User manual

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Using the Product Manager
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Product Manager Overview
— Name - Assign a product name. Note that you can set this
name as the nickname for the switch’s WWN, using the Set
Name as Nickname check box. The nickname then displays
instead of the WWN in Product Manager views.
— Description - Assign a unique product description.
— Location - Describe the product’s location.
— Contact - Assign a contact either by name, phone number, or
e-mail address.
NOTE: This information displays in the identification table at the top of
the Hardware View and in the EFC Manager Product View, if the Product
View is configured to display names.
Operating Parameters
This option offers the ability to configure switch and fabric
parameters.
Use the Switch Parameters dialog box to set parameters on the
switch for fabric operation. Set other fabric operating parameters,
such as preferred domain ID (1 to 31), Domain RSCNs, and
Suppress RSCNs on Zone Set Activations. In addition, you can
also enable the rerouting delay feature. Refer to Configure Switch
Parameters on page 3-3 for more information on configuring the
switch priority and rerouting delay.
Use the Fabric Parameters dialog box to set parameters for fabric
operation. In this dialog box, you can set the resource allocation
time-out value (R_A_TOV) and error detect time-out value
(E_D_TOV) in tenth-of-a-second increments, as well as other
fabric operating parameters, such as switch priority level
(Principal, Default, or Never Principal) and interop mode. You must
take the switch offline through the Set Online State dialog box to
configure these parameters.
Switch Binding
This submenu provides two options if the SANtegrity Binding
feature is installed through the Configure Feature Key dialog box:
Change State and Edit Membership List. Selecting Change State
displays the Switch Binding State Change dialog box where you can
activate Switch Binding according to a specific connection policy
(Restrict E_Ports, Restrict F_Ports, or All Ports). Edit Membership