User guide

Element Manager overview30
• Features—Displays the Configure Feature Key dialog box. Use this dialog box to enter a
feature key to enable optional features that you have purchased for the switch. See ”Configuring
the feature key” on page 122 for more information.
• Date/Time—Displays the Configure Date and Time dialog box. Use this dialog box to set the
current date and time in the switch. When the Periodic Date/Time Synchronization check
box is checked, the Date and Time fields are grayed out (disabled), and the switch date and
time feature is periodically synchronized with the HAFM appliance date and time. When the
Periodic Date/Time Synchronization check box is not checked, you can manually set the
date and time in the dialog box fields.
• Threshold Alerts—Configures threshold alerts for ports. A threshold alert notifies users when
the transmit (Tx) or receive (Rx) throughput reaches specified values for specific switch ports or
port types (E_Ports, F_Ports, or FL_Ports).
Using this option, you can configure:
•A name for the alert.
• A threshold type for the alert (Rx, Tx, or both).
• The state of the alert, (active or inactive).
• Threshold criteria. This includes configuring the threshold as the percent of port traffic
capacity utilized (% utilization). You must also configure the time interval during which the
throughput is measured, and the maximum cumulative time that the throughput percentage
threshold can be exceeded during that time interval before an alert is generated.
• Open Trunking—Enables the optional Open Trunking feature. This feature monitors the
average data rates of all traffic flows on ISLs (from a receive port to a target domain). It also
periodically adjusts routing tables to reroute data flows from congested links to lightly loaded
links and optimize bandwidth use. The feature can be installed through the Configure Feature
Key dialog box. See ”Configuring the feature key” on page 122 and ”Open Trunking” on
page 178 for more information.
• Export Configuration Report—Displays the Export Configuration Report dialog box, which
enables you to specify a file name in which to save an American Standard Code for Information
Interchange (ASCII) text file containing all current user-definable configuration options in a
printable format. Note that this file cannot be read back into the Element Manager in order to
set configuration parameters.
• Enable Web Server—Enables the EWS on the switch. Selecting this option puts a check mark
in the box next to the menu option. Click the option again to clear the check mark and disable
the EWS interface. When this option is disabled, users at remote workstations cannot access the
EWS interface.
• Enable Telnet—Enables telnet access to the switch. Selecting this option puts a check mark in
the box next to the menu option. Click the option again to clear the check mark and disable
telnet access. When this option is disabled, users at remote workstations cannot access the
switch through telnet to use the Command Line Interface (CLI).
• Alternate Control Prohibited—Edge Switch 2/32 only. Enables Alternate Control
Prohibited (ACP), Selecting this option puts a check mark next to the menu option. When the
ACP is checked, alternate control prohibited is on and alternate managers cannot change
FICON Switch connectivity parameters. Note that the ACP Prohibited check box is only
visible for switches that support ACP.