SAN Switch management features

SAN Switches use built-in management tools to help you monitor fabric topology, check port status, and debug the switch. Table 7 lists the management tools available.

When running IP over FC, these management tools must be supported by both HBA and HBA drivers. For a list of supported HBAs, see the HP StorageWorks SAN design guide: http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide.

Table 7 Management tools

Management tool

Out-of-band support

In-band support

 

 

 

CLI— Up to two admin sessions and

Ethernet or serial connection

IP over FC

four user sessions simultaneously

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced Web Tools— For information,

Ethernet connection

IP over FC

refer to the Web Tools administrator’s

 

 

guide for the Fabric OS version running

 

 

on your switch.

 

 

 

 

 

Standard SNMP applications— For

Ethernet connection

IP over FC

information, refer to the Fabric OS MIB

 

 

reference manual for the Fabric OS

 

 

version running on your switch.

 

 

 

 

 

Management Server— For information,

Ethernet connection

Native in-band

refer to the Fabric OS administrator’s

 

interface (over HBA

guide and the Fabric OS command

 

only)

reference manual for the Fabric OS

 

 

version running on your switch.

 

 

Managing SAN Switches from a single management station

A management station connected to one switch via Ethernet can also be used to manage other switches connected to the first switch via FC. To do so, set the gateway address of the first switch to the gateway address of the subnet that the first switch resides on. Then, set the FC gateway address of each of the other switches to the FCIP address of the first switch. (See Table 8 for an example of address sets for a management station with three switches).

NOTE:

The disadvantage of this method is that the management station can only communicate with the switches.

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