Brocade Communications Systems BR-1010, BR-1020, 415, 425, 825 Administrator's Manual

53-1001256-01

53-1001256-01

12 June 2009

Brocade Adapters

Administrator’s Guide

®

Supporting CNA models BR-1010 and BR-1020

Supporting HBA models 415, 425, 815, 825

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Document History

Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

Brocade Adapters Administrator’s Guide
Supporting CNA models BR-1010, BR-1020
Supporting HBA models 415, 425, 815, 825

53-1001256-01 New document June 2009

Contents

About This Document

In this section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii

Chapter 1 Fibre Channel over Ethernet

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

FCoE overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

DCB exchange protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Enhanced Ethernet features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Enhanced transmission selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Priority-based flow control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Ethernet jumbo frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

FCoE protocols supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Ethernet link layer protocols supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

FCoE protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 2 HCM Overview

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

HCM software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

HCM features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Tree node pop-up menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Operating system support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Ethernet Link Layer Driver OS support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

FCoE Driver OS support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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Supported features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

OS-specific features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Chapter 3 Getting Started with HCM Software

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

HCM software launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Launching the application on Windows platforms. . . . . . . . . . . 11

Launching the application on Linux platforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Launching the application on Solaris platforms . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Remember password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Skip login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Changing an HCM application password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Changing an HCM agent password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Resetting a password or restoring a factory default password. 15

Backing up data after an uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

HCM main window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

HCM product icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Setting up out-of-band discovery for an adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Logging off HCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Chapter 4 Host Configuration

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Host security authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Configuring security authentication using the GUI (Host and HBA)22

Configuring security authentication using the BCU. . . . . . . . . . 23

Buffer credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Basic port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Opening the Basic Port Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . .25

Port logging level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Ethernet logging level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Port speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Frame data field size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Persistent binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

QoS (HBA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

MPIO (HBA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Path Time Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Target rate limiting (HBA only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Boot over SAN (HBA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Configuring Boot over SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Boot code image upload (HBA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Virtual Port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Creating a Virtual Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Deleting a Virtual Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

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HCM Logging levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Configuring the HCM logging level using the GUI . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Advanced port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Opening the Advanced Port Configuration dialog box. . . . . . . .38

Queue Depth configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

NPIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Name configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Name validation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Editing the name fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Adding name entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Removing a name entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Exporting the properties for a WWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Importing the properties for a WWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

DCFM support for FCoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Importing duplicated names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

VLAN configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Adding a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

VLAN configuration conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Editing a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Removing a VLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chapter 5 Monitoring

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Performance monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Polling frequency rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Resetting statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Master Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Event severities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Filtering event log entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Application log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Syslog support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Opening the Syslog Server Configuration dialog box. . . . . . . . .58

Registering a host server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Removing a host server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Chapter 6 Diagnostics

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Related Diagnostic Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Fibre Channel diagnostics using the BCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

fcdiag commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Fibre Channel diagnostics using the GUI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Hardware-level test parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Running a Fibre Channel protocol-level test using the GUI. . . .65

Displaying test log details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Ethernet diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

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Beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Configuring beaconing using the GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Configuring beaconing using the BCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

SFP Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Displaying SFP information using the BCU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Displaying SFP information using the GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Debugging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

supportSave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

supportSave collection sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Appendix A HCM Dialog Boxes

In this section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Authentication Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA). . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Backup dialog box (HBA and CNA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Base Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

CEE properties panel (CNA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

CEE Port Properties panel (CNA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

CEE Statistics dialog box (CNA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Change HCM Password dialog box (HBA and CNA). . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Change HCM Agent dialog box (HBA and CNA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

CNA Properties panel (CNA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Configure Names dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Define Name dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Duplicated Names dialog box (HBA and CNA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Eth IOC Statistics dialog box (CNA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Ethernet Port Properties panel (CNA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Eth Statistics dialog box (CNA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Event Properties dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Fabric Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

FCoE port properties (CNA only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

FCoE Statistics dialog box (CNA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

FCP IM Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

FCP IM Module Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . .103

Fibre Channel Security Protocol dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . .105

Hardware Tests Diagnostics dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . .106

HBA Properties panel (HBA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

IOC Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

LLDP Properties panel (CNA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Logical Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

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LPORT Properties panel (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Master Log tab (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Master Log Filter dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Persistent Binding dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Port POM Properties panel (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Port Properties panel (HBA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Protocol Tests dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

QoS Statistics dialog box (HBA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Remote Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

SFP Properties panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Syslog Server Configuration dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . .130

Target Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Test Log Details dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Virtual Port Creation dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Virtual Port Deletion dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Virtual Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Virtual Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

VLAN Configuration dialog box (CNA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

VLAN configuration - Add a VLAN dialog box (CNA only). . . . . . . . .141

VLAN configuration - Edit a VLAN dialog box (CNA only). . . . . . . . .142

VLAN Statistics dialog box (CNA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Appendix B Brocade Command Utility

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

About the BCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

BCU commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

auth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

bios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

boot (HBA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

cee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

debug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

diag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

drvconf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

ethdiag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

ethioc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

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ethlog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

ethport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

fcdiag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

fcpim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

IOC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

lport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

pbind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

qos (HBA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

ratelim (HBA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

rport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

vlan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

vport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Appendix C HCM Troubleshooting

HCM tab navigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Appendix D Glossary and acronyms

Index

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Figures

Figure 1 HCM Login dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Figure 2 Change HCM Password dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Figure 3 Change HCM Agent password dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Figure 4 Host Connectivity Manager main window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Figure 5 Setup for Discovery dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Figure 6 Fibre Channel Security Protocol Configuration - host level dialog box . . . . . . . . 22

Figure 7 Basic Port Configuration dialog box - Windows, Linux, and VmWare . . . . . . . . . 25

Figure 8 Boot-over-SAN dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Figure 9 Boot Code Image Upload dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Figure 10 Virtual Port Creation dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Figure 11 Configure HCM Logging Levels dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Figure 12 Advanced Port Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 13 Configure Names dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Figure 14 Duplicated Names dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Figure 15 VLAN Configuration dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Figure 16 Add VLAN dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Figure 17 VLAN Configuration dialog box with PORT VLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 18 VLAN Configuration conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 19 Edit VLAN dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 20 Remove VLAN dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 21 Reset Statistics warning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 22 Master Log Filter dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Figure 23 HCM Application Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Figure 24 Syslog Server Configuration dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Figure 25 Diagnostics - Port Tests dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Figure 26 Protocol-level tests dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 27 Test Log Details for Echo Test dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 28 Test Log Details for FC trace test dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Figure 29 SFP Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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Tables

Tab l e 1 HCM tree pop-up menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Tab l e 2 Ethernet Link Layer Driver operating system support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Tab l e 3 FCoE driver operating system support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Tab l e 4 Port node-specific features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Tab l e 5 OS-specific features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Tab l e 6 HCM product icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Tab l e 7 Basic port configuration options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Tab l e 8 Advanced port configuration options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Tab l e 9 Statistics monitored by component. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Tab l e 10 Master Log fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Tab l e 11 HCM Master Log icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Tab l e 1 2 Related diagnostic documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Tab l e 13 Fibre Channel diag commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Tab l e 14 Fibre Channel diagnostic tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Tab l e 15 Hardware-level test parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Tab l e 16 Test log details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Table 17 Ethernet Test parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Tab l e 18 SFP management information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Tab l e 19 supportSave categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Tab l e 2 0 supportSave collection sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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About This Document

In this section

•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

•Related documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

How this document is organized

. This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as

possible.

The document contains the following components:

• Chapter 1, “Fibre Channel over Ethernet,” provides conceptual information about the Fibre

Channel over Ethernet technology, including converged enhanced Ethernet (CEE).

• Chapter 2, “HCM Overview,” provides a description of the Host Connectivity Manager (HCM)

application software, the graphical user interface (GUI), system requirements, and supported
operating systems.

• Chapter 3, “Getting Started with HCM Software,” explains how to launch the management

software, set security passwords, discover SAN components, and log out.

• Chapter 4, “Host Configuration,” provides the procedures to configure operating parameters

(basic and advanced), security authentication, and persistent binding using the Brocade
Command Line Utility (BCU) or the GUI.

• Chapter 5, “Monitoring,” describe the HCM monitoring features.

• Chapter 6, “Diagnostics,” describes the non-destructive group of diagnostic commands that

can be run from the BCU or the GUI.

• Appendix A, “HCM Dialog Boxes,” lists the fields that are associated with the HCM GUI and

provides a definition for each field.

• Appendix B, “Brocade Command Utility,” provides reference information for the Host

Connectivity Manager (HCM) commands that can be run from the Brocade Command Line
Utility (BCU)

• Appendix D, “Glossary and acronyms,” provides reference information for common terms and

acronyms.

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• Appendix C, “HCM Troubleshooting,” provides a summary of HCM navigation problems and

NOTE

ATTENTION

CAUTION

workarounds.

Document conventions

This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this
document.

Text formatting

The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows:

bold text Identifies command names

italic text Provides emphasis

code text Identifies CLI output

Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI

Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles

Identifies command syntax examples

For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed
lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all
lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case
sensitive.

Notes, cautions, and warnings

The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of
increasing severity of potential hazards.

A note provides a tip, guidance or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a reference
to related information.

An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.

A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause
damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.

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Key terms

For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary.

For definitions specific to this document, see “Glossary and acronyms” on page 201.

For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online
dictionary at:

http://www.snia.org/education/dictionary

Notice to the reader

This document may contain references to the trademarks of the following corporations. These
trademarks are the properties of their respective companies and corporations.

These references are made for informational purposes only.

.

Corporation Referenced Trademarks and Products

Microsoft Corporation Windows Server, Windows XP, Windows Vista

Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun, Solaris

Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, Red Hat Network, Maximum RPM, Linux Undercover

Novell, Inc. SuSE Enterprise Server (SLES), Linux

VMware VMware, ESX Server

Additional information

This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find
helpful.

Brocade resources

To get up-to-the-minute information, join Brocade Connect. It’s free! Go to http://www.brocade.com
and click Brocade Connect to register at no cost for a user ID and password.

For practical discussions about SAN design, implementation, and maintenance, you can obtain

Building SANs with Brocade Fabric Switches through:

http://www.amazon.com

For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade Web site:

http://www.brocade.com

Release notes are available on the Brocade Connect Web site and are also bundled with the Fabric
OS firmware.

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Other industry resources

For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 Web site. This Web site
provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre
Channel, storage management, and other applications:

http://www.t11.org

For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association Web
site:

http://www.fibrechannel.org

For information about the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) organization, visit
the IEEE Web site:

http://standards.ieee.org/

Getting technical help

Contact your adapter support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including
product repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information available:

• Adapter model

• Adapter operating system version

• Error numbers and messages received

• supportSave command output (see “debug” on page 162 for details)

• Detailed description of the problem, including the switch or fabric behavior immediately

following the problem, and specific questions

• Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results

• Serial console and Telnet session logs

• syslog message logs

Related documentation

Part Number Document Title

53-1000884-01 Brocade Fibre Channel Adapter Installation and Reference Manual supporting CNA

53-1000885-01 Brocade Fibre Channel Adapter Troubleshooting Guide supporting CNA models BR-1010

53-1000598-03 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide supporting Fabric OS v6.1.0

53-1000853-01 Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide supporting Fabric OS v6.1.0

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models BR-1010 and BR-1020 and HBA models 415, 425, 815, and 825

and BR-1020 and HBA models 415, 425, 815, and 825

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Document feedback

Quality is our first concern at Brocade and we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy and
completeness of this document. However, if you find an error or an omission, or you think that a
topic needs further development, we want to hear from you. Forward your feedback to:

[e-mail]

Provide the title and version number of the document and as much detail as possible about your
comment, including the topic heading and page number and your suggestions for improvement.

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Chapter

NOTE

Fibre Channel over Ethernet

In this chapter

•FCoE overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

•Enhanced Ethernet features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

•FCoE protocols supported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

FCoE overview

Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) leverages Ethernet enhancements, called Converged
Enhanced Ethernet (CEE), to transport encapsulated Fibre Channel frames over Ethernet. Ethernet

is the physical layer over which the encapsulated FC frames are transported.

One of the barriers to using Ethernet as the basis for a converged network has been the limited
bandwidth that Ethernet has historically provided. However, with 10 Gbps Ethernet, the available
bandwidth now offers the potential to consolidate all the traffic types over the same link.

1

Unlike Fibre Channel, Ethernet is not a peer-to-peer protocol. The mechanism used to discover new
ports, MAC address assignments and FC logins and logouts is called the FCoE Initialization Protocol
(FIP).

DCB exchange protocol

DCB Exchange (DCBX) protocol is used between data center bridging (DCB) devices, such as a
converged network adapter (CNA) and a FCoE switch, to exchange configuration with
directly-connected peers.

When DCBX protocol is used, any other LLDP implementation must be disabled on the host systems.

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NOTE

1

Drivers

Three types of adapter drivers are provided in installation packages:

• Storage driver - This is a unified driver that provides Fibre Channel frame transport for Brocade

• Network driver - This is the driver for frame transport over Ethernet and basic Ethernet

• Intermediate driver - This is for Windows systems only. It provides support for multiple VLANs.

The firmware is packaged with both the Storage driver and the Network driver so that it can be
downloaded by either of the drivers. The firmware is also stored in the flash for SAN boot.

For more information about the driver packages, support for the drivers, and driver installation,
refer to the Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual.

HBAs and FCoE transport for Brocade CNAs. The adapter logic detects either a FCoE or Fibre
Channel network and the appropriate driver support is provided automatically.

The unified storage driver will claim all installed Brocade Fiber Channel HBAs, as well as FCoE
CNAs installed in a system. This driver will be used instead of the driver originally installed for
the HBA.

services. This driver only applies to CNAs.

This driver only applies to CNAs.

Enhanced Ethernet features

Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) and priority-based flow control are the two basic
requirments in a lossless Ethernet environment. These capabilities allow the Fibre Channel frames
to run directly over 10 Gbps Ethernet segments without adversely affecting performance.

Enhanced transmission selection

With ETS, more important storage data traffic can be assigned higher priority and higher
guaranteed bandwidth so that it is not stalled by less important traffic. To enable effective
utilization of the network, ETS allows lower priority to unused bandwidth from high-priority queues

ETS allows configuration of bandwidth per priority group.

Priority group ID usage is defined as follows:

• PGID = {0, 7} is used when the priority group is limited for its bandwidth use.

• PGID = {8, 14} is reserved.

• PGID = {15} is used for priorities that are not limited for their bandwidth use.

The configured priority group percentage refers to the maximum percentage of available link
bandwidth after PGID 15 is serviced, assuming all priority groups are fully subscribed. If one of the
priority groups does not consume its allocated bandwidth, then any unused portion is available for
use by other priority groups.

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NOTE

1

Priority-based flow control

Priority flow control pauses traffic based on the priority levels. A high-level pause algorithm follows:

• During periods of heavy congestion, the receive buffers reach high threshold and generate a

pause.

• The pause tells transmission (Tx) queues to stop transmitting.

• After the receive (Rx) buffers reach low threshold, a zero pause is generated.

• The zero Pause signals the Tx queues to resume transmitting.

Ethernet jumbo frames

The basic assumption underlying FCoE is that TCP/IP is not required in a local data center network
and the necessary functions can be provided with Enhanced Ethernet. The purpose of an
“enhanced” Ethernet is to provide reliable, lossless transport for the encapsulated Fibre Channel
traffic. Enhanced Ethernet provides support for jumbo Ethernet frames and in-order frame delivery.

The Brocade FCoE 10 Gbps converged network adapter supports jumbo packets of up to 9 KB,
compared to the original 1,518-byte MTU for Ethernet. The frame size increase allows the same
amount of data to be transferred with less effort.

The frame data field size that you can set using the HCM GUI or BCU is for the storage side. You can
set the MTU using the OS interface, and this is for the network side. See “Frame data field size” on
page 28 for information about setting the frame data field size.

If a jumbo frame size is set for the CNA, the frame size setting on the attached FCoE switch must
match or it cannot accept jumbo frames.

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FCoE protocols supported

1

FCoE protocols supported

The Brocade FCoE converged network adapter supports two layers of protocols: Ethernet link layer
and FCoE layer. They are listed in the following sections.

Ethernet link layer protocols supported

The following protocols support the Ethernet link layer.

• 802.1q (VLAN)

• 802.1Qaz (enhanced transmission selection)

• 802.1Qbb (priority flow control)

• 802.3ad (link aggregation)

• 802.3ae (10 Gb Ethernet)

• 802.1p (priority encoding)

• IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG) for manufacturing debug and diagnostics

• IPv4 specification (RFC 793/768)

• IPv6 specification (RFC 2460)

• TCP/UDP specification (RFC 793/768)

• ARP specification (RFC 826)

• RSS with support for IPV4TCP, IPV4, IPV6TCP, IPV6 hash types

• HDS (Header-data split)

FCoE protocols

The following protocols support Fibre Channel over Ethernet.

• FIP (FC-BB5 compliant):

• Support for FIP Discovery protocol for dynamic FCF discovery and FCoE link management

• Support for FPMA and SPMA type FIP fabric login

• Support for Initiator mode only (FCP-3 compliant in Initiator mode)

• SCSI protection information support

• IP-over-FC

• NPIV support

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Chapter

NOTE

HCM Overview

In this chapter

HCM software

The Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) is a management software application for configuring,
monitoring, and troubleshooting Brocade HBAs and Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) in a
storage area network (SAN) environment.

The management software has two components:

• The agent, which runs on the host.

• The management console, which is the graphical user interface client used to manage the HBA

You can manage the software on the host or remotely from another host. The communication
between the management console and the agent is managed using JSON-RPC over https.

2

•HCM software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

•HCM features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

•Tree node pop-up menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

•Operating system support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

or CNA.

The information in this guide is intended for OEMs, field service personnel, and customers who are
installing Brocade hardware and HCM software.

All HCM, utility, SMI-S Provider, boot software, and driver installation packages, as well as the Driver
Update Disk (DUD), are described in the Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual.

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HCM features

2

HCM features

Common HBA and CNA management software features include the following:

• Discovery using the agent software running on the servers attached to the SAN, which enables

• Configuration management , which enables you to configure local and remote systems. With

• Diagnostics, which enables you to test the adapters and the devices to which they are

• Monitoring, which provides statistics for the SAN components listed in Table 9.

• Security, which enables you to specify a CHAP secret and configure authentication parameters.

• Event notifications, which provide asynchronous notification of various conditions and

you to contact the devices in your SAN.

HCM you can configure the following items:

• Local host

• Brocade 4 Gbps and 8 Gbps HBAs

• HBA ports (including logical ports, base ports, remote ports, and virtual ports)

• Brocade 10 Gbps single-port and 10 Gbps dual-port converged network adapters (CNAs)

• CEE ports

• FCoE ports (CNA only)

• Ethernet ports (CNA only)

connected:

• Link status of each adapter and its attached devices

• Loopback test, which is external to the adapter, to evaluate the ports (transmit and receive

transceivers) and the error rate on the adapter

• Read/write buffer test, which tests the link between the adapter and its devices

• FC protocol tests, including echo, ping, and traceroute

problems through a user-defined event filter.

Tree node pop-up menus

You can use the HCM GUI main menu or the Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU) to configure,
monitor, and troubleshoot your SAN components. The instructions for using each feature are
detailed in subsequent chapters of this document. For each SAN component, you can optionally
right-click its icon and a pop-up menu displays (see Table 1).

The HCM GUI consists of three layers, and the features display differently depending on the
configuration. There are three possible configuration scenarios, as follows:

• Both the storage driver and the link layer driver are installed.

• Only the storage driver is installed.

• Only the link layer driver is installed.

Whether the FCoE Port node or the Ethernet node are presented in the tree depends on the drivers
that are installed.

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TABLE 1 HCM tree pop-up menus

SAN component Pop-up menu feature

Host Refresh All

Start Polling
Upload Boot Code Image
Change Agent Password
Configure Names
Basic Port Configuration
Persistent Binding
Statistics > Port Statistics
FC-SP
Support Save
Tree > Copy | Search | Collapse All | Expand All

Tree node pop-up menus

2

Brocade HBA
4 Gbps or 8 Gbps

Converged Network Adapter
(CNA), 10 Gbps

FCoE Port Refresh

Refresh
Define Name
Upload Boot Code Image
Basic Port Configuration
Persistent Binding
Port Statistics
Diagnostics
FC-SP
Enable Adapter

Refresh
Define Name
Persistent Binding
Statistics > Port | CEE | FCP IM Module Statistics
Diagnostics
Enable Port
Tree > Copy | Search | Collapse All | Expand All

Define Names
Port Configuration > Basic | Advanced
Persistent Binding
Virtual Port > Create | Delete
Statistics > Fabric | IOC
Beacon > Port
Tree > Copy | Search | Collapse All | Expand All

Ethernet Port Refresh

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Names
Basic Port Configuration (includes Ethernet Logging Level)
VLAN Configuration
Change Password for HCM User
HCM Logging Levels
Syslog
Statistics > IOC Ethernet | VLAN
Diagnostics > Ethernet Tests
Tree > Copy | Search | Collapse All | Expand All

Operating system support

NOTE

2

Operating system support

There are slight differences in the operating systems (OSs) that are supported on the driver, on the
Host Connectivity Manager (HCM), and the Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU), and the HCM
agent.

Ethernet Link Layer Driver OS support

Tab le 2 lists the operating systems supported on the driver.

The Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU) is a standalone application that is installed as part of the
driver package. The BCU is used primarily for managing adapters installed on a local machine. The
BCU is supported across all operating system versions listed in Table 2.

Supported drivers vary with the operating system being used. For example, for Windows, the
Storport miniport driver is supported (there is no support for the SCSI miniport driver) and for
Solaris, only the Leadville-based driver is supported.

TABLE 2 Ethernet Link Layer Driver operating system support

Operating System x86 IA64 IEM64T AMD64

Windows Server 2003, R2, SP2
Requires SP2 plus Hotfix 932755 and

KB943545

Windows Server 2008 Yes Yes Yes Yes

Linux 2.6 kernel

Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

10.1, 10.2

Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11.0 Yes No Yes Yes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4.6, 4.7 Yes No Yes Yes

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.2, 5.3 Yes No Yes Yes

VMware ESX 3.5, U3, U4 Yes No Yes Yes

Yes No Yes Yes

Yes No Yes Yes

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Supported features

FCoE Driver OS support

Tab le 3 lists the operating systems supported on the FCoE driver.

TABLE 3 FCoE driver operating system support

Operating System x86 IA64 IEM64T AMD64 SPARC

2

Windows Server 2003, R2, SP2
Requires SP2 plus Hotfix 932755 and

KB943545

Windows Server 2008 Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Linux SuSE Enterprise Server (SLES)

10.1 and 10.2

Linux SuSE Enterprise Server (SLES)

11.0

Linux Red Hat Enterprise 4.6, 4.7 Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Linux Red Hat Enterprise 5.2, 5.3 Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Solaris 10.5

VMware ESX 3.5, U3, U4 Yes No Yes Yes No

1

FCoE driver only. The Networking driver is not supported on Solaris 10.5.

Supported features

Some features are available only in specific port nodes. These features are identified in Table 4.

TABLE 4 Port node-specific features

Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Yes Yes Yes Yes No

1

Yes No Yes Yes Yes

Features FCoE port Link Layer (LL) Ethernet port Physical port

Define name Yes No Yes

Port configuration Yes No No

Persistent binding Yes No Yes

Virtual port configuration Yes No No

Statistics Fabric statistics, IOC

statistics

Diagnostics Fibre Channel diagnostics No Yes

FC-SP authentication Yes No No

Enable port Yes No Yes

Beaconing (port) Yes Yes No

VLAN configuration No Yes No

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Eth IOC statistics, VLAN
statistics, Eth statistics

Port statistics,CEE
statistics, FCP IM
statistics

OS-specific features

2

OS-specific features

Some features are available only in specific OS environments. The features are shown in Table 5.

TABLE 5 OS-specific features

Features Windows Linux Solaris VMWare

Storage - NPIV support Yes Yes No Yes

Ethernet - VLAN support Yes Yes No Yes

Ethernet - Receive Side Scaling (RSS) Yes No No No

Ethernet - Header Data Split (HDS) Yes No No No

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Chapter

Getting Started with HCM Software

In this chapter

•HCM software launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

•Changing an HCM application password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

•Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

•Logging off HCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

HCM software launch

The following procedures describe how to launch the HCM application in Windows, Linux, and
Solaris.

• “Launching the application on Windows platforms”

• “Launching the application on Linux platforms”

• “Launching the application on Solaris platforms”

3

Launching the application on Windows platforms

After installing the HCM software, locate Brocade HCM on the Windows platform by selecting
Start > Programs > BROCADE_FCHBA.

OR

Click the desktop icon to launch the application.

The following figure shows the screen that appears when HCM software is first launched.

FIGURE 1 HCM Login dialog box

The factory default user ID and password are Administrator and password. After you log in for the
first time, you should change the default password to a new one using the HCM GUI.

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HCM software launch

3

Launching the application on Linux platforms

After installing the HCM software, locate Brocade HCM on the Linux platform.

• If using a GNOME shell, double-click the BROCADE_FCHBA icon to launch the application.

• If using a KDE shell, single-click the BROCADE_FCHBA icon to launch the application.

OR

Start the application from the command prompt using the following commands:

suse116208:~ # cd /opt/brocade/fchba/client
suse116208:<installed directory>/fchba/client # ./BROCADE_FCHBA

Launching the application on Solaris platforms

After installing the HCM software, you can launch the Brocade HCM application on the Solaris
platform by double-clicking on the BROCADE_FCHBA icon.

OR

Start the application from the command prompt using the following commands:

sun-116190# cd <installed directory>/fchba/client/
sun-116190# ./BROCADE_FCHBA

Remember password

The Login dialog has a check box to remember the password. If you check the Remember password
check box, you do not need to enter the password the next time you launch the application.

Skip login

Take one of the following actions to manage the Skip Login feature.

• Enable Skip Login by checking the Skip Login Dialog check box.

If the Skip Login check box is checked, it automatically disables the Remember password
option.

• Disable Skip Login by setting hba-application.skip-login=false in the

/data/HBAApplication.properties file.

• Select the Skip Login check box if you do not want the Login dialog box to appear the next time

the application is started.

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