IBM SAN32M1, Installation And Service Manual

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3 Chapter 1: General information
• Management using simple network management protocol
(SNMP). An SNMP agent is implemented through the
SANavigator or EFCM application that allows administrators on
SNMP management workstations to access product management
information using any standard network management tool.
Administrators can assign Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and
corresponding community names for up to six SNMP
workstations functioning as SNMP trap message recipients.
• Management through the Internet using the SANpilot interface
installed on the director or switch. This interface supports
configuration, statistics monitoring, and basic operation of the
product, but does not offer all the capabilities of the
corresponding Element Manager application. Administrators
launch the SANpilot interface from a remote PC by entering the
product’s IP address as the Internet uniform resource locator
(URL), then entering a user name and password at a login screen.
The PC browser then becomes a management console.
• Management through a customer-supplied remote workstation
communicating with the management server through a corporate
intranet.
• Management through the command line interface (CLI). The CLI
allows you to access many SANavigator or EFCM and Element
Manager applications while entering commands during a telnet
session with the director. The primary purpose of the CLI is to
automate management of a large number of directors using
scripts. The CLI is not an interactive interface; no checking is done
for pre-existing conditions and no prompts display to guide users
through tasks. Refer to the EOS Command Line Interface User
Manual for IBM TotalStorage Products, GC26-7669.
Figure 1 illustrates out-of-band product management. In the figure,
the managed product is a fabric switch.