HP H-series Enterprise Fabric Management Suite Software User Manual

HP StorageWorks 8/20q and SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch Enterprise Fabric Management Suite User Guide

This guide describes the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Fabric Management Suite applicaton (version 8.0.4) for the HP H-Series 8/20q and SN6000 Fibre Channel Switches (firmware version 8.0.4). Enterprise Fabric Management Suite is a workstation-based graphical user interface for managing fabrics, switches, and ports. Enterprise Fabric Management Suite includes EFMS Performance View, which plots port performance information in graphs. This guide is intended for users responsible for installing and using switch management tools.

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HP StorageWorks 8/20q and SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch Enterprise Fabric Management Suite User Guide

1 Using Enterprise Fabric Management Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Installing Enterprise Fabric Management Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Starting Enterprise Fabric Management Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Exiting Enterprise Fabric Management Suite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Uninstalling Enterprise Fabric Management Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Changing the encryption key for the default fabric view file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Saving and opening fabric view files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Setting Enterprise Fabric Management Suite preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Using online help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Viewing software version and copyright information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Enterprise Fabric Management Suite user interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Fabric tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Graphic window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Data windows and tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Alerts panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Menu bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Topology display menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Faceplate display menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Popup menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Menu Shortcut keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Tool bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Working with switches and links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Working with ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

2 Managing Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Fabric firmware and software versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Saving a version snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Viewing and comparing version snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Exporting version snapshots to a file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Managing the fabric database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Adding a fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Removing a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Opening a fabric view file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Saving a fabric view file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Rediscovering a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Deleting switches and links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Adding a new switch to a fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Replacing a failed switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Displaying fabric information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Link data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Displaying fabric status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Event browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Filtering the event browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Sorting the Event Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Saving the Event Browser to a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Verifying Fibre Channel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

FC Ping dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

FC Traceroute dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Device information and nicknames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Devices data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Managing device port nicknames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Creating a nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Editing a nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Deleting a nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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Exporting nicknames to a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Importing a nicknames file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Fabric services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Enabling SNMP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Enabling in-band management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Transparent router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Viewing inter-fabric routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Transparent Routes data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

TR Mapping Manager dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Adding an inter-fabric route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Removing an inter-fabric route. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Creating a zoning commands text file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

3 Managing Fabric Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Zoning concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Zone sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Using the Zoning Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Managing the zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Viewing zoning limits and properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Viewing active and configured zone set information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Editing the zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Configuring the zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Merge Auto Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Default Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Discard Inactive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Saving and restoring the zoning database to a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Saving the zoning database to a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Restoring the zoning database from a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Restoring the default zoning database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Removing all zone and zone set definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Merging fabrics and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Zone merge failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Zone merge failure recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Resolving active, configured, and merged zone sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Managing zone sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Creating a zone set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Activating and deactivating a zone set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Renaming a zone set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Removing a zone set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Managing zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Creating a zone in a zone set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Copying a zone to a zone set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Adding zone members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Renaming a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Removing a zone member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Removing a zone from a zone set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Removing a zone from all zone sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Managing aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Creating an alias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Adding a member to an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Removing an alias from all zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

4 Managing Fabric Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Connection security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

User account security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Port security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Device security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Managing the security database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Viewing the device security database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Configuring the security data base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Saving the security database to a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Restoring the security database from a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Resetting the security database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Managing security sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Creating a security set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Removing a security set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Renaming a security set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Adding an existing group to a security set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Removing a group from a security set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Removing a group from all security sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Activating a security set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Deactivating a security set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Managing security groups and members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Creating a security group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Creating a security group member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Modifying a security group member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Removing a member from a group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Using RADIUS servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Adding a RADIUS server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Removing a RADIUS server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Editing RADIUS server information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Modifying authentication order RADIUS server information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

5 Managing Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Managing user accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Creating user accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Removing a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Changing a user account password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Modifying a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Viewing switch information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Switch data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Stack Links data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Configuring port threshold alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Paging a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Setting the date/time and enabling NTP client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Resetting a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Configuring a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Using the configuration wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Switch properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Domain ID and Domain ID lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Syslog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Symbolic name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Switch administrative states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Broadcast support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

In-band management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Fabric device management interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Advanced switch properties (timeout values) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Managing system services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Managing switch stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Configuring switches in a stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Security consistency checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Configuring the network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Network IP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Network DNS configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Network IP Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

HP StorageWorks 8/20q and SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch Enterprise Fabric Management Suite User Guide 5

Security policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Security associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Configuring SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

SNMP configuration and trap configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

SNMP v3 security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Adding an SNMP v3 user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Modifying an SNMP v3 user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Removing an SNMP v3 user. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Configuring Call Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Using the Call Home profile manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Creating a profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Editing a profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Copying a profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Applying all profiles on a switch to other switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Using the Call Home message queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Testing Call Home profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Changing SMTP servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Testing a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Archiving a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Restoring a switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Restoring the factory default configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Installing feature license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Downloading a support file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Installing firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

6 Managing Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Viewing port information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Port Information data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Port Statistics data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Configuring ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Port symbolic name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Port types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Port states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Port speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Port media status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

I/O StreamGuard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Device Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Auto Performance Tuning and AL Fairness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Using the Extended Credits wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Moving a licensed port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Resetting a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Testing ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Graphing port performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Starting EFMS Performance View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Exiting EFMS Performance View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Saving and opening Fabric View files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Changing the default Fabric View file encryption key for EFMS Performance View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Setting EFMS Performance View preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Setting the polling frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Displaying Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Arranging graphs in the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Customizing graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Setting global graph type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Rescaling a selected graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Printing graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Saving graph statistics to a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

7 Support and Other Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Document conventions and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

JDOM license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Contacting HP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

HP contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Subscription service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Documentation feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Related information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Other HP websites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Figures

1 Enterprise Fabric Management Suite installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 Initial Start dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3 Add a New Fabric dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4 Save Default Fabric View File dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

5 Load Default Fabric View File dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

6 Preferences dialog box—Enterprise Fabric Management Suite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

7 Topology display elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

8 SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch faceplate display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

9 SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch backplate display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

10 Fabric tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

11 Alerts panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

12 Fabric Version Snapshot Analysis dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

13 Add a New Fabric dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

14 Link data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

15 Event browser dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

16 Filter Events dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

17 FC Ping dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

18 FC TraceRoute dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

19 Devices data window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

20 Detailed Devices Display window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

21 Transparent Routes data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

22 Transparent Route dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

23 TR Mapping Manager dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

24 Add TR Mapping dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

25 Remote Fabric Zoning dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

26 Active Zoneset data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

27 Configured Zoneset data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

28 Edit Zoning dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

29 Zoning Config dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

30 Port Binding dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

31 Edit Security dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

32 Configured Security data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

33 Active Security data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

34 Security Config dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

35 Create a Security Set dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

36 Create a Security Group dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

37 Create a Security Group Member dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

38 Radius Server Information dialog box—Add server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

39 Radius Server Information dialog box—Remove server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

40 Radius Server Information dialog box—Edit server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

41 Radius Server Information dialog box—Modify authentication order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

42 User Account Administration dialog box—Add account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

43 User Account Administration dialog box—Remove account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

44 User Account Administration dialog box—Change password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

45 User Account Administration dialog box—Modify account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

46 Switch data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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47 Switch data window buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

48 Stack Links data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

49 Port Threshold Alarm Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

50 Port threshold alarm example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

51 Date/Time dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

52 Switch Properties dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

53 Advanced Switch Properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

54 System Services dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

55 Security Consistency Checklist dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

56 Network Properties dialog boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

57 IPsec Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

58 Create IP Security Policy dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

59 Create IP Security Association dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

60 SNMP Properties dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

61 SNMP v3 Manager dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

62 SNMP v3 User Editor dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

63 Call Home Setup dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

64 Call Home Profile Manager dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

65 Call Home Profile Editor dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

66 Call Home Profile Multiple Switch Apply dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

67 Call Home Message Queue dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

68 Call Home Test Profile dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

69 Call Home Change Over dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

70 Switch Diagnostics dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

71 Restore dialog boxes—full and selective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

72 Feature Licenses dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

73 Add License Key dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

74 Download Support File dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

75 Load Firmware dialog box for a single switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

76 Load Firmware dialog box for a stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

77 Port Information data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

78 Detailed Media Display dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

79 Port Statistics data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

80 Port Properties dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

81 Advanced Port Properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

82 Extended Credit Wizard dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

83 Move Port License dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

84 Port Diagnostics dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

85 EFMS Performance View graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

86 Save Default Fabric View File dialog box—EFMS Performance View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

87 Load Default Fabric View File dialog box—EFMS Performance View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

88 Preferences dialog box—EFMS Performance View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

89 Set Graph Polling Frequency dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

90 Default Graph Options dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Tables

1 Workstation requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 Topology menu bar options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3 Faceplate menu bar options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

4 Tool bar options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

5 Topology display switch and status icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

6 Port operational states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

7 Devices data window fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

8 Transparent Routes data window fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

9 Edit Zoning dialog box tool bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

10 Port/device icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

11 Switch data window fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

12 Stack Links data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

13 Switch resets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

14 Network Properties dialog box—IP fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

15 Network Properties dialog box—DNS fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

16 IPsec Configuration dialog box buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

17 Create IP Security Policy dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

18 Create IP Security Association dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

19 SNMP Properties dialog box fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

20 SNMP v3 User Editor dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

21 Call Home Setup dialog box fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

22 Call Home Editor dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

23 Factory default configuration settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

24 Port Information data window buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

25 Port Information data window—Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

26 Port Information data window—Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

27 Port Information data window—Extended Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

28 Port Information data window—Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

29 Port Information data window—Digital Diagnostics Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

30 Port Statistics data window fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

31 Port Properties dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

32 Port types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

33 Port operational states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

34 Port administrative states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

35 Port speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

36 Port media status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

37 Extended Credits—Minimum Cable Lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

38 Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

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1 Using Enterprise Fabric Management Suite

This chapter describes how to install and configure the Enterprise Fabric Management Suite application, which includes the EFMS Performance View application. This chapter also describes the user interface.

Installing Enterprise Fabric Management Suite

To install the Enterprise Fabric Management Suite application:

1. Verify that your workstation is properly equipped. Table 1 lists the requirements for workstations

running the Enterprise Fabric Management Suite application.

Table 1 Workstation requirements

Component Options/Requirements

Operating System Windows Server 2003 R2 w/SP2

Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 w/SP2

Windows 2008 w/SP2

Windows 2008 R2

Memory 2 GB

Disk space 150 MB

Processor 2 GHz or faster

Hardware CD-ROM drive and RJ-45 Ethernet port; RS-232 serial port (optional)

Internet Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and later

Netscape Navigator 6.0 and later

Firefox 1.5 and later

Java 2 Standard Edition Runtime Environment 1.5 to support the application

2. Purchase an Enterprise Fabric Management Suite license and obtain your license key. Otherwise

proceed to step 3 to use the 30-day trial license.

3. Visit the website

Management Suite zip file.

4. Extract and execute the Enterprise Fabric Management Suite installation file

(Windows_HP_EFMS_8.00.4.05.exe) and follow the instructions (Figure 1).

www.hp.com/go/EFMS and follow the links to download the Enterprise Fabric

Figure 1 Enterprise Fabric Management Suite installation

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The installation process prompts you to enter the following information:

• Installation folder

• An 8/20q or SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch serial number and the Enterprise Fabric Management

Suite license key. To use the 30-day trial license, only the switch serial number is needed.

• Shortcut location

Starting Enterprise Fabric Management Suite

To start Enterprise Fabric Management Suite for the first time:

1. Double-click the Enterprise Fabric Management Suite shortcut, or select Enterprise Fabric Management

Suite from the Start menu, depending on what you selected when you installed the application. From a

command line, enter the following command:

<install_directory>\HP_Enterprise_Fabric_Management_Suite.exe

2. The application prompts if you did not enter a license key when you installed Enterprise Fabric

Management Suite. If you are using the 30-day trial version, click OK. Otherwise, click Enter, provide a switch serial number and license key, and click Save.

NOTE: To update the current serial number or license key, select Help > License Info. In the dialog

box, click Enter Key, provide a switch serial number and license key, and click Save.

3. When you start Enterprise Fabric Management Suite for the first time, the application opens with the

Initial Start dialog box (Figure 2). Select the Open existing fabric option, and click Proceed.

Figure 2 Initial Start dialog box

The other options are as follows:

• Select the Open Configuration Wizard option to configure a switch, add a new switch,

replace/restore a switch, or recover or edit an IP configuration of an existing switch.

• Select the Open existing fabric view file option to open the Open View dialog box, which prompts

you to specify a fabric view file that you saved earlier.

• Select the Start application without specifying a fabric option to open the Enterprise Fabric

Management Suite initial window.

Selecting the Don’t show this dialog again option has the same effect as disabling the Initial Start dialog box. For information about setting preferences, see ”Setting Enterprise Fabric Management Suite

preferences” (page 15).

12 Using Enterprise Fabric Management Suite

4. Enter a fabric name, an entry switch, login name and password in the Add a New Fabric dialog box.

Figure 3 Add a New Fabric dialog box

A fabric name is recommended, but not required, and must be unique.

• The Entry Switch field can be the IP address or Domain Name Server (DNS) name of the switch through which to manage the fabric. For more information about addresses and host names, see ”Network IP configuration” (page 100).

• The factory login name and password are admin and password. The password is for the switch and is stored in the switch firmware. For information on user accounts, see ”Managing user

accounts” (page 79).

5. Click Add Fabric.

6. For security reasons, you are prompted to change your user account password initially set up by the

administrator. You are prompted each time you attempt to open the fabric until you change the password. Click OK, and change the user account password.

7. If the entry switch has SSL (Secure Socket Layer) enabled, the switch will generate and display a Verify

Certificate dialog box that you must accept before gaining access to the fabric.

Exiting Enterprise Fabric Management Suite

To exit an Enterprise Fabric Management Suite application session:

1. Select File > Exit.

2. If you have not yet saved the default fabric view file, the Save Default Fabric View File dialog box

(Figure 4) prompts you to save the current fabric view as the default fabric view file. Enter an encryption key in the Default Fabric File Encryption Key field.

3. Re-enter the encryption key in the Re-enter Encryption Key to Confirm field. You can also leave the fields

blank.

4. Click Save View File to save the current set of fabrics to the default fabric view file in the working

directory. You can also do one of the following:

•Click Exit Without Saving to close the session without saving the view file.

•Click Cancel Exit to sustain the session.

Figure 4 Save Default Fabric View File dialog box

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The encryption key encrypts the sensitive data in the default fabric view file so that no one can open the file without the encryption key. For information about changing this encryption key, see ”Changing the

encryption key for the default fabric view file” (page 14). If an encryption key has been defined and the

View File Auto Save and Load preference is enabled, the current fabric view is saved to your default fabric view file when you close future Enterprise Fabric Management Suite sessions. In addition to the default fabric view file, you can save and open other fabric view files. See ”Saving and opening fabric view files” (page 15) for more information.

To prevent Enterprise Fabric Management Suite from prompting you to save the default fabric view file between Enterprise Fabric Management Suite sessions, enable (check) the View File Auto Save and Load preference. For more information about preferences, see ”Setting Enterprise Fabric Management Suite

preferences” (page 15).

In your next Enterprise Fabric Management Suite session, the Load Default Fabric View File dialog box (Figure 5) prompts you to load the default fabric view file and to specify its encryption key, if one exists. In the Default Fabric File Encryption Key field, enter the encryption key, and click Load View File. If you do not want to load the default fabric view file, click Continue Without Loading to open the Enterprise Fabric Management Suite with no fabric displayed.

Figure 5 Load Default Fabric View File dialog box

Uninstalling Enterprise Fabric Management Suite

A program to uninstall Enterprise Fabric Management Suite is included as part of the installation process. The UninstallerData folder in the installation directory contains the uninstall program. Also, a shortcut/link to the uninstall program is installed in the installation directory during the Enterprise Fabric Management Suite installation process.

The default Windows installation directory depends on the Windows operating system:

• For Windows x64 systems:

c:\Program Files (x86) \Hewlett-Packard\HP_Enterprise_Fabric_Management_Suite

• For Windows x86 systems:

c:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP_Enterprise_Fabric_Management_Suite

To uninstall the Enterprise Fabric Management Suite application:

1. Browse for the uninstall program file or the shortcut/link that points to the uninstall program file. The

uninstall program shortcut is in the same folder as the program shortcut (Start menu, program group, on desktop, or user specified) that is used to start the Enterprise Fabric Management Suite application.

2. Double-click the uninstall program file or shortcut/link, and follow the instructions to uninstall the

Enterprise Fabric Management Suite application.

Changing the encryption key for the default fabric view file

To change the encryption key for the Enterprise Fabric Management Suite default fabric view file:

1. Select File > Save Default Fabric View File to open the Save Default Fabric View File dialog box.

2. Enter an encryption key in the Default Fabric File Encryption Key field.

3. Re-enter the same encryption key in the Re-enter Encryption Key to Confirm field.

4. Click OK to save the current set of fabrics to the default fabric view file in the working directory.

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Saving and opening fabric view files

A fabric view file is one or more fabrics saved to a file. In addition to the Enterprise Fabric Management Suite default fabric view file, you can save and open your own fabric view files. To save a set of fabrics to a file:

1. Select File > Save View As to open the Save View dialog box.

2. Enter a name for the fabric view file or click Browse to select an existing file. Files are saved in the

working directory.

3. Enter a password. When you attempt to open this fabric view file, you are prompted for this password.

If you leave the File Password field blank, no password is required when attempting to open this fabric view file.

4. Click OK to save the view.

To open a fabric view file:

1. Select File > Open View File to open the Open View dialog box.

2. Enter a name for the fabric view file or click Browse to select an existing file.

3. If the fabric view file was saved with a password, enter the password, and click OK.

4. Click OK to open the view.

Setting Enterprise Fabric Management Suite preferences

To set preferences for your Enterprise Fabric Management Suite sessions:

1. Select File > Preferences to open the Preferences dialog box (Figure 6).

2. Enter or browse for the paths to the working directory and Internet browser location.

3. In the Application-wide Options area, choose the preferences you want.

4. Click OK to save the changes.

Figure 6 Preferences dialog box—Enterprise Fabric Management Suite

• Working Directory is the path for the folder in which to save files. The default is the installation

directory.

• Browser Location is the path for Internet browser program to use to view the online help. The default is

c:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe.

• View file auto save and load prevents (checked/default) or allows prompts to save the default fabric

view file between Enterprise Fabric Management Suite sessions.

• Display initial startup dialog enables (checked/default) or disables the use of the Initial Start dialog

box at the beginning of an Enterprise Fabric Management Suite session. After a default fabric view file is created, this setting has no effect.

• Display dialog when making non-secure connections allows (checked/default) or prevents connections

to a non-secure fabric. If this preference is enabled, the application informs you when connecting to a non-secure fabric, and enables you to connect. Otherwise, you must have a secure connection.

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• Event browser maintains event messages in the event browser (checked/default) between Enterprise

Fabric Management Suite sessions, or discards those messages (unchecked). For information about events, see ”Event browser” (page 34).

• Preferred Initial Port View determines the port information type represented by the ports of the

faceplate display: port type (default), port speed, port operational state, or port transceiver media. You can change the port view in the faceplate display by opening the View menu and selecting a different port view option.

Using online help

The browser-based online help system can be accessed from the Enterprise Fabric Management Suite application in several ways. Online help is also context-sensitive; that is, the online help opens to the topic that describes the current dialog box.

To open the first topic in the help system, choose one of the following:

• Select Help > Help Topics.

• Click Help in the tool bar.

• With no dialog box displayed, press F1 key.

To open the help system to the topic that describes the current dialog box, choose one of the following:

• Click Help in the dialog box.

• Press the F1 key.

Viewing software version and copyright information

To view Enterprise Fabric Management Suite software version and copyright information, open the Help menu, and select About.

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Enterprise Fabric Management Suite user interface

Menu bar

Data window tabs

Tool bar

Data window

Graphic window

Fabric tree

Switch/fabric name and status

The Enterprise Fabric Management Suite application uses faceplate and backplate displays to manage the switches in a fabric. The interface (Figure 7) consists of a menu bar, fabric tree, graphic window, data windows (some with buttons), and data window tabs. The topology display (Figure 7) appears in the graphic window and shows all of the switches and connections in the fabric. The fabric names and switch names appear in the fabric tree. Click a switch name or icon to display a different switch faceplate in the graphic window. Information displayed in the data windows corresponds to the selected data window tab.

Figure 7 Topology display elements

The faceplate and backplate displays are used to manage individual switches. The faceplate displays of the 8/20q and SN6000 Fibre Channel Switches are similar, showing the front of a switch and its ports. The backplate display shows the power supplies for single and dual power supply switches. Figure 8 shows an SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch faceplate display.

Figure 8 SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch faceplate display

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Figure 9 shows the backplate display for a dual power supply SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch.

Switch entries

Moveable window border

Fabric name entry handle

Fabric name entry

Security lock icon

Figure 9 SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch backplate display

TIP: Mouse-over information appears when you rest the cursor over key elements in the Enterprise Fabric

Management Suite interface, such as ports, LEDs, and fabric tree entries.

Fabric tree

The Enterprise Fabric Management Suite application enables you to manage the switches in multiple fabrics. The fabric tree (Figure 7) provides access to the topology and faceplate displays for any fabric or switch:

• To open the topology display from the fabric tree, click a fabric entry.

• To open the faceplate/backplate displays from the fabric tree, click a switch entry.

A fabric name entry handle located to the left of an entry in the tree indicates that the entry can be expanded or collapsed. Click this handle or double-click the entry to expand or collapse a fabric tree entry. A fabric entry expands to show its member switches. You can adjust the width of the fabric tree window by clicking and dragging the moveable window border.

Figure 10 Fabric tree

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Next to each fabric tree entry is a small icon that uses color to indicate operational status:

• A green icon indicates normal operation.

• A yellow icon indicates that a switch is operational, but may require attention to maintain maximum

performance.

• A red icon indicates a potential failure or non-operational state, as when the switch is offline.

• A blue icon indicates that a switch is unknown, unreachable, or unmanageable.

If the status of a fabric is not normal, the fabric icon in the fabric tree indicates the reason for the abnormal status. The same message is provided when you rest the pointer on the fabric icon in the fabric tree.

The small lock icon next to the fabric icon in the fabric tree indicates a secure fabric connection using Secure Socket Layer (SSL). The Security menu is available only for the entry switch (out-of-band switch) on a secure fabric. Select Switch > Services to enable the SSL service for that switch. You must then close the fabric and re-establish a secure connection to the fabric using SSL.

Graphic window

The graphic window shows fabric, switch, and port information in the forms of the fabric topology display, switch faceplate display (Figure 8), and switch backplate display (Figure 9). To view the faceplate display, select a switch or stack in the fabric tree, and select View > View Faceplate. To view the backplate display, select View > View Backplate. You can adjust the height of the graphic window by clicking and dragging the border that it shares with the data window.

Data windows and tabs

The data window (Figure 7) displays a table of data and statistics associated with the selected tab for the fabric, stack, or switch displayed in the graphic window. The available data window tabs vary depending on the display. The following data windows and tabs are available:

• Devices—Displays information about devices (hosts and storage targets) connected to the switch. For

more information, see ”Devices data window” (page 39).

• Transparent Routes—Displays the currently configured inter-fabric zones/routes using a TR_Port. For

more information about the Transparent Routes data window, see ”Transparent Routes data window” (page 44). For information about the transparent router feature, see ”Transparent router” (page 42).

• Active Zoneset—Displays the active zone set for the fabric including zones and their member ports. For

more information about this data window, see ”Viewing active and configured zone set information” (page 51). For information about zone sets and zones, see ”Zoning concepts” (page 49).

• Switch—Displays current network and switch configuration data for the selected switch. For more

information, see ”Switch data window” (page 84).

• Link—Displays a list of the inter-switch links in the fabric. For information on switch links, see ”Link data

window” (page 33).

• Stack Links—Displays a list of the inter-switch links in the stack. For information on switch links, see

”Stack Links data window” (page 89).

• Port Statistics—Displays performance data for the selected ports. For more information, see ”Port

Statistics data window” (page 131).

• Port Information—Displays information for the selected ports. For more information, see ”Port

Information data window” (page 127).

• Configured Zonesets—Displays all zone sets, zones, and zone membership in the zoning database. A

zone is a named group of ports or devices. For more information, see ”Viewing active and configured

zone set information” (page 51).

Use the scroll bar to browse through the data. To adjust the length of the window, click and drag the border that it shares with the graphic window. To adjust the column width, move the pointer over the column heading border shared by two columns until a right/left arrow graphic appears. Click and drag the arrow to the preferred width.

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Alerts panel

Status section

The Alerts panel shows all reasons for status, including faults. The Alerts panel entries are the highlighted rows between the faceplate image and the data window entries.

The up/down arrows on the divider bar between the Alerts panel entries and data windows enable you to move the divider bar up or down incrementally. With the faceplate image in the graphic window and the data window displayed, you can do the following:

• Click the up arrow (on the left) to move the divider up to the top of the window, completely hiding the

faceplate image.

• Click the down arrow (on the right) to move the divider back to the middle. Click the down arrow again

to completely hide the data window.

• Click and drag the divider bar to manually move it up or down.

Figure 11 Alerts panel

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Menu bars

The menus and the included tasks vary depending on the type of display. For example, the Port menu and many of the Switch menu selections are only available in the faceplate display. For information on the menus, see ”Topology menu bar options” (page 21) and ”Faceplate menu bar options” (page 22).

Topology display menu

The Topology menu bar options, listed in Table 2, are available when a fabric is selected in the fabric tree.

Table 2 Topology menu bar options

Option Sub-options

File Open View File

Fabric Add Fabric

Save View File

Save Default Fabric View File

Preferences

Exit

Remove Fabric

Nicknames

Fabric Tracker

Switch

Options marked with an asterisk (*) are available only when one switch is selected in the topology display.

Stack

These options are available only when one stack is selected in the topology display.

Save Snapshot Analyze Snapshots

Security Consistency Checklist

Rediscover Fabric

Start EFMS Performance View

FC TraceRoute

TR Mapping Manager

Show Event Browser

Delete*

Export Devices

Switch Properties*

Network Properties*

SNMP Properties*

Delete

Syslog

SNMP Properties

Set Date/Time

User Accounts

Security Consistency Checklist

Load Firmware

Edit Zoning Configuration

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Table 2 Topology menu bar options (continued)

Option Sub-options

View Refresh

Wizards Configuration Wizard

Help Help Topics

Faceplate display menu

The Faceplate menu bar options, listed in Table 3, are available when a stack or switch is selected in the fabric tree, except as noted.

Table 3 Faceplate menu bar options

Option Sub-options

File Open View File

Layout Topology

Toggle Auto Layout

Remember Layout

License Info

About

Save View File

Save Default Fabric View File

Preferences

Exit

Fabric Add Fabric

Remove Fabric

Nicknames

Fabric Tracker

Save Snapshot Analyze Snapshots

FC TraceRoute

TR Mapping Manager

Show Event Browser

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Table 3 Faceplate menu bar options (continued)

Option Sub-options

Switch

These options are available only when a switch is selected in the fabric tree.

Popup menus

Popup menus appear when you right-click the stack, faceplate, or backplate images in the graphic window. Popup menu options provide quick access to the common tasks and dialog boxes, such as the following:

• Refreshing a switch

• Selecting all ports

• Properties dialog boxes (Port, Switch, Network, and SNMP)

• Services dialog box

• Port diagnostics dialog boxes

Menu Shortcut keys

Shortcut key combinations provide an alternative method of accessing menu options in the application. For example, to open the Preferences dialog box, press Alt+F, and then press R.

NOTE: The shortcut key combinations are not case-sensitive.

License Info

About

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Tool bar

The tool bar consists of a row of graphical buttons that provide access to Enterprise Fabric Management Suite functions. The tool bar buttons are an alternative method to using the menu bar.

The Tool bar options are described in Table 4.

Table 4 Tool bar options

Button Description

Add Fabric—adds a new fabric to the fabric view

Open View File—opens an existing fabric view file

Save View As—saves the current fabric view to a file

Refresh—updates the topology or faceplate display with current information

Event Browser—opens the events browser

Edit Zoning—opens the Edit Zoning dialog box (available only when a switch or stack is selected in the fabric tree)

Edit Security—opens the Edit Security dialog box (available only on a secure entry switch)

Help Topics—opens the online help file

Working with switches and links

Switch and link icons are selectable and moveable, and serve as access points for other displays and menus. You select switches and links to display information about them, modify their configuration, or delete them from the display. Context-sensitive popup menus are displayed when you right-click on a switch or link icon, or in the background of the topology display and graphic window.

Switch icon shape and color provide information about the switch and its operational state. Lines represent links between switches. The topology display uses green to indicate normal operation, yellow to indicate operational with errors, red to indicate a potential failure or non-operational state, and blue to indicate unknown, unreachable, or unmanageable. For more information about topology display icons, see ”Displaying fabric status” (page 34).

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Selected ISL links in the topology display are displayed with a heavier line. Selected switches are displayed with a light blue background. You can select switches and links the following ways:

• To select one switch or link, click the switch or link.

• To select a group of switches or links, press the Shift or Control key while clicking each switch or link.

• To select all switches or links, right-click anywhere in the graphic window background, and select Select

All Links or Select All Switches from the popup menu.

• To cancel all selections, click in the background of the graphic window.

• To un-select one switch or link in a group of selected switches or links, press the Shift or Control key

while clicking the switch or link.

• To add a switch or link to a group of selected switches or links, press the Shift or Control key while

clicking the switch or link.

You can arrange individual switch icons in the topology display or allow Enterprise Fabric Management Suite to arrange all switch icons for you:

• To move an individual switch icon, click and drag the icon to another location in the graphic window.

Links stretch or contract to remain connected.

• To arrange all switch icons in the topology display automatically, open the View menu, and select

Layout Topology.

By default, the Toggle Auto Layout box in the View menu is selected, which causes Enterprise Fabric Management Suite to arrange the icons when you select Layout Topology.

You can save a custom arrangement, or layout, and restore that layout during an Enterprise Fabric Management Suite session. Begin by arranging the icons, then open the View menu, and select Remember Layout. To restore the saved layout, open the View menu, unselect the Toggle Auto Layout option, and select Layout Topology.

Working with ports

Ports are selectable and serve as access points for other displays and menus. You select ports to display information about them in the data window or to modify them. Context-sensitive popup menus appear when you right-click the faceplate image or on a port icon. See ”Managing Ports” (page 127) for detailed port information.

Selected ports in the faceplate display are outlined in white. You can select ports in the following ways:

• To select a port, click the port.

• To select all ports, right-click on the faceplate image, and select Select All Ports from the popup menu.

• To select a range of consecutive ports, click a port, press and hold the Shift key, and then click the last

port in the range. The Enterprise Fabric Management Suite application selects both end ports and all ports in between the end ports.

NOTE: When using the Shift key to select a range of ports, the first port you click in the range is

the anchor selection. Subsequent ranges are based on this anchor selection. For example, when you click port 4 and port 9 respectively, port 4 becomes the anchor selection. The next range includes all ports between port 4 and the next port you select.

• To select several non-consecutive ports, press and hold the Control key while clicking each port.

• To deselect ports, press and hold the Control key while clicking each port.

• To cancel a selection, press and hold the Control key, and select it again.

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2 Managing Fabrics

This chapter describes the options for managing fabrics.

Fabric firmware and software versions

The Fabric Tracker option enables you to generate a snapshot or baseline of current system version information, which can be viewed, analyzed and compared to other snapshot files, and exported to a file. Information includes date and time, switch active firmware version, device hardware, drivers, and firmware version from FDMI.

The Snapshot Analyzer option enables you to do the following:

• Compare two snapshots.

• Detect mismatches of firmware and driver versions.

• Detect devices that have been moved, added to, or removed from the fabric.

Saving a version snapshot

To save the current snapshot to an XML file:

1. In the faceplate display, select Fabric > Fabric Tracker, and then select Save Snapshot.

2. Enter a filename.

3. Click Save to save the snapshot as an XML file.

Viewing and comparing version snapshots

To view and analyze system version information:

1. Select Fabric > Fabric Tracker > Analyze Snapshots to open the Fabric Version Snapshot Analysis

dialog box (Figure 12).

2. Click Browse to open and view the snapshot files in the corresponding tab pages (Summary,

Differences, Reports).

3. Click Close to exit the Fabric Version Snapshot Analysis dialog box.

Figure 12 Fabric Version Snapshot Analysis dialog box

The color key below the scrollable area defines the meanings of the colors used. The Summary tab page shows a brief description of the changes that have occurred between the older snapshot and the newer one. Use the Summary tab page to quickly view what has changed. The Differences tab page shows a side-by-side comparison of two snapshots.

The timestamp of each snapshot appears above the scroll area showing that snapshot. The background color of the older snapshot is darker than the background of the newer snapshot. The arrow icon between the snapshot selectors always points from the older snapshot to the newer one. If the two snapshots have

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the same timestamp, the arrow is not displayed. The scroll bars are synchronized to view the same portion of each snapshot file simultaneously.

To resize each pane:

1. Click and drag the separator bar between the two panes.

2. At the top of the separator bar between the two panes, click the left/right arrows to close the

corresponding pane. The left/right arrows move to one side.

Exporting version snapshots to a file

The Reports tab page enables you to select one report to save to a text file. There are two types of reports: Summary report and Detailed report.

• Summary report shows the same format displayed on the Summary tab page without the color

highlighting.

• Detail report shows a detailed breakdown of the differences.

Click Export to save the selected report to a text file.

Managing the fabric database

A fabric database contains the set of fabrics that you add during a Enterprise Fabric Management Suite session. Initially, if you do not open an existing fabric or fabric view file, the Enterprise Fabric Management Suite application opens with an empty fabric database.

Adding a fabric

To add a fabric to the database:

1. Select Open > Add Fabric to open the Add a New Fabric dialog box (Figure 13).

Figure 13 Add a New Fabric dialog box

2. Enter a unique fabric name in the Fabric Name field. This step is optional.

NOTE: Assigning a fabric name is recommended.

3. In the Entry Switch field, enter the IP address or Domain Name Server (DNS) name of the switch

through which to manage the fabric. For more information, see ”Network IP configuration” (page 100).

4. Enter an account name and password. The factory login name and password are admin and

password. The password is for the switch, which is stored in the switch firmware. For information on

user accounts, see ”Managing user accounts” (page 79).

5. Click Add Fabric.

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Contents

1 Using Enterprise Fabric Management Suite

Installing Enterprise Fabric Management Suite

Table 1 Workstation requirements

Figure 1 Enterprise Fabric Management Suite installation

Starting Enterprise Fabric Management Suite

Figure 2 Initial Start dialog box

Figure 3 Add a New Fabric dialog box

Exiting Enterprise Fabric Management Suite

Figure 4 Save Default Fabric View File dialog box

Figure 5 Load Default Fabric View File dialog box

Uninstalling Enterprise Fabric Management Suite

Changing the encryption key for the default fabric view file

Saving and opening fabric view files

Setting Enterprise Fabric Management Suite preferences

Figure 6 Preferences dialog box—Enterprise Fabric Management Suite

Using online help

Viewing software version and copyright information

Enterprise Fabric Management Suite user interface

Figure 7 Topology display elements

Figure 8 SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch faceplate display

Figure 9 SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch backplate display

Fabric tree

Figure 10 Fabric tree

Graphic window

Data windows and tabs

Alerts panel

Figure 11 Alerts panel

Menu bars

Topology display menu

Table 2 Topology menu bar options

Faceplate display menu

Table 3 Faceplate menu bar options

Popup menus

Menu Shortcut keys

Tool bar

Table 4 Tool bar options

Working with switches and links

Working with ports

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Fabric firmware and software versions

Saving a version snapshot

Viewing and comparing version snapshots

Figure 12 Fabric Version Snapshot Analysis dialog box

Exporting version snapshots to a file

Managing the fabric database

Adding a fabric

Figure 13 Add a New Fabric dialog box