HP Surestore 6164 - Switch User manual

user’s guide

version 2.3

Web Tools

www.hp.com

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Trademarks

Brocade, SilkWorm, Brocade Extended Fabrics, Brocade

Fabric Manager, Brocade Fabric OS, Brocade Fabric

Watch, Brocade QuickLoop, Brocade Remote Switch,

Brocade Web Tools, and Brocade Zoning are trademarks

or registered trademarks of Brocade Communications

Systems, Inc. in the United States and/or in other

countries.

All other brands, product or service names are or may be

trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify

products of services of their respective owners.

Brocade Extended Fabrics, Brocade Fabric Manager,

Brocade Fabric OS, Brocade Fabric Watch, Brocade

QuickLoop, Brocade Remote Switch, Brocade Web Tools,

and Brocade Zoning are hereafter referred to as Extended

Fabrics, Fabric Manager, Fabric OS, Fabric Watch,

QuickLoop, Remote Switch, Web Tools, and Zoning

respectively.

Safety notices

Any servicing, adjustment,maintenance, or repair must be

performed only by authorized service-trained personnel.

Format conventions

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output Denotes text displayed on the screen.

[ ] Indicates that the enclosed element is

optional and may be left out.

{ } Indicates that you must specify one of the

listed options.

| Separates alternatives.

. . . Indicates a repetition of the preceding

parameter.

Tip Denotes ideas for enhanced product usage.

Note Denotes significant concepts or operating

instructions.

CAUTION Denotes a hazard that can cause hardware or

software damage.

WARNING Denotes a hazard that can cause personal

injury or death.

Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Getting Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1Introducing Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Views Available in Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Initial Display Upon Launching Web Tools (Fabric View) . . . . . . . 14

Information Accessible from Fabric View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Information Accessible From Switch View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2Installing Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Switch Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Workstation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Installing a Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Configuring the Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Installing the Java Plug-in on the Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Launching Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

CONTENTS

Web Tools User’s Guide

3Using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Fabric View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Fabric Events View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Fabric Topology View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Name Server Table View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Zone Administration View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Alias Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Zone Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

QuickLoop Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Config Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Switch View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Switch Events View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Port Information View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

PortStats Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

GBIC Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Loop Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Fabric Watch View (Optional Software) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Alarm Notifications Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Configure Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Current Settings Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Performance View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Administrative Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Switch Admin Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

User Admin Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Firmware Upgrade Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Reboot Switch Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

SNMP Admin Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

License Admin Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Remote Switch Tab (Optional Software) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

QuickLoop Admin Tab (Optional Software) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Config Admin Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Extended Fabric Tab (Optional Software) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Telnet Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Contents

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Web Tools User’s Guide

Revision History

July 2001 First release.

Web Tools User’s Guide

PREFACE

Web Tools is supported for switches on Fabric OS a2.4.1 or later.

About This Guide

This guide provides the following information:

Chapter 1

Introducing Web Tools Overview of Web Tools and a summary of the

information available through Web Tools.

Chapter 2

Installing Web Tools System requirements and instructions for

installing and launching Web Tools.

Chapter 3

Using Web Tools Information about and instructions for using

each of the windows in Web Tools.

Web Tools User’s Guide

Related Publications

Related product information can be found in the following publications.

Those publications with part numbers are provided as printed copies with

your product. The HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Documentation CD

contains all publications listed in the table below and is also provided with

your product.

Information about fibre channel standards and the fibre channel industry in

general can be found on the Fibre Channel Industry Association web site,

located at:

http://www.fibrechannel.com

Getting Help

For support information, visit the HP web site located at:

http://www.hp.com

Title Part Number

HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Documentation CD A7326-11011

HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Installation and

Reference Guide A7326-90902

HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Quick Start Guide A7326-90901

Distributed Fabrics User’s Guide, version 2.2 Available only on CD

Fabric OS Reference Manual, version 2.4 Available only on CD

Fabric Watch User’s Guide, version 2.2 Available only on CD

MIB Reference Manual, version 2.3 Available only on CD

QuickLoop User’s Guide, version 2.3 Available only on CD

Zoning User’s Guide, version 2.2 Available only on CD

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