SANsurfer FC/FCoE HBA Manager QLogic Corporation. All rights reserved. Table of Contents 1. Package Contents 2. Requirements 2.1 Hardware Requirements 2.2 Software Requirements 3. OS Support 4. Supported Features 5. Using SANsurfer FC HBA Manager 5.1 Installing SANsurfer FC HBA Manager 5.2 Starting SANsurfer FC HBA Manager 5.3 Removing SANsurfer FC HBA Manager 6. Additional Notes 6.1 General (Applies to All OSs) 6.2 Windows 6.3 Linux 6.4 Solaris 6.5 Netware 6.6 Mac OS X 6.7 VMware ESX 7.
1. Package Contents SANsurfer FC HBA Manager installation packages are available for the following supported operating system (OS) platforms (where “nn” specifies the build number of the current software release): File Name Description standalone_sansurfer5.0.1bnn_windows_install.exe All supported Windows platforms standalone_sansurfer5.0.1bnn_solaris_install.bin.gz Solaris SPARC standalone_sansurfer5.0.1bnn_solaris_install_x86.bin.gz Solaris x86 standalone_sansurfer5.0.1bnn_macosx_install.
2.2 Software Requirements SANsurfer FC HBA Manager requires the following minimum software: ● Common desktop environment (CDE) to run the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager graphical user interface (GUI) QLogic QLx2xxx FC drivers for your OS platform ● QLogic QLFCoE Converged Network Adapter driver for your OS platform ● TCP/IP protocol for Windows 2000, Windows 2003, or Windows 2008 remote management ● TCP/IP protocol for NetWare remote management ● ● ● ● ● Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 1.5.
. Supported Features SANsurfer FC HBA Manager provides a graphical user interface (GUI) that lets you easily install, configure, and deploy QLogic Fibre Channel Adapters. It also provides robust diagnostic and troubleshooting capabilities and useful statistical information to monitor and optimize SAN performance. 5. Using SANsurfer FC HBA Manager This section provides the following procedures for using SANsurfer FC HBA Manager: ● 5.1 Installing SANsurfer FC HBA Manager ● 5.
.3 Removing SANsurfer FC HBA Manager You must exit the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager installer before you uninstall SANsurfer FC HBA Manager. To remove SANsurfer FC HBA Manager, follow the procedure for your specific operating system provided in the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager User’s Guide, “Installing SANsurfer FC HBA Manager” chapter. NOTEs: ● While uninstalling SANsurfer FC HBA Manager from a NetWare server, the server’s prompt shows the following message: Cannot stat sys:etc/rpcnet.
/etc/hosts ● NetWare: Windows System’s NetWare client : windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts ● VMware: /etc/hosts 6.1.2 Enabling Failover During Installation During SANsurfer installation, the system prompts you to specify whether or not to enable failover. Enabling failover notifies SANsurfer how you want to create and validate the saved configurations. Selecting “enable failover” does not cause the platform-specific failover driver to load automatically.
To resolve this issue, create a new entry with the host IP address assigned to ethx. Modify the existing entry by moving the hostname from the localhost line to the newly-created line. For example: Initial: 127.0.0.1 localhost runner.domain.com Modified: 127.0.0.1 localhost 10.0.0.1 runner.domain.com 6.3.2 Secure Portmapper For Linux 7.x and Advanced Server 2.1, SANsurfer includes a new secure portmapper.
output control (IOCTL) module. After installing but before starting SANsurfer, execute the following command: # modprobe -a qioctlmod If qlremote is not running, you might need to start it. To check to see if qlremote is running, execute the following command: # ps -C qlremote If there is no output from the preceding command, then qlremote is not running. To start qlremote if it is not running, execute the following command: # /usr/local/bin/qlremote 6.4 Solaris 6.4.
6.7 VMware ESX 6.7.1 Operating SANsurfer FC HBA Manager on ESX 3.5 Servers Flashing/updating NVRAM has been disabled for QLE25xx adapters on ESX 3.5U2. 7. Known Issues and Workarounds The following sections describe the known issues and workarounds (if any) for SANsurfer FC HBA Manager. 7.1 File Choosers Issue: Periodically, the File Choosers in SANsurfer FC HBA Manager do not respond when trying to traverse the file system by double-clicking the icons.
Workaround: Follow these steps: 1. Temporarily uninstall SANsurfer FC HBA Manager. 2. Install Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX. 3. Re-install SANsurfer FC HBA Manager. 7.8 Connecting to localhost uses DLL/Shared Library (Windows or Linux IA32) Issue: Connecting to localhost on a Windows IA32 or Linux IA32 machine requires using a DLL/shared library instead of the agent. There is no communication between the localhost version and the agent.
up to a multiple of the system page size.) See limit(1) to increase the stack size limit. Workaround: None 7.16 Mac OS X Bug on SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Installer Issue: A Mac OS X bug affects SANsurfer installation on OS X 10.3.9 systems with the QuickTime 7.0.4 upgrade. This appears to only affect systems running version 10.3.9, and not version 10.4. Workaround: Revert to QuickTime 7.0.1 through a re-installer available from Apple on the Support/ Downloads page. 7.
