SAN Switch 2/8 V3.1.x - Installation Guide

Overview
18 SAN Switch 2/8 Version 3.1.x Installation Guide
SAN Switch 2/8 Features
Read the following sections for feature-specific information.
Firmware
The SAN Switch 2/8 operates using Fabric Operating System (FOS) firmware
v3.1.x. The firmware supports:
■ An optional Security feature, providing security mechanisms at all vulnerable
points in a SAN fabric, from hosts to storage at the port, switch, and fabric
levels.
■ High-speed data traffic using Interswitch Link (ISL) trunking technology.
■ Automatic re-routing through the Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) algorithm.
■ Application Programming Interface (API); a protocol that allows applications
to interface with switch services.
■ Zoning functionality, providing a means to allocate storage controllers to
groups of computers. Allows you to create logical subsets of the fabric to
accommodate closed user groups or to create functional user groups within a
fabric.
For more information refer to the HP StorageWorks Zoning Version
3.1.x/4.1.x User Guide.
■ Per port statistics help technicians diagnose and isolate problem ports without
disrupting switch operations.
■ Error detection and fault isolation, automatically disables failing ports and
restarts when the problem is resolved.
■ Industry standard Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Management Information Base (MIB) support.
■ Automatic self-discovery, discovers and registers host server and storage
devices.
■ Web Tools provides a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to allow management of
a SAN from a browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape.