Network Cables User Manual

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About This Document
In this section
•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
•Related documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
How this document is organized
. This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible.
The document contains the following components:
• Chapter 1, “Fibre Channel over Ethernet,” provides conceptual information about the Fibre
Channel over Ethernet technology, including converged enhanced Ethernet (CEE).
• Chapter 2, “HCM Overview,” provides a description of the Host Connectivity Manager (HCM)
application software, the graphical user interface (GUI), system requirements, and supported
operating systems.
• Chapter 3, “Getting Started with HCM Software,” explains how to launch the management
software, set security passwords, discover SAN components, and log out.
• Chapter 4, “Host Configuration,” provides the procedures to configure operating parameters
(basic and advanced), security authentication, and persistent binding using the Brocade
Command Line Utility (BCU) or the GUI.
• Chapter 5, “Monitoring,” describe the HCM monitoring features.
• Chapter 6, “Diagnostics,” describes the non-destructive group of diagnostic commands that
can be run from the BCU or the GUI.
• Appendix A, “HCM Dialog Boxes,” lists the fields that are associated with the HCM GUI and
provides a definition for each field.
• Appendix B, “Brocade Command Utility,” provides reference information for the Host
Connectivity Manager (HCM) commands that can be run from the Brocade Command Line
Utility (BCU)
• Appendix D, “Glossary and acronyms,” provides reference information for common terms and
acronyms.