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About This Document

In this section

•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
•Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
•Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
•Related documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

How this document is organized

.This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible.
The document contains the following components:
•Chapter 1, “Host Management Overview,” provides a description of the Host Connectivity
Manager (HCM) application software, the graphical user interface (GUI), system requirements,
and supported operating systems.
•Chapter 2, “Getting Started with HCM Software,” explains how to launch the management
software, set security passwords, discover SAN components, and log out.
•Chapter 3, “Host Configuration,” provides the procedures to configure operating parameters
(basic and advanced), security authentication, and persistent binding using the Brocade
Command Line Utility (BCU) or the GUI.
•Chapter 4, “Monitoring,” describes the HCM monitoring features.
•Chapter 5, “Diagnostics,” describes the non-destructive group of diagnostic commands that
can be run from the BCU or the GUI.
•Appendix A, “HCM Dialog Boxes,” lists the fields that are associated with the HCM GUI and
provides a definition for each field.
•Appendix B, “Brocade Command Utility,” provides reference information for the Host
Connectivity Manager (HCM) commands that can be run from the Brocade Command Line
Utility (BCU)
•Appendix C, “HCM Troubleshooting,” provides a summary of HCM navigation problems and
workarounds.
•Appendix D, “Glossary and Acronyms,” provides reference information for common terms and
acronyms.