IBM AA-RWF3A-TE manual SAN Switch management features, Management tools

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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