3 .
Ein wichtiger Punkt beim Kauf des Geräts McDATA 4500 (oder sogar vor seinem Kauf) ist das durchlesen seiner Bedienungsanleitung. Dies sollten wir wegen ein paar einfacher Gründe machen:
Wenn Sie McDATA 4500 noch nicht gekauft haben, ist jetzt ein guter Moment, um sich mit den grundliegenden Daten des Produkts bekannt zu machen. Schauen Sie zuerst die ersten Seiten der Anleitung durch, die Sie oben finden. Dort finden Sie die wichtigsten technischen Daten für McDATA 4500 - auf diese Weise prüfen Sie, ob das Gerät Ihren Wünschen entspricht. Wenn Sie tiefer in die Benutzeranleitung von McDATA 4500 reinschauen, lernen Sie alle zugänglichen Produktfunktionen kennen, sowie erhalten Informationen über die Nutzung. Die Informationen, die Sie über McDATA 4500 erhalten, werden Ihnen bestimmt bei der Kaufentscheidung helfen.
Wenn Sie aber schon McDATA 4500 besitzen, und noch keine Gelegenheit dazu hatten, die Bedienungsanleitung zu lesen, sollten Sie es aufgrund der oben beschriebenen Gründe machen. Sie erfahren dann, ob Sie die zugänglichen Funktionen richtig genutzt haben, aber auch, ob Sie keine Fehler begangen haben, die den Nutzungszeitraum von McDATA 4500 verkürzen könnten.
Jedoch ist die eine der wichtigsten Rollen, die eine Bedienungsanleitung für den Nutzer spielt, die Hilfe bei der Lösung von Problemen mit McDATA 4500. Sie finden dort fast immer Troubleshooting, also die am häufigsten auftauchenden Störungen und Mängel bei McDATA 4500 gemeinsam mit Hinweisen bezüglich der Arten ihrer Lösung. Sogar wenn es Ihnen nicht gelingen sollte das Problem alleine zu bewältigen, die Anleitung zeigt Ihnen die weitere Vorgehensweise – den Kontakt zur Kundenberatung oder dem naheliegenden Service.
