Brocade Communications Systems 415, 425, 815, 825, BR-1010, BR-1020 Base Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA)

80 Brocade Adapters Administrator’s Guide

53-1001256-01

Base Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA)

Base Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA)

The Base Port Properties panel enables you to display the properties that are associated with the

base port.

Opening the properties panel

1. From the device tree, select a base port.

2. In the right pane, click the Base Port Properties tab.

Fields and components

Field Description

Base Port The name of the base port.

FC Address The Fibre Channel address of the base port.

Node WWN The world wide name of the device.

Port WWN The world wide name of the base port.

Roles The role of the base port; for example, FCP Initiator.

State Indicates whether the base port is online or offline.

Switch NWWN The world wide name of the switch.

Switch IP Address The IP address of the switch.

Symbolic Name The symbolic name associated with the base port.

Contents

Main Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated Document History 53-1001256-01 New document June 2009 Title Publication number Summary of changes Date Contents About This Document Chapter 1 Fibre Channel over Ethernet Chapter 2 HCM Overview Chapter 3 Getting Started with HCM Software Chapter 4 Host Configuration Chapter 5 Monitoring Chapter 6 Diagnostics Appendix A HCM Dialog Boxes Appendix B Brocade Command Utility Appendix C HCM Troubleshooting Appendix D Glossary and acronyms Index Figures Page Tables Page About This Document In this section How this document is organized Document conventions ATTENTION Text formatting Notes, cautions, and warnings Key terms Notice to the reader Additional information Brocade resources Other industry resources Getting technical help Related documentation Page Page Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE overview DCB exchange protocol Drivers Enhanced Ethernet features Enhanced transmission selection Priority-based flow control Ethernet jumbo frames FCoE protocols supported Ethernet link layer protocols supported FCoE protocols HCM Overview HCM software HCM features Tree node pop-up menus Tree node pop-up menus 2 TABLE 1 SAN component Pop-up menu feature Operating system support Ethernet Link Layer Driver OS support TABLE 2 Supported features 2 FCoE Driver OS support Supported features TABLE 3 Operating System x86 IA64 IEM64T AMD64 SPARC TABLE 4 Features FCoE port Link Layer (LL) Ethernet port Physical port OS-specific features TABLE 5 Getting Started with HCM Software HCM software launch Launching the application on Windows platforms Launching the application on Linux platforms Launching the application on Solaris platforms Remember password Skip login Changing an HCM application password FIGURE 2 Changing an HCM agent password FIGURE 3 Resetting a password or restoring a factory default password Backing up data after an uninstall HCM main window FIGURE 4 HCM product icons TABLE 6 Discovery Setting up out-of-band discovery for an adapter FIGURE 5 Logging off HCM Page Host Configuration Host security authentication Configuring security authentication using the GUI (Host and HBA) Configuring security authentication using the BCU Buffer credits Basic port configuration TABLE 7 Opening the Basic Port Configuration dialog box FIGURE 7 Port logging level Configuring the port logging level using the GUI Configuring the port logging level using the BCU Ethernet logging level Configuring the Ethernet logging level using the GUI Port speed Configuring the port speed using the GUI Configuring the port speed using the BCU Frame data field size Specifying the maximum frame size using the GUI Configuring the frame data field size using the BCU Persistent binding Enabling and disabling persistent binding using the GUI QoS (HBA only) Configuring QoS on the switch side using the BCU Configuring QoS on the HBA side using the BCU MPIO (HBA only) Specifying the MPIO using the GUI Specifying MPIO using the BCU Path Time Out Specifying Path Time Out using the GUI Specifying Path Time Out using the BCU Target rate limiting (HBA only) Enabling and disabling rate limiting on the adapter side using the GUI Boot over SAN (HBA only) Configuring Boot over SAN FIGURE 8 Enabling and disabling Boot over SAN using the BCU Boot code image upload (HBA only) Updating boot code using the GUI FIGURE 9 Virtual Port configuration Creating a Virtual Port FIGURE 10 Deleting a Virtual Port HCM Logging levels Configuring the HCM logging level using the GUI Advanced port configuration Opening the Advanced Port Configuration dialog box FIGURE 12 TABLE 8 Queue Depth configuration Configuring the queue depth using the GUI Configuring the queue depth using the BCU Interrupt Control Coalesce Configuring the Interrupt Control Coalesce using the GUI (HBA only) NPIV Name configuration Name validation Editing the name fields FIGURE 13 Adding name entries Removing a name entry Exporting the properties for a WWN Importing the properties for a WWN Importing properties in EFCM format Importing properties in DCFM or FM format DCFM support for FCoE Importing duplicated names FIGURE 14 VLAN configuration Adding a VLAN FIGURE 15 FIGURE 16 VLAN configuration conflicts FIGURE 17 FIGURE 18 Editing a VLAN FIGURE 19 Removing a VLAN FIGURE 20 Page Monitoring Performance monitoring Polling frequency rate Controlling the polling frequency rate Resetting statistics FIGURE 21 Master Log Event severities TABLE 10 TABLE 11 Filtering event log entries FIGURE 22 Application log Syslog support Opening the Syslog Server Configuration dialog box FIGURE 24 Registering a host server Removing a host server Page Diagnostics Related Diagnostic Documentation Fibre Channel diagnostics using the BCU diag commands fcdiag commands TABLE 13 TABLE 14 Fibre Channel diagnostics using the GUI Running a hardware-level test using the GUI FIGURE 25 Fibre Channel diagnostics using the GUI Hardware-level test parameters TABLE 15 Hardware-level test Parameter Test Options NOTE: During the test IOC will be disabled. NOTE: For an External Loopback test, you must plug in the loopback connector. Running a Fibre Channel protocol-level test using the GUI FIGURE 26 Displaying test log details TABLE 16 Page Ethernet diagnostics Beaconing Configuring beaconing using the GUI Configuring beaconing using the BCU TABLE 17 SFP Management Displaying SFP information using the BCU Displaying SFP information using the GUI FIGURE 29 Debugging supportSave supportSave collection sources TABLE 19 TABLE 20 Automatic statistics collection supportSave collection using the GUI supportSave collection on a port crash event supportSave collection using a command prompt supportSave collection using a browser A HCM Dialog Boxes In this section Page Authentication Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) Page Backup dialog box (HBA and CNA) Base Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA) CEE properties panel (CNA only) CEE Port Properties panel (CNA only) CEE Statistics dialog box (CNA only) A CEE Statistics dialog box (CNA only) Opening the CEE Statistics dialog box CEE Statistics dialog box (CNA only) Change HCM Password dialog box (HBA and CNA) Change HCM Agent dialog box (HBA and CNA) CNA Properties panel (CNA only) A CNA Properties panel (CNA only) 1. Select a CNA in the device tree. CNA Properties panel (CNA only) Configure Names dialog box (HBA and CNA) Define Name dialog box (HBA and CNA) Duplicated Names dialog box (HBA and CNA) Eth IOC Statistics dialog box (CNA only) Ethernet Port Properties panel (CNA only) Eth Statistics dialog box (CNA only) Eth Statistics dialog box (CNA only) A Event Properties dialog box (HBA and CNA) Fabric Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) FCoE port properties (CNA only) FCoE port properties (CNA only) Select an FCoE port in the device tree and click the Properties tab in the right pane. FCoE port properties (CNA only) A FCoE Statistics dialog box (CNA only) FCP IM Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A FCP IM Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) Right-click a remote port from the device tree and select FCP IM Statistics. Page FCP IM Module Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A FCP IM Module Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) Select Monitor > Statistics > FCP IM Module Statistics from the Host Connectivity Manager. Right-click a port from the device tree and select FCP IM Module Statistics. Page Fibre Channel Security Protocol dialog box (HBA and CNA) Hardware Tests Diagnostics dialog box (HBA and CNA) HBA Properties panel (HBA only) A HBA Properties panel (HBA only) 1. Select an HBA in the device tree. HBA Properties panel (HBA only) IOC Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A IOC Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) IOC Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) IOC Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A LLDP Properties panel (CNA only) Logical Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Logical Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) Select Monitor > Statistics > Logical Port Statistics from the Host Connectivity Manager Right-click a logical port (LPORT) from the device tree and select Logical Port Statistics. Page LPORT Properties panel (HBA and CNA) Master Log tab (HBA and CNA) Opening the Master Log Page Master Log Filter dialog box (HBA and CNA) Persistent Binding dialog box (HBA and CNA) Port POM Properties panel (HBA and CNA) Port Properties panel (HBA only) A Port Properties panel (HBA only) QoS properties apply only to the HBA. 1. Select a port in the device tree. Port Properties panel (HBA only) Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) Select Monitor > Statistics > Port Statistics from the Host Connectivity Manager. Page Protocol Tests dialog box (HBA and CNA) QoS Statistics dialog box (HBA only) Remote Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA) SFP Properties panel SFP Properties panel A Syslog Server Configuration dialog box (HBA and CNA) Target Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Target Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) Right-click a remote port and select Target Sta tist ics. Target Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) Target Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) A Test Log Details dialog box (HBA and CNA) Virtual Port Creation dialog box (HBA and CNA) Virtual Port Deletion dialog box (HBA and CNA) Virtual Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA) Virtual Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) Virtual Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA) Page VLAN Configuration dialog box (CNA only) VLAN configuration - Add a VLAN dialog box (CNA only) VLAN configuration - Edit a VLAN dialog box (CNA only) VLAN Statistics dialog box (CNA only) Page B Brocade Command Utility In this appendix About the BCU BCU commands BCU commands B BCU commands BCU commands B BCU commands adapter adapter adapter B See Also IOC, port auth Page Page bios Page boot (HBA only) cee cee B See Also None debug debug B Example Page diag Page Page drvconf ethdiag ethioc ethlog ethport Page fabric fcdiag Page fcpim fcpim Example See Also IOC vport IOC Page log lport lport B See Also None PT Logical Port PWWN Logical Port NWWN FC Addr FC4 Roles pbind port port B port Page qos (HBA only) ratelim (HBA only) rport rport B Examples rport See Also None. vlan Page vport Page C HCM Troubleshooting HCM tab navigation Page D Glossary and acronyms Page Page Page Page Index C E F H I L P Q R S T U V W

Brocade Communications Systems Base Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA)

Models: 415 425 815 825 BR-1010 BR-1020