HP StorageWorks 2/64, StorageWorks Fabric OS 5 Advanced Web Tools Administrator's Manual

HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x Advanced Web Tools

administrator guide

Part number: AA–RVHYB–TE Second edition: September 2005

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Contents

About this guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x master glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Document conventions and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

HP technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

HP-authorized reseller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Helpful web sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1 Introducing Advanced Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

What’s New in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Requirements, installation, and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Configuring Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Setting the refresh frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Installing Java on the workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Installing the JRE on your Solaris or Linux client workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Installing patches on Solaris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Installing the Java Plug-in on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Installing an Advanced Web Tools license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Installing an Advanced Web Tools license through telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Installing an Advanced Web Tools license through telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Installing an Advanced Web Tools license through the web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Installing the first license through the web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Installing additional licenses through the web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Value line licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Switch support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Launching Advanced Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Launching Advanced Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Advanced Web Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Logging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Upfront login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Role-based access control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Logging in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Logging out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Ending an Advanced Web Tools session with upfront login enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Session management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2 Using Advanced Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Viewing the Switch Explorer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Core Switch 2/64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

SAN Director 2/128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4/256 SAN Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

SAN Switch 2/8V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Refresh rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Fabric Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Fabric toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Switch View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Switch View button menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Switch Information View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Status Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Displaying switches in the fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Accessing the Switch Explorer for a particular switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Ending the Advanced Web Tools session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Ending the Advanced Web Tools session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using Advanced Web Tools and secure mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Advanced Web Tools access and HTTP_POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Opening modules in a secure fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Primary-FCS-only functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Disabled functionality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Recommendations for working with Advanced Web Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3 Managing your fabrics, switches, and ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Managing fabrics, switches, and ports using Advanced Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Launching the switch Admin Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Accessing the Switch Admin module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Refreshing the switch Admin Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Launching the telnet window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Accessing telnet through Advanced Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Configuring IP and netmask information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Configuring IP and netmask information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Configuring a syslog IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Configuring the syslog IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Removing a syslog IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Configuring a switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Enabling and disabling a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Enabling or disabling a switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Changing the switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Changing the switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Changing the switch domain ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Viewing and printing a switch report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Viewing or printing a switch report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Rebooting a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Performing a fast boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Performing a switch reboot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Changing system configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Configuring fabric parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Configuring fabric parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Enabling insistent domain ID mode (FICON only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Configuring virtual channel settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Configuring system services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Configuring arbitrated loop parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Configuring arbitrated loop parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Configuring system services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Configuring system services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Configuring ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Configuring port type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Configuring the port type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Configuring port speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Assigning a name to a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Naming a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Disabling a port over reboots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Disabling a port so that it remains disabled over reboots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Enabling and disabling a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Enabling or disabling a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Activating Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Enabling a Port Upgrade License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Maintaining licensed features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Activating a license on a switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Removing a license from a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Administering high availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Launching the High Availability module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

To launch the High Availability module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Synchronizing services on the CP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Initiating a CP failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

To initiate a CP failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Monitoring events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Displaying fabric events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

To display fabric events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Displaying switch events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Displaying switch events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Filtering fabric and switch events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Filtering events by time intervals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Filtering events by event severity levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Filtering events by message ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Filtering events by service component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Displaying a fabric topology report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Viewing a fabric topology report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Displaying the Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Viewing a list of the switches in the Name Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Printing the Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Displaying detailed Name Server information for a particular device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Displaying the zone members of a particular device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Physically locating a switch using beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Enabling beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Displaying swapped port area IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Determining whether a port area ID has been swapped with another switch port . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

4 Maintaining configurations and firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Maintaining configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Backing up a configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

To back up a configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Restoring a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Downloading a configuration to the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Performing a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Downloading a new version of the firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

5 Configuring standard security features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Creating and maintaining user-defined accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Displaying account information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Creating a user-defined account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Deleting a user-defined account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Changing account parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Changing an account password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Configuring SNMP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Setting SNMP trap levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Setting trap levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Configuring SNMP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Changing the systemGroup configuration parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Setting SNMPv1 configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Setting SNMPv3 configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Changing the accessControl configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Managing the RADIUS server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Enabling and disabling RADIUS service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Configuring the RADIUS server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

To configure the RADIUS server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Modifying the RADIUS server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Modifying the RADIUS server order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Modifying the order in which the RADIUS servers are contacted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Removing a RADIUS server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

6 Routing traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Introducing routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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Displaying FSPF routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Viewing FSPF routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Configuring a static route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

To configure a static route. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Enabling and disabling dynamic load sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Configuring the DLS setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Specifying frame order delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Configuring the IOD setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Configuring link cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Configuring the link cost for a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

7 Administering extended fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

About extended link buffer allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Configuring for long distance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Configuring a port for long-distance connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

8 Administering ISL trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Displaying trunk group information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Viewing information on a trunk group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Disabling or reenabling trunking mode on a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

9 Administering zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Introducing zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Managing zoning with Advanced Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Launching the Zone Admin module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Refreshing the fabric information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

To refresh the fabric information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Refreshing the Zone Admin module information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Refreshing the local Zone Admin buffer from the fabric zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Saving local zoning changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Saving Zone Admin module changes to the switch zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Closing the Zone Admin module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Safely closing the Zone Admin module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Zoning views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Selecting a zoning view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Managing zone aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Creating and populating a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Creating an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Adding and removing members of a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Modifying the members of an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Renaming a zone alias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Deleting a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Managing zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Creating and populating a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Creating a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Adding and removing the members of a zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Modifying the members of a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Renaming a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Deleting a zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Managing QuickLoops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Creating a QuickLoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Adding and removing members of a QuickLoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Modifying the members of a QuickLoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Renaming a QuickLoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Deleting a QuickLoop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Managing Fabric Assist zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Creating a Fabric Assist zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Adding and removing Fabric Assist zone members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Modifying the members of a Fabric Assist zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Renaming a Fabric Assist zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Deleting a Fabric Assist zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Managing zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Creating a zone configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Adding or removing zone configuration members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Modifying the members of a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Renaming a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Deleting a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Deleting a disabled configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Enabling a zone configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

To enable a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Disabling a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

To disable a zone configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Displaying the enabled zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Viewing the enabled zone configuration name without launching the Zone Admin module . . . . . 95

Viewing detailed information about the enabled zone configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Displaying the zone configuration summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Viewing a zone configuration summary report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Creating a configuration analysis report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

To create a configuration analysis report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Displaying Initiator/Target Accessibility Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Managing the zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Adding a WWN to multiple aliases, zones, and Fabric Assist zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Adding a WWN to the Zone Admin buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Removing a WWN from multiple aliases, zones, and Fabric Assist zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Deleting a WWN from the Zone Admin buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Replacing a WWN in multiple aliases, Fabric Assist zones, and zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Replacing a WWN in the Zone Admin buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Searching for a zone member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

To search for a zone member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Clearing the zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Disabling any active configuration and deleting the entire zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Using zoning wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Adding unzoned online devices to a zone or alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Removing offline devices from the zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Replacing offline devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Defining device aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Assigning aliases to devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Best practices for zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

10Working with diagnostic features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Managing trace dumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

How a trace dump is used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Setting up automatic trace dump transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Specifying a remote server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Enabling automatic transfer of trace dumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Disabling automatic trace uploads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Disabling automatic uploading of the trace dump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Uploading a trace dump manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Uploading a trace dump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Displaying switch information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Displaying detailed fan hardware status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Displaying the fan status detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Displaying the temperature status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Displaying the temperature status detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Displaying the power supply status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Displaying the power supply status detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Checking the physical health of a switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Displaying a detailed switch status report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Interpreting port LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

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Displaying port information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Accessing the Port Information screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

11Administering FICON CUP fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Enabling or disabling FMS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

To enable or disable FMS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Configuring FMS parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Configuring FMS mode parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Displaying the code page information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Displaying the Control Device state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Displaying the Control Device state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Configuring CUP port connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Displaying CUP port connectivity configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Displaying the CUP port connectivity configurations list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Creating or editing CUP port connectivity configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Activating a CUP port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Activating a saved CUP port connectivity configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Copying a CUP port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Deleting a CUP port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Deleting a saved CUP port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

12Administering Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Introduction to Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Using Fabric Watch with Advanced Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Launching the Fabric Watch module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Configuring Fabric Watch thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Configuring threshold traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

To configure threshold traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Configuring threshold alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Enabling or disabling threshold alarms for individual elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Enabling or disabling threshold alarms for an element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Configuring alarms for FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Displaying Fabric Watch alarm information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Displaying an alarm configuration report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Viewing an alarm configuration report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Displaying alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Viewing alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Configuring e-mail notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Configuring the e-mail server on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Configuring the e-mail server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Configuring the e-mail alert recipient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Configuring the e-mail alert alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

13Monitoring performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Monitoring performance using Advanced Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Predefined performance graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

User-defined graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Canvas configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Launching the Performance Monitor module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Creating a basic Performance Monitor graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Customizing basic Performance Monitor graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Customizing a basic Performance Monitor graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Creating advanced Performance Monitor graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Creating an SID/DID performance graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Creating an SID/DID performance graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Creating a SCSI vs. IP traffic graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

To create a SCSI vs. IP traffic graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Creating a SCSI command graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Creating an AL_PA error graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Managing performance graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Saving graphs to a canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Saving graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Adding a graph to an existing canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Adding a graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Printing graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Printing a single graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Printing all graphs in a canvas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Modifying an existing graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

14Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

General Advanced Web Tools limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Platform-specific limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Limitations when using the Mozilla browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Figures

1 Configuring Internet Explorer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2 Advanced Web Tools interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3 Advanced Web Tools Switch Explorer for a Core Switch 2/64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4 Advanced Web Tools Switch Explorer for a SAN Director 2/128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

5 Advanced Web Tools Switch Explorer for a 4/256 SAN Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

6 Advanced Web Tools Switch Explorer for a SAN Switch 2/8V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

7 Switch Admin Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

8 Network tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

9 Configure tab, Fabric subtab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

10 Ports tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

11 License tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

12 High availability mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

13 Fabric Events window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

14 Switch Events window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

15 Event Filter dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

16 Fabric topology report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

17 Name server window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

18 Configure tab, Upload/Download Subtab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

19 Firmware tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

20 User tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

21 SNMP tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

22 AAA Service tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

23 Routing tab for port-based routing policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

24 Extended Fabric tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

25 Trunking tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

26 Zone Admin Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

27 Device detail example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

28 Sample zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

29 Effective Configuration window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

30 Zone Configuration summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

31 Initiator/Target Accessibility Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

32 Add Un-zoned Devices wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

33 Entering a zone alias in the Define Device Alias wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

34 Trace tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

35 Fan status window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

36 Temperature status window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

37 Switch report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

38 Switch report action menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

39 Port and LED status color-coded information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

40 Port LEDs for the FC4-32 port blade in the 4/256 SAN Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

41 Port information screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

42 FICON CUP management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

43 FICON CUP busy error. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

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44 Configuring CUP port connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

45 Port CUP Connectivity Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

46 Activate CUP Port Connectivity configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

47 Fabric Watch module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

48 Threshold configuration for Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

49 Fabric Watch e-mail configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

50 Accessing performance graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

51 Canvas of eight performance monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

52 Creating a port throughput graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

53 Switch Throughput Utilization Setup dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

54 Creating an SID/DID performance graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

55 Creating a SCSI command graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

56 Creating an ALPA error graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Tables

1 Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2 Certified and tested platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3 Tested platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

4 Comparison of login modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

5 Key to Figure 3 through Figure 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

6 Polling rate in the Switch Explorer window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

7 Ports enabled with Ports on Demand licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

8 Event severity levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

9 Long-distance settings and license requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

10 FMS mode paramenter descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

11 Alarm notification table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

12 Basic performance graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

13 Advanced performance monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

14 Advanced Web Tools limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

15 Platform-specific limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

16 Advanced Web Tools limitations when using the Mozilla browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

About this guide

This guide provides information about:

• Using Advanced Web Tools

• Managing fabrics, switches, and ports

• Routing traffic

• Extended fabrics

• ISL trunking

• Zoning

• Diagnostics

• Fabric Watch

NOTE: FICON is not supported on HP B-Series Fibre Channel switches. The FICON information in this

document is included for reference only.

Intended audience

This guide is intended for:

• System administrators responsible for setting up HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel Storage Area

Network (SAN) switches

• Technicians responsible for maintaining the Fabric Operating System (OS)

Related documentation

Documentation, including white papers and best practices documents, is available on the HP web site:

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

IMPORTANT: For late breaking, supplemental information, access the latest version of the HP

StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x release notes using the following steps.

To access current Fabric OS related documents:

1. Locate the IT storage products section of the web page.

2. Under Networked storage, click SAN infrastructure.

3. From the SAN Infrastructure web page, locate the SAN Infrastructure products section.

4. Click Fibre Channel Switches.

5. Locate the B-Series Fabric-Enterprise Class section. Click 4/256 SAN Director and 4/256 SAN Director

power pack, to access Fabric OS 5.x documents (such as this document).

The switch overview page displays.

6. Go to the Product Information section, located on the right side of the web page.

7. Click Technical documents.

8. Follow the onscreen instructions to download the applicable documents.

HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x master glossary

This guide uses industry standard SAN terminology. However, some terms are intrinsic to Fabric OS 5.x. See the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x master glossary for a complete list of terms and definitions.

Access the master glossary from the HP StorageWorks SAN Switch Documentation CD that shipped with your switch. Also, access from the HP web site using the procedure outlined in Related documentation.

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Document conventions and symbols

Table 1 Document conventions

Convention Element

Medium blue text: Figure 1 Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses

Medium blue, underlined text (http://www.hp.com)

Bold font • Key names

Italics font Text emphasis Monospace font • File and directory names

Monospace, italic font • Code variables

Monospace, bold font Emphasis of file and directory names, system output, code, and text

Web site addresses

• Text typed into a GUI element, such as into a box

• GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such as menu and list

items, buttons, and check boxes

• System output

• Code

• Text typed at the command-line

• Command line variables

typed at the command line

WARNING! Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or death.

CAUTION: Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data.

IMPORTANT: Provides clarifying information or specific instructions.

NOTE: Provides additional information.

TIP: Provides helpful hints and shortcuts.

HP technical support

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

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

Collect the following information before calling:

• Technical support registration number (if applicable)

• Product serial numbers

• Product model names and numbers

• Applicable error messages

• Operating system type and revision level

• Detailed, specific questions

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

HP strongly recommends that customers sign up online using the Subscriber's choice web site:

http://www.hp.com/go/e-updates

• Subscribing to this service provides you with e-mail updates on the latest product enhancements,

newest versions of drivers, and firmware documentation updates as well as instant access to numerous other product resources.

• After signing up, you can quickly locate your products by selecting Business support and then Storage

under Product Category.

HP-authorized reseller

For the name of your nearest HP-authorized reseller:

• In the United States, call 1-800-282-6672.

• Elsewhere, visit the HP web site: http://www.hp.com

telephone numbers.

Helpful web sites

For other product information, see the following HP web sites:

. Then click Contact HP to find locations and

• http://www.hp.com

• http://www.hp.com/go/storage

• http://www.hp.com/support/

• http://www.docs.hp.com

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1 Introducing Advanced Web Tools

HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x Advanced Web Tools is a GUI that enables administrators to monitor and manage single or small fabrics, switches, and ports from a standard workstation. It is an optionally licensed product that runs on HP Fabric OS.

Advanced Web Tools provides the administrative control point for HP Advanced Fabric Services, including Advanced Zoning, Interswitch Link (ISL) Trunking, Advanced Performance Monitoring, and Fabric Watch. Advanced Web Tools also provides an interface to telnet commands to perform special switch functions and diagnostics that are available only through the telnet interface.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• What’s New in This Document, next

• Requirements, installation, and support, page 15

• Launching Advanced Web Tools, page 20

• Logging in, page 21

• Logging out, page 22

• Session management, page 22

What’s New in This Document

The following changes have been made since this document was last released:

• Information that was added:

• Upfront login and the switchAdmin role are described in ”Logging in” on page 21.

• Support for the 4/256 SAN Director and the 4/16 SAN Switch is added throughout.

• Information that was changed:

• Changes to the FICON CUP tab are described in ”Configuring CUP port connectivity” on

page 117.

For further information, see the release notes.

Requirements, installation, and support

Before you install Advanced Web Tools on your workstation, verify that your switches and workstation meet the Advanced Web Tools requirements listed in this chapter.

This section contains the following subsections:

• Requirements, page 15

• Installing an Advanced Web Tools license, page 18

• Value line licenses, page 19

• Switch support, page 19

• Launching Advanced Web Tools, page 20

Requirements

Advanced Web Tools requires a browser that conforms to HTML version 4.0, JavaScript version 1.0, and

Java

Plug-in 1.4.2_06 or later.

HP has certified and tested Advanced Web Tools on the platforms shown in Table 2.

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Table 2 Certified and tested platforms

Operating system Browser Java Plug-in

Solaris 2.8 Mozilla 1.6 1.4.2_06

Solaris 2.9 Mozilla 1.6 1.4.2_06

Windows® 2000 Internet Explorer 6.0 1.4.2_06

Windows 2003 Internet Explorer 6.0 1.4.2_06

Windows XP® Internet Explorer 6.0 1.4.2_06

In addition, HP has tested Advanced Web Tools on the platforms shown in Table 3.

Table 3 Tested platforms

Operating system Browser Java Plug-in

Red Hat Linux® 9.0 Mozilla 1.6 1.4.2_06

NOTE: Some browsers must be configured to work with Advanced Web Tools. For information about

how to do this, see the section “Configuring Internet Explorer,” n ext.

Adequate RAM is required on Windows systems:

• 256 MB or more RAM for fabrics comprising 15 switches or less

• 512 MB or more RAM for fabrics comprising more than 15 switches

HP recommends a minimum of 8 MB of video RAM.

Configuring Internet Explorer

Correct operation of Advanced Web Tools with Internet Explorer requires specifying the appropriate settings for browser refresh frequency and process model. Browser pages should be refreshed frequently to ensure the correct operation of Advanced Web Tools.

Setting the refresh frequency

1. Select Tools > Internet Options in the browser.

2. Select the General tab and click Settings (under Temporary Internet Files).

3. Click Every visit to the page under Check for newer versions of stored pages, as shown in Figure 1.

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Figure 1 Configuring Internet Explorer

Installing Java on the workstation

Java Plug-in version 1.4.2_06 must be installed on the workstation for the correct operation of Advanced Web Tools.

If you try to launch Advanced Web Tools without any Java Plug-in installed:

• Internet Explorer prompts and downloads the proper Java Plug-in.

• Mozilla downloads the most recently released Java Plug-in.

If you try to launch Advanced Web Tools with an earlier version Java Plug-in installed,

• Internet Explorer might prompt you for an upgrade, depending on the existing Java Plug-in version.

• Mozilla uses the existing Java Plug-in.

Installing the JRE on your Solaris or Linux client workstation

1. Locate the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on the Internet, at the following URL:

http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/1.4.2_06/index.html

NOTE: This URL points to a non-HP web site and is subject to change without notice.

2. Follow the instructions to install the JRE.

3. Create a symbolic link from $MOZILLA/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so to

$JRE/plugin/$ARCH/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so

Installing patches on Solaris

1. Search for any required patches for your current version of the JRE at the following web site:

http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patchpage

NOTE: This URL points to a non-HP web site and is subject to change without notice.

2. Follow the link to download the patch, and exit the browser when you are done.

3. Install the patch and reboot the system.

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Installing the Java Plug-in on Windows

1. Select Start Menu > Settings > Control Panel and then select the Java Plug-in Control Panel.

2. Select the About tab.

3. Determine whether the correct Java Plug-in version is installed:

• If the correct version is installed, Advanced Web Tools is ready to use.

• If no Java Plug-in is installed, point the browser toward a switch running Fabric OS 4.x or later, follow the link to the Sun Microsystems web site, download the correct Java Plug-in, and double-click the downloaded file to install the plug-in.

• If an outdated version is currently installed, uninstall it, relaunch the browser, and enter the address of a switch running Fabric OS 4.4.0 or later. Advanced Web Tools guides you through the steps to download the proper Java Plug-in.

Installing an Advanced Web Tools license

You can install an Advanced Web Tools license either through telnet or over the Web.

All licenses, including Advanced Web Tools licenses, are installed on a chassis basis. For example, if you install an Advanced Web Tools license on logical switch 0 in a Core Switch 2/64, you do not need to install an additional Advanced Web Tools license on logical switch 1 of that Core Switch 2/64, because both are in the same chassis.

To determine whether a license is already installed on a switch, follow the instructions provided in the section “Installing an Advanced Web Tools license through telnet,” next. If a license is not installed, contact your switch supplier to obtain a license key.

Installing an Advanced Web Tools license through telnet

Use the following procedure to determine whether an Advanced Web Tools license is installed on your switch and, if not, install it.

Installing an Advanced Web Tools license through telnet

1. Log in to the switch via telnet (see the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x administrator guide for more

information), using an account that has administrative privileges.

2. To determine whether an Advanced Web Tools license is already installed on the switch, enter

licenseShow on the telnet command line. A list is displayed, showing all the licenses currently installed on the switch:

switch:admin> licenseshow 1A1AaAaaaAAAA1a: ]-- This is the license key. The installed feature is

listed below.

Zoning license

1A3AaAbcbBBCC1d:

QuickLoop license

If the Advanced Web Tools license is not included in the list or is incorrect, continue with step 3.

3. On the command line, enter:

licenseadd key

where key is the license key. The license key value is case-sensitive and must be entered exactly as given.

4. Verify that the license was added by typing the following command:

licenseshow

If the Advanced Web Tools license is listed, the feature is available. If the license is not listed, repeat

step 3.

Installing an Advanced Web Tools license through the web

Launching Advanced Web Tools from any nonlicensed switch opens the license dialog box. If the fabric already contains at least one licensed switch, you can use Advanced Web Tools to view and license other switches from the licensed switch.

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Installing the first license through the web

1. Launch the web browser and enter the IP address of the switch in the Location/Address field:

http://10.77.77.77

2. Press Enter.

If an Advanced Web Tools license is already installed on the switch, Advanced Web Tools launches. If no license is installed, a license dialog box opens.

3. If the license dialog box opens, follow the instructions provided.

Installing additional licenses through the web

1. Launch the Web browser and enter the IP address of the licensed switch in the Location/Address field:

http://10.77.77.77

2. Press Enter.

Advanced Web Tools opens, displaying the Switch Explorer.

3. Click the icon for the switch to which you want to add a license.

A licensing window opens.

4. Follow the instructions provided.

Value line licenses

If your fabric includes a switch with a limited switch license and you are launching Advanced Web Tools using that switch, and if the fabric exceeds the switch limit indicated in the license, Advanced Web Tools allows a 45-day grace period in which you can still monitor the switch through Advanced Web Tools. However, Advanced Web Tools displays warning messages periodically.

These messages warn you that your fabric size exceeds the supported switch configuration limit and tells you how long you have before Advanced Web Tools will be disabled. After the 45-day grace period, you will no longer be able to launch Advanced Web Tools from the switch with the limited switch license if that switch is still exceeding the switch limit.

Value line fabric licensing is applicable only to the SAN Switch 2/8V and SAN Switch 2/16V. These licenses are indicated by 2 Domain Fabric and 4 Domain Fabric in the License tab of the Switch Admin module. See ”Maintaining licensed features” on page 47 for more information.

Switch support

You can use Advanced Web Tools 5.x with the following HP StorageWorks switches and directors:

• 4/8 SAN Switch

• SAN Switch 2/16

• SAN Switch 2/8V

• SAN Switch 2/16V

• SAN Switch 2/32

• 4/16 SAN Switch

• SAN Switch 4/32

• Core Switch 2/64

• SAN Director 2/128

• 4/256 SAN Director

• Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem

Advanced Web Tools is part of the Fabric OS of a switch. When you launch Advanced Web Tools on a switch, you can manage other switches in the fabric that have lower or higher firmware versions. It is important to note that when accessing these switches you are opening the remote switch’s version of Advanced Web Tools, and the functionality available for those switches might vary.

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Launching Advanced Web Tools

You can launch Advanced Web Tools on any workstation with a compatible web browser installed. For a list of web browsers compatible with Fabric OS 5.x, see Table 2 on page 16 and Table 3 on page 16. Advanced Web Tools also supports HTTPS protocol, if that protocol is enabled for the switch. For more information on enabling the HTTPS protocol on your switch, see the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x administrator guide.

Launching Advanced Web Tools

1. Launch the web browser and enter the IP address of the licensed switch in the Address field:

http://10.77.77.77 or https://10.77.77.77

2. Press Enter.

Depending on the switch is configuration, you might be prompted to log in to the switch at this time. See ”Advanced Web Tools interface” on page 20 for more information.

Advanced Web Tools

Advanced Web Tools launches, as shown in Figure 2. Go to Chapter 3, Using Advanced Web Tools for instructions on using this interface.

Figure 2 Advanced Web Tools interface

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Logging in

When you use Advanced Web Tools, you must log in before you can modify any switch information. This section describes upfront login, which determines when you log in, and role-based access control, which is determined by how you log in.

Prior to displaying the login window, Advanced Web Tools displays a security banner (if one is configured for your switch), which you must accept before logging in. The security banner is displayed every time you log in, regardless of whether upfront login is enabled.

Upfront login

Depending on how your switch is configured, you are either prompted to log in once, when you launch Advanced Web Tools (upfront login), or you are prompted to log in whenever you launch a switch administration module, such as the Switch Admin or Zoning module.

By default, upfront login is disabled. Use the configure telnet command to enable or disable upfront login. See the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x command reference guide for information.

Table 4 lists different behaviors, depending on whether upfront login is enabled.

Table 4 Comparison of login modes

Upfront login enabled Upfront login not enabled

You must log in before you see the Switch Explorer (shown in Figure 2 on page 20).

A single session is shared by the Switch Explorer and all child windows launched from it. (See ”Session management” on page 22 for more information on sessions.)

Role-based access control is enforced across the entire session. (See Role-based access control next, for more information.)

When you log out or close Switch Explorer, all windows belonging to the session are invalided. (See ”Logging out” on page 22 for more information.)

If you refresh the Switch Explorer window, all windows belonging to the session are invalidated.

Inactivity timeout (two hours) invalidates the Switch Explorer and all windows opened from it.

Switch Explorer launches with no login.

Switch Admin, Zone Admin, and other protected modules require separate login. (These modules are described in subsequent chapters.)

Role-based access control is enforced on a per-module basis.

There is no Logout button in Switch Explorer. Closing the Switch Explorer window does not invalidate other windows that were opened from it.

Refreshing the Switch Explorer window does not affect other windows that were opened from it.

Inactivity timeout applies only to protected modules, and each module has its own session. This means that if the Switch Admin module times out, the Zone Admin module could still be left open. Conversely, recent activity in the Switch Admin module does not prevent the Zone Admin module from timing out if there is no activity in that module.

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Role-based access control

You can log in at the admin, switchAdmin, or user level. Each role gives you a different access level:

admin You have full access to all of the Advanced Web Tools functionality. switchAdmin You can do everything the admin role can do, except for the following:

user You can view switch information but cannot access any of the switch administration modules.

When upfront login is enabled and the security banner is set on a switch, users are required to log in at user level or higher to launch individual modules.

When upfront login is disabled and the security banner is set on a switch, users are required to log in at admin level to launch individual modules.

Logging in

1. Click OK in the security banner window, if one appears.

The login window opens.

2. Enter the user name of an account with the admin, switchAdmin, or user role.

3. Enter the password.

4. Click OK.

• You cannot modify zoning configurations.

• You cannot create new accounts.

You cannot view or change account information for any accounts. You can view only your own account and change your account password.

Logging out

If upfront login is enabled, you can end your Advanced Web Tools session either by logging out or by closing the Switch Explorer browser window. All windows belonging to the session are invalidated (after a short delay they become grayed out and unusable, but you must close them manually).

If upfront login is not enabled, each module that you have logged in to is a separate session. You need to close each module to end each session. Closing the Switch Explorer does not invalidate these other sessions.

Ending an Advanced Web Tools session with upfront login enabled

Click Logout in the Switch Explorer or click the X in the upper right corner of the Switch Explorer browser window to close it.

Session management

A Web Tools session is defined as the connection between the Advanced Web Tools client and its managed switch.

A session is established when you log in to a switch through Advanced Web Tools. The scope of the session depends on whether upfront login is enabled:

• If upfront login is enabled, a single session is shared by the Switch Explorer and all child windows

launched from it. Closing or navigating away from the Switch Explorer ends the session and invalidates all related child windows. Closing the child windows, however, does not end the session.

• If upfront login is not enabled, a session encompasses only the child window to which you are logged

in (such as the Switch Admin, Zone Admin, and other protected modules). You can open multiple sessions from the same Switch Explorer window. Closing or navigating away from the Switch Explorer does not close the session or affect the child windows.

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A session remains in effect until one of the following happens:

• You log out.

• You close or navigate away from the Switch Explorer window (if upfront login is enabled).

• You refresh the Switch Explorer window (if upfront login is enabled).

• You close the child window (if upfront login is disabled).

• The session times out due to inactivity.

A session times out if it has been inactive for longer than two hours. Inactivity does not mean that there is no user activity (such as keystrokes or mouse movements); it means that no information is sent to the switch (by clicking Apply or Save buttons). For example, in the Zoning module you can spend a lot of time setting up a zoning scheme without actually sending information to the switch. Advanced Web Tools does not display a warning when the session is about to time out. If the session times out, you must restart Advanced Web Tools and log in again.

Advanced Web Tools enables sessions to both secure and nonsecure switches.

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2 Using Advanced Web Tools

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Viewing the Switch Explorer, page 25

• Displaying switches in the fabric, page 32

• Ending the Advanced Web Tools session, page 32

• Using Advanced Web Tools and secure mode, page 32

• Recommendations for working with Advanced Web Tools, page 33

Viewing the Switch Explorer

The first thing you see when you log in to a switch with Advanced Web Tools is the Switch Explorer (see

Figure 3). The Switch Explorer is divided into several areas that provide access to and information about

the switch and fabric. You should familiarize yourself with these areas, as the procedures in this guide refer to them as follows:

• Fabric Tree, which displays a list of all the switches in the fabric

• Fabric Toolbar, which provides access to fabric-wide management interfaces, such as Name Server,

zoning, and events

• Switch View, which displays an interactive graphical representation of the switch

• Switch View Button Menu, which displays buttons providing switch information such as status, event

information, access to telnet, switch administration, switch performance, beaconing, and much more

• Switch Information View, which displays information about the switch such as name, status, Fabric OS

version, domain ID, IP address, and WWN

• Status Legend, which defines the meaning of the colors visible in the background of various icons in

the Switch Explorer

These areas are described further in the sections that follow.

Clicking some of the buttons and icons in the Switch Explorer opens up a separate module, from which you can perform management tasks. In this document, a module is a collection of related tabs or views that are displayed in a single browser window. The zoning module and the Switch Admin module require you to log in, if upfront login is not enabled.

The format of the Switch Explorer varies, depending on the hardware type. Figure 3 through Figure 6 on page 29 show Switch Explorer examples for several HP StorageWorks switches.

Note that the figures are grayed out so that you can more easily see the areas of the Switch Explorer.

In Figure 3 through Figure 6 on page 29, the letters A through F call out the different areas within the Switch Explorer. Table 5 is a key for these callouts.

Table 5 Key to Figure 3 through Figure 6

Callout Area of Switch Explorer view

A Fabric tree

B Fabric toolbar

CSwitch view

D Switch view button menu

E Switch information view

FStatus legend

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Core Switch 2/64

Figure 3 shows an example of the Advanced Web Tools Switch Explorer for a Core Switch 2/64.

A C

Figure 3 Advanced Web Tools Switch Explorer for a Core Switch 2/64

In this figure, the Core Switch 2/64 has two domains; however, only one domain is displayed. You can view and manage only one domain at a time, even though both domains are enclosed in the same chassis. To manage the other domain, you must log in to it separately.

The active control processor (CP) in the Core Switch 2/64 is labeled with a small arrow at the bottom of the CP.

SAN Director 2/128

Figure 4 shows an example of the Advanced Web Tools Switch Explorer for a SAN Director 2/128 (see

the legend in Table 5 on page 25). In this figure, the SAN Director 2/128 has two domains; only one domain is displayed. You can view and manage only one domain at a time, even though both domains are enclosed in the same chassis. To manage the other domain, you must log in to it separately.

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Active CP Arrow

A C

Active CP LED Indicators

Figure 4 Advanced Web Tools Switch Explorer for a SAN Director 2/128

The active CP in the SAN Director 2/128 is labeled with a small arrow at the bottom of the CP display. The SAN Director 2/128 active CP is also indicated with the blue Active CP LED indicator, as shown in the figure.

4/256 SAN Director

Although the 4/256 SAN Director has a single chassis, it can contain one domain or two domains.

Figure 5 shows an example of the Advanced Web Tools Switch Explorer for a single-domain 4/256 SAN

Director (see the legend in Table 5 on page 25).

Active CP Arrow

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A C

Active CP LED Indicators

Figure 5 Advanced Web Tools Switch Explorer for a 4/256 SAN Director

SAN Switch 2/8V

Figure 6 shows an example of the Advanced Web Tools Switch Explorer for a SAN Switch 2/8V (see the

legend in Table 5 on page 25). This is the same format as the Switch Explorer used in Advanced Web Tools for the 4/8 SAN Switch, 4/16 SAN Switch, SAN Switch 2/16V, SAN Switch 2/32, and SAN Switch 4/32.

Active CP Arrow

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Figure 6 Advanced Web Tools Switch Explorer for a SAN Switch 2/8V

Refresh rates

Different panels of Advanced Web Tools refresh at different rates. Table 6 lists the polling rates for the various panels in Advanced Web Tools.

Table 6 Polling rate in the Switch Explorer window

Switch explorer area Polling rate

Name Server User-defined; 15 seconds minimum

Zoning Database 60 seconds

Fabric Watch 15 seconds

Performance Monitor 30 seconds

The refresh, or polling, rates listed in this section and throughout the book indicate the time between the end of one polling and the start of the next, and not how often the screen is refreshed. That is, a refresh rate of 15 seconds does not mean that a refresh occurs every 15 seconds. It means that a new refresh starts 15 seconds after the previous refresh finished.

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Fabric Tree

The Fabric Tree is the left panel of the Switch Explorer. The Fabric Tree displays all switches in the fabric, including switches that do not have an Advanced Web Tools license. Any switches segmented before Advanced Web Tools is launched are not displayed.

Although all switches in the fabric are displayed, only switches that have an Advanced Web Tools license installed can be managed through Advanced Web Tools. Other switches must be managed through the Fabric OS command line interface (CLI) or another management application. For information on adding an Advanced Web Tools license to a switch, see ”Installing an Advanced Web Tools license” on page 18.

Use the drop-down menu at the top of the panel to view switches in the Fabric Tree by switch name, IP address, or WWN. The background color of the switch icon indicates the current status of the switch. You can mouse-over a switch in the fabric tree to display the IP address and current status.

You can manually refresh the status of a switch within the fabric by right-clicking that switch in the Fabric Tree and clicking Refresh.

Fabric toolbar

The Fabric Toolbar at the bottom of the Fabric Tree enables you to access fabric-wide administration tasks quickly. The Fabric Toolbar icons provide access to:

• Fabric events

This information is collected from the launch switch. See ”Monitoring events” on page 50 for more information.

• Topology module

This information is collected from the selected switch. See ”Displaying a fabric

topology report” on page 55 for more information.

• Name Server information

This information is collected from the selected switch. See ”Displaying the

Name Server entries” on page 55 for more information.

• Zone Administration module

This information is collected from the selected switch. This icon is displayed only if an HP Advanced Zoning license is installed on the switch. If secure mode is enabled, zoning can be administered only from the primary fabric configuration server (FCS) switch. If the selected switch has a zoning license installed but is not the primary switch, the Zone Admin icon is displayed but not activated. See ”Managing zoning with Advanced Web Tools” on page 81 for more information.

It is important to note that the information displayed is gathered from different areas; switches in the fabric might be running different versions of Fabric OS, and different versions of Fabric OS support different features, so the information displayed might not always be the same for switches running different versions of Fabric OS.

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