Brocade Communications Systems IP250 user manual HCM software, AnyIOTM technology

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AnyIOTM technology

Although the Brocade 1860 Fabric Adapter can be shipped in a variety of small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver configurations, you can change port function to the following modes using Brocade AnyIOTM technology, provided the correct SFP transceiver is installed for the port:

•HBA or Fibre Channel mode — This mode utilizes the Brocade Fibre Channel storage driver. An 8 or 16 Gbps Fibre Channel SFP transceiver can be installed for the port. The port provides Host Bus Adapter (HBA) functions on a single port so that you can connect your host system to devices on the Fibre Channel SAN. Ports with 8 Gbps SFP transceivers configured in HBA mode can operate at 2, 4, or 8 Gbps. Ports with 16 Gbps SFP transceivers configured in HBA mode can operate at 2, 4, 8, or 16 Gbps.

Fabric Adapter ports set in HBA mode appear as “FC” ports when discovered in HCM. They appear as “FC HBA” to the operating system.

•Ethernet or NIC mode — This mode utilizes the Brocade network driver. A 10 GbE SFP+ transceiver must be installed for the port. This mode supports basic Ethernet, Data Center Bridging (DCB), and other protocols that operate over DCB to provide functions on a single port that are traditionally provided by an Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC). Ports configured in this mode can operate at up to 10 Gbps. Fabric Adapters that ship from the factory with 10 GbE SFP transceivers installed or no SFP transceivers installed are configured for Ethernet mode by default.

Fabric Adapter ports set in NIC mode appear as Ethernet ports when discovered in HCM. These ports appear as “10 GbE NIC” to the operating system.

•CNA mode — This mode provides all functions of Ethernet or NIC mode, plus adds support for FCoE features by utilizing the Brocade FCoE storage driver. A 10 GbE SFP+ transceiver must be installed for the port. Ports configured in CNA mode connect to an FCoE switch. The port provides all traditional CNA functions for allowing Fibre Channel traffic to converge onto 10 Gbps DCB networks. The ports appear as Network Interface Cards (NICs) and Fibre Channel adapters to the host. FCoE and 10 GbE operations run simultaneously.

Fabric Adapter ports set in CNA mode appear as FCoE ports when discovered in HCM. These ports appear as “10 GbE NIC” to the operating system.

HCM software

The Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) is a management software application for configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting Brocade HBAs and CNAs in a SAN environment. For instructions about how to install the HCM software, refer to the Adapters Installation and Reference Manual.

You can manage the software on the host or remotely from another host. The communication between the management console and the agent is managed using JSON-RPC over HTTPS or CIM-XML over HTTPS.

NOTE

All HCM, utility, SMI-S Provider, boot software, and driver installation packages, as well as the Driver Update Disk (DUD), are described in the Adapters Installation and Reference Manual.

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