McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch
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Contents
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Managing switches
Command Line Interface
Managing ports
Glossary Index
Figures
Tables
Prerequisites
Intended audience
Related documentation
Document conventions Convention Element
Document conventions and symbols
Jdom license
Bold font
HP technical support
HP-authorized reseller
Helpful web sites
Using McDATA Web Server
Workstation requirements
Starting McDATA Web Server
Setting McDATA Web Server preferences
Exiting McDATA Web Server
Using online help
Viewing software version and copyright information
McDATA Web Server user interface
Menu bars
Topology display menu
Faceplate display menu
Tool bar
Shortcut keys
Graphic window
Fabric tree
Data window and tabs
Switch and link status
Using the topology display
Working status Indicator
Working with switches and links
Layout Topology to restore the saved layout
Selecting switches and links
Arranging switches in the display
Opening the faceplate and topology display popup menus
Working with ports
Using the faceplate display
Port views and status
Selecting ports
Faceplate data windows
Opening the faceplate popup menu
Managing fabrics
Radius servers
Adding a Radius server
Removing a Radius server
Editing Radius server information
Modifying authentication order Radius server information
Connection security
Security consistency checklist
Securing a fabric
User account security
Device security
Edit Security dialog
Create Security Set dialog
Create Security Group dialog
Create Security Group Member dialog
Editing the security configuration on a switch
Security Config dialog
Viewing properties of a security set, group, or member
Fabric services
Tracking fabric firmware and software versions
Enabling Snmp configuration
Enabling in-band management
Viewing and comparing version snapshots
Managing the fabric database
Saving a version snapshot
Exporting version snapshots to a file
Opening a fabric view file
Deleting switches and links
Removing a fabric
Rediscovering a fabric
Adding a new switch to a fabric
Replacing a failed switch
Displaying fabric information
Fabric status
Displaying the Event Browser
Managing fabrics
Sorting the Event Browser
Filtering the Event Browser
Devices data window
Saving the Event Browser to a file
Active Zone Set data window
Working with device information and nicknames
Link data window
Exporting device information to a file
Displaying detailed device information
Managing device port nicknames
Deleting a nickname
Creating a nickname
Editing a nickname
Exporting nicknames to a file
Zones
Zoning a fabric
Zoning concepts
Aliases
Zone sets
Zoning database
Editing the zoning database
Managing the zoning database
Managing the zoning database consists of the following
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Configuring the zoning database
Zoning Config dialog
Saving the zoning database to a file
Restoring the default zoning database
Restoring the zoning database from a file
Removing all zoning definitions
Managing zone sets
Creating a zone set
Removing a zone from a zone set or from all zone sets
Activating and deactivating a zone set
Copying a zone to a zone set
Removing a zone set
Adding zone members
Managing zones
Creating a zone in a zone set
Managing zones involves the following
Removing a zone from a zone Set
Renaming a zone or a zone set
Removing a zone member
Removing a zone from all zone sets
Adding a member to an alias
Managing aliases
Creating an alias
Removing an alias from all zones
Merging fabrics and zoning
Zone merge failure recovery
Zone merge failure
Managing fabrics
Managing switches
Managing user accounts
User Account Administration dialog Add Account tab
Creating user accounts
User Account Administration dialog Remove Account tab
Removing a user account
Changing a user account password
User Account Administration dialog Change Password tab
User Account Administration dialog Modify Account tab
Modifying a user account
Displaying switch information
Switch data window
Resource allocation timeout value
Error detect timeout value
Zoneset is activated on a switch
Time a centralized server
Port Information data window
Port Statistics data window
Management application and CIM sessions is provided
Configured Zonesets data windows
Configured Zonesets data window
Configuring port threshold alarms
Generate rising Trigger alarm Eligibility ends
Paging a switch
Setting the date/time and enabling NTP client
Generate falling Trigger Trigger alarm Eligibility is reset
Resetting a switch
Firmware and it is disruptive to switch traffic
Switch properties
Configuring a switch
Using the configuration wizard
Symbolic name
Switch administrative states
Domain ID and domain ID lock
Fabric Device Management Interface
Broadcast support
Advanced switch properties
In-band management
Interop mode for zoning
System Services dialog
Timeout values
Operation between two NPorts could require. The default is
Security Consistency Checklist dialog
IP configuration
Network properties
Remote logging
Snmp properties
NTP client
Default is public
Snmp configuration
Switch and the Snmp management server must be the same.
Same. The default is private
Archiving a switch
Snmp trap configuration
Restoring a switch
Restoring the factory default configuration
Installing Product Feature Enablement PFE keys
Downloading a support file
Installing firmware
Using McDATA Web Server to install firmware
Using the CLI to install firmware
Displaying hardware status
Hardware status LEDs
Managing switches
Displaying port information
Faceplate display port information
Displaying port types
Monitoring port status
Displaying port operational states
Displaying port speeds
Displaying transceiver media status
Port Statistics data window
Number of F7, Alps LIPs, or Alpd vendor specific resets
Is counted. a link reset is performed after a link failure
Performed
On a switch reset
May be different from the configured
Administrative state if the user has not saved it
Time it is set to try to set the port operational
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Configuring ports
Changing port administrative states
Changing port types
Changing port speeds
Device scan
Changing port symbolic name
Resetting a port
Testing ports
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Managing ports
Commands,
Logging on to a 4Gb SAN Switch
User accounts
Working with switch configurations
Modifying a configuration
Backing up and restoring switch configurations
Commands
Possibilities if more than one possibility exists
Show Config
Admin
Admin session commands
Config1
Opens the Admin session
Admin command
See also Set Setup command,
Alias command
Rename aliasold aliasnew
See also CIMListener command,
CIM command
Opens a CIM edit session
CIMListener command
Default is
See also CIM command,
URL
CIMSubscription command
CIMListener command,
Config command
Save configname
See also Set Setup command,
Create command
Following is an example of the Create Certificate command
See also Date command, page 124 Set command,
Date command
See also Date command,
Feature command
Displays a list of installed PFE key features
Firmware Install command
Group command
Hash
Configures security for attachments to other switches
Group member attributes Attribute Description Secret
WWN
Following is an example of the Group Members command
Following is an example of the Group Edit command
Following is an example of the Group List command
See also Security command,
Hardreset command
Help command
Following is an example of the Help Config Edit command
History command
Hotreset command
Image command
Displays the list of image files that reside on the switch
Wait for the unpack to complete
See also Firmware Install command,
Lip command
Passwd command
See also User command,
Ping command
This following is an example of an unsuccessful Ping command
Ps command
PID Ppid %CPU Time Elapsed Command
Quit command
Description Closes the Telnet session Authority None
Reset command
Operands cim Resets cim configuration to default values
10000
InteropCredit FANEnable True
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Command Line Interface
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Hotreset command, Set Log command,
Security command
Following is an example of the Security History command
Following is an example of the Security Limits command
See also Group command,
Securityset command
Following is an example of the Securityset Groups command
Following is an example of the Securityset List command
Disables the flashing beacon
Set command
Disables the display of alarms in the session output stream
Allows continuous display of information without a break
Places all ports online
Prepares all ports for testing
See also Set Config command,
Places all ports offline
Set Config command
Logged-in NLPort. The default is True
Set Config port parameters Parameter Description
Using this feature
Disables LCFEnable and VIEnable
Security
For errors to clear. The default is
Default is False
Link. The default is
High, 255 is low. The default is
Threshold
Default is True
Should be enabled in a production environment
Following is an example of the Set Config Security command
Arbff
Following is an example of the Set Config Switch command
Edtov
Following is an example of the Set Config Threshold command
Following is an example of the Set Config Zoning command
See also Config command,
Set Log command
Monitors none of the severity levels
Disables monitoring on all ports
Specifies no severity levels for display on the screen
Specifies all ports
Command Line Interface
Disables the port by removing power from the port lasers
Set Port command
Port speed is automatically detected
Set Setup command
Default is True
Parameter, EmbeddedGUIEnabled. The default is True
Comma ,. The default is undefined
Name can be up to 64 characters excluding #, semicolon ,
Becomes effective immediately. The default is False
If remote logging is enabled. The default is
Is 1 Static
Following is an example of the Set Setup Services command
Following is an example of the Set Setup Snmp command
Following is an example of the Set Setup System command
Show command
Displays chassis component status and temperature
Displays the status of the active network interfaces
Displays name server information for all switches and ports
Displays Link State database information
Loop
Has been detected at the receiver
Steering domainid
Switch
Following is an example of the Show Fabric command
Displays the current time zone setting
Following is an example of the Show Domains command
Following is an example of the Show Fdmi command
Following is an example of the Show NS local domain command
Following is an example of the Show Fdmi WWN command
Following is an example of the Show NS portID command
Following is an example of the Show Interface command
Following is an example of the Show Port command
Following is an example of the Show Switch command
Following is an example of the Show Topology command
Following is an example of the Show Version command
See also Show Config command,
Displays alarm threshold parameters for the switch
Show Config command
Displays configuration parameters for the switch
Displays the security database Autosave parameter value
Following is an example of the Show Config Switch command
Following is an example of the Show Config Threshold command
Following is an example of the Show Config Zoning command
Monitors all components
Show Log command
Snmp events
Displays all informative events Displays all warning events
Displays all events related to switch management
Following is an example of the Show Log Level command
Displays all critical events
Following is an example of the Show Log command
Following is an example of the Show Log Options command
See also Set Log command,
Show Perf command
Following is an example of the Show Perf Byte command
Show Setup command
Following is an example of the Show Setup Radius command
Following is an example of the Show Setup Snmp command
Following is an example of the Show Setup System command
Shutdown command
Test command
Cancels the online test in progress
Admin start
Uptime command
User command
Following is an example of the User Delete command
Following is an example of the User Add command
Following is an example of the User Edit command
Following is an example of the User List command
Whoami command
Zone command
Name server zone
Following is an example of the Zone Zonesets command
Following is an example of the Zone Members command
See also Zoneset command,
Zoneset command
Syntax zoneset
Following is an example of the Zoneset Zones command
Following is an example of the Zoneset List command
See also Zone command,
Zoning command
Starts a Zoning Edit session
Toward this maximum
Following is an example of the Zoning Limits command
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Following is an example of the Zoning Limits command
Following is an example of the Zoning List command
Command Line Interface
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
Alarm
On that switch
Default Visibility setting
Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager
Connection between two switches using EPorts
Reset the switch or place the switch in maintenance mode
An end-of-frame EOF delimiter
Simple Network Management Protocol
Power On Self Test
Small Form-Factor Pluggable
Level, and expiration date
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Type 129, 130 Group command
Speed 95, 101, 169 status 23 symbolic name 102 test
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