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    HP 24-Port 4x Fabric Copper Switch Chassis Manager User Guide March 2005 (Second E dition) Part Numb e r 377707-0 0 2[...]

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    © Copyright 2005 Hewlett-Pac k ard Development Company, L.P. Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12.211 and 12.212, Commercial Computer Software, Computer Software Docume ntation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are license d to the U.S. Government under vendo r[...]

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    i Contents Preface ....................... ................................... vii Intended Audi ence .............................................................................................................. ...................... vii Typographical C onventions ...................................................................................[...]

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    ii View Device Status ............................................................................................................. .......................15 3: Chassis Icon Tasks .................................. 17 View Cards on a Chassis ........................................................................................................ ...[...]

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    iii Assign a SYSLOG Server ......................................................................................................... .... 39 Assign an Authentication Method ................................................................................................ 39 Configure HTTP a nd HTTPS ...................................................[...]

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    iv Delete Bridge Forwarding ....................................................................................................... ..... 65 View Redundancy Groups ......................................................................................................... ................ 65 View Trunk Groups ..........................................[...]

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    v Preface This document is a guide to the Chassis Manager W e b-based graphical user inte rface (GUI) that runs on your Server Switch. This document explains how to use Ch assis Manager (CM) and provides the steps that you need to perform to config ure your Server Switch with the GUI. Intended Audience The intended audience is the administrator res[...]

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    vi Cont act Information T able 2-1: Customer Con tact Information For the name of your nearest authorized HP reseller: In the United States, call 1-800-345-1518. In Canada, call 1-800-263-5868. Outside the United States and Canada, refer to www . hp.com. For HP technical support In the United States and Canada, call 1-800-HP-INVENT (1-800-474-6836)[...]

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    1 1 About Chassis Manager The following sections ap pear in this chapter: • “Introduction” on page 1 • “Anatomy of Chassis Manager” o n page 1 • “Browser Requirements” on page 6 • “Platform Requirements” on page 6 Introduction The Chassis Manager (CM) runs directly on your swit ch t o help you quickly and easi ly perform var[...]

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    2 Figure 1-1: System Frame • Click the IP address in the IP Address field of the Sys tem frame to open a telnet window that launches a CLI sess ion to the switch. • Click the email address in the Support Contact field to send an ema il message to technical support. •C l i c k Help to open online help. The System frame displays and up dates th[...]

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    3 Ta b l e 1 - 2 lists and describes the icons in the T ree frame. T ree Frame Branches 1. Click the plus-sign ( ) to expand an icon and display the branches th at you can configure. 2. Click a branch icon ( ) to open the configuratio n options for that branch in the V iew frame. Ta b l e 1 - 3 list s and describes the conf igurable branch es under[...]

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    4 Ta b l e 1 - 4 list s and describes the conf igurable branch es under the Maintenance ic on. Ta b l e 1 - 5 list s and describes the conf igurable branch es under the In finiBand icon . T able 1-4: Maintenan ce Icon Branches Branch Descripti on System Information Click this branch to view and configure the informa tion that appears in the System [...]

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    5 Ta b l e 1 - 6 list s and describes the conf igurable branch es under the Ethernet icon . Ta b l e 1 - 7 list s and describes the conf igurable branch es under the In finiBand icon . Ta b l e 1 - 8 list s and describes the conf igurable branch es under the Help i con. V iew Frame The V iew frame appears on the right-hand side of the interface. In[...]

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    6 Figure 1-3 displays the table that appears in the V iew frame when you expand the Chassis icon and click the Ports bran ch. Figure 1-3: View F ra m e Browser Requirement s CM supports the following browsers: • Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 6 • Netscape Navigator version 6 • Mozilla version 1.4 Plat form Requirement s CM runs on the [...]

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    7 •S o l a r i s •L i n u x[...]

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    9 2 Getting S t arted The following sections ap pear in this chapter: • “Preparing Y our Device” on page 9 • “Launching Chassis Manager” on page 1 1 • “Navigating Chassis Manager” on page 14 • “Understanding Access Privileges” on page 15 • “V iew ing Device Status” on page 15 Prep aring Y our Device T o launch CM on yo[...]

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    10 NOTE: Consult your netw ork administrator for an IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address before you begin t his process. 1. Use the Serial Console port to open a CLI sessi on to your de vice, then log in as a user with administrative access. 2. Enter the enable command to enter Privileged Exec mode. Example 3. Enter the configure terminal c[...]

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    11 b. (Optional) Enter the ip http secur e-server command to enable HTTPS services on your device to permit SSL-secured access to your Server Switch. Example Launching Chassis Manager CM without SSL requires no additional setup. CM with SSL requires add itional steps based on yourW eb browser . Launching Chassis Manager without SSL T o launch CM: 1[...]

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    12 Net scape/Mozilla T o launch a secure CM connection: 1. Launch your W eb browser . 2. T ype https:// and the IP address of your Server Switch in the address field of your browser and press Enter . (Y ou confi gured the IP address in step 5 of “Preparing Y our Device” on page 9 ) A login window opens. 3. Click Ye s or OK to close any browser [...]

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    13 5. Click the root certificate in the tree. Example 6. Click the V iew Certificate butto n. 7. Click the Install Certificate butto n. 8. Click the Next button. 9. Click the Place all certificates in the following stor e radio button. 10. Click the Browse button. The Select Certificate S tore window opens. 11 . C l i c k T rusted Root Certificatio[...]

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    14 The alert cautions you that the na me on the certificate does not match th e name of the site. This hostname mismatch message reappears after you log in and the java applet begins to load. T o avoid this message entirely , configure your Server Switch to u s e the identifier that you enter in the browser to verify certificates. T o configure the[...]

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    15 When you further fi lter your display , the V iew frame indicates the new level of granularity . For instance, if you view the ports on a particular gateway card instead of all ports on the device, a tiered locator appears, followed by a filter indicator . If you view only exte rnal ports on an Ethernet gateway in slot 4, the following identifie[...]

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    17 3 Chassis Icon T asks The following sections ap pear in this chapter: • “V iewing Cards on a Chassis” on page 17 • “V iew ing Internal Gateway Ports” on page 22 • “V iew ing Physical Ports on a Ch assis” on page 2 3 • “Configur ing Ports ” on page 27 • “V iewing Power Supply S tatus” on page 28 • “V iew ing Fan [...]

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    18 Operational S tate Displays the general condition of the interface card. The general condition may appear as any of the following: • unknown • normal • bootFailed • tooHot • booting • checkingBoo tImage • wrongBootImag e • rebooting • standby • recoveryImage A condition of unknown indicates an unsupported interface card. T o [...]

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    19 3. (Optional) Click the Refresh button to update the attributes in the display . V iewing Card Properties T o view card properties: 1. Expand the Chassis icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Cards branch. A Cards table that includes all car ds in the chassis ap pears. A radio button appears to the left of each table entry . 3. Click the radio bu[...]

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    20 Operational S tate field Displays the general condition of the interface card. The general condition may appear as any of the following: • unknown • normal • wrong-imag e • bootFailed • tooHot • booting A condition of unknown indicates an unsupported interface card. T o address this conditi on, replace the card with a supported card.[...]

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    21 V iewing Card Inventory T o view memory and imag e information on a card: 1. Expand the Chassis icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Cards branch. The Cards table appears. 3. Click the radio bu tton next to the card whose inventory you want to view , t hen click the Inventory button. The Card Inventory window opens. Ta b l e 3 - 3 lists and desc[...]

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    22 Configuring Administrative S tatus of a Card W ith CM, you can bring up or shut down any card on you r chassis. T o configure th e administrative status of a card: 1. Expand the Chassis icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Cards branch. A table of the cards in the chas sis appears. A radio button appears to the left of each table entry . 3. Clic[...]

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    23 4. From the Show Options... pulldown menu, select Show Gateway Ports . The Gateway Ports table opens in the V iew frame. Ta b l e 3 - 4 lists and describes the fields in this table. V iewing Physical Port s on a Chassis T o view the physical ports o n your device: 1. Expand the Chassis icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Ports branch. A table t[...]

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    24 Ta b l e 3 - 6 lists and describes the elements in the Port Pr operties window of an Ethernet port. Ta b l e 3 - 7 list s and describes the fields in the Port Pr operties window of an FC port. T able 3-6: Ethernet Port Proper ties Window Element s Element Descripti on Port field Displays the port number in slot#/port# not ation. Name field Provi[...]

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    25 Ta b l e 3 - 8 lists and describes the elements in the Port Pr operties windo w of an IB port. Oper S tatus field Displays up to indicate that the port is physically ready for use, otherwise displays do wn . Auto Negotiation Supported field Displays true if the port supports au to-negotiation Auto Negotiation field Provid es the Enable checkbox [...]

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    26 V iewing Port Bridging Properties T o view the bridge to wh ich a port belongs: 1. Expand the Chassis icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Ports branch. A Ports table that includes all cards in the chassis appears. A radio button appears to the left of each table entry . 3. Click the radio button next to the po rt whose bridging properties you w[...]

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    27 Configuring Port s CM provides dif ferent configuratio n options for each type of port. The options available to each port will appear in the Port Proper ties window . Configuring a Port Name T o configure the adm inistrative name of a port: 1. Expand the Chassis icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Ports branch. The Ports table appears in the V[...]

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    28 4. Click the Properties button. The Port Properties window opens. 5. In the Name field of the Port Pr operties wi ndow , ente r a name for the port, then click the Apply button. 6. Click the Close button to close the Port Properties window . Enabling or Disabling a Port T o enable or disable a port: 1. Expand the Chassis icon in the Tree frame. [...]

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    29 NOTE: Not all hardware platform s include power supply in formation. In such cases, the Power Supplies branch does not appear . 1. Expand the Chassis icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Power Supplies branch. The Power Supplies table appears in the V iew frame. T able 3-1 1 li sts and describes the fields in the Power Supplies table. V iewing F[...]

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    30 V iewing Backplane Information T o view backplane i nformation: NOTE: This feature is not availabl e on all hardware platforms. 1. Expand the Chassis icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Backplane branch. The Backplane display appears in the V iew frame. T able 3-14 lists and describes the fields in this display . V iewing Management Port s on a[...]

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    31 T able 3-16 lists and describes the fields in the Ethernet Management Ports display . T able 3-17 lists and describes the fields in the InfiniBand Management Ports display . Data Bits Data bits valu e to which you must configure y our serial connection. St o p B i t s Stop bits setting to which you must configure your serial connection. Parity P[...]

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    33 4 Maintenance Icon T asks The following sections ap pear in this chapter: • “Configuring Basic Syst em Information ” on page 33 • “Configuring Date and Time Properties” on page 35 • “V iewing Files in the File System” on page 35 • “Installing Software Im ages” on page 36 • “Importing Configuration Files and Image File[...]

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    34 V iewing System Information T o view basic system information: 1. Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree fra m e. 2. Click the System Information branch. The System Information display appears in the V iew frame. Ta b l e 4 - 1 lists and describes the elem ents on this display . Naming Y our InfiniBand Switch T o assign a hostname to your dev i[...]

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    35 Configuring Date and T ime Properties An internal clock runs on your device, but we recommend that you configure your device to access a network time protocol (NTP) server to synchronize you r device with your network. Configuring Date and T ime T o configure the dat e and time of the internal clock on your device: 1. Expand the Maintenance icon[...]

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    36 3. (Optional) Click the Refresh button to po ll your switch and u pdate your display to reflect t he most current inventory of your fi le system. Deleting Files in the File System T o delete files from your file system: 1. Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree fra m e. 2. Click the File Management branch. The File Managem ent table appears in [...]

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    37 5. Enter the user ID that logs you into the FTP server in the Remote FTP User Name field. 6. Enter the password logs you into the FTP server in the Remote FTP Password field. 7. Enter the directory path and name of the file on the FTP server in the Remote File Path and Name field. 8. Enter the name that the file will take on your device in the F[...]

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    38 Backing Up Running Configuration File T o save your running configuratio n file: 1. Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree fra m e. 2. Click the Backup Configuration branch. The Backup Configuration display appears in the V iew frame. 3. Enter a file name in the Save Config uration As fiel d. CM will save your running configuration in the confi[...]

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    39 Enabling or Disabling the FTP Access T o enable FTP transfers to and from your device: 1. Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tr ee frame. 2. Expand the Services sub-icon in the Tree frame. 3. Click the General branch. The System Services display appears in the V iew frame. 4. In the FTP Server field, check (enable) or uncheck (disable) the Enabl[...]

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    40 Configuring HTTP and HTTPS T o configure HTTP and HTTPS services: 1. Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree fra m e. 2. Expand the Services sub-icon in the Tree frame. 3. Click the General branch. The System Services display appears in the V iew frame. 4. Configure fields under the HTTP heading. For detail s, refer to “Preparing Y our Device?[...]

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    41 Adding RADIUS Servers T o configure a new RADIUS server on your device: 1. Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree fra m e. 2. Expand the Services sub-icon in the Tree frame. 3. Click the Radius Servers branch. The Radius Servers table appears in the V iew frame. 4. Click the Add button. The Add Radius Server window opens. NOTE: Click the Close [...]

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    42 5. In the Address field, enter the IP address of the server . 6. (Optional) Edit the UDP Port field. The numbers to the right of the fiel d indicate the range of integer values th at this field support s. 7. (Optional) Enter an encryption key in the Encry ption Key field. 8. (Optional) Edit the Ti m eo u t fi eld. The numbers to the right of the[...]

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    43 V iewing POST T est Result s T o view POST test results: 1. Expand the Maintenance icon in the Tree fra m e. 2. Expand the Diagno stics sub-icon in the T ree frame. 3. Click the POST branch. The POST S tatus table appears in the V iew frame. Ta b l e 4 - 7 lists a nd describes the fields in the table. V iewing FRU Errors T o view FRU test result[...]

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    45 5 InfiniBand Icon T asks The following sections ap pear in this chapter: • “V iew ing Subnet Managers” on page 45 • “V iew ing InfiniBand Services” on page 47 • “V iew ing InfiniBand Nodes” on page 48 • “V iew ing InfiniBand Ports” on page 51 • “V iew ing Neighboring IB Devices” on page 56 • “V iew ing IOUs” o[...]

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    46 V iewing Subnet Manager Properties T o view SM properties: 1. Expand the Inf iniBan d icon in the Tr ee frame. 2. Click the Subnet Managers branch. The Subnet Managers table appears in the V iew frame. 3. Click the radio button next to the SM that you want to view , then click the Properties button. The Subnet Manager Properties window opens. Ta[...]

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    47 Deleting a Subnet Manager T o delete a SM: 1. Expand the Inf iniBan d icon in the Tr ee frame. 2. Click the Subnet Managers branch. The Subnet Managers table appears in the V iew frame. 3. Click the radio button next to the SM that you want to delete, then click the Delete button. Configuring Subnet Manager Properties T o configure SM properties[...]

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    48 3. Click the radio button next to the service whose pro perties you want to view , then click the Proper ties button. The InfiniBand Service Properties window opens. Ta b l e 5 - 4 lists and describes the fields in this window . V iewing InfiniBand Nodes Both IB switches and IB hosts qualify as IB nodes. T o view the nodes in your IB fabric: 1. [...]

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    49 Ta b l e 5 - 7 list s and describes the Switch Pr operties fiel ds in this window . Base V ersion Supported base management datagram (MAD) version. Indicates that this channel adapte r , switch, or router supports versions up to and including thi s version. Refer to section 13.4.2, Management Datagram Form at, in “InfiniBand® Architecture, V [...]

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    50 V iewing Node Port s T o view the IB ports on a node in your IB fabric: 1. Expand the Inf iniBan d icon in the T ree frame. 2. Expand the To p o l o g y icon in the IB frame. 3. Click the Nodes branch. The Nodes table appears in the V iew frame. Linear FDB T op Specifies the top of the linear forwarding table. Packets received with unicast LIDs [...]

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    51 4. Click the radio button nex t to the node who se ports you want to view , then select Show Ports from the Show Options pulldown men u. The InfiniBand Ports display appears in the V iew frame, but lists only the ports that belong to the node that yo u selected. For details, refer to “V iewing InfiniBand Ports” on page 51 or see Ta b l e 5 -[...]

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    52 4. Click the radio button next to th e port whose properties you want to view , then click th e Properties button. The T opology Port Prop erties window opens. Ta b l e 5 - 9 lists and describes the fi elds in this windo w . T able 5-9: T opology Port Properties Window Fields Field Descripti on Subnet Pr efix 64-bit value that identifies the IB [...]

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    53 Link W idth Enabled Enabled link width (bandwidth ). The value is an integer that indicates the enabled link-width sets for this port. The value may be: • 0 (no state change) • 1 (1x) • 2 (4x) • 3 (1x or 4x) • 8 (12x) • 9 (1x or 12x) • 10 (4x or 12x) • 1 1 (1x, 4x or 12x) • 255 (set this parameter to the link-width-supported va[...]

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    54 Link Speed Active Speed of an active link. Th e value is 1 (2.5 Gbps). Link Speed Enabled Maximum speed the link is capable of handling. The value is 0 (No state change), 1 (2.5 Gbps), or 3 (value derived from link- speed-supported). Neighbor MTU Active maximum transmission unit enabled on th is port for transmit. Check the mtu-cap value at both[...]

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    55 In Part Enforce Boolean value that indicates whether or not to support opt ional partition enforcemen t for the packets received by this port. There is no default value. Out Part Enfor ce Boolean value that indicates whether or not to support optional partition enforcem ent for the packets transmitted by this port. There is no default value. In [...]

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    56 V iewing Neighboring IB Devices T o view the IB devi ces that di rectly connect to your device: 1. Expand the Inf iniBan d icon in the T ree frame. 2. Expand the To p o l o g y icon in the T ree frame. 3. Click the Neighbors branch in the T ree frame. The InfiniBand Neighbors table appears in the V iew frame. T able 5 -10 lists and describes t h[...]

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    57 V iewing IOUs T o view the I/O Units (IOUs) on your device: NOTE: This feature is not availabl e on all hardware platforms. 1. Expand the Inf iniBan d icon in the T ree frame. 2. Expand the Device Management sub-icon in the T ree frame. 3. Click the IOU branch. The IOU display appears in the V iew frame. T able 5-12 lists and describes the field[...]

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    58 3. Click the IOCs branch. The IOCs display appears in the V iew frame. T able 5-13 lists and describes the fields in this display . V iewing IOC Properties T o view the pro perties of the I/O controllers (IOCs) on your device: NOTE: This feature is not availabl e on all hardware platforms. 1. Expand the Inf iniBan d icon in the T ree frame. 2. E[...]

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    59 V iewing IOC Services T o view the IOC services on your device: NOTE: This feature is not availabl e on all hardware platforms. 1. Expand the Inf iniBan d icon in the T ree frame. 2. Expand the Device Management sub-icon in the T ree frame. 3. Click the IOC Services branch in the T ree frame. The IOC Services table appears in the V iew frame. T [...]

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    60 4. Click the radio button next to the service whose pro perties you want to view , then click the Proper ties button. The Infiniband Service Properties window opens. T able 5 -16 lists and describes the elements in this window . T able 5-16: Infiniband Se rvice Properties Window Elements Element Descripti on Subnet Pr efix field Subnet prefix of[...]

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    61 6 Ethernet Icon T asks The following sections ap pear in this chapter: • “V iew ing Bridge Groups” on page 61 • “V iew ing Bridge Subnets” on page 64 • “V iew ing Bridge Forwarding” on page 64 • “V iew ing Redundancy Groups” on page 65 • “V iew ing T runk Groups” on p age 66 V iewing Bridge Group s T o view the bri [...]

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    62 V iewing Bridge Group Properties T o view the pro perties of a bridge group: 1. Expand the Ethernet icon in the T ree frame. 2. Click the Bridge Groups branch. The Bridge Gr oups table appears in the V iew frame. 3. Click the radio button next to the bridg e group whose properties you want to view , then click the Proper ties button. The Etherne[...]

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    63 4. Enter a bridge group ID num ber in the ID field. 5. (Optional) Enter a name in the Name field. 6. Enter a subnet prefix in the Subnet Prefix field or leave the field as 0.0.0. 0 to enable auto-detection. 7. Enter the length of the subnet prefix in the Subnet Prefix Len field. 8. Enter the next Ethernet hop addres s in the Ethernet Next Hop fi[...]

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    64 V iewing Bridge Subnet s T o view bridge subnets: 1. Expand the Ethernet icon in the T ree frame. 2. Click the Bridge Subnet branch. The Bridge Subnet display appears in the V iew frame. Ta b l e 6 - 3 lists and describes the fields in this display . Adding Bridge Subnet T o add a bridge subnet: 1. Expand the Ethernet icon in the T ree frame. 2.[...]

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    65 Adding Bridge Forwarding T o add a bridge subnet: 1. Expand the Ethernet icon in the T ree frame. 2. Click the Bridge Forwarding branch. 3. Click the Add button. The Add Ethernet Bridge Group Forwarding window opens. 4. Enter the ID of the bridge group in the ID field. 5. Click the eth or ib radio button to specify IP or IPoIB respectively . 6. [...]

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    66 V iewing T runk Group s T o view the tru nk groups on your Server Switch: 1. Expand the Ethernet icon in the T ree frame. 2. Click the T runk Grou ps branch. The T runk Gr oups table appears in the V iew frame. Ta b l e 6 - 6 lists and describes the fields in this table. Adding a T runk Group T o add a trunk group: 1. Expand the Ethernet icon in[...]

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    67 6. Check, in the Port Members field, the checkboxes of the por ts that you want to include. NOTE: Check the checkbox of a particular card to automatically check all ports on that card. 7. Click the radio button of the distribution type to apply to the trunk gro up in the Distribution T ype field. 8. Click the Apply button. V iewing T runk Group [...]

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    68 Configuring a T runk Group T o configure an existing trunk group: 1. Expand the Ethernet icon in the T ree frame. 2. Click the T runk Grou ps branch. The T runk Gr oups table appears in the V iew frame. 3. Click the radio button next to the group that you want to delete, then click the Pr operties button. The Ethernet T runk Group Pr operties wi[...]

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    69 7 Fibre Channel Icon T asks The following sections ap pear in this chapter: • “Configuring Global ITL Attrib utes” on page 69 • “V iewing SRP Hosts (Initiators)” on page 70 • “V iewing Fibre Channel T argets” on page 7 3 • “V iew ing Fibre Channel LUNs” on page 75 • “V iewing IT Policies” on page 77 • “V iew ing[...]

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    70 • Uncheck the checkbox and grant all new initiators access to ports. b. (Optional) Click the Restricted checkbox in the LUN Access field to: • Check the checkbox an d deny all new initiators access to LUNs. • Uncheck the checkbox and grant al l new initiators access to LUNs. 4. Configure random access device att ributes: a. (Optional) Ente[...]

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    71 V i ewing SRP Host (Initiator) Properties T o view the properti es of a SRP host: 1. Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the SRP Hosts branch. A SRP Hosts table that includes all SRP hosts that connect to the chassis appears in the V iew frame. 3. Click the radio button next to the SRP ho st whose properties you want to vie[...]

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    72 4. Select Show WWPNs from the Show Options pulldown menu. A SRP H ost Wwpns table appears in the V iew frame. Ta b l e 7 - 3 lists and describes the fields in th is table. V iewing IT Policies of the Host T o view the details of the initiat or-tar get (I T) pairs to which a host (initi ator) belongs: 1. Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree [...]

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    73 Deleting SRP Host T o delete an SRP host from the confi guration file: 1. Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the SRP Hosts branch. A SRP Hosts table that includes all SRP hosts that connect to the chassis appears in the V iew frame. 3. Click the radio button next to t he host that you want to delete from the configu ration[...]

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    74 V iewing Fibre Channel T arget Properties T o view the properties of a Fibre Channel tar get: 1. Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the T argets branch. A T argets table that includes all target s in your configuration file appears in the V iew frame. 3. Click the radio button next to the target whose properties you want t[...]

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    75 6. (Optional) Enter a serve name in the Service Name field. 7. Click the Apply button, then click the Close butto n. V iewing IT Policies of the T arget T o view the details of the initiat or-tar get (IT) pairs to which a target belongs: 1. Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the T argets branch. A T argets table that inclu[...]

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    76 3. Click the radio button next to the LUN wh ose properties you want to view , then click the Proper ties button. The SRP LUN Properties window opens. Ta b l e 7 - 7 li sts and d escrib es the elements in this window . Configuring Fibre Channel LUN Properties T o configure FB LUN properties: 1. Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame. 2.[...]

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    77 9. Click the Apply button, then click the Close butto n. V iewing ITL Policies of the LUN T o view the details of the initiat or-tar get-LUN (ITL) groups to which a LUN belongs: 1. Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame. 2. Click the Logical Units branch. A Logica l Units table that includes all FC tar gets that connect to the chassis a[...]

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    78 V iewing ITLs T o view ITL properties: 1. Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the T ree frame. 2. Click the ITLs branch. The ITLs table appears in the V iew frame. T able 7-10 lists and describes the fields in this table. V iewing ITL Properties T o view detailed ITL properties: 1. Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the T ree frame. 2. Click the ITLs[...]

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    79 V iewing Global St atistics T o view global SRP statistics: 1. Expand the FB icon in the T ree frame. 2. Click the Global S tatistics branch. The SRP Glob al S tatistics display appears in the V iew frame. T able 7-12 lists an d describes th e fields in this displ ay . LUN Logical ID field Logical ID of the di sk or tape in the target. Device Ca[...]

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    80 FCP Commands Completed T o tal number of FCP commands completed on the FB interface gateway(s). FCP Bytes Read T otal number of I/O bytes read by the target device. FCP Bytes Written T o tal number of I/O bytes written by the target device. FCP Commands Outstanding T otal number of FCP commands outstanding on the FB interface gateway(s). FCP Err[...]

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    Index A access privileges ....................................................15 admin status configuring, card .............................................22 authentication ........................................................39 auto-negotiation, configuring ..........................28 , 31 B backing up configuration files ...................[...]

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    statistics ...........................................................81 H hosts adding ..............................................................74 configuring ......................................................75 deleting ............................................................75 ITLs ...................................................[...]

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    P parity .....................................................................31 PCA assembly number card 21 serial number card 21 port bridging properties ........................................26 ports administrative status .......................................31 auto-negotiation .............................................. 28 bridging prope[...]

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    adding ..............................................................67 configuring ......................................................69 deleting ............................................................69 properties ........................................................67 viewing ...........................................................[...]