Brocade Communications Systems 415 Administrator'S Manual Download Page 226

Page: 226 / 228

208

Brocade Adapters Administrator’s Guide

53-1001256-01

dialog box

Authentication Configuration

105

Configure Names

Define Master Log Filter

118

Define Name

Event Properties

Persistent Binding

119

Protocol Tests diagnostics

125

Security Authentication

105

Test Log Details

134

discovery

description of

setting up

setting up out-of-band

documentation, related for diagnostics

event categories

116

event logs, how to filter

Event Properties dialog box

event severities

events, master log

fabric command

174

fcdiag command

175

fcpim command

177

filtering event log entries

frame data field size

specifying using the BCU

specifying using the GUI

HBA Properties panel

107

HCM

authentication

change password dialog box

features

logging level configuration

main window

master log icons

product icons

software overview

statistics monitoring

host management, remote

interrupt control coalesce

configuring using the GUI

IOC command

179

launching HCM

on Linux

on Solaris

on Windows

Linux, launching HCM

log

application

master log

test

log command

181

log off

lport command

182

management software components

Master Log Filter dialog box

118

Master Log properties

Master Log Properties tab

116

monitoring statistics

MPIO

specifying using the BCU

specifying using the GUI

name configuration

nickname association tasks

NPIV configuration

operating systems, support for

Summary of Contents for 415

Page 1: ...53 1001256 01 12 June 2009 53 1001256 01 Brocade Adapters Administrator s Guide Supporting CNA models BR 1010 and BR 1020 Supporting HBA models 415 425 815 825 ...

Page 2: ...ation contained in this book or the computer programs that accompany it The product described by this document may contain open source software covered by the GNU General Public License or other open source license agreements To find out which open source software is included in Brocade products view the licensing terms applicable to the open source software and obtain a copy of the programming so...

Page 3: ...elp xvi Related documentation xvi Document feedback xvii Chapter 1 Fibre Channel over Ethernet In this chapter 1 FCoE overview 1 DCB exchange protocol 1 Drivers 2 Enhanced Ethernet features 2 Enhanced transmission selection 2 Priority based flow control 3 Ethernet jumbo frames 3 FCoE protocols supported 4 Ethernet link layer protocols supported 4 FCoE protocols 4 Chapter 2 HCM Overview In this cha...

Page 4: ... HCM product icons 17 Discovery 18 Setting up out of band discovery for an adapter 18 Logging off HCM 19 Chapter 4 Host Configuration In this chapter 21 Host security authentication 21 Configuring security authentication using the GUI Host and HBA 22 Configuring security authentication using the BCU 23 Buffer credits 24 Basic port configuration 24 Opening the Basic Port Configuration dialog box 25...

Page 5: ...N 48 VLAN configuration conflicts 50 Editing a VLAN 50 Removing a VLAN 51 Chapter 5 Monitoring In this chapter 53 Performance monitoring 53 Polling frequency rate 54 Resetting statistics 54 Master Log 55 Event severities 55 Filtering event log entries 56 Application log 57 Syslog support 58 Opening the Syslog Server Configuration dialog box 58 Registering a host server 58 Removing a host server 59...

Page 6: ...ge HCM Agent dialog box HBA and CNA 86 CNA Properties panel CNA only 87 Configure Names dialog box HBA and CNA 89 Define Name dialog box HBA and CNA 90 Duplicated Names dialog box HBA and CNA 91 Eth IOC Statistics dialog box CNA only 92 Ethernet Port Properties panel CNA only 93 Eth Statistics dialog box CNA only 94 Event Properties dialog box HBA and CNA 96 Fabric Statistics dialog box HBA and CN...

Page 7: ...uration dialog box HBA and CNA 130 Target Statistics dialog box HBA and CNA 131 Test Log Details dialog box HBA and CNA 134 Virtual Port Creation dialog box HBA and CNA 135 Virtual Port Deletion dialog box HBA and CNA 136 Virtual Port Properties panel HBA and CNA 137 Virtual Port Statistics dialog box HBA and CNA 138 VLAN Configuration dialog box CNA only 140 VLAN configuration Add a VLAN dialog b...

Page 8: ...ethlog 171 ethport 172 fabric 174 fcdiag 175 fcpim 177 IOC 179 log 181 lport 182 pbind 184 port 185 qos HBA only 190 ratelim HBA only 191 rport 192 vlan 195 vport 197 Appendix C HCM Troubleshooting HCM tab navigation 199 Appendix D Glossary and acronyms Index ...

Page 9: ...Levels dialog box 37 Figure 12 Advanced Port Configuration dialog box 38 Figure 13 Configure Names dialog box 42 Figure 14 Duplicated Names dialog box 47 Figure 15 VLAN Configuration dialog box 49 Figure 16 Add VLAN dialog box 49 Figure 17 VLAN Configuration dialog box with PORT VLAN 50 Figure 18 VLAN Configuration conflicts 50 Figure 19 Edit VLAN dialog box 51 Figure 20 Remove VLAN dialog box 51 ...

Page 10: ...x Brocade Adapters Administrator s Guide 53 1001256 01 ...

Page 11: ...guration options 24 Table 8 Advanced port configuration options 38 Table 9 Statistics monitored by component 53 Table 10 Master Log fields 55 Table 11 HCM Master Log icons 55 Table 12 Related diagnostic documentation 61 Table 13 Fibre Channel diag commands 62 Table 14 Fibre Channel diagnostic tests 62 Table 15 Hardware level test parameters 64 Table 16 Test log details 66 Table 17 Ethernet Test pa...

Page 12: ...xii Brocade Adapters Administrator s Guide 53 1001256 01 ...

Page 13: ...em requirements and supported operating systems Chapter 3 Getting Started with HCM Software explains how to launch the management software set security passwords discover SAN components and log out Chapter 4 Host Configuration provides the procedures to configure operating parameters basic and advanced security authentication and persistent binding using the Brocade Command Line Utility BCU or the...

Page 14: ... Identifies CLI output Identifies command syntax examples For readability command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed lettercase for example switchShow In actual examples command lettercase is often all lowercase Otherwise this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case sensitive Notes cautions and warnings The following notices and statements...

Page 15: ...and industry specific documentation that you might find helpful Brocade resources To get up to the minute information join Brocade Connect It s free Go to http www brocade com and click Brocade Connect to register at no cost for a user ID and password For practical discussions about SAN design implementation and maintenance you can obtain Building SANs with Brocade Fabric Switches through http www...

Page 16: ... call have the following information available Adapter model Adapter operating system version Error numbers and messages received supportSave command output see debug on page 162 for details Detailed description of the problem including the switch or fabric behavior immediately following the problem and specific questions Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results S...

Page 17: ...eteness of this document However if you find an error or an omission or you think that a topic needs further development we want to hear from you Forward your feedback to documentation brocade com Provide the title and version number of the document and as much detail as possible about your comment including the topic heading and page number and your suggestions for improvement ...

Page 18: ...xviii Brocade Adapters Administrator s Guide 53 1001256 01 ...

Page 19: ...rk has been the limited bandwidth that Ethernet has historically provided However with 10 Gbps Ethernet the available bandwidth now offers the potential to consolidate all the traffic types over the same link Unlike Fibre Channel Ethernet is not a peer to peer protocol The mechanism used to discover new ports MAC address assignments and FC logins and logouts is called the FCoE Initialization Proto...

Page 20: ...s support for the drivers and driver installation refer to the Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual Enhanced Ethernet features Enhanced Transmission Selection ETS and priority based flow control are the two basic requirments in a lossless Ethernet environment These capabilities allow the Fibre Channel frames to run directly over 10 Gbps Ethernet segments without adversely affecting p...

Page 21: ...ded with Enhanced Ethernet The purpose of an enhanced Ethernet is to provide reliable lossless transport for the encapsulated Fibre Channel traffic Enhanced Ethernet provides support for jumbo Ethernet frames and in order frame delivery The Brocade FCoE 10 Gbps converged network adapter supports jumbo packets of up to 9 KB compared to the original 1 518 byte MTU for Ethernet The frame size increas...

Page 22: ...ion 802 3ae 10 Gb Ethernet 802 1p priority encoding IEEE 1149 1 JTAG for manufacturing debug and diagnostics IPv4 specification RFC 793 768 IPv6 specification RFC 2460 TCP UDP specification RFC 793 768 ARP specification RFC 826 RSS with support for IPV4TCP IPV4 IPV6TCP IPV6 hash types HDS Header data split FCoE protocols The following protocols support Fibre Channel over Ethernet FIP FC BB5 compli...

Page 23: ...nts The agent which runs on the host The management console which is the graphical user interface client used to manage the HBA or CNA You can manage the software on the host or remotely from another host The communication between the management console and the agent is managed using JSON RPC over https The information in this guide is intended for OEMs field service personnel and customers who ar...

Page 24: ...ch tests the link between the adapter and its devices FC protocol tests including echo ping and traceroute Monitoring which provides statistics for the SAN components listed in Table 9 Security which enables you to specify a CHAP secret and configure authentication parameters Event notifications which provide asynchronous notification of various conditions and problems through a user defined event...

Page 25: ...ing Port Statistics Diagnostics FC SP Enable Adapter Converged Network Adapter CNA 10 Gbps Refresh Define Name Persistent Binding Statistics Port CEE FCP IM Module Statistics Diagnostics Enable Port Tree Copy Search Collapse All Expand All FCoE Port Refresh Define Names Port Configuration Basic Advanced Persistent Binding Virtual Port Create Delete Statistics Fabric IOC Beacon Port Tree Copy Searc...

Page 26: ...orted across all operating system versions listed in Table 2 Supported drivers vary with the operating system being used For example for Windows the Storport miniport driver is supported there is no support for the SCSI miniport driver and for Solaris only the Leadville based driver is supported TABLE 2 Ethernet Link Layer Driver operating system support Operating System x86 IA64 IEM64T AMD64 Wind...

Page 27: ...er SLES 11 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Linux Red Hat Enterprise 4 6 4 7 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Linux Red Hat Enterprise 5 2 5 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Solaris 10 51 Yes No Yes Yes Yes VMware ESX 3 5 U3 U4 Yes No Yes Yes No 1 FCoE driver only The Networking driver is not supported on Solaris 10 5 TABLE 4 Port node specific features Features FCoE port Link Layer LL Ethernet port Physical port Define name Yes No Ye...

Page 28: ...s are available only in specific OS environments The features are shown in Table 5 TABLE 5 OS specific features Features Windows Linux Solaris VMWare Storage NPIV support Yes Yes No Yes Ethernet VLAN support Yes Yes No Yes Ethernet Receive Side Scaling RSS Yes No No No Ethernet Header Data Split HDS Yes No No No ...

Page 29: ...application on Linux platforms Launching the application on Solaris platforms Launching the application on Windows platforms After installing the HCM software locate Brocade HCM on the Windows platform by selecting Start Programs BROCADE_FCHBA OR Click the desktop icon to launch the application The following figure shows the screen that appears when HCM software is first launched FIGURE 1 HCM Logi...

Page 30: ...Solaris platform by double clicking on the BROCADE_FCHBA icon OR Start the application from the command prompt using the following commands sun 116190 cd installed directory fchba client sun 116190 BROCADE_FCHBA Remember password The Login dialog has a check box to remember the password If you check the Remember password check box you do not need to enter the password the next time you launch the ...

Page 31: ...can configure the password length in the HBAApplication properties file min chars for the application password password_min 8 max chars for the application password password_max 64 The password is encrypted and stored in the noitacitnehtua properties file 1 From the Host Connectivity Manager select Configure Change Password Change Password for HCM User The Change HCM Password dialog box displays F...

Page 32: ...an configure the password length in the HBAApplication properties file min chars for the application password password_min 8 max chars for the application password password_max 64 The password is encrypted and stored in the noitacitnehtua properties file 1 From the Host Connectivity Manager click Configure Change Password Change Agent Password The Change HCM Agent Password dialog box displays FIGU...

Page 33: ...ser name Administrator and password password Backing up data after an uninstall If you uninstall the Brocade HCM software you are prompted to back up the application configuration data that was created during installation The following application configuration files are backed up in the data directory HBAApplication properties SetupDiscovery properties HbaAliasdb properties log4j xml noitacitneht...

Page 34: ... networked Only one host can be managed at a time multiple host management is not supported Refer to the Brocade Fibre Channel CNA Installation and Reference Manual supporting CNA models BR 1010 and BR 1020 and HBA models 415 425 815 and 825 for instructions on how to install both the driver and GUI the driver only or the GUI only FIGURE 4 Host Connectivity Manager main window 1 Menu bar 2 Device ...

Page 35: ...d diamond appears on the upper right corner of the icon Table 6 shows the product icons that represent the components that HCM manages TABLE 6 HCM product icons Host agent up Remote Port Initiator online Host agent down Remote Port Initiator offline HBA online Remote Port Target online HBA offline Remote Port Target offline CNA online LUN CNA offline Ethernet Port Port with SFP link up Base Port l...

Page 36: ...e application discovers Brocade adapters in that host connected to the SAN NOTE The HCM application enables you to discover Brocade adapters ports virtual ports remote ports and LUNs using out of band discovery only Setting up out of band discovery for an adapter When performing out of band discovery you are managing the adapter remotely The application connects to the agent running on the host se...

Page 37: ...n password It is recommended you change the agent password on the host for security reasons NOTE Click the Remember Host check box if you do not want to type it in each time you set up discovery 5 In the Polling Frequency Seconds text box specify the value for how frequently the application has to poll for newly discovered devices All parameters related to the adapters that are installed in that s...

Page 38: ...20 Brocade Adapters Administrator s Guide 53 1001256 01 Logging off HCM 3 ...

Page 39: ...nfiguration 35 HCM Logging levels 37 Advanced port configuration 38 Name configuration 41 VLAN configuration 48 Host security authentication Use the HCM GUI or the Brocade command line utility BCU to display the authentication settings and status There are five well known DH groups however only DH CHAP group 0 called NULL DH is supported in this release NOTE Security authentication is not supporte...

Page 40: ...figure FC SP from the main menu or perform the appropriate following step to open the security authentication dialog box From the host level right click the host and select FC SP from the list The Fibre Channel Security Protocol Configuration host level dialog box displays as shown in Figure 6 From the adapter level right click the adapter and select FC SP from the list The Fibre Channel Security ...

Page 41: ...orithm that verifies a message s integrity using Message Digest version 5 SHA1 A secure hashing algorithm that computes a 160 bit message digest for a data file that is provided as input MD5SH1 Similar to the MD5 hashing algorithm but used for DH CHAP authentication SHA1MD5 Similar to the SHA1 hashing algorithm but used for DH CHAP authentication c Select DHNULL as the group value this is the only...

Page 42: ...dministrator s Guide for detailed information about buffer credits Basic port configuration For each port you can configure the following parameters using the Basic Port Configuration dialog box the Brocade Command Line utility BCU or both Table 7 lists the features and configuration options TABLE 7 Basic port configuration options Port configuration parameter Configurable using the GUI Configurab...

Page 43: ...og depending on the operating system You can access the Basic Port Configuration dialog box by selecting the Host an HBA an HBA port a CNA or an FCoE port from the device tree 1 Select a device from the device tree 2 Select Configure Basic Port Configuration from the main menu The Basic Port Configuration dialog box displays FIGURE 7 Basic Port Configuration dialog box Windows Linux and VmWare ...

Page 44: ...cu log level port_id level m fw ha1 fcs drv aen all Refer to log on page 181 for details about this command Ethernet logging level The number of messages logged by the host depends on the predetermined logging level Although the Ethernet port might generate many messages only certain types of messages are logged based on the specified logging level Configuring the Ethernet logging level using the ...

Page 45: ...a value from the Configured Speed list Speed options for the HBA are 1 Gbps 2 Gbps 4 Gbps and 8 Gbps The available speed options depend on the HBA s speed and the port s SFP Auto negotiate is the recommended setting and it is the default 3 Click Apply to apply the changes A port disable enable configuration dialog displays confirming the configured speed which will take effect when the port is dis...

Page 46: ...do not specify a value the driver default receive buffer size displays which is 2112 NOTE The new receive data field size takes effect when the port is re enabled Enter the following command to set the frame data field size bcu port dfsize port_id dfsize Refer to port on page 185 for details about this command Persistent binding Persistent binding enables you to permanently assign a system SCSI ta...

Page 47: ...g licenses need to be installed on the switch connected to each HBA port edge switch Adaptive Networking AN license Server Application Optimization SAO license To determine if these licenses are installed on the connected switch execute the Fabric OS licenseshow command Refer to the Fabric OS Administrator s Guide for detailed information about QoS Configuring QoS on the switch side using the BCU ...

Page 48: ...adapters cables and switches to create logical paths between the server and the storage device In the event that one or more of these components fails causing the path to fail MPIO uses an alternate path for I O so that applications can still access their data Specifying the MPIO using the GUI 1 Select Configure Basic Port Configuration from the Host Connectivity Manager The Basic Port Configurati...

Page 49: ...miting HBA only NOTE The target rate limiting feature is not supported on the converged network adapter CNA The target rate limiting feature is used to minimize congestion at the adapter port caused by a slow drain device operating in the fabric at a slower speed A remote port s operating speed is determined from the fabric Traffic destined to the remote port is limited to its current operating sp...

Page 50: ...N storage arrays from which to boot the host system When the host s operating system and adapter driver are installed on the remote device the adapter BIOS and user configurable boot instructions stored in adapter flash memory allow the host to boot from the device NOTE Various operating systems require you to follow specific guidelines to enable servers to boot from a SAN Understanding these requ...

Page 51: ...sic Port Configuration from the Host Connectivity Manager The Basic Port Configuration dialog box displays 5 Click the Boot over SAN tab The Boot over SAN dialog box displays FIGURE 8 Boot over SAN dialog box 6 Click the BIOS Enable check box to enable Boot Over SAN NOTE Auto Negotiate is the only speed option for the 10 Gbps CNA card 7 From the Boot Option list select one of the following Auto Di...

Page 52: ...g p port_wwn r rport_wwn l lun_id lun bcu boot upload adapter_id image_file a Refer to boot HBA only on page 159 for details about this command Boot code image upload HBA only You can upload a boot code image on the local host or on an HBA The boot over SAN feature is not supported on the converged network adapter CNA Follow these steps to upload the latest boot code using either the HCM GUI or th...

Page 53: ...urrently managing HCM or the V_Ports deleted on Linux servers reboot you must first manually remove the V_Port s WWN from the Names dialog box in HCM If you do not manually remove the V_Port from HCM an error message displays that the V_Port already exists See Removing a name entry on page 43 for instructions Creating a Virtual Port You create virtual ports on HBA ports and FCoE ports only virtual...

Page 54: ...naming structure 5 Optional Enter descriptive information about the virtual port into the Description text box 6 Click OK to apply the changes and close the window Deleting a Virtual Port 1 Select a virtual port from the device tree 2 Select Configure Virtual Port Delete from the main menu OR Right click the virtual port and select Virtual Port Delete from the list A warning message displays askin...

Page 55: ...et an HCM log level TRACE which is the most verbose and the default is used Configuring the HCM logging level using the GUI 1 Select Configure HCM Logging Levels from the Host Connectivity Manager The Configure HCM Logging Levels dialog box displays FIGURE 11 Configure HCM Logging Levels dialog box 2 From both the Agent Communication Log and the HCM Debug Log lists select one of the following Trac...

Page 56: ...he features and configuration options Opening the Advanced Port Configuration dialog box 1 Select an HBA port or FCoE port from the device tree 2 From the Host Connectivity Manager select Configure Port Configuration Advanced The Advanced Port Configuration dialog box displays FIGURE 12 Advanced Port Configuration dialog box TABLE 8 Advanced port configuration options Port configuration parameter ...

Page 57: ...alog box displays OR Right click a port and select Port Configuration Advanced 2 Set the queue depth a value that represents the number of parallel I O operations The valid queue depth range is 0 2000 3 Click OK Configuring the queue depth using the BCU Enter the following command to set the queue depth bcu fcpim qdepth port_id q_depth_value Refer to fcpim on page 177 for details about this comman...

Page 58: ...s a single Fibre Channel protocol port to appear as multiple distinct ports NPIV provides separate port identification within the fabric for each operating system image partition behind the port as if each operating system image had its own unique physical port Each NPIV device has a unique virtual port ID PID port WWN and node WWN The virtual port has the same properties as an N_Port and is there...

Page 59: ...cannot have duplicate names Among all the ports two cannot have duplicate names A port and adapter can have the same name You cannot associate a name for a storage device Name changes on remote ports and virtual ports are sent to the properties file local to the HCM application but are not sent to the agent Add a detached WWN and an associated name with Type and operational status as Unknown Remov...

Page 60: ...changes on remote ports and virtual ports are sent to the properties file local to the HCM application but are not sent to the agent 1 Select an HBA an HBA port a Virtual Port a CNA or a CEE port from the device tree 2 Select Configure Names from the Host Connectivity Manager OR Right click a device from the device tree and select Configure Names The Configure Names dialog box displays all the dis...

Page 61: ...presents an adapter port or storage device into the Name text box 4 Type a valid WWN that corresponds to the name 5 Click OK to close the window The new component is added to the Name list Removing a name entry The Remove functionality clears the name and description values of a selected detached WWN 1 Select an HBA an HBA port a Virtual Port a CNA or a CEE port from the device tree 2 Select Confi...

Page 62: ...in csv properties or txt file format 1 Select an HBA an HBA port a Virtual Port a CNA or a CEE port from the device tree 2 Select Configure Names from the Host Connectivity Manager OR Right click a device from the device tree and select Configure Names The Configure Names dialog box displays 3 Select one of the following from the Display list Current Host All WWNs Only Nodes Only Ports Only L_Port...

Page 63: ...me the properties file and click Open 6 Click OK to close the window Importing properties in EFCM format You can use this procedure to import properties in Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager EFCM format 1 In the Configure Names dialog box select EFCM Format and then select Import 2 Click OK 3 Navigate to the location of the properties file from which you will import properties for the selected...

Page 64: ...he name should be followed by an Column Format WWN Name Type Description FM Names file Format Delimiter 200000051e536b20 s Node 200000051e536b43 bfa0 Node 100000051e536b20 a Port 100000051e536b44 bfa0_port1 Port 100000051e536b43 bfa0_port0 Port Adding a name and a WWN 3 Click OK DCFM support for FCoE The converged network adapter CNA is supported in the Data Center Fabric Manager DCFM version 10 3...

Page 65: ...ee and select Configure Names If there are duplicate names the Duplicated Names dialog box displays FIGURE 14 Duplicated Names dialog box 2 Determine which method you will use to fix the name policy violation and click the appropriate button Append incremental numbers for all repetitive names Click to instruct the software to add incremental numbers to fix the duplicated names I will fix them myse...

Page 66: ...hru VLAN is not editable Port VLAN PVID You create a Port VLAN using Windows Device Manager The VLAN ID is assigned when it is created and the VLAN name is PORT VLAN You cannot create edit or delete a Port VLAN using the Host Connectivity Manager HCM NOTE If a PORT VLAN exists in the VLAN configuration you cannot perform any add delete or edit operations on any VLAN In addition you cannot view sta...

Page 67: ...he VLAN Configuration dialog Figure 15 The Add VLAN dialog displays Figure 16 shows a VLAN configuration before a passthru VLAN is configured FIGURE 16 Add VLAN dialog box 5 Enter a VLAN identifier in the VLAN ID text box The range is 1 to 4094 6 Enter a VLAN name in the VLAN Name text box The VLAN name must not exceed 31 characters 7 Optional Click the Create Passthru checkbox to designate the VL...

Page 68: ...Configuration conflicts You can remove a regular VLAN or Passthru VLAN from an invalid configuration using the instructions in Removing a VLAN on page 51 A regular VLAN or Passthru VLAN can be removed at any time A PORT VLAN however is not editable Editing a VLAN You can access the VLAN Configuration dialog box by selecting an Ethernet port from the device tree This procedure provides instructions...

Page 69: ...an Ethernet port from the device tree This procedure provides instructions about how to remove an existing VLAN 1 From the Ethernet port level select an Ethernet port from the device tree 2 Select Configure VLAN Configuration from the main menu OR Right click an Ethernet port and select VLAN Configuration from the list The VLAN Configuration dialog displays 3 Click Remove on the VLAN Configuration...

Page 70: ...52 Brocade Adapters Administrator s Guide 53 1001256 01 VLAN configuration 4 ...

Page 71: ...on to isolate and troubleshoot areas that impact application performance The components listed in Table 9 display statistics when the FCoE port node is selected Refer to HCM Dialog Boxes on page 75 for a description of each statistics field TABLE 9 Statistics monitored by component Component Statistics monitored Local host Port HBA Port HBA port Port Fabric IOC QoS Authentication CNA Port CEE port...

Page 72: ...ing do one of the following from any of the Statistics dialog boxes 1 Click the Start Polling box to manually poll the port statistics 2 Type the polling rate in the Polling Frequency in Seconds text box The range is between five and 3600 seconds The default is five seconds 3 Click the Stop Polling box to stop port statistics polling 4 Check the Keep Running Data check box to see the trend Resetti...

Page 73: ... subcategory of the main category Description column Displays a brief description of the event Date Time column Displays the date and time when the event occurred TABLE 11 HCM Master Log icons Description Critical level messages indicate that the software has detected serious problems that will eventually cause a partial or complete failure of a subsystem if not corrected immediately for example a...

Page 74: ...n the Master Log 1 Click the Filter button in the Master Log section of the bottom pane The Master Log Filter dialog box displays 2 Filter the events using one or a combination of the criteria shown in Figure 22 NOTE The Category is the type of event for example an adapter port or audit FIGURE 22 Master Log Filter dialog box 3 Click Apply to save your changes or click Cancel to exit the window OR ...

Page 75: ... Application log The application log displays all application related informational and error messages as well as the following attributes Date and time the message occurred Severity of the message Description of the message The agent IP address FIGURE 23 HCM Application Log ...

Page 76: ...tion is opt hcmagent log hbaEvents log in Linux and Solaris systems Opening the Syslog Server Configuration dialog box 1 Select an adapter from the device tree 2 Select Configure Syslog from the main menu The Syslog Server Configuration dialog box displays FIGURE 24 Syslog Server Configuration dialog box Registering a host server You can register up to three Syslog destinations on managed Fabric O...

Page 77: ...Syslog from the main menu The Syslog Server Configuration dialog box displays 2 Enter the host name of the destination device into the Hostname field 3 Enter the IP address of the destination device into the IP Address field 4 Click Remove to remove the host as a Syslog destination 5 Click OK to close the dialog box ...

Page 78: ...60 Brocade Adapters Administrator s Guide 53 1001256 01 Syslog support 5 ...

Page 79: ...U or the Host Connectivity Manager HCM GUI For more information refer to the documentation listed in Table 12 TABLE 12 Related diagnostic documentation Part Number Document Title 53 1001254 01 Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual Supporting CNA models BR 1010 and BR 1020 Supporting HBA models 415 425 815 825 53 1001253 01 Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide Supporting CNA models B...

Page 80: ...annel diag commands Command Description beacon Blinks the appropriate port LED for physical identification Beaconing can occur at the port or the link level loopback Sends a health check message from the host to firmware through mes sage queues that are memory mapped over the PCI memtest Tests the adapter s memory blocks pciloopback Checks the communication path between the host and the IO Control...

Page 81: ... is advisable that you do not perform other operations on the adapter while running HCM or BCU diagnostics NOTE When you invoke a test on an adapter you can run diagnostics for one or both ports within the selected adapter Running a hardware level test using the GUI 1 Select an adapter or port from the device tree 2 Select Configure Diagnostics from the main menu OR Right click the component and s...

Page 82: ...Memory test NOTE During the test IOC will be disabled None You can enable or disable this test Regardless of test cycle set value the Memory Test will run only once PCI loopback test Frame Count Integer from 0 4 294 967 295 The default value is 8192 Data Pattern Default value is A5A5A5A5 Test Cycle The number of times the test runs The default value is 10 Port loopback test NOTE For an External Lo...

Page 83: ... without zoning restrictions Not supported in Solaris operating systems FC traceroute test which requests to enumerate the route between two given end points Not supported in Solaris operating systems To run one of the protocol level tests use the following procedure 1 Select an adapter or port from the device tree 2 Select Configure Diagnostics from the main menu OR Right click the component and ...

Page 84: ... Diagnostics from the Host Connectivity Manager 2 Run any diagnostic test 3 Select and double click a row of the test results in the bottom pane The Test Log details listed in Table 16 displays See Figure 27 and Figure 28 for examples of test log detail TABLE 16 Test log details Field Description Time The date and time the test was run Test The name of the test Status The status of the test for ex...

Page 85: ...Brocade Adapters Administrator s Guide 67 53 1001256 01 Displaying test log details 6 FIGURE 27 Test Log Details for Echo Test dialog box FIGURE 28 Test Log Details for FC trace test dialog box ...

Page 86: ...e the same You must have the Ethernet card and the device driver installed and a loopback connector in place The loopback connector is a standard RJ 45 connector NOTE Windows 64 bit platforms only You must first create a VLAN on the port before you perform an Ethernet loopback test If the port does not have a VLAN an error message displays The following procedure explains how to run an Ethernet te...

Page 87: ...check box to enable the feature Configuring beaconing using the BCU Enter the following command to blink the appropriate port LED for physical identification bcu diag beacon port_id on off t secs where duration Blinks the local port for the specified number of seconds The default is 0 which means infinite blinking Refer to diag on page 165 for details about this command Enter the following command...

Page 88: ...g the BCU Enter the following command to view the SFP information If the firmware detects a non Brocade SFP the port is disabled bcu diag sfpshow port_id Refer to diag on page 165 for details about this command Displaying SFP information using the GUI 1 Select a port in the device tree 2 Click the SFP tab in the right pane 3 The SFP Properties panel displays FIGURE 29 SFP Properties Details about ...

Page 89: ...ut and received portlogclear Clears the port s frame log portlogctl Enables or disables the portlog Refer to debug on page 162 for details about these commands TABLE 18 SFP management information SFP category SFP information displayed Port technology SFP supported Connector type Transceiver Media Speed in MBps Extended information Extended ID Encoding Baud rate Length 9u 50u 62 5u Cu Vendor name O...

Page 90: ...tion System or Host HCM GUI related engineering logs Events Configuration files Operating specific information Environment information Data xml file Vital CPU memory network resources HCM Agent logs configuration Driver logs bfa_supportSave output Install logs Core files TABLE 20 supportSave collection sources Source of supportSave information supportSave information collected BFA based supportSav...

Page 91: ...wing message is displayed Support Save Completed and is located at HCM HOME Dir data localhost supportSave_Basic_ file_name zip 2 Click OK to close the dialog box supportSave collection on a port crash event If the port crashes and triggers a port crash event support save data is collected at a system wide level An application log message is generated with the following message Port Crash Support ...

Page 92: ...such as FTP and SCP or you do not have access to the Host Configuration Manager HCM 1 Open an Internet browser and type the following URL https localhost 34568 JSONRPCServiceApp SupportSaveController do where localhost is the IP address of the server from which you want to collect the supportSave information 2 Type the agent s credentials using the factory default settings admin and password The F...

Page 93: ...l CNA only 93 Eth Statistics dialog box CNA only 94 Event Properties dialog box HBA and CNA 96 Fabric Statistics dialog box HBA and CNA 97 FCoE port properties CNA only 98 FCoE Statistics dialog box CNA only 100 FCP IM Statistics dialog box HBA and CNA 101 FCP IM Module Statistics dialog box HBA and CNA 103 Fibre Channel Security Protocol dialog box HBA and CNA 105 Hardware Tests Diagnostics dialo...

Page 94: ...alog box HBA and CNA 130 Target Statistics dialog box HBA and CNA 131 Test Log Details dialog box HBA and CNA 134 Virtual Port Creation dialog box HBA and CNA 135 Virtual Port Deletion dialog box HBA and CNA 136 Virtual Port Properties panel HBA and CNA 137 Virtual Port Statistics dialog box HBA and CNA 138 VLAN Configuration dialog box CNA only 140 VLAN configuration Add a VLAN dialog box CNA onl...

Page 95: ...tted Fibre Channel authentication attempts Tx Negs The number of transmitted Fibre Channel authentication negotiation attempts Tx Auth Dones The number of completed Fibre Channel authentication negotiation attempts Tx DHCHAP Challenges The number of transmitted DH CHAP challenge attempts Tx DHCHAP Replies The number of transmitted DH CHAP replies Tx DHCHAP Successes The number of times a transmitt...

Page 96: ...log box HBA and CNA A Using the dialog box Refer to the following topics for specific procedures using this dialog box Configuring security authentication using the GUI Host and HBA Port Statistics dialog box HBA and CNA Polling frequency rate Resetting statistics Performance monitoring ...

Page 97: ...elect Tool Backup Data from the Host Connectivity Manager Fields and components Field Description Output Directory text box Enter the location of the directory in which you want to back up the data and configuration files Browse button Click to browse to the location of the backup directory Start Backup button Click to instruct the system to back up the data and configuration files to the designat...

Page 98: ... pane click the Base Port Properties tab Fields and components Field Description Base Port The name of the base port FC Address The Fibre Channel address of the base port Node WWN The world wide name of the device Port WWN The world wide name of the base port Roles The role of the base port for example FCP Initiator State Indicates whether the base port is online or offline Switch NWWN The world w...

Page 99: ... CEE tab in the right pane Fields and components Field Description FCoE Logical Link Status The operational status of the FCoE logical link for example Up or Down DCBCXP Version The DCBCXP version type for example CEE Priority Group ID The priority group ID Values are 0 7 and 15 strict priority When coupled with bandwidth percentage and CoS you can manage traffic by grouping like traffic together ...

Page 100: ...cifying the MPIO using the GUI Specifying Path Time Out using the GUI Configuring the HCM logging level using the GUI Configuring the queue depth using the GUI Enabling and disabling persistent binding using the GUI Enabling and disabling rate limiting on the adapter side using the GUI Field Description Port Parameters Port The port number 0 or 1 Port WWN The port s world wide name Node WWN The CN...

Page 101: ...en the local and remote ends of the link LLDP Frames Discarded The number of LLDP frames that were discarded between the local and remote ends of the link LLDP Frames with Error The number of LLDP frames that were not transmitted because of errors Frames Received Collects the data received over the network link from the transmitting network element NE resulting in both the local NE and the remote ...

Page 102: ...nts The number of receive acknowledgements for DCBX CEE HW Config Changed The number of times the physical port of the CNA changed CEE Status Down The number of status down events on the physical port of the CNA CEE Status Up The number of status up events on the physical port of the CNA CEE Received Invalid Configurations The number of invalid configurations events received on the physical port o...

Page 103: ...tion Opening the dialog box Select Configure Change HCM Password from the Host Connectivity Manager Fields and components Using the dialog box Refer to the following topic for specific procedures using this dialog box Changing an HCM application password Field Description User Name Type your user name Old password Type your existing password New password Type a new password Confirm New password Co...

Page 104: ...Configure Change Password Change Agent Password from the Host Connectivity Manager Fields and components Using the dialog box Refer to the following topic for specific procedures using this dialog box Changing an HCM application password Field Description Host Name Displays the IP address of the host User Name Type your user name Old password Type your existing password New password Type a new pas...

Page 105: ...ion about the original equipment manufacturer if applicable Card Type The adapter card type for example CNA Hardware Path The hardware path of the CNA Serial The serial number of the CNA Temperature The temperature of the CNA both in Celsius and Fahrenheit Chip Revision The revision level of the chip Driver Parameters It is possible to have multiple pairs of driver information based on the number ...

Page 106: ...is generated Initial Negotiated of Lanes The set number of PCI lanes that were initially negotiated OEM VPD Information HP only OEM The name of the OEM HP Part The part number of the adapter preceded by HP For example HP AXXXXA EDC The identifier for the EDC type adapter MDC The identifier for the MDC type adapter Misc Miscellaneous information pertaining to the HP adapter Serial The serial number...

Page 107: ...splay Select a discovered host from the list Current Host is the default Name The name for all configured devices NOTE You can also search for a name by typing the name into the text box and clicking OK WWN MAC The world wide name for all configured devices NOTE You can also search for a name by typing the world wide name into the text box and clicking OK Type The type of device for example Node o...

Page 108: ...rt NOTE The WWN and the Type are not editable 3 Click OK to apply the change and close the window The new component is added to the Name list Fields and components Using the dialog box Refer to the following topics for specific procedures using this dialog box Name configuration Adding name entries Removing a name entry Exporting the properties for a WWN Importing the properties for a WWN Field De...

Page 109: ...his dialog box Name configuration Adding name entries Removing a name entry Exporting the properties for a WWN Importing the properties for a WWN Field Description Append incremental numbers for all repetitive names button Click to automatically add an incremental number to a duplicate name I will fix them myself button Click if you want to manually fix a duplicate name Name The port number with w...

Page 110: ...ving a VLAN Field Description Keep Running Data checkbox Click to continue running statistical data This is useful if you want to see a trend Polling Frequency in Seconds text box Type a number for polling frequency The range is between five and 3600 seconds and the default is five seconds Start Polling button Click to manually poll the Ethernet IOC statistics Reset button Click to reset all of th...

Page 111: ...vice tree 2 Click the Properties tab in the right pane Fields and components Field Description Eth Dev The name of the Ethernet device Port Type The port type for example Ethernet Burnt In MAC Address The binding MAC address of the Ethernet port Current MAC address The current MAC address of the Ethernet port IOC ID The IOC ID of the Ethernet port Hardware Path The world wide name of the hardware ...

Page 112: ...et all of the statistics to 0 Date The date the Eth statistics were run Txf0 Unicast Octets Total number of transmitted unicast octets Txf0 Unicast Total number of transmitted unicast frames Txf0 Unicast Vlan Total number of transmitted unicast VLANs Txf0 Multicast Octets Total number of transmitted multicast octets Txf0 Multicast Total number of transmitted multicast frames Txf0 Multicast Vlan To...

Page 113: ...tal number of transmitted packets Rx bytes Total number of received bytes Tx bytes Total number of transmitted bytes Netif queue stop Total number of Linux NetIf queue stops Netif queue wakeup Total number of Linux NetIf queue wakups Ts04 Total number of Linux TSO IPv4 packets Ts06 Total number of Linux TSO IPv6 packets Tso Errors Total number of Linux errors Tcpsum offload Total number of TCP che...

Page 114: ...event Fields and components Using the dialog box Refer to the following topics for specific procedures using this dialog box Master Log Event severities Filtering event log entries Field Description Date Time The date when the event occurred Time The time when the event occurred Severity The event severity informational minor major or critical WWN MAC The world wide name WWN or media access contro...

Page 115: ...log box HBA and CNA Polling frequency rate Resetting statistics Performance monitoring Field Description FLOGI sent The number of Fabric logins sent FLOGI rsp errors The number of Fabric login response errors FLOGI accepts The number of times Fabric login attempts are accepted FLOGI rejects The number of times Fabric login attempts are rejected FLOGI unknown rsp The number of unknown Fabric login ...

Page 116: ...e port log is enabled or disabled FCoE information FIP state The state of the Fibre Channel Initialization Protocol online or offline Priorities Lists the available priorities PG ID The priority group ID Values are 0 7 and 15 strict priority Bandwidth The bandwidth percentage for a given priority group Advanced Port Parameters Queue Depth The number of I O operations that can be run in parallel on...

Page 117: ...mber of logical ports Operating Parameters MPIO Mode State Indicates whether MPIO is on or off Path Time Out The value between 0 and 60 that specifies the time out session Note You can only enable or edit the path time out when MPIO is disabled Logging Level The port logging level Values include Log Critical Log Error Log Warning and Log Info Target Rate Limit Indicates that target rate limiting i...

Page 118: ...FCoE Statistics dialog at the host level displays Fields and components Field Description Keep Running Data checkbox Click to continue running statistical data This is useful if you want to see a trend Polling Frequency in Seconds text box Type a number for polling frequency The range is between five and 3600 seconds and the default is five seconds Start Polling button Click to manually poll the F...

Page 119: ...t has been in initiator mode HAL Online Events The number of hardware abstraction layer HAL online events HAL Offline Events The number of hardware abstraction layer HAL offline events HAL Create Events The number of hardware abstraction layer HAL create events HAL Delete Events The number of hardware abstraction layer HAL delete events HAL Create Completions The number of hardware abstraction lay...

Page 120: ...f times the hardware abstraction layer HAL task management firmware queue is resumed HAL TM Affected by IOC Down Events The number of times hardware abstraction layer HAL task management is affected by IOC down events HAL TM Affected by ITN Offline The number of times hardware abstraction layer HAL task management is affected when ITN is offline HAL TM Offline Cleanup Completions The number of har...

Page 121: ... CQ space The number of I Os waiting for circular queue space NO IO contexts Number of I O context requests IO abort requests The number of I O abort requests NO task management contexts Number of task management I O context requests IO completions with OK status The number of I O operations that completed successfully IO underrun good The number of successful firmware I O underrun operations IO o...

Page 122: ...s using this dialog box Port Statistics dialog box HBA and CNA Polling frequency rate Resetting statistics Performance monitoring IO comp with unknown tags The number of I Os with unknown tags IO implicitly aborted The number of times an I O was implicitly aborted IO aborted due to TM commands The number of I Os that were aborted because of target mode commands Field Description ...

Page 123: ...tication using the GUI Host and HBA Port Statistics dialog box HBA and CNA Polling frequency rate Resetting statistics Performance monitoring Field Description Port The port number 0 or 1 for which you are configuring security authentication Port WWN The world wide name of the port for which you are configuring security authentication Port Name The name of the port for example Port 0 or Port 1 for...

Page 124: ...ve collection sources Field Description Ports list Select a port from the list Memory Test check box Check to run a Memory test on the port PCI Loopback Test check box Check to run a PCI Loopback test on the port Data Pattern Type a data pattern The default value is A5A5A5A5 Test Cycle text box Specify the number of times the test runs The default value is 100 Loopback Test check box Check to run ...

Page 125: ...rted The maximum speed supported on the HBA for example 8 Gbps OEM info Information about the original equipment manufacturer Card Type The HBA card type for example FC Hardware Path The hardware path of the HBA Serial The serial number of the HBA Temperature The temperature of the HBA both in Celsius and Fahrenheit Chip Revision The revision level of the chip Driver Parameters Driver Name The nam...

Page 126: ...Ie Generation The number of times the PCI Register is generated Initial Negotiated of Lanes The set number of PCI lanes that were initially negotiated OEM VPD Information OEM The name of the original equipment manufacturer Part The OEM part number of the HBA EC level The engineering change level FRU The OEM FRU number of the HBA Serial The OEM serial number of the HBA Field Description ...

Page 127: ...on the IOC driver disable_reqs The number of disable events that have occurred on the IOC driver div2_overflow The number of div2 overflow events on the firmware port div2_underflow The number of div2 underflow events on the firmware port edtov_timedout_cnt The number of Error Detect Time Out events efifo_overflow The number of elastic FIFO EFIFO overflow events on the firmware port efifo_underflo...

Page 128: ...R receives started lrr_tx The number of times Link Reset Responsive Primitive LRR transmits started mrk_rx The number of MRK receive events that occurred on the firmware port nos_rx The number of not operational link has failed receives on the firmware port nos_tx The number of not operational link has failed transmits on the firmware port ols_rx The number of times Offline Sequence Primitive OLS ...

Page 129: ...for the firmware port speed negotiation state machine SNSM snsm_hwsm_success The number of Hardware State Machine HWSM successes for the firmware port speed negotiation state machine SNSM snsm_hwsm_wdtov The Hardware State Machine HWSM timeout value for the firmware port speed negotiation state machine SNSM sync_lost The number of times loss of sync on the firmware port has occurred sync_regained ...

Page 130: ...The MAC address associated with the local system Port Description The user configured port description Port ID The port identification associated with the transmitting LLDP agent System Name The user configured name of the local system System Description The system description containing information about the software and current image running on the system System Capabilities The primary function...

Page 131: ...n_unknown_rsp The number of unknown Name Server port login response errors ns_plogin_alloc_wait The number of delayed Name Server port login response errors ns_rspn_ID_rsp_errors The number of Name Server Register Symbolic Port Name identifier response errors ns_rspn_ID_rejects The number of Name Server Register Symbolic Port Name identifier rejects ns_rspn_ID_alloc_wait The number of Name Server ...

Page 132: ..._errors The number of response errors associated with a Name Server Get all Port ID request for a given FC4 type ns_gid_ft_rejects The number of times a Name Server Get all Port ID request for a given FC4 type is rejected ns_gid_ft_unknown_rsp The number of unknown responses associated with a Name Server Get all Port ID request for a given FC4 type ns_gid_ft_alloc_wait The number of delayed Name S...

Page 133: ...es tab in the right pane Fields and components Field Description Base Port Indicates whether the logical port is used as the base port FC Address The Fibre Channel address of the logical port Node WWN The adapter s world wide name Port WWN The port s world wide name Roles The role of the logical port for example FCP Initiator State Displays whether the logical port is online or offline Switch IP A...

Page 134: ...the device on which the event occurred Category column The event categories are as follows ADAPTER Events pertaining to the adapter CEE Events pertaining to Converged Enhanced Ethernet ETHPORT Events pertaining to the Ethernet port IOC Events pertaining to the IO Controller IP over FC Events pertaining to IP over Fibre Channel VLAN Events pertaining to a virtual LAN PORT Events pertaining to a phy...

Page 135: ...dministrator s Guide 117 53 1001256 01 Master Log tab HBA and CNA A Using the dialog box Refer to the following topics for specific procedures using this dialog box Master Log Event severities Filtering event log entries ...

Page 136: ... Manager 2 Click the Filter button Fields and components Using the dialog box Refer to the following topics for specific procedures using this dialog box Master Log Event severities Filtering event log entries Field Description Event Time Type in a From and To value to represent the time during which events will be logged Event Severity Select one or all of the following values Major Minor Critica...

Page 137: ...s enabled 4 Select Configure Persistent Binding Fields and components Using the dialog box Refer to the following topic for specific procedures using this dialog box Basic port configuration Field Description At the host or CNA level Serial Number The serial number of the CNA Port The port number of the CNA Port WWN The port s world wide name Name The port name for example Port 0 or Port 1 Persist...

Page 138: ...4 Gbps SFP bundled with the Brocade 415 or 425 is referred to as SFP the 8 Gbps SFP bundled with the Brocade 815 or 825 is referred to as SFP and the 10 Gbps SFP bundled with the BR 1010 and BR 1020 is referred to as XFP Opening the properties panel 1 Select a port in the device tree 2 Click the POM tab in the right pane Fields and components Field Description Temperature C The port temperature me...

Page 139: ...ed Port State Indicates whether the port is enabled or disabled Operating State Indicates whether the link is online or offline Configured Speed The configured speed of the port Operating Speed The speed at which the port is operating Max Speed Supported The maximum port speed that is supported on the port Configured Topology The topology setting Options include auto point to point and loop Operat...

Page 140: ...ltipathing mode is on or off Path Time Out The value between 0 to 60 that specifies the time out session Note you can only enable or edit the path time out when MPIO is disabled Logging Level The port logging level Values include Log Critical Log Error Log Warning and Log Info Persistent Binding Indicates whether persistent binding is on or off Target Rate Limit Indicates whether target rate limit...

Page 141: ...ss all protocols and classes TX Words The number of total transmitted Fibre Channel words across all protocols and classes RX Words The number of total received Fibre Channel words across all protocols and classes LIP Count The number of loop initialization LIP events NOS Count The number of not operational link has failed events Error Frames The number of frames that have been received in error D...

Page 142: ...1256 01 Port Statistics dialog box HBA and CNA A Using the dialog box Refer to the following topics for specific procedures using this dialog box Port Statistics dialog box HBA and CNA Polling frequency rate Resetting statistics Performance monitoring ...

Page 143: ...FC Traceroute check box Check to run an FC Traceroute on the selected port Add button Click to add a selected port logical port or target to the test list Remove button Click to remove a selected port logical port or target from the test list Remove All button Click to remove all ports logical ports and targets from the test list Test Cycle text box Specify the number of times the test runs The de...

Page 144: ...pecific procedures using this dialog box Port Statistics dialog box HBA and CNA Polling frequency rate Resetting statistics Performance monitoring Field Description ELP accepted The number of ELPs Exchange Link Parameters accepts sent ELP dropped The number of ELPs dropped ELP received The number of ELPs successfully received ELP rejected The number of ELPs rejected QoS Flogi acc_received The numb...

Page 145: ...mponents Field Description Fibre Channel Properties Port WWN The world wide name of the device s port Node WWN The world wide name of the device Symbolic Name The symbolic name associated with the remote port Name The name associated with the device Role The role of the device target or initiator Target Rate Limiting Enforced The status of traffic rate limiting either on or off QoS Priority The tr...

Page 146: ...able Transceiver The type of transceiver for example XFP or GBIC Media The type of media for the transceiver for example single mode Speed The port speed For the HBA the options are 1 Gbps 2 Gbps 4 Gbps or 8 Gbps For the 10 Gbps CNA the only speed option is auto negotiate Extended Information Identifier The identifier for the extended link Encoding Displays how the extended link is encoded for exa...

Page 147: ...er reach through lower attenuation Options Displays details about the transceiver for example the type of port connector type of transceiver and enable disable status BR Max The upper bit rate limit at which the SFP transceiver meets its specifications BR Min The lower bit rate limit at which the SFP transceiver meets its specifications Serial The serial number of the SFP Date Code The date the SF...

Page 148: ...box 1 Select a CNA from the device tree 2 Select Configure Syslog from the main menu Fields and components Using the dialog box Refer to the following topics for specific procedures using this dialog box Syslog support Registering a host server Removing a host server Field Description Hostname IP Address text box Enter the host name or IP address of the destination device Set this IP in all discov...

Page 149: ... connection between each other occur PLOGI Accepts The number of times port logins are accepted PLOGI Timeouts The number of times port logins time out PLOGI Failed The number of times port logins fail PLOGI Rejects The number of times port logins are rejected PLOGI Received The number of times port logins are received PRLI Received The number of times PRLIs are received ADISC Sent The number of d...

Page 150: ...ber of times hardware abstraction layer HAL firmware created I O controllers were down HAL fw Create Exception Events The number of hardware abstraction layer HAL firmware created exception events HAL Online Offline Events The number of hardware abstraction layer HAL online and offline events HAL Online Delete Events The number of hardware abstraction layer HAL online delete events HAL Online IOC ...

Page 151: ...nses HAL Delete Pend IOC downs The number of hardware abstraction layer HAL delete pending IOC downs HAL Delete Pend Exceptions The number of hardware abstraction layer HAL delete pending exceptions HAL Off Pending f w Responses The number of hardware abstraction layer HAL off pending f w responses HAL Off Pending Deletes The number of hardware abstraction layer HAL off pending deletes HAL Off Pen...

Page 152: ...in the bottom pane Fields and components Using the dialog box Refer to the following topics for specific procedures using this dialog box Running a hardware level test using the GUI Running a Fibre Channel protocol level test using the GUI Field Description Time The date and time the test was run Test The name of the test Status The status of the test for example executing or pending Configuration...

Page 153: ...leting a Virtual Port Field Description Virtual Port WWN text box Enter a unique world wide name for the virtual port NOTE The default node WWN is the physical port node WWN You must manually change it to a unique WWN for the virtual port Use auto generated check box Click to auto generate the virtual port world wide name By default auto generate is selected Generate Again button Click to regenera...

Page 154: ... NOTE You can also select a base port from the device tree and delete it the same way you delete a virtual port Fields and components Using the dialog box Refer to the following topics for specific procedures using this dialog box Virtual Port configuration Creating a Virtual Port Deleting a Virtual Port Field Description Deletion check box Check to select the virtual port to be deleted WWN The vi...

Page 155: ... Refer to the following topics for specific procedures using this dialog box Virtual Port configuration Creating a Virtual Port Deleting a Virtual Port Field Description Port WWN The port s world wide name Node WWN The adapter s world wide name FC Address The Fibre Channel address of the virtual port State Indicates whether the virtual port is online or offline Roles The role of the virtual port f...

Page 156: ...WWN The world wide name of the virtual port fdisc_sent The number of Fabric discoveries sent fdisc_accepts The number of times the system accepts Fabric discoveries fdisc_retries The number of times a Fabric discovery is attempted fdisc_timeouts The time that is required for a Fabric discovery fdisc_rsp_err The number of Fabric discovery response errors fdisc_acc_bad The number of bad accepts fdis...

Page 157: ... 01 Virtual Port Statistics dialog box HBA and CNA A Using the dialog box Refer to the following topics for specific procedures using this dialog box Port Statistics dialog box HBA and CNA Polling frequency rate Resetting statistics Performance monitoring ...

Page 158: ...t and select VLAN Configuration from the list The VLAN Configuration dialog displays Fields and components Using the dialog box Refer to the following topics for specific procedures using this dialog box VLAN configuration Adding a VLAN VLAN configuration conflicts Editing a VLAN Removing a VLAN Field Description VLAN ID Displays a list of configured VLAN identifiers VLAN Name Displays a list of c...

Page 159: ...t Configure VLAN Configuration from the main menu OR Right click the host and select VLAN Configuration from the list Fields and components Using the dialog box Refer to the following topics for specific procedures using this dialog box VLAN configuration Adding a VLAN VLAN configuration conflicts Editing a VLAN Removing a VLAN Field Description Port MAC The media access control address of the Eth...

Page 160: ...N Configuration from the main menu OR Right click the host and select VLAN Configuration from the list 3 Click Edit on the VLAN Configuration dialog box Fields and components Using the dialog box Refer to the following topics for specific procedures using this dialog box VLAN configuration Adding a VLAN VLAN configuration conflicts Editing a VLAN Removing a VLAN Field Description Port MAC The medi...

Page 161: ...er to the following topics for specific procedures using this dialog box VLAN configuration Adding a VLAN VLAN configuration conflicts Editing a VLAN Removing a VLAN Field Description Keep Running Data checkbox Click to continue running statistical data This is useful if you want to see a trend Polling Frequency in Seconds text box Type a number for polling frequency The range is between five and ...

Page 162: ...144 Brocade Adapters Administrator s Guide 53 1001256 01 VLAN Statistics dialog box CNA only A ...

Page 163: ...In this appendix adapter 151 auth 154 bios 157 boot HBA only 159 cee 160 debug 162 diag 165 drvconf 168 ethdiag 169 ethioc 170 ethlog 171 ethport 172 fabric 174 fcdiag 175 fcpim 177 IOC 179 log 181 lport 182 pbind 184 port 185 qos HBA only 190 ratelim HBA only 191 rport 192 vlan 195 vport 197 ...

Page 164: ... this appendix are shown in the direct mode For example bcu port topology port_id auto p2p loop To use the CLI help type the following command bcu help BCU commands The following table alphabetically lists the Brocade Command Line Utility BCU commands that are available for configuring the devices in a SAN environment that use a Brocade CNA Command Operands Synopsis Help commands bcu help Lists al...

Page 165: ...loopback port_id p pattern c frame_count loopback port_id t loopback_type s speed c frame_count p pattern memtest ad_id queuetest port_id Windows driver configuration commands bcu drvconf key key_name val value Possible key_name and value ranges are key bfa_ioc_queue_depth value range 0 default 2048 key bfa_lun_queue_depth value range 0 default 32 key ioc_auto_recover value range 0 1 default 1 key...

Page 166: ... Solaris platforms bcu fcpim query port_id rpwwn l lpwwn stats port_id statsclr port_id modstats port_id modstatsclr port_id pathtov port_id tov qdepth port_id q_depth_value IO Controller IOC commands bcu ioc stats port_id statsclr port_id enable port_id disable port_id query ioc_id intr ioc_id coalesce c on off Latency Delay Log commands bcu log level port_id critical error warning info m fw ha1 ...

Page 167: ...t binding is available in Windows operating systems only It is not supported in other operating systems bcu pbind list port_id pwwn clear port_id QoS commands Note QoS commands apply to the 8 Gbps HBA only bcu qos enable port_id disable port_id query port_id stats port_id statsclr port_id Target rate limiting commands Note Target rate limiting commands apply to the 8 Gbps HBA only bcu ratelim enab...

Page 168: ...53 1001256 01 BCU commands B Virtual port vport commands Note vport commands are not supported on Solaris platforms bcu vport create port_id vpwwn n nwwn s sname delete port_id vpwwn query port_id vpwwn stats port_id vpwwn statsclr port_id vpwwn ...

Page 169: ...isplays the usage enable Enables the adapter ad_id Specifies the ID of the adapter you want to enable disable Disables the adapter ad_id Specifies the ID of the adapter you want to disable list Lists all adapters in the system For each adapter in the system a brief summary line is displayed name Displays or specifies the name of the adapter Note Use an empty string to clear a previous adapter name...

Page 170: ...sid 0x0014 ssvid 0x1657 revid ASIC revision PCIe Gen Gen1 PCIe lanes 8 Initial number of lanes 8 Port Information Port 0 pwwn 10 00 00 05 1e 55 1d 5c nwwn 20 00 00 05 1e 55 1d 5c IOC ID 0 hwpath 0000 0a 00 2 Eth name eth2 Port 1 port type FC FCoE pwwn 10 00 00 05 1e 55 1d 5d nwwn 20 00 00 05 1e 53 1d 5d IOC ID 1 hwpath 0000 0a 00 3 Eth name eth3 AD NP HW path Type Model Info Serial num Name 1 2 00...

Page 171: ...1657 device id 0014 ssid 0015 ssvid 1657 revid ASIC revision PCIe Gen Gen2 PCIe lanes 8 Initial number of lanes 8 Port Information Port 0 pwwn 10 00 00 05 1e 53 39 63 nwwn 20 00 00 05 1e 53 39 63 hwpath 0000 01 00 0 name Port 1 pwwn 10 00 00 05 1e 53 39 64 nwwn 20 00 00 05 1e 53 39 64 hwpath 0000 01 00 0 name user assigned port name Flash Information status good fw version FCHBA2 0 bios version FC...

Page 172: ...sed for DH CHAP authentication SHA1MD5 Similar to the SHA1 hashing algorithm but used for DH CHAP authentication policy Turns authentication on or off By default the authentication policy is disabled If authentication is enabled the port attempts to negotiate with the switch If the switch side does not participate in the authentication process the port skips the authentication process If the switc...

Page 173: ...ample of the output when authentication failed bcu auth show 1 0 Here is an example of the output when authentication is not enabled bcu auth show 1 0 bcu auth policy 2 1 on Authentication turned on bcu auth policy 2 1 off Authentication turned off bcu auth secret 5 0 mypasswd Authentication secret set bcu auth reinit 4 1 Authentication restarted bcu auth stats 4 1 successes 1 failures 0 auth_rx_s...

Page 174: ...ters Administrator s Guide 53 1001256 01 auth B auth_tx_stats auth_rjts 0 auth_negs 2 auth_dones 0 dhchap_challenges 0 dhchap_replies 2 dhchap_successes 0 auth statsclr 4 1 Successfully cleared auth stats See Also None ...

Page 175: ... hardware path Operands query Queries the boot over SAN configuration port_id Specifies the ID of the port for which you want to display information enable Enables the boot over SAN configuration port_id Specifies the ID of the port for which you want to set the port s boot from SAN attributes s speed Specifies the port speed as auto negotiate o auto flash firstlun Specifies the following options ...

Page 176: ... Specify the PWWN as a colon separated value and the LUN as a 64 bit decimal value The LUN must be the same LUN that you bound to the CEE port using the storage system s management or configuration utility disable Disables boot over SAN for the specified port if enabled port_id Specifies the ID of the port for which you want to disable the boot over SAN configuration See Also boot HBA only ...

Page 177: ...ands blunZone Creates the zonecreate command to be run on the switch c cfg Specifies the boot LUN BLUN of the boot command p port_wwn Specifies the world wide name of the port r rport_wwn Specifies the world wide name of the rport lun_id Specifies the ID of the logical unit The LUN ID is specified as a hexadecimal byte for example FF lun Specifies the number of the logical unit The LUN number is s...

Page 178: ...t_id Specifies the ID of the converged network adapter for which you will print the statistics statsclr Clears the CEE port statistics port_id Specifies the ID of the port for which you want to clear statistical information Example cee query port_id CEE status Active _______________________ LLDP Attributes _______________________ Time to Live 120 Chassis ID 00 05 1e 53 ea a6 Port ID Te 0 3 Port De...

Page 179: ...Transmitted 29 LLDP Frames Aged Out 0 LLDP Frames Discarded 0 LLDP Frames with Error 0 LLDP Frames Received 29 LLDP TLVs Discarded 0 LLDP TLVs Unrecognized 0 DCBX TLVs Unrecognized 0 DCBX Negotiation Failed 0 DCBX Remote cfg Changed 4 DCBX TLVs Received 29 DCBX TLVs Invalid 0 CEE HW Config Changed 2 CEE Status Down 1 CEE Status Up 2 CEE recvd invalid cfg 2 DCBX protocol state Info DCBX seqno 1 DCB...

Page 180: ...t will be overwritten Description Captures all the support information needed to diagnose suspected system issues Operands portlog Displays the log of FC frames and other main control messages that were sent out and received If the port log is disabled the following message displays as the first line Refer to the portlogctl command for more information WARNING port log is disabled port_id Specifie...

Page 181: ...fffffd 00060007 02100060 08 35 28 483 Tx 10 0 0 c0fffffd 00fffffd 00060007 08 35 28 483 ioctl 10 0 a1 0 0 bcu debug portlogclear 1 0 portlog cleared bcu debug portlogctl 1 0 enable portlog enabled bcu debug portlogctl 1 0 disable portlog disabled bcu debug portlogctl 1 0 disable portlog disabled bfa_supportsave Fetching Driver trace for port 1 0 Done Fetching Driver trace for port 1 1 Done Fetchin...

Page 182: ...ministrator s Guide 53 1001256 01 debug B Warning No saved firmware trace Done Fetching Firmware trace for port 3 1 Warning No saved firmware trace Done Fetching supportshow details Done Creating a tar ball Done See Also None ...

Page 183: ...d voltage policies port_id Specifies the ID of the port on which you want to monitor the SFP attributes tempshow Reads the adapter s temperature sensor registers This is an online diagnostic test ad_id Specifies the ID of the adapter for which you want to display temperature sensor registers Values include below the minimum normal above the maximum and sensor fault beacon Controls the port and lin...

Page 184: ...rms a generic memory test using different algorithms port_id Specifies the ID of the port on which you want to run a memory test queuetest Tests the CPE RME queue port_id Specifies the ID of the port on which you want to run a queuetest Example To display detailed information about a specific port bcu diag sfpshow 1 0 Identifier 3 SFP Connector 7 LC Transceiver 050c402000000000 100 200_MB s M5 M6 ...

Page 185: ...tor s Guide 167 53 1001256 01 diag B bcu diag tempshow 1 temperature 43 131800 C bcu diag beacon 1 1 on Port beacon turned on To turn on the first LED with green color bcu diag ledtest 1 0 1 on green led turned on See Also fcdiag ...

Page 186: ... can directly change these values by editing the Windows registry entries for these values or you can use the drvconf commands for the same purpose Possible key name and value ranges are as follows key bfa_lun_queue_depth value range 0 default 32 key ioc_auto_recover value range 0 1 default 1 key rport_del_timeout value range 0 default 90 key reqq_size value range 64 8192 default 512 key rspq_size...

Page 187: ...n Runs the Ethernet diagnostic loopback test and indicates when the adapter is running at a normal operation state Operands loopback Runs the port loopback test You must disable the Ethernet port prior to executing the loopback test port_id Specifies the ID of the port on which you want to run a loopback test t loopback type Specifies the loopback type Possible values are int serdes and ext c fram...

Page 188: ...rt you want to enable disable Disables the Ethernet IOC if it is currently enabled port_id Specifies the ID of the Ethernet port you want to disable query Queries the attributes of the Ethernet IOC port_id Specifies the ID of the Ethernet port you want to query stats Displays the Ethernet IOC statistics port_id Specifies the ID of the Ethernet port for which you will display the statistics statscl...

Page 189: ...edetermined logging level Although the CNA might generate many messages only certain types of messages are logged based on the specified logging level Operands level Sets the log level of the Ethernet driver port_id Specifies the ID of the Ethernet port for which you will set the log level Options include Critical Error Warning or Info If no level is set the default setting is used which is Error ...

Page 190: ...et port statistics port_id Specifies the ID of the Ethernet port for which you want clear statistics Examples bcu ethport stats 1 0 Ethernet port statistics txf0_ucast_octets 0 txf0_ucast 0 txf0_ucast_vlan 0 txf0_mcast_octets 1224 txf0_mcast 16 txf0_mcast_vlan 0 txf0_bcast_octets 1368 txf0_bcast 4 txf0_bcast_vlan 0 txf0_errors 0 txf0_filter_vlan 0 txf0_filter_mac_sa 0 rxf0_ucast_octets 0 rxf0_ucas...

Page 191: ...Brocade Adapters Administrator s Guide 173 53 1001256 01 ethport B bcu ethport statsclr 1 0 Successfully reset the ethernet port stats See Also None ...

Page 192: ...cs port_id Specifies the ID of the fabric port for which you will print the statistics statsclr Resets the fabric statistics port_id Specifies the ID of the fabric port for which you will reset the statistics Example bcu fabric stats 1 0 Fabric Stats FLOGI sent 114 FLOGI rsp errors 0 FLOGI accept errors 0 FLOGI accepts 58 FLOGI rejects 0 FLOGI unknown rsp 0 FLOGI alloc wait 0 FLOGI received 0 FLOG...

Page 193: ...ies the ID of the port on which you want to run the fctraceroute command rpwwn Specifies the remote port world wide name lpwwn Specifies the logical port world wide name This is an optional argument The base port is specified as 0 otherwise the port is a virtual port fcecho Sends an FC Echo Extended Link Services ELS request to a remote port port_id Specifies the ID of the port from which you want...

Page 194: ...50 05 07 63 04 13 46 eb FC Traceroute completed successfully Path Info bcu fcdiag fctraceroute 2 0 50 05 07 63 04 13 46 e1 FC Traceroute Failed Reason Destination Port not in Fabric bcu fcdiag fcecho 2 0 50 05 07 63 04 13 46 eb FC ECHO completed successfully See Also diag Switch WWN Switch Domain ID Ingress Port Egress Port 10 00 08 00 88 03 31 8b 127 5 11 10 00 08 00 88 03 31 8b 127 11 5 ...

Page 195: ...which you want to clear statistical information qdepth Specifies the per target SCSI queue depth value port_id Specifies the ID of the port for which you want to enable or disable the FCP initiator mode q_depth_value Specifies the queue depth value per target The maximum value is 1024 If 0 is specified no maximum limit is enforced query Queries the fcpim attributes port_id Specifies the ID of the ...

Page 196: ...initiator mode 0 HAL fcpim statistics online events 4 offline events 3 create events 1 delete events 0 create completions 4 delete completions 2 SLER events 0 IOC down events 1 IO cleanup completions 3 task management commands 0 TM firmware responses 0 TM successes 0 TM failures 0 TM related IO cleanups 0 TM firmware queue resumed 0 TM affected by IOC down events 0 TM affected by ITN offline 0 TM ...

Page 197: ...ars the IOC level statistics on the specified port port_id Specifies the ID of the port for which you want to clear statistical information enable Enables the IO Controller IOC If the IOC is already enabled the command is ignored port_id Specifies the port of the IO Controller IOC you want to enable disable Caution Disabling the IOC is a destructive operation Disables the port of the IO Controller...

Page 198: ... enabled bcu ioc enable ad1_p0 ioc is already enabled bcu ioc disable 1 0 ioc is disabled bcu ioc disable ad1_p0 ioc is already disabled bcu port intr 1 0 coalesce off interrupt coalescing has been turned off bcu ioc intr 1 0 coalesce on interrupt coalescing has been turned on bcu ioc intr 1 0 coalesce on latency xxx delay xxx interrupt coalescing has been turned on bcu ioc intr 1 0 coalesce on la...

Page 199: ...ost depends on the predetermined logging level Although the CNA might generate many messages only certain types of messages are logged based on the specified logging level Operands level Specifies the number of messages logged by the host which depends on the predetermined logging level port_id Specifies the ID of the port for which you want to set the log level level Critical Error Warning Info S...

Page 200: ...ay information query Lists the attributes of the logical port port_id Specifies the ID of the port for which you want to display information lpwwn Specifies the logical port s world wide name for which you want to display information If the lpwwn is not specified the base port is used stats Displays the logical port s statistics port_id Specifies the ID of the port for which you want to display st...

Page 201: ... 00 01 State Online FC address 0c0101 Port wwn 01 bb cc dd ee ff 00 01 Node wwn 01 bb cc dd ee ff 00 00 bcu lport statsclr hba5_port0 lport stats cleared See Also None PT Logical Port PWWN Logical Port NWWN FC Addr FC4 Roles BP aa bb cc dd ee ff 00 01 aa bb cc dd ee ff 00 02 645500 IM VP 01 bb cc dd ee ff 00 01 01 bb cc dd ee ff 00 00 645501 IM IP VP 02 bb cc dd ee ff 00 01 02 bb cc dd ee ff 00 00...

Page 202: ...es the list of mappings or clears existing persistent binding settings NOTE The pbind command is only supported on the Windows platform Operands list Queries the list of mappings from the persistent binding module port_id Specifies the ID of the port for which you want to display information clear Clears existing persistent binding settings port_id Specifies the ID of the port on which you want to...

Page 203: ...port name You can clear the port name using an empty string port_id Specifies the ID of the port for which you want to display information port_name Specifies a new name for the port The name can include up to 15 characters must begin with an alphabetic letter can consist of letters digits hyphens and underscore characters but no spaces Naming a port is optional if you do not specify a port name t...

Page 204: ...value the current receive buffer size displays Note The new receive data field size takes effect when the port is re enabled port_id Specifies the ID of the port for which you want to set the data field size df_size Indicates the maximum supported receive data field size in decimal value If set to auto the driver default value displays Possible values are 512 1024 2048 and 2112 topology Queries or...

Page 205: ...10224844 lip_count 2096 nos_count 64 error_frames 2 dropped_frames 12 link_failures 6 loss_of_syncs 2 loss_of_signals 8 primseq_errs 2 invalid_tx_words 4 invalid_crcs 32 bcu port statsclr dell_s1_ad0_p1 port stats cleared bcu port query 1 0 port id 1 0 port type CNA port instance 0 port name Media sw Speed 10G CNA CEE status CEE Linkup FCoE MAC 00 05 1e 8e b6 02 pwwn 10 00 00 05 1e 8e b6 02 nwwn 2...

Page 206: ...wn 10 00 00 05 1e 0d 60 6b nwwn 20 00 00 05 1e 0d 60 6b supported classes Class 3 symbolic name BR 1010 maximum frame size 2112 receive bb credits 50 transmit bb credits 8 QoS Disabled TRL Disabled TRL default speed fcpim MPIO mode Disabled Path TOV 30 seconds SCSI queue depth 0 Beacon status Off Portlog Enabled Vlans 0 eth MAC 00 05 1e 12 34 57 OS eth device eth0 bcu port topology 1 1 Current top...

Page 207: ... will be enforced after port disable and enable bcu port dfsize 1 1 auto Setting will be enforced after port disable and enable bcu port dfsize 1 1 2112 Port maximum receive data field size met bcu port dfsize 1 1 auto Port maximum receive data field size set to driver default See Also adapter IOC ...

Page 208: ...sclr port_id Description Enables or disables Quality of Service QoS The QoS commands apply to the 8 Gbps HBA only QoS is not supported on the CNA Operands enable Enables Quality of Service QoS port_id Specifies the ID of the port on which QoS is enabled disable Disables Quality of Service QoS port_id Specifies the ID of the port on which QoS is disabled query Queries the QoS details port_id Specif...

Page 209: ...en the HBA port is connected to the fabric Therefore TRL is not supported when the port is directly connected with another device NOTE You must first enter the bcu port disable port_id command followed by the port enable command before the ratelim enable or ratelim disable commands take effect Operands enable Enables target rate limiting port_id Specifies the ID of the port you want to enable disa...

Page 210: ...pecifies the logical port world wide name This is an optional argument query Displays detailed attributes of a remote port port_id Specifies the ID of the port for which you want to query attributes of a remote port rpwwn Specifies the remote port world wide name for which you want to query attributes lpwwn Specifies the logical port world wide name for which you want to query attributes of a remo...

Page 211: ...1 e0 68 c0 Status online Class of Service Class 3 Function Target Data Field size 2048 Cont Incr seq_cnt CISC Not Supported Current Speed symbolic name DGC LUNZ 0324 Vendor DGC Product ID DISK Product Rev 0324 QOS priority Unknown QOS flow id 0 TRL enforced No bcu rport stats 1 0 aa bb cc dd ee ff 00 01 offlines 1 onlines 2 RSCN 0 PLOGI sent 2 PLOGI accepts 2 PLOGI timeouts 0 PLOGI failed 0 PLOGI ...

Page 212: ... fw delete fw responses 1 fw delete delete events 0 fw delete IOC down events 0 fw delete exception events 0 offline delete events 0 offline online events 1 offline IOC down events 0 offline exception events 0 delete fw responses 0 delete IOC down events 0 delete exception events 0 delete pend fw responses 0 delete pend IOC downs 0 delete pend exceptions 0 off pending fw responses 0 off pending de...

Page 213: ...cifies the VLAN name The VLAN name must not exceed 31 characters remove Removes a VLAN configuration from a port port_id Specifies the Ethernet port associated with the VLAN vlan_id Specifies the VLAN identifier The range for the VLAN ID is 1 to 4049 edit Modifies the VLAN configuration on a port port_id Specifies the Ethernet port associated with the VLAN vlan_id Specifies the VLAN identifier The...

Page 214: ...01 vlan B Examples bcu vlan list 1 0 bcu vlan query 1 See Also None Vlan id Vlan Name 1 VLAN0001 3000 VLAN3000 vlan id 1 vlan name VLAN0001 vlan statistics Tx Bytes 200 Rx Bytes 100 Duration 2 30 32 Hr Min sec rolls up and shows days also Status Connected ...

Page 215: ...s world wide name is used s sname Adds the symbolic name for the virtual port This is an optional argument delete Deletes the specified V_Port This deletes all associated objects such as any associated login sessions and active I O requests port_id Specifies the ID of the port for which you want to delete a V_Port vpwwn Deletes the virtual port by its world wide name The V_Port WWN is a required a...

Page 216: ... V_Port WWN is a required argument Example bcu vport query hba5_port0 State Online FC address 0c0101 Port wwn aa bb cc dd ee ff aa bb Node wwn cc dd cc aa ff cc aa ff Symbolic name Test VPort FC4 Role fcpim bcu vport stats hba5_port0 fdisc sent 15 fdisc accepts 7 fdisc retries 8 fdisc timeouts 2 fdisc rsp err 18 fdisc acc bad 9 fdisc rejects 3 fdisc unknown 0 fdisc alloc waits 6 logo sent 12 logo ...

Page 217: ...t exit the field without using the mouse The problem includes any of the following right pane properties Host Properties fields Host Adapter fields Adapter Properties fields Adapter Ports fields Port Properties fields Port LPORT fields Port SFP fields Port POM fields Base Port Properties Base Port Remote Properties Target Properties Target LUNs LUN Properties Master Log Details Application Log Det...

Page 218: ...200 Brocade Adapters Administrator s Guide 53 1001256 01 HCM tab navigation C ...

Page 219: ... are available for receiving frames at link rate Arbitration Wait Timeout Value AW_TOV The minimum time that an L_Port waits while arbitrating before originating a loop initialization Bandwidth The maximum information carrying capacity of a system Baud The encoded bit rate per second BCU Brocade Command Line Utility BCU Beaconing A continuous signaling of error conditions on a LAN Beaconing can oc...

Page 220: ...liverability Class 2 A class of service providing a frame switching service between two ports with confirmed delivery or notification of non deliverability Class F service A connectionless frame multiplexed service used between Fibre Channel E_Ports and B_Ports for coordination of the internal behavior of the fabric Class N service A generic reference to any class of service other than Class F CNA...

Page 221: ...ence completion before initiating recovery Fabric Port F_Port A switch port that is not capable of arbitrated loop operations and is connected to a single N_Port Fabric Stability Timeout Value F_S_TOV A timeout value used for fabric initialization and switch selection FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCP The Fibre Channel Protocol for mapping SCSI 3 operations to Fibre Channel FLOGI FC Fabric Logi...

Page 222: ...in the FLOGI PLOGI or pDISC link services Loop Initialization Primitive Sequence A primitive sequence used to begin the arbitrated loop initialization process Lossless Ethernet MAC A full duplex Ethernet MAC supporting at least 2 5KB jumbo frames and implementing extensions to avoid Ethernet frame loss resulting from congestion LUN Logical unit number An address for an individual disk drive or vir...

Page 223: ...ence to an N_Port NL_Port F_Port FL_Port E_Port or other type of Fibre Channel port Port name A 64 bit unique identifier assigned to each Fibre Channel port The port name is communicated during the login and port discovery processes Resource Allocation Timeout Value R_A_TOV The maximum amount of time that a frame may be in transit in the topology If a frame has not been delivered within this amoun...

Page 224: ...tain data for this part of the message Topology An interconnection scheme that allows multiple Fibre Channel ports to communicate For example point to point and arbitrated loop are Fibre Channel topologies VF Virtual Fabric VLAN Virtual Local Area Network WMI Windows Management Instrumentation WWNN World Wide Node Name The unique name for any particular node in the fabric for example an HBA WWPN W...

Page 225: ...er credits 24 C CEE properties 83 command adapter 151 auth 154 debug 71 162 diag 62 165 fabric 174 fcdiag 62 175 fcpim 177 IOC 179 log 37 181 lport 182 port 185 portlog 71 portlogclear 71 portlogct 71 rport 192 vlan 195 vport 197 Configure Names dialog box 89 configuring HCM logging level 37 interrupt control coalesce 40 NPIV 40 persistent binding 28 port speed 27 QoS using the BCU 29 queue depth ...

Page 226: ... specifying using the GUI 28 H HBA Properties panel 87 107 HCM authentication 13 14 change password dialog box 85 features 6 logging level configuration 37 main window 16 master log icons 55 product icons 17 software overview 5 statistics monitoring 6 host management remote 5 I interrupt control coalesce configuring using the GUI 40 IOC command 179 L launching HCM on Linux 12 on Solaris 12 on Wind...

Page 227: ...tics 106 port level diagnostic tests running from GUI 65 port level test how to run using the GUI 63 portlog command 71 portlogclear command 71 portlogct command 71 properties CEE 83 importing in EFCM format 45 importing in FM format 46 Protocol Tests diagnostics dialog box 125 Q quality of service QoS configuring 29 queue depth configuring using the BCU 39 configuring using the GUI 39 R rate limi...

Page 228: ...256 01 T test log details 66 Test Log Details dialog box 134 tree node pop up menus 6 U uninstalling the software 15 V vlan command 195 vport command 197 W Windows launching HCM application 11 WWN adding a name 46 exporting 44 importing 45 removing 43 ...

Search results

Summary of Contents for 415

Reviews:

Related manuals for 415

Brands by name

Popular brands

Brocade Communications Systems 415, Administrator'S Manual

Search results

Summary of Contents for 415

Reviews:

Related manuals for 415

Brands by name

Popular brands