FW 07.00.00/HAFM SW 08.06.00 McDATA Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch Installation and Service Manual (620-000159-320, April 2005)

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General Information
• SNMP management using the Fibre Channel Fabric Element MIB
(Version 1.1), Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) MIB-II definition (RFC 1157), or a product-specific
private enterprise MIB that runs on the switch. Up to six
authorized management workstations can be configured through
the SANpilot interface or Element Manager application to receive
unsolicited SNMP trap messages. The trap messages indicate
product operational state changes and failure conditions.
• Optional SNMP management using the Fibre Alliance MIB
(Version 3.1) that runs on the management server. Up to 12
authorized management workstations can be configured through
the SAN management application to receive unsolicited SNMP
trap messages. The trap messages indicate operational state
changes and failure conditions.
Software Diagnostic Features
The switch provides the following diagnostic software features that
aid in fault isolation and repair of problems:
• Switch FRUs provide on-board diagnostic and monitoring
circuits that continuously report FRU status to the SANpilot
interface and the SAN management and Element Manager
applications. These applications provide system alerts and logs
that display failure and diagnostic information.
• Unsolicited SNMP trap messages that indicate operational state
changes or failures can be transmitted to up to 12 authorized
management workstations.
• E-mail messages or call-home reports provide automatic
notification of significant system events to designated support
personnel or administrators.
NOTE: The call-home feature is not available through the SANpilot
interface. The call-home feature may not be available if the EFCM 8.0
Lite application is installed on a customer-supplied platform.
SANpilot Interface
The SANpilot interface provides a GUI accessed through the Internet
(locally or remotely) to manage, monitor, and isolate problems for the
Sphereon 4500 Switch. When the interface opens, the default display
is the View panel (Figure 1-8 on page 1-18).