DCFM Professional Plus User Manual (53-1001774-01, June 2010)
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HCM software
The Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) is a management software application for configuring,
monitoring, and troubleshooting Brocade host bus adapters (HBAs), converged network adapters
(CNAs), and FC mezzanine cards in a storage area network (SAN) environment.
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)
• CEE ports
• FCoE ports (CNA only)
• Ethernet ports (CNA only)
• Diagnostics, which enables you to test the adapters and the devices to which they are
connected:
• Link status of each adapter and its attached devices
• Loopback test, which is external to the adapter, to evaluate the ports (transmit and receive
transceivers) and the error rate on the adapter
• Read/write buffer test, which tests the link between the adapter and its devices
• FC protocol tests, including echo, ping, and traceroute
• Monitoring, which provides statistics for the SAN components.
• Security, which enables you to specify a CHAP secret and configure authentication parameters.
• Event notifications, which provide asynchronous notification of various conditions and
problems through a user-defined event filter.