HP StorageWorks Edge Switch Element Manager user guide FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.
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Contents About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Document conventions and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rack stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HP technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enable Web Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enable Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enable Alternate Control Prohibited (ACP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Logs menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audit log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 Monitoring and managing the switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Hardware View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identifying FRUs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monitoring switch operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Switch status table . . . . .
Rerouting delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Domain RSCNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Suppress zoning RSCNs on zone set activations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Configuring fabric parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Fabric Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 Using logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Log options and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving a log file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Expanding columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SANtegrity features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabric binding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enable/disable and Online State functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Switch binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 Node Properties dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Performance View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 FRU List View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
69 70 71 72 73 Tables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 Specifying preferred path for switch 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Switch Binding State Change dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Switch Binding Membership List dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Configure Open Trunking dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
About this guide This guide provides information that lets you: • Configure and manage the Edge Switch 2/24 and Edge Switch 2/32 • Access logs and maintenance information using the Element Manager • Install and manage optional features • Contact technical support Intended audience This book is intended for use by system administrators who are experienced with the following: • Fibre Channel technology • StorageWorks Fibre Channel switches by Hewlett-Packard Related documentation For a list of corresponding
Document conventions and symbols Document conventions Table 1 Convention Element Medium blue text: Figure 1 Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses Medium blue, underlined text (http://www.hp.
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1 Element Manager overview This chapter is an introduction to the Element Manager that is used to manage the HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 and Edge Switch 2/32. It is intended as a quick reference for features available through the main Element Manager window of the High Availability Fabric Manager (HAFM) application.
Managing the edge switch You can manage an edge switch through several different interfaces. These interfaces are as follows: • The Element Manager and HAFM Installed on HAFM appliance shipped from the factory or supplied by the customer. (You access the Element Manager through the HAFM application.) • Embedded Web Server (EWS) Using a browser-capable PC with an Internet connection to the switch, you can monitor and manage the switch through the EWS interface embedded in the switch firmware.
Element manager description The Element Manager for Edge Switch products is a Java-based graphical user interface (GUI) that provides in-depth management, configuration, and monitoring functions for individual switches and their field-replaceable units (FRUs). The Element Manager provides graphical views of switch hardware components and displays of component status.
Using the Element Manager, you can: • Back up and restore configuration data. • Clear the system error indicator. • Configure Fibre Channel operating parameters for the fabric, such as R_A_TOV, E_D_TOV, switch priority, and interop mode. You can also configure Fibre Channel operating parameters for the switch, such as preferred and insistent domain ID, rerouting delay, and domain RSCNs. • Configure individual ports with a port name describing the node attached to the port. • Configure keys for new features.
• Run port diagnostics. • Set the date and time on the switch. NOTE: You may perform configuration for some features through both the HAFM and the Element Manager. You must also enable Element Manager feature permissions for Administrative, Operator, and Maintenance user levels through the HAFM. When this guide refers to the HAFM for specific tasks, you should see the HAFM online help or the HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager user guide for detailed instructions.
Opening the Element Manager To open the Element Manager: • In HAFM, double-click the appropriate edge switch product icon in the Physical/Topology Map, as shown in Figure 2. The Element Manager window displays, showing the default Hardware View. See Figure 3 Or, • Right-click the appropriate edge switch product icon in the Physical/Topology Map, as shown in Figure 2. A pop-up menu displays. Figure 2 edge switch icon Click Element Manager.
NOTE: The HAFM window is still available as a separate window. You can drag the Element Manager window away from the other window and view both windows on your desktop, or you can minimize one or both of them to icons, if desired. You can have a maximum of four Element Manager windows open concurrently. Opening the Online Help Use the following steps to open the online help: 1. Open the Element Manager for the switch from the HAFM desktop, as described in ”Opening the Element Manager” on page 20. 2.
Port This option provides a secondary port menu only when the Hardware View, Port List View, or Performance View displays in the View panel. To use this menu for a specific port, click a port in the Hardware View, a port’s row in the Port List View, or a port’s bar graph in the Performance View. The menu contains options which are identical to those that display when you right-click the port, port row, or port bar graph in those views. For detail on these options, see ”Port menu” on page 57.
NOTE: You can configure a maximum of 2,048 nicknames. • Description—Enter a unique product description. • Location—Enter the product’s location. • Contact—Enter a contact either by name, phone number, or e-mail address. NOTE: This information displays in the identification table at the top of the Hardware View and in the HAFM Physical/Topology Map, if the view is configured to display names.
Ports Select this option to display the Configure Ports dialog box. For each port you can provide a name, block or unblock operation, enable LIN alerts, enable Fabric Address Notification (FAN), define a type (G, F, E, Gx, and Fx), configure Port Binding, define port speed, and enable Port Binding. NOTE: Ports are automatically configured as G_Ports if no device is connected, F_Ports if a device is connected, E_Ports if a switch is connected, and FL_Port if connected to a loop device.
Using this option, you can configure: • A name for the alert. • A threshold type for the alert (Rx, Tx, or both). • Active or inactive state of the alert. • Threshold criteria. This includes configuring the threshold as the percent of port traffic capacity utilized (% utilization). You must also configure the time interval during which the throughput is measured, and the maximum cumulative time that the throughput percentage threshold can be exceeded during this time interval before an alert is generated.
Audit log This log provides a record of all configuration changes made on the switch. Each entry displays the date and time of the change, a description of the change, the source of the change (such as the HAFM appliance or SNMP management station), and an identifier for the source, such as the IP address of the HAFM appliance or SNMP management station. Event log Select this option to display the switch event log.
Advanced log: Embedded Port log This log provides a detailed history log of all traffic passing through the embedded port. For more details on this log, see ”Embedded Port log (Advanced log)” on page 129. Advanced log: Switch Fabric log This log includes information about switches in a fabric. For more details on this log, see ”Switch Fabric log (Advanced log)” on page 131. Maintenance menu Select the Maintenance menu on the menu bar to display a list of the following options.
Enable e-mail notification The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server and e-mail recipient addresses are configured in HAFM (not in the Element Manager). E-mail notification is also initially enabled in HAFM for all switches it manages. Note, however, that the e-mail notification option on the Element Manager’s Maintenance menu must be enabled (checked) for e-mail notification to occur for the specific switch. The default setting for the Enable e-mail notification function is enabled (checked).
Contents Select this option to display the Help window. The Help window opens with the Contents menu visible. You can click the Index pane or click the Search icon to conduct a search. The help text provides buttons and hypertext—linked items to help you quickly navigate through information. Use the forward (>) and back (<) buttons to scroll forward and backward through the displayed help frames. Exit the help feature at any time by clicking the Close icon at the top of the Help window.
Hardware View The Hardware View is the default view that displays in the View panel the first time you open a switch’s Element Manager. To return to this view from another view, click the Hardware tab. See Figure 4 for an example of this view. Figure 4 Hardware View In the Hardware View, colored indicators reflect the status of actual LEDs on the switch FRUs. The status bar displays a symbol to represent the most degraded status currently reported by any of the switch FRUs.
For details on menu options, see ”Using menu options” on page 55. For details on navigating and monitoring via the Hardware View, see ”Hardware View” on page 46. Port menu Double-click a port to display the Port Properties dialog box.
Port List View Click the Port List view tab. The Port List View appears. This view contains a table of data on all Fibre Channel ports in the switch. This data includes the port number, port name, blocked configuration state, operational state (such as online or failed), type of port, and any alerts. Figure 5 shows an example of the Port List View. Figure 5 Port List View The Port List View displays information about all ports installed in the switch. All data is dynamic and updates automatically.
• Port Binding • Clear Threshold Alert(s) These options also display when you click a port row and choose Product > Port.These options are also available when you click a port row and then select Product > Port. For details on these menu options, see ”Port menu” on page 57. For details on navigating and monitoring via the Port List View, see ”Port List View” on page 61. Node List View Click the Node List view tab. The Node List View displays, as show in Figure 6.
• Display options—Allows you to display attached devices listed under the Port WWN column in the Node List View by the device’s nickname, configured through the Define Nickname menu option or the device's WWN. These options are also available when you click a port row and then select Product > Port. For details on navigating and monitoring via the Node List View, see ”Node List View” on page 63. Performance View Click the Performance view tab. Figure 7 shows an example of the Performance View.
If the connected node has more than one port, this is the WWN of the specific port on the node. The following types of messages display: • E_Port—Occurs when a port is functioning as an expansion port (E_Port). • Port’s current online state—Occurs when a port is not logged into an end-device (not functioning as an F_Port) or to another switch (not functioning as an E_Port). This message can also occur when a port is functioning as an FL_Port.
FRU List View To display the FRU List View, click the FRU List tab. A table, as shown in Figure 8, displays in the View panel. This table included information about each FRU installed in the switch. All data is dynamic and updates automatically. Figure 8 FRU List View Double-click a row to display the FRU Properties for the selected FRU. For details on navigating and monitoring via the FRU List View, see ”FRU List View” on page 71.
Switch status symbols The symbols can appear on the Status Bar: –Green Circle –Yellow Triangle –Red Diamond with Yellow Background –Grey Square Table 2 describes the Status Bar symbols. Table 2 Status Bar symbols Status Bar Switch status table text Description Green Circle Fully Operational All components and installed ports are operational; no failures. Yellow Triangle Redundant Failure A redundant component has failed, such as a power supply, and the backup component has taken over operation.
Closing the Element Manager To close the Element Manager, use the following methods: • Select Product > Close. • Click the X at the top right corner of the Element Manager window. • Double-click the icon at the top left corner of the Element Manager window, or right-click the icon and click Close from the menu that displays. Feature keys Feature keys verify ownership of the Element Manager and optional features that can be purchased for the Element Manager.
By default, all users have read-only feature permissions, which allow viewing, but not modifying, data or configurations. You can enable each of the permission levels as either read-only or read/write for specific users. Users that are assigned a permission level that is required for a specific feature must also be given read/write access to modify any data through the feature. For example, to clear the Audit Log, a user must be assigned Device Administration permission, as well as read/write access.
Table 3 Permissions required for feature functions (continued) Element Manager rights Device administration Device operation Configure allow or prohibit Matrix, Active (FICON management style) X X Configure Addresses – “Active” (FICON management style—Edge Switch 2/32 only) X X Configure Addresses – “Stored” (FICON management style—Edge Switch 2/32 only) X Configure Date/Time X Configure Feature Key X Configure FMS X Configure Identification X Configure Management Server X Configure S
Table 3 Permissions required for feature functions (continued) Element Manager rights Device administration Configure Threshold Alerts X Configure Zoning X Device operation Data Collection Device maintenance X Date/Time Sync Configuration X Enable Call Home Notification X X Enable Channel Wrap (FICON Management style) X X Enable CNT WAN X Enable Date/Time synchronization X Enable e-mail notification X Enable Embedded Web Server X X X X X X Enable FRU Beaconing X Enable Teln
Table 3 Permissions required for feature functions (continued) Element Manager rights Device administration Swap Ports (FICON management style only) X Unit Beaconing X View Event Log Device operation Device maintenance Security administrator X X X X X View Firmware X View Hardware Log X X X View LIN Log X X X View Open Trunking Log X X View Security Log X View SNMP X X X View Switch Performance Threshold Alert Log X X X View Threshold Alert Log X X X Backing up and
• License information. • User launch scripts. • User defined sounds. • All data exported through the Export option on the HAFM SAN menu. NOTE: Firmware files are NOT backed up. Backing Up to a CD The rack-mount HAFM appliance is backed up to a compact disk, rewritable (CD-RW).
Element Manager overview
2 Monitoring and managing the switch This chapter describes how to use the features available in the Element Manager View panel to monitor and manage switch operation. These features include status indicators, menu options, and dialog boxes available through the Hardware View, Port List View, FRU List View, Node List View, and Performance View.
Hardware View The Hardware View is the default view when you open the Element Manager. If another view displays, you can display the Hardware View by clicking the Hardware view tab on the Element Manager window. Using this graphical view of the switch, you can view status symbols and simulated light emitting diode (LED) indicators. You can also display data and use mouse functions to monitor status and obtain vital product information for the switch and its hardware components.
The Reason field on the switch Status table displays one of the following reasons when there are no links: • Never Connected—A network connection was never established between the switch and the HAFM appliance or the CTP card has failed. Check the IP addresses, the Ethernet local area network (LAN) physical connection between the switch and HAFM appliance, and other network connection conditions. • Link Timeout—The network connection that was established between the switch and HAFM appliance has been lost.
Figure 9 illustrates the Hardware View for the Edge Switch. The figure includes examples of symbols and LED indicators that display to help you monitor hardware operation. The numbers called out in Figure 9 are keyed to descriptions in the sections, ”Front view” on page 48 and ”Rear View” on page 49. Figure 9 Hardware operation - Edge Switch Hardware View Front view 1.
4. Beaconing When a blinking amber LED indicator displays by a port and a yellow triangle attention indicator displays over the port's connector, beaconing is enabled. See Table 4 on page 72 for details on port operating states and the status symbol and indicator operation. 5. Not Installed The port optics are not installed, or the feature that provides additional port function is not enabled. 6.
Obtaining hardware information The Element Manager enables you to display FRU information, port properties, and switch properties using the various dialog boxes available on the Hardware View. Displaying FRU Information Display the FRU Properties dialog box using one of the following methods: • Double-click a FRU, such as a power supply module illustrated in the Hardware View. • Click a FRU in the Hardware View, then select Product > FRU > FRU Properties. • Double-click on a row in the FRU List view.
• Click on a connector, port row, or bar graph in the preceding views or select Product > Port > Port Properties. Figure 11 Port Properties dialog box (Edge Switch 2/32) Port properties parameters The Port Properties dialog box provides the following information in each of the listed fields: • Port Number—The physical port number. • Port Name—User-defined port name or description. See ”Configuring ports” on page 84 for instructions.
• Block configuration—Blocked or unblocked. Operation can be blocked or unblocked using any of the following methods: • Through the Configure Ports dialog box. See ”Configuring ports” on page 84 for instructions. • Right-click a port in the Hardware View, a port’s row in the Port List View, or a port bar graph in the Performance View, and click Block Port. • Select Product > Port > Block Port. This option is available from the Hardware View, the Port List View, or the Performance View.
• 07 Non-HP switch at other end of the ISL—The cable is connected to a non-HP switch, and interop mode is set to Open Fabric 1.0 mode. • 08 ISL connection not allowed on this port—The port type configuration does not match the actual port use. (The port is configured as an F_Port, but attaches to a switch or director.
• Incompatible zoning configurations—Refer to the HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric SAN high availability planning guide for information on joining zoned fabrics. • Build fabric protocol error. • No principal switch (no switch in fabric is capable of being the principal switch). • No response from an attached switch.
• Management style—Always set to the Open Systems management style. • Preferred domain ID— As set through the Configure Switch Parameters dialog box. • Active domain ID—The actual domain ID assigned to the switch. • FC address domain—The switch’s Fibre Channel address (hexadecimal). • CTP state—Either Active or Failed. • Switch speed—This is always set to 2 Gig. • Switch binding— Displays Enabled if the optional SANtegrity Binding features are installed and enabled. Otherwise, displays Disabled.
• Date/time—To set the display and configure the date and time: 1. Click Date/Time to display the Configure Date and Time dialog box, as shown in Figure 13. The dialog box appears with a check mark (the default) in the Periodic Date/Time Synchronization check box. If this field is checked, the HAFM appliance periodically sets the switch time to automatically synchronize with the HAFM appliance time. Daylight savings time automatically updates on the switch when this option is used.
• Set Switch Online State—Use the following procedure to set the online state of the switch. CAUTION: Before setting the switch offline, warn administrators and users currently operating attached devices that the switch is going offline and that there will be a disruption of port operation. Also, request that the devices affected by an interruption of data flow be set offline. 1. Click to display the Set Online State dialog box.
• Distance—General distance range for port transmission. This can be either short to long distances for longwave laser LC transceivers or short distances for shortwave laser LC transceivers. • Media—The Fibre Channel mode and optic size. For the longwave laser LC transceiver, this would be singlemode 9-micron. For the shortwave laser LC transceiver, this would be multimode 50-micron or 62.5-micron. • Speed—This will be either 1Gbit per second or 1Gbit per second, 2 Gbit per second.
• Port Binding—Click this option to display the Port Binding dialog box (Figure 17). Use this dialog box to allow a device with a specific WWN or nickname to have exclusive connection to a port. Figure 17 Port Binding dialog box Use the Port Binding dialog box to set the following options: • Port Binding—Click this check box to place check mark in the box and enable Binding for the port. When Port Binding is enabled, only a specific device can communicate through the port.
• Activate—Click this button to activate settings in this dialog box. Warning and error messages display under the following circumstances: • If one or more of the nodes logged into a port does not match the WWN or nickname configured in the field by the WWN option button, a warning dialog box appears after you activate the configuration. This warning box displays a list of all nodes that will be logged off if you continue.
Port List View Display the Port List View (Figure 19) in the View panel by clicking the Port List View tab on the Element Manager window. Figure 19 Port List View Port List View parameters The Port List View displays a table with columns. The columns display information on all ports that can be installed in the switch. This display is updated automatically.
• State The following port operational states may display in this table. For more information on these states and corresponding status symbol and LED indicator operations in the Hardware View, see ”Port operational states” on page 72.
Node List View Display the Node List View by clicking the Node List View tab on the Element Manager window. This view displays, in table format, information about all node attachments to F_Ports and FL_Ports on the switch, sorted by port number. All data is dynamic and updates automatically as devices log in and log out.
• Node Type (Edge Switch 2/24 only)—The node type: • N_Port—The switch port is operating as an F_Port. • NL_Port—the switch port is operating as an FL_Port • Port WWN—The port WWN of the attached node (N_Port). The 16-digit WWN is a set of unique numbers assigned to the device attached to the port. The WWN is prefixed by the manufacturer’s name of the host bus adapter that attaches to the device. If there is a nickname assigned, the nickname displays instead of the WWN.
Node List View Menu options In the Node List view, right-click a row to display a menu with the following port-related options: • Node Properties—Click this option to display the Node Properties dialog box. See ”Displaying node properties” on page 65 for details. • Port Properties—Click this option to display the Port Properties dialog box (see Figure 11 on page 51).
• Port Nickname—Nickname for the port WWN. Must be configured to display. • Node WWN—Node WWN of the attached device. Must be configured to display. • Node Nickname—Nickname for the node WWN. • Unit Type—Type of device. For a list of options, see ”Unit Type” on page 64. • Node Port Number—Physical port number on the attached node (if supplied by the device). • Buffer to Buffer Credit—The buffer-to-buffer credits that the attached node has available.
Performance View Menu options Right-click any of the port bar graphs to display a menu with the following port-related action options. These are the same menu options that display when you right-click a port in the Hardware View or on a row in the Port List View. You can also display these options by clicking a port, port row, or port bar graph in the Hardware View or Port List View and selecting Product > Port. See ”Port menu” on page 57 for an explanation of the menu options.
• Busied Frames—The number of F_BSY frames generated by this F_Port against Class 2 frames. This can occur if frames are received before the switch completes initialization or if the switch is servicing so many requests that it can not process a new request. The port generates frames if the switch is not ready to accept commands. This may indicate temporary congestion. • Rejected Frames—The number of F_RJT frames generated by this F_Port against Class 2 frames.
• Primitive sequence errors—An incorrect primitive sequence was received from the attached device, indicating a Fibre Channel link-level protocol violation. At the Hardware View, a yellow triangle displays to indicate a link incident. • Discarded frames—A received frame could not be routed and was discarded because the frame timed out (insufficient buffer-to-buffer credit) or the destination device was not logged into the switch.
recover from a link timeout. This occurs normally to establish BB_Credit on any port in order to recover lost BB_Credit. • LIPS detected—A loop initialization primitive was detected, which means the loop was completed. • LIPS generated—A loop initialization primitive was created to initialize a loop.
Click Clear to clear the statistics counters to zero. When the confirmation dialog box appears, click This port only or All ports on product, then click OK to clear the counters to 0. An entry identifying when the statistics were cleared, and by whom, is saved in the Audit Log. FRU List View Display the FRU List in the main panel by clicking the FRU List tab on the Element Manager window. This view displays information about all installed FRUs on the switch.
• Serial Number—Serial number of the FRU.
You can display the FRU Properties dialog box for a specific FRU by using one of the following methods: • Double-click on the FRU row. • Click a row in the FRU List View and then select Product > FRU > Properties. Port operational states Table 4 describes the port operational states and the LED and attention indicators that display in the Hardware View and Port List View.
Table 4 Port states and indicators (continued) Port state Green/blue port indicator Amber port indicator Alert indicator* Description Online On Off None The attached device has successfully connected to the switch and is ready to communicate or is in the process of communicating with other attached devices. As long as the port remains in the online state, the green/blue port LED remains illuminated.
NOTE: The status indicator displays on the port in the Hardware View. It indicates that a corrective action is required to return the port to a normal operating state. Link incident alerts A link incident is a problem detected on a fiber optic link, like the loss of light, invalid sequences, and other problems. When a problem occurs, a LIN alert is sent to the Link Incident Log in the switch Element Manager.
Threshold alerts A threshold alert notifies Element Manager users when the transmit (Tx) or receive (Rx) throughput reaches specific values for switch ports or port types [E_Ports, F_Ports, or FL_Ports (Edge Switch 2/24 only)]. Select Configure > Threshold Alerts to display the Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box. Use this dialog box to configure criteria for generating a threshold alert.
3 Configuring the switch This chapter describes how to configure the Edge Switch 2/24 or Edge Switch 2/32. It also includes information about backing up and restoring configuration data.
Configuring identification Use the procedure in this section to identify the switch by its name, description, location, and contact person. This information displays in the following Element Manager locations: • Element Manager window title panel (name). • The Switch Properties dialog box (name, location, contact, description). • Identification table at the top of the Hardware View (name, location, description).
Configuring operating parameters Use the procedures in this section to set parameters on the switch for switch and fabric operation. These operating parameters are stored in NV-RAM on the switch.Configuring Switch Parameters Use procedures in this section to set parameters on the switch for switch operation through the Configure Switch Parameters dialog box. To set switch parameters: NOTE: The switch must be offline to change Preferred Domain ID.
Switch parameters Configure the following parameters, as required by your fabric. Domain ID The domain identification is a value (1 though 31) that provides a unique identification for the switch in a fabric. A fabric switch cannot contain the same domain ID as another switch or their E_Ports will segment when they try to join. In the Configure Switch Parameters dialog box, a box is provided to enter a preferred domain ID and a check box is provided to enable this ID as an insistent domain ID.
destination out of order because frames sent over the new, shorter path may arrive ahead of older frames still in route over the older path. If rerouting delay is enabled, traffic ceases in the fabric for the time specified in the E_D_TOV box of the dialog box. This delay allows frames sent on the old path to exit to their destination before new frames begin traversing the new path. Domain RSCNs Use this check box to enable domain register for state change notifications (domain RSCNs).
To set fabric parameters: NOTE: The switch must be offline to change parameters in this dialog box. If it is not and you activate values in this dialog box, a dialog box appears, prompting you to set the unit offline. CAUTION: Setting the switch offline terminates all Fibre Channel connections. 1. Set the unit offline: a. Select Maintenance > Set Online State. The Set Online State dialog box appears. b. Click Set Offline. A warning box appears asking you to confirm the offline state. c. Click OK. 2.
Fabric Parameters Configure the following parameters as required by your fabric. BB_Credit (Edge Switch 2/32 only.) Buffer-to-buffer credit. This variable is used to set the maximum number of frames a port can transmit without receiving a receive ready signal from the receiving device. Values range from 1 through 60. This value is used for all ports, except those configured for extended distance buffering (10-100 km). The default value is 16.
Following are some examples of principal switch selections when switches have these settings: • If you have three switches and set all to Default, the switch with the lowest WWN becomes the principal switch. • If you have three switches and set two to Principal and one to Default, the switch with the Principal setting that has the lowest WWN becomes the principal switch.
Configuring ports parameters Configure data in the following columns of the Configure Ports dialog box: • Port #—You cannot change this box. This column identifies the port number. The port numbers range from 0 through 23 for the Edge Switch 2/24 and 0 through 31 for the Edge Switch 2/32. • Name—Enter a name of up to 8 characters for the port. The port names display in the Port Properties dialog box, and elsewhere in the Element Manager, to identify the port.
Right-clicking in the RX-BB Credit column displays a RX BB Credits dialog box. For switches without buffer pools, this dialog box allows you to Set all. Set all sets all ports to a single value or Set all to maximum which set all ports to a maximum BB credit value. For switches with buffer pools, this dialog box allows you to Set all, which sets all ports to a single value or to Distribute which evenly distributes the pool buffers among all ports.
NOTE: If a switch’s firmware level is below 6.0 and FICON management style is enabled, you cannot change port types unless the optional SANtegrity Binding feature is installed. If ports are configured as E_Ports in Open Systems management style, and you install SANtegrity Binding before changing to FICON management style, the ports will remain as E_Ports when you change to FICON management style.
Configuring ports procedure To configure ports, use the following steps: 1. Select Configure > Ports. The Configure Ports dialog box appears. Figure 27 Configure Ports dialog box (Edge Switch 2/32) Ports are numbered from 0 through 24 for the Edge Switch 2/24 and 0 through 31 for the Edge Switch 2/32. 2. Click a Name box and type a name that reflects the end device connected through the port. For example, use XYZ Server, where XYZ is the brand name of the server. 3.
a. Right-click in the RX-BB Credit column to display the RX BB Credits dialog box as shown in Figure 28: Figure 28 RX BB Credit dialog box Set the values as follows: • For switches without buffer pools, use Set all... to set all ports to a single value or Set all to maximum which set all ports to a maximum BB credit value.
11.To set the data speed for the port, click the Speed column for a specific port, and click 2 Gb/sec, 1 Gb/sec, or Negotiate (2 Gb/sec switch) or 1 Gb/sec only (1 Gb/sec switch). Choosing Negotiate allows the port and attached device to negotiate the data rate. 12.Use the scroll bar on the right side of the Configure Ports dialog box table to display additional ports that you want to configure. 13.Activate changes and close the dialog box by clicking Activate. 14.
Configure Ports Procedure (Open Systems Management Style) NOTE: This procedure applies only to the Edge Switch 2/32. Open Systems Management Style (OSMS) is not available on the Edge Switch 2/24. To configure Edge Switch 2/32 ports in Open Systems management style, use the following steps: 1. Select Configure > Ports. The Configure Ports dialog box appears. Figure 29 Configure Ports dialog box (Open Systems Management Style) Ports are numbered from 0 through 31. 2.
5. If a switch supports BB Credit, the RX BB Credit column replaces the 10-100km column. Use this to set minimum and maximum allowable port BB credit values: a. Right-click in the RX-BB Credit column to display the RX BB Credits dialog box as shown in Figure 30: Figure 30 RX BB Credit dialog box Set the values as follows: • For switches without buffer pools, use Set all... to set all ports to a single value or Set all to maximum which set all ports to a maximum BB credit value.
9. To set the data speed for the port, click the Speed column for a specific port, and click 2 Gb/sec, 1 Gb/sec, or Negotiate (2 Gb/sec switch) or 1 Gb/sec only (1 Gb/sec switch). Choosing Negotiate allows the port and attached device to negotiate the data rate. 10.Use the scroll bar on the right side of the Configure Ports dialog box table to display additional ports that you want to configure. 11.Activate changes and close the dialog box by clicking Activate. 12.
Configure Ports Procedure (FICON Management Style) NOTE: This procedure applies only to the Edge Switch 2/32. FICON Management Style is not available on the Edge Switch 2/24. To configure Edge Switch 2/32 ports in FICON management style, use the following steps: 1. Select Configuration > Ports. The Configure Ports dialog box appears. Figure 31 Configure Ports dialog box (FICON Management Style) Ports are numbered from 0 through 31. 2.
Set the values as follows: • For switches without buffer pools, use Set all... to set all ports to a single value or Set all to maximum which set all ports to a maximum BB credit value. • For switches with buffer pools, this dialog box allows you to Set all, which sets all ports to a single value or select Distribute, which evenly distributes the pool buffers among all ports. b. Confirm your changes: • Clicking OK changes the values in the Configure Port dialog box.
Configuring port addresses (FICON Management Style) Use the Configure Address - “Active” dialog box (see Figure 34 on page 98) to create and activate port address configurations. NOTE: This procedure applies only to the Edge Switch 2/32. FICON Management Style is not available on the Edge Switch 2/24. Port address parameters The Configure Addresses - “Active” dialog box contains the following parameters: • Addr—This read-only box lists the port address.
• Block all ports—Blocks communication between all ports. Ports that are blocked continuously transmit offline sequences (OLSs). • Unblock all ports—Unblocks all port addresses that are currently blocked. This allows communication from all port addresses in the switch. • Clear all—Clears the prohibit and blocked status of all port addresses in the switch. • CUP Name—This user-defined name is assigned to the control unit port (CUP).
Figure 34 Configure Addresses - “Active” dialog box 3. Click Save As to open the Save Address Configuration As dialog box. 4. Click the Port Name box and enter a name. Names must be between 1 and 8 characters in length. Valid characters are uppercase A-Z, 0-9, hyphen (-), and underscore (_). The name may not be CON, AUX, COMn (n=1-49), LPTn (n=1-39), NUL, or PRN. 5. Click in the CUP Name box and enter a name (optional). Names must be between 1 and 24 characters.
Managing stored address configurations (FICON Management Style) After address configurations are created through the Configure Addresses - “Active” dialog box, they are saved to the Address Configuration Library. Use this procedure to manage address configurations in the Address Configuration Library. To manage saved library entries: 1. Select Configure > Addresses > Stored. The Address Configuration Library dialog box appears. Figure 35 Address Configuration Library dialog box 2.
Configure Allow/Prohibit matrix The Allow/Prohibit matrix option displays two options, Active and Stored. These options display a Configure Allow/Prohibit Matrix window that lets you interact with the element manager while the window is open. You can also minimize, maximize, and close the window from the title bar. Figure 36 shows the Configure Allow/Prohibit dialog box that can be open continuously and updates automatically.
This dialog box lets you open multiple saved configurations concurrently. Single or multiple configurations can be opened, viewed, edited and saved. NOTE: Create a saved version of the configuration and edit the saved version to minimize the risk of losing current edits. After the edits are completed and saved, then activate the configuration.
NOTE: If you click Cancel after saving, your configuration will still be added to the library without being activated.
To configure SNMP traps and assign community names, use the following steps: 1. Select Configure > SNMP. The Configure SNMP dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 38. Figure 38 Configure SNMP dialog box 2. Click Enable Snmp Agent to enable or disable an SNMP agent. SNMP agents allow administrators on SNMP management workstations to access product management information using any standard network management tool. 3.
11.If you are finished configuring the switch, back up the configuration data. For more information, see ”Backing up and restoring configuration” on page 138. Configuring Open Systems management server Edge Switch 2/32 only. For complete procedures on configuring this optional feature, see ”Open Systems Management Server” on page 151. Configuring FICON management server Edge Switch 2/32 only.
To configure a feature key, use the following steps: 1. Set the switch offline using the Set Online State dialog box. For help, see ”Setting online state” on page 136. NOTE: You do not need to set the switch offline to install a feature key, unless some feature functionality is being removed. If you are adding features or ports, you do not need to take the switch offline. 2. Select Configure > Features. The Configure Feature Key dialog box appears. Figure 39 Configure Feature Key dialog box 3.
The list on the right is a set of features that come with the new feature key. All of the features that are active are included in the new feature list. Figure 40 Enable Feature Key dialog box 5. Click Activate to activate the new feature key. An IPL will occur, during which the Ethernet connection between the HAFM appliance and switch is momentarily interrupted. This will not disrupt Fibre Channel traffic. NOTE: f you click Activate, all current features will be replaced with new features.
NOTE: If you click Activate, all current features will be replaced with new features. That is, if there are features shown in the current list that are not shown in the new list, then those features will be removed from the switch or director. Because the switch or director is placed offline when you activate the Element Manager feature key, the Element Manager will not launch until it comes back online and you either: • Right-click the switch or director and click Element Manager.
Setting date and time manually Use these steps to set the switch date and time manually. 1. At the Configure Date and Time dialog box, click the Periodic Date/Time Synchronization check box to deselect the option (no check mark in the box). The grayed-out Date and Time boxes activate, as shown in Figure 43. Figure 43 Configure Date and Time dialog box (manual options) 2.
2. You can choose one of the following: • Click Activate to enable synchronization and close the Configure Date and Time dialog box. The switch date and time synchronize with the HAFM appliance date and time at the next update period (at least once daily) and Daylight Savings Time automatically updates. • Click Sync Now to synchronize the switch and HAFM appliance immediately. The Date and Time Synced dialog box appears. • Click OK.
Creating new alerts Use the following steps to create a new threshold alert configuration: 1. Select Configure > Threshold Alerts. The Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 45. Figure 45 Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box If alerts are configured, they will display in table format, showing the name of the alert, type of alert (Rx, Tx, or Rx or Tx), and alert state (inactive or active). 2. Click New. The New Threshold Alert dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 46.
4. Click one of the following on the drop-down list in the Name box: • Transmit. An alert will occur if the threshold set for transmit throughput is reached. • Receive. An alert will occur if the threshold set for receive throughput is reached. • Receive and Transmit. An alert will occur if the threshold set for either receive or transmit throughput is reached. 5. Click Next. A new screen displays with additional parameters, as shown in Figure 47 on page 111.
9. Click Next. A new screen displays for choosing ports for the alerts, as shown in Figure 48. Figure 48 New Threshold Alerts dialog box - third screen (Edge Switch 2/24) 10.Click either Port Type or Port List. • If you click Port Type, clicking either E_Ports, F_Ports, or FL_Ports will cause this alert to generate for all ports configured as E_Ports, F_Ports, or FL_Ports respectively.
To make any changes, move backwards and forwards through the configuration screens by clicking Previous and Next. Figure 49 New Threshold Alerts dialog box - summary screen 12.Click Finish. The Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box appears, listing the name, type, and state of the alerts that you just configured. 13.At this point, the alerts are not active. To activate the alerts, click the alert information that displays in the Configure Threshold Alerts table and click Activate as shown in Figure 50.
Modifying alerts Use the following steps to modify an existing threshold alert configuration. 1. Select Configure > Threshold Alerts. The Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box appears. 2. Select the alert that you want to modify by clicking the alert information in the table. 3. If the alert is active, click Deactivate, then choose the alert information in the table again. 4. Click Modify. An initial Modify Threshold screen displays where you can change the threshold type. 5.
Activating or deactivating alerts Use the following steps to activate or deactivate existing threshold alerts. In the active state, notifications are generated for the alert. In the inactive state, notifications do not occur. 1. Select Configure > Threshold Alerts from the menu. The Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box appears. The port’s current state, Inactive or Active, is listed in the State column. 2. To change the state, select the alert information in the table. 3.
Configuration Report parameters Data in the file includes: • Product identification—Data input into the Configure Identification dialog box. • Operating parameters—Data input into the Operating Parameters (Switch and Fabric) dialog box. • Port parameters—Data input into the Configure Ports dialog box. • SNMP parameters—Data input into the Configure SNMP dialog box. • Active zoning configuration—Specifies the active zone and zone members, if set, and whether the default zone is enabled or disabled.
Enabling Embedded Web Server Use the following steps to enable EWS: 1. At the Hardware View page, select Configure > Enable Web Server. Selecting Enable Web Server automatically places a check mark in the check box. 2. Click Enable Web Server again to remove the check mark and disable the EWS interface. When disabled, remote users cannot access the interface. For complete procedures on using EWS, refer to HP StorageWorks Embedded Web Server user guide. Enabling Telnet 1.
In addition to the Backup and Restore Configuration option, the backup application automatically backs up configuration and other critical data from the HAFM appliance. As long as backup media remains in the backup drive of the HAFM appliance, data is written to the backup media whenever the directory contents change or you reboot the HAFM appliance. For more information, see ”Backing up and restoring Element Manager data” on page 42. NOTE: We do not recommend changing the default backup settings.
4 Using logs This chapter describes the Edge Switch logs that you can access through the Logs menu on the Element Manager menu bar: • Log options and functions, page 120 • Audit log, page 122 • Event log, page 123 • Hardware log, page 125 • Link Incident log, page 126 • Threshold alert log, page 127 • Open Trunking log, page 127 • Security log, page 128 • Embedded Port log (Advanced log), page 129 • Switch Fabric log (Advanced log), page 131 Edge Switch Element Manager user guide 119
Log options and functions The Audit, Event, Hardware, Link Incident, and Threshold Alert logs store up to 1000 entries each. The most recent entry appears at the top of the log. After 1000 entries are stored, new entries overwrite the oldest entries. Using buttons The following buttons work the same way for all logs: • Close—Clicking Close closes the log and displays the switch Element Manager window. • Refresh—Clicking Refresh reads the current data and refreshes the screen with the new display.
Saving a log file To save a log to a file: 1. Click Export on the log window to display the Save dialog box. This dialog box contains the controls shown in Figure 52. Figure 52 Save dialog box—log windows 2. In the Save dialog box, select the folder where you want to save the file. 3. Enter a file name and extension in the File name box. 4. Click Save. The file saves to the specified folder as an ASCII text file.
Audit log The Audit Log displays a history of all configuration changes applied to the switch from any source, such as Element Manager, SNMP management stations, Web server interface, host, or another switch. To open the Audit Log, select Logs > Audit Log. Figure 53 Audit Log The following describes each column in the Audit Log: • Date/Time—Displays the date and time of a change on the switch.
• Identifier—Identifies the user making the change according to the source: • Maintenance Port—No entry appears. • HAFM—Includes user@address, where user is the Element Manager user name and address is the network address of the workstation (remote user workstation or HAFM appliance). • SNMP—Contains the network address of the SNMP management station. • Fabric—No entry appears. • Web Server—The Identifier column contains user@address.
• Event—Events are identified by a unique code. Table 5 lists the event codes and their corresponding event types. Table 5 Event codes Event Codes Corresponding Event Type 000 - 199 System events 200 - 299 Power supply events 300 - 399 Fan module events 400 - 499 CTP events 500 - 599 Port events 800-899 Thermal events • Description—A short description of the event.
Hardware log The Hardware Log displays information about box replaceable units (FRUs) inserted and removed from the switch. To open the Hardware Log, select Logs > Hardware Log. Figure 55 Hardware Log Each log entry includes the following: • Date/Time—Date and time of the insertion or removal of the FRU. • FRU—The name of the inserted or removed FRU: • PWR—Power supply/fan module • SFP—SFP transceiver. • CTP— CTP card. Note: The CTP is not an FRU.
Link Incident log The Link Incident Log displays most recent 1000 link incidents, the date each incident occurred, the time it occurred, and the port where it took place. To open the Link Incident log, select Logs > Incident Log. Figure 56 Link Incident Log Each log entry contains: • Date/Time—The date and time of the incident. • Port—The number of the port on which the incident occurred. • Link Incident—A short description of the incident.
Threshold alert log This log provides details of threshold alert notifications. Besides the date and time that the alert occurred, the log also displays details about the alert, as configured through the Threshold Alerts option under the Configure menu. To open the Threshold alert log, select Logs > Threshold Alert Log. Figure 57 Threshold Alert Log • Date/Time—Date and time stamp for when the alert occurred. • Name—Name for the alert, as configured through the Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box.
Security log The Security log includes information about security events, as shown in Figure 58. Figure 58 Security log The Security log displays the following information: • Severity—The severity level of the event, informational, warning, and fatal. • User—The user associated with the event. • Reason—The reason code for caused the failure. • Description—The security event category and includes the description that lists more details of the event and the IP address of the product.
Embedded Port log (Advanced log) This log provides a detailed history log of all traffic passing through the embedded port. The Embedded Port (EP) of the Switch is a single physical FC port within the hardware architecture that is used to communicate FC frames between devices attached to the external ports and the embedded firmware’s FC services software, based on the use of well-known Fibre Channel addresses. This is similar to the function of the Control Unit Port (CUP) in FICON architecture.
• Frame Header—The Fibre Channel Frame Header string. This header is not interpreted by the Element Manager. The table cell contents can be copied into a third party application for interpretation. • Length— Length of the payload, byte counter, decimal display format. Since the payload can be longer that the maximum 32 bytes retained by the log, this value displays how many bytes are actually in the frame. • Payload—The payload portion of the data box.
• Only Port—When this option is unchecked, which is the default, frames from all ports are logged. F frames depend on the Include Class F Frame option. When checked, the port entry box is enabled, and the port number to be logged can be entered. When in FICON Style mode-, port numbers can be entered into this box in either in hex or decimal using Hex/Decimal. The spin button limits port number entries to valid ranges, including the exclusion of unavailable port numbers.
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5 Using maintenance features This chapter describes how to use the options that display from the Maintenance menu on the Element Manager menu bar.
Running port diagnostics The Port Diagnostics option enables you to run internal and external loopback tests on any port or all ports on a port card. At the start of the loopback test, the port or port card can be online, offline, blocked, or unblocked • Internal loopback test —An internal loopback test checks port circuitry, but does not check fiber-optic components of a port transceiver.
1. Select Maintenance > Swap Ports. The Swap Ports dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 62. Figure 62 Swap Ports dialog box 2. Enter the first address (in hexadecimal format). 3. If you want to unblock the port, click Unblock after swap. Note that ports are automatically blocked during the swap process. 4. Enter the second address (in hexadecimal format). 5. If you want to unblock the port, click Unblock after swap. 6. Click Next to continue. 7.
CAUTION: An IPL is not intended for ordinary or casual use and should only be performed if the control processor (CTP) is suspected to be faulty. Do not use this option unless directed by your support representative or if you need to set the CTP. If it is necessary to execute an IPL on the switch, use the following steps: 1. Select Maintenance > IPL. A dialog box appears prompting you to continue the IPL. Figure 63 IPL Confirmation dialog box 2. If you want to continue the IPL, click Yes.
CAUTION: Before setting the switch offline, warn administrators and users currently operating devices that are attached to the switch that it is going offline and that there will be a disruption of communications. Make sure administrators of devices attached to ports halt Fibre Channel traffic through the switch. To set the switch online or offline (depending on current state): 1. Right-click the switch in the Hardware View and select Set Online State, or click Maintenance > Set Online State.
To enable and disable e-mail notification, select Maintenance > Enable E-Mail Notification. Click this option again to disable it. Enabling or disabling call home notification Select Maintenance > Enable Call Home Notification to enable and disable Call Home Notification for system problems. A check mark appears next to this option when the Call Home Notification is enabled.
3. When the dialog box appears confirming that the backup is complete, click OK. If the backup fails, a dialog box appears to inform you that the backup to the HAFM appliance failed. Restore Procedure Use the following procedure to restore your product configuration: 1. Set the switch offline before performing the restore function. 2. Click Restore on the Backup and Restore Configuration dialog box to restore the backed up configuration to the nonvolatile random access memory (NV-RAM) on the switch.
Resetting configuration NOTE: You must have maintenance authorization feature permissions to access this feature. This option resets all configuration data input through options in the Configuration menu, zoning configurations, and switch addressing to factory-default values. Since the current IP address for the switch may not match the factory default address, the Ethernet link between the switch and the HAFM appliance may drop and not reset.
NOTE: Factory default values may vary, depending on the firmware release installed in your switch. For a list of values, refer to the appropriate service manual for your Edge Switch. 3. Click Reset to reset all configuration data. NOTE: If you have changed the switch‘s IP addressing from the factory default value, you may not recover the Ethernet connection between the switch and the HAFM appliance because the Internet Protocol (IP) address will reset to the factory default during this procedure.
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6 Optional features This chapter provides detailed information on using, administering, and configuring optional HAFM application features through the Element Manager. There are two types of features covered in this chapter: • Keyed features, requiring feature keys to be purchased and enabled through the Configure Feature Key dialog box in the product’s Element Manager.
Preferred Path The Preferred Path feature enables you to influence the route of data traffic when traversing more than one Switch in a fabric. If more than one ISL connects switches in your SAN, this feature will be useful for specifying an ISL preference for a particular flow. The data path consists of the source port of the Switch or Director being configured, the exit port of that Switch or Director, and the domain ID of the destination Switch or Director.
1. Select Configure > Preferred Path. The Configure Preferred Paths dialog box appears as shown in Figure 66. The Configure Preferred Paths dialog box provides the configuration for a single switch’s preferred path. Figure 66 Configure Preferred Paths dialog box NOTE: Some columns may only display when the FICON Management Style feature has been installed. The columns included in the dialog box are as follows: • Source Port—This column lists the source port of the preferred path.
2. Click Add to configure a new preferred path. The Add Preferred Path dialog box appears as shown in Figure 67. Figure 67 Add Preferred Path dialog box 3. Click the drop-down lists for the Source Port, Exit Port, and Destination Domain ID to make your choices. See ”Exporting the Configuration Report” on page 115 for more information. TIP: You can also enter an exit port number for future or offline environments. 4. Click OK.
Specifying preferred path example Figure 68 shows a portion of a more complex SAN. In this example, we will do the following: • Specify a path between the Source Device and Destination Device A, going through Switch1, Switch 2, and Switch 3 (the desired data flow is shown as Data Flow 1). • Enter data through port 14 • Exit data through port 45 • Make Switch 3 the destination device Use the following procedure to accomplish the above tasks. 1.
The primary choice for data movement will be from the Source Device in port 14 and out port 45 on Switch 1, in port 11 and out port 21 on Switch 2, and through Switch 3 to either Destination Device A or B.
The following rules apply when configuring preferred paths: • The switch’s domain ID must be set to insistent. • Domain IDs must be in the range of 1 through 31. • The specified numbers for Source Ports and Exit Ports must be in the range equal to the number of ports for the switch being configured. • For any source port, only one path may be defined to each destination domain ID. To install and enable this option, select the Features option under the Element Manager’s Configure menu.
9. If you are finished configuring the switch, back up the configuration data. For more information, see ”Backing up and restoring configuration data” on page 117. FICON Management Server parameters The following provides a detailed description of the parameters you can set when you configure the FICON Management Server: • Switch Clock Alert Mode—Click this check box to display a check mark and enable Clock Alert Mode.
Table 6 Available code pages (continued) Code page name Code page Hexadecimal CPGID United Kingdom 00285 011D France 00297 0129 International #5 00500 01F4 Open Systems Management Server NOTE: Open Systems Management Server (OSMS) is available only for the Edge Switch 2/32. OSMS is not available on the Edge Switch 2/24.
dialog box. For general instructions in enabling a feature key, see ”Configuring a feature key” on page 104. SANtegrity binding features include: • Fabric binding • Switch binding Enterprise Fabric Mode - Although this is not a keyed feature the SANtegrity Fabric Binding and Switch Binding must be installed before you can use the Enterprise Fabric Mode function through the HAFM Fabrics menu.
Switch binding This feature is managed through the Switch Binding submenu options available on the Element Manager Configure menu. Using Switch Binding, you can specify WWNs for devices and switches that can attach to director and switch ports. When an unauthorized WWN attempts to log in, an event is posted to the Event Log. This provides security in environments that include a large number of devices by ensuring that only the intended set of devices attach to a switch or director.
Enabling or disabling switch binding Use the following procedure to enable or disable Switch Binding: 1. Select Configure > Switch Binding > Change State. The Switch Binding State Change dialog box appears. Figure 70 Switch Binding State Change dialog box 2. Perform one of the following steps: • To disable Switch Binding, click Enable Switch Binding to clear the Enable Switch Binding check box, then click Activate. • To enable Switch Binding, click Enable Switch Binding to add a check mark.
Editing the Switch Membership list Use the following procedure to edit the switch membership list: 1. Select Configure > Switch Binding > Edit Membership List. The Switch Binding Membership List dialog box appears. The WWNs of devices and/or switches that can currently connect to switch ports are listed in the Switch Membership List panel.
• Switch Binding is not enabled for the same port type as enabled for the Connection Policy in the Switch Binding State Change dialog box. For example, a WWN for a switch attached to an E_Port can be removed if the Switch Binding Connection Policy was enabled to Restrict F_Ports. • The switch or device with the WWN is connected to a port that is blocked. • The switch or device with the WWN is not currently connected to the switch (detached node). 4.
Zoning with Switch Binding enabled Note that SANtegrity Binding has no effect on existing zoning configurations. However, note that if a device WWN is in a specific zone, but the WWN is not in the Switch Membership List, the device cannot log in to the director or switch port and cannot connect to other devices in the zone with Switch Binding enabled. Enterprise Fabric Mode Enterprise Fabric Mode is an option available on the Fabrics menu of HAFM if the SANtegrity Binding feature key is installed.
• Domain RSCNs This is a parameter in the Configure Switch Parameters dialog box, available from the Configure menu in the Element Manager. Domain register for state change notifications (domain RSCNs) are sent between end devices in a fabric to provide additional connection information to HBAs and storage devices. As an example, this information might be that a logical path has been broken because of a physical event, such as a fiber optic cable being disconnected from a port.
Load balancing among the ISLs does not require user configuration, other than enabling Open Trunking. However, you can modify default settings for congestion thresholds (per port) and the Low BB_Credit Threshold if desired. In particular, you do not need to manually configure ISLs into trunk groups of redundant links where data can be off-loaded. Candidate links for rerouting flow are identified and maintained automatically.
Set the Congestion Threshold using one of these methods: • Click the check box under the Use Algorithmic Threshold column to display a value under the Threshold % column. This value is computed by the feature’s rerouting algorithm. If you click this check box, you cannot enter a value into the Threshold % column for the port. NOTE: If you clear the check box, any value that was set in the Threshold % column for the port redisplays.
Using the Pop-Up menu Right-click on columns in the Congestion Threshold table to display menu options that globally change values in the column cells. These columns are as follows: Use Algorithmic Threshold Right-click in the column to display these options: • Set all to Default—Adds checks to all check boxes in this column and sets all cells of the Threshold % column to default values.
Flexport Edge Switches can be purchased at a discount with all Fibre Channel ports disabled. The optional Flexport feature is a hardware port expansion kit that lets you upgrade switch capacity on demand in eight-port increments. Flexport kits are available to upgrade the: • Edge Switch 2/32 from 16 to 24 ports, or from 24 to 32 ports. • Edge Switch 2/24 from 8 to 16 ports, or from 16 to 24 ports. Each port expansion kit includes eight SFP optical transceivers and upgrade instructions.
A Information and error messages This appendix lists information and error messages that display in pop-up message boxes from the HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager (HAFM) application and the associated Element Managers. The first section of the appendix lists HAFM application messages. The second section lists Element Manager messages. The text of each message is followed by a description and recommended course of action.
HAFM Application messages Table 7 lists HAFM application information and error messages in alphabetical order. Table 7 HAFM messages Message Description Action A zone must have at least one zone member. When creating a new zone, one or more zone members must be added. Add one or more zone members to the new zone using the Modify Zone dialog box. A zone set must have at least one zone. When creating a new zone set, one or more zones must be added.
Table 7 HAFM messages (continued) Message Description Action Cannot add a switch to a zone. The device that you are attempting to add to the zone is a switch, which cannot be added to a zone. Specify the port number or corresponding World Wide Name for the device you want to add to the zone. Cannot connect to management server. The HAFM application at a remote workstation could not connect to the HAFM appliance. Verify the HAFM appliance internet protocol (IP) address is valid.
Table 7 HAFM messages (continued) Message Description Action Cannot display route. No active zone enabled. You cannot show the route through a fabric with no active zone. Enable the default zone or activate a zone set before attempting to show the route. Cannot have spaces in field. Spaces are not allowed as part of the entry for this box. Delete spaces from the field entry. Cannot modify a zone set with an invalid name. Rename zone set and try again.
Table 7 HAFM messages (continued) Message Description Action Click OK to remove all contents from log. This action deletes all contents from the selected log. Click OK to delete the log contents or Cancel to cancel the operation. Connection to management server lost. The connection to the remote HAFM appliance has been lost. Log in to the HAFM appliance again through the HAFM Log In dialog box. Connection to management server lost. Click OK to exit application.
Table 7 HAFM messages (continued) Message Description Action Element Manager instance is currently open. A product cannot be deleted while an instance of the Element Manager is open for that product. Close the Element Manager, then delete the product. Enabling this zone set will replace the currently active zone set. Do you want to continue? Only one zone set can be active. By enabling the selected zone set, the current active zone set will be replaced.
Table 7 HAFM messages (continued) Message Description Action File transfer aborted. You aborted the file transfer process. Verify the file transfer is to be aborted, then click OK to continue. HAFM error . The HAFM application encountered an internal error (1 through 8 inclusive) and cannot continue operation. Contact the next level of support to report the problem. Management server could not log you on. Verify your username and password.
Table 7 HAFM messages (continued) Message Description Action Invalid UDP port number. The specified user datagram protocol (UDP) port number is invalid. The number must be an integer from 1 through 65535 inclusive. Verify and enter a valid UDP port number. Invalid World Wide Name. The specified World Wide Name format is invalid. The valid format is eight two-digit hexadecimal numbers separated by colons (xx:xx:xx:xx: xx:xx:xx:xx). Enter a World Wide Name using the correct format.
Table 7 HAFM messages (continued) Message Description Action No zone member selected. A zoning operation was attempted without a zone member selected. Select a zone member and try the operation again. No zone selected. A zoning operation was attempted without a zone selected. Select a zone and try the operation again. No zone selected or zone no longer exists. A zoning operation was attempted Select a zone and try the operation again.
Table 7 HAFM messages (continued) Message Description Action SANtegrity Feature not installed. Please contact your sales representative. You selected Fabric Binding or Enterprise Fabric Mode from the Fabrics menu. These selections are not enabled because the optional SANtegrity binding feature is not installed. Install the SANtegrity Binding feature to use Fabric Binding or enable Enterprise Fabric Mode. Select alias to add to zone. An alias was not selected before clicking Add.
Table 7 HAFM messages (continued) Message Description Action The maximum number of nicknames has already been configured. The maximum number of nicknames that can be defined to the HAFM application was reached. Delete an existing nickname before adding a new nickname. The maximum number of open products has already been reached. The maximum number of open switches allowed was reached. Close an Element Manager session (existing open product) before opening a new session.
Table 7 HAFM messages (continued) Message Description Action This network address has already been assigned. The specified IP address was assigned and configured. A unique address must be assigned. Consult with the customer’s network administrator to determine a new IP address to be assigned and configured. This product is not managed by this management server. The product selected is not managed by this HAFM appliance.
Table 7 HAFM messages (continued) Message Description Action You must define at least one remote network address. At least one IP address for a remote workstation must be configured for a remote session to be activated. Define an IP address for at least one remote workstation at the Remote Access dialog box. You must download the HAFM client via the web install. An attempt was made to download the HAFM application to a remote workstation (client) using an improper procedure.
Element Manager messages Table 8 lists Element Manager information and error messages in alphabetical order Table 8 Element Manager messages Message Description Action A Preferred Path already exists between this Source Port and this Destination Domain ID. Please re-configure the desired path. For any source port, only one path may be defined to each destination domain ID. On the Add/Change Preferred Path dialog box, change the preferred path.
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action Are you sure you want to send firmware version? This message requests confirmation to send a firmware version from the HAFM appliance’s firmware library to the director. Firmware library can store up to 8 firmware versions. Click Yes to send the firmware version or No to abort the operation. Cannot change Port Type while Management Style is FICON without SANtegrity feature. Please contact your sales representative.
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action Cannot enable Open Trunking while Enterprise Fabric Mode is active and the switch is offline. Enterprise Fabric mode is active and the switch or director is online and you attempted to enable Open Trunking. This message only appears if the optional Open Trunking feature is installed.
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action Cannot perform this operation while the switch is offline. This operation cannot take place while the director or switch is offline. Configure the director or switch offline through the Set Offline State dialog box and then retry the operation. Cannot retrieve current SNMP configuration. The director SNMP configuration cannot be retrieved by the Element Manager because the Ethernet link is down or busy.
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action Cannot run diagnostics on a port that is not installed. Port diagnostics cannot be performed on a port card that is not installed. Run diagnostics only on a port that is installed. Cannot run diagnostics on a port card that is not installed. Port diagnostics (loopback tests) cannot be performed on a port that does not have a small form factor (SFF) optical transceiver installed.
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action Cannot set Fibre Channel parameters. Fibre Channel parameters for the director cannot be set at the Element Manager because the Ethernet link is down or busy. Retry the operation later. If the condition persists, contact the next level of support. Cannot set switch date and time. The switch date and time cannot be set at the Element Manager because the Ethernet link is down or busy. Retry the operation later.
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action Could not find firmware file. Firmware file selected was not found in the FTP directory. Or, the selected file is not a firmware file. Ensure file name and directory are correct. Or, obtain a valid firmware file from your service representative. Could not remove dump files from server. Dump files could not be deleted from the HAFM appliance because the link may be down, or the HAFM appliance or Element Manager is busy.
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action Director clock alert mode must be cleared before enabling period synchronization. Clock alert mode is enabled through the Configure FICON Management Server dialog box and you attempted to enable Periodic Date/Time Synchronization through the Configure Date and Time dialog box. Disable clock alert mode through the Configure FICON Management Server dialog box. Director must be offline to configure.
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action Enterprise Fabric Mode will be disabled if any of the following parameters are disabled: Insistent Domain ID, Rerouting Delay, Domain RSCNs. Do you want to continue? You attempted to disable these parameters in the Configure Switch Parameters dialog box while the switch was online, but Enterprise Fabric Mode (SANtegrity Binding feature) is enabled. Click Yes if you want to continue, and disable Enterprise Fabric Mode.
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action Firmware download timed out. The director or switch did not respond in the time allowed. The status of the firmware install operation is unknown. Retry the operation. If the problem persists, contact the next level of support. Firmware file I/O error. A firmware download operation aborted because a file I/O error occurred. Retry the operation. If the problem persists, contact the next level of support.
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action Invalid firmware file. The file selected for firmware download is not a firmware version file. Select the correct firmware version file and retry the operation. Invalid management server address. The IP address specified for the HAFM appliance is unknown to the domain name server (invalid). Verify and enter a valid HAFM appliance IP address. Invalid network address.
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action Invalid value for Low BB Credit threshold (1-99) %. Low BB Credit Threshold field in Configure Open Trunking dialog box must have entries in the range from 1 and 99. This message only appears if the optional Open Trunking feature is installed. Enter a value from 1 to 99 into the Low BB Credit Threshold field of the Configure Open Trunking dialog box. Invalid value for day (1-31).
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action Invalid value for threshold (1-99)%. Value entered for each port in the Configure Open Trunking dialog box must be in the range from 1 to 99. This message only appears if the optional Open Trunking feature is installed. Enter a number from 1 to 99 into the Threshold % column of the Configure Open Trunking dialog box. Invalid value for year.
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action Nonredundant director must be offline to install firmware. For directors, if the director has only one CTP card, the director must be set offline to install a firmware version. Set the director or switch offline and install the firmware. For switches, since the switch has only a single CTP card, it must be offline to initiate a firmware installation. Note that the CTP card is an internal component and not a FRU.
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action Port speeds cannot be configured at a higher rate than the director speed. This appears when you configure a port to 2 Gb/sec and the director speed is set to 1 Gb/sec. Set the director speed to 2 Gb/sec in the Configure Switch Parameter dialog box. Port numbers must be in the range of 0 to xxx. When configuring Preferred Paths, source ports and exit ports must be in the range of ports for the switch being configured.
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action Stop diagnostics failed. The test was not running. This action failed because the test was not running. Informational message. Switch Binding was removed from attached devices that are also participating in Port Binding. Please review the Port Binding Configuration.
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action The following parameters cannot be disabled while Enterprise Fabric Mode is active: Insistent Domain ID, Rerouting Delay, Domain RSCNs. You attempted to disable these parameters in the Configure Switch Parameters dialog box while Enterprise Fabric Mode is enabled. Disable Enterprise Fabric Mode through the Enterprise Fabric Mode dialog box in HAFM, then disable the parameters. The link to the director is not available.
Table 8 Element Manager messages (continued) Message Description Action The switch must be offline to configure. A configuration changed was attempted for a configuration requiring offline changes. Take the appropriate actions to set the director or switch offline before attempting the configuration change. This feature is not installed. Please contact your sales representative. This feature has not been installed. Contact your sales representative.
Information and error messages
Index A alerts link incident (LIN) description 75 enabling 86 threshold clearing 60 feature 24 Allow/Prohibit matrix configuring port addresses 101 option 100 Alternate Control Prohibited (ACP) enabling 25, 117 audience 11 audit log 26, 122 authorization traps, enabling 103 authorized reseller, HP 13 B backup and restore CD 43 manual procedures 43 backup and restore configuration configuration data 117 Element Manager data 42 overview 28 procedures 138 BB_Credit 83 extended distance buffering 85 beaconing
SNMP dialog box 24, 103 procedure 103 switch operating parameters 79 switch parameters dialog box 79 threshold alerts 109 configure addresses - “active” 101 configure FICON management server parameters dialog box 149 configure menu 22 Alternate Control Prohibited (ACP) 25 backup and restore configuration data 117 configure threshold alert(s) 109 date/time 24 enable telnet 25, 117 enable web server 25 export configuration report 25, 115 features 24 identification 22 Open Trunking 25 ports 24 SNMP agent 24 sw
performance view 66 performance view menu 35 port list view 61 port menu 31 product 21 switch view 30 view panel 29 view tabs 29 window layout and function 21 element manager messages 176 non-English language support 150 e-mail, enable notification 137 embedded port 129 embedded port log 27 enable authorization traps 103 beaconing 49, 52 call home notification 138 call home notification option 28 e-mail notification 28, 137 EWS 25 SNMP agent 103 telnet 117 telnet on switch 25 unit beaconing, product menu 22
obtaining information 50 status conditions 30 switch status table 46 using 30 using menus 55 help about option 29 contents option 29 menu 29 help, obtaining 13, 14 homogeneous fabric mode 84 host control 150 host control prohibited field 149, 151 HP authorized reseller 13 storage web site 14 Subscriber’s choice web site 13 technical support 13 I identification, configuring 78 illustrations 19 initial program load (IPL) executing 136 option 27 insistent domain ID 80 enterprise fabric mode 158 overview 80 in
M O maintenance menu 27 backup and restore configuration 28, 138 collect maintenance data 135 data collection 27 enable call home notification 28, 138 enable e-mail notification 28, 137 firmware library 27 IPL 27, 136 port diagnostics 27, 134 reset configuration 28 reset configuration data 140 set online state 27, 136 management server FICON 149 HAFM 24 platform option 24 management style product menu 21 switch properties 55 manual backup and restore 43 matrix, Allow/prohibit 100 menu bar, description 21
statistics class 2 statistics 67 class 3 statistics 68 error statistics 68 operation statistics 69 traffic statistics 70 statistics description 67 technology, dialog box 57 types 62 port addresses, configuring with Allow/Prohibit matrix 101 port binding option 59 port diagnostics external loopback test 134 internal loopback test 134 port diagnostics dialog box 27 port list view displayed 61 opening 61 port name, FICON management style 101 port properties reason field messages 52 port properties dialog box 5
enable and disable 154 membership list 155 online state functions 156 state change dialog box 154 zoning function 157 menu 30 parameters, insistent domain ID 80 priority 83 properties 55 properties dialog box 30, 54 state 46 status 47 status table 46 switch clock alert mode 149 switch fabric 131 switch fabric log 27 switch parameters, preferred domain ID 80 symbols in text 12 T tabs view 29 technical support, HP 13 telnet, enabling 25, 117 text symbols 12 threshold alert 24 clearing 60 configuring 109 gene
