HP StorageWorks 2.12 User Manual

User Guide

hp StorageWorks

Edge Switch Element Manager

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

First Edition (July 2004)

Part Number: AA-RV1NA-TE

This guide describes how to use the Element Manager to configure, manage, and monitor the Edge Switch 2/24 and Edge Switch 2/32.

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About this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Text Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Equipment Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Rack Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

HP Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

HP Storage Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

HP Authorized Reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

1 Element Manager Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Feature Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Managing the Edge Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Element Manager Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Using the Element Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Using Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Keyboard Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Illustrations Used in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Opening the Element Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Opening the Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Window Layout and Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

View Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

View Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Status Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Contents

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Closing the Element Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Feature Permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Required Permissions for Element Manager Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Backing Up and Restoring Element Manager Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

What is Backed Up?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Backing Up to a CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Restoring Data from a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Manual Backup Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

2 Monitoring and Managing the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Hardware View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Identifying FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Monitoring Switch Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Switch Status Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Status Bar Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Monitoring Hardware Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Front View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Obtaining Hardware Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Displaying FRU Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Displaying Port Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Port Properties Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Displaying Switch Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Using Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Switch Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Port Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Port List View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Port List View Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Port List Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Node List View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Node List View Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Node List View Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Displaying Node Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Performance View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Performance View Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Bar Graph Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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Port Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Statistics Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Button Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

FRU List View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Port Operational States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Link Incident Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Threshold Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

3 Configuring the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Configuring Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Configuring Operating Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Configuring Switch Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Switch Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Configuring Fabric Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Fabric Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Configuring a Preferred Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Adding a Preferred Path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Changing a Preferred Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Removing a Preferred Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Specifying Preferred Path Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Configuring Switch Binding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Configuring Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Configuring Ports Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Configuring Ports Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Configure Ports Procedure (Open Systems Management Style) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Configure Ports Procedure (FICON Management Style) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Configuring Port Addresses (FICON Management Style). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Port Address Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Configure Port Addresses Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Managing Stored Address Configurations (FICON Management Style) . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Configuring an SNMP Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Configuring Open Systems Management Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Configuring FICON Management Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Configuring a Feature Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

No Feature Key Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Configuring Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Setting Date and Time Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Synchronizing Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

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Configuring Threshold Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Threshold Alert Configuration Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Creating New Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Modifying Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Activating or Deactivating Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Viewing Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Deleting Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Configuring Open Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Exporting Configuration Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Configuration Report Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Enabling Embedded Web Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Enabling Telnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Backing Up and Restoring Configuration Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

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Log Options and Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Using Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Expanding Columns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Sorting Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Audit Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Hardware Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Link Incident Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Threshold Alert Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Open Trunking Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

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Run Port Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Swap Ports (FICON Management Style) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Collect Maintenance Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Execute an IPL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Set Online State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Manage Firmware Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Enable E-Mail Notification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Enable or Disable Call Home Notification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Backup and Restore Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Backup Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Restore Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Reset Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

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6 Optional Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

FICON Management Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Configuring the FICON Management Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

FICON Management Server Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Open Systems Management Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Configuring the Open Systems Management Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

SANtegrity Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Fabric Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Enable/Disable and Online State Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Switch Binding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Configuring Switch Binding - Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Enable/Disable Switch Binding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Editing the Switch Membership List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Enable/Disable and Online State Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Zoning with Switch Binding Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Enterprise Fabric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Features and Parameters Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Open Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Enabling and Configuring Open Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Pop-Up Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Open Trunking Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Flexport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

A Information and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

HAFM Application Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Element Manager Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Figures

1 HAFM appliance and remote client configuration (dual Ethernet) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

2 Edge Switch icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

3 Element Manager window (Hardware View for the Edge Switch 2/24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4 Hardware View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

5 Port List View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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6 Node List View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

7 Performance View (Edge Switch 2/32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

8 FRU List View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

9 Hardware Operation - Edge Switch Hardware View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

10 FRU Properties dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

11 Port Properties dialog box (Edge Switch 2/32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

12 Switch Properties dialog box (Edge Switch 2/32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

13 Configure Date and Time dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

14 Configure Date and Time (manually) dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

15 Set Online State dialog box (switch is offline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

16 Set Online State dialog box (switch is online). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

17 Port Binding dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

18 Clear Threshold Alert(s) dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

19 Port List View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

20 Node List View (Edge Switch 2/24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

21 Node Properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

22 Performance View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

23 FRU List View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

24 Configure Identification dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

25 Configure Switch Parameters dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

26 Configure Fabric Parameters dialog box (Edge Switch 2/32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

27 Configure Preferred Paths dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

28 Add Preferred Path dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

29 Specifying Preferred Path for Switch 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

30 Specifying Preferred Path for Switch 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

31 Configure Ports dialog box (Edge Switch 2/32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

32 Configure Ports dialog box (Open Systems Management Style). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

33 Configure Ports dialog box (FICON Management Style) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

34 Prohibited Port Connection symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

35 Configure Addresses - “Active” dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

36 Address Configuration Library dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

37 Configure SNMP dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

38 Configure Feature Key dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

39 Enable Feature Key dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

40 No Feature Key dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

41 Configure Date and Time dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

42 Configure Date and Time dialog box (Manual options) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

43 Configure Date and Time dialog box (Periodic Synchronization options) . . . . . . . . . . 136

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44 Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

45 New Threshold Alerts dialog box - first screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

46 New Threshold Alerts dialog box - second screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

47 New Threshold Alerts dialog box - third screen (Edge Switch 2/24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

48 New Threshold Alerts dialog box - summary screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

49 Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box - alerts activated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

50 Export Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

51 Save dialog box—log windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

52 Audit Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

53 Event Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

54 Hardware Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

55 Link Incident Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

56 Threshold Alert Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

57 Swap Ports dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

58 IPL Confirmation dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

59 Set Online State dialog box (state is offline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

60 Set Online State dialog box (state is online) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

61 Switch Binding State Change dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

62 Switch Binding Membership List dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

63 Configure Open Trunking dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

64 Open Trunking Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Tables

1 Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2 Switch Status Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

3 Permissions Required for Feature Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

4 Port States and Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

5 Event codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

6 Available Code Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

7 HAFM Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

8 Element Manager Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

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Guide

This user guide provides information to help you:

■ Configure and manage the Edge Switch 2/24 and Edge Switch 2/32

■ Access logs and maintenance information using the Element Manager

■ Install and manage optional features

About this Guide

“About this Guide” topics include:

■ Overview, page 12

■ Conventions, page 13

■ Rack Stability, page 16

■ Getting Help, page 17

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Overview

This section covers the following topics:

■ Intended Audience

■ Related Documentation

Intended Audience

This book is intended for use by system administrators who are experienced with the following:

■ Fibre Channel technology

■ StorageWorks Fibre Channel switches by Hewlett-Packard

Conventions

Conventions consist of the following:

■ Document Conventions

■ Text Symbols

■ Equipment Symbols

Document Conventions

This document follows the conventions in Tab le 1.

Table 1: Document conventions

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

Italics

Monospace font User input, commands, code, file and

Monospace, italic font Command-line and code variables Blue underlined sans serif font text

(

http://www.hp.com

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Convention Element

box names Text emphasis and document titles in

body text

directory names, and system responses (output and messages)

Web site addresses

)

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.

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

HP Technical Support

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

http://www.hp.com

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

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. From this web site, select the country

■ 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:

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, see the HP web site for locations and telephone numbers:

http://www .hp .com

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Element Manager Overview

This chapter is an introduction to the Element Manager that is used to manage the HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 and Edge Switch 2/32. It is intended as a quick reference for using features available through the main Element Manager window of the High Availability Fabric Manager (HAFM) application.

■ Managing the Edge Switch, page 21

■ Element Manager Description, page 22

■ Using the Element Manager, page 25

■ Backing Up and Restoring Element Manager Data, page 53

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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’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 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.

■ Enabling the Reset Configuration option through the Element Manager

Maintenance menu clears all features that were enabled through the

Configure Feature Key dialog box. (See “Configuring a Feature Key” on page 131 for more information.) When you attempt to reinstall features using a feature key assigned for an edge switch 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 switches shipped to you with firmware version 06.01.00 or later installed,

you must activate the feature keys through the Configure Feature Key dialog box in the Element Manager. See “Configuring a Feature Key” on page 131 for more information.

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Managing the Edge Switch

You can manage an edge switch through several different interfaces. These interfaces are as follows:

■ The Element Manager and HAFM

Installed on HAFM appliance shipped from the factory or supplied by the customer. (You access the Element Manager through the HAFM application.)

■ Embedded Web Server (EWS)

Using a browser-capable PC with an Internet connection to the switch, you can monitor and manage the switch through the EWS interface embedded in the switch firmware. The interface provides a GUI similar to the Element Manager and supports switch configuration, statistics monitoring, and basic operation.

To launch the EWS interface:

1. Enter the director’s IP address as the Internet Uniform Resource Locator (URL) into any standard browser.

2. Enter a user name and password at the login screen. The browser then becomes a management console. (Refer to the Embedded Web Server interface online help or the HP StorageWorks Embedded Web Server User Guide for details on use.)

Element Manager Overview

Note: The default user name for the right to view status and other information is

“operator.” The default user name for the right to modify configuration data, perform maintenance tasks, or perform other options is “Administrator.” The default password for both user names is “password.”

■ Command Line Interface (CLI).

The CLI allows you to access many HAFM application and Element Manager functions while entering commands during a Telnet session with the switch. The primary purpose of the CLI is to automate management of many switches using scripts. The CLI is not an interactive interface; no checking is done for pre-existing conditions, and no prompts display to guide users through tasks. Refer to the HP StorageWorks CLI Reference Guide for Directors and Edge Switches for more information.

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■ Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

An SNMP agent is implemented through the Element Manager. It 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 six workstations functioning as SNMP trap message recipients. Refer to the HP StorageWorks SNMP Reference Guide for Directors and Edge Switches for more information.

This manual provides details on the Element Manager for the Edge Switch 2/24 and Edge Switch 2/32 only. This manual does not cover the Embedded Web Server (EWS) interface.

Element Manager Description

The Element Manager for Edge Switch products is a Java-based graphical user interface (GUI) that provides in-depth management, configuration, and monitoring functions for individual switches and their field-replaceable units (FRUs).

The Element Manager provides graphical views of switch hardware components and displays of component status. By positioning the mouse pointer on icons, graphics, panels, and other visual elements in these views and clicking the left or right mouse button, you can quickly manage and monitor switches on your network.

The server software for the HAFM and Element Manager comes installed on the HAFM appliance.

You can install the HAFM and Element Manager clients on remote computer systems, as shown Figure 1 on page 23. For instructions, refer to the section in HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager User Guide that pertains to the operating system of your computer.

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Figure 1: HAFM appliance and remote client configuration (dual Ethernet)

Using the Element Manager, you can:

■ Back up and restore configuration data.

■ Clear the system error indicator.

■ Configure Fibre Channel operating parameters for the fabric, such as

R_A_TOV, E_D_TOV, switch priority, and interop mode. You can also configure Fibre Channel operating parameters for the switch, such as preferred and insistent domain ID, rerouting delay, and domain RSCNs.

■ Configure individual ports with a port name describing the node attached to

the port.

■ Configure keys for new features.

■ Configure interoperability mode for open switch fabrics.

■ Configure Preferred Paths for interswitch links (ISLs).

■ Configure link incident (LIN) alerts.

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■ Configure a nickname to display instead of the world wide name (WWN) for

the switch and attached nodes.

■ Configure Port Binding and port speed.

■ Configure SNMP trap recipients and community names.

■ Configure Switch Binding if the optional SANtegrity Binding feature is

installed.

■ Configure Open Trunking if the optional OpenTrunking feature is installed.

■ Configure Open Systems Management Server features if the optional Open

Systems Management Server feature is installed.

■ Configure the switch name, location, description, and contact person.

■ Control individual Fibre Channel ports by blocking/unblocking operation,

enabling LIN alerts and Port Binding, and running internal and external loopback diagnostics.

■ Display field replaceable unit (FRU) properties such as the FRU name,

physical position in the switch (chassis slot number), active/failed state, part number, and serial number.

■ Display information for individual Fibre Channel ports, such as the port name,

port number, Fibre Channel address, operational state, type of port, and login data.

■ Display information on nodes attached to ports.

■ Display port performance and statistics.

■ Display vital product data for the switch, such as the system name,

description, contact person, location, status, model number, firmware and Engineering Change (EC) level, and manufacturer.

■ Enable beaconing for ports and the switch unit.

■ Monitor the operational status of the switch and each of its hardware

field-replaceable units.

■ Perform an initial program load (IPL).

■ Perform maintenance tasks for the switch, including maintaining firmware

levels, administering the Call Home Notification feature, accessing the switch logs, and collecting data to support failure analysis.

■ Reset port operation.

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■ Run port diagnostics.

■ Set the date and time on the switch.

Note: You may perform configuration for some features through both the HAFM and

the Element Manager. You must also enable Element Manager feature permissions for Administrative, Operator, and Maintenance user levels through the HAFM. When this guide refers to the HAFM for specific tasks, you should see the HAFM online help or the

HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager User Guide

Using the Element Manager

This section provides a general overview of the Element Manager and its functions. For details on performing specific tasks and using specific dialog boxes, see the appropriate chapters in this manual.

Using Dialog Boxes

Buttons such as OK, Activate, Close, and Cancel initiate functions in a dialog box. Generally, these buttons have the following functions:

■ The OK button saves the entered information and closes the dialog box.

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for detailed instructions.

■ The Activate button saves the entered information or activates the indicated

changes.

■ The Close button closes the dialog box and saves the data you entered.

■ The Cancel button cancels the operation and closes the dialog box without

saving the information you entered.

Keyboard Navigation

Use standard keyboard navigation in dialog boxes. For example, use the Ta b, arrow, and backspace keys to move through dialog box fields, and the Enter key to perform default button functions.

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Illustrations Used in this Manual

Figures containing HAFM and Element Manager screens in this manual are included for illustration purposes only. These illustrations may not match exactly what you see through your server or workstation. Title bars have been removed from the illustrations, and fields in the illustrations may contain different data than in screens displayed on your system.

Additionally, some illustrations display the Edge Switch 2/24 and some display the Edge Switch 2/32. There a number of differences between the Edge Switch 2/24 and Edge Switch 2/32. For example, the Edge Switch 2/24 uses an FL_Port and the Edge Switch 2/32 does not. These differences are reflected in the screen shots.

Opening the Element Manager

To open the Element Manager:

■ In the HAFM application, double-click the appropriate edge switch product

icon in the Physical/Topology Map, as shown in Figure 2. The Element Manager window displays, showing the default Hardware View. See Figure 3

Or,

■ Right-click the appropriate edge switch product icon in the Physical/Topology

Map, as shown in Figure 2. A pop-up menu displays.

Figure 2: Edge Switch icon

3. Click Element Manager. The Element Manager window displays, showing

the default Hardware View. See Figure 3.

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View panel

Status bar

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View tabsMenu bar

Figure 3: Element Manager window (Hardware View for the Edge Switch 2/24)

Note: The HAFM window is still available as a separate window. You can drag the

Element Manager window away from the other window and view both windows on your desktop, or you can minimize one or both of them to icons, if desired. You can have a maximum of four Element Manager windows open concurrently.

Opening the Online Help

Use the following steps to open the online help:

1. Open the Element Manager for the switch from the HAFM desktop, as described in “Opening the Element Manager” on page 26.

2. Click Help > Contents or press F1.

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Window Layout and Function

The main Element Manager window is divided into four main areas, as shown in

Figure 3 on page 27: Menu bar, View tabs, View panel, and Status bar. You can

use the features in these areas to configure switch operation, monitor performance, and access maintenance features.

Menu Bar

The menu bar on the Element Manager window contains the following menus:

■ Product

■ Configure

■ Logs

■ Maintenance

■ Help

Click on the name of a menu to display a list of menu options. Click an option to open a dialog box that allows you to perform configuration and maintenance tasks and to view logs.

If a menu option contains a check box, click in the box to add a check mark and enable a function. Click a check box containing a check mark to remove the check mark and disable the function.

Product Menu

Click one of the following options on the Product menu:

Management Style

This option is available on the Edge Switch 2/32 only. It includes two suboptions:

■ Open Systems—The management style that is used for open fabrics. Open

Systems is the default management style.

■ FICON—The management style that is most useful when attaching to IBM

S/390 Enterprise Servers.

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Port

This option provides a secondary port menu only when the Hardware View, Port List View, or Performance View displays in the View panel. To use this menu for a specific port, click a port in the Hardware View, a port’s row in the Port List View, or a port’s bar graph in the Performance View. The menu contains options which are identical to those that display when you right-click the port, port row, or port bar graph in those views. For detail on these options, see “Port Menu” on page 72.

FRU

Click a power supply module/fan in the Hardware View only and click Product > FRU > FRU Properties to display the FRU properties dialog box. The FRU

Properties dialog box can also be displayed when you double-click the FRU in the Hardware View. For details on these options, see “Displaying FRU Information” on page 62.

Clear System Error Light

Click this option to turn off the amber system error LED, located below the green/blue power LED on the switch front bezel.

Enable Unit Beaconing

Click the check box for this option to toggle unit beaconing on or off. When the check box has a check mark, unit beaconing is on, and the amber system error light on the switch front bezel blinks to help users locate the actual unit in an equipment room. When you click the check box to remove the check mark, unit beaconing is disabled and the amber LED goes out. You can only enable beaconing if there are no system errors (the system error light is off).

Properties

Click this option to display the Switch Properties dialog box. This dialog box contains the switch name, description, location, and contact person configured through the Configure Identification dialog box. Also included is other product information, as detailed in “Displaying Switch Information” on page 68. You can also display this dialog box by double-clicking an area on the illustration in the Hardware View, away from a hardware component.

Click this option to close the Element Manager window.

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Configure Menu

Click Configure on the menu bar to display a menu that lists the following options. For detailed information on using these options, see “Configuring the

Switch” on page 99.

Identification

Click this option to display the Configure Identification dialog box. Enter the following information in this dialog box:

■ Name—Enter a product name. Note that you can set this name as the

nickname for the switch’s WWN, using the Set Name as Nickname check box. The nickname then displays instead of the WWN in Element Manager views.

Note: You can configure a maximum of 2,048 nicknames.

■ Description—Enter a unique product description.

■ Location—Enter the product’s location.

■ Contact—Enter a contact either by name, phone number, or e-mail address.

Note: This information displays in the identification table at the top of the Hardware

View and in the HAFM Physical/Topology Map, if the view is configured to display names.

Operating Parameters

This option lets you configure switch and fabric parameters, as follows:

■ Click Switch Parameters to display the Configure Switch Parameters dialog

box, which allows you to set Fibre Channel operating parameters. Using this dialog box, you can set parameters, such as preferred domain ID (1 through 31), Domain RSCNs, and Suppress RSCNs on Zone Set Activations. In addition, you can also enable the rerouting delay feature. See “Configuring Operating Parameters” on page 101 for more information.

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