Brocade Communications Systems IP250 user manual Host Management, Host management

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In this chapter

•Host management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

•Brocade adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

•HCM software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

•Host adapter discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

•VM Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

•HCM and Management application support on ESXi systems . . . . . . . . . . 457

•Adapter software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

•Bulk port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

•Adapter port WWN virtualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

•Role-based access control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

•Host performance management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

•Host security authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

•supportSave on adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

•Host fault management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

•Backup support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

Host management

Extensive management operations are supported on the switches and fabrics of the SAN using the Management application. Adapters and hosts are visible as part of the fabrics managed by the Management application.

The Management application integrates with another manageability application called the Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) to provide complete management of the Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) and Converged Network Adapters (CNAs).

The Management application focuses on operations such as fault management, performance management, and configuration management for multiple adapters and adapter ports and security configuration using Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) that is set up on the adapter port and the switch.

HCM supports management for individual adapters (4/8/16 Gbps HBAs), 10 Gbps CNAs, 10 Gbps or 16 Gbps Fabric Adapters, and other devices, such as the host, DCB ports, FCoE ports, and Ethernet ports.

The Management application, in conjunction with HCM, provides end-to-end management capability. For information about configuring, monitoring, and managing individual adapters using the HCM GUI or the Brocade Command Utility (BCU), refer to the Adapters Administrator’s Guide.

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