Q-Logic 5202 Fabric Tracker, Saving a Version Snapshot, Viewing and Comparing Version Snapshots

0	3 – Managing Fabrics
	Fabric Tracker

3.2

Fabric Tracker

The Fabric Tracker option enables you to generate a snapshot or baseline of current system version information, which can be viewed, analyzed and compared to other snapshot files, and exported to a file. Information includes date and time, SANsurfer Switch Manager version, switch active firmware version, device hardware, drivers, and firmware version from FDMI.

The Snapshot Analyzer option enables you to:

„Compare two snapshots

„Detect mismatches of firmware and driver versions

„Detect devices that have been moved, added to or removed from the fabric.

3.2.1

Saving a Version Snapshot

To save the current snapshot to an XML file, open the Fabric menu, select Fabric Tracker, and select Save Snapshot. To view and analyze system version information, open the Fabric menu, select Fabric Tracker, and select Analyze Snapshots. The Fabric Version Snapshot Analysis dialog, shown in Figure 3-1, opens with the Summary, Differences and Reports tab pages. Click the Browse buttons to open and view the snapshot files in the corresponding tab pages. Click the Close button to exit the Fabric Version Snapshot Analysis dialog. The color key below the scrollable area defines the meanings of the colors used.

The Summary tab page shows a brief description of the changes that have occurred between the older snapshot and the newer one. Use the Summary tab page quickly view what has changed.

3.2.2

Viewing and Comparing Version Snapshots

The Differences tab page shows a side-by-side comparison of two snapshots. The timestamp of each snapshot is displayed above the scroll area showing that snapshot. The background color of the older snapshot is darker than the background of the newer snapshot. The arrow icon between the snapshot selectors always points from the older snapshot to the newer one. If the two snapshots have the same timestamp, the arrow will not be displayed. The scroll bars are synchronized to view the same portion of each snapshot file simultaneously. Click and drag the separator bar between the two panes to resize each pane. At the top of the separator bar between the two panes, click the left/right arrows to close the corresponding pane. The left/right arrows move to one side.

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