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Supported HP StorageWorks hardware |
17 |
Table 1 Switch model naming matrix |
17 |
Intended audience |
18 |
Related documentation |
18 |
Glossary of terms |
18 |
Document conventions and symbols |
18 |
Table 2 Document conventions |
18 |
HP technical support |
19 |
HP-authorized reseller |
19 |
Helpful web sites |
19 |
Introducing Fabric OS CLI procedures |
21 |
About procedural differences |
21 |
Scope and references |
21 |
About the CLI |
22 |
Help information |
23 |
Displaying command Help |
23 |
Displaying additional Help topics |
23 |
Table 3 Help file commands |
23 |
Performing basic configuration tasks |
25 |
Connecting to the CLI |
25 |
Using telnet or SSH session |
25 |
How to connect via telnet |
25 |
Using a console session on the serial port |
26 |
How to connect via the serial port |
26 |
Setting the default account passwords |
26 |
Table 4 Default administrative account names and passwords |
27 |
Changing default passwords summary |
27 |
How to change default passwords at login |
28 |
Configuring the Ethernet interface |
28 |
How to display network interface settings |
29 |
Static Ethernet addressing summary |
29 |
How to set static addresses for the Ethernet network interface |
29 |
Configuring DHCP |
30 |
DHCP summary |
30 |
How to enable DHCP |
30 |
How to disable DHCP |
30 |
Setting the date and time |
31 |
Setting time zones |
31 |
How to set the time zone |
32 |
How to set the time zone interactively |
33 |
Synchronizing local time |
34 |
How to synchronize local time with an external source |
34 |
Maintaining licensed software features |
35 |
How to generate or activate a license key |
36 |
Figure 1 HP StorageWorks license key screen |
36 |
How to remove a licensed feature |
37 |
Customizing a switch name |
38 |
How to customize the switch name |
38 |
Customizing the chassis name |
39 |
How to change the chassis name |
39 |
Working with domain IDs |
39 |
How to display domain IDs |
40 |
How to set the domain ID |
40 |
Ports on Demand license summary for applicable switches |
41 |
Table 5 Ports enabled with Ports on Demand licenses |
41 |
Activating Ports on Demand |
41 |
Configuring Dynamic Ports on Demand |
42 |
How Dynamic Ports are assigned to licenses |
42 |
Displaying the Port license assignment |
43 |
Activating Dynamic Ports on Demand |
43 |
To enable Dynamic Ports on Demand |
43 |
Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand |
44 |
To disable Dynamic Ports on Demand: |
44 |
Managing licenses |
45 |
Reserving a license |
45 |
Releasing a port |
46 |
Disabling and enabling a switch |
47 |
How to disable a switch |
47 |
How to enable a switch |
47 |
Disabling and enabling a port |
47 |
How to disable a port |
47 |
How to enable a port |
47 |
Making basic connections |
48 |
Connecting to devices |
48 |
Connecting to other switches |
48 |
Linking through a gateway |
48 |
How to configure a link through a gateway |
49 |
Checking status |
49 |
How to verify switch operation |
49 |
How to verify high-availability features |
50 |
How to verify fabric connectivity |
50 |
How to show switches in Access Gateway mode |
50 |
How to verify device connectivity |
50 |
Tracking and controlling switch changes |
51 |
How to enable the track changes feature |
51 |
How to display the status of the track changes feature |
52 |
How to view the switch status policy threshold values |
52 |
How to set the switch status policy threshold values |
53 |
Configuring the audit log |
54 |
Auditable Event Classes |
54 |
Table 6 AuditCfg Event Class Operands |
55 |
How to verify host syslog prior to configuring the audit log |
55 |
How to configure an audit log for specific event classes |
56 |
Shutting down switches and Directors |
56 |
To power off a Director gracefully (Prior to 5.1.0) |
56 |
To power off a switch gracefully (5.1.0 and later) |
57 |
High availability of daemon processes |
57 |
Table 7 List of daemons that are automatically restarted |
57 |
Managing user accounts |
59 |
Overview |
59 |
Accessing the management channel |
59 |
Table 8 Maximum number of simultaneous sessions |
59 |
Using role-based access control (RBAC) |
59 |
Table 9 Fabric OS 5.2.x roles |
59 |
Role Permissions |
60 |
Table 10 Permission types |
60 |
Table 11 RBAC permissions matrix |
60 |
Configuring the authentication model |
62 |
Table 12 Authentication configuration options |
62 |
How to set the switch authentication model |
62 |
Managing the local database user accounts |
62 |
About the default accounts |
63 |
Table 13 Default Local User Accounts |
63 |
Defining local user accounts |
63 |
How to display account information |
63 |
How to create an account |
64 |
How to delete an account |
64 |
How to change account parameters |
65 |
How to add an administrative domain to the account |
65 |
How to remove an administrative domain from the account |
65 |
Recovering accounts |
66 |
How to recover an account |
66 |
Changing local account passwords |
66 |
How to change the password for the current login account |
66 |
How to change the password for a different account |
67 |
Configuring the local user database |
67 |
Distributing the local user database |
67 |
How to distribute the local user database |
67 |
Protecting the local user database from distributions |
67 |
How to accept the user database |
68 |
How to reject distributed user databases |
68 |
Configuring password policies |
68 |
How to set the password strength policy |
68 |
How to set the password history policy |
69 |
How to set the password expiration policy |
69 |
Upgrade and downgrade considerations |
70 |
How to set the account lockout policy |
70 |
Managing Fabric OS users on the RADIUS server |
70 |
Switch to RADIUS server interaction |
70 |
Creating Fabric OS user accounts |
71 |
Table 14 Syntax for VSA-based account roles |
71 |
Windows 2000 IAS |
72 |
Linux FreeRadius server |
72 |
Table 15 dictionary.brocade file entries |
72 |
RADIUS configuration and admin domains |
73 |
Setting up RADIUS AAA service |
73 |
Configuring the RADIUS server |
74 |
Linux |
75 |
How to add the Brocade attribute to the server |
75 |
How to create the user |
75 |
How to enable clients |
76 |
Windows 2000 |
76 |
How to enable CHAP |
76 |
How to configure RADIUS users |
77 |
How to configure the RADIUS server |
77 |
Configuring RADIUS servers on the switch |
78 |
How to display the current RADIUS configuration |
79 |
How to add a RADIUS server to the switch configuration |
79 |
How to enable and disable a RADIUS server |
80 |
How to delete a RADIUS server from the configuration |
80 |
How to change a RADIUS server configuration |
80 |
How to change the order in which RADIUS servers are contacted for service |
80 |
Enabling and disabling local authentication as backup |
81 |
Setting the boot PROM password |
81 |
SSSetting the boot PROM password with a recovery String |
81 |
4/8 and 4/16 SAN Switch, SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN Switch 2/16V, SAN Switch 2/32, SAN Switch 4/32, 4/32B SAN Switch, 4/64 SAN Switch, and 400 MP Router |
81 |
How to set the boot PROM password for a switch with a recovery string |
81 |
SAN Director 2/128 and 4/256 SAN Director |
82 |
How to set the boot PROM password for a Director with a recovery string |
82 |
How to set the boot PROM password for a Director without a recovery string |
83 |
4/8 and 4/16 SAN Switch, SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN Switch 2/16V, SAN Switch 2/32, SAN Switch 4/32, 4/32B SAN Switch, 4/64 SAN Switch, and 400 MP Router |
83 |
How to set the boot PROM password for a switch without a recovery string |
83 |
How to set the boot PROM password for a Director without a recovery string |
84 |
Recovering user, admin, and factory passwords |
85 |
How to recover passwords |
85 |
Configuring standard security features |
87 |
Secure protocols |
87 |
Table 16 Secure protocol support |
87 |
Table 17 Items needed to deploy secure protocols |
87 |
Table 18 Main security scenarios |
88 |
Ensuring network security |
88 |
Configuring the telnet interface |
89 |
How to disable telnet |
89 |
How to enable telnet |
89 |
Blocking listeners |
90 |
Table 19 Blocked Listener Applications |
90 |
Accessing switches and fabrics |
90 |
Table 20 Access defaults |
90 |
Port Configuration |
91 |
Table 21 Port information |
91 |
Configuring for the SSL protocol |
91 |
Browser and Java support |
92 |
Summary of SSL procedures |
92 |
Table 22 SSL Certificate Files |
92 |
Choosing a certificate authority |
92 |
Generating a public/private key |
93 |
Generating and storing a CSR |
93 |
Obtaining certificates |
94 |
Installing a switch certificate |
94 |
Activating a switch certificate |
95 |
Configuring the browser |
95 |
To check and install root certificates on Internet Explorer |
95 |
To check and install root certificates on Mozilla |
95 |
Installing a root certificate to the Java Plug-in |
96 |
Displaying and deleting certificates |
96 |
Table 23 Commands for Displaying and Deleting SSL Certificates |
96 |
Troubleshooting certificates |
97 |
Table 24 SSL Messages and Actions |
97 |
Configuring SNMP |
97 |
Setting the security level |
98 |
Using the snmpConfig command |
98 |
Using legacy commands for SNMPv1 |
101 |
Configuring secure file copy |
105 |
Configuring advanced security |
107 |
About Access Control List (ACL) policies |
107 |
How the ACL policies are stored |
107 |
Identifying policy members |
107 |
Table 25 Valid methods for specifying policy members |
107 |
Configuring ACL policies |
108 |
Displaying ACL policies |
109 |
Configuring a DCC policy |
109 |
Table 26 DCC policy states |
109 |
DCC policy restrictions |
110 |
Creating a DCC policy |
110 |
Examples of creating DCC policies |
111 |
Creating an SCC policy |
111 |
Table 27 SCC policy states |
112 |
Saving changes to ACL policies |
112 |
Activating changes to ACL policies |
112 |
Adding a member to an existing policy |
113 |
Removing a member from a policy |
113 |
Deleting a policy |
113 |
Aborting all uncommitted changes |
114 |
Distributing the policy database |
114 |
Table 28 Interaction between fabric-wide consistency policy and distribution settings |
114 |
Configuring the database distribution settings |
115 |
Table 29 Supported Databases Starting in Fabric OS 5.2.x |
115 |
Distributing ACL policies to other switches |
116 |
Table 30 ACL policy database distribution behavior |
116 |
Setting the consistency policy fabric-wide |
117 |
Table 31 Fabric-wide consistency policy settings |
117 |
Notes on joining a switch to the fabric |
118 |
Matching fabric-wide consistency policies |
119 |
Table 32 Merging fabrics with matching fabric-wide consistency policies |
119 |
Non-matching fabric-wide consistency policies |
120 |
Table 33 Examples of strict fabric merges |
120 |
Table 34 Fabric merges with tolerant/absent combinations |
120 |
Maintaining configurations |
121 |
Displaying configuration settings |
121 |
Backing up a configuration |
121 |
Troubleshooting configuration upload |
123 |
Restoring switch information |
123 |
Table 35 CLI Commands to display switch configuration information |
123 |
Restoring a configuration |
123 |
Configuration download without disabling a switch |
124 |
Security considerations |
125 |
Troubleshooting configuration download |
125 |
Messages captured in the logs |
125 |
Restoring configurations in a FICON environment |
126 |
Table 36 Backup and restore in a FICON CUP environment |
126 |
Downloading configurations across a fabric |
126 |
4/256 SAN Director configuration form |
127 |
Table 37 Configuration and connection |
127 |
Table 38 FC port configuration setting |
128 |
Table 39 FC port configuration setting |
129 |
Managing administrative domains |
131 |
About administrative domains |
131 |
Figure 2 Fabric with two admin domains |
132 |
Figure 3 Filtered fabric views |
132 |
Admin domain features |
132 |
Requirements for admin domains |
133 |
User-defined Administrative domains |
133 |
System-defined administrative domains |
134 |
AD0 |
134 |
AD255 |
134 |
Figure 4 Fabric with AD0 and AD255 |
135 |
Admin domain access levels |
135 |
Table 40 AD user types |
135 |
Admin domains and login |
136 |
Admin domain member types |
136 |
Device members |
136 |
Switch port members |
137 |
Switch members |
137 |
Admin Domains and switch WWN |
137 |
Figure 5 Fabric showing switch and device WWNs |
138 |
Figure 6 Filtered fabric views showing converted switch WWNs |
138 |
Admin domain compatibility and availability |
139 |
Admin domains and merging |
139 |
Compatibility |
139 |
Figure 7 Isolated subfabrics |
139 |
Firmware upgrade and downgrade scenarios |
139 |
Managing admin domains |
140 |
Understanding the AD transaction model |
140 |
Implementing admin domains |
141 |
Creating an admin domain |
141 |
Assigning a user to an admin domain |
142 |
Activating and deactivating admin domains |
143 |
Adding and removing admin domain members |
144 |
Renaming an Admin Domain |
145 |
Deleting an Admin Domain |
145 |
Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains |
146 |
Validating an Admin Domain member list |
146 |
Using Admin Domains |
147 |
Using CLI commands in an AD context |
147 |
Table 41 Ports and devices in CLI output |
147 |
Executing a command in a different AD context |
147 |
Displaying an Admin Domain configuration |
148 |
Switching to a different Admin Domain context |
148 |
Performing zone validation |
149 |
Admin Domain interactions |
149 |
Table 42 Admin Domain interaction with Fabric OS features |
149 |
Admin Domains, zones, and zone databases |
150 |
Admin Domains and LSAN zones |
151 |
Configuration upload and download in an AD context |
152 |
Table 43 Configuration upload and download scenarios in an AD context |
152 |
Installing and maintaining firmware |
153 |
About the firmware download process |
153 |
Upgrading and downgrading firmware |
153 |
Effects of firmware changes on accounts and passwords |
154 |
Table 44 Effects of firmware changes on accounts and passwords |
154 |
Considerations for FICON CUP environments |
154 |
Preparing for a firmware download |
154 |
Checking connected switches |
156 |
Obtaining and decompressing firmware |
156 |
Performing firmware download on switches |
156 |
Summary of the firmware download process |
157 |
4/16 SAN Switch and 4/8 SAN Switch, Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem, Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class Bla... |
157 |
Summary of firmware downloads on Director models |
159 |
Summary of the firmware download process for Directors |
159 |
SAN Director 2/128 and 4/256 SAN Director firmware download procedure |
160 |
Testing and restoring firmware on switches |
164 |
Testing and restoring firmware-on Directors |
165 |
Validating the firmware download |
168 |
Troubleshooting firmware download |
169 |
Downgrading firmware from Fabric OS 5.2.x |
169 |
Pre-installation messages |
170 |
Blade troubleshooting tips |
179 |
Synchronizing firmware versions on partitions |
179 |
FTP server recommendations |
179 |
Configuring Directors |
181 |
Identifying ports |
181 |
By slot and port number |
182 |
By port area ID |
182 |
By index |
182 |
Table 45 Default index/area_ID Core PID assignment with no port swap |
183 |
Table 46 Default index/area extended-edge PID assignment with no port swap |
184 |
Basic blade management |
186 |
Powering port blades off and on |
186 |
Disabling and enabling port blades |
186 |
400 MP Router exceptions |
187 |
B-Series MP Router blade (FR4-18i) exceptions |
187 |
FC4-48 blade exceptions |
187 |
Conserving power |
187 |
Blade terminology and compatibility |
188 |
Table 47 Director terminology and abbreviations |
188 |
CP blades |
189 |
Port blade compatibility |
189 |
Setting chassis configuration options |
189 |
Table 48 Blades Supported by Each Director |
189 |
Table 49 Supported configuration options |
190 |
Table 50 Configuration options and resulting slot configurations |
190 |
Obtaining slot information |
191 |
Configuring a new SAN Director 2/128 with two domains |
192 |
Converting an installed SAN Director 2/128 to support two domains |
193 |
Setting the blade beacon mode |
194 |
Routing traffic |
195 |
About data routing and routing policies |
195 |
Specifying the routing policy |
195 |
Assigning a static route |
196 |
Specifying frame order delivery |
196 |
Using Dynamic Load Sharing |
197 |
Viewing routing path information |
198 |
Viewing routing information along a path |
200 |
Using the FC-FC routing service |
203 |
Supported platforms |
203 |
Fibre Channel routing concepts |
203 |
Figure 8 A metaSAN with edge-to-edge and backbonef fabrics |
203 |
Figure 9 A metaSAN with interfabric links |
205 |
Figure 10 Edge SANs connected through a backbone fabric |
206 |
Front domain consolidation |
206 |
Supported configurations and platforms |
206 |
Upgrade and downgrade considerations |
207 |
Using front domain consolidation |
207 |
Range of output ports |
208 |
Support |
208 |
Proxy devices |
208 |
Figure 11 metaSAN with imported devices |
209 |
Routing types |
209 |
Fibre Channel NAT and phantom domains |
210 |
Setting up the FC-FC routing service |
210 |
Performing verification checks |
211 |
Assigning backbone fabric IDs |
212 |
Configuring FCIP tunnels (optional) |
213 |
Configuring FC-FC routing to work with Secure Fabric OS (optional) |
213 |
Configuring Secure Fabric OS DH-CHAP secret |
213 |
Configuring an interfabric link |
215 |
Configuring LSANs and zoning |
220 |
Use of administrative domains with LSAN Zones and FCR |
220 |
Defining and naming zones |
220 |
LSAN Zones and fabric-to-fabric communications |
220 |
Configuring backbone fabrics for Interconnectivity |
223 |
Optional configuration procedures |
223 |
FC router port cost (optional) |
223 |
Using router port cost |
223 |
Upgrade, downgrade, and HA considerations |
224 |
Port cost considerations |
224 |
Setting a proxy PID |
225 |
Matching fabric parameters |
225 |
EX_Port frame trunking (optional) |
226 |
Supported configurations and platforms |
226 |
High Availability support |
226 |
Backward Compatibility Support |
226 |
Upgrade and Downgrade Considerations |
227 |
Table 51 Trunking upgrade and downgrade considerations |
227 |
Using EX_Port Frame trunking |
227 |
Security considerations |
227 |
Trunking commands |
227 |
Monitoring resources |
228 |
Routing ECHO |
230 |
Upgrade and downgrade considerations |
230 |
Interoperability with legacy FCR switches |
231 |
Backward compatibility |
231 |
Table 52 Hardware and firmware compatibility for nonsecure fabrics |
231 |
Connecting to HP M-Series or McDATA SANs |
232 |
Supported platforms and configurations |
232 |
Configuring the fabrics for interconnectivity |
232 |
Connectivity modes |
233 |
Table 53 portCfgExPort -m values |
233 |
Configuring the FC router |
233 |
Figure 12 EFCM SAN status |
236 |
Configuring M-Series or McDATA for interconnection |
236 |
Figure 13 SAN Pilot and EFCM zone screens |
237 |
Figure 14 Pending Zone Set list in SAN Pilot and EFCM zone screens |
238 |
Figure 15 Adding a zone set name in SAN Pilot |
239 |
LSAN zoning with McDATA |
239 |
Completing the configuration |
240 |
Administering FICON fabrics |
243 |
Overview of Fabric OS support for FICON |
243 |
Supported switches |
244 |
4/256 Director, SAN Switch 4/32 and 4/32B SAN Switch FICON notes |
244 |
Types of FICON configurations |
245 |
Control Unit Port (CUP) |
245 |
FICON commands |
246 |
Table 54 Fabric OS commands related to FICON and FICON CUP |
246 |
Security considerations |
247 |
Configuring switches |
247 |
Preparing a switch |
248 |
Configuring a single switch |
248 |
Configuring a high-integrity fabric |
248 |
Figure 16 Cascaded configuration, two switches |
249 |
Figure 17 Cascaded configuration, three switches |
249 |
Setting a unique domain ID |
249 |
Displaying information |
250 |
Link incidents |
250 |
Registered listeners |
250 |
Node identification data |
250 |
FRU failures |
251 |
Swapping ports |
251 |
Clearing the FICON management database |
251 |
Using FICON CUP |
252 |
Setup summary |
252 |
Enabling and disabling FICON management server mode |
253 |
Setting up CUP when FICON management server mode is enabled |
254 |
Displaying the fmsmode setting |
254 |
Displaying mode register bit settings |
255 |
Table 55 FICON CUP mode register bits |
255 |
Setting mode register bits |
256 |
Persistently enabling/disabling ports |
256 |
Port and switch naming standards |
257 |
Adding and removing FICON CUP licenses |
257 |
Zoning and PDCM considerations |
257 |
Zoning and link incident reporting |
257 |
Backing up and restoring configurations |
257 |
Troubleshooting |
258 |
Identifying ports |
258 |
Backing up FICON files |
259 |
Recording configuration information |
259 |
Table 56 FICON® switch configuration worksheet |
260 |
Sample IOCP configuration file for SAN Switch 2/32, SAN Switch 4/32, 4/32B SAN Switch, SAN Director 2/128, and 4/256 SAN Director switches |
261 |
Sample RMF configuration file for mainframe |
262 |
Configuring the distributed manager server |
265 |
Enabling and disabling the platform services |
265 |
Controlling access |
266 |
Configuring the server database |
268 |
Controlling topology discovery |
269 |
Working with diagnostic features |
271 |
About Fabric OS diagnostics |
271 |
Viewing Power-on Self Tests |
271 |
Viewing switch status |
272 |
Viewing port information |
274 |
Viewing equipment status |
277 |
Viewing the system message log |
278 |
Viewing the port log |
279 |
Configuring for syslogd |
280 |
Configuring the host |
280 |
Table 57 Fabric OS to UNIX message severities |
280 |
Configuring the switch |
281 |
Viewing and saving diagnostic information |
282 |
Setting up automatic trace dump transfers |
282 |
Troubleshooting |
285 |
Most common problem areas |
285 |
Table 58 Common troubleshooting problems and tools |
285 |
Gathering information for technical support |
286 |
Troubleshooting questions |
286 |
Analyzing connection problems |
287 |
To check for zoning problems |
290 |
Restoring a segmented fabric |
290 |
To reconcile fabric parameters individually |
290 |
To download a correct configuration |
291 |
To reconcile a domain ID conflict |
291 |
Correcting zoning setup issues |
291 |
Table 59 Types of zone discrepancies |
291 |
Table 60 Commands for debugging zoning |
292 |
To correct a fabric merge problem quickly |
292 |
To verify a fabric merge problem |
292 |
To edit zone configuration members |
293 |
To reorder the zone member list |
293 |
Recognizing MQ-WRITE errors |
293 |
Correcting I2C bus errors |
294 |
To check fan components |
294 |
To check the switch temperature |
294 |
To check the power supply |
294 |
To check the temperature, fan, and power supply |
294 |
Correcting device login issues |
295 |
Identifying media-related issues |
299 |
Table 61 Component test descriptions |
299 |
To test a port’s external transmit and receive path |
299 |
To test a switch’s internal components |
300 |
To test components to and from the HBA |
300 |
Table 62 Switch component tests |
300 |
Correcting link failures |
301 |
To determine if the negotiation was successfully completed |
301 |
To check for a loop initialization failure |
301 |
To check for a point-to-point initialization failure |
302 |
To correct a port that has come up in the wrong mode |
302 |
Table 63 SwitchShow output and suggested action |
302 |
Correcting marginal links |
303 |
Inaccurate information in the system message log |
304 |
Recognizing the port initialization and FCP auto discovery process |
304 |
Port mirroring |
305 |
Supported hardware |
306 |
Table 64 Port combinations for port mirroring |
306 |
How port mirroring works |
307 |
Port mirroring considerations |
308 |
Creating, deleting, and displaying port mirroring |
309 |
Administering NPIV |
311 |
Enabling and disabling NPIV |
311 |
Configuring NPIV |
311 |
Configuration scenarios |
312 |
Viewing NPIV port configuration information |
312 |
Displaying login information |
314 |
Administering Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) |
315 |
Table 65 APM commands |
316 |
Displaying and clearing the CRC error count |
317 |
Monitoring end-to-end performance |
317 |
Adding end-to-end monitors |
318 |
Figure 18 Setting end-to-end monitors on a port |
318 |
Figure 19 Proper placement of end-to-end performance monitors |
319 |
Setting a mask for end-to-end monitors |
319 |
Figure 20 Mask positions for end-to-end monitors |
320 |
Deleting end-to-end monitors |
321 |
Monitoring filter-based performance |
321 |
Adding standard filter-based monitors |
321 |
Table 66 Commands to add filter-based monitors |
321 |
Adding custom filter-ased monitors |
322 |
Table 67 Predefined values at offset 0 |
323 |
Deleting filter-based monitors |
323 |
Monitoring ISL performance |
324 |
Monitoring trunks |
324 |
Displaying monitor counters |
325 |
Clearing monitor counters |
327 |
Saving and restoring monitor configurations |
328 |
Collecting performance data |
328 |
Administering Extended Fabrics |
329 |
About extended link buffer allocation |
329 |
SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN Switch 2/16V, SAN Switch 2/32, SAN Director 2/128, and 4/256 SAN Director (FC2-16 port blades) |
329 |
HP StorageWorks SAN Switch 4/32, 4/32B SAN Switch, 4/256 SAN Director, 4/64 SAN Switch, 400 MP Router and (FC4-16, FC4-32 and B-Series MP Router port blades) |
329 |
Fabric considerations |
329 |
Choosing an Extended ISL mode |
330 |
Table 68 Extended ISL modes: switches with Bloom and Bloom II ASICs |
330 |
Table 69 4/16 SAN Switch, 4/8 SAN Switch, Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem and Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem extended ISL modes (Goldeneye ASIC) |
331 |
Table 70 Extended ISL Modes: switches with Condor ASIC |
331 |
Configuring external ports |
332 |
Table 71 Ports allowed per specified distance for 4/16 SAN Switch, 4/8 SAN Switch |
332 |
Table 72 Ports allowed per specified distance for SAN Switch 2/8V, SAN Switch 2/16V, SAN Switch 2/32, SAN Director 2/128, and 4/256 SAN Director |
332 |
Table 73 Ports allowed per specified distance for SAN Switch 4/32, 4/32B SAN Switch |
333 |
Table 74 Ports allowed per specified distance for 4/64 SAN Switch |
333 |
Table 75 Ports allowed per specified distance for 400 MP Router |
333 |
Table 76 Ports allowed per specified distance for 4/256 SAN Director with FC4-16 blades |
333 |
Table 77 Ports allowed per specified distance for 4/256 SAN Director with FC4-32 blades |
334 |
Table 78 Ports allowed per specified distance for 4/256 SAN Director with B-Series MP Router blades |
334 |
Table 79 Ports allowed per specified distance for Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem |
335 |
Table 80 Ports allowed per specified distance for Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem |
335 |
Configuring an extended ISL |
335 |
Administering ISL Trunking |
337 |
Overview |
337 |
Figure 21 Distribution of traffic over ISL Trunking groups |
337 |
Standard trunking criteria |
338 |
Fabric considerations |
338 |
Initializing trunking on ports |
339 |
Monitoring traffic |
340 |
Enabling and disabling ISL trunking |
341 |
Setting port speeds |
342 |
Displaying trunking information |
343 |
Trunking over Extended Fabrics |
344 |
Trunking distances |
344 |
Table 81 Trunking support for Bloom ASICs |
344 |
Table 82 Trunking support for SAN Switch 4/32, 4/32B SAN Switch and 4/64 SAN Switch (Condor ASIC) |
344 |
Troubleshooting trunking problems |
345 |
Listing link characteristics |
345 |
Recognizing buffer underallocation |
345 |
Administering Advanced Zoning |
347 |
About Zoning |
347 |
Figure 22 Zoning example |
347 |
Zone types |
348 |
Table 83 Types of Zoning |
348 |
Table 84 Approaches to fabric-based Zoning |
348 |
Zone objects |
349 |
Zone aliases |
349 |
Zone configurations |
350 |
Zoning enforcement |
350 |
Hardware-enforced Zoning |
350 |
Software-enforced Zoning |
351 |
Table 85 Enforcing hardware Zoning |
352 |
Figure 23 Hardware-enforced non-overlapping Zones |
353 |
Figure 24 Hardware-enforced overlapping zones |
354 |
Figure 25 Zoning with hardware assist (mixed-port and WWN zones) |
354 |
Figure 26 Session-based hard Zoning |
354 |
Rules for configuring zones |
355 |
Creating and managing zone aliases |
355 |
To create an alias |
356 |
To add members to an alias |
356 |
To remove members from an alias |
356 |
To delete an alias |
357 |
To view an alias in the defined configuration |
357 |
Creating and maintaining zones |
357 |
To create a zone |
357 |
To add devices (members) to a zone |
358 |
To remove devices (members) from a zone |
358 |
To delete a zone |
358 |
To view a zone in the defined configuration |
358 |
Activating default zones |
359 |
To activate a default zone: |
359 |
To view the current default zone access mode: |
359 |
Merging zones |
359 |
Table 86 Zoning database limitations |
359 |
Table 87 Resulting database size: 0 to 96K |
360 |
Table 88 Resulting database size: 96K to 128K |
361 |
Table 89 Resulting database size: 128K to 256K |
361 |
Table 90 Resulting database size: 256K to 1M |
361 |
Creating and modifying Zoning configurations |
362 |
To create a Zoning configuration |
362 |
To add zones (members) to a Zoning configuration |
362 |
To remove zones (members) from a zone configuration |
363 |
To delete a zone configuration |
363 |
To clear changes to a configuration |
363 |
To view all zone configuration information |
363 |
To view selected zone configuration information |
364 |
To view a configuration in the effective zone database |
364 |
Maintaining zone objects |
365 |
To copy a zone object |
365 |
To delete a zone object |
366 |
To rename a zone object |
366 |
Managing Zoning configurations in a fabric |
367 |
Adding a new switch or fabric |
367 |
Splitting a fabric |
369 |
Using Zoning to administer security |
369 |
Resolving zone conflicts |
369 |
Table 91 Considerations for Zoning architecture |
370 |
Configuring and monitoring FCIP tunneling |
371 |
Supported platforms for FCIP |
371 |
About FCIP tunneling |
371 |
Table 92 Tunnels and virtual port numbering once configured |
371 |
FCIP licensing |
372 |
FCIP Tunneling concepts |
372 |
Figure 27 Network using FCIP |
373 |
Port numbering |
373 |
Port numbering on the B-Series MP Router blade |
374 |
Figure 28 B-Series MP Router Blade port numbering |
374 |
Port Numbering on the 400 MP Router |
375 |
Figure 29 400 MP Router port numbering |
375 |
Tunneling and IPSec |
375 |
Table 93 IPSec terminology |
375 |
Configuring IPSec |
376 |
IPSec parameters |
377 |
Figure 30 Fixed policy parameters |
377 |
Figure 31 Policy parameters |
377 |
Managing policies |
378 |
Configuring FCIP Tunnels |
380 |
Enabling persistently disabled ports |
380 |
Defining the IP interface of each virtual port |
381 |
Configuring the GbE ports |
382 |
Adding IP routes on a GbE port |
382 |
Verifying IP connectivity |
384 |
Testing end-to-end IP path performance |
384 |
Fastwrite and tape pipelining |
385 |
Enabling fastwrite and tape pipelining |
385 |
Constraints for Fastwrite and Tape Pipelining |
385 |
Table 94 Using fastwrite and tape pipelining |
385 |
Supported configurations |
387 |
Figure 32 Single tunnel, fastwrite and tape pipelining enabled |
387 |
Figure 33 Multiple tunnels to multiple ports, fastwrite and tape pipelining enabled on a per-tunnel/per-port basis |
387 |
Unsupported configurations |
388 |
Figure 34 Unsupported configurations with fastwrite and tape pipelining |
388 |
Configuring FCIP tunnels |
389 |
FCIP Tunnel create option |
389 |
FCIP Tunnel modify and delete options |
390 |
Verifying the FCIP tunnel configuration |
391 |
Checklist for configuring FCIP links |
393 |
Table 95 Steps for configuring FCIP links |
393 |
Troubleshooting FCIP links |
393 |
WAN performance analysis tools |
393 |
About the Ipperf option |
394 |
Running WAN Tool Sessions with an FCIP tunnel online |
394 |
FCIP port bandwidth |
394 |
WAN Tool performance characteristics |
395 |
Figure 35 WAN Tool performance characteristics |
395 |
Starting WAN Tool analysis |
395 |
WAN Tool IpPerf syntax |
396 |
FCIP Tunnel performance characteristics |
397 |
Configuring the PID format |
401 |
About PIDs and PID binding |
401 |
Summary of PID formats |
401 |
Impact of changing the fabric PID format |
402 |
Host reboots |
402 |
Static PID mapping errors |
402 |
Changes to configuration data |
402 |
Table 96 Effects of PID format changes on configurations |
403 |
Selecting a PID format |
403 |
Table 97 PID format recommendations for adding new switches |
404 |
Evaluating the fabric |
405 |
Planning the update procedure |
406 |
Online update |
406 |
Offline update |
407 |
Hybrid update |
407 |
Changing to core PID format |
407 |
Changing to extended edge PID format |
408 |
Table 98 Earliest Fabric OS versions for extended edge PID format |
409 |
Converting port number to area ID |
411 |
Figure 36 4/256 SAN Director with Extended Edge PID |
412 |
Performing PID format changes |
413 |
Basic procedure |
413 |
HP/UX procedure |
414 |
AIX procedure |
415 |
Swapping port area IDs |
416 |
Configuring interoperability mode |
419 |
Vendor switch requirements |
419 |
HP StorageWorks switch requirements |
419 |
Supported features |
420 |
Unsupported HP StorageWorks Features |
420 |
Configuration recommendations |
420 |
Configuration restrictions |
420 |
Zoning restrictions |
421 |
Zone name restrictions |
422 |
Enabling and disabling interoperability mode |
422 |
To enable interoperability mode |
422 |
To disable interoperability mode |
422 |
Understanding legacy password behaviour |
425 |
Password management information |
425 |
Table 99 Account/password characteristics matrix |
425 |
Password prompting behaviors |
427 |
Table 100 Password Prompting Matrix |
427 |
Password migration during firmware changes |
428 |
Table 101 Password migration behavior during firmware upgrade/downgrade |
428 |
Password recovery options |
428 |
Table 102 Password recovery options |
428 |
Using Remote Switch |
431 |
About Remote Switch |
431 |
Remote switch capabilities |
431 |
Using Remote Switch with a gateway |
431 |
Zone merging scenarios |
433 |
Table 103 Zone merging scenarios |
433 |
Index |
435 |
A |
435 |
B |
436 |
C |
436 |
D |
438 |
E |
438 |
F |
439 |
G |
439 |
H |
440 |
I |
440 |
J |
440 |
K |
440 |
L |
440 |
M |
441 |
N |
441 |
O |
441 |
P |
441 |
R |
442 |
S |
442 |
T |
444 |
U |
444 |
V |
445 |
W |
445 |
X |
445 |