HP B-series Network Advisor Enterprise, Professional Plus, and Professional 11.1.
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Version 11.1.5 Description HP Network Advisor 11.1.5 is a software management platform that provides users with a consistent user interface across FC and FCoE / DCB along with custom views and controls based on the users’ areas of specialization. Network Advisor provides users with the utmost flexibility in deployment and operational models, including traditional SAN deployments (FC) and end-to-end convergence (FCoE, iSCSI and NAS over DCB).
Network Advisor brings forward the capabilities found in Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) for SAN management with additional features and enhancements: • Policy monitor allows users to set up best practices for their network and run a test manually, or on a scheduled basis, to ensure the network conforms to the best practices.
Table 1 Supported switches and firmware Supported switches and firmware Switch/Director Fabric OS 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 5.2.x, 5.3.x, 6.0.x, 6.1.x, 6.2.x,6.3.x, 6.4.x, 7.0.
Table 2 Supported switches and firmware (continued) Supported switches and firmware Switch/Director Fabric OS 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 5.2.x, 5.3.x, 6.0.x, 6.1.x, 6.2.x,6.3.x, 6.4.x, 7.0.
Table 2 Supported switches and firmware (continued) (continued) Supported switches and firmware Switch/Director HP StorageWorks DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade (Brocade FCOE1024)9 HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch (Brocade 8000)11 HP StorageWorks 1606 Extension SAN Switch (Brocade 7800)9 Fabric OS 5.2.x, 5.3.x, 6.0.x, 6.1.x, 6.2.x, 6.3.x, 6.4.0, 7.0.
Table 3 Supported operating systems (continued) Operating system Versions VMware VMware ESX 4.0, ESX 4.1 and vCenter 4.1 with Guest VMs of: • Windows Server 2003 Std SP2 (x86 32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 Std (x86 32-bit) • Windows Server 2008 R2 (x86 64-bit) Data Center, Standard and Enterprise Edition VMware ESX 4.0, ESX 4.1 and vCenter 4.1 with Guest VMs of: • RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.5 Adv (x86 32-bit) • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1, 11 (x86 32-bit) • Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.
1 Real-time stats for GE ports. FC ports, E-E Monitors, and TopTalkers 2 Historical stats for FC ports and E-E Monitors Installing Network Advisor This section provides installation instructions for Microsoft Windows and Linux. The Network Advisor Server runs as multiple services on Windows and multiple processes on Linux; they start automatically after installation. NOTE: All versions of DCFM (Data Center Fabric Manager) have entered EOL (End Of Life) status.
2. If a Network Advisor web server port number was specified (instead of the default 80) when the Network Advisor server was installed, you must specify the port number after the hostname or IP address. In the following examples, 8080 is the web server port number: http:// NetworkAdvisorServerhost1.companyname.com:8080/ http://192.x.y.z:8080/ The required Client Oracle JRE version is 1.6.0_24. For remote clients, client Oracle JRE must be installed prior to establishing a server connection.
1. 2. 3. 4. Install the Brocade Network Management pack in SCOM 2007 R2. Install the HP-branded HP B-series Network Advisor server and then modify the following line in the file C:\Program Files (x86)\HP B-series SAN Network Advisor 11.1.5 \conf\version.properties as shown: ◦ Modify from: product.HP.displayname=HP B-series SAN Network Advisor ◦ to: product.HP.displayname=Network Advisor Restart the HP-branded HP B-series Network Advisor server.
Wrapper log files The rollover of wrapper log files may cause the server running on Linux to crash. If this issue is encountered, the user is required to terminate the dcmsvc process from the task manager and restart the server from the Server Console. Manually assigning hosts to users If a custom AOR (Area of Responsibility) without any hosts included is manually assigned to a defined user, and all hosts are displayed in the topology to that user.
Support Saves may take a long time with large databases As databases grow larger from Event, sFlow, and Performance Collector data, the support save operation may take a long time to run. Larger databases promote longer support save operations. Make sure you have a minimum of 20–GB disk space for support save and backup operations. Table 5 Performance Counter calculation formulas Counter Name Type Protocol used Source value Formula TX FC SNMP .1.3.6.1.3.94.4.5.1.
Table 6 Other countries' counters Counter Name Type Protocol used Source value CRC Errors FC SNMP .1.3.6.1.3.94.4.5.1.40 Signal Losses FC SNMP .1.3.6.1.3.94.4.5.1.43 Sync Losses FC SNMP .1.3.6.1.3.94.4.5.1.44 Link Failures FC SNMP .1.3.6.1.3.94.4.5.1.39 Sequence Errors FC SNMP .1.3.6.1.3.94.4.5.1.42 Invalid Transmissions FC SNMP .1.3.6.1.3.94.4.5.1.41 Rx Link Resets FC SNMP .1.3.6.1.3.94.4.5.1.33 Tx Link Resets FC SNMP .1.3.6.1.3.94.4.5.1.34 C3 Discard FC SNMP .1.3.6.
Indications delivery depends on SAN Size and SNMP registration The time to deliver the indication varies, based on Network Advisor SAN size selected during installation. If a large SAN size is selected, indication delivery time is longer. Provider classes may take more time to update the fabric changes if the switches managed in Network Advisor are not SNMP registered. All the switches managed in Network Advisor should be SNMP registered to avoid the delay in indication delivery.
slptool commands Use the following slptool commands to verify whether the SLP is operating properly: • slptool findsrvs service:service-agent Use this command to verify that the Management application SMI Agent SLP service is properly running as a Service Agent (SA). Example output: service:service-agent://127.0.0.1,65535. • slptool findsrvs service:wbem Use this command to verify that the Management application SMI Agent SLP service is properly advertising its WBEM services.
3. 4. 5. Enter # Management_Application/cimom/bin/slptool findsrvs service:service-agent and press Enter to verify the SLP service is running as a Service Agent (SA). Enter # < Management_Application >/cimom/bin/slptool findsrvs service:wbem and press Enter to verify the SLP service is advertising its WBEM services. Select one of the following options to verify the SLP service is advertising the WBEM SLP template over its configured client protocol adapters.
Enumeration issue with HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch running on Fabric OS 6.3.x or lower When Network Advisor manages an HP StorageWorks 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switch running Fabric OS 6.3.
Table 7 HP Network Advisor 11.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed fixes summary Solution Remote VE_Port WWN is shown as missing and with a red icon under end Fixed in HP Network Advisor 11.1.0. devices. Fault Management – “VFID” is shown as “Chassis” for “Switch name change Fixed in HP Network Advisor 11.1.0. event” in the master log. There are yellow dotted lines shown between the segmented switch and the End Device in the re-discovered fabric. Fixed in HP Network Advisor 11.1.0.
Table 7 HP Network Advisor 11.1.0 closed defects (continued) Closed fixes summary Solution Newer master log events are deleted when the master log reaches the maximum limit (5000). Fixed in HP Network Advisor 11.1.0. DCFM patch upgrades is not applied if services are running; there are no warning messages to alert the user. Fixed in HP Network Advisor 11.1.0. DCFM stops sending email notifications via users until they restart services. Fixed in HP Network Advisor 11.1.0.
Table 8 HP Network Advisor 11.1.1 closed defects (continued) Closed fixes summary Solution A boot image update fails with an error message for windows and VMware Fixed in HP Network Advisor 11.1.1 ESX hosts. Installation hangs at ‘Initialize Database' when a non-default database port Fixed in HP Network Advisor 11.1.1 number is provided in the Server Configuration page of the Configuration Wizard. The Help dialog is not getting launched in the driver repository dialog. Fixed in HP Network Advisor 11.1.
Table 8 HP Network Advisor 11.1.1 closed defects (continued) Closed fixes summary Solution Network Advisor will attempt to backup EOS fabrics when ‘backup all fabrics’ is checked. Fixed in HP Network Advisor 11.1.1 Moving ICL ports to another logical switch reports an operation not supported message when the unbind option is selected, and the error message The indicated partition does not support this operation is displayed. Fixed in HP Network Advisor 11.1.
Table 10 HP Network Advisor 11.1.3 closed defects (continued) Closed fixes summary Solution Brocade_switchfcport.operationalstatus property is incorrectly populated as ERROR for copper ports with No_Sync state. Migration from DCFM to any version of Network Advisor prior to 11.1.3 results in failure. Fixed in HP Network Advisor 11.1.3. VM discovery fails (and reports only one host identified) due to the vCenter Fixed in HP Network Advisor 11.1.3.
Table 12 HP Network Advisor 11.1.5 closed defects (continued) Closed fixes summary Solution Unable to launch the Discovery Dialog in a single monitor when previously Fixed in Network Advisor 11.1.5. launched in a dual monitor setup. The HP-branded SCOM package cannot be installed. Fixed in Network Advisor 11.1.5. An event action is not triggered for the corresponding port when an SNMP Fixed in Network Advisor 11.1.5. trap is generated for FC Port Level events.
