FW 08.01.00/HAFM SW 08.06.xx or later HP StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 Installation Guide (AA-RTDWE-TE, November 2005)
Table Of Contents
- Edge Switch 2/24 installation guide
- Contents
- Introduction to the Edge Switch 2/24
- Installing the Edge Switch
- Connecting the Edge Switch
- Edge Switch network addresses
- LAN-connecting the Edge Switch
- Setting up the HAFM appliance
- Using HAFM to configure the Edge Switch
- Setting the Edge Switch online and offline
- Configuring Edge Switch identification
- Configuring Edge Switch operating parameters
- Configuring fabric operating parameters
- Configuring switch binding
- Configuring preferred path
- Configuring ports
- Configuring SNMP trap message recipients
- Configuring, enabling, and testing e-mail notification
- Configuring and enabling call-home features
- Configuring and enabling Ethernet events
- Configuring, enabling, and testing call-home event notification
- Threshold alerts
- Creating new alerts
- Figure 30 Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box
- Figure 31 New Threshold Alerts dialog box-first screen
- Figure 32 New Threshold Alerts dialog box-second screen
- Figure 33 New Threshold Alerts dialog box-third screen
- Figure 34 New Threshold Alerts dialog box-summary screen
- Figure 35 Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box-alert activated
- Modifying alerts
- Activating or deactivating alerts
- Deleting alerts
- Creating new alerts
- Configuring SANtegrity Authentication
- Backing up HAFM configuration data
- Resetting configuration data
- Enabling the HAFM Basic interface
- Enabling Telnet
- Connecting the Edge Switch to a fabric
- Using the HAFM Basic interface
- Launching the HAFM Basic interface
- Setting the Edge Switch offline and online
- Configuring Edge Switch ports
- Configuring BB credit
- Configuring Edge Switch identification
- Configuring date and time
- Configuring Edge Switch parameters
- Configuring network information
- Configuring SNMP trap message recipients
- Enabling or disabling the CLI
- Configuring zoning
- Managing firmware versions
- Regulatory compliance and safety
- Technical specifications
- Index
Introduction to the Edge Switch 2/2416
NOTE: For more information about SNMP support provided by HP products, see the HP
StorageWorks SNMP reference guide for Directors and Edge Switches.
Zoning
The Edge Switch supports a name server zoning feature that partitions attached devices into
restricted-access groups called zones. Devices in the same zone can recognize and communicate
with each other through switched port-to-port connections. Devices in separate zones cannot
communicate with each other.
Zoning is configured by authorizing or restricting access to name server information associated with
device N_Ports that attach to Edge Switch fabric ports (F_Ports). A zone member is specified by the
port number to which a device is attached, or by the eight-byte (16-digit) world wide name (WWN)
assigned to the host bus adapter (HBA) or Fibre Channel interface installed in a device. A device
can belong to multiple zones.
NOTE: By default, zoning is disabled. You must enable zoning to see devices.
CAUTION: If zoning is implemented by port number, a change to the Edge Switch fiber-optic cable
configuration disrupts zone operation and may incorrectly include or exclude a device from a zone.
If zoning is implemented by WWN, removal and replacement of a device HBA or Fibre Channel
interface (thereby changing the device WWN) disrupts zone operation and may incorrectly include
or exclude a device from a zone.
In Open Fabric mode, only zoning by WWN is supported. Zoning by port numbers is not
supported.
Zones are grouped into zone sets. A zone set is a group of zones that is enabled (activated) or
disabled across all switches in a multiswitch fabric. Only one zone set can be enabled at one time.
Multiswitch fabrics
A Fibre Channel topology that consists of one or more interconnected Edge Switches or Edge Switch
elements is called a fabric. Operational software provides the ability to interconnect switches
(through expansion port [E_Port] connections) to form a multiswitch fabric. The data transmission
path through the fabric is typically determined by fabric elements and is user-transparent. Subject to
zoning restrictions, devices attached to any interconnected Edge Switch can communicate with each
other through the fabric.