24 Installation Guide (AA-RTDWE-TE, November 2005)

Table Of Contents

Introduction to the Edge Switch 2/2414

Multiple switches and the High Availability Fabric Manager (HAFM) appliance communicate on a

local area network (LAN) through one or more 10Base-T Ethernet hubs.

Edge Switch features

The features of the Edge Switch 2/24 include:

• Scalability from 8 to 24 ports

• 100% dynamic non-blocking, cut-through switching with congestion queuing

• Online error detection, error isolation, and error recovery

• Redundant hot-pluggable components

• Small form factor, hot-pluggable optical transceivers

• Combination short-wave or long-wave laser transceivers

• Redundant power supplies and fan modules

• Online product repair for field replaceable units (FRUs)

• Periodic health check and enhanced system monitoring

• Nondisruptive firmware load and update

Edge Switch management

The Edge Switch 2/24 can be managed and controlled through the following user interfaces:

• HAFM appliance with the Java

™ based HAFM Element Manager installed. Access to the

Element Manager must occur through the HAFM applications, which are installed on the HAFM

appliance.

• The HAFM Basic interface. Using a browser-capable PC and a connection to a LAN to which the

Edge Switch is connected, the Edge Switch can be monitored and managed through the web

server interface embedded in the Edge Switch firmware. The interface provides a GUI similar to

the Element Manager application and supports Edge Switch configuration, statistics monitoring,

and basic operation.

• The command line interface (CLI). The CLI allows you to access many HAFM and Element

Manager functions while entering commands during a Telnet session with the Edge Switch. The

primary purpose of the CLI is to automate management of a large number of switches using

scripts. The CLI is not an interactive interface; no checking is done for pre-existing conditions

and no prompts are displayed to guide users through tasks. See the HP StorageWorks CLI

reference guide for directors and edge switches for detailed information.

This manual provides details on the Element Manager application for the Edge Switch 2/24 only.

Use this manual for the Element Manager installed on an HAFM appliance.