Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise User Manual v10.3.X (53-1001357-01, November 2009)

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Syslog forwarding
NOTE
Syslog messages are only available on Fabric OS devices and Brocade HBAs (managed using the
HCM Agent).
Syslog forwarding is the process by which you can configure the Management application to send
Syslog messages to other computers. Switches only send the Syslog information through port 514;
therefore, if port 514 is being used by another application, you must configure the Management
application to listen on a different port. Then you must configure another Syslog server to listen for
Syslog messages and forward the messages to the Management application Syslog listening port.
Brocade HBAs only send the Syslog information through port 514; therefore, if port 514 is being
used by another application, you the management application cannot send Syslog messages to
another computer.
Syslog messages are persisted in the database. You can view the Syslog messages from the
Management application. However, the Management application does not convert the Syslog
messages into event objects except for the audit syslog messages.
For more information about Syslog forwarding, refer to “Syslog forwarding” on page 292.
Host Connectivity Manager
The Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) is a management software application for configuring,
monitoring, and troubleshooting Brocade HBAs and Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) in a
storage area network (SAN) environment.
The management software has two components:
• The agent, which runs on the host.
• The management console, which is the graphical user interface client used to manage the HBA
or CNA.
You can manage the software on the host or remotely from another host. The communication
between the management console and the agent is managed using JSON-RPC over https.
HCM features
Common HBA and CNA management software features include the following:
• Discovery using the agent software running on the servers attached to the SAN, which enables
you to contact the devices in your SAN.
•
Configuration management, which enables you to configure local and remote systems. With
HCM you can configure the following items:
• Local host
• Brocade 4 Gbps and 8 Gbps HBAs
• HBA ports (including logical ports, base ports, remote ports, and virtual ports)
• Brocade 10 Gbps single-port and 10 Gbps dual-port converged network adapters (CNAs)