Fabric Watch Monitoring in a DRM Environment - Application Notes

Application Notes Contents

Application Notes – Fabric Watch Monitoring in a DRM Environment 3

Application Notes Contents

These application notes cover the following major topics:

• The DRM Fabric, page 3

• Fabric Watch Overview, page 4

• Fabric Watch Activation, page 11

• Fabric Watch Configuration Setup, page 13

• SNMP Management Station, page 26

• Notable Events to Monitor with DRM, page 29

• Glossary, page 36

Intended Audience

This document is intended for system administrators running SANworks Data Replication Manager

(DRM) who desire to configure and monitor their networks for important events using Fabric Watch. It

is assumed that the reader has a good understanding of DRM configurations and networks.

Other Documentation

For documentation related to DRM, please go to the Compaq website at:

http://www.compaq.com/products/sanworks/drm/documentation.html.

Some documents that may prove useful are:

• SANworks by Compaq Data Replication Manager HSG80 ACS Version 8.6-4P Configuration

Guide, part number AA-RPHZD-TE

• SANworks by Compaq Data Replication Manager ACS Version 8.6-4P Failover/Failback

Procedures Guide, part number AA-RPJ0C-TE

• SANworks by Compaq Data Replication Manager HSG80 ACS Version 8.6-4P Release Notes, part

number AA-RPJ2C-TE

Documentation related to Fabric Watch and complementary products may be obtained for your

particular switch. For example, product documentation used with the StorageWorks

Fibre Channel

SAN Switch 2/16 by Compaq can be found at:

http://www.compaq.com/products/storageworks/fcsanswitch216/documentation.html.

Some documents that may prove useful are:

• StorageWorks by Compaq Fabric Operating System Procedures User Guide, part number

AA-RQ6EA-TE

• StorageWorks by Compaq Fabric Watch User Guide, part number AA-RR7YA-TE

• StorageWorks by Compaq Web Tools User Guide, part number AA-RQ6GA-TE

The DRM Fabric

Managing a busy network is complex, and network management becomes more complicated with the

added redundancies and processing imposed by a disaster-tolerant solution. DRM copies data online

and in real time to remote locations through a local or remote storage area network (SAN). Servers

running with various operating systems in a heterogeneous SAN must communicate over different

topologies. Redundant switches running at high speeds must link all network devices together.