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SANbox 3810 QuickTools Switch Management

User Guide

Sorting the Event Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Saving the Event Browser to a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Device Information and Nicknames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Devices Data Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Displaying Detailed Device Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Managing Device Port Nicknames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Creating a Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Editing a Nickname. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Deleting a Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Exporting Nicknames to a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Importing Nicknames from a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Active Zone Set Data Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Configured Zonesets Data Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Zoning Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Zone Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Zoning Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Viewing Zoning Limits and Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Managing the Zoning Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Editing the Zoning Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Resolving Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Configuring the Zoning Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Saving the Zoning Database to a File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Restoring the Zoning Database from a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Reloading the Source Zoning Configuration on the Switch . . . .

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Restoring the Default Zoning Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Removing All Zoning Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Managing Zone Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Creating a Zone Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Activating and Deactivating a Zone Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Renaming a Zone Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Removing a Zone Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Summary of Contents for SANbox 3810

Page 1: ...59269 00 A SANbox 3810 QuickTools Switch Management User Guide Firmware Version 7 4...

Page 2: ...t to change product specifications at any time without notice Applications described in this document for any of these products are for illustrative purposes only QLogic Corporation makes no represent...

Page 3: ...e 1 3 Alerts Panel 1 4 Fabric Tree 1 6 Graphic Window 1 6 Data Windows and Tabs 1 6 Menu Bar 1 7 Popup Menus 1 8 Shortcut Keys 1 9 Selecting Switches 1 9 Selecting Ports 1 9 Setting QuickTools Prefere...

Page 4: ...2 13 Configured Zonesets Data Window 2 15 Zoning Concepts 2 16 Zones 2 16 Aliases 2 17 Zone Sets 2 17 Zoning Database 2 18 Viewing Zoning Limits and Properties 2 18 Managing the Zoning Database 2 19 E...

Page 5: ...nts 3 8 Creating User Accounts 3 9 Removing a User Account 3 10 Changing a User Account Password 3 11 Modifying a User Account 3 12 Paging a Switch 3 13 Setting the Date Time and Enabling NTP Client 3...

Page 6: ...ng the Call Home Profile Editor 3 47 Using the Call Home Profile Editor Tech Support Center Profile Dialog 3 48 Using the Call Home Message Queue 3 50 Testing Call Home Profiles 3 50 Change Over 3 51...

Page 7: ...nge Password 3 11 3 6 User Account Administration Dialog Modify Account 3 12 3 7 Switch Properties Dialog 3 16 3 8 Advanced Switch Properties Dialog 3 20 3 9 System Services Dialog 3 21 3 10 Network P...

Page 8: ...ties IP Configuration 3 24 3 6 Network Properties DNS Configuration 3 26 3 7 SNMP Configuration Parameters 3 30 3 8 SNMP Trap Configuration Parameters 3 31 3 9 SNMP v3 User Editor Dialog 3 33 3 10 Fac...

Page 9: ...gement tasks A glossary of terms and an index are also provided Intended Audience This manual introduces the switch management products and explains their installation and use It is intended for users...

Page 10: ...end user documentation provided with the redistribution and or in the software itself an acknowledgement equivalent to the following This product includes software developed by the JDOM Project http w...

Page 11: ...on Training tab on the left The QLogic Global Training Portal offers online courses certification exams and scheduling of in person training Technical Certification courses include installation mainte...

Page 12: ...Page iv 59269 00 A S Notes...

Page 13: ...g QuickTools Workstation Requirements The requirements for fabric management workstations running the QuickTools web applet are listed in Table 1 1 Table 1 1 Workstation Requirements Operating System...

Page 14: ...s displayed Figure 1 3 For security reasons you will be prompted to change your user account password that was initially set up by the administrator Figure 1 2 You will be prompted to change the passw...

Page 15: ...bric tree above the switch names as a reference Click a switch name or icon in the fabric tree to display a different switch faceplate or backplate in the graphic window along with its corresponding d...

Page 16: ...nel shows all reasons for status including faults The Alerts Panel entries are the highlighted rows between the faceplate image and the data window entries Data Window Tabs Graphic Window Fabric Tree...

Page 17: ...own With the faceplate image and data windows displayed click the up arrow on left to move the divider up to the top of the window thus completely hiding the faceplate image Click the down arrow on ri...

Page 18: ...ouse on the fabric icon in the fabric tree Graphic Window The graphic window Figure 1 3 shows the switch faceplate or backplate display The window height can be adjusted by clicking and dragging the w...

Page 19: ...cluding zones and their member ports Refer to Active Zone Set Data Window on page 2 13 for more information about this data window Refer to Zoning on page 2 13 for information about zone sets and zone...

Page 20: ...ort diagnostics dialogs Port Port Properties Advanced Port Properties Reset Port Port Diagnostics Online Offline Zoning Edit Zoning Resolve Zoning Capture Active Zoning Restore Configured Zoning Edit...

Page 21: ...Managing Ports for detailed port information Selected ports in the faceplate display are outlined in light blue You can select ports the following ways To select a port click the port To select all po...

Page 22: ...not open a fabric with a non secure connection Enable default or disable the Event Browser Refer to Event Browser on page 2 3 If the Event Browser is enabled using the Preferences dialog Figure 1 5 th...

Page 23: ...on to save the changes Using Online Help The browser based online help system can be accessed from the QuickTools web applet several ways Online help is also context sensitive that is the online help...

Page 24: ...Software Version 1 12 59269 00 A S Viewing Software Version To view the QuickTools software version information open the Help menu and select About Exiting QuickTools To exit a QuickTools web applet s...

Page 25: ...itch The read community string public and write community string private are set at the factory to these well known defaults and should be changed if SNMP is enabled using the System Services or SNMP...

Page 26: ...st configure the IP address using the Network Properties dialog or the Configuration Wizard 3 Configure any special switch settings To open the Zoning Config dialog open the Zoning menu and select Edi...

Page 27: ...rts as were used on the failed switch Event Browser The Event Browser displays a list of events generated by the switches in the fabric and the QuickTools web applet Events that are generated by the Q...

Page 28: ...e Event Browser is disabled when QuickTools is started and later enabled only those events from the time the Event Browser was enabled and forward will be displayed To display the Event Browser open t...

Page 29: ...l event an event that indicates a potential failure Critical log messages are events that warrant notice by the user By default these log messages will be posted to the screen Critical log messages do...

Page 30: ...one or both of the From and To options Enter the bounding timestamps MM DD YY HH MM AA to display only those events that fall within those times AA indicates AM or PM The current year YY can be enter...

Page 31: ...By Description Successive sort operations of the same type alternate between ascending and descending order Saving the Event Browser to a File You can save the displayed Event Browser entries to a fi...

Page 32: ...n place of the World Wide Name This sub section describes how to view and manage device information and nicknames Devices Data Window Displaying Detailed Device Information Managing Device Port Nickna...

Page 33: ...e in the Edit Nickname dialog Refer to Managing Device Port Nicknames on page 2 10 for more information Details Click the i to display additional information about the device Refer to Displaying Detai...

Page 34: ...a world wide name of a device Assigning a nickname makes it easier to recognize device ports when zoning your fabric or when viewing the Devices data window You can add edit delete import and export...

Page 35: ...dialog 4 Click the Save button to save the changes Editing a Nickname To edit a device port nickname do the following 1 Open the Fabric menu and select Nicknames to open the Nicknames dialog The devic...

Page 36: ...XML file do the following 1 Open the Fabric menu and select Nicknames to open the Nicknames dialog 2 Open the File menu and select Export 3 Enter a name for the XML nickname file in the Save dialog an...

Page 37: ...for the active zone set that resides on the fabric management switch The active zone set is the same on all switches in the fabric To open the Active Zoneset data window click the Active Zoneset tab b...

Page 38: ...Managing Fabrics Zoning 2 14 59269 00 A S Figure 2 5 Active Zone Set Data Window Active Zoneset Data Window...

Page 39: ...y conventions for expanding and collapsing entries that are similar to the fabric tree An entry handle located to the left of an entry in the tree indicates that the entry can be expanded Click this h...

Page 40: ...an one zone set Several zone sets can be defined for a fabric but only one zone set can be active at one time The active zone set determines the current fabric zoning Membership in a zone can be defin...

Page 41: ...taining one or more zone sets This zoning database resides in non volatile or permanent memory and is therefore retained after a reset Refer to Configured Zonesets Data Window on page 2 15 for informa...

Page 42: ...ts that can be configured on the switch MaxZones is 2000 The maximum number of zones that can be configured on the switch including orphan zones MaxAliases is 2500 The maximum number of aliases that c...

Page 43: ...select Properties 3 View the zoning properties information in the Properties dialog 4 Click the OK button to close the Properties dialog Managing the Zoning Database Managing the zoning database consi...

Page 44: ...To apply zoning to a fabric choose a zone set and activate it This zone set is known as the active zone set You cannot edit an active zone set on a switch You must configure an inactive zone set to y...

Page 45: ...perations Use the Edit Zoning dialog to define zoning changes and click the Apply button to open the Error Check dialog Click the Error Check button to have QuickTools check for zoning conflicts such...

Page 46: ...a zone Copy button copies selected zoning items to clipboard Paste button pastes clipboard items to selected zoning item where applicable Switch port icon not logged in Switch port icon logged in NL_P...

Page 47: ...the Zoning menu and select Edit Zoning Config to open the Zoning Config dialog After making changes click the OK button to put the new values into effect Figure 2 8 Zoning Config Dialog Merge Auto Sa...

Page 48: ...L file You can later reload this zoning database on the same switch or another switch To save a zoning database to a file do the following 1 Open the Zoning menu and select Edit Zoning 2 In the Edit Z...

Page 49: ...tch 1 Open the Zoning menu and select Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning window 2 Open the File menu and select Reload from the Source 3 Click the OK button to load the original zoning database confi...

Page 50: ...but only one zone set can be active at one time Managing zone sets consists of the following tasks Creating a Zone Set Activating and Deactivating a Zone Set Copying a Zone to a Zone Set Removing a Zo...

Page 51: ...set before activating a new one To activate a zone set open the Zoning menu and select Activate Zone Set to open the Activate Zone Set dialog Select a zone set from the Select Zone Set drop down list...

Page 52: ...ne from a Zone Set Removing a Zone from All Zone Sets Creating a Zone in a Zone Set To create a zone in a zone set do the following 1 Open the Zoning menu and select Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zonin...

Page 53: ...n the zone set tree select the zone to copy and click the Copy button 3 Select the destination zone set and click the Paste button 4 Click the Apply button to display the Save Zoning Error Check dialo...

Page 54: ...Port or First Port Address option d Enter the hexadecimal value for the port device according to the option selected 16 digits for a WWN member 4 digits for a Domain Port member DDPP or a 6 digit Fibr...

Page 55: ...nge 5 Click the Close button to close the Edit Zoning dialog Removing a Zone from a Zone Set To remove a zone from a zone set do the following 1 In the Edit Zoning dialog select the zone to be removed...

Page 56: ...nnel address or the device port WWN To add ports devices to an alias do the following 1 Open the Zoning menu and select Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning dialog 2 Choose one of the following methods...

Page 57: ...r a Domain Port member DDPP or a 6 digit Fibre Channel Address for a First Port Address member DDPPAA where D domain ID P port number and A ALPA 3 Click the OK button to add the member and save the ch...

Page 58: ...Managing Fabrics Zoning 2 34 59269 00 A S Notes...

Page 59: ...itch Configuring a Switch Configuring the Network Configuring SNMP Archiving a Switch Restoring a Switch Testing a Switch Restoring the Factory Default Configuration Downloading a Support File Install...

Page 60: ...e Switch data window is grouped and accessed by the Summary Status Network User Login Firmware Services Zones Security and Advanced buttons Click a button to display the grouped information in the dat...

Page 61: ...Domain ID Lock Domain ID lock status Prevents True or permits False dynamic domain ID reassignment Number of Ports Number of ports activated on the switch Operational State Switch operational state On...

Page 62: ...e most recent Power On Self Test POST Fault Code Fault code from the most recent Power On Self Test Test Status The current diagnostic test status of switch Test Fault Code The code value for the last...

Page 63: ...ch IPv6 Assigned Address 1 20 The set of IPv6 addresses assigned by DHCPv6 NDP or the switch administrator User Login Group User Name Account name Login Level Authority level Super User Super user pri...

Page 64: ...us If disabled the switch cannot be managed using the web applet Telnet Enabled Telnet client status SSH Enabled Secure Shell status If enabled an encrypted data path is provided for command line inte...

Page 65: ...dware enforcement of zoning regardless of type All zones and all supported zone member types will have hardware enforcement Security Auto Save N A does not apply to this switch Security Fabric Binding...

Page 66: ...Admin account is the only user that can manage all user accounts with the User Account Administration dialogs The Admin account can create remove or modify user accounts and change account passwords...

Page 67: ...ge 3 Enter an account name in the New Account Login field Account names are limited to 15 characters The first character must be alphanumeric 4 If the account is to have the ability to modify switch c...

Page 68: ...the Switch menu and select User Accounts Click the Remove Account tab in the User Account Administration dialog to present the display Figure 3 4 Select the account login name from the list of accoun...

Page 69: ...in name from the list of accounts at the top of the dialog then enter the old password the new password and verify the new password in the corresponding fields Click the Change Password button Any use...

Page 70: ...t the account login name from the list of accounts at the top of the dialog Select the Admin Authority Enabled option to grant admin authority to the account name Select an Account Expiration Date opt...

Page 71: ...ed the Date and Time areas becomes inactive thus preventing you from manually setting the date and time on the switch The NTP Server Discovery and NTP Server IP Address fields become active and allow...

Page 72: ...rations that change the fabric include Zoning modifications Adding moving or removing devices attached to the switch fabric This includes powering up or powering down attached devices Adding moving or...

Page 73: ...tion Wizard The Configuration Wizard is a series of dialogs that guide you through the steps to configure new or replacement switches Using the Configuration Wizard The Configuration Wizard is a serie...

Page 74: ...Administrative States Broadcast Support In band Management Fabric Device Management Interface To open the Switch Properties dialog choose one of the following Open the faceplate display for the switc...

Page 75: ...solate as a separate fabric However you can remedy this by resetting the new switch or taking it offline then back online The principal switch will reassign the domain ID and the switch will join the...

Page 76: ...Current administrative state the state that is applied to the switch for temporary purposes and is not retained across switch resets The current administrative state is set using the Set Switch comman...

Page 77: ...mation to be registered The application to fabric interface provides the framework by which an application obtains device information from the fabric Use the FDMI HBA Entry Limit field on the Switch P...

Page 78: ...k the OK button to put the new values into effect Figure 3 8 Advanced Switch Properties Dialog Timeout Values The switch timeout values determine the timeout values for all ports on the switch The tim...

Page 79: ...M and Call Home To display the System Services dialog open the Switch menu and select Services Figure 3 9 System Services Dialog NOTE System services requiring you to enter an IP address are dependant...

Page 80: ...s time and date settings from an NTP server Configuring all of your switches and your workstations to utilize NTP will keep their date time settings in sync and will prevent difficulties with SSL cert...

Page 81: ...P dialog Click the DNS tab to open the Network Properties DNS dialog After making changes click the OK button to put the new values into effect To open the Network Properties dialog choose one of the...

Page 82: ...address An IPv6 address is 128 bits and consists of eight blocks of hexadecimal numbers with each block separated by a colon The maximum number of numerals in each block is four One or more blocks wit...

Page 83: ...esolution Protocol acquires the IP address from a RARP server A RARP request is broadcast with up to three retries each at 5 second intervals If no IP address is obtained the switch reverts to the pre...

Page 84: ...st Configuration Protocol ver sion 6 acquires the IP configuration from a DHCP server If no satisfactory lease is obtained the DHCP client attempts to use the previously configured lease If the previo...

Page 85: ...d to this switch in order to avoid an IP address conflict DNS Server Addresses The IP address of the DNS server DNS Search List Search List Discovery Choose one of the following methods by which to as...

Page 86: ...alog select a switch in the topology display or open the faceplate backplate display open the Switch menu select SNMP and select SNMP Properties After making changes click the OK button to put the new...

Page 87: ...Managing Switches Configuring SNMP 59269 00 A 3 29 A Figure 3 11 SNMP Properties Dialog...

Page 88: ...ned Read Commu nity Read community password up to 32 characters that authorizes an SNMP agent to read information from the switch This is a write only field The value on the switch and the SNMP manage...

Page 89: ...t be unique For example if trap 1 and trap 2 have the same address then they must have different port values Similarly if trap 1 and 2 have the same port value they must have different addresses Speci...

Page 90: ...event it from being seen by an unauthorized source The SNMP v3 Manager dialog allows you to add remove and edit an SNMP v3 user To display the SNMP v3 Manager dialog Figure 3 12 open the Switch menu s...

Page 91: ...SNMP v3 user settings Read Write permits user to view and change SNMP v3 user settings Authentication Type None MD5 SHA If None no authentication phrase is required MD5 and SHA require authentication...

Page 92: ...archive and must be re configured using the CLI after a restore To archive a switch do the following 1 Open the Switch menu and select Archive 2 In the Save dialog enter a file name 3 Click the Save b...

Page 93: ...eries switch archive Refer to Archiving a Switch on page 3 34 for more information To restore a switch do the following 1 Log in to the fabric through the switch you want to restore You cannot restore...

Page 94: ...address in addition to the other network properties Port Properties restores all settings presented in the Port properties dialog Refer to Port Symbolic Name on page 5 12 Switch Properties restores a...

Page 95: ...gnostic tests are Online a non disruptive test that exercises port to device connections for all ports on a switch that are online Offline a disruptive test that exercises all port connections for a s...

Page 96: ...8 Click the Start Test button to begin the next test Observe the results in the Test Results area If the Test Status field in the Test Results area indicates Failed note the Test Fault Code displayed...

Page 97: ...e user accounts you must select the Reset User Accounts to Default option in the maintenance menu Refer to Recovering a Switch in the Installation Guide for your switch for information about maintenan...

Page 98: ...cation Undefined Trap Enabled False Trap Port 162 Trap Address Trap 1 10 0 0 254 Traps 2 5 0 0 0 0 Trap Community Public Read Community Public Write Community Private Port State Online Port Speed Auto...

Page 99: ...alling Firmware Installing firmware involves loading unpacking and activating the firmware image on the switch QuickTools does this in one operation To provide consistent performance throughout the fa...

Page 100: ...earch for firmware image files is the user s working directory To change the path click the Browse button and select a new path Click the Rescan button to search the folder displayed in the Firmware I...

Page 101: ...display the Call Home Setup dialog open the Switch menu select Call Home and select Setup Figure 3 17 Call Home Setup Dialog Table 3 11 lists the entries in the Call Home Setup dialog Table 3 11 Call...

Page 102: ...secondary second SMTP server Secondary SMTP Server Port The service port number that the secondary SMTP server is listening on to accept connection from SMTP sending agents Contact Email Address The...

Page 103: ...rom address ReplyTo Email Address The Email address used by mail reading programs to determine the address that an Email should be addressed to for a reply to a received message This value will over r...

Page 104: ...Manager dialog open the Switch menu select Call Home and select Profile Manager The Profiles list shows all profiles on the switch The Email List shows all Email addresses associated with the selected...

Page 105: ...ormat type for the message text being sent short full tsc1 enter the size of the message being sent enter the subject of the Email and enter the Email address es of the recipients Click the Add button...

Page 106: ...bar in the Call Home Profile Manager dialog or open the Edit menu and select Create Tech Support Center Profile The name in the title bar changes to reflect the Tech Support profile function create or...

Page 107: ...tes allowed for a Email mes sage compiled for the profile Most Email messages are relatively small under 2KB However Emails that are pro duced by a capture operation can be as large as 1MB due to the...

Page 108: ...eue Dialog Testing Call Home Profiles Use the Call Home Test Profile dialog Figure 3 22 to test the Call Home parameters currently configured Select one or more profiles in the window and click the Te...

Page 109: ...ll Home Profile Manager Dialog Change Over Changes the inactive SMTP server to become the active SMTP server To make the inactive SMTP become the active SMTP open the Switch menu select Call Home and...

Page 110: ...Managing Switches Using Call Home 3 52 59269 00 A S Notes...

Page 111: ...d devices Port Information Data Window Port Statistics Data Window Viewing and Configuring Ports Resetting a Port Testing Ports Port Information Data Window The Port Information data window Figure 5 1...

Page 112: ...e The administrative port type F or FL This value is persistent it will be maintained during a switch reset During port auto configuration it will be used to deter mine which operational port states a...

Page 113: ...ted on this switch Reason of Status Why E_Port is isolated Not supported on this switch Administrative Port Speed The speed requested by the user Operational Port Speed The speed actually being used b...

Page 114: ...t apply to this switch Upstream ISL N A Does not apply to this switch Downstream ISL N A Does not apply to this switch Extended Credits Group Extended Credits Requested N A Does not apply to this swit...

Page 115: ...dow 59269 00 A 5 5 A Media Vendor ID The IEEE registered company ID Media Part Number The part number assigned to the SFP Media Revision Transceiver hardware version Table 5 1 Port Information Data Wi...

Page 116: ...and provides different ways to view detailed port information Click the down arrow to open the drop down list Open the drop down list and select Absolute to view the total count of statistics since t...

Page 117: ...er of times more frames were lost during a credit recovery period than the recovery process could resolve This causes a Link Reset to recover the credits BB_CreditRecoveryR RDYFailure Number of times...

Page 118: ...ID D_ID errors AL_PA equals non zero AL_PA found on F_Port Link Failures Number of optical link failures detected by this port A link fail ure is a loss of synchronization or by loss of signal while n...

Page 119: ...non primitive port link errors Total Link Resets Number of link reset primitives transmitted and received by the port Total LIPs Received Number of loop initialization primitive frames received Total...

Page 120: ...ou right click a port icon in the faceplate display Use the drop down lists in the Port Properties dialog to change the following parameters Port Symbolic Name Port States Port Types Port Speeds Port...

Page 121: ...type that is currently active Configured Type The port type saved in the switch configuration To change click in the field and select an option from the drop down list I O Stream Guard The I O Stream...

Page 122: ...s on page 5 12 to for more information Port administrative states have two forms the configured administrative state and the current administrative state Refer Port Administrative States on page 5 13...

Page 123: ...h the Set Port command using the command line interface Table 5 5 describes the port administrative states To change port administrative state do the following 1 Select one or more ports in the facepl...

Page 124: ...that is currently active Port types not supported on this switch are G GL E and Donor To change the port type do the following 1 Select one or more ports in the faceplate display 2 Open the Port menu...

Page 125: ...aceplate display 2 Open the Port menu and select Port Properties to open the Port Properties dialog 3 Select the Port Speed option from the drop down list 4 Click the OK button to write the new port s...

Page 126: ...and their meanings Table 5 8 Port Transceiver Media View Media Icon Description Optical SFP online green black logged in active and ready to send data Optical SFP offline gray black not logged in act...

Page 127: ...ct the option that corresponds to one of the following options Enable suppresses the reception of RSCN messages from other ports for which I O Stream Guard is enabled Disable allows free transmission...

Page 128: ...only affects ports running in loop FL mode To open the Advanced Port Properties dialog select one or more ports open the Port menu and select Advanced Port Properties Figure 5 5 Advanced Port Propert...

Page 129: ...re disrupts communication External a disruptive test that verifies port circuitry The SFP level test sends a test frame from the ASIC through the SerDes chip through the SFP transceiver fitted with an...

Page 130: ...state Click the OK button and you will be prompted to change the port state 4 Enter the frame count frame size and select a test pattern option You may use the default pattern or enter an 8 digit pat...

Page 131: ...Physical Address Arbitrated Loop A Fibre Channel topology where ports use arbitration to establish a point to point circuit Arbitrated Loop Physical Address AL_PA A unique one byte value assigned duri...

Page 132: ...ED that indicates that a cooling fan in the switch is operating below standard FCID Fibre Channel Identifier The value that identifies a device on the fabric Flash Memory Memory on the switch that con...

Page 133: ...phan Zone Set Zones that are currently not in a zone set are considered to be part of the orphan zone set The orphan zone set is not an actual zone set but rather a way of displaying the zones that ar...

Page 134: ...ssigned to a device by the device manufacturer WWN World Wide Name Zone A set of ports or devices grouped together to control the exchange of information Zone Set A set of zones grouped together The a...

Page 135: ...ation 1 10 C Call Home 3 22 Common Interface Model service 3 22 configuration archive 3 34 restore 3 35 wizard 3 15 configured administrative state 3 18 Configured Zonesets data window 2 15 contact 3...

Page 136: ...factory defaults 3 39 FC 4 descriptor 5 17 FDMI See Fabric Device Management Interface File Transfer Protocol service 3 22 FL_Port 5 14 G gateway address 3 25 graphic window 1 6 GUI management service...

Page 137: ...5 10 Port Information data window 5 1 Port Statistics data window 5 6 port device tree 2 21 principal switch 3 17 processor 1 1 properties network 3 28 Q QuickTools version 1 12 R R_A_TOV 3 20 read co...

Page 138: ...h 3 18 syslog 3 17 system services 3 21 T Telnet service 3 22 The 2 27 time 3 13 timeout values 3 20 tool bar zoning 2 21 transceiver status 5 16 trap authentication 3 30 community 3 31 configuration...

Page 139: ...ctivate 2 27 active 2 13 2 17 create 2 26 deactivate 2 27 definition 2 17 discard inactive 2 24 management 2 26 orphan 2 17 remove 2 27 rename 2 27 2 31 tree 2 21 zoning configuration 2 23 database 2...

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