User`s guide

3 – SANblade Manager Overview

Features

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❑ Configure LUN path failover. See the support matrix on the SANsurfer Took

Kit CD-ROM for a list of adapters that support LUN path failover.

Support for additional operating systems and HBAs will be added in future

versions of SANblade Manager.

❑ Persistently bind targets

❑ Replace devices

❑ Update the NVRAM and flash BIOS

■ Statistics. SANblade Manager provides statistics for each host and adapter.

These statistics can be collected automatically or on request. They can be reset

at any time. In addition, you can export the statistics to a CSV file that can be

imported into other applications, for example, Microsoft Excel.

■ Diagnostics. SANblade Manager provides end-to-end diagnostics that enable

you to test the adapters and the devices to which they are connected. SANblade

Manager diagnostics allow you to do the following:

❑ Test the link status of each adapter and its attached devices

❑ Perform a loopback test, which is external to the adapter, to evaluate the ports

(transmit and receive transceivers) on the adapter and the error rate

❑ Perform a read/write buffer test, which tests the link between the adapter and

its devices

■ Alarm and event notifications. SANblade Manager provides asynchronous

notification of various conditions and problems through alarms and events. Alarm

information includes severity, time, host, adapter, application, and description.

Event information includes severity, time, and message. In addition, the alarm

and event information can be exported to a CSV file that can be imported into

other applications, for example, Microsoft Excel.