HP StorageWorks SN6000 User Manual

HP StorageWorks SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch

QuickTools Switch Management User Guide

This user guide describes the QuickTools web applet (version 8.00.4) for the HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch (firmware version 8.0.4). The QuickTools web applet is a graphical user interface that provides tools for fabric, switch, and port management tasks. This user guide is intended for users responsible for installing and using switch management tools.

Part Number: 5697-0417 Published June 2010 Edition: 2

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HP StorageWorks SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools Switch Management User Guide

Contents

1 Using QuickTools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Workstation requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Opening QuickTools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

QuickTools user interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Fabric tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Graphic window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Data windows and tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Alerts panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Popup menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Shortcut keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Selecting switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Selecting ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Setting QuickTools preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Using online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Viewing the software version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Exiting QuickTools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

2 Managing Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Fabric services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Enabling SNMP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Enabling in-band management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Rediscovering a fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Adding a new switch to a fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Replacing a failed switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Transparent Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

TR Mapping Manager dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Removing an inter-fabric route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Add TR Mapping dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Mapping a new inter-fabric zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Remote Fabric Zoning dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Transparent Routes data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Event Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Filtering the Event Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Sorting the Event Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Saving the Event Browser to a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Device information and nicknames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Devices data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Displaying detailed device information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Managing device port nicknames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Creating a nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Editing a nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Deleting a nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Exporting nicknames to a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Importing a nicknames file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Active Zoneset data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Configured Zonesets data window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Zoning concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

zone sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Viewing zoning limits and properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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Managing the zoning database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Editing the zoning database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Options for resolving zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Configuring the zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Merge Auto Save. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Default Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Discard Inactive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Saving and restoring the zoning database to a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Saving the zoning database to a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Restoring the zoning database from a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Restoring the default zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Removing all zone and zone set definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Managing zone sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Creating a zone set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Activating and deactivating a zone set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Renaming a zone set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Removing a zone set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Managing zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Creating a zone in a zone set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Copying a zone to a zone set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Adding zone members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Renaming a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Removing a zone member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Removing a zone from a zone set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Removing a zone from all zone sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Managing aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Creating an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Adding a member to an alias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Removing an alias from all zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Merging fabrics and zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Zone merge failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Zone merge failure recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

3 Managing Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Switch data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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

Stack Links data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Managing Switch Stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Security Consistency Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Managing user accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Creating user accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Removing a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Changing a user account password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Modifying a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Paging a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Setting the date/time and enabling NTP client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Resetting a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Configuring a switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Using the configuration wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Switch properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Domain ID and Domain ID Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Syslog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Symbolic name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Switch administrative states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Broadcast support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

In-band management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Fabric device management interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Advanced switch properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Timeout values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Managing system services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Network properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Network IP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Network DNS configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

SNMP configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

SNMP properties and trap configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

SNMP v3 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Adding an SNMP v3 user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Modifying an SNMP v3 user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Removing an SNMP v3 user. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Testing a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Archiving a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Restoring a switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Restoring the factory default configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Installing feature license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Downloading a support file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Installing firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Using Call Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Using the Call Home Profile Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Using the Call Home Profile Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Using the Call Home Profile Editor—Tech Support Center Profile dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Applying all profiles on a switch to other switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Using the Call Home Message Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Testing Call Home Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Change Over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

4 Managing Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Port Information data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Port Statistics data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Viewing and configuring ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Port symbolic name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Port states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Port operational states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Port administrative states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Port types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Port speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Port transceiver media status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

I/O Stream Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Device Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Auto Performance Tuning and AL Fairness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Resetting a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Testing ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

5 Support and Other Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Document conventions and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

JDOM license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Contacting HP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

HP contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Subscription service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Documentation feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

New and changed information in this edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Related information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Other HP websites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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Figures

1 Add a New Fabric dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2 Password Change Required dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3 QuickTools faceplate display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

4 QuickTools backplate display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

5 Alerts panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

6 Preferences dialog box–QuickTools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

7 TR Mapping Manager dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

8 Add TR Mapping dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

9 Remote Fabric Zoning dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

10 Transparent Routes data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

11 Transparent Route dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

12 Event Browser dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

13 Filter Events dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

14 Devices data window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

15 Detailed Devices Display dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

16 Active Zoneset data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

17 Configured Zoneset data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

18 Edit Zoning dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

19 Zoning Config dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

20 Switch data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

21 Switch data window buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

22 Stack Links data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

23 Security Consistency Checklist dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

24 User Account Administration–Add Account dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

25 User Account Administration–Remove Account dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

26 User Account Administration–Change Password dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

27 User Account Administration–Modify Account dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

28 Date/Time dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

29 Switch Properties dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

30 Advanced Switch Properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

31 System Services dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

32 Network Properties dialog boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

33 SNMP Properties dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

34 SNMP v3 Manager dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

35 SNMP v3 User Editor dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

36 Switch Diagnostics dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

37 Restore dialog boxes—full and selective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

38 Feature Licenses dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

39 Add License Key dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

40 Download Support File dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

41 Load Firmware dialog box for a single switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

42 Load Firmware dialog box for a stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

43 Call Home Setup dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

44 Call Home Profile Manager dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

45 Call Home Profile Editor dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

46 Call Home Profile Editor—Tech Support Center Profile dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

47 Call Home Profile Multiple Switch Apply dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

48 Call Home Message Queue dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

49 Call Home Test Profile dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

50 Call Home Change Over dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

51 Port Information data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

52 Port Information data window buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

53 Port Statistics data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

54 Port Properties dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

55 Advanced Port Properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

56 Port Diagnostics dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Tables

1 Workstation requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2 Menu bar options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3 Transparent Routes data window fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4 Port operational states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

5 Devices data window fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

6 Edit Zoning dialog box tool bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

7 Port/Device icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

8 Switch data window fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

9 Stack Links data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

10 Switch resets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

11 Network Properties dialog box—IP fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

12 Network Properties dialog box—DNS fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

13 SNMP Properties dialog box fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

14 SNMP v3 User Editor dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

15 Factory default configuration settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

16 Call Home Setup fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

17 Call Home Editor—Tech Support Center Profile dialog box fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

18 Port Information data window fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

19 Port Statistics data window fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

20 Port Properties dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

21 Port operational states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

22 Port administrative states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

23 Port types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

24 Port speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

25 Port transceiver media view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

26 Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

HP StorageWorks SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools Switch Management User Guide 7

1Using QuickTools

This section describes how to use the QuickTools web applet and its menus.

Workstation requirements

The requirements for fabric management workstations running the QuickTools web applet are described in

Table 1.

Table 1 Workstation requirements

Component Options/Requirements

Operating systems Windows XP SP1/SP2/SP3

Windows 2003 SP2

Windows 2008 SP2 and R2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, 10 and 11

Memory 512 MB or more (1GB recommended)

Processor 2 GHz or faster

Internet Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later

Netscape Navigator 6.0 and later

Hardware RJ-45 Ethernet port

1. You must disable caching of temporary files and applets in Java to prevent conflicts with past or future versions of QuickTools. Furthermore, you may need to disable caching again after upgrading Java.

IMPORTANT: Java must be configured to disable caching of temporary files and applets to prevent

conflicts with past or future versions of QuickTools. Also, caching may become enabled if the Java version is upgraded, so you may need to disable caching again after a Java upgrade.

Opening QuickTools

Once the switch is operational, open the QuickTools web applet.

To open the QuickTools web applet:

1. In an Internet browser, enter the switch IP address (the default switch IP address is 10.0.0.1). (If your

workstation does not have the Java 2 Run Time Environment program, you will be prompted to download it.)

Firefox 1.5 and later

Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 or later

RS-232 serial port (optional)

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2. The Add a New Fabric dialog box (Figure 1) prompts you for your username (the default is admin) and

password (the default is password).

Figure 1 Add a New Fabric dialog box

3. Click Add Fabric to open the fabric. (If you do not have a secure Ethernet connection, the Non Secure

Connection Check dialog box will prompt you to establish a non-secure connection.)

4. The opening window is displayed (Figure 3). For security reasons, you will be prompted to change your

user account password that was initially set up by the administrator (Figure 2).

Figure 2 Password Change Required dialog box

NOTE: Until you change the default password, you will be prompted to change the password each time

you attempt to open the fabric.

5. Click OK, and change the user account password. See ”Managing user accounts” (page 55) for more

information.

QuickTools user interface

Data window tabs

Graphic window

Fabric tree

Menu bar

Data window

Fabric/Switch name and status

The QuickTools web applet uses faceplate and backplate displays to manage the switches in a fabric. The interface (Figure 3) consists of a menu bar, fabric tree, graphic window, data windows (some with buttons), and data window tabs. The switch faceplate is displayed in the graphic window and shows the front of a single switch and its ports. While there is no topology display, the fabric name is displayed for reference in the fabric tree above the switch names. Click a switch name or icon to display a different switch faceplate in the graphic window. Information displayed in the data windows corresponds to the data window tab selected.

The faceplate display (Figure 3) shows the front of a single SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch.

Figure 3 QuickTools faceplate display

The backplate display (Figure 4) shows the back of a dual-power supply SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch.

Figure 4 QuickTools backplate display

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Fabric tree

The QuickTools web applet enables you to manage the switches in one fabric. The fabric tree (Figure 3) provides access to each switch faceplate display in the fabric. Click a switch name or icon to display that switch faceplate in the graphic window. The width of the fabric tree window can be adjusted by clicking and dragging the moveable window border.

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

• A green icon indicates normal operation.

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

performance.

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

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

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

Graphic window

The graphic window shows either the front of a switch (the faceplate, as shown in Figure 3) or the back of the switch (the backplate). The height of the window can be adjusted by clicking and dragging the border that it shares with the data window. To view the faceplate display, select View > View Faceplate. To view the backplate display, select View > View Backplate.

Data windows and tabs

The data window (Figure 3) displays a table of data and statistics associated with the selected tab for the switch displayed in the graphic window. Use the scroll bar to browse through the data. To adjust the length of the window, click and drag the border that it shares with the graphic window.To adjust the column width, move the pointer over the column heading border shared by two columns until a right/left arrow graphic is displayed. Click and drag the arrow to the desired width.

The data windows and tabs are described below:

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

”Devices data window” (page 30) for more information.

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

”Transparent Router” (page 20) for more information.

• Switch—Displays current network and switch configuration data for the selected switch. See ”Switch

data window” (page 47) for more information.

• Port Statistics—Displays performance data for the selected ports. See ”Port Statistics data window”

(page 94) for more information.

• Port Information—Displays information for the selected ports. See ”Port Information data window”

(page 91) for more information.

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

zone is a named group of ports or devices. See ”Configured Zonesets data window” (page 34) for more information.

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

”Active Zoneset data window” (page 33) for more information about this data window. See ”Zoning” (page 33) for information about zone sets and zones.

Alerts panel

Status section

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

NOTE: The up/down arrows on the divider bar between the Alerts panel entries and data windows

enable you to move the divider bar up or down incrementally. With the faceplate image in the graphic window and the data window displayed, click the up arrow (on left) to move the divider up to the top of the window, completely hiding the faceplate image. Click the down arrow (on right) to move the divider back to the middle; click the down arrow again to completely hide the data window. You can also click-and-drag the divider bar to manually move it up or down.

Figure 5 Alerts panel

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Menu bar

The QuickTools web applet menu bar options are described in Table 2.

Table 2 Menu bar options

Option Sub-options

File Preferences

Fabric Nicknames

Switch Archive

Rediscover Fabric

TR Mapping Manager

Show Event Browser

Restore (available on entry switch only)

User Accounts

Set Date/Time

Switch Properties

Advanced Switch Properties (available on entry switch only)

Services

Call Home (Setup, Profile Manager, Message Queue, Test Profile, Change Over)

Network Properties (IP, DNS)

SNMP (SNMP Properties, SNMP v3 Manager (SSL is required and only enabled on entry switch))

Switch Diagnostics (Online Switch Diagnostics, Offline Switch Diagnostics (available on entry switch only))

Toggle Beacon

Load Firmware

Reset Switch (Hot Reset, Reset, Hard Reset)

Restore Factory Defaults

Features

Download Support File

Table 2 Menu bar options (Continued)

Option Sub-options

Stack

These options are available only if the stack icon or name is selected in the fabric tree.

Refresh Stack

Select All Ports

Syslog

SNMP Properties

Set Date/Time

User Accounts

Security Consistency Checklist

Reset (Hot Reset, Reset, Hard Reset)

Load Firmware

Move Switch Up (available when a switch (except top switch) in stack is selected)

Move Switch Down (available when a switch (except bottom switch) in stack is selected)

Remove Switch (available when a switch in stack is selected)

Remove Links (available when an active port with ISL connected is selected)

Port Port Properties

Advanced Port Properties

Reset Port

Port Diagnostics (Online Port Diagnostics, Offline Por t Diagnostics)

Zoning Edit Zoning

Resolve Zoning (Capture Active Zoning, Restore Configured Zoning, Capture Merged Zoning, View Merged/Configured Differences)

Edit Zoning Config

Activate Zoneset

Deactivate Zoneset

Restore Default Zoning

View Refresh

View Port Types

View Port States

View Port Speeds

View Port Media

View Faceplate

View Backplate

Wizards Configuration Wizard

Help Help Topics

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About

Popup menus

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

• Refreshing a switch

• Selecting all ports

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

• Services dialog box

• Port diagnostics dialog boxes

Shortcut keys

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

NOTE: The shortcut key combinations are not case-sensitive. Shortcut keys are not supported on the Mac

platform.

Selecting switches

To select a switch, you can either select the switch name or switch icon from the fabric tree to display its faceplate display in the graphic window. See ”Managing Switches” (page 47) for detailed switch information.

Selecting ports

Ports are selectable and serve as access points for other displays and menus. You select ports to display information about them in the data window or to modify them. Context-sensitive popup menus appear when you right-click the faceplate image or on a port icon. See ”Managing Ports” (page 91) for detailed port information.

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

• To select a port, click the port.

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

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

the last port in the desired range. The web applet selects both end ports and all ports in between the end ports.

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

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

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

• To deselect ports in a group of selected ports, press and hold down the Control key while clicking each

port.

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

Setting QuickTools preferences

Using the preferences settings, you can:

• Change the location of the working directory in which to save files.

• Change the location of the browser used to view the online Help.

• Select the Display Dialog When Making Non-secure Connections option. If this option is enabled, the

Non-secure Connections Check dialog box appears when you attempt to open a non-secure fabric and you have the option of opening the non-secure fabric. If this option is disabled, you cannot open a fabric that has a non-secure connection.

• Enable (default) or disable the Event Browser. See ”Event Browser” (page 27) for more information. If

the Event Browser is enabled using the Preferences dialog box (Figure 6), the next time QuickTools is started all events appear. If the Event Browser is disabled when QuickTools is started and enabled later, only those events from the time the Event Browser was enabled and forward appear.

• Choose the default port view when opening the faceplate display. You can set the faceplate to reflect

the current port type (default), speed, port operational state, or port transceiver media. Regardless of the default port view you choose, you can change the port view in the faceplate display by opening the View menu and selecting a different port view option. See the corresponding subsection for more information:

• Port types, page 100

• Port operational states, page 98

• Port speeds, page 100

• Port transceiver media status, page 101

Figure 6 Preferences dialog box–QuickTools

To set preferences for your QuickTools sessions:

1. Select File > Preferences to open the Preferences dialog box.

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

3. Choose the preferences you want in the Application-wide Options area.

4. Click OK to save the changes.

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Using online Help

The browser-based online Help system can be accessed from the QuickTools web applet several ways. Online Help is also context-sensitive; that is, the online Help opens to the topic that describes the dialog box you have opened.

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

• Select Help > Help Topics from the Menu bar.

• Click Help on the tool bar.

• If no dialog box appears, press the F1 function key.

To open the Help system to the topic that describes the dialog box you have open, choose one of the following options:

• Click Help in dialog box.

• Press the F1 function key.

Viewing the software version

Select Help > About to view the version of the software.

Exiting QuickTools

To exit a QuickTools web applet session, close the browser.

2 Managing Fabrics

This section describes the following options for managing fabrics.

Fabric services

Fabric services security includes SNMP and In-band management. SNMP is the protocol governing network management and monitoring of network devices. SNMP security consists of a read community string and a write community string, that are basically the passwords that control read and write access to the switch. The read community string (public) and write community string (private) are set at the factory to these well-known defaults and should be changed when SNMP is enabled using the System Services or SNMP Properties dialog boxes. If SNMP is enabled (default) and the read and write community strings have not been changed from their defaults, you risk unwanted access to the switch. See ”Enabling SNMP configuration” (page 19) for more information. SNMP is enabled by default.

In-band management is the ability to manage switches across inter-switch links using QuickTools, SNMP, management server, or the application programming interface. The switch comes from the factory with in-band management enabled. If you disable in-band management on a particular switch, you can no longer communicate with that switch by means other than a direct Ethernet or serial connection. See ”Enabling in-band management” (page 19) for more information.

Enabling SNMP configuration

To enable the SNMP configuration:

1. Select Switch > SNMP > SNMP Properties to open the SNMP Properties dialog box.

2. Select the SNMP Enabled option in the SNMP Configuration area.

3. Click OK to save the change to the database.

Enabling in-band management

To enable in-band management:

1. Select Switch > Switch Properties to open the Switch Properties dialog box.

2. Select the In-band Management Enable option.

3. Click OK to save the change to the database.

Rediscovering a fabric

After making changes to or deleting switches from a fabric view, it may be helpful to again view the actual fabric configuration. The Rediscover Fabric option clears out the current fabric information being displayed, and rediscovers all switch information.

To rediscover a fabric, select Fabric > Rediscover Fabric. The Rediscover function is more comprehensive than the Refresh function.

Adding a new switch to a fabric

If there are no special conditions to be configured for a new switch, plug in the switch; the switch becomes functional with the default fabric configuration. The default fabric configuration settings are:

• Fabric zoning is sent to the switch from the fabric.

• All 8 Gb/s ports will be GL_Ports.

• The default IP address 10.0.0.1 is assigned to the switch without configuring a gateway or boot

protocol (RARP, BOOTP, and DHCP).

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If you are adding a new switch to a fabric and do not want to accept the default fabric configuration:

1. If the switch is not new from the factory, reset the switch to the factory configuration before adding the

switch to the fabric by selecting Restore Factory Defaults from the Switch menu.

2. If you want to manage the switch through the Ethernet port, configure the IP address using the Network

Properties dialog box or the Configuration Wizard.

3. Configure any special switch settings. To open the Zoning Config dialog box, select Zoning > Edit

Zoning Config.

4. Plug in the ISLs, but do not connect the devices.

5. Configure the port types for the new switch using the Port Properties dialog box.

6. Connect the devices to the switch.

7. To make any necessary zoning changes, select Zoning > Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning dialog

box.

Replacing a failed switch

The Restore menu option is not available for the switches being managed in-band through the fabric management switch. You can only restore a switch out-of-band via Ethernet connection to the fabric management switch. Certain parameters are not archived, and these are not restored by QuickTools. For more information, see ”Archiving a switch” (page 74) and ”Restoring a switch” (page 74).

Use the following procedure to replace a failed switch for which an archive is available.

1. Turn off the power to the failed switch and disconnect the AC cords. Note port locations and remove

the interconnection cables and small form-factor pluggable (SFPs).

2. Remove the failed switch.

3. Mount the replacement switch in the location where the failed switch was removed.

4. Install the SFPs using the same ports as were used on the failed switch. Do not reconnect inter-switch

links, target devices, and initiator devices at this time. Doing so could invalidate the fabric zoning configuration.

5. Attach the AC cords and power up the switch.

6. Restore the configuration from the failed switch to the replacement switch:

a. Open a new fabric through the replacement switch. b. Open the faceplate display for the replacement switch. Select Switch > Restore. c. In the Restore dialog box, enter the archive file from the failed switch or browse for the file. d. Click Restore.

7. Select Switch > Reset Switch to reset the replacement switch to activate the configuration formerly

possessed by the failed switch including the domain ID and the zoning database.

8. Reconnect the inter-switch links, target devices, and initiator devices to the replacement switch using the

same ports as were used on the failed switch.

Transparent Router

IMPORTANT: The SSCM application can manage HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switches with active

TR_Ports; however, SSCM cannot manage or discover remote switches or devices in the remote fabric. Use QuickTools and the storage management interface to present LUNs to remote devices. SSCM displays the remote fabric as a grayed-out switch, and no management can be performed. SSCM version 3.0 or later is required for the HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch. SSCM version 2.0 and earlier versions do not support the management of fabrics that include switches with active TR_Ports and may disrupt communication between an HP SN6000 or 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch and the remote fabric.

The Transparent Router feature on the HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch provides inter-fabric routing to enable controlled and limited access between devices on an HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch (local) fabric and devices on a remote fabric of B-series or C-series switches.

The local fabric may consist of one or multiple HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switches connected by their ISLs. A specific device attached to an HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch can be mapped with one or more devices in one remote fabric over only one TR_Port on that HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch. If a device attached to an HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch is mapped with multiple devices in the same remote fabric, the same TR_Port must be used.

A device attached to a remote fabric can be mapped with multiple devices in multiple local fabrics. If a device in a remote fabric is mapped with multiple devices in the local fabric attached to a given HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch, the same TR_Port on the HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch must be used for all mappings involving that remote device. However, the same remote device can be mapped with other local devices attached to a different HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch in the same local fabric over a TR port from that switch. A remote device can be mapped through more than one TR port, as long as each of those TR ports is on a different HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch.

Furthermore, you cannot map a local device to a remote device over an E_Port to another local switch and then over a TR_Port to the remote switch. The transparent route cannot include an E_Port on the local fabric.

Local devices will not discover remote devices until the corresponding inter-fabric zones are activated on both the local and remote fabrics. To remove a mapping, in addition to removing the local inter-fabric zone, you must also remove the corresponding remote inter-fabric zone.

NOTE: When a local device is mapped over a TR_Port to a remote device, the local device and its

TR_Port appear as an NPIV connected device in the remote fabric. It is possible, though not recommended, to map such a local device over a second TR_Port to a local device in a second local fabric. In this case, if you merge the two local fabrics, the transparent route becomes inactive for the devices that now have a path over an ISL, and an alarm is generated.

For details of switches supported in a remote fabric, see release notes for the HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch, and the HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide on the HP website

http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide. A user (admin rights required) can configure TR mappings to

connect devices on the local HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch fabric with devices on remote fabrics.

The transparent route between these devices is accomplished by connecting a remote switch to a TR_port on the HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch, mapping the devices together, and then creating and activating the IFZ (inter-fabric zones) in both fabrics. Each fabric will contain a matching IFZ. Each IFZ must contain exactly three WWN members: the local device, the remote device, and the TR_Port attached to the remote fabric.

NOTE: Be sure to configure the TR_Port before connecting the remote fabric to the HP SN6000 Fibre

Channel Switch. If the remote fabric is connected to a port on the HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch that is not a TR_Port, the two fabrics may establish an E_Port connection and the local and remote fabrics may merge. This mixed fabric is not a supported configuration. If the port type is changed to TR_Port after connecting the remote fabric, a port reset may be required to completely establish the TR connection.

A TR_Port is used as a bridge between the transparent router’s local fabric and a remote fabric. A TR_Port uses standard NPIV login methods to attach to the remote fabric. For remote B-series or C-series fabrics, the switch to which the TR_Port connects must support N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) and for B-series fabrics the interoperability mode must be configured to InteropMode=0. The TR_Port logs into the remote fabric using the WWN of the TR_Port. The TR_Port accesses fabric services of the remote fabric, such as Name Server and Management Server, and may receive registered state change notifications (RSCNs). The TR_Port uses FDISCs to login proxies for devices attached to an N_Port on the HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch. Any of the HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch 8Gb ports may be configured as a TR_Port.

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IMPORTANT: Since C-series switches do not support the Unzoned Name Server, C-series fabrics

must be “pre-zoned” before you can set up TR mappings to a remote C-series fabric using the TR Mapping Manager dialog box. The C-series fabric zone set must be changed to add zones so that the WWNs of the remote devices to be mapped and the WWNs of the HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch TR ports are zoned together. For more information, see the C-series documentation for specific information to configure zoning. Retain these zones in the zone set after completion of the TR mapping as a best practice, until you no longer need to map the device to the local fabric.

TR Mapping Manager dialog

The TR Mapping Manager dialog (Figure 7) displays the currently mapped inter-fabric routes. You can create new inter-fabric routes, view detail information on existing inter-fabric routes, and remove existing inter-fabric routes. To open the TR Mapping Manager dialog, select Fabric > TR Mapping Manager.

NOTE: The Merge Auto Save option in the Config Zoning dialog must be selected before you can open

the TR Mapping Manager dialog. See ”Merge Auto Save” (page 39) for more information.

To create a new TR mapping, click Add or select Edit > Add to open the Add TR Mapping dialog. See ”Add TR Mapping dialog” (page 23) for more information.

Select a TR mapping member in the TR Mapping List window to:

• Delete that TR mapping member

• View detailed information for that TR mapping member in the Selected TR Mapping area

Figure 7 TR Mapping Manager dialog

After you click OK in the TR Mapping Manager dialog, the IFZs are created and saved to the switch. If there is an active zone set with TR mappings, the old IFZs are deleted and replaced with the new IFZs, and then the active zone set is re-activated. If there is no active zone set, a zone set named TR_MAPPING_SET” (default name) is created, the new IFZs are added to the zone set, and then the zone set is activated. If there are no TR mappings, the old IFZs are deleted from the active zone set, and then the active zone set is re-activated. If there are no zones and no IFZs in the active set, the active zone set is deactivated.

Removing an inter-fabric route

To remove an inter-fabric route:

1. Open the faceplate display, and select Fabric > TR Mapping Manager.

2. In the TR Mapping Manager dialog (Figure 7), select a TR mapping member from the TR Mapping list,

and then click Remove or select Edit > Remove. A warning dialog prompts you to confirm the removal of the selected mapping members.

3. Click OK to confirm the removal of the selected TR mapping member.

Add TR Mapping dialog

The Add TR Mapping dialog (Figure 8) enables you to map a new inter-fabric zone. The Add TR Mapping dialog displays the selectable local devices, remote devices, and TR-configured ports that can be mapped to the inter-fabric zone. The Add TR Mapping dialog appears after you click Add or select Edit > Add in the TR Mapping Manager dialog.

NOTE: You can map a remote device through multiple TR ports, as long as each of those TR ports are on

different HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switches.

Select a local device from the 1 Select a Local Device column to display the selectable remote devices in the

2 Select a Remote Device column. After selecting a remote device, the selectable TR ports appear in the 3 Select a TR Port column.

Figure 8 Add TR Mapping dialog

Mapping a new inter-fabric zone

NOTE: The local fabric port to be used in the inter-fabric zone must be configured as a TR_Port before the

devices are mapped. See ”Por t types” (page 100) for information on changing port types.

To map a new inter-fabric zone:

1. Open the faceplate display, and select Fabric > TR Mapping Manager.

2. In the TR Mapping Manager dialog (Figure 7), click Add or select Edit > Add.

3. In the Add TR Mapping dialog (Figure 8), select a local device from the 1 Select a Local Device column.

4. Select a remote device from the 2 Select a Remote Device column.

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5. Select a TR port from the 3 Select a TR Port column.

After selecting an option from the 3 Select a TR Port column, the OK button becomes active.

6. Click OK to save the changes and close the Add TR Mapping dialog.

7. Verify that the new TR mapping members appear in the TR Mapping list of the TR Mapping Manager

dialog, and click OK.

NOTE: After you click OK in the TR Mapping Manager dialog, the IFZs are created and saved to the

switch. If there is an active zone set with TR mappings, the old IFZs are deleted and replaced with the new IFZs, and then the active zone set is re-activated. If there is no active zone set, a zone set named TR_MAPPING_SET” (default name) is created, the new IFZs are added to the zone set, and then the zone set is activated. If there are no TR mappings, the old IFZs are deleted from the active zone set, and then the active zone set is re-activated. If there are no zones and no IFZs in the active set, the active zone set is deactivated.

Remote Fabric Zoning dialog

The Remote Fabric Zoning dialog (Figure 9) enables you to generate and save a text file containing the zoning commands required to be executed on the remote fabric so that the inter-fabric connection using a TR port is established. The user can choose the kind of remote fabric/switches to connect with the TR port so that QuickTools knows which zoning commands to generate for the user. Fabrics with B-series and C-series switches are supported.

NOTE: Before modifying zoning, HP recommends that you back up the configuration.

Figure 9 Remote Fabric Zoning dialog

To create a zoning commands text file for the remote fabric:

1. Open the faceplate display, and select Fabric > TR Mapping Manager.

2. Create a new TR mapping for a inter-fabric zone, if one does not exist. See ”Mapping a new

inter-fabric zone” (page 23) for more information.

3. In the TR Mapping Manager dialog (Figure 8), select an entry from the TR Mapping List window.

4. Select File > Generate Remote Zoning.

5. In the Remote Fabric Zoning dialog (Figure 9), if you made and saved changes in the TR Mapping

Manager dialog, you can choose the type of zoning commands to view in the Suggested Remote Fabric Zoning Commands window of the Remote Fabric Zoning dialog.

Choose one of the following options from Select Set of Zoning Commands to View:

• The Comprehensive Zoning Commands for Initial TR Setup option to show the list of zoning commands to set up all the IFZs.

• The Zoning Commands Only for Changes to TR Mappings option to show the list of zoning commands only for changes you just made during this session (after opening the TR Mapping Manager dialog).

NOTE: The Remote Fabric Zoning dialog displays the Select Set of Zoning Commands to View option

only if you made and saved changes in the TR Mapping Manager dialog. If you opened the Remote

Fabric Zoning dialog after selecting File > Generate Remote Zoning, the Select Set of Zoning Commands to View option is not displayed, and the Suggested Remote Fabric Zoning Commands window displays the list of zoning commands to set up all the IFZs.

6. Choose one of the following options from the Remote Switch Type drop-down list to generate the

corresponding zoning commands:

• B-series—to connect remotely with B-series switches

• C-series—to connect remotely with C-series switches

7. Enter the Configuration Name, which is used as the zone set name in the commands. This must be the

same zone set name as the zone set on the remote fabric to which this zoning will be applied, or else the commands generated can be saved and edited to change the zone set name as needed. The default Configuration Name displayed is TRoutesCfg.

8. Select one of the following:

•Clear the New Configuration option if the remote fabric has an active zone set. Executing the updated zoning commands on the remote fabric automatically adds the changes to the already active zone set, provided that the Configuration Name entered is the same as the name of that active zone set.

NOTE: If the commands are run and the Configuration Name is not the name of the active zone

set in the remote fabric, the commands attempt to replace the active zone set with a new zone set with the new name, containing only the Inter Fabric Zones. This will not succeed unless you respond to CLI queries to accept activation of this new zone set.

• Select the New Configuration option if the remote fabric does not have an active zone set. Executing the commands on the remote fabric automatically adds the commands (inter-fabric zones) to create and activate the zone set. The Configuration Name entered is the name of the active zone set that is created.

9. Click Export and select a path name (TXT file extension only) in the Save dialog.

Selecting the same path name will overwrite the first path name.

10.Click Save to save the zoning commands text file on your workstation.

NOTE: The commands generated for C-series switches assume that zoning will be applied to

VSAN 1. If this is not the correct VSAN, you must edit the commands accordingly before executing the commands.

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Transparent Routes data window

The Transparent Routes data window displays the currently configured inter-fabric zones/routes using a TR_Port.

Figure 10 Transparent Routes data window

The Transparent Routes data window fields are described in Table 3.

Table 3 Transparent Routes data window fields

Field Description

Route Route number reference for each listing in the Transparent

Routes data window table

State The current TR mapping state (Active or Inactive)

• Active—Indicates that the mapping's TR port is on this switch, and both devices have logged in.

• Inactive—Indicates that the mapping's TR port is on this switch, and the mapping is not active. The reasons are shown in the details display as the three Status column entries (one for the overall mapping and one for each device in the mapping).

Device A The WWN of one of the two devices linked by the TR

mapping. Assigned nicknames are also displayed.

Device B The WWN of the other device linked by the TR mapping.

Assigned nicknames are also displayed.

Details Click (i) in the Details column to open the Transparent Route

dialog, which displays detailed information on the transparent route.

The Transparent Route dialog (Figure 11) displays detailed information about the transparent route you selected from the Transparent Routes data window. The state of the route (Active or Inactive) is shown, and Port WWN, TR Port WWN, and Status fields are displayed for both sides of the route. Device A will not necessarily correspond to the HP SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch side of the route, as the end points of the route could be in any order.

Figure 11 Transparent Route dialog

Event Browser

The Event Browser displays a list of events generated by the switches in the fabric and the QuickTools web applet. Events that are generated by the QuickTools web applet are not saved on the switch, but can be saved to a file during a QuickTools session.

The Event Browser (Figure 12) lists events that have occurred, displaying the severity, time, source, type, and description of the events. The maximum number of entries allowed in the Event Browser is 10,000. The maximum number of entries allowed on a switch is 1,200. Once the maximum is reached, the oldest events in the event list are deleted when new events occur. Event entries from the switch, use the switch time stamp, while event entries generated by the web applet have a workstation time stamp. You can filter, sort, and export the contents of the Event Browser to a file. The Event Browser begins recording when it is enabled and QuickTools is running.

If the Event Browser is enabled using the Preferences dialog box, the next time QuickTools is started all events from the switch log appear. If the Event Browser is disabled when QuickTools is started and later enabled, only those events that occur after the time the Event Browser was enabled will appear.

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To display the Event Browser, open the Fabric menu and select Show Event Browser. If the Show Event

Column sorting buttons

Severity column

Browser selection is grayed-out, you must first enable the Events Browser preference. See ”Setting

QuickTools preferences” (page 17).

Figure 12 Event Browser dialog box

The icons in the Severity column identify the operational state of the port, as described in Table 4.

Table 4 Port operational states

State Description

Alarm—An alarm is a "serviceable event." This means that attention by the user or field service is required. Alarms are posted asynchronously to the screen and cannot be turned off. If the alarm denotes that a system error has occurred, the customer and/or field representative will generally be directed to provide the support file from the switch.

Critical event—An event that indicates a potential failure. Critical log messages are events that warrant notice by the user. By default, these log messages will be posted to the screen. Critical log messages do not have alarm status as they require no immediate attention from a user or service representative.

Warning event—An event that indicates errors or other conditions that may require attention in order to maintain maximum performance. Warning messages will not be posted to the screen unless the log is configured to do so. Warning messages are not disruptive and therefore, do not meet the criteria of Critical. The user need not be informed asynchronously

No icon Informative—An unclassified event that provides only

supporting information.

NOTE: Events (Alarms, Critical, Warning, and Informative) generated by the web applet are not saved on

the switch. They are permanently discarded when you close a QuickTools session; however, you can save these events to a file on the workstation before you close QuickTools and read it later with a text editor or browser.

Events generated by the switch are stored on the switch, and will be retrieved when the web applet is restarted. Some alarms are configurable.

Filtering the Event Browser

Filtering the Event Browser enables you to display only those events that are of interest based on the event severity, timestamp, source, type, and description. To filter the Event Browser, open the Filter menu and select Filter Entries. This opens the Filter Events dialog box (Figure 13). The Event Browser displays those events that meet all of the criteria in the Filter Events dialog box. If the filtering criteria are cleared or changed, then all the events that were previously hidden that satisfy the new criteria will be shown.

You can filter the Event Browser in the following ways:

• Severity—Select one or more of the corresponding options to display alarm events, critical events,

warning events, or informative events.

• Date/Time—Select one or both of the From: and To: options, and enter the bounding timestamps

(MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS AA, where "AA" indicates AM or PM) to display only those events that fall within the selected times. The current year (YY) can be entered as either 2 or 4 digits.

• Text—Select one or more of the corresponding options and enter a text string (case sensitive)

identifying the source, type, and/or description of the events to be monitored. The Event Browser displays only those events that satisfy all of the search specifications for the criteria defined.

Figure 13 Filter Events dialog box

Sorting the Event Browser

Sorting the Event Browser enables you to display the events in alphanumeric order based on the event severity, timestamp, source, type, or description. By default, the Event Browser is sorted in ascending order by timestamp. To sort on another column of the Event Browser, click the Severity, Timestamp, Source, Type, or Description column button. Alternatively, select Sort > By Severity, By Timestamp, By Source, By Type, or By Description. Successive sort operations of the same type alternate between ascending and descending order.

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Saving the Event Browser to a file

You can save the displayed Event Browser entries to a file. Filtering affects the save operation, because only displayed events are saved. To save the Event Browser to a file:

1. Filter and sort the Event Browser to obtain the desired display.

2. Select File > Save As.

3. Select a folder and enter a file name in which to save the event log, and then click Save. The file can be

saved in XML, CSV, or text format. XML files can be opened with an internet browser or text editor. CSV files can be opened with most spreadsheet applications.

Device information and nicknames

Devices are hosts and storage targets connected to the switch. A nickname is a user-definable, meaningful name that can be used in place of the World Wide Name (WWN). This sub-section describes how to view and manage device information and nicknames.

• Devices data window, page 30

• Displaying detailed device information, page 31

• Managing device port nicknames, page 32

Devices data window

The Devices data window (Figure 14) displays information about name server devices and proxied devices (from configuration of TR ports) connected to the switch. To display the Devices data window, click the

Devices tab below the data window.

Figure 14 Devices data window

Remote devices are proxied, so there are limitations in available information:

• The Details button is disabled.

• The Target/Initiator field will always read "Unknown".

• The Vendor field text will be decoded from the OUI in the Port WWN, rather than potentially being

read from the FC4Descriptors, as is the case with local devices.

• The proxied devices are indicated in the Device data window by italic text and the notation "(TR)" after

the port number.

• Proxied devices are also grayed-out in the Active Zoneset data window. See ”Active Zoneset data

window” (page 33) for more information.

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