2 – SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Overview
Features
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Features
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager provides the following features:
Automatic update management.
To easily keep SANsurfer FC HBA
Manager up to date at all times by monitoring the tool version number,
enable the
Application Version Check
feature on the Schedule Task dialog
box (see
Scheduling Tasks
in the help system). You can perform tool
updates (apply updates) from the Web, as well as from an external media
location (CD). Java™ Web Start is also available, which automatically
downloads, caches, and runs the given updates for the SANsurfer FC HBA
Manager tool.
HBA asset and inventory management.
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager
allows you to connect to and disconnect from local and remote hosts. It also
provides information about connected hosts and their attached QLogic
HBAs with connected storage devices. Also, the current SAN configuration
is rendered in an easy-to-view two-dimensional drawing for a specific host.
SAN configuration management.
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager allows you
to configure local and remote systems. With SANsurfer FC HBA Manager
you can:
Configure QLogic FC HBAs.
Configure FC target devices.
Compare hosts—This feature allows you to view the differences
between the current host and any saved host configuration, so you
know what has changed in the SAN.
Configure LUNs for a device (load balancing)—For a list of HBAs that
support LUN load balancing, see the
HBA Support Matrix (Fibre
Channel)
on the SANsurfer CD-ROM.
Configure LUN path failover—For a list of HBAs that support LUN path
failover, see the
HBA Support Matrix (Fibre Channel)
on the SANsurfer
CD-ROM.
Persistently bind targets—The HBA driver binds a target ID using a
target's world wide port name (WWPN) or port ID, enabling the target
ID to always connect to the WWPN or port ID across reboots
regardless of SAN reconfigurations
Update the HBA parameters, Flash, and HBA driver.
NOTE:
You can install the HBA driver before you install the HBA hardware.
Summary of Contents for SANsurfer FC HBA Manager
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