User`s guide

Introduction 1-5

Table 1-1

Storage Switch Technical Features

continued

EATURE

ESCRIPTION

Management

The Switch may be managed via Telnet, the SNMP agent, the

SCSI-3 SES protocol agent, and the Web Tools via StorageWorks

Command Console software. The last three entities are accessible

via the Internet Protocol over RJ45 10BaseT Ethernet port or any

Fibre Channel port. You can use any SNMP-based management

product to access the SNMP agent. You may use any supported

Web browser to use the Web Tools.

Name Server The Name Server function is based on the Simple Name Server

model defined in the Fibre Channel Standard. This function is

provided by the embedded N_Port with the alias address,

FFFFFCh, to register address mapping between the Nx_Port 24-bit

Fibre Channel physical address (Nx_Port identifier) and the logical

addresses such as Worldwide Names, IP addresses, FC-4 device

types, and Initial Process Associators. The Name Server also

provides the de-registration and query functions from other nodes

or Nx_Ports for logical address translations to the corresponding

Nx_Port identifiers.

Alias Server

The Alias Server is based on the Fibre Channel Standard. The

function is provided by the embedded N_Port with the alias

address, FFFFFAh. It manages multicast groups.