HP StorageWorks 8B - FC Entry Switch User manual

procedures guide

version 3.0

fabric os

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Contents

Preface

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Related Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

System Requirements and Compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Getting Software Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Chapter 1 Setting the Initial Configuration

Logging into a Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Enabling Licensed Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Displaying the Installed Feature Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Changing the Admin Password and User ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Configuring the IP and Fibre Channel Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Displaying the Fabric Wide Device Count. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Chapter 2 Basic Configuration Procedures

Setting the Telnet Timeout Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Displaying the Firmware Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Setting the Switch Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Displaying the System Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Backing Up the System Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Restoring the System Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Upgrading or Restoring the Switch Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Disabling a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Enabling a Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Disabling a Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

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Enabling a Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Changing a Switch Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Setting the Switch Status Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Viewing the Policy Threshold Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Configuring the Policy Threshold Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Enabling the Track Changes Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Displaying whether Track Changes is Enabled . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Configuring a Static Route Between Two Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Configuring the In-order Delivery Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Forcing In-order Delivery of Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Disabling In-order Delivery of Frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Displaying Help Information for a Telnet Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Configuring Compatibility with the F16 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Reading Hexadecimal Port Diagrams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Chapter 3 Working with the Management Server

Configuring Access to the Management Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Displaying the Access Control List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Adding a WWN to the Access Control List . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Deleting a WWN from the Access Control List. . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Displaying the Management Server Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Clearing the Management Server Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Displaying the Capability of a Fabric for Management Server Support 3-4

Activating the Platform Management Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Deactivating the Platform Management Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Chapter 4 Displaying Error Logs and Status

Displaying the Status of a Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Displaying Software Statistics for a Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Displaying Hardware Statistics for a Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Displaying a Summary of Port Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

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Displaying the Error Log of a Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Displaying the Switch Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Displaying Information About a Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Displaying the Uptime Of The Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Displaying the Fan Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Displaying Power Supply Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Displaying the Temperature Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Running Diagnostic Tests on the Switch Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Glossary

Index

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Preface

Fabric OS Procedures Guide Version 3.0 provides procedures used to administer and configure the

HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 8B, FC 1Gb/2Gb Entry Switch 8B, and FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch

16B products through the telnet interface. This manual provides procedures for many of the basic

tasks of administrating a switch. For tasks related to specific features such as Zoning or QuickLoop

refer to the individual product guides. This manual is created primarily for new administrators of

switches.

About This Guide

This guide provides the following information about Fabric OS:

Related Publications

Related product information can be found in the following publications.

Provided with the FC Entry Switch 8B and FC Switch 8B:

•HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Entry Switch 8B and FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 8B Getting Started

Guide (A7346-90902)

•HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Entry Switch 8B and FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 8B Documentation

CD (A7346-11001)

Chapter 1

Setting the Initial Configuration Provides information on initial configuration

procedures including logging in and changing

passwords.

Chapter 2

Basic Configuration Procedures Provides information on basic configuration

procedures.

Chapter 3

Working with the Management Server Provides information on the Management Server.

Chapter 4

Displaying Error Logs and Status Provides information for gathering status and error

information on a switch.

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Provided on the FC Entry Switch 8B and FC Switch 8B Documentation CD, and at the HP Web site

at http://www.hp.com/support/fc8B:

•HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Entry Switch 8B and FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 8B Getting Started

Guide (A7346-90902)

•HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Entry Switch 8B and FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 8B Installation and

Reference Guide

•Fabric OS Reference Manual, version 3.0

•Fabric OS Procedures Guide, version 3.0

•Fabric OS Version 3.0.1b Release Notes

•Fabric Watch User’s Guide, version 3.0

•QuickLoop User’s Guide, version 3.0

•Web Tools User’s Guide, version 3.0

•Distributed Fabrics User’s Guide, version 3.0

•Zoning User’s Guide, version 3.0

•MIB Reference Manual, version 3.0

•ISL Trunking User’s Guide, version 3.0

•Advanced Performance Monitoring User’s Guide, version 3.0

•Merging Heterogeneous Fabrics Instructions

Provided with the FC 16B:

•HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Quick Start Guide (A7340-96002)

•HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Documentation CD (A7340-11001)

Provided on the FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Documentation CD and at the HP Web site at

http://www.hp.com/support/fc16B:

•HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Quick Start Guide (A7340-96002)

•HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide

•Fabric OS Reference Manual, version 3.0

•Fabric OS Procedures Guide, version 3.0

•Fabric OS Version 3.0.1 Release Notes

•Fabric Watch User’s Guide, version 3.0

•QuickLoop User’s Guide, version 3.0

•Web Tools User’s Guide, version 3.0

•Distributed Fabrics User’s Guide, version 3.0

•Zoning User’s Guide, version 3.0

•MIB Reference Manual, version 3.0

•ISL Trunking User’s Guide, version 3.0

•Advanced Performance Monitoring User’s Guide, version 3.0

•Merging Heterogeneous Fabrics Instructions

Information about Fibre Channel standards and Fibre Channel in general can be found on the Fibre

Channel Industry Association Web site, located at http://www.fibrechannel.com.

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System Requirements and Compatibility

Compatibility with other Products

Fabric OS version 3.0.1b or later can be installed and run on the FC Entry Switch 8B, FC Switch

8B, and FC 16B products.

The FC Entry Switch 8B, FC Switch 8B, and the FC 16B switch running Fabric OS version 3.0.1b

or later can operate in the same fabric with the HP Brocade 2400/2800 and FC 6164 switches

running the a2.4.1 or later versions of Fabric OS.

For more information about configuring FC Entry Switch 8B, FC Switch 8B, FC 16B, HP Brocade

2400/2800, and FC 6164 products to operate in the same fabric, contact your switch supplier.

Getting Help

For information for the FC Entry Switch 8B and FC Switch 8B, visit the HP Web site at

http://www.hp.com/support/fc8B. For the most current technical support information for the FC 16B,

visit the HP Web site at http://www.hp.com/support/fc16B. This includes hardware and software

support, all repairs, and spare components.

Be prepared to provide the following information to the support personnel:

•Switch serial number

•Switch world wide name

•Output from the supportShow telnet command

•Detailed description of the problem

•Topology configuration

•Troubleshooting steps already performed

Getting Software Updates

For information on obtaining software updates contact your HP account representative or technical

support.

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