Brocade 16Gb SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class User Guide

3 Managing the 16Gb SAN Switch
Management features
The management tools built into the 16Gb SAN Switch (listed in Table 6 (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 FC host driver. For a list of FC hosts supported by
the 16Gb SAN Switch, contact your HP representative.
Table 6 16Gb SAN Switch management features
In-band supportOut-of-band supportManagement tool
IP over FCEthernet or serial connectionCLI—Run up to two admin sessions
and four user sessions
simultaneously. For more information,
see the latest version of the Fabric OS
Administrator Guide and the Fabric
OS Command Reference Guide.
IP over FCEthernet connectionAdvanced Web Tools—For
information, see the latest version of
the Web Tools Administrator's Guide.
IP over FCEthernet connectionStandard SNMP applications—For
information, see the latest version of
the Fabric OS MIB reference guide.
SMI-S compliant management programEthernet connectionManagement Server—For more
information, see the latest version of
the HP 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 7 (page 20).
Table 7 Connecting with a management station
Third switchSecond switchFirst switchManagement stationConnection type
204.1.1.12204.1.1.11192.168.1.10192.168.1.09Ethernet
192.168.65.12192.168.65.11192.168.65.10192.168.65.09FCIP
192.168.1.10192.168.1.10any, not self192.168.1.10Gateway
Maintaining the 16Gb SAN Switch
The 16Gb SAN Switch does not require any regular physical maintenance.
It is critical, however, that environmental conditions, described in Environmental
requirements (page 33), are met to help prevent switch failure due to heat stress or improper air
flow.
20 Managing the 16Gb SAN Switch