Preface

The SANsurfer FC HBA Manager User’s Guide describes the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager tool, used to configure and manage QLogic SANsurfer Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapters (HBAs) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) converged network adapters (CNAs) within storage area networks (SANs).

NOTE:

Throughout this guide, HBA and adapter are used interchangeably, as are the terms target and device.

What’s in this Guide

This guide contains the basic information you need to get started with the graphical user interface (GUI)-based SANsurfer FC HBA Manager management tool.

NOTE:

For detailed information about the features and functionality not covered in this guide, refer to the help system (see “Getting Help” on page 5-12).

This preface explains the typographic conventions used in this guide, lists related documents, specifies the intended audience, refers you to the QLogic license agreements, and provides technical support and contact information.

The remainder of the user's guide contains the following sections and appendices:

„Section 1 SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Overview describes the features of SANsurfer FC HBA Manager.

„Section 2 System Overview outlines the hardware and software installation of devices controlled by SANsurfer FC HBA Manager.

„Section 3 System Requirements lists the hardware and software requirements needed for optimum SANsurfer FC HBA Manager performance.

„Section 4 Installing SANsurfer FC HBA Manager describes how to install and uninstall SANsurfer FC HBA Manager.

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