HP StorageWorks 2/140 FW 07.01.02/HAFM SW 08.06.00 HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric M - Page 18

Advanced Fabric Diagnostics, within a SAN. The Embedded Port Log is available via EWS, CLI, and HAFM.

Get HP StorageWorks 2/140 - Director Switch PDF manuals and user guides View all HP StorageWorks 2/140 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 18 highlights

Advanced Fabric Diagnostics This provides tools to monitor the fabric and identify potential problems before they impact network and application performance. Tools include ISL Fencing, new switch-centric Fabric and Embedded Port Logs, an Audit Log for the embedded user interfaces, and access to the Digital Diagnostic capabilities included with newer SFP transceivers. ISL fencing Also called Port Fencing, this feature allows customers to set up policies for blocking an ISL when problems occur that cause an ISL to "bounce" or repeatedly attempt to establish a connection. Any time an ISL is brought up or down, a fabric rebuild occurs, which can cause disruption in some environments. ISL Fencing will lessen the likelihood of having a problematic ISL connection disrupt a SAN. To configure this feature, users set policies with thresholds based on the number of port events occurring during a set time period. If a port generates enough events to exceed the policy threshold, the port is automatically blocked and the user is notified. Transmit and receive traffic is disabled until the user can investigate, solve the problem, and manually unblock the port. Embedded Audit Log The Audit log is a new log available through CLI and EWS. This is not the same Audit Log available through HAFM. The log records all configuration changes to the switch to provide data for analyzing problems caused by configuration changes. Embedded Port Log The Embedded Port Log is a new log that records all Fibre Channel traffic from or to the embedded port. This log is actually implemented as two logs, one that allows entry wrapping and one that stops adding entries when filled. The logs allow filtering based on Class F frames, as well as by port number, to isolate specific events or problems. This feature is intended for advanced users to diagnose and troubleshoot traffic problems within a SAN. The Embedded Port Log is available via EWS, CLI, and HAFM. Embedded Fabric Log The switch-based fabric log records events related to the following services: • Fabric Controller • Path Selection • Login Server • Name Server 16

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
Advanced Fabric Diagnostics
This provides tools to monitor the fabric and identify potential problems before
they impact network and application performance. Tools include ISL Fencing, new
switch-centric Fabric and Embedded Port Logs, an Audit Log for the embedded user
interfaces, and access to the Digital Diagnostic capabilities included with newer SFP
transceivers.
ISL fencing
Also called Port Fencing, this feature allows customers to set up policies for blocking
an ISL when problems occur that cause an ISL to “bounce” or repeatedly attempt to
establish a connection. Any time an ISL is brought up or down, a fabric rebuild occurs,
which can cause disruption in some environments. ISL Fencing will lessen the likelihood
of having a problematic ISL connection disrupt a SAN.
To con
fi
gure this feature, users set policies with thresholds based on the number of
port events occurring during a set time period. If a port generates enough events to
exceed the policy threshold, the port is automatically blocked and the user is noti
fi
ed.
Transmit and receive traf
fi
c is disabled until the user can investigate, solve the problem,
and manually unblock the port.
Embedded Audit Log
The Audit log is a new log available through CLI and EWS. This is not the same Audit
Log available through HAFM. The log records all con
fi
guration changes to the switch to
provide data for analyzing problems caused by con
fi
guration changes.
Embedded Port Log
The Embedded Port Log is a new log that records all Fibre Channel traf
fi
c from or to
the embedded port. This log is actually implemented as two logs, one that allows entry
wrapping and one that stops adding entries when
fi
lled. The logs allow
fi
ltering based
on Class F frames, as well as by port number, to isolate speci
fi
c events or problems.
This feature is intended for advanced users to diagnose and troubleshoot traf
fi
c problems
within a SAN. The Embedded Port Log is available via EWS, CLI, and HAFM.
Embedded Fabric Log
The switch-based fabric log records events related to the following services:
•
Fabric Controller
•
Path Selection
•
Login Server
•
Name Server
16