Users Guide

Inventory and Monitoring FC HBA Devices
You can remotely monitor the health and view the inventory of the Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (FC HBA) devices in the managed
system. The Emulex and QLogic (except FC8) FC HBAs are supported. For each FC HBA device, you can view the following information
for the ports:
• Link Status and Information
• Port Properties
• Receive and Transmit Statistics
Related concepts
Inventory, Monitoring, and Configuring Network Devices
Monitoring FC HBA Devices Using Web Interface
To view the FC HBA device information using Web interface, go to Overview > Hardware > Fibre Channel. The FC page is displayed.
For more information about the displayed properties, see
iDRAC Online Help.
The page name also displays the slot number where the FC HBA device is available and the type of FC HBA device.
Monitoring FC HBA Devices Using RACADM
To view the FC HBA device information using racadm, use the hwinventory subcommand. For more information, see the iDRAC8
RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.
Dynamic Configuration of Virtual Addresses,
Initiator, and Storage Target Settings
You can dynamically view and configure the virtual address, initiator and storage target settings, and apply a persistence policy. It allows
the application to apply the settings based on power state changes (that is, operating system restart, warm reset, cold reset, or AC cycle)
and also based on persistence policy setting for that power state. This provides more flexibility in deployments that need rapid re-
configuration of system workloads to another system.
The virtual addresses are:
• Virtual MAC Address
• Virtual iSCSI MAC Address
• Virtual FIP MAC Address
• Virtual WWN
• Virtual WWPN
NOTE:
When you clear the persistence policy, all the virtual addresses are reset to the default permanent address set at
the factory.
Using the IO Identity feature, you can:
• View and configure the virtual addresses for network devices (for example, NIC, CNA, FC HBA)
• Configure the initiator (for iSCSI and FCoE) and storage target settings (for iSCSI, FCoE, and FC)
• Specify persistence or clearance of the configured values over a system AC power loss, cold, and warm system resets.
The values configured for virtual addresses, initiator and storage targets may change based on the way the main power is handled during
system reset and whether the NIC, CNA, or FC HBA device has auxiliary power. The persistence of IO identity settings can be achieved
based on the policy setting made using iDRAC.
Only if the I/O identity feature is enabled, the persistence policies take effect. Each time the system resets or powers on, the values are
persisted or cleared based on the policy settings.
Related concepts
Inventory, Monitoring, and Configuring Network Devices
Supported Cards for I/O Identity Optimization
Inventory, Monitoring, and Configuring Network Devices
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