HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.x Administrator Guide (AA-RUQSF-TE, September 2005)

230 Fabric troubleshooting tools
To perform a fabric merge check:
1. Log in to the switches that you are considering merging. See ”Logging in to multiple switches
simultaneously” on page 55 for additional information.
2. Select Tools > Fabric Merge
The Fabric Merge Check dialog box opens (see Figure 161).
Figure 161 Fabric merge check
3. Select a fabric from each one of the drop-down menus. The fabric names viewable from each
drop-down menu are checked for merge compatibility.
Table 24 Fabric merge check
Component tests
All fabrics Secure fabrics only
• Domain IDs
• TimeOutValues
• Buffer-to-Buffer Credits
• Disable Device Probe
• Route Priority per Frame
• VC Priority
• Fabric Manager
Configuration and Data
• Suppress Class F
• Long Distance Mode
• InterOp Mode
• Data Field Sizes
• VC Encoding
• PIDs
• Sequence Level Switching
• Security
• FCS policies*
• SCC policy*
• Version stamp*
• Management Server platform
Non-secure fabric only
• Zoning
NOTE: Test results for the FCS and SCC policies, and for the version stamp, are not displayed
in the results of the fabric merge check (see Figure 162 on page 231).
NOTE: If a test is not applicable to the fabric, the test is not executed and Fabric Manager
displays the message Test not applicable to subject fabrics. For example, if
one or more fabrics are secure, the management server platform test and the zoning test are
not executed and the message is displayed.