FW V06.XX/HAFM SW V08.02.00 HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager Appliance Installation Guide (AA-RU5FB-TE, July 2004)

Chapter 1.
Initial Setup
HAFM Appliance Description
The HAFM appliance (Figure 1-1) is a one rack unit (1U) high rack-mount device with the
High Availability Fabric Manager (HAFM) application installed. HAFM provides a graphical
user interface (GUI) for operating and managing the Directors and Edge Switches.
Figure 1.1. HAFM Appliance
The HAFM appliance also includes a TightVNC Viewer version 1.2.7 client-server software
control package that provides remote network access (through a standard web browser) to the
server desktop, enabling remote users to manage the Directors and Edge Switches using the
HAFM and Element Manager applications. For information about the TightVNC Viewer,
refer to http://www.tightvnc.com.
Note
The HAFM appliance and related applications provide a GUI to monitor and ma n age 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 installed on the HAFM appliance, but does not
compatibility test other th ird-party software. Modifications to the HAFM appliance hardware or
installation of additional software (including patches or service packs) are not supported, and
may interfere with normal operation.
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