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AFrequently Asked Questions

On what platforms does SANsurfer FC

HBA Manager run?

The SANsurfer FC HBA Manager user interface runs on

any platform that supports the Java JVM™ 1.4 specifica-

tion. The agent runs only on Windows XP Profes-

sional/Windows 2000/Windows Server 2003/Windows

Vista/Windows Server 2008, Solaris SPARC/x86, Red

Hat/SUSE Linux, Macintosh OS X, and NetWare.

Can the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager user

interface running on Red Hat/SUSE Linux

talk to a Windows host running the agent?

The SANsurfer FC HBA Manager user interface running on

any platform can talk to any other platform running the

agent. The SANsurfer FC HBA Manager interface allows

connections to different platforms at the same time.

What does the blinking heart on the con-

nected host mean?

SANsurfer FC HBA Manager actively pings the agent at

the specified broadcast interval. This allows SANsurfer FC

HBA Manager to detect agent presence on all platforms

(even if agent shutdown notification is not supported). It

also allows the detection of agent crashes as soon as pos-

sible. During an agent crash, the notification may not have

been sent to all the connected user interfaces.

Can the current contents of the alarm and

event logs be saved to a file?

The alarm and event log files are stored in the SANsurfer

FC HBA Manager install directory as a comma delimited

list of entries (one per line). The alarm log file is

alarms.txt and the event log file is events.txt.

Can SANsurfer FC HBA Manager be run

as a Java applet?

No, SANsurfer FC HBA Manager currently does not run as

a Java applet.

Does SANsurfer FC HBA Manager sup-

port SNMP?

No, SANsurfer FC HBA Manager currently supports only

the RPC communication layer between the user interface

and agent.