HP Surestore 64 HP Surestore Director FC-64 Product Manager User's Guide - Page 35

Product Manager Overview • Operating Mode The director must be offline before you change operating modes. Select this option to displays the Configure Operating Mode dialog box. Use this dialog box to configure the appropriate interoperability mode to work with the multiswitch fabric. Refer to Configure Operating Mode on page 107 for instructions. • Operating Parameters Select this option to display the Configure Operating Parameters dialog box for setting Fibre Channel operating parameters. In this dialog box, you can set buffer-to-buffer credit (BB_Credit) from 1 to 60. You can also set the resource allocation-time-out value (R_A_TOV) and error-detect-time-out value (E_D_TOV) in tenth-of-a-second increments. In addition, you can configure fabric operating parameters, such as preferred domain ID from 1 to 31 and director priority level as principal, default, or never principal. Refer to Configure Operating Parameters on page 110 for more information on configuring these parameters for the director. • Ports Select this option to display the Configure Ports dialog box. For each port you can provide a name, block or unblock operation, configure extended distance buffering for 10 to 100km, enable LIN alerts for each port, define a type (G, F, and E), and enable port binding. Note Ports are automatically configured as G_Ports if no device is connected, F_Ports if a device is connected, and E_Ports if a director is connected. • Management Server Select this option to display the Configure Open Systems Management Server dialog box, depending on which feature (if any) is enabled for the director. Use this to configure an open systems inband management program to function with the director. To use these procedures, you must have enabled the Open Systems Management Server through the Configure Feature Key dialog box. Using the Product Manager 19