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

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9. A grey square with a yellow exclamation mark is displayed adjacent to the icon representing the

reset switch, indicating the Edge Switch is not communicating with the management appliance.

Change the Edge Switch IP address and restart the management appliance session as follows:

a. At the HAFM application, delete the icon representing the reset switch by selecting Setup

from the Discover menu.

The Discover Setup dialog box is displayed (Figure 38 on page 64).

b. Select (highlight) the entry representing the reset switch in the Available Addresses window

and click Remove.

c. At the Discover Setup dialog box, click OK.

The Edge Switch is no longer defined to the management appliance.

d. Change an Edge Switch’s IP address through the maintenance port at the rear of the Edge

Switch.

For instructions, see ”Edge Switch network addresses” on page 31.

e. Identify the Edge Switch to the HAFM application.

For instructions, see ”Configuring Edge Switch identification” on page 42.

Switch-to-management appliance communication is restored and the procedure is complete.

Enabling the HAFM Basic interface

To enable or disable the HAFM Basic interface:

• At the Hardware view, select Configure > Enable Web Server.

Selecting Enable Web Server automatically places a check mark in the check box.

• Select Enable Web Server again to remove the check mark and disable the HAFM Basic

interface.

When disabled, remote users cannot access the interface.

For complete information on using the HAFM Basic interface, see ”Using the HAFM Basic interface”

on page 69.

Enabling Telnet

Use the following steps to enable Telnet:

• At the Hardware view, select Configure > Enable Telnet.

Selecting Enable Telnet automatically places a check mark in the check box.

• Select Enable Telnet again to remove the check mark and disable Telnet access.

When disabled, remote users cannot access the Edge Switch through Telnet.

Connecting the Edge Switch to a fabric

To provide Fibre Channel connectivity between public devices and fabric-attached devices, connect

the Edge Switch to an expansion port (E_Port) of an HP Director or Edge Switch. The switch-port-to-

switch-port connection is called an interswitch link (ISL). To fabric-attach the Edge Switch and create

an ISL: