958-000324-002, March 2005)

1 Initial setup

HAFM appliance description

The HAFM appliance (Figure 1) is a one rack unit (1U ) high rack-mount device with

the High Availability Fabric M anager (HAFM) application installed. HAFM provides

a graphical user interface (GUI) for operating and managing the Directors and Edge

Switches.

Figure 1 HAFM appliance

The HAFM appliance also includes a TightVNC Viewer version 1.2.7 client-server

software control package tha t provides remote network access (through a standard web

browser) to the server desktop, enabling remote users to ma nage the D irectors and

Edge Switches using the HAFM and Element Manager applications. For information

about the TightVNC Viewer, refer to h

ttp://www.tightvnc.com.

NOTE:

The HAFM appliance a nd related applications provide a GUI to monitor and manage

Directors and Edge Switches, and are a dedicated hardware and software solution

that should not be used for other tasks. HP tests the HAFM application i nstalled on

the HAFM appliance, but does not compatibility test other third-part y software.

Modifications to the HAFM appliance hardware or installation of additional software

(including p atches or ser vice packs) are not supported, and may i nterfere with normal

operation.

Front panel

Figure 2 shows the HA FM appliance front panel indicators and controls.

HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager Appliance installation guide F W07.00.00/HAFM

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