HP StorageWorks 2.12 User Manual

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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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■ Click Fabric Parameters to display the Configure Fabric Parameters dialog

box, which allows you to set parameters for fabric operation. In this dialog box, you can set the resource allocation time-out value (R_A_TOV) and error detect time-out value (E_D_TOV) in tenth-of-a-second increments. You can also set other fabric operating parameters, such as switch priority level (Principal, Default, or Never Principal) and interop mode. You must take the switch offline through the Set Online State dialog box to configure these parameters. See “Configuring Fabric Parameters” on page 105 for more information.

Preferred Path

Click this option to configure an ISL between switches and directors. The ISL consists of the source port of the switch being configured, the exit port of the same switch, and the domain ID of the destination switch. Each switch must be configured for its part of the desired path for optimal performance. You may need to configure Preferred Paths for all switches along the desired path for proper multi-hop Preferred Path operation. For more details about this feature, see “Configuring a Preferred Path” on page 108.

Switch Binding

This submenu provides two options if the SANtegrity Binding feature is installed through the Configure Feature Key dialog box: Change State and Edit Membership List. Clicking Change State displays the Switch Binding State Change dialog box, which you use to activate Switch Binding according to a specific connection policy (Restrict E_Ports, Restrict F_Ports, or Restrict All Ports). Edit Membership List allows you to create a list of switches and devices that you want to allow exclusively to attach to switch ports. For more information, see “Configuring a Feature Key” on page 131 and “Switch Binding” on page 179.

Ports

Click this option to display the Configure Ports dialog box. For each port you can provide a name, block or unblock operation, enable LIN alerts, enable Fabric Address Notification (FAN), define a type (G, F, E, Gx, and Fx), configure Port Binding, define port speed, and enable Port Binding.

Note: Ports are automatically configured as G_Ports if no device is connected, F_Ports

if a device is connected, E_Ports if a switch is connected, and FL_Port if connected to a loop device.

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SNMP Agent

Click this option to display the Configure SNMP dialog box. Use this dialog box to configure network addresses and community names for up to six SNMP trap recipients. You can also authorize write permissions to enable SNMP management stations to modify writable Management Information Base (MIB) variables. In addition, you can enable authorization traps to be sent to management stations when unauthorized stations request access to switch SNMP data.

Management Server

Edge Switch 2/32 only. Click this option to display the Configure Open Systems Management Server dialog box. This dialog box will only display if the Open Systems Management Server feature is enabled for the switch. (This feature allows you to manage switches without using the HAFM application.) Use this menu option to configure an open systems inband management program to function with the switch.

Note: To use these procedures, you must have enabled the Open Systems

Management Server through the Configure Feature Key dialog box. See “Configuring

a Feature Key” on page 131 for more information.

Features

Click this option to display the Configure Feature Key dialog box. Use this dialog box to enter a feature key to enable optional features that you have purchased for the switch. See “Configuring a Feature Key” on page 131 for more information.

Date and Time

Click this option to display the Configure Date and Time dialog box. Use this dialog box to set the current date and time in the switch. When the Periodic Date/Time Synchronization check box is checked, the Date and Time fields are grayed out (disabled), and the switch date and time are periodically synchronized with the HAFM appliance date and time. If the Periodic Date/Time Synchronization check box is not checked, you can set the date and time in the dialog box fields manually.

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Threshold Alerts

Click this option to configure threshold alerts for ports. A threshold alert notifies users when the transmit (Tx) or receive (Rx) throughput reaches specified values for specific switch ports or port types (E_Ports F_Ports, or FL_Ports).

Using this option, you can configure:

■ A name for the alert.

■ A threshold type for the alert (Rx, Tx, or both).

■ Active or inactive state of the alert.

■ Threshold criteria. This includes configuring the threshold as the percent of

port traffic capacity utilized (% utilization). You must also configure the time interval during which the throughput is measured, and the maximum cumulative time that the throughput percentage threshold can be exceeded during this time interval before an alert is generated.

Open Trunking

Click this option to enable the optional OpenTrunking feature. This feature monitors the average data rates of all traffic flows on ISLs (from a receive port to a target domain). It also periodically adjusts routing tables to reroute data flows from congested links to lightly loaded links and optimize bandwidth use. The feature can be installed through the Configure Feature Key dialog box. See “Configuring a Feature Key” on page 131 and “Open Trunking” on page 187 for more information.

Export Configuration Report

Click this option to display the Export Configuration Report dialog box, which enables you to specify a file name in which to save an American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) text file containing all current user-definable configuration options in a printable format. Note that this file cannot be read back into the Element Manager in order to set configuration parameters.

Enable Web Server

Click this option to enable the Embedded Web Server (EWS) on the switch. This puts a check mark in the box next to the menu option. Click the option again to clear the check mark and disable the EWS interface. When this option is disabled, users at remote workstations cannot access the EWS interface.

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Enable Telnet

Click this option to enable telnet access to the switch. This puts a check mark in the box next to the menu option. Click the option again to clear the check mark and disable telnet access. When this option is disabled, users at remote workstations cannot access the switch through telnet to use the Command Line Interface (CLI).

Logs Menu

The Element Manager provides logs that show a record of various events that have occurred on the switch. Click the Logs menu to display the following options.

For detailed information on using these dialog boxes, see “Using Logs” on page 149.

Audit Log

This log provides a record of all configuration changes made on the switch. Each entry displays the date and time of the change, a description of the change, the source of the change (such as the HAFM appliance or SNMP management station), and an identifier for the source, such as the IP address of the HAFM appliance or SNMP management station.

Event Log

Click this option to display the switch event log. This log provides a record of significant events that have occurred on the switch, such as hardware failures, degraded operation, and port problems. Each entry includes the date and time of the event, a reason code for the event, the severity level, a brief description, and up to 32 bytes of supplementary event data. Refer to the appropriate service manual for your Edge Switch for more information.

Hardware Log

This log displays information on FRUs inserted and removed from the switch. Each log entry includes the name of the FRU inserted or removed, the slot position relative to identical FRUs installed, whether the FRU was inserted or removed, the FRU part number and serial number, and the date and time the FRU was inserted or removed.

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Link Incident Log

The link incident (LIN) log displays the most recent incidents with their date and time, port number, and a description of the incident. A link incident can be one of several conditions detected on a fiber optic link. For a list of events that may cause a link incident to be written to the log, see “Link Incident Log” on page 157.

This log includes link incidents from all group configuration elements. Individual link incidents can also be viewed by drilling down to the Element Manager for that group configuration element.

Threshold Alert Log

This log provides notifications of threshold alerts. Besides the date and time that the alert occurred, it also displays information that was configured through the Threshold Alerts option under the Configure menu. This includes the alert name, the port for which the alert is configured, the type of alert (transmit throughput, receive throughput, or both), threshold utilization of traffic capacity, minutes the threshold was configured for, and the configured time interval for the threshold. For more details on this log, see “Threshold Alert Log” on page 159.

Open Trunking Log

This log provides details on flow rerouting through switch ports. This log displays only if the optional OpenTrunking feature is installed. For more details on this log, see “Open Trunking Log” on page 191.

Maintenance Menu

Click on the Maintenance menu on the menu bar to display a list of the following options. For detailed information on using these dialog boxes, see “Using

Maintenance Features” on page 161.

Port(s) Diagnostics

This option displays the Port(s) Diagnostics dialog box. Use this dialog box to run internal and external loopback tests on ports. Refer to the appropriate service manual for your Edge Switch for instructions.

Data Collection

This option displays the Save Data Collection dialog box. Use this dialog box to collect maintenance data into a file. This file is used by support personnel to diagnose system problems. Refer to the appropriate service manual for your Edge Switch for instructions.

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IPL

Click this option to initiate an Initial Program Load on the switch. A dialog box displays to allow you to confirm the IPL. Note that an IPL does not affect any configuration settings done through the Element Manager. This operation does not interrupt port operation.

See the “Execute an IPL” on page 164 for more information.

Set Online State

Click this option to display the Set Online State dialog box. Use this dialog box to change the online state of the switch to offline or online.

Firmware Library

Click this option to display the Firmware Library dialog box. This dialog box displays all firmware versions currently installed on the HAFM appliance that can be downloaded to switches. Use this dialog box to add a new firmware version to the HAFM appliance hard disk, modify the description displayed for an existing version, delete a version from the appliance, or download (send) a version for operation on a switch. At most, eight versions of the firmware can be stored in the library.

For additional information on using the firmware library, refer to the following documents:

■ HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 Installation Guide or HP StorageWorks

Edge Switch 2/24 Service Guide

■ HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/32 Installation Guide or HP StorageWorks

Edge Switch 2/32 Service Guide

Enable E-Mail Notification

The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server and e-mail recipient addresses are configured in HAFM (not in the Element Manager). E-mail notification is also initially enabled in HAFM for all switches it manages. Note, however, that the E-Mail Notification option on the Element Manager’s Maintenance menu must be enabled (checked) for e-mail notification to occur for the specific switch.

The default setting for the Enable E-Mail Notification function is enabled (checked). To disable the function, click Maintenance > Enable E-Mail Notification to clear the check box.

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For additional information on using this option, see “Enable E-Mail Notification” on page 167.

Enable Call Home Notification

Click Maintenance > Enable Call Home Notification to enable the call-home function for the switch. The parameters of the call-home feature are configured in

Windows

. Refer to the HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager Appliance

Installation Guide for instructions. For additional information on using this option, see “Enable or Disable Call Home

Notification” on page 167.

Backup & Restore Configuration

Click this option to save the product configuration stored on the switch to the HAFM appliance hard disk or to restore the configuration data from the appliance. Only a single copy of the configuration is kept on the appliance.

This backup is primarily for single-control processor (CTP) systems, where a backup is needed to restore the configuration data to a replacement CTP card. You cannot modify the location or the file name of the saved configuration.

For additional information on using this option, see “Backing Up and Restoring

Configuration Data” on page 147.

Note: You can only restore the configuration to a switch with the same IP address.

Reset Configuration

Click this option to reset all switch configuration data back to the factory defaults. When you choose this option, a confirmation dialog box displays with a warning. For additional information on using this option, see “Reset Configuration” on page 170.

Caution: This operation resets all configuration data, including any optional

features that have been installed. You will need to re-enter your feature key to enable all optional features after resetting the configuration.

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Help Menu

Click on the Help menu on the menu bar to display a list of the following options.

Contents

Click this option to display the Help window. The Help window opens with the Contents menu visible. You can click the Index pane or click the Search icon to conduct a search. The help text provides buttons and hypertext—linked items to help you quickly navigate through information. Use the forward (>) and back (<) buttons to scroll forward and backward through the displayed help frames. Exit the help feature at any time by clicking the Close icon at the top of the Help window.

About

Click this option to display the version number for the Element Manager and copyright information.

View Tabs

Click one of the view tabs across the top of the Element Manager window to display the following views in the View panel.

■ Hardware

■ Port List

■ Node List

■ Performance

■ FRU List

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Views, selected from the View tabs, display under the tabs in the View panel.

Hardware View

The Hardware View is the default view that displays in the View panel the first time you open a switch’s Element Manager. To return to this view from another view, click the Hardware tab. See Figure 4 for an example of this view.

Figure 4: Hardware View

In the Hardware View, colored indicators reflect the status of actual LEDs on the switch FRUs. The status bar displays a symbol to represent the most degraded status currently reported by any of the switch FRUs. For example, for a port failure, indicated by a blinking red and yellow diamond on a port, a yellow triangle displays on the status bar to indicate a degraded condition. However, if a blinking red and yellow diamond displays over both power supplies, the status bar displays a red and yellow diamond, which indicates a failure requiring immediate attention.

For an explanation of the different status symbols and the reasons they display in the Hardware View or Port List View, see the table under “Monitoring Hardware

Operation” on page 59.

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Switch Menu

Double-click the switch graphic, away from a FRU, to display the Switch Properties dialog box. Right-click a hardware graphic, away from a FRU, to display the following options:

■ Properties

■ Enable Unit Beaconing

■ Clear System Error Light

■ IPL

■ Date and Time

■ Set Online State

For details on menu options, see “Switch Menu” on page 69. For details on navigating and monitoring via the Hardware View, see “Hardware

View” on page 56.

Port Menu

Double-click a port to display the Port Properties dialog box. Right-click a port to display the following options:

■ Port Properties

■ Node Properties

■ Port Technology

■ Block Port

■ Enable Beaconing

■ Port(s) Diagnostics

■ Clear Link Incident Alert(s)

■ Reset Port

■ Port Binding

■ Clear Threshold Alert(s)

These options are also available when you click a port in the Hardware View and choose the port secondary menu from the Product menu on the menu bar.

For details on menu options, see “Port Menu” on page 72. For details on navigating and monitoring via the Hardware View, see “Hardware

View” on page 56.

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Port List View

Click the Port List view tab. The Port List View displays. This view contains a table of data on all Fibre Channel ports in the switch. This data includes the port number, port name, blocked configuration state, operational state (such as online or failed), type of port, and any alerts. Figure 5 shows an example of the Port List View.

Figure 5: Port List View

The Port List View displays information about all ports installed in the switch. All data is dynamic and updates automatically. Double-click any row in this view to display the Port Properties dialog box for the port.

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Right-click a port row to display the same menu options that display when you right-click a port in the Hardware View or a port’s bar graph in the Performance View. These include:

■ Port Properties

■ Node Properties

■ Port Technology

■ Block Port

■ Enable Beaconing

■ Port(s) Diagnostics

■ Clear Link Incident Alert(s)

■ Reset Port

■ Port Binding

■ Clear Threshold Alert(s)

These options are also available when you click a port row and then click Product > Port.

For details on these menu options, see “Port Menu” on page 72. For details on navigating and monitoring via the Port List View, see “Port List

View” on page 76.

Node List View

Click the Node List view tab. The Node List View displays, as show in Figure 6. This view shows a table with information about the node attachments to existing ports, sorted by port number. Information includes the switch port number, port or node addresses, node type, port World Wide Name (WWN), unit type, and BB_Credit.

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Figure 6: Node List View

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Double-click a port row to highlight it and display the Node Properties dialog box for that port.

Right-click a port row to display the following menu options:

■ Node Properties—Displays the Node Properties dialog box.

■ Port Properties—Displays the Port Properties dialog box.

■ Define Nickname—Displays the Define Nickname dialog box, in which you

can define a nickname to display for the attached device instead of the device’s 8-byte WWN.

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

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■ Display options—Allows you to display attached devices listed under the

Port WWN column in the Node List View by the device’s nickname, configured through the Define Nickname menu option or the device's WWN.

These options are also available when you click a port row and then click Product > Port.

For details on navigating and monitoring via the Node List View, see “Node List

View” on page 79.

Performance View

Click the Performance view tab. Figure 7 shows an example of the Performance View. This view provides a graphical display of performance for all ports. The top portion of the Performance View displays bar graphs that show the level of transmit/receive activity for each port. (Use the scroll bar to view bar graphs for all the ports.) The information in this view updates every five seconds.

Figure 7: Performance View (Edge Switch 2/32)

Each bar graph also shows the percentage link utilization for the port. A red arrow marks the highest utilization level reached since the Performance View was opened. If the system detects activity on a port, it represents minimal activity with at least one bar.

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When an end device (node) is logged into a port, moving the mouse pointer over the port’s bar graph in the Performance View highlights the graph and displays a message with the WWN of the connected node. If the connected node has more than one port, this is the WWN of the specific port on the node. The following types of messages display:

■ E_Port—Occurs when a port is functioning as an expansion port (E_Port).

■ Port’s current online state—Occurs when a port is not logged into an

end-device (not functioning as an F_Port) or to another switch (not functioning as an E_Port). This message can also occur when a port is functioning as an FL_Port.

■ WWN of the device—Occurs when the port is logged into an end device

(functioning as an F_Port).

Right-click a bar graph to display a menu of port-related actions. The options available on this menu are the same as those that are available when you right-click a port in the Hardware View or right-click a row in the Port List View. These include:

■ Port Properties

■ Node Properties (Edge Switch 2/32 only)

■ Port Technology

■ Block Port

■ Enable Beaconing

■ Port(s) Diagnostics

■ Clear Link Incident Alert(s)

■ Reset Port

■ Port Binding

■ Clear Threshold Alert(s)

Note: Note that these options are also available when you click a port’s graph and

then click Product > Port.

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For details on menu options, see “Port Menu” on page 72. The bottom portion of the Performance View displays cumulative statistical

information for the port selected in the bar graph. Values are displayed for cumulative port statistics; error count values for a port, including traffic statistics, Class 2 and 3 accounting statistics; operational statistics; and error statistics. Click a category in the left frame of the statistics area to display only statistics in that category, or click All to display values for all categories. Click the Refresh button to update the data with current data from the port.

The Clear button clears all of the counters to zero. Clicking this button displays a Clear Port Statistics dialog box. Click the appropriate option button and click OK to clear all counters to zero on the selected port only or counters on all ports on the switch.

Note: Clearing the counters clears the statistics for all users.

For more information about the Performance View, including statistics descriptions, see “Performance View” on page 84.

FRU List View

To display the FRU List View, click the FRU List tab. A table, as shown in

Figure 8 on page 47, displays in the View panel. This table included information

about each FRU installed in the switch. All data is dynamic and updates automatically.

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Status Bar

Double-click a row to display the FRU Properties for the selected FRU. For details on navigating and monitoring via the FRU List View, see “FRU List

View” on page 91.

The status bar is located along the bottom of the Element Manager window. This includes a symbol that displays at the left side of the bar, and messages that display in the panel to the right of the symbol. The symbol indicates the current operating status of the switch, and the messages display to provide more description of menu options as you move the mouse pointer over the options under menu bar menus.

See Tabl e 2 on page 48 for the meaning of these status symbols and of the corresponding alert text that displays in the Edge Switch Status table at the top of the Hardware View in the View panel.

If a gray square displays in the status bar (no Ethernet connection), a reason for the status displays in the Status table at the top of the Hardware View. See the No Link Status bullet on page 57 for details.

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Table 2: Switch Status Symbols

Symbol Status Bar

Switch Status

Table Text

Meaning

Green Circle Fully Operational All components and installed

ports are operational; no failures.

Yellow Triangle

Redundant Failure A redundant component has

failed, such as a power supply, and the backup component has taken over operation.

Minor Failure A failure occurred which has

decreased the switch operational ability. Normal switching operations are not affected.

Red Diamond with Yellow Background

NOT OPERATIONAL A critical failure prevents the

switch from performing fundamental switching operations.

All fans failed. An installed port failed. Both power supplies failed.

Gray Square Never Connected

Link Timeout Protocol Mismatch Duplicate Session Unknown Network

Address Incorrect Product

Switch status is unknown. This occurs if the Ethernet network connection between the HAFM appliance and the switch cannot be established or if the CTP fails. See the No Link Status bullet on page 57 for details on the status table text.

Type

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Closing the Element Manager

To close the Element Manager, use the following methods:

■ Click Product > Close.

■ Click the X button at the top right corner of the Element Manager window.

■ Double-click the icon at the top left corner of the Element Manager window,

or right-click the icon and click Close from the menu that displays.

Feature Permissions

The system administrator can allow users access to specific functions of Element Manager features through HAFM.

Detailed instructions for assigning permissions are provided in the HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager User Guide.

There are three permission levels or that can be assigned to specific users:

■ Device Administration

■ Device Operation

■ Device Maintenance

By default, all users have read-only feature permissions, which allow viewing, but not modifying, data or configurations. You can enable each of the permission levels as either read-only or read/write for specific users.

Element Manager Overview

Users that are assigned a permission level that is required for a specific feature must also be given read/write access to modify any data through the feature. For example, to clear the Audit Log, a user must be assigned Device Administration permission, as well as read/write access. If a user is assigned Device Administration permission, but read-only access, that user can only view the Audit Log.

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Required Permissions for Element Manager Features

Tabl e 3 itemizes specific functions available to Element Manager users who have

been assigned Device Administration, Device Operation, and Device Maintenance permissions. Note that the user must also be assigned read/write access to perform functions that modify data or configurations. If a user does not have permission to perform a specific operation, a not-authorized error box displays when the operation is attempted.

Table 3: Permissions Required for Feature Functions

Element Manager

Rights

Backup and Restore Configuration

Channel Wrap (FICON management style) (Edge Switch 2/32 only)

Clear Audit Log X Clear Event Log X Clear Hardware Log X X Clear LIN Alert X X X Clear LIN Log X Clear System Error Light X Clear Threshold Alerts X Clear Threshold Event Log X Configure Addresses –

“Act ive ” ( FIC ON management style—Edge Switch 2/32 only)

Configure Addresses – “Stored” (FICON management style—Edge Switch 2/32 only)

Configure Date/Time X X X Configure Feature Key X Configure Identification X Configure Management

Server

Device

Administration

XXX

Device

Operation

Device

Maintenance

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Table 3: Permissions Required for Feature Functions (Continued)

Element Manager

Rights

Configure Switch

Device

Administration

Device

Operation

Device

Maintenance

Parameters Configure Fabric

Parameters Modify Port Binding X Configure Open Trunking X Configure Ports X X Configure SNMP X Configure Switch Binding X Configure Threshold Alerts X Configure Zoning X Data Collection X Date/Time Sync

XXX

Configuration Enable Call Home

Notification Enable E-Mail Notification X X Enable Telnet X Enable Embedded Web

Server Export Configuration

XXX

Report IPL X X X Manage Firmware X Port Diagnostics X Port Beaconing X X X Reset Configuration X Reset Statistics Counters

(Performance View) Reset Port X X Unit Beaconing X X X

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Table 3: Permissions Required for Feature Functions (Continued)

Element Manager

Rights

Device

Administration

Device

Operation

Device

Maintenance

View Event Log X X View Firmware X View Hardware Log X X X View LIN Log X X X View Open Trunking Log X X View SNMP X X X View Threshold Alert Log X X X

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Backing Up and Restoring Element Manager Data

You can protect your data by backing it up and then restoring it as necessary.

What is Backed Up?

The following data, contained in the <Install_Home>\Server, <Install_Home>\Client, and <Install_Home>\Call Home directo-

ries, are backed up to disk:

Note: <Install_Home> refers to the directory where the HAFM

application

installed.

■ All log files.

■ Zoning library (all zone sets and zone definitions). Note that zoning is

configured through HAFM.

■ Call-home configuration (including phone numbers and dialing options).

■ Configuration data.

Note: This data can also be saved through the Backup & Restore Configuration option

on the Element Manager Maintenance menu.

■ Plans. Data is saved if the optional Planning feature is available through

HAFM.

■ License information.

■ User launch scripts.

■ User defined sounds.

■ All data exported through the Export option on the HAFM SAN menu.

Note: Firmware files are NOT backed up.

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Backing Up to a CD

The rack-mount HAFM appliance is backed up to a compact disk, rewritable (CD-RW). As long as a CD-RW disk remains in the CD recorder drive of the HAFM appliance, critical information from both the Element Manager and the HAFM are automatically backed up to the CD-RW disk when the data directory contents change or when you reboot HAFM.

Restoring Data from a CD

To restore data to HAFM, copy the three folders from the CD-RW (D:\Backup\) and paste them in the root directory on the C drive (C:\). You will be asked if you want to overwrite the existing files; click Ye s .

Manual Backup Procedures

A full data backup occurs the first time that you configure any parameter on a new HAFM appliance.

After this initial backup, a backup only occurs when any data changes or if the HAFM appliance is rebooted. This backup is not a full backup, but only an incremental backup of changed data.

You should do a manual backup to ensure that HAFM data is fully backed up to a CD-ROM disk if any of the following occur:

■ You are changing or archiving these disks.

■ You have changed a disk and a Use current disk message displays.

To manually backup HAFM data:

1. Locate these folders on C:\<Install_Home>, where <Install_Home> refers to the directory where the HAFM application is installed:

■ \Server

■ \Client

■ \Call Home

Copy these folders to X:\backup, where X is the drive letter for your CD-ROM drive where backups occur. Overwrite the existing files.

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Monitoring and Managing the Switch

This chapter describes how to use the features available in the Element Manager View panel to monitor and manage switch operation. These features include status indicators, menu options, and dialog boxes available through the Hardware View, Port List View, FRU List View, Node List View, and Performance View. This chapter includes the following topics:

■ Hardware View, page 56

■ Port List View, page 76

■ Node List View, page 79

■ Performance View, page 84

■ FRU List View, page 91

■ Port Operational States, page 93

■ Link Incident Alerts, page 96

■ Threshold Alerts, page 97

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Hardware View

The Hardware View is the default view when you open the Element Manager. If another view displays, you can display the Hardware View by clicking the Hardware view tab on the Element Manager window. Using this graphical view of the switch, you can view status symbols and simulated light emitting diode (LED) indicators. You can also display data and use mouse functions to monitor status and obtain vital product information for the switch and its hardware components.

Identifying FRUs

Move the mouse pointer over parts of the switch graphic in the Hardware View to display labels identifying each hardware component. The labels also specify each components slot position in the chassis relative to identical components installed in the switch. Components include:

■ Power supply module. Note that each AC connector on the rear of the unit is

the location of an internal power supply (two total).

■ Ports (small form factor LC transceivers).

Monitoring Switch Operation

Monitor the operating status of the switch using the switch Status table on the Hardware View and the status indicator on the status bar at the bottom of the Element Manager window.

Switch Status Table

The Status table at the top of the Hardware View displays the switch’s operational status, operational state, name, description, and location, as follows:

■ Status—See Tab le 4 on page 93 for the meaning of the text that displays in

the switch Status table and the corresponding status symbols that display on the status bar.

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■ State—The State field displays one of the following:

— Offline—When the switch is “OFFLINE,” all ports are offline. The ports

cannot accept a login from an attached device or cannot connect to other switches. You can configure this state through the Set Online State dialog box. See “Set Online State” on page 166 for instructions.

— Online—All unblocked ports are able to connect with devices. You can

configure this state through the Set Online State dialog box. See “Set

Online State” on page 166 for instructions. Note that the switch

automatically goes online after a power-up, an initial machine load (IML), or initial program load (IPL).

— Coming online—This is a transitional state that occurs just before the

switch goes online. This state normally only happens briefly, unless there is a problem reaching the online state.

— Going offline—This is a transitional state that occurs just before the

switch goes offline. This state normally only happens briefly, unless there is a problem reaching the offline state.

■ No Link Status—If the Ethernet network connection between the HAFM

appliance and the switch is down, the Hardware View displays the front and rear of the unit without FRUs. The switch Status table at the top of the Hardware View changes to display the status (No Link) and the associated reason with a yellow background. The name, description, and location fields are blank.

The Reason field on the switch Status table displays one of the following reasons when there are no links:

— Never Connected—A network connection was never established

between the switch and the HAFM appliance or the CTP card has failed. Check the IP addresses, the Ethernet local area network (LAN) physical connection between the switch and HAFM appliance, and other network connection conditions.

— Link Timeout—The network connection that was established between

the switch and HAFM appliance has been lost. Check the IP addresses, the Ethernet LAN physical connection between the switch and HAFM appliance, IP addresses, and other network components.

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— Protocol Mismatch—The switch and the HAFM appliance are not at

compatible software release levels. Update the HAFM software version or your product’s firmware so that they are at compatible levels.

— Duplicate Session—A link has previously been established between the

switch and another instance of the HAFM appliance. Connect to the previously established HAFM appliance from the HAFM login screen.

— Unknown Network Address—The address defined for the switch in

HAFM could not be found in the domain name server (DNS). Either the name was mistyped when the switch was added to the application, or the name was not available from the DNS. Check the network IP address for the switch definition in HAFM by right-clicking the product icon and clicking Properties. The IP address displays in the Network Address field.

— Incorrect Product Type—The product at the configured network address

is not a switch. Verify address, configuration, and product type.

Status Bar Status Indicator

The status bar displays a colored status symbol that indicates the overall operating status of the switch unit. The operating status depends on hardware component failures, which are indicated by status symbols that display over component graphics in the Hardware View. See “Hardware View” on page 56 for the meanings of status symbols in the status bar.

The status bar indicates the switch operating status based on component failures. For example, a yellow triangle displays in the status bar to indicate a degraded switch. However, if a blinking red and yellow diamond displays over both power supplies, the status bar displays a red and yellow diamond, indicating a failure that requires immediate attention.

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Monitoring Hardware Operation

You can determine hardware component operating status and states by viewing the simulated light emitting diode (LED) indicators and status symbols, such as flashing red and yellow diamonds and yellow triangles, that display on hardware components. These simulated LEDs and status symbols reflect the state of the actual hardware as changes occur. Corresponding or additional descriptions of hardware status and states also display when you double-click components to display Properties dialog boxes.

Figure 9 illustrates the Hardware View for the Edge Switch. The figure includes

examples of symbols and LED indicators that display to help you monitor hardware operation. The numbers called out in Figure 9 are keyed to descriptions in the sections, “Front View” on page 60 and “Rear View” on page 61.

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1 Port Attention Indicator 2 Port L ED Indicator 3 Port Failure Indicator 4 Beaconing

5 Not Installed 6 Power, Sys t e m Error, and Un i t

Beaconing Indicators

7 Power Supply Status

Figure 9: Hardware Operation - Edge Switch Hardware View

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Front View

1 Port Attention Indicator

The yellow triangle ( ) on the port connector graphic indicates that a link incident occurred or that the port is not operational, in nonstandard mode of operation, or has other status. You can determine the reason for a link incident by displaying the Port Properties dialog box for the port. For details on status symbols, see Tabl e 4 on page 93. For information on link incidents, see “Link

Incident Alerts” on page 96.

2 Port LED Indicator

The two round indicators (green or blue and amber) to the left of each port connector simulate LED operation on the actual switch port. A green LED indicates that the port is online with an operating speed of 1 gigabit per second (Gbps). A blue LED indicates that the port is online with an operating speed of 2 Gbps. When the amber indicator illuminates steadily, the port has failed and requires service. For details on port LED indicator operation, see

Tabl e 4 on page 93.

3 Port Failure Indicator

A blinking red and yellow diamond ( ) over a port connector indicates that the port has failed. See Tab le 4 on page 93 for details on port operating states and the status symbol and indicator operation.

4 Beaconing

When a blinking amber LED indicator displays by a port and a yellow triangle attention indicator ( ) displays over the port's connector, beaconing is enabled. See Tabl e 4 on page 93 for details on port operating states and the status symbol and indicator operation.

5 Not Installed

The port optics are not installed, or the feature that provides additional port function is not enabled.

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6 Power, System Error, and Unit Beaconing Indicators

The green or amber indicators on the far left of the front view simulate the power and system error LEDs on the actual switch.

— Power Indicator. The green indicator (PWR) simulates the power LED on

the actual switch. When the indicator illuminates, the switch is connected to facility AC power and is operational. The indicator will be on if either power supply is operating.

— System Error Indicator. The amber system error light indicator (ERR)

simulates the system error light on the actual switch. When this indicator illuminates, an event has occurred requiring immediate attention, such as a system, power supply/fan, or port failure. View details of system errors by clicking Logs > Event Log on the Element Manager menu bar. The indicator in the Hardware View and the LED on the actual unit remains illuminated until you clear the event by right-clicking on the front view away from a hardware component and clicking Clear System Error Light.

— Unit Beaconing Indicator. The amber system error indicator blinks if unit

beaconing is enabled. Enable and disable unit beaconing by right-clicking on the front view away from a hardware component and clicking Enable Unit Beaconing. You can only enable beaconing if there are no system errors (the system error indicator is off).

Rear View

7 Power Supply Status

Each AC power connector indicates the location of an internal power supply. An amber, service-required LED indicator is located in the upper left corner of each AC power connector. The indicator illuminates if the power supply has failed and requires service. The indicator is off if the power supply is active.

When a red and yellow diamond ( ) displays on a power connector, the internal power supply for that connector has failed. Note that the switch operates with one power supply failure; however, you should replace the power supply as soon as possible to retain redundancy.

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Obtaining Hardware Information

The Element Manager enables you to display FRU information, port properties, and switch properties using the various dialog boxes available on the Hardware View.

Displaying FRU Information

Display the FRU Properties dialog box using one of the following methods:

■ Double-click on a FRU, such as a power supply module illustrated in the

Hardware View.

■ Click an FRU in the Hardware View, then click Product > FRU > FRU

Properties.

■ Double-click on a row in the FRU List view.

The FRU Properties dialog box displays the FRU name, slot position relative to identical FRUs installed in the chassis, active or failed state, part number, and serial number.

Figure 10: FRU Properties dialog box

Displaying Port Information

There are several ways to display the Port Properties dialog box:

■ Double-click on a port connector in the Hardware View.

■ Right-click on a port connector in the Hardware View and click Port

Properties from the pop-up menu.

■ Double-click on the port row in the Port List View table.

■ Right-click on a port connector in the Performance View and click Port

Properties.

■ Right-click on a port’s row in the Port List View and click Port Properties.

■ Right-click on a port’s row in the Node List View and click Port Properties.

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■ Click on a connector, port row, or bar graph in the preceding views or click

Product > Port > Port Properties.

Figure 11: Port Properties dialog box (Edge Switch 2/32)

Port Properties Parameters

The Port Properties dialog box provides the following information in each of the listed fields:

■ Port Number—The physical port number.

■ Port Name—User-defined port name or description. See “Configuring Ports”

on page 115 for instructions.

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■ Typ e—Displays the port type, as follows:

— G_port—Displays if nothing is logged into the port or the port is

configured to be a G_Port.

— F_Port—Displays if a device is logged into the port or the port is

configured to be an F_Port.

— E_Port—Displays if the port is connected to another switch’s E_Port

through an ISL or the port is configured to be an E_Port. — FL_Port—Displays if a loop device is logged into the port. — FX_Port—Displays if the port is configured to be an FX_Port. — GX_Port— Displays if the port is configured to be a GX_Port.

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■ Operating Speed—Displays the current data speed for the port as 1 Gig, 2

Gig, or Not Established. Not Established displays if Negotiate

was set for the port through the Configure Ports dialog box and the data speed has not been resolved between the port and the attached device, or if the port and device are not communicating.

■ Port WWN—The port’s 16-digit World Wide Name (WWN).

■ Attached Port WWN—The WWN of the node logged into the port.

■ Block Configuration—Blocked or unblocked. Operation can be blocked or

unblocked using any of the following methods: — Through the Configure Ports dialog box. See “Configuring Ports” on

page 115 for instructions. — Right-click a port in the Hardware View, a port’s row in the Port List

View, or a port bar graph in the Performance View, and click Block Port. — Click Product > Port > Block Port. This option is available from the

Hardware View, the Port List View, or the Performance View.

■ 10-100 km Configuration—Extended distance buffering. This can be

enabled or disabled for the port through the Configure Ports dialog box. See “Configuring Ports” on page 115 for instructions.

■ LIN Alerts Configuration—This field indicates whether LIN alerts are

enabled or disabled. LIN alerts can be configured through the Configure Ports dialog box. The default is for the LIN alerts to be enabled.

■ FAN Configuration—Indicates whether Fabric Address Notification (FAN)

is On or Off when the port is operating as an FL_Port.

■ Beaconing—This field indicates the beaconing status for the port. To enable

or disable beaconing, right-click the port and click Enable Beaconing. (A port in a failed state cannot be set to beacon.)

■ Link Incident—Description of the last link incident that occurred on the port.

■ Operational State—Beaconing, Inactive, Invalid Attachment, Link Incident,

Link Reset, No Light, Not Operational, Online, Offline, Port Failure, Segmented E_port, Testing, Or Not Installed. See Table 4 on page 93 for definitions of operational states.

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■ Reason—When the port operating state is Segmented E_Port, Invalid

Attachment, or Inactive, this field displays the reason for that state. When an E_Port is segmented, two fabrics are prevented from joining. This only occurs when the switch is connected to another switch.

The following messages display in the Reason field of the Port Properties dialog box if an Invalid Attachment, Segmented E_Port, or Inactive state occurs for the port:

Invalid Attachment Messages: — 01 Unknown. The reason is not known. — 02 ISL connection not allowed on this port. ISL is

connected to a port configured as an F_Port. — 03 ELP rejected by the attached switch. This switch

transmitted an exchange link protocol (ELP) frame that was rejected by

the switch at the other end of the ISL — 04 Incompatible switch other end of the ISL. The

switch is configured for Homogenous mode, and the switch at the other

end of the ISL is an HP switch configured for Open Fabric 1.0 mode. — 05 External loopback adapter connected to the

port. A loopback plug is connected to the port, and no diagnostic test is

running. — 06 N_Port connection not allowed on this port. The

port type configuration does not match the actual port use. (The port is

configured as an E_Port, but attaches to a node device.) — 07 Non-HP switch at other end of the ISL. The cable is

connected to a non-HP switch, and interop mode is set to Open Fabric 1.0

mode. — 08 ISL connection not allowed on this port. The port

type configuration does not match the actual port use. (The port is

configured as an F_Port, but attaches to a switch or director.) — 10 Port binding violation - Unauthorized WWN. The

WWN entered to configure Port Binding for this port is not valid, or a

nickname was used that is not configured for the attached device in the

Element Manager.

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— 11 Unresponsive node connected to port. Possible

causes are:

— Hardware problem on switch or on a connected node where ELP

frames are not delivered, the response is not received, or a fabric login (FLOGI) cannot be received. There may be problems in the switch

SBAR. — Faulty or dirty cable connection. — Faulty host bus adapters that do not send out FLOGI within a

reasonable time frame.

— 0x0C ESA Security Mismatch. Processing of Exchange Security

Attribute Frame detected required security feature mismatch.

— 0x0D Fabric Binding Mismatch. Fabric Binding is enabled and

detected a switch connection with an incompatible fabric membership list. Could also be the result of problems delivering EFMD ILS.

— 0x0E Authorization Failure Reject. The switch on the

other side of the ISL detected a security violation. This switch receives notification via a generic reject reason code and sets its port to the invalid attachment state in sympathy.

— 0x0F Unauthorized Switch Binding WWN. A Switch Binding

error was detected on either an E_Port or F_Port.

— 0x10 Authentication Failure. ISL Authentication Check

(CHAP) failed. If you wish to allow the connection, update the authentication lists or disable authentication.

— 0x11 Fabric Mode Mismatch—A connection was not allowed

because: — An HP M-Series switch or director attempted to connect to an HP

switch or director running in Open Fabric mode. — An HP M-Series switch or director running in Open Fabric mode

attempted to connect to another vendor’s switch or director with an

incorrect ELP revision level.

— 0x12 CNT WAN Extension Mode Mismatch—The ELP

maximum frame sizes were incompatible because one product running in CNT WAN extension mode attempted to connect to another product running in a normal mode.

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Segmented E_Port Messages: — Incompatible operating parameters, such as

resource allocation time-out values (R_A_TOV) or error-detect time-out values (E_D_TOV) are inconsistent—See “Configuring Operating Parameters” on

page 101 for more information.

— Duplicate domain IDs—See “Configuring Operating Parameters”

on page 101 for more information.

— Incompatible zoning configurations—Refer to the HP

StorageWorks HA-Fabric SAN High Availability Planning Guide for information on joining zoned fabrics.

— Build fabric protocol error. — No principal switch (no switch in fabric is

capable of being the principal switch).

— No response from an attached switch.

■ Threshold Alert—If a threshold alert exists for the port, an alert indicator

(yellow triangle) displays by the Threshold Alert field, and the configured name for the last alert received displays in the field.

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Displaying Switch Information

Double-click the switch illustration (near to, but not on, a hardware component) to display the Switch Properties dialog box, as shown in Figure 12.

Figure 12: Switch Properties dialog box (Edge Switch 2/32)

The following information displays in this dialog box:

■ Name—Switch Name, description, location, and contact configured through

the Configure Identification dialog box.

■ Type Number—Fibre Channel World Wide Name (WWN) identifier for the

switch.

■ Type Number—Edge Switch type number.

■ Model Number—Product model number.

■ Manufacturer—Product manufacturer.

■ Serial Number—Product serial number.

■ EC Level—Engineering change (EC) level.

■ Firmware Level—Firmware version number.

■ Management Style—Always set to the Open Systems management style.

■ Preferred Domain ID— As set through the Configure Switch Parameters

dialog box.

■ Active Domain ID—The actual domain ID assigned to the switch.

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■ FC Address Domain—The switch’s Fibre Channel address (hexadecimal).

■ CTP State—Either Active or Failed.

■ Switch Speed—This is always set to 2 Gig.

■ Switch Binding— Displays Enabled if the optional SANtegrity Binding

features are installed and enabled. Otherwise, displays Disabled.

Using Menu Options

Right-click on various parts of the Hardware View to display menu options for displaying status and information and for controlling the switch and various hardware components.

Switch Menu

Right-click on any area of the switch illustration where a hardware component is not installed to display the following menu options:

■ 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 (near to, but not on, a hardware component).

■ Enable Unit Beaconing—Click this option to toggle unit beaconing on or

off. When the check box has a check mark, unit beaconing is on, and the system error light (ERR) on the switch blinks to help users locate the unit managed by the Element Manager. The amber indicator on the Hardware View also blinks when beaconing is enabled. When you click the check box to remove the check mark, the unit beaconing is disabled.

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Note: You can only enable beaconing if there are no system errors (the system error

indicator is off).

■ Clear System Error Light—Click this option to turn off the amber system

error light (ERR), located below the green/blue power (PWR) LED on the switch. This also turns off the amber system error light indicator in the Hardware View (front view)

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■ IPL—Click this option to initiate an IPL on the switch. When the dialog box

displays confirming the IPL, click Yes .

Note: An IPL is not intended for ordinary or casual use and should only be performed

when directed by your support personnel.

See “Execute an IPL” on page 164 for detailed procedures.

■ Date/time—To set the display and configure the date and time:

1. Click Date/Time to display the Configure Date and Time dialog box, as

shown in Figure 13. The dialog box displays with a check mark (the default) in the Periodic

Date/Time Synchronization check box. If this field is checked, the HAFM appliance periodically sets the switch time to automatically synchronize with the HAFM appliance time. Daylight savings time automatically updates on the switch when this option is used.

The current date and time display in the Date and Time fields. If the Periodic Date/Time Synchronization field is checked, the Date and Time fields are disabled (grayed out).

To enable and disable Periodic Date/Time Synchronization, click the check box and then click Activate.

Figure 13: Configure Date and Time dialog box

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2. Perform one of the following steps: — To immediately synchronize the switch date and time with the HAFM

appliance, make sure the Periodic Date/Time Synchronization option is enabled and then click Sync Now.

Note: If you enable the Periodic Date/Time Synchronization feature and click

Activate, the time will synchronize at the next update period.

— To set the switch with a specific date and time, make sure that the

Periodic Date/Time Synchronization field is not selected, as shown in

Figure 14. Enter the date and time, and then click Activate.

Figure 14: Configure Date and Time (manually) dialog box

Note: Use the range of 0 to 23 for hours. Use the range of 0 to 59 for minutes and

seconds.

■ Set Switch Online State—Use the following procedure to set the online state

of the switch.

Caution: Before setting the switch offline, warn administrators and users

currently operating attached devices that the switch is going offline and that there will be a disruption of port operation. Also, request that the devices affected by an interruption of data flow be set offline.

1. Click to display the Set Online State dialog box. The dialog box displays the current state (offline or online) and provides a button for changing the state.

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2. Click the Set Offline or Set Online button to toggle between the states.

Figure 15: Set Online State dialog box (switch is offline)

Figure 16: Set Online State dialog box (switch is online)

3. When the Set Online or Set Offline warning dialog box displays, click OK to set the switch online or offline.

As the switch goes offline, the word OFFLINE displays in the State field in the left corner of the Hardware View. As the switch goes online, the word, ONLINE displays in the State field in the left corner of the Hardware View. When going offline, LED indicators on all ports with attached devices stay green/blue, but the switch sends offline sequences (OLSs) to these devices.

Port Menu

While in the Hardware View, right-click on any port to display the following menu options.

Port Properties—Click this to display the Port Properties dialog box. This dialog box displays technical information about the port. See “Displaying Port

Information” on page 62 for more information.

Node Properties (Edge Switch 2/32 only)—Click this option to display the Node Properties dialog box. See “Displaying Node Properties” on page 82 for details.

Port Technology —Click this to display the Port Technology dialog box. This dialog box displays the following information:

■ Port number—The physical port number.

■ Connector type—Always LC.

■ Transceiver type—Longwave laser LC or shortwave laser LC.

■ Distance—General distance range for port transmission. This can be either

short to long distances for longwave laser LC transceivers or short distances for shortwave laser LC transceivers.

■ Media—The Fibre Channel mode and optic size. For the longwave laser LC

transceiver, this would be singlemode 9-micron. For the shortwave laser LC transceiver, this would be multimode 50-micron or 62.5-micron.

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■ Speed—This will be either 1Gbit per second or 1 Gbit, 2 Gbit per second.

■ Block Port —Click this option to display a check mark and block port

transmission. If the port is blocked, a node attached to the port is prevented from logging into the switch or communicating with other devices attached to switch ports. A blocked port continuously transmits offline signals (OLSs). Click to remove the check mark and unblock the port. If the port is unblocked, a node attached to the port can communicate with the switch and can communicate with other nodes attached to the switch.

■ Enable Beaconing—Click this option to make the amber LED by the port

blink on the actual switch and to make the amber indicator blink for the port in the Hardware View. This enables users to locate the unit where the port is located. When a blinking amber LED indicator displays by a port, an attention indicator ( ) displays below the port's connector in the Hardware View and on the port’s row in the Port List View.

■ Port(s) Diagnostics—Click this option to display the Port Diagnostics dialog

box. Use this dialog box to run an internal loopback and external loopback test on the port. The Port(s) Diagnostics option enables you to run internal or external loopback tests on any port. To use this option, follow the detailed steps in the appropriate service manual for your Edge Switch.

■ Clear Link Incident Alert(s)—Click this option to clear the attention

indicator on the Hardware View, the Port List View, and the Performance View. In addition, the procedure clears the alert description in Port Properties dialog boxes. If there are no link incident alerts set for a port, no actions occur. Although you can manually clear link incidents, they may also be cleared by actions outside of the user interface, such as when the HAFM appliance is rebooted.

■ Reset Port—Click this option to display a confirmation dialog box. Click Yes

to reset the port. If a switch is attached to the port and is online, this operation sends a link reset to the attached switch; otherwise, this action disables port beaconing for the port. If the port is in a failed state, such as after failing a loopback test, the reset restores the port to an operational state, clearing the service required (amber) LED. The reset does not affect other ports in the switch.

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■ Port Binding—Click this option to display the Port Binding dialog box

(Figure 17). Use this dialog box to allow a device with a specific WWN or nickname to have exclusive connection to a port.

Figure 17: Port Binding dialog box

Use the Port Binding dialog box to set the following options: — Port Binding—Click this check box to place check mark in the box and

enable Binding for the port. When Port Binding is enabled, only a specific device can communicate through the port. This device is specified by the WWN or nickname entered into the Bound WWN field (either the Attached WWN or Detached WWN options). With the check box cleared, any device can communicate through the port, even if a WWN or nickname is specified in the Bound WWN field.

— Attached WWN—When you click this button and, if a device is logged

into the port, the device's WWN will display in the field. The device with this WWN or nickname will have exclusive communication privileges to the port if Port Binding is enabled.

Note: If you click this option button to bind the port to a logged-in device and there are

no devices logged in, the port is essentially bound to a WWN of 0. This prevents any device from logging in until this button is re-enabled to bind the WWN of a logged-in device or until you explicitly bind the WWN of a device by clicking the WWN option button and entering a WWN or nickname (see the following). Changes only take effect when you click the Activate button.

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■ Detached WWN—Click this button and enter a WWN in the proper format

(xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx) or a nickname configured through the Product or HAFM. The device with this WWN or nickname will have exclusive communication privileges through the port if Port Binding is enabled.

Note the following: — If you do not enter a valid WWN or nickname in this field, but the Port

Binding check box is checked (enabled), then no devices can communicate over the port.

— If you enter a WWN or nickname in this field and do not place a check in

the Port Binding check box, the WWN or nickname will be stored, and all devices can communicate over the port.

— Activate—Click this button to activate settings in this dialog box. Warning and error messages display under the following circumstances: — If one or more of the nodes logged into a port does not match the WWN

or nickname configured in the field by the WWN option button, a warning dialog box displays after you activate the configuration. This warning box displays a list of all nodes that will be logged off if you continue. If you click Continue on the warning box, these nodes will be logged off and the port will only attach to the device with the WWN or nickname configured in the WWN field.

— An error message displays after you activate the configuration if the

format for the WWN entered in the WWN field is not valid (not in xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx format) or if you have entered a nickname that was not configured through the Element Manager.

■ Clear Threshold Alert(s)—Click this option to display the Clear Threshold

Alert(s) dialog box. Click the appropriate option to clear alerts for the selected port only or for all ports on the switch. This clears all attention indicators that notify users of threshold alerts in dialog boxes and views. This action also restarts the notification interval and the cumulative minutes for utilization % interval.

Figure 18: Clear Threshold Alert(s) dialog box

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Port List View

Display the Port List View (Figure 19) in the View panel by clicking the Port List view tab on the Element Manager window.

Figure 19: Port List View

Port List View Parameters

The Port List View displays a table with columns. The columns display information on all ports that can be installed in the switch. This display is updated automatically. The following lists each column and explains the type of information it displays:

■ Port #—Displays number of the port, from 0 through 23 for the Edge Switch

2/24 or 0 through 31 for the Edge Switch 2/32.

■ Name—Displays the port name, as configured through the Configure Ports

dialog box.

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■ Block Config—Indicates the blocked or unblocked configuration of the port,

as set through the Configure Ports dialog box. The Block Port option is available by right-clicking the port in the Hardware

View, the port row in the Port List View, or the port bar graph in the Performance View. Or, you can click Product > Port.

Blocked states are: — Blocked—Devices communicating with the port are prevented from

logging into the switch or communicating with other devices attached to switch ports. A blocked port continuously transmits an offline signal (OLS).

— Unblocked—Devices communicating with the port can log in to the

switch and communicate with devices attached to any other unblocked port in the same zone.

■ State

The following port operational states may display in this table. For more information on these states and corresponding status symbol and LED indicator operations in the Hardware View, see “Port Operational States” on page 93.

— No Light —Online — Offline — Beaconing —Link Reset — Not Operational — Not Installed — Invalid Attachment — Port Failure — Segmented E_Port — Link Incident — Testing —Inactive

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■ Typ e—The type of port:

— If the Port State is online, the available port types are F_Port, FL_Port,

and E_Port.

— If the Port State is not online, the available port types are the configured

types: Gx_Port, G_Port, Fx_Port, F_Port, and E_Port.

■ Operating Speed—This column indicates the speed at which the port is

operating. Possible values are 1 Gb/sec, 2 Gb/sec, and Not Established.

■ Alert—This column displays a yellow triangle if a link incident or other alert

occurs on the port or if the port's LED is beaconing. Blinking red and yellow diamonds display for port failures or for ports requiring service. Click the row to display the reason for the alert in the Port Properties dialog box.

Double-click a row to display the Port Properties dialog box. For an explanation of the fields on the Port Properties dialog box, see “Displaying Port Information” on page 62.

Port List Menu Options

Right-click a row to display a menu with port-related options. These are the same menu options that display when you right-click a port in the Hardware View and Performance View. You can also display this menu by clicking on a port, port row, or port graph in the preceding views and clicking Product > Port.

See “Port Menu” on page 72 for an explanation of the menu options.

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Node List View

Display the Node List View by clicking the Node List view tab on the Element Manager window. This view displays, in table format, information about all node attachments to F_Ports and FL_Ports on the switch, sorted by port number. All data is dynamic and updates automatically as devices log in and log out.

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Figure 20: Node List View (Edge Switch 2/24)

Node List View Parameters

The following lists the columns in the Node List View and the information that each displays for each node:

■ Port #—Number of the port, from 0 through 23 in the Edge Switch 2/24 or

0-31 in the Edge Switch 2/32.

■ Address—The 3-byte Fibre Channel address for the node or the arbitrated

loop physical address (ALPA) for private loop devices.

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■ Node Type (Edge Switch 2/24 only)—The node type:

— N_Port—The switch port is operating as an F_Port. — NL_Port—the switch port is operating as an FL_Port

■ Port WWN—The port WWN of the attached node (N_Port). The 16-digit

WWN is a set of unique numbers assigned to the device attached to the port. The WWN is prefixed by the manufacturer’s name of the host bus adapter that attaches to the device. If there is a nickname assigned, the nickname displays instead of the WWN. For private loop devices, Not Logged In displays.

■ Unit Type—The following information, if supported, is supplied by the

attached device: —Converter —Gateway —HBA — Module —Other — Proxy-agent — Storage device — Software driver — Storage subsystem — Switch — Unknown

Note: The Unit Type comes directly from the device's sense ID when the device attaches

to the port during login. If the connection is lost to the device, the type will display as Unspecified, because the device is no longer logged into the port. When the device logs back in, the unit type updates.

■ BB_Credit—The BB_Credit supported by the device. This field is left blank

for all loop devices.

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Double-click a row to display the Node Properties dialog box. For an explanation of the fields on the Node Properties dialog box, see “Displaying Node Properties” on page 82.

Note: Private loop devices do not log into the fabric and do not provide any additional

information other than their Arbitrated Loop Physical Address (ALPA) for private loop devices. The Port WWN field displays Not Logged In and the Unit Type field is blank for all private loop devices.

Node List View Menu Options

In the Node List view, right-click a row to display a menu with the following port-related options:

■ Node Properties—Click this option to display the Node Properties dialog

box. See “Displaying Node Properties” on page 82 for details.

■ Port Properties—Click this option to display the Port Properties dialog box

(see Figure 11 on page 63).

■ Define Nickname—Click this option to display the Define Nickname dialog

box, where you can define a nickname to display for the attached device instead of the device's 8-byte WWN.

The Define Nickname dialog box displays the WWN of the device attached to the port. To define a nickname, enter a name of up to 24 characters in the

Nickname field and click OK. The nickname will display under the Port WWN column instead of the device's WWN. (You can configure a maximum

of 2,048 nicknames.)

■ Display Options—Click Nickname or Worldwide Name from the submenu.

Clicking Nickname displays attached devices in the Port WWN column by the nickname configured through the Define Nickname menu option. Clicking Worldwide Name displays attached devices in the Port WWN column by the device's WWN.

Note that you can also display these menu options by clicking a port row and then clicking the Product > Port.

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Displaying Node Properties

Open the Node Properties dialog box by double-clicking a row in the Node List View or right-clicking a row and clicking Node Properties.

Figure 21: Node Properties dialog box

The Node Properties dialog box contains the following options:

■ Port Number—The physical port number on the switch to which the node is

connected.

■ Node Type—The type of port, as supplied by the attached port.

■ Fibre Channel Address—The 3-byte address of the node or the ALPA for

private loop devices.

■ Port WWN—Port WWN of the attached device.

■ Port Nickname—Nickname for the port WWN. Must be configured to

display.

■ Node WWN—Node WWN of the attached device. Must be configured to

display.

■ Node Nickname—Nickname for the node WWN.

■ Unit Type—Type of device. For a list of options, see “Unit Type—The

following information, if supported, is supplied by the attached device:” on

page 80, under “Node List View Parameters” on page 79.

■ Node Port Number—Physical port number on the attached node (if supplied

by the device).

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■ Buffer to Buffer Credit—The buffer-to-buffer credits that the attached node

has available. These credits determine the maximum number of frames a port can transmit without receiving a receive ready signal from the receiving device.

■ Class of Service—This can be Class 2, Class 3, or both.

■ Data Field Size—The largest size of Fibre Channel frame that the node will

process. The size is negotiated with the attached device.

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Performance View

Display the Performance View by clicking the Performance view tab in the Element Manager window. This view displays a bar graph at the top of the view for each port. The lower portion of the view displays statistical values for the specific port’s bar graph that you select.

Figure 22: Performance View

Performance View Menu Options

Right-click any of the port bar graphs to display a menu with the following port-related action options. These are the same menu options that display when you right-click a port in the Hardware View or on a row in the Port List View. You can also display these options by clicking a port, port row, or port bar graph in the Hardware View or Port List View and clicking Product > Port.

See “Port Menu” on page 72 for an explanation of the menu options.

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Bar Graph Display

The Performance View provides a graphical display of performance for all ports. Each bar graph in the upper portion of the View panel displays the percentage of link utilization for the port. This information updates every five seconds. A red arrow marks the highest utilization since the opening of the Performance View. If the system detects activity on a port, it represents minimal activity with one bar.

When a port is operating as an F_Port and a device is logged on, moving the mouse pointer over the port’s bar graph displays a message with the attached port’s WWN. If the port is an E_Port, the message reads E_Port. If the port is an FL_Port, FL_Port displays. If the port is not logged in, the message displays the port’s current operational state (see Ta bl e 4 on page 93).

Display the Performance View in the View panel by clicking the Performance view tab in the Element Manager window.

Port Statistics

To display more detailed performance information for a port, click the port’s bar graph. The bar graph for that port highlights with a darker background, and the lower portion of the Performance View tab displays the statistics values for the port’s number and the WWN decoding.

The Statistics Values tables contain a menu of specific statistics that can be displayed: All, Class 2 Statistics, Class 3 Statistics, Error Statistics, Operational Statistics, and Traffic Statistics.

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Click a category in the left frame of the statistics area to display only statistics for that category, or click All to display values for all categories. For a description of the Refresh and Clear buttons, see “Button Functions” on page 90.

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Statistics Description

The Statistics Values tables contain statistics in the following groups. To refresh tables with the latest data, click the Refresh button on the upper right portion of the Statistics Values panel, or click the port’s bar graph. Clear all counters for all users using the Clear button.

Class 2 Statistics

The Class 2 Statistics table includes:

■ Received Frames—The number of Class 2 frames received by this port from

its attached port.

■ Transmitted Frames—The number of Class 2 frames transmitted by this port

to its attached port.

■ Busied Frames—The number of F_BSY frames generated by this F_Port

against Class 2 frames. This can occur if frames are received before the switch completes initialization or if the switch is servicing so many requests that it can not process a new request. The port generates frames if the switch is not ready to accept commands. This may indicate temporary congestion.

■ Rejected Frames—The number of F_RJT frames generated by this F_Port

against Class 2 frames. These frames usually occur because of attached device errors. The device is

expected to correct the error based on the reject code, then retry its request. If the device is able to recover, there is no cause for concern. If not, further troubleshooting may be necessary. There are no thresholds for this value. Typically, this occurs because the destination is not available due to the device’s action.

■ Four-Byte Words Rx—The number of four-byte words received.

■ Four-Byte Words Tx—The number of four-byte words transmitted.

Class 3 Statistics

The Class 3 Statistics table includes:

■ Received Frames—The number of Class 3 frames received by this port from

its attached port.

■ Transmitted Frames—The number of Class 3 frames transmitted by this port

to its attached port.

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■ Discarded Frames—The number of Class 3 frames discarded, including

multicast frames with bad destination identifiers (D_IDs). The switch increments this count when it discards a frame that cannot be

routed. This occurs most frequently when a destination becomes unavailable without the source realizing that the destination is unavailable. There are no thresholds for this value. Typically, this occurs when the destination is not available due to the destination device’s action.

■ Four Byte Words Rx—The number of four-byte words received.

■ Four Byte Words Tx—The number of four-byte words transmitted.

Error Statistics

Port errors indicate that a port is not operating correctly. Use this data to isolate problems with port and link operations. The statistics in this table include:

■ Link failures—A link failure was recorded in response to a not operational

sequence (NOS), protocol timeout, or port failure. At the Hardware View, a yellow triangle displays to indicate a link incident, or a blinking red and yellow diamond displays to indicate a port failure.

■ Sync losses—A loss of synchronization was detected because the attached

device was reset or disconnected from the port. At the Hardware View, a yellow triangle displays to indicate a link incident.

■ Signal losses—A loss of signal was detected because the attached device was

reset or disconnected from the port. At the Hardware View, a yellow triangle displays to indicate a link incident.

■ Primitive sequence errors—An incorrect primitive sequence was received

from the attached device, indicating a Fibre Channel link-level protocol violation. At the Hardware View, a yellow triangle displays to indicate a link incident.

■ Discarded frames—A received frame could not be routed and was discarded

because the frame timed out (insufficient buffer-to-buffer credit) or the destination device was not logged into the switch.

■ Invalid transmission words—The number of times that the switch detected

invalid transmission words from the attached device. This indicates that a frame or primitive sequence arrived at the switch’s port corrupted. This corruption can be due to the attached device performing a reset, plugging or unplugging the link, bad optics at either end of the cable, a bad cable, or a dirty or poor connection. Moving the connection around or replacing cables can isolate the problem.

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Some number of invalid transmission words are expected and acceptable. Invalid transmission words within a frame are used to produce the bit-error threshold link incident. If one or more invalid transmission words are detected in 12 separate 1.5-second samples within 5 minutes, a bit-error threshold link incident is generated.

■ CRC errors—A received frame failed a cyclic redundancy check (CRC)

validation, indicating that the frame arrived at the switch’s port corrupted. Frame corruption may be caused by device disconnection, an optical transceiver failure at the device, a bad fiber-optic cable, or a poor cable connection.

■ Delimiter errors—The number of times that the switch detected an

unrecognized start-of-frame (SOF), an unrecognized end-of-frame (EOF) delimiter, or an invalid Class of Service. This indicates that the frame arrived at the switch’s port corrupted. This corruption can be due to plugging/unplugging the link, bad optics at either end of the cable, a bad cable, or dirty or poor connections. Moving the connection around or replacing cables can isolate the problem.

■ Address ID errors—A received frame had an unavailable or invalid Fibre

Channel destination address, or an invalid Fibre Channel source address. This typically indicates that the destination device is unavailable.

■ Frames too short—A received frame exceeded the Fibre Channel frame

maximum size or was less than the Fibre Channel minimum size, indicating that the frame arrived at the switch’s port corrupted. Frame corruption may be caused by device disconnection, an optical transceiver failure at the device, a bad fiber-optic cable, or a poor cable connection.

Operational Statistics

The following describes the Operational Statistics that display for a selected port:

■ Offline sequences Rx—The number of offline sequence that the port has

received.

■ Offline sequences Tx—The number of offline sequence that the port has

transmitted.

■ Link resets Rx—The number of link reset protocol frames received by this

port from the attached device. The switch receives a link reset from an attached device if the device wishes to initiate the link reset or recover from a link timeout.

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■ Link resets Tx—The number of link reset protocol frames

received/transmitted by this port from/to the attached device. The switch transmits a link reset to initiate the link reset protocol or recover from a link timeout. This occurs normally to establish BB_Credit on any port in order to recover lost BB_Credit.

■ LIPS detected—A loop initialization primitive was detected, which means

the loop was completed.

■ LIPS generated—A loop initialization primitive was created to initialize a

loop.

Traffic Statistics

This section describes the types of statistics that display when you click a port’s bar graph:

■ Link Utilization % Rx and Link Utilization %Tx—There is a separate

value for receive link utilization and transmit link utilization. The larger of these two values displays on the bar graph.

The current link utilization for the port is expressed as a percentage. This statistic shows the percentage of the maximum link utilization currently being used. (If the port speed is 1 Gb/s, the quantity of the maximum link utilization is 100 MB. If the port speed is 2 Gb/s, the quantity of the maximum link utilization is 200 MB.) Link utilization is calculated over one-second intervals. The maximum link utilization is 100%.

■ Frames Rx—The number of frames that the port has received.

■ Frames Tx—The number of frames that the port has transmitted.

■ Four Byte Words Rx—The number of words that the port has received.

■ Four Byte Words Tx—The number of words that the port has transmitted.

■ Flows rerouted from ISL—The number of Fibre Channel traffic flows that

were rerouted from this ISL to another ISL due to congestion. This value increments only if the OpenTrunking feature is installed. A value would display only if this port is connected to an ISL.

■ Flows rerouted to ISL—The number of Fibre Channel traffic flows that were

rerouted to this ISL from another ISL due to congestion. This value increments only if the OpenTrunking feature is installed. A value would only display if this port is connected to an ISL.

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Troubleshooting Tips

As a general rule, you should clear all counts after the system is stabilized. When looking at the Performance View, roughly keep track of the time interval when errors accumulate to judge the presence and severity of a problem. Also, recognize that there is a link recovery hierarchy implemented in Fibre Channel to handle some level of “expected anomalies.” In general, only be concerned with error counts that increment very quickly.

Button Functions

The two buttons located at the right end of the title bar on the Statistics Values table are:

■ Refresh—The Refresh button updates the data in the statistics tables and

enables you to compare values at any given time. Note that you can also refresh data by clicking the port’s bar graph.

■ Clear—The Clear button clears all counters to zero. Clicking this button

displays a Clear Port Statistics dialog box. Click the appropriate option button and click OK to clear all counters to zero on the selected port only or all counters on all ports on the switch. Note that this also clears counters for other Element Manager users.

Click Clear to clear the statistics counters to zero. When the confirmation dialog box displays, click This port only or All ports on product, then click OK to clear the counters to 0.

An entry identifying when the statistics were cleared, and by whom, is saved in the Audit Log.

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FRU List View

Display the FRU List in the main panel by clicking the FRU List view tab on the Element Manager window. This view displays information about all installed FRUs on the switch. All data is dynamic and updates automatically as the software detects changes.

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Figure 23: FRU List View

Information on the FRU List View for each FRU includes:

■ FRU Name—Control Processor (CTP), Cooling Fan, and Power Supply

Module. Note that the CTP is an internal component, and if it fails completely the entire switch must be replaced.

■ Position—Slot position of FRU in the chassis relative to identical FRUs also

installed in the chassis.

■ Status—Active or failed. Active displays always unless the FRU fails.

Failed displays if the FRU is not functional.

■ Part Number—Part number of the FRU.

■ Serial Number—Serial number of the FRU.

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You can display the FRU Properties dialog box for a specific FRU by using one of the following methods:

■ Double-click on the FRU row.

■ Click a row in the FRU List View and then click Product > FRU >

Properties.

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Port Operational States

Tabl e 4 describes the port operational states and the LED and attention indicators

that display in the Hardware View and Port List View.

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Green/Blue

Port

Port State

Beaconing Off or On Blinking Yellow

Inactive Off Off Yellow

Invalid Attachment

Link Incident Off Off Yellow

Link Reset Off Off Yellow

No Light Off Off None No signal (light) is being received on

Indicator

On Off Yellow

Amber

Port

Indicator

Alert

Indicator

Triangle

Description

The port is beaconing. The amber port LED blinks once every two seconds to enable users to find a specific port. Enable beaconing through the port’s menu on the View, or Performance View.

The switch port is in an inactive state. Reasons for this state display in the Reason field of the Port Properties dialog box.

Note that if port optics have also failed, the amber LED will be on.

The switch port is in an invalid attachment state. Reasons for this state display in the Reason field of the Port Properties dialog box.

A link incident occurred on one of the ports and displays in the Port List View, with a corresponding indicator displaying for the card in the Hardware View.

The switch and the attached device are performing a link reset operation to recover the link connection. Ordinarily, this is a transient state that should not persist.

the switch port. This is a normal condition when there is no cable plugged into the port or when the power of the device attached to the other end of the link is off.

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Table 4: Port States and Indicators (Continued)

Port State

Not Operational

Green/Blue

Port

Indicator

Off Off Yellow

Amber

Port

Indicator

Alert

Indicator

Triangle

Description

The switch port is receiving the Fibre Channel not operational sequence (NOS) indicating that the attached device is not operational.

Online On Off None The attached device has successfully

connected to the switch and is ready to communicate or is in the process of communicating with other attached devices. As long as the port remains in the online state, the green/blue port LED remains illuminated. Note that on the actual port in the unit, the green/blue LED blinks when there is active Fibre Channel traffic through the port.

Offline Off Off None The switch port was configured as

“blocked” and is transmitting the Fibre Channel OLS to the attached device.

Off Off Yellow

Triangle

The switch port was configured as “Unblocked” and is receiving the Fibre Channel OLS, indicating that the attached device is offline.

Port Failure Off On Red and

Yellow Blinking

The switch port has failed and requires service. The amber LED for the port remains illuminated.

Diamond

Segmented E_Port

On Off Yellow

Triangle

The E_Port is segmented preventing the two fabrics from joining (this only occurs when two switches are connected to each other). Display the Port Properties dialog box to view the segmentation reason.

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Port State

Green/Blue

Port

Indicator

Amber

Port

Indicator

Alert

Indicator

Testing Off Blinking Yellow

Triangle

On Blinking Yellow

Triangle

Not

Off Off None The port optics are not installed, or the

Installed

Note: The status indicator displays on the port in the Hardware View. It indicates that a

corrective action is required to return the port to a normal operating state.

Description

Port is executing an internal loopback test.

Port is executing an external loopback test.

Note: For any loopback test, the amber LED blinks (beacons) to help users locate the port under test.

feature that provides additional port function is not enabled.

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Link Incident Alerts

A link incident is a problem detected on a fiber optic link, like the loss of light, invalid sequences, and other problems. When a problem occurs, a LIN alert is sent to the Link Incident Log in the switch Element Manager. LIN alerts warn you that there is a link incident being detected through a port connection that may require operator intervention to correct.

If LIN alerts are enabled for a port in the Configure Ports dialog box, a yellow triangle (attention indicator) displays by the port connector in the Hardware View or in the Alert column in the Port List View. Double-clicking the port with the yellow triangle displays the Port Properties dialog box.

If LIN alerts have been enabled for a port in the Configure Ports dialog box, the Port Properties dialog box contains a short description of the latest incident in the Link Incident field. Or, if there are no active incidents, None displays. The system writes all link incidents to the Link Incident Log.

If you enable LIN alerts for a port in the Configure Ports dialog box, configure e-mail notification through HAFM, and enable E-Mail Notification through the Maintenance menu, you will receive e-mail notification of LIN alerts.

Note: The e-mail notification of LIN alerts is available to all users; no user permission

levels are imposed.

Although you can manually clear the attention indicator in the Hardware View and the alert description in the Port Properties dialog box, they may also be cleared by actions outside of your control, such as on HAFM appliance reboot.

You can manually clear the link incident indicator in the Hardware View and the description in the Link Incident field. To manually clear the attention indicator (yellow triangle), right-click the port with the yellow triangle and click Clear Link Incident Alert(s). In the Clear Link Incident Alert(s) dialog box, choose the appropriate option and click OK.

Be aware that clearing the incident indicator clears it for everyone using the system. If there are no link incident alerts enabled for a port, no actions occur.

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Threshold Alerts

A threshold alert notifies Element Manager users when the transmit (Tx) or receive (Rx) throughput reaches specific values for switch ports or port types [E_Ports, F_Ports, or FL_Ports (Edge Switch 2/24 only)].

Click Configure > Threshold Alerts to display the Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box. Use this dialog box to configure criteria for generating a threshold alert. One criteria that you must configure is a throughput value that equals a specific percentage of the port’s total throughput capacity. You also provide a time interval during which throughput is measured and a time interval during which that throughput value must remain constant. When throughput reaches the threshold value and remains constant for the specified time, an alert is generated.

Threshold alerts occur as the following in the Element Manager:

■ An attention indicator (yellow triangle) that displays on the port in the

Hardware View.

■ An attention indicator (yellow triangle) that displays in the Alert column of

the Port List View.

■ An attention indicator (yellow triangle) that displays by the Threshold Alerts

field in the Port Properties dialog box.

■ Detailed threshold alert data recorded in the Threshold Alert Log.

Monitoring and Managing the Switch

For detailed procedures to configure threshold alerts, see “Configuring Threshold

Alerts” on page 137.

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Configuring the Switch

This chapter describes how to configure the Edge Switch 2/24 or Edge Switch 2/32. It also includes information about backing up and restoring configuration data.

■ Configuring Identification, page 100

■ Configuring Operating Parameters, page 101

■ Configuring a Preferred Path, page 108

■ Configuring Switch Binding, page 115

■ Configuring Ports, page 115

■ Configuring Port Addresses (FICON Management Style), page 123

■ Configuring an SNMP Agent, page 128

■ Configuring Open Systems Management Server, page 130

■ Configuring FICON Management Server, page 130

■ Configuring a Feature Key, page 131

■ Configuring Date and Time, page 135

■ Configuring Threshold Alerts, page 137

■ Configuring Open Trunking, page 145

■ Exporting Configuration Report, page 145

■ Enabling Embedded Web Server, page 146

■ Enabling Telnet, page 147

■ Backing Up and Restoring Configuration Data, page 147

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Configuring Identification

Use the procedure in this section to identify the switch by its name, description, location, and contact person. This information displays in the following Element Manager locations:

■ Element Manager window title panel (name).

■ The Switch Properties dialog box (name, location, contact, description).

■ Identification table at the top of the Hardware View (name, location,

description).

The name also displays in the switch icon label in the HAFM Physical/Topology Map, if the product name is enabled through the drop-down display list on the tool bar.

Note: Data entered through the following procedure is saved in nonvolatile random

access memory (NV-RAM) on the switch.

To configure identification for the switch, use the following steps:

1. Click Configure > Identification. The Configure Identification dialog box displays.

Figure 24: Configure Identification dialog box

2. Click in the Name field and enter a name for the switch of up to 24 alphanumeric characters. The name could reflect the switch’s Ethernet network domain name service (DNS) host name, if assigned.

3. Click in the Nickname field and enter a nickname for the switch of up to24 alphanumeric characters. The nickname will display instead of the WWN in Element Manager views. (You can configure a maximum of 2,048 nicknames.)

4. Click in the Description field and enter a description of the switch of up to 255 characters.

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

About this Guide

Overview

Intended Audience

Related Documentation

Conventions

Document Conventions

Table 1: Document conventions

Text Symbols

Equipment Symbols

Rack Stability

Getting Help

HP Technical Support

HP Storage Web Site

HP Authorized Reseller

Element Manager Overview

Feature Keys

Managing the Edge Switch

Element Manager Description

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

Using the Element Manager

Using Dialog Boxes

Keyboard Navigation

Illustrations Used in this Manual

Opening the Element Manager

Figure 2: Edge Switch icon

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

Opening the Online Help

Window Layout and Function

Menu Bar

View Tabs

View Panel

Figure 4: Hardware View

Figure 5: Port List View

Figure 6: Node List View

Figure 7: Performance View (Edge Switch 2/32)

Figure 8: FRU List View

Status Bar

Table 2: Switch Status Symbols

Closing the Element Manager

Feature Permissions

Required Permissions for Element Manager Features

Table 3: Permissions Required for Feature Functions

Backing Up and Restoring Element Manager Data

What is Backed Up?

Backing Up to a CD

Restoring Data from a CD

Manual Backup Procedures

Monitoring and Managing the Switch

Hardware View

Identifying FRUs

Monitoring Switch Operation

Switch Status Table

Status Bar Status Indicator

Monitoring Hardware Operation

Figure 9: Hardware Operation - Edge Switch Hardware View

Front View

Rear View

Obtaining Hardware Information

Displaying FRU Information

Figure 10: FRU Properties dialog box

Displaying Port Information

Figure 11: Port Properties dialog box (Edge Switch 2/32)

Port Properties Parameters

Displaying Switch Information

Figure 12: Switch Properties dialog box (Edge Switch 2/32)

Using Menu Options

Switch Menu

Figure 13: Configure Date and Time dialog box

Figure 14: Configure Date and Time (manually) dialog box

Figure 15: Set Online State dialog box (switch is offline)

Figure 16: Set Online State dialog box (switch is online)

Port Menu

Figure 17: Port Binding dialog box

Figure 18: Clear Threshold Alert(s) dialog box

Port List View