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HCM features

Common HBA and CNA management software features include the following:

Discovery using the agent software running on the servers attached to the SAN, which enables you to contact the devices in your SAN.

Configuration management, which enables you to configure local and remote systems. With HCM, you can configure the following items:

-Brocade 4 Gbps and 8 Gbps HBAs

-HBA ports (including logical ports, base ports, remote ports, and virtual ports) associated with the local host

-Brocade 10 Gbps single-port and 10 Gbps dual-port CNAs

-Brocade 16 Gbps FC adapters

-DCB ports (CNA only)

-FCoE ports (CNA only)

-Ethernet ports (CNA only)

Diagnostics, which enables you to test the adapters and the devices to which they are connected:

-Link status of each adapter and its attached devices

-Loopback test, which is external to the adapter, to evaluate the ports (transmit and receive transceivers) and the error rate on the adapter

-Read/write buffer test, which tests the link between the adapter and its devices

-FC protocol tests, including echo, ping, and traceroute

-Ethernet loopback test (CNA only)

-Diagnostic Port (D-Port) test

Monitoring, which provides statistics for the SAN components.

Security, which enables you to specify a Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) secret and configure authentication parameters.

Event notifications, which provide asynchronous notification of various conditions and problems through a user-defined event filter.

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