3 – Managing Fabrics

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Tracking Fabric Firmware and Software Versions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.2.5.1

Enabling SNMP Configuration

To enable SNMP configuration, choose one of the following:

1.On the faceplate display, open the Switch menu.

„Select SNMP Properties to open the SNMP Properties dialog. In the SNMP Configuration area, place a check mark in the SNMP Enabled check box.

„Select Services to open the System Services dialog. Check the SNMP option.

2.Click the OK button to save the change to the database.

3.2.5.2

Enabling In-band Management

To enable In-band Management, do the following:

1.On the faceplate display, open the Switch menu and select Switch Properties to open the Switch Properties dialog.

2.Click the In-band Management Enable button.

3.Click the OK button to save the change to the database.

3.3

Tracking Fabric Firmware and Software Versions

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.

3.3.1

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 3-9, 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.

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Sun Microsystems 5602 manual Enabling Snmp Configuration, Enabling In-band Management, Saving a Version Snapshot