HP FC Switch Surestore 6164, Reference Manual

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82 HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Installation and Reference Guide
In cooperation with Web Tools, Fabric Manager provides the following
information and capabilities:
• monitoring and management of the entire fabric:
– status of all switches in the fabric
– access to event logs for entire fabric
– zoning functions
– loop diagnostics and query and control of loop interfaces to aid in
locating faulty devices
– ability to name and zone QuickLoops
– access to the name server table
– Telnet functions
– switch beaconing for rapid identification in large fabric
environments
• aggregate monitoring and management of all six switches in an FC
6164:
– aggregate status of the switches in the group
– access to detailed information for each switch in the group
• monitoring and management of individual switches in the fabric:
– summary information about each switch
– access to event logs for individual switches
– switch configuration and administration
– ability to upgrade Fabric OS and license key administration
– report capability for switch configuration information
• monitoring and management of individual ports:
– port status
– information about GBIC (gigabit interface converter) serial IDs