User`s manual

Preliminary
Switch Management Tools
SANbox-8 Fibre Channel Switch
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Switch Management Tools
The Switch supports switch management primarily through the following tools.
Refer to the Switch Management Manual for information about these tools.
• The SANsurfer Switch management application
• Telnet
• A Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
• A built-in SNMP Agent
SANsurfer Switch Management Application
SANsurfer is the preferred tool for complete fabric monitoring and management
offering the following capabilities:
• Establish and configure the switch management interface
• Display switch hardware, firmware, and connection information
• Display port addresses and performance statistics
• Configure and tune ports
• Record performance statistics
• Define hard, Name Server, broadcast, and segmented loop zones
• Configure, archive, and restore chassis parameters
• Configure loop devices and display status information
• Read and write chassis memory
• Update flash memory
Telnet
The following functions are available in Telnet:
• Read version and chassis configuration information
• Read the FC Port Control Block (port configuration) information
• Read SNMP Management Information Base (MIB) data
• Set or read switch chassis configuration parameters
• Read chassis status information and the operational chassis mode
• Read the states, port types, and login status of all the ports on the switch
• List all AL_PAs on the selected arbitrated loop
• Read any arbitrated loop on a port
• Reset the switch