Chelsio Communications Chelsio T4, Installation And User Manual

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XX. Unified Wire Manager (UM)
Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire for Linux
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1.2. Reference Architecture
Chelsio’s Web GUI
is a web-based management interface that lets you remotely manage
several Chelsio CNAs from anywhere, at anytime on the network using a web browser. The
Web GUI provides a great amount of flexibility, efficiency and accessibility to system
administrators in managing Network and SAN resources. The users have the freedom to access
the interface using any of the major browsers available, based on individual preferences and
corporate policy.
System performance degradation issues will not be observed when using the Web GUI, since
it’s lightweight and utilizes very less system resources.
Figure 1.2
– Chelsio Unified Wire Manager with web interface (Web GUI)
1.3. Unified Wire Manager Components
1.3.1. Management Agent
The Management Agent is a binary executable, which runs as a service on the system that has
at least one Chelsio card installed. It is installed along with libraries that can manage various
components of the system and enabled during system startup.
1.3.2. Management Client
The Management Client can be used to connect to agents and manage them. Once connected
you can view and configure Chelsio HBAs and related networking, storage and hardware
properties. You can use either the CLI or Web GUI client to manage agents based on your