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Installation Tasks

Task 19: Configure the Sphereon 3032/3232 Element Manager

Applications

Selectively perform the following configuration tasks for the
Sphereon 3032/3232 element manager application according to the
customer’s installation requirements. For additional information,
refer to the McDATA Sphereon 3032 and 3232 Switch element manager
User Manual (620-000152).
Identify the switch to the SAN management application.
Configure switch management style (open systems or FICON).
Configure switch management style (open systems or FICON).
Configure switch operating parameters.
Configure switch and fabric operating parameters.
Configure switch binding.
Configure switch ports.
Configure logical port addresses (FICON Management Style
only).
Configure SNMP trap message recipients.
Configure threshold alerts.
Configure OpenTrunking.
Configure and enable e-mail notification.
Configure and enable call-home event notification.

Configure Switch

Identification Perform this procedure to configure the switch name, description,
location, and contact person for the SAN management application.
The information appears in multiple dialog boxes throughout the
application. In addition, the Name, Location, and Contact variables
configured at the Configure Identification dialog box correspond
respectively to the SNMP variables sysName, sysLocation, and
sysContact. These variables are used by SNMP management
workstations when obtaining data from managed switches.
To configure the switch identification: