HP 316095-B21 User Manual

User Guide

hp StorageWorks

HA-Fabric Manager

Product Version: FW v06.xx/HAFM SW v08.02.00

Fourth Edition (July 2004)

Part Number: AA–RS2CE–TE

This guide describes the HP StorageWorks High Availability Fabric Manager (HAFM) and its
features. It tells you how to use the HAFM to monitor, configure, and manage the Fibre Channel
in which managed products operate. This guide also covers Fabric zoning, HAFM appliance
administration, and HAFM logs.

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HA-Fabric Manager User Guide
Fourth Edition (July 2004)
Part Number: AA–RS2CE–TE

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Contents

Contents

About this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Text Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Equipment Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Rack Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

HP Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

HP Storage Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

HP Authorized Reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

1 Introduction and General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

The Life Cycle of a SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Product Licensing Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

License Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Feature Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Introduction to High Availability Fabric Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

HAFM Appliance Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

User Interface Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Product List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Physical/Topology Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Master Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Connection Utilization Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Minimap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Floating the Minimap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Anchoring the Minimap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Resizing the Minimap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Status Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Searching the Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Backing Up and Restoring Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

2 Setting Up the Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Configuring an Appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Configuring a New HAFM Appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Getting a License Key for New Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Retrieving Lost Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Entering a License Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Entering a Feature License Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Ordering Additional Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Upgrading the HAFM Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Uninstalling the Appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Uninstalling the HAFM Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Accessing HAFM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Accessing HAFM on the HAFM Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Accessing Remote HAFM appliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Adding an Appliance to the Log In Dialog Box List of Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Removing an Appliance from the Log In Dialog Box List of Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Logging Out of an Appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Starting and Stopping HAFM Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Managing Remote Access to the HAFM Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Requirements for Remote Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Installing Software on Remote Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Starting HAFM on Remote Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Starting HAFM on a Windows System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Starting HAFM on an HP-UX, AIX, Linux, or Solaris System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Managing Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Viewing the List of Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Adding a User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Changing a User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Removing a User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Filtering Event Notifications for a User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Configuring Remote Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Viewing Active User Sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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Disconnecting a User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Managing User Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

About User Groups and Access Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Creating a User Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Changing a User Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Removing User Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Assigning Users to Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Determining User Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Discovering a SAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

How Discovery Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Setting Up Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Configuring IP Addresses and Community Strings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Adding an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Changing an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Removing an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Configuring a Community String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Reverting to a Default Community String. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Turning Discovery On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Turning Discovery On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Turning Discovery Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Determining the Discovery State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Configuring the SNMP Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Setting Up the SNMP Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Turning On the SNMP Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Turning Off the SNMP Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Adding Trap Recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Editing Trap Recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Removing Trap Recipients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Customizing the Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Creating a Customized View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Editing a Customized View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Deleting a Customized View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Selecting a Customized View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Grouping on the Topology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Collapsing Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Expanding Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Customizing the Product List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Adding a Column to the Product List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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Changing a Column on the Product List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Removing a Column from the Product List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Viewing Levels of Detail on the Product List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Viewing All. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Viewing Only Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Zooming In and Out of the Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Zooming In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Zooming Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Showing Levels of Detail on the Physical Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Turning Flyovers On or Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Exporting and Importing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Exporting Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Importing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Backing Up and Restoring Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

What is Backed Up?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

HAFM Appliance Backup and Restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Restoring Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

3 Configuring SAN Products and Fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Managing Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Opening a Product’s Element Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Opening the Element Manager from the Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Opening the Element Manager from the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Searching for Products in a SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Changing Product Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Determining a Product’s Operational Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Showing Routes Between Two End-Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Hiding Routes Between Two End-Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Viewing Properties of Routes Between Two End-Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Changing a Fabric’s Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Configuring Enterprise Fabric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

About Enterprise Fabric Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Setting Enterprise Fabric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Configuring Fabric Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Enabling Fabric Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Adding Switches to the Fabric Binding Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Persisting and Unpersisting Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

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Persisting a Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Unpersisting a Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Unpersisting a Single Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Graphic Indicators Related to Persisted Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Determining a Persisted Fabric’s Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Determining Status of a Product in a Persisted Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Determining the Status of Connections in a Persisted Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Clearing ISL Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Merging Persisted Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Splitting Persisted Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Layout Changes in Persisted Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Finding Devices in a Persisted Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Configuring Trap Forwarding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Configuring Trap Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Adding Trap Recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Removing Trap Recipients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

4 Monitoring SAN Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Event Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Viewing Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Exporting Log Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Filtering Events in the Master Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Copying Log Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Copying Rows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Copying the Entire Master Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Using Event Notification Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Configuring Email Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Configuring Call Home Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Part 1: Specifying Support Center Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Part 2: Enabling Call Home Notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Enabling Ethernet Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Creating Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Generating and Printing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Viewing and Printing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Deleting Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

5 Optional Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Event Management Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Uses for Event Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

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Event Management Component Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

About Triggers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Trigger Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Phrase Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

About Event Triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

About Schedule Triggers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

About Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Event Management Page Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Using Event Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Specifying a Rule’s Triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Adding an Event Trigger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Specifying Time Limits for an Event Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Adding a Schedule Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Specifying a Rule’s Actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Specifying an E-mail Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Specifying an Export Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Specifying a Launch Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Specifying a Log Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Specifying a Message Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Specifying a Pause Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Specifying a Sound Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Editing a Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Copying a Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Deleting a Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Activating Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Activating an Existing Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Activating a New Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Deactivating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Deactivating an Existing Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Deactivating a New Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Turning the Event Management Feature On or Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

FICON Management Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Configuring the FICON Management Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Configuration Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Open Systems Management Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Installing the Open Systems management Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

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Configuring the Open Systems Management Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

SANtegrity Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Fabric Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Enable/Disable and Online State Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Switch Binding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Configuring Switch Binding Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Enable/Disable Switch Binding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Editing the Switch Membership List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Enable/Disable and Online State Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Zoning with Switch Binding Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Enterprise Fabric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Fabric Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Switch Binding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Rerouting Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Domain RSCNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Insistent Domain Identification (ID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Open Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Enabling and Configuring Open Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Using the Pop-Up Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Open Trunking Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Monitoring Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Monitoring Connection Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Monitoring Switch Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Gathering and Viewing Performance Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Storing Performance Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Viewing Performance Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Exporting Performance Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Monitoring Port Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Setting Performance Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Working with the Planning Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Planning Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Devices Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Planning a New SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Opening an Existing Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Designing a Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Adding Planned Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Adding Individual Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Adding Multiple Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

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Editing Port Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Displaying a Planned Device as an Installed Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Connecting Planned Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Arranging Planned Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Configuring Planned Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Configuring Planned Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Deleting Planned Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Evaluating a Plan Using Planning Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Planning Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Setting Planning Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Evaluating a Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Outputting a Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Saving a Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Saving the Plan with its Current Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Saving the Plan with a New Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Exporting a Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Printing a Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

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Zoning Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Configuring Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Creating a New Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Creating a New Member in a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Adding Members to a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Creating a Zone Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Adding Zones to Zone Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Removing a Member from a Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Removing a Zone from a Zone Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Activating a Zone Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Enabling or Disabling the Default Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Deactivating a Zone Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Exporting a Zone Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Importing a Zone Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Zoning Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Renaming a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Renaming a Zone Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Replacing Zone Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Manually Replacing Zone Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Duplicating a Zone Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

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Deleting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Deleting a Zone Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Viewing Properties for Zones and Zone Sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Finding Members in a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Finding Zones in a Zone Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Listing Zone Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Saving the Active Zone Set into a Zoning Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Comparing Zone Sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

A Configuring HAFM Through a Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Polling Client Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Configuring for Faster Logins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Forcing a Client to Be Polling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Forcing All Clients to Be Polling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Configuring TCP Port Numbers to Allow Firewall Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

HAFM Function with RMI at TCP Port Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Forcing Port in RMI Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

HAFM_sc.bat File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

HAFM_co.bat File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Forcing Server and Client Export Port Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

HAFM_sc.bat File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

HAFM_co.bat File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

B Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Problems with Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Problems with Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Problems with Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Miscellaneous Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Problems with Zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

C Information and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

D Configuring Remote Workstations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251

Configuring Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Running the High Availability Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Configuring Solaris Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

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Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Running the High Availability Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Configuring HP-UX, AIX, and Linux Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Running the High Availability Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

E Editing Batch Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265

Configuring the Application to Use Dual Network Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Setting the Zoning Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Specifying a Host IP Address in Multi-NIC Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

F Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

Compatibility with Other Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Icon Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Product Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Product Status Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Event Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Band Information Status Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Planned Device Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Group Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Zoning Naming Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Event Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Event Trigger Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

SNMP Trap Event Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Event Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Device Property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

System Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Performance Event Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Event Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Device Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

System Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

User Action Event Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Event Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

System Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

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User Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Device State Event Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Event Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Device Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

System Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Writing Event Management Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

Figures

1 The Life Cycle of a SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

2 Product management options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3 View All - HAFM 8 window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

4 Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

5 Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

6 Master Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

7 Connection Utilization Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

8 Minimap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

9 Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

10 The Toolbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

11 License dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

12 VNC Authentication window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

13 Welcome to Windows dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

14 Log On to Windows dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

15 HAFM Log In dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

16 View All - HAFM window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

17 HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

18 Add User dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

19 Change User dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

20 Define Filter dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

21 Remote Access dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

22 Active Sessions dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

23 Disconnect User message box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

24 HAFM Group dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

25 Discover Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

26 Domain Information dialog box (IP Address tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

27 Domain Information dialog box (Community Strings tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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28 SNMP Agent Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

29 Add Trap Recipient dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

30 Edit Trap Recipient dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

31 Create View dialog box (View Members tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

32 Create View dialog box (Columns tab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

33 Edit View dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

34 A Group on the Physical Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

35 Create Column dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

36 Edit Column Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

37 Zoom dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

38 Export dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

39 Select Switches dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

40 Export Confirmation message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

41 Import dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

42 Search Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

43 Properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

44 Show Route dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

45 Show Route example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

46 Route Properties dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

47 Fabric Properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

48 Enterprise Fabric Mode dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

49 Fabric Binding dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

50 SANtegrity feature message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

51 Add Detached Switch dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

52 Unpersist Fabric confirmation box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

53 Persisted Fabric icon on Physical Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

54 Persisted Fabric icon on Product List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

55 Product Added to Persisted Fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

56 Product Removed from Persisted Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

57 Removed Connection in a Persisted Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

58 Configure Trap Forwarding dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

59 Add Trap Recipient dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

60 View Logs dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

61 Define Filter dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

62 Email Notification Setup dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

63 Call Home Configuration dialog box (for U.S. installations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

64 Call Home Event Notification dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

65 Configure Ethernet Event dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

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66 Select Template Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

67 HAFM Reports Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

68 Trigger phrase development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

69 Event Management tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

70 Add Rule dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

71 Add Rule dialog box (Time Limits). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

72 Add Rule dialog box (Schedule) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

73 Add Rule dialog box (E-mail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

74 Add Rule dialog box (Export) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

75 Add Rule dialog box (Launch). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

76 Add Rule dialog box (Log) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

77 Add Rule dialog box (Message). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

78 Add Rule dialog box (Pause) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

79 Add Rule dialog box (Sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

80 Configure FICON Management Server dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

81 Configure Feature Key dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

82 New Feature Key dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

83 Configure Open Systems Management Server dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

84 Switch Binding State Change dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

85 Switch Binding Membership List dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

86 Configure Open Trunking dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

87 Open Trunking log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

88 Utilization Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

89 Switch Performance graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

90 Export dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

91 Port Performance Graph dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

92 Planning window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

93 Devices Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

94 New Plan dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

95 Open Plan dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

96 Insert Multiple Devices dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

97 Port Properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

98 Planned device Properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

99 Planning Rules dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

100 Export dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

101 Zoning dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

102 Add Zone Member dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

103 Activate Zone Set dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

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104 Activate Zone Set confirmation message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

105 Deactivate Zone Set dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

106 Export Zone Set dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

107 Import Zone Set dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

108 Replace Zone Member dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

109 List Zone Members dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

110 HAFM appliance and client communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

111 Remote Client Installation screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

112 Available Installers page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

113 File Download dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

114 Online connection with online devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

115 Offline connection and offline loop and storage device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

116 Connection performance as displayed on Physical Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

117 Switch on Topology showing ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Tables

1 Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

2 Event Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3 Connection Utilization Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

4 User Groups and Access Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

5 Product Status Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

6 Trigger Operators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

7 Event Management Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

8 Port Name Language Code Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

9 Utilization Legend Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

10 Planning Rule Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

11 Connection Rules Syntax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

12 Property Validation Rules Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

13 Capacity Control Rules Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

14 Zoning Parameters Supported Limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

15 RMI Protocol Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

16 Discovery Problems and Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

17 Product Problems and Resolutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

18 Address Problems and Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

19 Miscellaneous Problems and Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

20 Zoning Problems and Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

21 HAFM Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

22 Product Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

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23 Product Status Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

24 Event Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

25 Band Information Status Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

26 Planned Device Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

27 Group Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

28 Event Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

29 Device Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

30 System Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

31 Event Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

32 Device Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

33 System Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

34 Event Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

35 System Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

36 User Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

37 Event Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

38 Device Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

39 System Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

40 Event Context Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

41 Device Context Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

42 TIME Context Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

43 User Context Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

44 System Context Property Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

45 Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

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Guide

About this Guide

About this Guide

This user guide provides information to help you:

■ Use the High Availability Fabric Manager (HAFM) to monitor, configure,

and manage the Fibre Channel in which managed products operate.

■ Manage Fabric zoning and HAFM logs.

“About this Guide” topics include:

■ Overview, page 20

■ Conventions, page 21

■ Rack Stability, page 24

■ Getting Help, page 25

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Overview

This section covers the following topics:

■ Intended Audience

■ Related Documentation

Intended Audience

This book is intended for use by data center administrators, LAN administrators,

operations personnel, and customer support personnel who:

■ Administer user access to the HAFM application.

■ Monitor and manage product operation.

Related Documentation

For a list of corresponding documentation, refer to the Related Documents section

of the Release Notes that came with the product.

For the latest information, documentation, and firmware releases, please visit the

following StorageWorks web site:

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html

For information about Fibre Channel standards, visit the Fibre Channel

Association web site, located at

http://www.fibrechannel.org

.

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Conventions

Conventions consist of the following:

■ Document Conventions

■ Text Symbols

■ Equipment Symbols

Document Conventions

This document follows the conventions in Tab le 1.

Text Symbols

The following symbols may be found in the text of this guide. They have the

following meanings:

WARNING: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow

directions in the warning could result in bodily harm or death.

Caution: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions

could result in damage to equipment or data.

Table 1: Document Conventions

Convention Element

Blue text: Figure 1 Cross-reference links
Bold Menu items, buttons, and key, tab, and

box names

Italics

Text emphasis and document titles in
body text

Monospace font User input, commands, code, file and

directory names, and system responses

(output and messages)
Monospace, italic font Command-line and code variables
Blue underlined sans serif font text

(

http://www.hp.com

)

Web site addresses

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Tip: Text in a tip provides additional help to readers by providing nonessential or

optional techniques, procedures, or shortcuts.

Note: Text set off in this manner presents commentary, sidelights, or interesting points

of information.

Equipment Symbols

The following equipment symbols may be found on hardware for which this guide
pertains. They have the following meanings:

Any enclosed surface or area of the equipment marked with these
symbols indicates the presence of electrical shock hazards. Enclosed
area contains no operator serviceable parts.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from electrical shock

hazards, do not open this enclosure.

Any RJ-45 receptacle marked with these symbols indicates a network
interface connection.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of electrical shock, fire, or damage to the

equipment, do not plug telephone or telecommunications connectors
into this receptacle.

Any surface or area of the equipment marked with these symbols
indicates the presence of a hot surface or hot component. Contact with
this surface could result in injury.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from a hot component,

allow the surface to cool before touching.

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Power supplies or systems marked with these symbols indicate the
presence of multiple sources of power.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from electrical

shock, remove all power cords to completely disconnect power
from the power supplies and systems.

Any product or assembly marked with these symbols indicates that the
component exceeds the recommended weight for one individual to
handle safely.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the

equipment, observe local occupational health and safety requirements
and guidelines for manually handling material.

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Rack Stability

Rack stability protects personnel and equipment.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the

equipment, be sure that:

■ The leveling jacks are extended to the floor.

■ The full weight of the rack rests on the leveling jacks.

■ In single rack installations, the stabilizing feet are attached to the rack.

■ In multiple rack installations, the racks are coupled.

■ Only one rack component is extended at any time. A rack may become

unstable if more than one rack component is extended for any reason.

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Getting Help

If you still have a question after reading this guide, contact an HP authorized
service provider or access our web site:

http://www.h p.com

.

HP Technical Support

Telephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the following
HP web site:

http://www .hp.com/support/

. From this web site, select the country

of origin.

Note: For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.

Be sure to have the following information available before calling:

■ Technical support registration number (if applicable)

■ Product serial numbers

■ Product model names and numbers

■ Applicable error messages

■ Operating system type and revision level

■ Detailed, specific questions

HP Storage Web Site

The HP web site has the latest information on this product, as well as the latest
drivers. Access storage at:

http://www .hp.com/country/us/eng/prodserv/

storage .html

. From this web site, select the appropriate product or solution.

HP Authorized Reseller

For the name of your nearest HP authorized reseller:

■ In the United States, call 1-800-345-1518

■ In Canada, call 1-800-263-5868

■ Elsewhere, refer to the HP web site for locations and telephone numbers:

http://www .hp .com

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Introduction and General
Information

This chapter presents an overview of the High Availability Fabric Manager
(HAFM). It includes:

■ The Life Cycle of a SAN, page 28

■ Product Licensing Overview, page 29

■ Introduction to High Availability Fabric Management, page 31

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The Life Cycle of a SAN

The HAFM application enables you to proceed through the managed life cycle of
the SAN with confidence.

Figure 1: The Life Cycle of a SAN

The first stage of a SAN’s life cycle is to Plan the SAN. Use paper and pen or a
software application to plan the SAN.

The second stage of the life cycle is to Discover the SAN. The HAFM application
establishes contact with many SAN devices, gathers embedded information, and
then depicts it in the Physical Map, or topology. The application discovers the
devices attached to the SAN and presents an intuitive visual map of devices and
their connections.

The third stage of the life cycle is to Configure the SAN, during which you should
configure SAN devices and fabrics.

The final and longest stage of the life cycle is to Monitor the SAN. The
application generates events and messages about product and property status. The
user interface features an animated display of the data flow and error rates over
the entire topology. The application’s self-monitoring, event-logging, and event
notification features allow you to stay informed about the state of the SAN.

At any point, a discovered SAN can be used as a starting point to plan a new SAN,
completing the life cycle.

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Product Licensing Overview

License and feature keys are unique strings of alphanumeric characters that verify
ownership of software and additional software modules and features that you can
purchase.

License Keys

License keys verify ownership of the license to use software application and
optional features and modules. The use of license keys is new for this release.
Depending on your upgrade situation, you may be prompted to enter the license
key and software serial number the first time that you initialize the application to
verify your software license. As you purchase additional software modules, you
must enter license keys into the License Key dialog box (Help menu, License
option). For details on acquiring license keys, see “Managing Users” on page 57.

If you order additional software modules after your initial purchase of the
application, you will need to enter your original serial number, as well as a license
key into the License Key dialog box (Help menu, License option). The software
license key allows you to access the application and all optional software features
or modules that you have purchased. Your ship kit documents provide a new
software entitlement request certificate for HAFM, based on the number of ports.
To obtain a license key, follow instructions provided with your ship kit to access
the HP licensing web site through your internet browser, enter the serial number
and registration number, and obtain a license key.

Feature Keys

Feature keys verify ownership of the Element Manager and optional features that
can be purchased for the Element Manager. The feature key, which is encoded
with a switch or director’s serial number, can only be configured on the switch or
director to which it is assigned.

When you purchase additional Element Manager features, you receive a feature
key. The feature keys that you are currently using are included in this key.

Here are some important notes about the Element Manager feature key introduced
with this release:

■ All edge switches and directors that were purchased prior to the release of

firmware 06.00.00 will automatically have the Element Manager feature
enabled when their firmware is upgraded to version 06.00.00 or later.
However, the feature key for the Element Manager will not be added or
incorporated into the existing feature key.

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■ Enabling the Reset Configuration option through the Element Manager

Maintenance menu clears all features that were enabled through the

Configure Feature Key dialog box. When you attempt to reinstall features
using a feature key assigned for an edge switch or director prior to the release
of 06.00.00, a warning displays that the Element Manager feature key is not
installed. You must contact customer support to get a feature key reassigned
that includes the Element Manager feature.

■ For directors and switches shipped with firmware 6.0 or later installed:

— Directors - The Element Manager enablement certificate is included with

the unit as shipped.

— Switches - The Element Manager is optional. When you want to manage a

switch through an Element Manager, you will receive an enablement
certificate with which you can obtain a Feature Key. You must activate
this key through the configure Feature Key dialog box.

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Introduction to High Availability Fabric Management

The High Availability Fabric Manager (HAFM) is a Java-based graphical user
interface (GUI) that enables you to manage users and products, monitor products,
and open Element Managers.

HAFM Release 8.x is available for installation on the 1U rack-mount appliance
(HAFM appliance). HAFM 8.x has the ability to manage large fabrics and
provides more functionality.

The HAFM application is installed on the HAFM appliance to provide local
access to managed products. HAFM Client applications can also be installed on
remote user workstations to provide remote access to the managed products
through the HAFM appliance. A maximum of nine concurrent users (eight remote
and one local HAFM appliance user) can log in to the HAFM application.

When using two LAN connections (public and private) at the HAFM server,
Microsoft Windows and the HAFM application determine the following:

■ Which LAN is to be the private LAN for communication between the HAFM

server, and the directors and edge switches that the HAFM server manages.

■ Which LAN is to be the public LAN for communication between the HAFM

server and computers seeking remote client access to the HAFM server.

Either LAN connection on the HAFM server can be the public LAN or the private
LAN. Though the directors and edge switches can be managed via either LAN,
the public LAN is the only one that can support remote client access. Thus, if one
attempts to access the HAFM server via a remote client session and is
unknowingly using what has been designated as the private LAN, the remote
session will not be allowed. The IP address that the HAFM server has determined
to be the public LAN which supports remote client access, displays in the title bar
of the main window of the HAFM application which displays after logging in to
the HAFM application.

The HAFM application designates the public LAN as the first LAN detected
whose IP address is not the reserved private subnet 10.x.x.x. Thus, if neither IP
address is 10.x.x.x, the first LAN detected by HAFM is designated as the public
LAN. This order of detection is influenced by Microsoft Windows and not
guaranteed.

For a dual LAN configuration, both LANs must be connected when the HAFM
server is booted up. If only one is connected, the HAFM server interprets this as a
single LAN configuration, and the connected LAN will be designated as the LAN
for remote client sessions.

There are a two ways to assure the pubic and private designations of the LANs.

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■ If you use a private LAN IP address, i.e. 10.x.x.x, this causes this LAN to be

designated as the private LAN. You must also have the public LAN
connection active when the HAFM server is booting up, or else the HAFM
application will interpret this as a single LAN connection configuration, and
the 10.x.x.x LAN will be designated as the LAN for remote client sessions.

■ You can configure a specified Ethernet interface on the HAFM server to be

the public LAN (to listen for remote client connections). To configure this
feature, you must manually edit a file on the HAFM server to explicitly
specify which IP address HAFM should use as the public LAN.

■ Perform the following to configure an Ethernet interface:

—Open the config.properties file in directory C:\Program

Files\HAFM\, and add the following line:
ServerRmiIpAddress=x.x.x.x

where x.x.x.x is the IP address assigned to one of the Ethernet LAN
adapters which is to be used as the public LAN. This entry is case
sensitive and must be made exactly as shown. Once this line has been
added, the HAFM server must be rebooted.

Note: This does not impact the Fibre Channel operations of any edge switch or

director. Only monitoring switch operations, logging events, and implementing
configuration changes are interrupted.

If the public LAN IP address of the HAFM server is ever changed, this file must
be edited again to reflect the new IP address.

Remote workstations are not supported on the secondary adapter, and must
always connect to the public adapter as shown in Figure 2.

For details on configuring remote workstations, see “Configuring Remote

Work stati ons ” on page 251.

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Figure 2: Product management options

Besides the HAFM and Element Managers on the HAFM appliance, out-of-band
(non-Fibre Channel) management access to HP directors and switches is provided
through the following:

■ Management using simple network management protocol (SNMP). An

SNMP agent is implemented through the HAFM application, which allows
administrators on SNMP management workstations to access product
management information using any standard network management tool.
Administrators can assign Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and corresponding
community names for up to twelve SNMP workstations functioning as SNMP
trap message recipients.

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interface installed on the director or switch. This interface supports
configuration, statistics monitoring, and basic operation of the product, but
does not offer all the capabilities of the corresponding Element Manager in
HAFM. Administrators launch the web server interface from a remote PC by
entering the product’s IP address as the Internet uniform resource locator
(URL), then entering a user name and password at a login screen. The PC
browser then becomes a management console.

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■ Management through a PC-based Telnet session using the command line

interface (CLI). Any platform that supports Telnet client software can be
used.

HAFM Appliance Information

The HAFM appliance provides a central point of control for managed Fibre
Channel products. The HAFM appliance is required for installing, configuring,
and managing these products.

Note: Although products can perform normal operations without an HAFM

appliance, the HAFM appliance should operate at all times to monitor product
operations, report failures, log event changes, and log configuration changes.

User Interface Description

The main window is comprised of various areas. Descriptions are listed below the
graphic.

Note: Some panels may be hidden by default. To view all panels, choose View > All

Panels, or press F12.

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Figure 3: View All - HAFM 8 window

Menu Bar

The menu bar as shown in Figure 4, is located across the top of the main window.
Pull-down menus are displayed by clicking on the menu bar option with the
mouse, or by pressing ALT with the underlined letter of the name for the menu
bar option.

1 Menu Bar
2 Toolbar
3 Product List
4 Physical/Topology Map
5 Master Log

6 Connection Utilization Legend
7 Minimap
8 Status Bar
9 Toolbox

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Figure 4: Menu bar

Toolbar

The toolbar as shown in Figure 5, is located at the top of the main window below
the Menu bar. The Toolbar provides buttons to perform various functions.

Figure 5: Toolbar

Note: Depending on your licensed modules, the buttons on your toolbar may differ.

Product List

The Product List, located on the View tab, displays an inventory of all discovered
devices and ports. The Product List is a quick way to look up product and port
information, including serial numbers and IP addresses. To display the Product
List, choose View > Product List, or press F9.

You can edit information in the Product List by double-clicking in a field marked
with a green triangle. You can sort the Product List by clicking a column heading.

1 SAN menu
2 Edit menu
3 View menu
4 Plan menu

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6 Configure menu
7 Monitor menu
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Physical/Topology Map

The Physical/Topology Map is the map of the topology that displays when you
select the View tab on the main window. The Physical Map displays devices and
their connections and ports. A topology is a logical and/or physical arrangement
of devices on a network.

Master Log

The Master Log as shown in Figure 6, is located in the lower left area of the main
window. The Master Log lists the events that occurred on the SAN. If you do not
see the Master Log, choose View > All Panels. The default locations for the log
files are listed below:

■ <Install_Home>\Server\Universe_Home\Test

Universe\_Working\EventStorageProvider\event.log

■ <Install_Home>\Server\Local_Root\EventStorage

Provider\event.log

Figure 6: Master Log

The following fields and columns are included in the Master Log.

■ Level—The severity of the event.

Table 2: Event Icons

Event Icon Description

Informational

Warning

Fatal

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■ Source—The product on which the event occurred.

■ Typ e—The type of event that was performed (for example, client/server

communication events).

■ Description—Description of the event.

■ Time—The time and date the event occurred.

■ IP—The IP address of the product on which the event occurred.

■ Node Name—The name of the node on which the event occurred.

■ Port Name—The name of the port on which the event occurred.

Connection Utilization Legend

The Connection Utilization Legend as shown in Figure 7, is located in the lower
right-hand area of the main window. The Legend displays the percentage of
utilization on the trunks as well as on the utilization legend (below). To display
the connection utilization, choose Monitor > Utilization > On, or CTRL+U.

Figure 7: Connection Utilization Legend

In Tabl e 3, the color and the length of the lines indicate the bandwidth utilization.

To turn utilization off, choose Monitor > Utilization > Off.

Table 3: Connection Utilization Legend

Line Color Utilization

Red line 80% to 100% utilization
Orange line 60% to 80% utilization
Light green line 40% to 60% utilization
Dark purple line 20% to 40% utilization
Blue line 0% to 20% utilization
Gray line 0% utilization

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Minimap

The Minimap as shown in Figure 8, is located in the lower right-hand corner of
the main window. The Minimap is useful for getting a bird’s-eye view of the
SAN, or to quickly jump to a specific place on the Physical Map. To jump to a
specific location on the Physical Map, click that area on the Minimap. A close-up
view of the selected location is displayed on the Physical Map.

Use the Minimap to view the entire SAN and to navigate more detailed map
views. This feature is especially useful if you have a large SAN.

Figure 8: Minimap

Floating the Minimap

To float the Minimap and view it in a separate window, click the Detach button
( ) in the upper right-hand corner of the Minimap.

Anchoring the Minimap

To return the Minimap to its original location on the main window, do one of the
following:

■ Click the Attach button ( ) in the upper right-hand corner of the Minimap.

■ Click the Close button ( ) in the upper right-hand corner of the Minimap.

■ Click the logo in the upper left-hand corner of the Minimap and choose Close,

or ALT+F4.

Resizing the Minimap

On an anchored Minimap, place the cursor on the left border of the Minimap until
a double-pointed arrow displays. Click and drag the adjoining divider.

On a floating Minimap, place the cursor on a border of the Minimap until a
double-pointed arrow displays. Click and drag to change the window size.

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Status Bar

The status bar as shown in Figure 9, is located at the bottom of the main window.
The status bar provides a variety of information about the SAN and the
application. The icons on the status bar may change to reflect different
information.

Note: Depending on your configuration, some status bar icons may not display.

Figure 9: Status Bar

■ Server Status—Displays local Server status.

■ Connection Status—Displays the appliance-client connection status.

■ Product Status—Displays the most degraded status of all devices in the

SAN. For example, if all devices are operational except one (which is
degraded), the Product Status displays as degraded. Click this icon to open the
Product State Log. See “Determining a Product’s Operational Status” on
page 98 for more information.

■ Fabric Status—Displays the state of the fabric that is least operational, based

on ISL status.

■ Attention Indicator—Displays when at least one HP product in the SAN has

an attention indicator. Click the icon to open the Service Request dialog box,
which lists all HP switches and directors that need attention.

■ Call-Home Status—Displays if the Call-Home service has been enabled. If

Call-Home has been enabled on all managed HP switches and on the HAFM
application, the icon displays as enabled. If Call-Home is disabled on any one
of the HP switches or on the HAFM application, the icon displays as disabled.

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Click the icon to open the Call Home Settings Summary dialog box, which
lists whether the Call-Home feature is enabled on the HAFM application and
on each managed HP switch or director.

■ Server Name—Displays the name of the Server to which you are connected.

■ Client Count—Displays the number of clients.

■ User’s Access Level—Displays the user ID of the logged in user.

Toolbox

The toolbox as shown in Figure 10, is located at the top right-hand side of the
Physical/Topology Map window. The Toolbox provides tools to zoom in and out
of the Physical Map, collapse and expand groups, and fit the topology to the
window, and generate Physical Map reports.

Figure 10: The Toolbox

Searching the Online Help

To find all the help topics that contain a particular word or phrase:

1. On the Help window, click the tab with the magnifying glass icon.

2. In the Find field, enter the word or phrase for which you want to search.

3. Press Enter.
If any matches are found, a list of topics displays in the panel. The number of

times the word or phrase occurs in the topic displays next to the name. Click the
name to display that topic.

Backing Up and Restoring Data

For instructions on backing up and restoring data to the 1U HAFM appliance, see
“HAFM Appliance Backup and Restore” on page 93.

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Setting Up the Application

This chapter provides instructions for setting up and customizing the application.

■ Configuring an Appliance, page 44

■ Managing Users, page 57

■ Managing User Groups, page 64

■ Discovering a SAN, page 69

■ Configuring the SNMP Agent, page 75

■ Customizing the Main Window, page 79

■ Exporting and Importing, page 89

■ Backing Up and Restoring Data, page 93

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Configuring an Appliance

If you are using a new HAFM appliance with HAFM 08.02.00 installed, follow
the instructions in the HA-Fabric Manager Appliance Installation Guide to install
your HAFM appliance. If you are upgrading the HAFM application on an existing
HAFM appliance, follow the instructions in “Upgrading the HAFM Application”
on page 47.

The application is comprised of two parts: the server (which runs only on the
HAFM appliance) and the client. The server is installed on one HAFM appliance
and stores SAN-related information; it does not have a user interface. To view
SAN information through a user interface, you must log in to the server running
on the appliance through a client.

Note: The server and client(s) may reside on the same machine, or on separate

machines.

In some cases, a network may utilize virtual private network (VPN) or firewall
technology, which can prohibit communication between the server application
running on HAFM appliances and clients. In other words, a client can find a
server, appear to log in, but immediately is logged out because the server cannot
reach the client. To resolve this issue, the application automatically detects the
network configuration and runs the client in “polling mode” when necessary.

When the client is not running in polling mode, the server calls the client
whenever it has new data. When the client is running in polling mode, the server
queues up the data and the client periodically checks in (approximately every 5 or
10 seconds) and gets the data.

Configuring a New HAFM Appliance

In order to activate the application, you need to request a license key. Once you
have activated the application, go to “Accessing HAFM” on page 47 for further
instructions.

Getting a License Key for New Software

If you just purchased the application, use these instructions to obtain your license
key:

1. Go to the URL listed on the software entitlement request certificate for

HAFM and click generate a license key.

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2. Enter the Registration Number in the Registration Number field.

3. Click next.

4. Enter the serial number in the Serial Number field. You can find the serial

number on the back of the software CD case. You can also enter the
registration numbers for other HAFM application features you have
purchased, or you can enable these at a later time if you wish.

5. Enter the required registration information.

6. Click next.

7. Confirm the existing and new features to be enabled.

8. Click next.

9. The license key and all enabled features display. Print or send an e-mail
containing the information to retain a copy for your records. You need to enter
this key during the installation process. See “Upgrading the HAFM

Application” on page 47 for further instructions.

Retrieving Lost Keys

If you have lost your license key:

1. Go to the URL listed on the software entitlement request certificate for
HAFM.

2. Click reprint license certificates.

3. Enter your product’s serial number or key, and select switches from the
Hardware Platform drop-down menu

4. Click next. The license key and the enabled feature information displays.
Print or e-mail the information to retain a copy for your records.

Entering a License Key

A license key is required to run the application. The key specifies the maximum
number of switch ports you can monitor, the number of clients you can run, the
expiration date of a temporary license, as well as any licensed optional features or
modules.

1. Choose Help > License. The License dialog box displays, as shown in

Figure 11.

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Figure 11: License dialog box

2. Enter the license key in the License Key field.

Note: The License Key field is not case-sensitive.

3. Click Update and ensure that the information is accurate.

Note: The License dialog box displays the license information for the appliance to

which the client is currently connected. When you click Update, the dialog box
decodes the key you entered and displays the new license information without setting
a new license on the appliance. The information is set on the appliance only when you
click OK.

4. Click OK to enable the software. The application automatically logs out and
the Log In dialog box displays. Log in using the instructions in “Accessing

HAFM” on page 47.

Entering a Feature License Key

1. Choose Help > License. The License dialog box displays, as shown in

Figure 11.

2. Enter the new license key into the License Key field.

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Note: The License Key field is not case-sensitive.

3. Click Update and ensure that the information is accurate.

4. Click OK to enable the software. The application automatically logs out and
the Log In dialog box displays. Log in using the instructions in “Accessing

HAFM” on page 47.

Ordering Additional Features

To order new features or increase managed port capabilities, contact your sales
representative.

Upgrading the HAFM Application

For instructions on upgrading the HAFM application, refer to the HP
StorageWorks HAFM 7.x to 8.0 Transition Guide.

Uninstalling the Appliance

Follow these instructions to uninstall the application from your system.

1. Choose Start > Programs > HP StorageWorks ha-fabric manager >
Uninstall.

2. The InstallShield wizard takes you through the uninstallation process.

Uninstalling the HAFM Client

Follow these instructions to uninstall the application from your system.

1. Choose Start > Programs > HP HAFM > Uninstall.

2. The InstallShield wizard takes you through the uninstallation process.

Accessing HAFM

You can access HAFM using one of the following methods:

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Accessing HAFM on the HAFM Appliance

You can log in to HAFM located on the appliance from a browser-capable PC
connected through an Ethernet LAN segment. Use the following steps:

1. Ensure the HAFM appliance and a browser-capable PC are connected through
an Ethernet LAN segment. At the PC, launch the browser application
(Netscape Navigator

or Internet Explorer).

2. At the PC browser, enter the URL in the following format:

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:5800

Where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the default IP address or the IP address
configured for the appliance during installation. The VNC Authentication
window displays, as shown in Figure 12.

Figure 12: VNC Authentication window

3. Type the password and click OK. The Welcome to Windows dialog box
displays, as shown in Figure 13.

Note: The default TightVNC viewer password is password.

Figure 13: Welcome to Windows dialog box

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4. Click Send Ctrl-Alt-Del at the top of the window to log on to the HAFM
appliance desktop. The Log On to Windows dialog box displays, as shown in

Figure 14.

Note: Do not simultaneously press the Ctrl, Alt, and Delete keys. This action logs the

user on to the browser-capable PC, not the HAFM appliance.

Figure 14: Log On to Windows dialog box

5. Type the Windows 2000 user name and password and click OK. The HAFM
8 Log In dialog box displays, as shown in Figure 15.

Note: The default Windows 2000 user name is Administrator and the default

password is password. The user name and password are case-sensitive.

Figure 15: HAFM Log In dialog box

6. Enter the HAFM appliance IP address in the Network Address field.

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The default address that displays in the Network Address field is the address
of the last appliance accessed. Click the Network Address drop down list to
see the network addresses of all HAFM appliances that were accessed from
the computer you are logged in to.

If you are logging in to the local HAFM appliance, the network address is
localhost.

If you want to connect to an HAFM appliance that is not listed, enter the IP
address in the Network Address field.

7. Enter your user name and password in the User ID and Password fields. User
names and passwords are case-sensitive.

Note: If user names have not been established, you can use the default user name

Administrator and password password. The user name and password are
case-sensitive. HP recommends that you change the default password as soon as
possible.

To add or modify user names, passwords, and user rights, see the appropriate
subsections in “Managing Users” on page 57.

8. If you want your computer to save the login information, choose the Save
Password option.

9. Click Login. The View All - HAFM 8 window displays, as shown in

Figure 16.

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Figure 16: View All - HAFM window

Accessing Remote HAFM appliances

You can use the HAFM Client applications to remotely access an HAFM
appliance. You must have the HAFM Client application installed on your
computer before proceeding. See instructions for HAFM Client application
installation in “Configuring Remote Workstations” on page 251.

To access remote HAFM appliances, perform the following:

1. Start the HAFM Client application by following the instructions in “Starting

HAFM on Remote Workstations” on page 55.

2. Enter the appliance’s network address in the HAFM 8 Log In dialog box, as
shown in Figure 15.

3. Enter the HAFM appliance IP address in the Network Address field.
The default address that displays in the Network Address field is the address

of the last appliance accessed. Click the Network Address drop down list to
see the network addresses of all HAFM appliances that were accessed from
the computer you are logged in to.

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If you want to connect to an HAFM appliance that is not listed, enter the IP
address in the Network Address field.

4. Enter your user name and password in the User ID and Password fields. User
names and passwords are case-sensitive.

Note: If user names have not been established, you can use the default user name

(Administrator) and password (password). The user name and password are
case-sensitive. HP recommends that you change the default password as soon as
possible.

To add or modify user names, passwords, and user rights, see the appropriate
subsections in “Managing Users” on page 57.

5. If you want your computer to save the login information, choose the Save
Password option.

6. Click Login. The View All - HAFM 8 window displays, as shown in

Figure 16.

If the HAFM window displays, you have logged in to the appliance. The network
address you entered remains in the Network Address drop-down list for future
logins. If you fail to connect to the appliance, the network address does not remain
in the list.

Adding an Appliance to the Log In Dialog Box List of Appliances

1. Start the HAFM application on the HAFM appliance, as described in
“Accessing HAFM on the HAFM Appliance” on page 48, or on a remote
workstation, as described in “Starting HAFM on Remote Workstations” on
page 55. The HAFM 8 Log In dialog box displays, as shown in Figure 15.

2. Enter the HAFM appliance IP address in the Network Address field. If you
are logging in to the local HAFM appliance, the Network Address is
localhost.

The default address that displays in the Network Address field is the address
of the last appliance accessed. Click the Network Address drop down list to
see the network addresses of all HAFM appliances that were accessed from
the computer you are logged in to.

If you want to connect to an HAFM appliance that is not listed, enter the IP
address in the Network Address field.

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3. Enter your user name and password in the User ID and Password fields. User
names and passwords are case-sensitive.

Note: You must have an established login and password account on the new HAFM

appliance.

4. If you want your computer to save the login information, choose the Save
Password option.

5. Click Login. The View All - HAFM 8 window displays, as shown in

Figure 16.

Removing an Appliance from the Log In Dialog Box List of Appliances

You can remove appliances from the list in the HAFM 8 Log In dialog box.

1. Turn on the HAFM appliance, or if the appliance is already turned on,
double-click the HAFM icon on the desktop. The HAFM 8 Log In dialog box
displays, as shown in Figure 15.

2. Select the appliance you want to remove from the Network Address
drop-down list. The selected appliance’s IP address displays in the Network
Address field.

3. Click Delete.

Note: The Appliance is deleted from your Network Address drop-down list without

confirmation.

Logging Out of an Appliance

To log in to a different appliance, you must first log out of the current appliance.

1. Choose SAN > Log Out. You are logged out of the current appliance and the
HAFM 8 Log In dialog box displays, as shown in Figure 15.

2. See “Accessing HAFM” on page 47 for instructions on logging in to a new
appliance.

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Starting and Stopping HAFM Services

Options are available for starting and stopping HAFM Services through the
desktop Start menu:

1. Choose Start > Programs > HP StorageWorks ha-fabric manager.

2. Choose Stop Services to stop all HAFM services and HAFM appliance
functions.

3. Choose Start Services to restart these functions.

HAFM Services is the software application that provides services to the HAFM
application. HAFM Services runs only on the HAFM appliance.

Managing Remote Access to the HAFM Appliance

Users at the HAFM appliance can access the HAFM and Element Managers
loaded on the appliance itself. Users at remote PC workstations can also access
the same HAFM appliance or other HAFM appliances if the workstations meet
minimum hardware and software requirements and are running the HAFM Client
application. Workstations must also be configured to connect with the HAFM
appliance over a TCP/IP network connection.

Figure 2 on page 33 illustrates a remote user workstation connected to the HAFM

appliance through a LAN. Please note that this is an example configuration only.
Operators at remote workstations can manage and monitor all products controlled

by the HAFM appliance. Each active connection between a remote workstation
and an HAFM appliance and managed products is called a session. A maximum
of nine concurrent users (eight remote and one local HAFM appliance user) can
log in to the HAFM application.

Requirements for Remote Workstations

The HAFM is downloaded and installed on user workstations from the HAFM
appliance. The remote workstations can be Windows 2000, Windows NT,
Windows XP, HP-UX, AIX, Linux, or Solaris systems.

For the minimum system requirements for remote workstations, see Appendix D
in this guide for the appropriate operating system.

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Installing Software on Remote Workstations

For procedures to install HAFM software on remote user workstations and
configure the workstations for connection to an HAFM appliance, see

Appendix D in this guide for the appropriate operating system.

Starting HAFM on Remote Workstations

If the HAFM application is not running or the HAFM 8 Log In dialog box is not
displayed on your remote workstation, you can start the application by following
the appropriate steps for your workstation’s operating system.

Starting HAFM on a Windows System

To start the HAFM application on a Windows 2000, Windows NT, or Windows
XP system:

1. Start the HAFM Client application using one of the following options:

■ Choose Start > Programs > HP HAFM > HAFM 8.x.

■ Double-click the HAFM 8.x desktop icon.

2. Enter the Network Address, User ID, and Password for the HAFM appliance
you intend to access.

Note: The default User ID is Administrator, and the default password is password.

3. Click the Login button. The HAFM client accesses the HAFM appliance, and
the View All - HAFM 8 window displays, as shown in Figure 16.

Starting HAFM on an HP-UX, AIX, Linux, or Solaris System

To start the HAFM application on an HP-UX, AIX, Linux, or Solaris system from
the home directory:

Note: If you have saved the

HAFM

application in a different location, type in the

appropriate directory names.

1. Go to the location where you installed the application (the default is /usr).

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2. Start the appliance and client:

./HAFM

3. If you want to start the client only:

./Client

or
Go to the bin directory in the location where you installed the application

(the default is /opt/).

cd /<path>/HAFM 8.0/bin

4. Start the appliance.

./HAFM_Mgr start

5. Start the client.

./HAFM_Client

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Managing Users

To grant access to the HAFM application, the administrator can assign user
names, passwords, and access rights to users. The administrator can configure up
to sixteen users in the HAFM application, but no more than nine users (eight
remote and one local user) can simultaneously access one HAFM appliance.

Viewing the List of Users

Perform the following to view a list of users, their event notification settings, and
their e-mail addresses:

1. Choose SAN > Users. The HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box displays, as
shown in Figure 17.

Figure 17: HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box

Adding a User Account

Note: You must be an administrator to perform this task.

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Perform the following to add a user:

1. Choose SAN > Users. The HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box displays, as
shown in Figure 17.

2. Click Add. The Add User dialog box displays, as shown Figure 18.

Figure 18: Add User dialog box

3. Enter the name in the Name field.

4. Enter the users’ email addresses in the Email Address field, separating
multiple addresses with a semicolon.

5. Click the Enable check box to enable e-mail notification for the user.
A message may display stating that you must enable event notification for the

SAN. Click Ye s.

6. Click the Filter link to specify the event types for which to send e-mail
notification to this user. See “Filtering Event Notifications for a User” on
page 60 for detailed instructions.

7. Enter the user name in the User ID field.

8. Enter the user’s password in the Password field.

9. Enter the password again in the Retype Password field.

10. Click OK. The new user displays on the HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box.

11. Click OK to close the HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box.

Changing a User Account

Note: You must be an administrator to perform this task.

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Perform the following to modify an existing user:

1. Choose SAN > Users. The HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box displays, as
shown in Figure 17.

2. Highlight the user whose information you want to edit from the Users table.

3. Click Edit. The Change User dialog box displays, as shown in Figure 19.

Figure 19: Change User dialog box

4. Edit the information as necessary.

5. Click OK. The edited information displays on the HAFM 8 Server Users
dialog box.

6. Click OK to close the HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box.

Removing a User Account

Note: You must be an administrator to perform this task.

Note: You are not prompted for confirmation before the user’s account is removed. If

the user is logged in when you remove their account, they are not affected until they
log out and try to log in again.

Perform the following to remove a user:

1. Choose SAN > Users. The HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box displays, as
shown in Figure 17.

2. Highlight the user account you want to remove.

3. Click Remove.

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4. Click OK.

Filtering Event Notifications for a User

Note: You must be an administrator to perform this task.

The application provides notification of many different types of SAN events. If a
user only wants to receive notification of certain events, you can filter the events
specifically for that user.

1. Choose SAN > Users. The HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box displays, as
shown in Figure 17.

2. Click the Filter link in the Email column associated with the user for whom
you want to filter events. The Define Filter dialog box displays, as shown in

Figure 20.

The Selected Events table includes the events of which this user is notified.
The Available Events table includes all other events.

Figure 20: Define Filter dialog box

3. Move events between the tables by selecting the event and clicking the
appropriate arrow button.

4. Click OK. The HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box displays.

5. Turn on event notification for the user by choosing the Filter check box.

6. Click OK.

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Configuring Remote Access

You can specify the network addresses that can have access to the appliance.
Perform the following to configure remote access:

1. Choose SAN > Remote Access. The Remote Access dialog box displays, as
shown in Figure 21.

Figure 21: Remote Access dialog box

2. Choose the Allow remote management sessions check box to allow others to
access the appliance remotely.

3. Enter the maximum number of remote sessions you want to allow.

4. Choose whether to allow all or some network addresses to connect from the
Allow options.

5. If you selected Only network addresses below to connect or All network
addresses EXCEPT those below to connect, add and remove addresses in
the table at the bottom of the dialog box.

■ To add an address, click Add, enter a network address, and click OK.

■ To remove an address, select the address from the table and click

Remove.

6. Click OK.

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Viewing Active User Sessions

A maximum of nine concurrent users (eight remote and one local HAFM
appliance user) can log in to the HAFM application. Since more than one client
can access an appliance at a time, monitoring clients can be an important part of
maintaining the SAN. View active user sessions to determine which clients are
logged in to the appliance.

To display the Active Sessions dialog box:

1. Choose SAN > Active Sessions. The Active Sessions dialog box displays, as
shown in Figure 22.

The Active Sessions dialog box lists the connected users, their network
addresses, and the date and time of when they logged in. If a user is logged in
from more than one location, there is a separate entry for each session.

Figure 22: Active Sessions dialog box

The Active Sessions dialog box displays active session information in this format:

■ ID—The id of the current user.

■ Description—The description of the user.

■ Network Address—The network address of the current user.

■ Connected—The date and time that the session was established.

Disconnecting a User

If you have administrator privileges, you can disconnect users. To disconnect a
user, perform the following:

1. Highlight the user that you want to disconnect and click Disconnect User. A
message box displays, as shown in Figure 23.

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Figure 23: Disconnect User message box

2. Click Ye s.
The user is disconnected. The appliance immediately shuts down the

appliance-client connection. The status bar on the client displays that the
appliance connection was lost. All products and connections on the Physical
Map stay in the condition they were in when the session ended; they do not
turn grey. The client displays a message stating that a user disconnected the
client from the appliance.

Note: To prevent this user from reconnecting, remove the user account through the

HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box. See “Removing a User Account” on page 59 for
instructions.

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Managing User Groups

This section provides an overview of user groups and their access levels and
describes how to set up a user group.

About User Groups and Access Levels

A user with administrative privileges (“System Administrator”) can assign users
to user groups. Four pre-configured user groups are available with the application;
however, System Administrator users can also create user groups manually. See
“Creating a User Group” on page 64 for instructions.

Creating a User Group

Note: You must be an administrator to perform this task.

Table 4: User Groups and Access Levels

User Group Description

System
Administrator

Read/write access for all features: user can view and edit
information; all functions are enabled and allowed.

Maintenance Read/write access for Call Home Event Notification, Device

Maintenance, and Email Event Notification Setup: user can
view and edit this information.

Read-only access for all other features: user can only view this
information; editing and configuration capabilities are
disabled.

Operator Read/write access for Device Operation: user can view and

edit this information.
Read-only access for all other features: user can only view

information; editing and configuration capabilities are
disabled.

Product
Administrator

Read/write access for Device Administration: user can view
and edit this information.

Read-only access for all other features: user can only view
information; editing and configuration capabilities are
disabled.

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You can create a user group and specify access to certain features and/or views in
the application, enhancing the security of your SAN.

1. Choose SAN > Users. The HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box displays, as
shown in Figure 17.

2. Click Add located below the Groups table. The HAFM Group dialog box
displays, as shown in Figure 24.

Figure 24: HAFM Group dialog box

3. Enter a name in the Name field.

4. Enter a description in the Description field.

5. If you want to assign permissions to only use certain views, click the Views
tab and go to step 10.
or
If you want to assign permissions to use certain features, go to step 6.

6. Select the features for which you want to provide “read and write” access in
the left-hand list. Press CTRL and click to select multiple features.

7. Click the right arrow next to the Read/Write table. The features are moved to
the Read/Write table.

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Note: If you can’t assign a feature to the Read/Write or Read Only table, you don’t

have read access for the feature.

8. Select the features for which you want to provide “read only” access in the
left-hand list. Press CTRL and click to select multiple features.

9. Click the right arrow next to the Read Only table. The features are moved to
the Read Only table.

10. Select the views you want the user group to be permitted to access in the
left-hand list. Press CTRL and click to make multiple selections.

11. Click the right arrow to move the selection(s) to the Selected Views table.

12. Click OK. The new group displays in the Groups table of the HAFM 8
Server Users dialog box. To add users to this group, follow the instructions in
“Assigning Users to Groups” on page 67.

13. Click OK.

Changing a User Group

Note: You must be an administrator to perform this task.

You can change a user group’s permissions to use certain features and views. This
provides added security for your SAN as well as your management application.

1. Choose SAN > Users. The HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box displays, as
shown in Figure 17 on page 57.

2. Click Edit located below the Groups table. The HAFM Group dialog box
displays, as shown in Figure 24.

3. Change permissions as necessary. See “Creating a User Group” on page 64
for detailed instructions.

4. Click OK. The HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box displays.

5. Click OK to accept the changes made.

Removing User Groups

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Note: You must be an administrator to perform this task.

Note: After completing these steps, the user group is removed without confirmation.

You can remove a user group regardless of whether a user is assigned to the
group.

1. Choose SAN > Users. The HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box displays, as
shown in Figure 17 on page 57.

2. Highlight the group you want to remove in the Groups table.

3. Click Remove located below the Groups table.

4. Click OK.

Assigning Users to Groups

Note: You must be an administrator to perform this task.

You can assign users to groups to assign them permissions for features and
topology views. If you assign one user to multiple groups, the user has the user
rights specified in all the groups.

Note: If a user is logged in when you reassign their group, they are not affected until

they log out and try to log in again.

1. Choose SAN > Users. The HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box displays, as
shown in Figure 17 on page 57.

2. Highlight a user in the Users table.

3. Highlight the group(s) to which you want to assign the user in the Groups
table. Press CTRL and click to make multiple selections.

4. Click the right arrow button. The user is assigned to the selected groups.

5. Click OK.

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Determining User Groups

Note: You must be an administrator to perform this task.

You can determine the groups to which a user belongs through the HAFM 8
Server Users dialog box.

1. Choose SAN > Users. The HAFM 8 Server Users dialog box displays, as
shown in Figure 17 on page 57.

2. Highlight a user in the Users table.

3. Click Find. The groups to which the user belongs are highlighted in the
Groups list.

4. Click OK.

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Discovering a SAN

The application discovers products, fabrics, and connections in a SAN. Through
this powerful tool, you can manage and monitor your SAN in real-time, ensuring
that any issues are resolved immediately. This chapter provides instructions for
configuring the discovery feature.

How Discovery Works

The application illustrates each product and its connections on the Physical Map
(topology). Once you log in and configure and turn on discovery, the application
discovers products connected to the SAN. See “Setting Up Discovery” on page 69
for details.

When performing out-of-band discovery, the application connects to the switches
through the IP network and product information is copied from the SNS database
on the switch to the appliance.

To correctly discover all SAN products, you must specify each product’s IP
address in the Discover Setup dialog box’s Out-of-Band tab. If you do not
configure the application to directly discover the devices, the connections and
attached devices may not display correctly. Only fabrics that have HP switches as
the principal switch display. If a HP switch is being directly managed, but exists
in a fabric where the principal switch is a third-party device, another appliance is
not allowed to connect to and manage those devices.

Setting Up Discovery

Discovery is the process by which the application contacts the devices in your
SAN. In order to perform discovery, you need to specify the IP addresses for the
devices in your SAN.

1. Choose Discover > Setup. The Discover Setup dialog box displays, as shown
in Figure 25.

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Figure 25: Discover Setup dialog box

2. Specify the IP addresses you want to discover through out-of-band discovery.
You can add, change, and remove IP addresses as necessary. See
“Configuring IP Addresses and Community Strings” on page 70 for
instructions.

Note: To correctly discover all SAN products, you must specify each product’s IP

address in the Discover Setup dialog box’s Out-of-Band tab. If you do not configure
the application to discover the devices directly, the connections and attached devices
may not display correctly.

3. Select IP addresses from the Available Addresses table and add them to the
Selected Individual Addresses table by clicking the buttons.

4. Click OK.

5. Turn discovery on or off by choosing Discover > On or Discover > Off.

Configuring IP Addresses and Community Strings

You can configure IP addresses and community strings through which the
application can perform discovery and communication functions.

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Adding an IP Address

You can add IP addresses and subnets through which the SAN can be discovered.
Perform the following to add an IP address:

1. Choose Discover > Setup. The Discover Setup dialog box displays, as shown
in Figure 25 on page 70.

2. Click Add. The Domain Information dialog box displays, as shown in

Figure 26.

Figure 26: Domain Information dialog box (IP Address tab)

3. Enter a description for the product in Description field.

4. Enter the IP address in the IP Address field.

5. Enter the subnet mask associated with the IP address in the Subnet Mask
field.

6. If you want to generate a sequence of IP addresses, perform the following:

■ Choose the Generate a sequence of IP addresses check box.

■ Enter the last IP address in the Last IP field.

Note: All IP addresses in a sequence must be on the same subnet and have the same

first three octets.

7. Click OK.

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Changing an IP Address

You can edit IP addresses or associated subnets that are listed on the Discover
Setup dialog box.

1. Choose Discover > Setup. The Discover Setup dialog box displays, as shown
in Figure 25 on page 70.

2. Highlight the IP address in the Available Addresses table to edit.

3. Click Change. The Domain Information dialog box displays, as shown in

Figure 26 on page 71.

4. Edit the information as necessary.

5. Click OK.

6. Click OK to close the Discover Setup dialog box.

Removing an IP Address

You can remove IP addresses from the Discover Setup dialog box.

1. Choose Discover > Setup. The Discover Setup dialog box displays, as shown
in Figure 25 on page 70.

2. Highlight the IP address in the Available Addresses table to remove.

Note: When you click Remove, the IP address is removed without confirmation.

3. Click Remove.

4. Click OK to close the Discover Setup dialog box.

Configuring a Community String

You can specify community strings used to communicate with products.

1. Choose Discover > Setup. The Discover Setup dialog box displays, as shown
in Figure 25 on page 70.

2. Click to highlight the IP address in the Available Addresses table to edit.

3. Click Add. The Domain Information dialog box displays, as shown in

Figure 26 on page 71.

4. Click the Community Strings tab. The Community Strings tab displays, as
shown in Figure 27 on page 73.

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Figure 27: Domain Information dialog box (Community Strings tab)

5. Click an option in the Read field.
— Choose Default ‘public’ to select the default string.
— Choose Custom to specify a custom string.

6. Click an option in the Write field.
— Choose Default ‘private’ to select the default string.
— Choose Custom to specify a custom string.

7. If you chose Custom in step 5 or step 6, continue to step 8. Otherwise, skip to

step 10.

8. Enter the custom string in the Custom field.

9. Enter the string again in the Confirm Custom field.

10. Click OK.

11. Click OK to close the Discover Setup dialog box.

Reverting to a Default Community String

1. Choose Discover > Setup. The Discover Setup dialog box displays, as shown
in Figure 25 on page 70.

2. Highlight an IP address from the Available Addresses table.

3. Click Add. The Domain Information dialog box displays, as shown in

Figure 26 on page 71.

4. Click the Community Strings tab. The Community Strings tab displays, as
shown in Figure 27 on page 73.

5. Click Default ‘public’ and Default ‘private’.

6. Click OK.

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Turning Discovery On and Off

Turn discovery on and off by using the Discover menu.

Turning Discovery On

Perform the following to turn discovery on:

1. Choose Discover > On.

Turning Discovery Off

Perform the following to turn discovery off:

1. Choose Discovery > Off.

Determining the Discovery State

Note: The Product List panel may be hidden by default. To view all panels, choose

View > All Panels or press F12.

You can determine the discovery status of products by looking at the Status
column in the Product List. Additionally, the operational status called “Unknown”
is equivalent to the discovery state named “Offline.” The operational statuses,
“Operational,” “Degraded,” and “Failed,” are equivalent to a discovery state of
“Online.”

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Configuring the SNMP Agent

This section provides information to help you use the SNMP Agent module.

Setting Up the SNMP Agent

The simple network management protocol (SNMP) agent module instruments the
objects defined in the Fibre Channel Management (FCMGMT) Management
Information Base (MIB) Version 3.1 and a small number of objects defined in
MIB II. Through instrumentation of these MIB objects, the agent translates
information stored on the appliance into a form usable by SNMP management
stations.

You can configure network addresses and community names for up to 12 SNMP
trap recipients, which receive messages through SNMP for specific events that
occur on the appliance.

To configure the SNMP agent that runs on the appliance and implements the Fibre
Alliance MIB, perform the following:

1. Choose Monitor > SNMP Agent > Setup. The SNMP Agent Setup dialog
box displays, as shown in Figure 28.

Figure 28: SNMP Agent Setup dialog box

2. Click the Trap Recipients tab.

3. Choose Enable Authorization Traps to enable or disable authorization traps
to be sent when unauthorized management stations try to access SNMP
information through the appliance.

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4. Click Add to add a new trap recipient. See “Adding Trap Recipients” on
page 76 for more instructions.

5. Click the recipient’s row in the table and click Edit to edit an existing trap
recipient. See “Editing Trap Recipients” on page 77 for more instructions.

6. Click OK.

Turning On the SNMP Agent

To turn the SNMP Agent on, perform the following:

1. Choose Monitor > SNMP Agent > On.

Turning Off the SNMP Agent

To turn the SNMP Agent off, perform the following:

1. Choose Monitor > SNMP Agent > Off.

Adding Trap Recipients

To add a trap recipient during SNMP agent configuration, perform the following:

1. Choose Monitor > SNMP Agent > Setup. The SNMP Agent Setup dialog
box displays, as shown in Figure 28 on page 75.

2. Click the Trap Recipients tab.

3. Click Add. The Add Trap Recipient dialog box displays, as shown in

Figure 29.

Figure 29: Add Trap Recipient dialog box

4. If you want this trap recipient to be active, ensure the Activate check box is
selected.

5. Enter the IP address or DNS host name of the trap recipient in the IP Address
field. This name must be 64 characters or fewer.

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6. Enter the UDP port number in the Port field. This overrides the default User
Datagram Protocol (UDP) port number for a trap recipient with any legal,
decimal UDP number.

7. Choose a community string from the Community String drop-down list.

8. Click OK.

Editing Trap Recipients

To edit an existing trap recipient during SNMP agent configuration, use the
following steps:

1. Choose Monitor > SNMP Agent > Setup. The SNMP Agent Setup dialog
box displays, as shown in Figure 28 on page 75.

2. Click the Trap Recipients tab.

3. Click to highlight the IP address in the Trap Recipients table to edit.

4. Click Edit. The Edit Trap Recipient dialog box displays, as shown in

Figure 30.

Figure 30: Edit Trap Recipient dialog box

5. Edit the fields as necessary.

6. Click OK.

Removing Trap Recipients

To remove an existing trap recipient during SNMP agent configuration, use the
following steps:

Note: This procedure removes trap recipients without asking for confirmation.

1. Choose Monitor > SNMP Agent > Setup. The SNMP Agent Setup dialog
box displays, as shown in Figure 28 on page 75.

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2. Click the Trap Recipients tab.

3. Click the recipient’s row in the table and click Remove to remove a trap
recipient.

4. Click OK.

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Customizing the Main Window

You can customize the main window to display only the data you need by
displaying different levels of detail on the Physical Map or Product List.

You can customize the topology to display only the data you need by creating
views that display certain fabrics or by displaying different levels of detail on the
Physical Map. This section provides instructions for customizing the topology
layout and creating user-defined views of the SAN.

If you discover or import a SAN with more than approximately 2000 devices, the
devices display on the Product List, but do not display on the Physical Map.
Instead, the topology area displays a message stating that the topology cannot be
displayed. To resolve this issue, create a new view to filter the number of devices
being discovered. See “Creating a Customized View” on page 79 for instructions.

Creating a Customized View

You may want to customize the Product List and Physical Map to simplify
management of large SANs by limiting the topology size or Product List columns.

For each customized view, you can specify the fabrics that display on the Physical
Map as well as the columns that display on the Product List.

Note: Customized view settings reside on the appliance; if one user creates a view, all

users who log on to the same appliance are able to select that view.

1. Choose View > Create View or click the View tab and choose Create View.
The Create View dialog box with the View Members tab displays, as shown
in Figure 31.

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Figure 31: Create View dialog box (View Members tab)

2. Enter a name in the Name field.

3. Enter a description in the Description field.

4. If you want to filter the fabrics that display on the Physical Map, continue to

step 5, otherwise go to step 8.

5. Choose Include Assets via Selection option.

6. Choose the fabrics you want to include in the view from the Ava ila bl e
Fabrics table.

Note: “Other” in the Available Fabrics or Selected Fabrics tables refers to all isolated

devices and connected sets. You see all newly discovered devices in the category even
if the devices were not originally part of the view. Choose “other” to display all
isolated devices.

Note: Press CTRL and click to select multiple rows.

7. Click the button to move your selections to the Selected Fabrics table.

8. If you want to show or hide Product List columns, continue to step 9,
otherwise go to step 13.

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9. Click the Columns tab. The Create View dialog box with the Columns tab
displays, as shown in Figure 32.

Figure 32: Create View dialog box (Columns tab)

10. Choose the columns you want to see in the Product List from the Available
Product List Columns table.

11. Click the button to move your selections to the Selected Product List
Columns table.

12. To add, edit, or remove columns, see “Adding a Column to the Product List”
on page 84, “Changing a Column on the Product List” on page 85, and
“Removing a Column from the Product List” on page 85.

13. Click OK. The new view automatically displays.

Note: If you select a customized view and new devices are discovered, those new

devices display in the customized view.

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Editing a Customized View

Note: Customized view settings reside on the appliance; if one user creates a view, all

users who log on to the same appliance are able to select that view.

1. Choose the View > Edit View, then select the view you want to edit. The Edit
View dialog box displays, as shown in Figure 33.

Figure 33: Edit View dialog box

2. Edit information as necessary. See “Creating a Customized View” on page 79
for detailed instructions.

3. Click OK.

Deleting a Customized View

To delete a customized view, perform the following:

1. Choose View > Delete View, then select the view you want to delete.

Note: Customized view settings reside on the appliance; if one user creates a view, all

users who log on to the same appliance are able to select that view.

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Selecting a Customized View

To select a customized view, perform the following:

1. Click the View tab and choose the view name from the menu.

Grouping on the Topology

To simplify management, devices display in groups, as shown in Figure 34.
Groups are shown with background shading and are labeled appropriately. You
can expand and collapse groups to easily view a large topology.

Figure 34: A Group on the Physical Map

Note: ”Fabric” groups may not be true fabrics, but zonable fabrics are true fabrics.

Fabric groups are a set of connected devices that may or may not be fabric devices.

Collapsing Groups

To collapse a single group on the topology, perform one of the following:

■ Double-click the icon at the top right-hand corner of the group on the

topology ( ).

■ Double-click in the group, but not on a device.

■ Right-click in a group, but not on a device, and choose Collapse.

To collapse all groups on the topology by one level, click the Collapse icon on the
toolbox ( ).

Expanding Groups

To expand a group on the topology, perform one of the following:

■ Double-click on the group icon.

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■ Right-click the group icon and choose Expand.

To expand all groups on the topology by one level, click the Expand icon on the
toolbox ( ).

Customizing the Product List

You can customize the Product List to display only the data you need by creating
views that display certain fabrics or by displaying different levels of detail on the
Product List. This section provides instructions for customizing the Product List.

Adding a Column to the Product List

You can define new Product List columns to customize a view. This enables you
to further customize the Product List to display pertinent device and port
information.

1. You can add Product List columns to a new or an existing view using one of
the following methods:

— Choose View > Create View. The Create View dialog box displays, as

shown in Figure 31 on page 80.

— Choose View > Edit View, then select the view you want to edit. The

Edit View dialog box displays, as shown in Figure 33 on page 82.

2. Click the Columns tab. The Create View dialog box with the Columns tab
displays, as shown in Figure 32 on page 81.

3. Click Add. The Create Column dialog box displays, as shown in Figure 35.

Figure 35: Create Column dialog box

4. Enter a label in the Label field.

5. Enter a description in the Description field.

6. Choose whether the column displays information about products or ports
from the Type drop-down list.

7. Choose an icon to display in the column from the Icon drop-down list.

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8. Click OK.

9. Highlight the column from the Available Columns table and click the right
arrow button to display the new column in the Product List. The column name
moves to the Selected Columns table.

10. Click OK. The new column displays in the Product List.

Changing a Column on the Product List

You can edit labels, definitions, information, and icons of existing Product List
columns.

1. You can edit Product List columns to a new or an existing view using one of
the following methods:

— Choose View > Create View. The Create View dialog box displays, as

shown in Figure 31 on page 80.

— Choose View > Edit View, then select the view you want to edit. The

Edit View dialog box displays, as shown in Figure 33 on page 82.

2. Click the Columns tab. The Create View dialog box with the Columns tab
displays, as shown in Figure 32.

3. Click Change. The Edit Column dialog box displays, as shown in Figure 36.

Figure 36: Edit Column Dialog Box

4. Edit the column properties as necessary.

5. Click OK.

6. To view the edited column in a customized view, follow the instructions in
“Editing a Customized View” on page 82.

Removing a Column from the Product List

You can remove unused Product List columns in a customized view.

1. You can edit Product List columns to a new or an existing view using one of
the following methods:

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— Choose View > Create View. The Create View dialog box displays, as

shown in Figure 31 on page 80.

— Choose View > Edit View, then select the view you want to edit. The

Edit View dialog box displays, as shown in Figure 33 on page 82.

2. Click the Columns tab. The Create View dialog box with the Columns tab
displays, as shown in Figure 32.

3. Make sure the column you want to remove displays in the Available
Columns table. To move a column to the Available Columns table, highlight
it in the Selected Columns table and click the left arrow button.

4. Highlight the column you want to remove.

Note: When you click Remove, the column definition is deleted without confirmation.

5. Click Remove.

Viewing Levels of Detail on the Product List

You can view different levels on the Product List.

Viewing All

To display all information on the Product List:

1. Click the View All tab.

2. Choose Levels > All Levels.

Viewing Only Products

To display only products on the Product List:

1. Click the View All tab.

2. Choose Levels > Products Only.

Zooming In and Out of the Topology

You can zoom in or out of the topology to see products and ports.

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Zooming In

To zoom in on the Physical Map, use one of the following methods:

1. Click the zoom-in icon ( ) on the toolbox.
or

1. Choose View > Zoom. The Zoom dialog box displays, as shown as Figure 37.

Figure 37: Zoom dialog box

2. Choose a zoom percentage.

3. Click OK.

Zooming Out

To zoom out of the Physical Map, use one of the following methods:

1. Click the zoom-out icon ( ) on the toolbox.
or

1. Choose View > Zoom. The Zoom dialog box displays, as shown as Figure 37.

2. Choose a zoom percentage.

3. Click OK.

Showing Levels of Detail on the Physical Map

You can view different levels of detail on the Physical Map, making SAN
management easier. To change the view of the physical map, perform the
following:

1. Choose View > Show and then choose one of the available view options.

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Turning Flyovers On or Off

Flyovers display when you place the cursor on a product. They provide a quick
way to view a product’s properties. To turn flyovers on or off, perform the
following:

1. Choose View > Enable Flyover Display and then choose On or Off.

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Exporting and Importing

The import and export features are important functions of the application. You
can import and export data for many reasons, including to communicate issues to
the support center and to capture network status.

Note: Currently, you can only export to and import from the same releases of the

application (for example, export from release 8.0 and import to release 8.0).

Importing a file imports the Physical Map, the status icons, the user properties,
and the discovered properties as they were set at the time of the export.

Exporting Data

You can export data to disk and to email.

1. Choose SAN > Export. The Export dialog box displays, as shown in

Figure 38.

Figure 38: Export dialog box

2. Choose one of the following options from the Export To drop-down list:

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— Disk—Saves the exported files to the disk in

<Install_Home>\Client\Data\san<date>\san*.zip.

— EMail—Mails the exported files as an e-mail attachment directly from

the application.

3. Choose the types of files that you want to export.

Note: Some file types may not be available based on the export destination you

selected in the previous step.

— SAN Files—Exports the SAN files.
— Physical Map—Exports the Physical Map, or topology.
— Performance Data—Exports the performance data. This is an optional

feature. Contact your sales representative to purchase this module. If you
choose Performance Data, you can choose what switches to export data
on by clicking Select Switches. The Select Switches dialog box displays,
as shown in Figure 39.

Figure 39: Select Switches dialog box

— Product List—Exports the Product List in tab-delimited format. To view

the product list in table format, open it in Microsoft

®

Excel.

— Reports—Exports SAN reports.
— Nicknames—Exports nicknames.
— XML Topology—Exports description of all fabric topologies in XML

format, including online and persisted product and connection
information.

— Status—Exports SAN status data used by technical support.

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4. If you are exporting to disk, skip to step 6. Otherwise, continue to step 5.

5. If you are exporting to email, enter information in the following fields:
— Mail To—Enter the recipient’s e-mail address.
— Mail List—Click to select from a list of e-mail addresses.
— From—Enter your email address.
— Subject—Enter a subject for the e-mail message.
— Message—Enter content for the e-mail message.

6. Click OK to export the files. If you exported to disk, a Confirmation message
displays, as shown in Figure 40.

Figure 40: Export Confirmation message

7. Make a note of the file location and name and click OK.

Importing Data

You can choose to import the following information to the application:

Note: Importing files clear the Master Log of previous events.

Perform the following to import files:

1. Choose SAN > Import. The Import dialog box displays, as shown in

Figure 41.

Figure 41: Import dialog box

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2. Choose the type of file you want to import from the Import From list.

3. Enter the path and file name in the File Name field.

Note: The default path is:

<Install_Home>\ClientData\san<date>\san*.zip

. Be sure

to select the san*.zip file for import. Importing the rep*.zip file causes errors.

4. Click OK. A message displays, stating that imported data replaced
corresponding data on the appliance.

5. If you are sure you want to replace the data on the appliance, click OK. If you
are importing a SAN file or a properties file, the client is logged out and the
HAFM 8 Log In dialog box displays. Log back into the application.

Note: When discovery is on, the discovered SAN is replaced with the imported data.

Only one SAN can be viewed at a time. For instructions about turning on discovery,
see “Setting Up Discovery” on page 69.

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Backing Up and Restoring Data

You can protect your SAN data by backing it up and then restore it as necessary.
The HAFM appliance provides a platform for the Enhanced Base package of the
HAFM application. This unit provides more memory for future product
enhancements.

What is Backed Up?

The following data, contained in the <Install_Home>\Call Home,
<Install_Home>\Server, and <Install_Home>\Client directories,

are backed up to disk:

Note: <Install_Home> refers to the directory where the

HAFM

application is

installed.

■ All log files.

■ Call-home configuration (including phone numbers and dialing options).

■ Configuration data.

■ License information.

■ User launch scripts.

■ User-defined sounds.

■ All data exported through the Export option on the SAN menu.

Note: Firmware files are NOT backed up.

HAFM Appliance Backup and Restore

The HAFM appliance is backed up to a compact disk, rewritable (CD-RW). As
long as a CD-RW disk remains in the CD recorder drive of the appliance, critical
data from the HAFM application is automatically backed up to the CD-RW disk
when the data directory contents change or when you restart the HAFM
application.

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Restoring Data

Backing up data takes some time. Wait about 45 minutes after making a
configuration change before restoring from the backup files to ensure that all your
changes are included in the backed up files. To restore data to the appliance
platforms, follow these instructions:

1. Reinstall the application, if necessary.

2. To restore data to the application, copy the three folders from the CD-RW
disk (X:\Backup\ directory) and paste them in C:\Program
Files\<Install_Home> directory. You are asked if you want to
overwrite the existing files; click Ye s .

3. On the HAFM appliance, open the HAFM application.

4. Choose SAN > Import. The Import dialog box displays, as shown in

Figure 41.

5. Choose SAN File (zip) from the Import From drop-down list.

6. Click Browse. The Browse dialog box displays.

Note: Imported data replaces the corresponding data on the appliance, including log

entries. If you want to keep the data on the appliance, perform an export before
importing the new data. See “Exporting Data” on page 89 for instructions.

7. Select the file from the directory below and click Open.

<Install_Home>\Server\Data\Backup\bkp(date and
time)\bkp(date and time).zip

8. Click OK on the Import dialog box. A message displays stating that imported
data replaces corresponding data on the appliance.

9. If you are sure you want to replace the data on the appliance, click OK. The
client is logged out and the HAFM 8 Log In dialog box displays. For
instructions on logging into HAFM, see “Accessing HAFM” on page 47.

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Configuring SAN Products
and Fabrics

This chapter provides instructions for configuring products and fabrics and setting
up trap forwarding.

■ Managing Products, page 96

■ Configuring Enterprise Fabric Mode, page 103

■ Configuring Fabric Binding, page 105

■ Persisting and Unpersisting Fabrics, page 107

■ Configuring Trap Forwarding, page 111

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Managing Products

You can use the application to manage discovered products. You can search for a
product, change its properties, and perform other configuration and maintenance
tasks.

Opening a Product’s Element Manager

You can open an Element Manager to manage switches and directors directly
from the application.

Opening the Element Manager from the Interface

To open an Element Manager from the user interface, perform one of the
following steps:

■ Right-click a product icon and choose Element Manager.

■ Double-click a product icon.

Note: If you encounter problems, ensure that only one copy of the application is being

used to monitor and manage the device. Only one copy of the application should be
used to monitor and manage the same devices in a subnet.

Opening the Element Manager from the Command Line

To open an Element Manager, you can use a script that is included with the
application. In order to do this, the appliance must be running and the product
must be discovered.

1. Open the script <Install_Home>\bin\HAFM_ElementMgr.bat
using a text editor.

2. Under the heading, “rem HAFM Element Manager”, find the line that begins:

...ElementManagerStandAlone -s ServerIp -p ProductIp -u UserName

-pw Password

3. Enter information for the following parameters, ensuring that there are spaces
between the options:

■ ServerIp: Appliance’s IP address

■ ProductIp: Switch’s or director’s IP address

■ UserName: User login name

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■ Password: User password

Example

...ElementManagerStandAlone -s 172.16.9.10 -p 172.16.9.211 -u
Administrator -pw password

4. Save and close the file.

5. Run the script by double-clicking the file or entering the script name at a DOS
prompt.

6. In case of errors, verify that the appliance is on and that the switch or director
you are trying to access is being discovered.

Searching for Products in a SAN

You can search a discovered SAN for a specific product by its properties, such as
name or IP address.

1. Enter the search parameter in the Search field on the toolbar, as shown in

Figure 42.

Figure 42: Search Box

2. Click the up or down arrow to search forwards or backwards through the
Physical Map.

3. Click Search to find each product.

Note: When the application finds a product on the Physical Map, it highlights the

product on the Physical Map as well as on the Product List.

Changing Product Properties

You can change some of the properties for online products.

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Note: This process does not change the configuration of the product. It only changes

the information that is stored on the local appliance.

1. Right-click a product icon and choose Properties. The Properties dialog box
displays, as shown in Figure 43.

Figure 43: Properties dialog box

Note: If the product you selected is offline, you are not be able to edit this

information.

2. Edit information as necessary.

3. Click OK.

Determining a Product’s Operational Status

You can determine a product’s operational status by looking at the Physical Map
or the Product List. On both the Physical Map and the Product List, you can
determine a product’s operational status by looking at the associated icons, as
shown in Table 5.

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To see a list of all products requiring attention, click the Attention Indicator icon
( ) on the Status bar at the bottom of the main window. The Service Request
dialog box displays the names and IP addresses of devices needing attention.
Click a product name hyperlink to jump to the product on the Physical Map. The
list updates dynamically.

Showing Routes Between Two End-Products

Note: This feature is only available for fabrics consisting solely of HP M-series

products.

You can use the Show Route feature to view the path that Fibre Channel frames
must take between two end-products in a multiswitch fabric. Only one route can
be shown at a time within the same fabric. If you intend to show a different route
within the same fabric, the previous route is automatically hidden.

Requirements

To view the route between two products, the following conditions must be met:

■ All switches or directors in the route must be managed by the application and

attached to the same appliance.

■ All switches or directors in the route must be Director 2/64, Director 2/140,

Edge Switch 2/32, Edge Switch 2/16, or Edge Switch 2/24 models and must
be running firmware version 1.3 or higher.

■ All attached products in the route must be in the same zone.

Table 5: Product Status Icons

Icon Status

No icon Operational

Degraded
Failed
Unknown/Offline

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Procedure

To show the route for two specific ports on the end nodes, perform the following:

1. In the Product List, click the + symbol next to a switch product icon to expend
and see the attached nodes.

2. Right-click a node and select Show Route. The Show Route dialog box
displays, as shown in Figure 44.

Figure 44: Show Route dialog box

3. Select a destination port from the Destination Port table.

4. Click OK. The route between the ports displays on topology, as shown in

Figure 45.

Figure 45: Show Route example