Hitachi 1000 manual Management Software, Hitachi FC Controller FC-HBA functions

The Hitachi FC Controller FC-HBA supports the functions in Table 8.

Table 8: Hitachi FC Controller FC-HBA functions

Function	Details
Number of ports	1
PCI hot plug	Supported
Port speed	1/2/4/ Gb/sec.
Supported standards	FC-PH rev.4.3, FC-AL rev. 5.8
Supported topology	FC_AL, point-to-point switched fabric
Service class	Class 2/3
Number of BB credits	256
Maximum buffer size	2048
RAS	Error injection, trace, error detection
Intel Xeon Server Blade boot support	Supported (BIOS)
Intel Itanium Server Blade boot support	Supported (BIOS/EFI)

Management Software

Developed exclusively for BladeSymphony 1000, the BladeSymphony management software manages all of the hardware components of BladeSymphony 1000 in a unified manner, including the Embedded Fibre Channel Switch Module. In addition, Brocade management software is supported, allowing the Embedded Fibre Channel Switch Module to be managed using existing SAN management software. Each component can also be managed individually.

The Fibre Channel switch is managed through a 10/100M Ethernet (RJ-45) or serial port. Either port can be used to manage the switch. The following software is supported to manage the Fibre Channel switch:

•Brocade Web Tools — An easy-to-operate tool to monitor and manage the FC switch and SAN fabric. Operated from a Web browser.

•Brocade Fabric Watch — SAN monitor for the switches made by Brocade. It constantly monitors the SAN fabric to which the switch is connected, detects any possible fault, and gives the network manager a prior warning automatically.

•Brocade ISL Trunking — Groups ISLs between switches automatically to optimize the performance of the SAN fabric.

The Fibre Channel HBA supports Common HBA API version 1.0 (partly 2.0) developed by SNIA. Common HBA API is a low-level HBA standard interface to access the information in the SAN environment, and is provided as the API in the standard C language.

The network adapter supports SNMP and ACPI management software.

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