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This guide describes the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager and how to use each of its functions. The chapters and appendixes are summarized as follows: Chapter 1, “Introduction,” provides an overview of the PowerVault Switch Manager and its features. Chapter 2, “Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager,” describes how to launch and use the PowerVault Switch Manager, including details about each option.
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PowerVault Switch Manager Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Name Resolution Service Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Launching the PowerVault Switch Manager . . . . .
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The Dell™ PowerVault™ Switch Manager allows you to monitor, configure, and manage fabric switches using a Java-capable web browser from a standard desktop workstation. You can dynamically interact with any switch in the fabric to monitor status and performance. By using the information provided, you can manage overall topology or make administrative changes to switches or the fabric.
Table 1-1 describes how these screens, or views, are organized: 1-2 Fabric View Shows the number of switches in the fabric, with worldwide name, domain ID, switch name, and network internet protocol (IP) information.
This chapter describes the requirements for the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager and how to launch and use the Switch Manager. $ % To use the Switch Manager, your system must meet the following requirements: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later or Netscape 4.0 or later with Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 operating systems Netscape 4.0 or later with Sun Solaris 2.5 or later systems 16-bit or higher color Java 1.2.
If no name resolution service exists, place the entries corresponding to the switches in the hosts file (for example, in the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 operating system, the hosts file is in the winnt\system32\drivers\etc directory). & ! " #! To launch the PowerVault Switch Manager, perform the following steps: 1. Start your web browser. 2. Enter the name or IP address of a switch in the fabric you want to manage in the Location or Address field.
Switch icon Indicates the switch type and displays the following six fields of information for the selected switch: Name field Switch name Domain ID field Number that uniquely identifies the switch in a fabric Enet IP field Ethernet IP address FCnet IP field Fibre Channel IP address Gateway IP field Gateway IP address World Wide Name (WWN) field Unique numeric identifier for each switch; assigned by manufacturer Fabri
Name Server Table button Opens to the Name Server Table window Zone Administration button Opens the Zone Administration window ! # " The fabric topology window shows the physical configuration of the fabric including active domains and paths. The topology is shown as viewed from the host domain (the switch initially requested from the web browser). To access this screen, click Fabric Topology from the Fabric View.
support.dell.com Domains field Displays a list of active switches (domains) in the fabric with switch name and switch domain ID. Active Paths field Displays active paths from the host domain to all remote domains within the fabric. Information is displayed by the domain ID associated with the switch name.
$ % ' " # The Name Server Table window displays the Name Server Table for the fabric. The Name Server Table contains name server entries for the fabric that are kept in the Simple Name Server database. This includes all name server entries, not just those local to a single switch. The Name Server Table window is accessed by clicking Name Server Table at the bottom of the Fabric View. You can sort the Name Server Table by fields by clicking the appropriate column heading.
! " Refresh button Click to refresh on demand Domain # field Displays the domain ID of a switch to which each device is connected Port # field Displays the port number of the switch Port ID field Displays the port ID of a device (Fibre Channel 24-bit ID in hexadecimal) Port Type field Displays the port type of a device (N for fabric direct attached port or NL for fabric direct attached loop port) Port WWN field Displays the WWN
When making zoning changes, perform the following steps: 1. Define zone aliases to establish groupings. Assigning aliases is optional. See “Zone Alias Settings” later in this chapter. 2. Create zone members. See “Zone Settings” later in this chapter. 3. Place zones into a zone configuration. See “Zone Config Settings” later in this chapter. 4. Enable the zone configuration. See “Zone Config Settings” later in this chapter. ' ( ) *+, -.
# $ % # $ % support.dell.com Alias Name field Displays the currently selected alias. Create Alias button Click to enter the name of a new alias; all names must be unique and contain no spaces. Delete Alias button Click to delete an alias appearing in the Alias Name field. Rename Alias button Click to enter a new name for the currently selected alias.
# $ % Add Other button Click to add switch domain, port, or WWN not in member selection list. Alias Members field Displays members of the currently selected alias. Apply button Click to apply all changes made to the switch during this session. NOTE: If you have made changes to a function, click Apply before switching to another function; otherwise, you may lose the changes.
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& $ Add Member button Select a member from the Member Selection List and click Add Member to add to the list of members for the currently selected zone If a switch is selected, the switch and all ports are added to the zone; individual ports are added by selecting a port from within a switch To add a device WWN, select a node WWN (folder icon) or port WWN (blue circle icon) from the WWN sub-tree.
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' $ ( Configuration Members field Displays a list of members for the selected zone configuration; only one configuration can be enabled at a time; if no configurations are enabled, the zone configurations are not active in the fabric Enable Config checkbox Check to enable the currently selected configuration; uncheck to disable; the enabled configuration does not actually take effect until you click Apply Enabled Config field Displays the e
) ) Port icon % % Indicates gigabit interface converter (GBIC) type: ID — Serial ID GBIC CU — Copper SW — Short wave LW — Long wave Blank — No GBIC present A yellow outline around the port icon indicates a port failure For detailed port information, click the port icon for the Port Statistics window Number icon support.dell.
) % LED status indicator icon No light — No device attached Steady yellow — Receiving light, but not online; (check cable connections) Slow yellow — Disabled (diagnostics or portDisable command) Fast yellow — Error, fault with port Steady green — Online (connected with a device by cable) Slow green — Online but segmented (loopback cable or incompatible switch) Fast green — Internal loopback (diagnostic) Flickering green —
) % thermometer icon Indicates the highest temperature from the last data sample. Click to display the temperature readings from all switch thermo sensors admin. button Click to link to the Administrative Interface, where you can perform switch management functions telnet button Click to launch a Telnet session perform.
* + , ( * + , ( 2-18 Port World Wide Name field WWN for this port Port Module (or GBIC Module) field GBIC type: Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide -- (two hyphens) — No GBIC present sw — Short-wave GBIC lw — Long-wave GBIC cu — Copper GBIC id — Might include any of the above types
* + , ( Port Status field Port Type field No_Module — No GBIC module in this port No_Light — The module is not receiving light No_Sync — The module is receiving light but is out of sync In_Sync — The module is receiving light and is in sync Laser_Flt — The module is signaling a laser fault (defective GBIC) Port_Flt — The port is marked faulty (defective GBIC, cable, or device) Diag_Flt — The port failed diagnostics O
* + , ( 2-20 Link Control Frames Received field Number of link control frames received Mcast Frames Received field Number of multicast frames received Mcast Timeouts field Number of multicast timeouts Mcast Frames Transmitted field Number of multicast frames transmitted Time R_RDY Priority field Number of times R_RDY has priority over frames to be sent Time BB_Credit Zero field Number of times BB_Credit went to zero Encd Errs Inside Fram
* + , ( Loss of Sync field Number of times loss of sync occurred Loss of Signal field Number of times loss of signal occurred + % The Performance window displays throughput for each port and for the entire switch. Throughput is shown in megabytes per second (MB/sec). The switch throughput is the sum of throughput for all ports. Port throughput represents the number of bytes received plus the number of bytes transmitted.
Reboot switch Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) administration To access these functions, click admin. from Switch Management Application. The first function to appear is Switch Admin. To access all other Switch Admin functions, click the appropriate tab. The following sections describe each function. Use Switch Admin to change IP information, disable a switch, change the domain, change the switch name, or to see which ports are disabled.
- % Switch Name field Displays or sets the switch name. To change the name, enter a new name in this field. Domain ID field Displays or sets the switch domain ID. Domain IDs must be unique within a fabric. To change the domain ID, enter a new domain ID in this field. Use a number from 1 to 239 for normal operating mode (FCSW compatible) and a number from 0 to 31 for VC-encoded address format mode (backward compatible to PowerVault 50F switch).
NOTE: If the IP address of the switch from which you initially started the Switch Manager is changed, close the browser and restart the Switch Manager. Use User Admin to rename accounts or change passwords. To access User Administration, click the User Admin tab from any administration window. Figure 2-11 shows the User Admin tab. Table 2-10 provides a description for each component in this tab.
. / % Change User Name To field Enter a new user name Change Password To field Enter a new password Verify Password field Reenter the password to verify Commit User Name/ Password Changes button Click to apply the changes you made Reset button Click to reset all components to the values set at the last submission Use Firmware Upgrade to download firmware upgrades.
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/ Host Name or Host IP field Displays or sets the host name or host IP address Remote User Name field Displays or sets the remote user name Download File From field Displays or sets the absolute directory path from the source host where the binary file resides NOTE: You must use forward slashes (/) when downloading the firmware from Microsoft Windows NT operating systems.
0 0 2-28 Disable POST checkbox Checked to disable POST on future reboots; uncheck to enable POST on future reboots Commit Change button Click to save settings Reboot Switch button Click to reboot the switch Fastboot Switch button Click to perform a fast reboot of the switch; a fast reboot bypasses POST (this is the same as a reboot with POST disabled) Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide
Use SNMP Admin to set SNMP options. To access SNMP Administration, click the SNMP Admin tab from any administration window. Figure 2-14 shows the SNMP Administration tab. Table 2-13 provides a description for each component in this tab. # ! + % support.dell.
! + % System Description field Displays or sets the system description; the default is Fibre Channel Switch System Contact field Displays or sets the contact information for the switch; the default is Component Support System Location field Displays or sets the location of the switch; the default is End User Premise Event Trap Level (0–5) Sets the severity level of switch events that prompt SNMP traps; the default is 0 Enable Authentication Traps Check
The following list defines or identifies technical terms, abbreviations, and acronyms used in Dell™ user documents. A fabric software facility that supports multicast group management. The FC Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) is a standard defined on top of the FC-PH standard. It defines the arbitration on a loop where several FC nodes share a common medium.
The F_Port is the Fabric access port used to connect an N_Port. & The FL_Port is the fabric access port used to connect NL_Ports to the switch in a loop configuration. Fibre-Channel shortest path first. ' A port is designated as a G_Port when it has not assumed a specific function. A G_Port is a generic switch port that can operate either as an E_Port or an F_Port.
