HP Brocade 8Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class - Manual (Page 20)

3 Managing the 8Gb SAN Switch
Management features
The management tools built into the 8Gb SAN Switch (listed in Table 3 (page 20) ) can be used
to monitor fabric topology, port status, physical status, and other information used for performance
analysis and system debugging.
When running IP over FC, these management tools must be run on both the Fibre Channel host
and the switch and must be supported by the Fibre Channel host driver. For a list of Fibre Channel
hosts supported by the 8Gb SAN Switch, contact your HP representative.
Table 3 8Gb SAN Switch management features
In-band support Out-of-band support Management tool
IP over FC Ethernet or serial
connection CLI—Run up to two admin sessions and four user sessions simultaneously.
For more information, see the latest version of the HP StorageWorks Fabric
OS Administrator Guide and the Fabric OS Command Reference Guide.
IP over FC Ethernet connection Advanced Web Tools—For information, see the latest Ethernet connection
IP over FC version of the Fabric OS Web Tools Administrator's Guide.
IP over FC Ethernet connection Standard SNMP applications—For information, see the Ethernet connection
IP over FC latest version of the Fabric OS MIB Reference Guide.
N/A Ethernet connection Management Server—For more information, see the latest version of the
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS Administrator Guide and the Fabric OS
Command Reference Guide.
You can connect a management station to one switch with Ethernet while managing other switches
connected to the first switch with FC. To do so, set the FC gateway address of each of the other
switches to be managed to the FC IP address of the first switch.
The gateway address of the first switch should be set to whatever the gateway address is for the
subnet on which the first switch resides. See
Table 4 (page 20) .
Table 4 Connecting with a management station
Third switch Second switch First switch Management station Protocol
204.1.1.12 204.1.1.11 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.09 Ethernet
192.168.65.12 192.168.65.11 192.168.65.10 192.168.65.09 FCIP
192.168.1.10 192.168.1.10 any, not self 192.168.1.10 Gateway
Maintaining the 8Gb SAN Switch
The 8Gb SAN Switch does not require any regular physical maintenance. It is critical, however,
that environmental conditions, described in
“Environmental requirements” (page 31) , are met to
help prevent switch failure due to heat stress or improper air flow.
Installing dust covers in empty ports
The dust covers included in the 8Gb SAN Switch shipping carton (see Figure 1 (page 7) ) must
be inserted in ports where SFPs are not installed. Installing dust covers ensures proper air flow and
helps reduce dust contamination of the switch.
Replacing an SFP transceiver
To remove an SFP transceiver:
1.
Press and hold the cable release.
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