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SANbox 5000 Series QuickTools
Switch Management User Guide
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Page 1: ...S i m p l i f y L 59235 02 A Page i SANbox 5000 Series QuickTools Switch Management User Guide Firmware Version 6 8...
Page 2: ...her testing or modification QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document This product is covered by one or more of the following patents 6697359 other p...
Page 3: ...Graphic Window 2 5 2 3 4 Data Windows and Tabs 2 5 2 3 5 Menu Bar 2 6 2 3 5 1 Popup Menus 2 8 2 3 5 2 Shortcut Keys 2 8 2 3 6 Selecting Switches 2 8 2 3 7 Selecting Ports 2 8 2 4 Setting QuickTools Pr...
Page 4: ...3 14 3 7 2 Configured Zonesets Data Window 3 15 3 7 3 Zoning Concepts 3 16 3 7 3 1 Zones 3 16 3 7 3 2 Aliases 3 17 3 7 3 3 Zone Sets 3 17 3 7 3 4 Zoning Database 3 18 3 7 3 5 Viewing Zoning Limits and...
Page 5: ...rge Failure Recovery 3 35 Section 4 Managing Switches 4 1 Switch Data Window 4 1 4 2 Managing User Accounts 4 8 4 2 1 Creating User Accounts 4 9 4 2 2 Removing a User Account 4 10 4 2 3 Changing a Use...
Page 6: ...Profile Editor 4 38 4 12 3 Applying All Profiles on a Switch to Other Switches 4 39 4 12 4 Using the Call Home Message Queue 4 40 4 12 5 Testing Call Home Profiles 4 40 4 12 6 Change Over 4 41 Sectio...
Page 7: ...t Administration Dialog Remove Account 4 10 4 5 User Account Administration Dialog Change Password 4 11 4 6 User Account Administration Dialog Modify Account 4 12 4 7 Switch Properties Dialog 4 16 4 8...
Page 8: ...4 3 Switch Resets 4 14 4 4 Switch Administrative States 4 18 4 5 IP Configuration Parameters 4 24 4 6 SNMP Configuration Parameters 4 26 4 7 SNMP Trap Configuration Parameters 4 27 4 8 Factory Default...
Page 9: ...their installation and use It is intended for users responsible for installing and using switch management tools Note If you haven t purchased QLogic Enterprise Fabric Suite 2007 try it for 30 days f...
Page 10: ...aimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the disclaimer that follows these conditions in the documentation and or other materials pr...
Page 11: ...ormation on the JDOM Project please see http www jdom org 1 4 Technical Support Customers should contact their authorized maintenance provider for technical support of their QLogic switch products QLo...
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Page 13: ...nformation Exiting QuickTools 2 1 Workstation Requirements The requirements for fabric management workstations running the QuickTools web applet are listed in Table 2 1 Table 2 1 Workstation Requireme...
Page 14: ...is displayed as shown in Figure 2 3 For security reasons you will be prompted to change your user account password that was initially set up by the administrator as shown in Figure 2 2 You will be pr...
Page 15: ...s and data window tabs The switch faceplate is displayed in the graphic window and shows the front of a single switch and its ports While there is no topology display the fabric name is displayed for...
Page 16: ...ivider bar between the MP Health Check entries and data windows enable you to move the divider bar up or down With the faceplate image and data windows displayed click the up arrow on left to move the...
Page 17: ...or the abnormal status The same message is provided when you rest the mouse on the fabric icon in the fabric tree 2 3 3 Graphic Window The graphic window shows the switch faceplate shown in Figure 2 3...
Page 18: ...nformation Port Information displays information for the selected ports Refer to Port Statistics Data Window on page 5 5 for more information Configured Zonesets displays all zone sets zones and zone...
Page 19: ...ts Features Download Support File Port Port Properties Advanced Port Properties Reset Port Port Diagnostics Zoning Edit Zoning Resolve Zoning Capture Active Zoning Restore Configured Zoning Capture Me...
Page 20: ...table in the fabric tree Click a switch icon or name to display its faceplate display in the graphic window Refer to Section 4 Managing Switches for detailed switch information 2 3 7 Selecting Ports P...
Page 21: ...licking each port To cancel a selection press the Control key and select it again Note When using the Shift key to select a range of ports the first port you click in the range is the anchor selection...
Page 22: ...3 4 If the Event Browser is enabled using the Preferences dialog as shown in Figure 2 5 the next time QuickTools is started all events will be displayed If the Event Browser is disabled when QuickToo...
Page 23: ...ys Online help is also context sensitive that is the online help opens to the topic that describes the dialog you have open To open the first topic in the help system choose one of the following Open...
Page 24: ...2 Using QuickTools Exiting QuickTools 2 12 59235 02 A L Notes...
Page 25: ...ty 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 Properties dialogs If SNMP is enabled default and the r...
Page 26: ...cover a fabric open the Fabric menu and select Rediscover Fabric The rediscover function is more comprehensive than the refresh function 3 3 Adding a New Switch to a Fabric If there are no special con...
Page 27: ...fer to Archiving a Switch on page 4 28 and Restoring a Switch on page 4 29 for information about archive and restore Use the following procedure to replace a failed switch for which an archive is avai...
Page 28: ...number of entries allowed on a switch is 1200 Once the maximum is reached the event list wraps and the oldest events are discarded and replaced with the new events Event entries from the switch use t...
Page 29: ...al 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 d...
Page 30: ...select one or both of the From and To options Enter the bounding timestamps MM dd yy hh mm ss aa to display only those events that fall within those times aa indicates AM or PM The current year yy ca...
Page 31: ...or By Description Successive sort operations of the same type alternate between ascending and descending order 3 5 3 Saving the Event Browser to a File You can save the displayed Event Browser entries...
Page 32: ...ce 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 Nicknames 3...
Page 33: ...me in the Edit Nickname dialog Refer to Managing Device Port Nicknames on page 3 10 for more information Details Click the i to display additional information about the device Refer to Displaying Deta...
Page 34: ...es You can assign a nickname to a device port World Wide Name A nickname is a user definable meaningful name that can be used in place of the World Wide Name Assigning a nickname makes it easier to re...
Page 35: ...phanumeric characters aA zZ 0 9 and special symbols _ Double click a cell in the Nicknames column and enter a new nickname in the text field Click the Save button to save the changes and exit the Nick...
Page 36: ...Double click a cell in the Nicknames column and delete the nickname text 3 Click the Apply button to save the changes 3 6 3 4 Exporting Nicknames to a File You can save nicknames to a file This is use...
Page 37: ...Nicknames dialog and select Import 3 Select an XML nickname file in the Open dialog and click Open When prompted to overwrite existing nicknames click Yes 3 7 Zoning Zoning a fabric enables you to div...
Page 38: ...data window The Active Zoneset data window uses display conventions for expanding and contracting entries that are similar to the fabric tree An entry handle located to the left of an entry in the tre...
Page 39: ...s display conventions for expanding and contracting 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 Cli...
Page 40: ...nt of more than 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...
Page 41: ...abase containing 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 3 15 fo...
Page 42: ...n 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 can be conf...
Page 43: ...lect Properties 3 View the zoning properties information in the Properties dialog 4 Click the OK button to close the Properties dialog 3 7 4 Managing the Zoning Database Managing the zoning database c...
Page 44: ...When you activate a zone set the switch distributes that zone set and its zones excluding aliases to every switch in the fabric This zone set is known as the active zone set You cannot edit an active...
Page 45: ...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 as empty zones aliases or zone...
Page 46: ...cted 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_Port loop device icon logged in...
Page 47: ...ning option reverts back to the previously saved configured zone set 3 7 4 2 3 Capture Merged Zoning The Capture Merged Zoning option saves the merged zone set into the configured zone set 3 7 4 2 4 V...
Page 48: ...zoning database on that switch Changes are saved when an updated zone set is activated Zoning changes are always saved to temporary memory However if Merge Auto Save is enabled the switch firmware sav...
Page 49: ...n save the zoning database to an XML 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...
Page 50: ...Sets tree and select Clear Zoning from the popup menu Click the Yes button to confirm that you want to delete all zone sets and zones 3 7 5 Managing Zone Sets Zoning a fabric involves creating a zone...
Page 51: ...to Copying a Zone to a Zone Set on page 3 30 5 Click the Apply button to save changes to the zoning database 3 7 5 2 Activating and Deactivating a Zone Set You must activate a zone set to apply its z...
Page 52: ...hat are members of other zone sets are not affected 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...
Page 53: ...a letter and be no longer than 64 characters Valid characters are 0 9 A Z a z _ and 5 To add switch ports or attached devices to the zone choose one of the following In the zone set tree select the zo...
Page 54: ...Members You can zone a port device by switch domain ID and port number device port Fibre Channel address or the device port WWN Adding a port device to a zone affects every zone set in which that zon...
Page 55: ...naming a Zone To rename a zone do the following 1 In the Zone Sets tree of the Edit Zoning dialog click the zone to be renamed 2 Open the Edit menu and select Rename 3 In the Rename Zone dialog enter...
Page 56: ...e following 1 In the Edit Zoning dialog select the zone to be removed 2 Open the Edit menu and select Delete Zone 3 Click the Yes button in the Remove dialog to save the change 4 Click the Apply butto...
Page 57: ...add the port device Select a port device in the Port Device tree and drag it into the alias To select multiple ports devices press the Control key while selecting Select a port device in the Port Dev...
Page 58: ...information only affects the active zone set not the configured zone sets unless Merge Auto Save is turned on 3 7 8 1 Zone Merge Failure If a zone merge is unsuccessful the inter switch links between...
Page 59: ...bric accurately defines your zoning needs If not you must edit the zone memberships and reactivate the zone sets After correcting the zone membership reset the isolated ports to allow the fabrics to j...
Page 60: ...3 Managing Fabrics Zoning 3 36 59235 02 A L Notes...
Page 61: ...nt Resetting a Switch Configuring a Switch Archiving a Switch Restoring a Switch Restoring the Factory Default Configuration Downloading a Support File Installing Firmware Using Call Home 4 1 Switch D...
Page 62: ...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 data window on the right Figure 4 2...
Page 63: ...se dynamic domain ID reassignment Number of Ports Number of ports activated on the switch Operational State Switch operational state Online Offline Diagnostic Down Administrative State Current switch...
Page 64: ...ult recorded on the switch Test Status The current diagnostic test status of switch Test Fault Code The code value for the last recorded diagnostic test status recorded on the switch Network Group IP...
Page 65: ...TP server Ethernet connection to NTP server is required FDMI Enable Fabric Device Management Interface status If enabled device information can be obtained managed and saved through the fabric using N...
Page 66: ...nts and where the alerts are sent Zones Security Group Merge Auto Save If enabled any zoning updates from the fabric will be saved in permanent non volatile memory as well as tem porary memory If disa...
Page 67: ...s to each other Inactivity Timeout Number of minutes the switch waits before terminating an idle command line interface session Zero 0 disables the time out threshold In band Enabled In band managemen...
Page 68: ...ate remove or modify user accounts and change account passwords The Admin account can also view and modify the switch and its configuration with QuickTools The Admin account can not be removed Users w...
Page 69: ...t tab page 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...
Page 70: ...the Switch menu and select User Accounts Click the Remove Account tab in the User Account Administration dialog to present the display shown in Figure 4 4 Select the account login name from the list o...
Page 71: ...ount login 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...
Page 72: ...4 6 Select 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...
Page 73: ...synchronize the date and time on the switch with an NTP server Enabling the NTP client ensures the consistency of date and time stamps in alarms and log entries An Ethernet connection to an NTP serve...
Page 74: ...ng moving or removing devices attached to the switch fabric This includes powering up or powering down attached devices Adding moving or removing ISLs or other connections After an NDCLA operation is...
Page 75: ...re a switch explicitly or you can use the Configuration Wizard The Configuration Wizard is a series of dialogs that guide you through the chassis network and SNMP configuration steps on new or replace...
Page 76: ...witch menu and select Switch Properties Right click a switch graphic in the faceplate display and select Switch Properties from the popup menu Use the Switch Properties dialog to change the following...
Page 77: ...ill isolate 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...
Page 78: ...alog 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 c...
Page 79: ...The fabric to device interface enables a device s management information to be registered The application to fabric interface provides the framework by which an application obtains device information...
Page 80: ...click the OK button to put the new values into effect Figure 4 8 Advanced Switch Properties Dialog 4 6 3 1 Timeout Values The switch timeout values determine the timeout values for all ports on the s...
Page 81: ...ces dialog open the Switch menu and select Services Figure 4 9 System Services Dialog Use caution when disabling the Embedded GUI GUI Mgmt and Telnet as it is possible to disable all access to the swi...
Page 82: ...lize NTP will keep their date time settings in sync and will prevent difficulties with SSL certificates and event logs CIM Common Information Model allows management of the switch through third party...
Page 83: ...ing changes click the OK button to put the new values into effect To open the Network Properties dialog choose one of the following Open the faceplate display for the switch you be configuring Open th...
Page 84: ...red IP address RARP Reverse Address Resolution 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 o...
Page 85: ...NMP Properties dialog choose one of the following Open the faceplate display for the switch you be configuring Open the Switch menu and select SNMP Properties Right click a switch graphic in the facep...
Page 86: ...mation from the switch This is a write only field The value on the switch and the SNMP management server must be the same The default is public Trap Community Trap community password up to 32 characte...
Page 87: ...d trap port combinations must 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 ha...
Page 88: ...o a fabric Passwords are not archived Security Group secrets are not included in the archive and must be re configured using the CLI after a restore Archived parameters include the following Switch pr...
Page 89: ...ANbox 9000 Series switch Refer to Archiving a Switch on page 4 28 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 res...
Page 90: ...ress restores switch IP 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 Switc...
Page 91: ...tore 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 mainte...
Page 92: ...efined 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 detect Po...
Page 93: ...lves loading unpacking and activating the firmware image on the switch QuickTools does this in one operation To provide consistent performance throughout the fabric ensure that all switches are runnin...
Page 94: ...are load process You will be shown a message warning you that the switch will be reset in order to activate the firmware 4 QuickTools prompts you to activate the new firmware using a hot non disruptiv...
Page 95: ...P server If the primary SMTP is not enabled defined or if there was a failure in communicating with the primary SMTP server the Secondary SMTP server will become the active SMTP server the one used by...
Page 96: ...From 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...
Page 97: ...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 98: ...format type for the message text being sent short full 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 to...
Page 99: ...st shows all switches in the fabric Switch names that are greyed out do not have current Call Home firmware and can not receive any profiles The Selected Switches list shows the switch names that you...
Page 100: ...ormation Click the Clear Queue button to clear the current statistics Figure 4 17 Call Home Message Queue Dialog 4 12 5 Testing Call Home Profiles Use the Call Home Test Profile dialog shown in Figure...
Page 101: ...41 L 4 12 6 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 select Change Over...
Page 102: ...4 Managing Switches Using Call Home 4 42 59235 02 A L Notes...
Page 103: ...devices Port Information Data Window Port Statistics Data Window Viewing and Configuring Ports Resetting a Port Testing Ports 5 1 Port Information Data Window The Port Information data window shown in...
Page 104: ...e administrative port type G GL F FL or Donor This value is persistent it will be maintained during a switch reset Dur ing port auto configuration it will be used to determine which operational port s...
Page 105: ...eason Why E_Port is isolated Administrative Port Speed The speed requested by the user Operational Port Speed The speed actually being used by the port Port Speed Supported The speeds supported by the...
Page 106: ...equested Number of requested credits Max Credits Available The maximum number of credits granted to a port that can be used when extending port credits Credits to Donate The number of credits availabl...
Page 107: ...ort Statistics data window select one or more ports and click the Port Stats data window tab Figure 5 3 Port Statistics Data Window Media Vendor The company that manufactured the SFP Media Vendor ID T...
Page 108: ...n list and select Absolute to view the total count of statistics since the last switch or port reset Select Rate to view the number of statistics counted per second over the polling period Select Base...
Page 109: ...ber 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 110: ...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 not in the offline st...
Page 111: ...Total LIPs Received Number of loop initialization primitive frames received Total LIPs Transmitted Number of loop initialization primitive frames transmitted Tx Offline Sequences Number of offline pri...
Page 112: ...ort 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 Transceiver Media...
Page 113: ...rrently 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 Guard option su...
Page 114: ...age 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 to for...
Page 115: ...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 faceplate display 2 Open the Port m...
Page 116: ...g at 10 Gbps All ports can be configured for either a fixed transmission speed or to sense auto detect the transmission speed of the device to which it is connected To display the speed of each port o...
Page 117: ...option from the drop down list 4 Click the OK button to write the new port speed to the switch Table 5 7 Port Speeds State Description Auto Detect Matches the transmission speed of the connected devic...
Page 118: ...n black logged in active and ready to send data Optical SFP offline gray black not logged in active can receive sig nal but cannot accept a device login Optical SFP unlicensed dark gray black Optical...
Page 119: ...ect 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 120: ...The AL Fairness option controls how frequently the switch can arbitrate for access Applies only affects ports running in loop FL mode To open the Advanced Port Properties dialog select one or more po...
Page 121: ...therefore 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...
Page 122: ...c 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 pa...
Page 123: ...hysical 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 durin...
Page 124: ...A file containing a set of fabrics that were opened and saved during a previous QuickTools session Fan Fail LED An LED that indicates that a cooling fan in the switch is operating below standard Flash...
Page 125: ...tion that manages the fabric through the fabric management switch Mesh Topology A fabric in which each chassis has at least one port directly connected to each other chassis in the fabric MIB Manageme...
Page 126: ...e zone Target A storage device that responds to an initiator device User Account An object stored on a switch that consists of an account name password authority level and expiration date VCCI Volunta...
Page 127: ...ard 4 15 configured administrative state 4 18 Configured Zonesets data window 3 15 contact 4 26 current administrative state 4 18 D data window Active Zoneset 3 14 Configured Zonesets 3 15 description...
Page 128: ...4 15 help 2 11 hot reset 4 14 I I O Stream Guard 5 17 in band management description 4 19 enable 3 2 internal test 5 19 internet browser 2 2 IP address 4 24 configuration 4 24 L loop port fabric 5 14...
Page 129: ...ss Resolution Protocol 4 24 S scan device 5 17 SerDes level test 5 19 services 4 21 severity levels 3 5 SFP 5 15 SFP level test 5 19 Simple Network Management Protocol configuration 4 26 enable 3 2 4...
Page 130: ...tion requirements 2 1 write community 4 26 X XPAK 5 14 Z zone add member port 3 30 copy 3 30 definition 3 16 discard inactive 3 25 remove all 3 32 remove member port 3 31 rename 3 28 3 31 zone merge d...
