HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.
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Contents About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x master glossary . . . . . . . . . Document conventions and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HP technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Filter tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Content pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Refreshing fabric events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Filtering fabric events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Configuring notification parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 8 Using the Performance Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DTD definition for the Server Up message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 11Switch configuration and management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Synchronizing date and time across a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opening a telnet session for a non-secure switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15Managing secure fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Enabling secure mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the policy editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Configuring FCS policy options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Client access to switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Client-side CPU usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Capturing and reporting client-side issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Checking client/server interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 Edit views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Editing the sort order for multiple columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Topology view options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72 Importing a license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Retrieve transaction key file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Save baseline (configuration template selection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Save baseline (switch selection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 Tables 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Create security policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Security policy setting preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 12 Description of summary tab components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Type of link and implicit link incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Included SQL queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Fabric merge check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
About this guide This administrator guide provides information about: • Installation • Customizing fabrics • Performance Monitor • Call Home support • Troubleshooting • Firmware management • Fabric Watch • Secure fabrics Intended audience This guide is intended for: • System administrators responsible for setting up HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) switches • Technicians responsible for maintaining the Fabric Operating System (FOS) NOTE: FICON is not supported on HP B-Series Fibre C
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1 Introduction to Fabric Manager This chapter describes the system requirements and explains how to install the Fabric Manager client and server software on the supported operating systems. See the following sections: • Features and functions, next • System requirements, page 17 • Supported operating systems, page 18 Features and functions Fabric Manager is a fabric monitor and management application that provides a central point of control for multiple switches and fabrics.
Table 2 System requirements for client and server machines Operating system Machine type Windows® Solaris Requirements 1-512 ports (1-20 switches) 513-1280 ports (21-50 switches) 1281-2560 ports (51-80 switches) Client 800 MHz CPU 256 MB RAM 512 MB virtual memory 1.5 GHz CPU 512 MB RAM 512 MB virtual memory 1.5 GHz CPU 512 MB RAM 512 MB virtual memory Server 1.8 GHz P4 1 GB RAM 512 MB virtual memory 2.0 GHz P4 1.5 GB RAM 512 MB virtual memory 2 x 3 GHz P4 CPU 2.
Fabric Manager displays a description of the switch type in the At-A-Glance window in the Overview view. Table 4 provides a complete list of switch types and switch descriptions supported by Fabric Manager.
Introduction to Fabric Manager
2 Installation This chapter explains how to install, upgrade, and uninstall the Fabric Manager client and server software. You can choose to install both the Fabric Manager server and client simultaneously on the same machine, install the Fabric Manager server or client individually, or install the evaluation version of Fabric Manager.
NOTE: Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 is an option installed as part of the Fabric Manager installation process. The Fabric Manager installer checks the version of Microsoft Data Access Component you have installed on your system and prompts you to update it if needed.
Video drivers Make sure that your system has the latest video drivers installed before you install Fabric Manager. As an added precaution, also upgrade to the latest Microsoft DirectX drivers. This should fix any interaction problems among the JRE, the DirectX drivers, and the video drivers. Install wizard If the install wizard does not appear during the installation, run the DOS command dxdiag and verify that the graphics tests run without error.
NOTE: host. You may encounter issues when using XWindows emulators from Windows to access the Sun If you are installing the Fabric Manager client on a Solaris system with BASH as the default shell, you must run the bash --login command before launching the Fabric Manager client; otherwise, Fabric Manager does not run correctly. Windows When you install Fabric Manager over an existing version, the install wizard finds the existing serial number and license key and attempts to validate them.
The following information cannot be migrated to Fabric Manager 5.0 and must be reset by any user on the server: • Topology settings • View customization • At-A-Glance window customization NOTE: If you are upgrading Fabric Manager and change the server port number, make sure all users enter the new port number the next time they log in to Fabric Manager. For more information, see ”Uninstalling or upgrading Fabric Manager” on page 22.
10.Select your FTP server option. The FTP server is used primarily as a firmware repository. 11.Click Install. You are prompted to wait while Fabric Manager is installed on your machine. The Please Specify Starting Port Number window opens. 12.Enter the starting port number. The default is 24600. If the default starting port number is not a free port number, the server cannot start up correctly. If you enter a new port number, you must ensure that it and the next five port numbers represent free ports.
• For switch authentication: Enter the switch IP addresses, separating each address with a semicolon; then click Next. When using switch authentication, enter multiple switch IP addresses. If you do not, Fabric Manager access is not available when the switch is down. The SAN size selection window opens. 15.Select the size of the SAN that Fabric Manager is to manage (Table 5 lists the polling rates for each SAN size).
A valid serial number and license key are required to install the full version of Fabric Manager. You cannot continue installing the full version without a valid serial number and license key. 4. Evaluation version only: Accept the license agreement. If you are installing the full version, the Specify Serial Number and License Key screen opens. 5. Full version only: Enter a valid serial number and license key and click Next. Fabric Manager begins configuring your machine.
a. Click Yes if you want to update to the new database and save your existing data, or click No to remove your current data and create the new database. Fabric Manager 5.
b. Click Next. The Introduction window opens. 7. Read the introduction and then click Next. The Select Destination Folder window opens. 8. Use the default location, or click Choose to select a new folder. You can also enter a new destination folder. The path should not contain spaces. 9. Click Next. The Select FTP Server window opens. 10.Select your FTP server options. The FTP server is used primarily for firmware download. 11.Click Install.
HP recommends that the shared secret contain at least 22 characters with mixed-case letters, numerals, and symbol or punctuation characters. • Timeout. The number of seconds the client waits for the RADIUS server to reply. • Retry. The number of attempts to connect to the RADIUS server before giving up. b. Click Add. c. Optional: You can add multiple RADIUS servers by entering their configuration information and clicking Add.
e. Click Next. 4. Select the version you would like to install (Full or Evaluation) and then click Next. A valid serial number and license key are required to install the full version of Fabric Manager. You cannot continue installing the full version without a valid serial number and license key. 5. Evaluation version only: Accept the license agreement. If you are installing the full version, the Specify Serial Number and License Key screen opens. 6.
c. Optional: Add multiple RADIUS servers by entering their configuration information and clicking Add. To edit the information you have already entered, select it from the list, make your changes, and then click Update. d. Click Next. • For password file authentication: Click Next. 16.Select the size of the SAN that Fabric Manager is to manage (Table 5 on page 27 lists the polling rates for each SAN size). 17. Click Next.
10.Click Install. You are prompted to wait while Fabric Manager is installed on your machine. The Configure Client Options window opens. 11.Enter your server IP address and server port number. The server IP address you enter is to be the default server for the Fabric Manager client. The server port number must be the same port number as the starting port number of the Fabric Manager server. 12.Click Next. The Install Complete window opens. 13.Click Done to exit the install wizard.
13.Enter the starting port number. The default is 24600. If the default starting port number is not a free port number, the server cannot start up correctly. If you enter a new port number, you must ensure that it and the next five port numbers represent free ports. Make a note of the port number that you enter: you must use the same port number during the client installation.
• Host2 is running the same version of Fabric Manager that was running on Host1. • Host2 has the same Fabric Manager license as Host1. • Fabric Manager installation on Host2 is to be in the same drive and directory as Host1 (for example, C:\FabricManager). • If an external executable is used in a Call Home configuration on Host1, it is to be located at the same drive and directory on Host2. • Fabric Manager server uses the same ports on Host2 that are used on Host1.
13.Optional (only if you still want to access the old Fabric Manager server): Start the Fabric Manager server on Host1: • For Windows: Select Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services and start the FabricManagerServer service. • For Solaris: Run restartFabricManagerServer.sh. 14.Start the Fabric Manager database server on Host2: • For Windows: Select Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services and start the Adaptive Server Anywhere service. • For Solaris: Run startDbServer.
Uninstall from Solaris 1. Navigate to the location where you installed Fabric Manager. 2. From the Fabric_Manager/ UninstallerData directory, run Uninstall_FabricManager. 3. Click Next. 4. You can then choose to uninstall Fabric Manager client and server from your machine simultaneously (select Complete Uninstall) or to uninstall one or the other (select Uninstall Specific Features). 5. Click Next.
3 Fabric Manager layout Fabric Manager is a complete SAN management tool for HP StorageWorks-based SANs. You can use Fabric Manager to configure multiple switches simultaneously from one location, view the status of multiple devices in one window, and perform SAN-level maintenance without having to access each switch in your fabric or SAN.
2. In the User name field, enter the user name that you use to log in to the server. User names must be alphanumeric and may contain only the following special characters: underscore (_), hyphen (-), and period (.). NOTE: Fabric Manager stores your user name and populates the User name field whenever you subsequently launch the software. 3. In the Password field, enter the password that you use to log in to the server and then click OK. Fabric Manager is launched (see Figure 2).
Menu bar Toolbar Fabric tree Content pane Figure 3 Fabric Manager home window (SAN node At-A-Glance) The default information displayed in the bottom left portion of the GUI corresponds to the number of items in the selected SAN element.
Port Context Menu Fabric Context Menu Switch Context Menu Figure 4 Context menu for different elements Accelerator keys Fabric Manager provides the accelerator keys shown in Table 6.
Figure 5 Fabric Manager toolbar Table 7 provides a description of the items on the toolbar. Table 7 Item N/A Toolbar items Name Description Address text box/drop-down menu Use the Address text box to enter the IP address or switch name of any new switches or fabrics you want to monitor. When used as a drop-down menu, Address also lists the fabrics you have previously discovered. Subnet scan Launches the Subnet scan dialog box to help you discover fabrics.
Table 7 Toolbar items (continued) Item Name Description Context Help Changes your pointer to the help pointer. Click an element of the GUI for context-sensitive help. Help Opens Fabric Manager online help. Fabric tree The fabric tree (Figure 6) is the left panel of the Fabric Manager and displays the switches, ports, and fabrics you have selected. You can expand or collapse the tree to show or hide the lower-level elements of a fabric, switch group, or port group.
ID menu The ID menu (Figure 8) provides four different identifiers you can use to view SAN elements (name, IP address, domain ID, or WWN). Select the identifier that you want Fabric Manager to use as it displays each element. Use the ID menu to set how you want to view SAN elements. Figure 8 ID menu SAN elements tab The SAN Elements tab is the main navigational area and is used to quickly navigate through fabrics (see Figure 9).
Each switch that has acct in its name is then displayed in the Filter tab. You can filter elements using IP, name, switch, version, domain ID, and WWN attributes. For more information on how to filter elements, see ”Filtering elements” on page 53. Use the filter tab to filter out elements. This example shows only the fabrics with IP addresses starting with 10.33.
• The Device Nodes view lists the devices attached to the selected element from the SAN Elements tab. • The Portgrid view shows which ports connect to which devices for each switch. The Portgrid view works only when you click MySAN, Fabrics, or a specific fabric or switch in the SAN Elements tab. If a device has a SCSI Inquiry Name, the Portgrid view displays it. If there is no SCSI Inquiry Name provided, the Portgrid view displays the WWN.
Figure 11 Sample views Table 8 specifies the views available for each SAN element.
Table 8 View availability for each SAN element selection Available view (tabular, except for overview, topology) SAN Elements My SAN Fabrics Node Fabric Switch Card Port Switch groups node Switch group Port groups node Port group Overview X X X X X X X X X X Alerts X X X X X X X X X X Topology Events X Ports X X X X X Switches X Portgrid X X Device Nodes X X X X X X Device Ports X X X X X X LSAN View X * X X LSAN Info * X The LSAN Info view
Table 9 Icon List buttons (continued) Name Function Admin View Launches the Switch Admin window of Advanced Web Tools. Switch Events Opens the Events view for the switch in a new Fabric Manager window. Fabric Topology Opens the Topology view for the fabric in a new Fabric Manager. See Chapter 5, “Topology management” for additional information. Fabric Events Opens the Events view in a new Fabric Manager window for the appropriate fabric.
Customizing views You can customize the views in Fabric Manager to display only the information you want to see, in the order you want to see it. You can also sort the order of the columns and the order of the information displayed in the columns. To customize the contents displayed in a view and the order of the columns displayed: 1. Click any element in the SAN Elements tab. 2. Select the tab whose view you want to change. 3. Select View > View Options.
Figure 14 Editing the sort order for multiple columns 2. Select the column header that corresponds to the column of information you want to reorder from the Available Items list and then click the right arrow to add it to the Display Items list. 3. To rearrange the order of the contents in each of the columns in the Display Items list, click the ascending or descending icons to sort the items in the columns in the order you prefer. 4. Click Apply. 5. Click OK.
4. Select a link style from the Default Startup Link Style menu. The available options are Orthogonal and Straight. See Table 10 on page 72 for a description of orthogonal and straight links. 5. Select a link bundle state from the Default Link Bundle State menu. The available options are Expanded and Collapsed. See Table 12 on page 73 for a description of expanded and collapsed links. NOTE: Any existing bundled links do not change to reflect your selection.
Changing At-A-Glance window descriptions The At-A-Glance window descriptions are displayed directly beneath the element name that corresponds to the window. You can provide a description for this window (the default is Double-click to add description). You must be in the Overview view to change an At-A-Glance window description: 1. Select the element in the SAN Elements tab that needs a new description. 2. Click Overview in the View Selector bar. The Overview view for the element you selected opens. 3.
4 Discovering and customizing fabrics This section provides information about discovering fabrics with Fabric Manager (including running subnet scans), renaming and deleting fabrics, customizing and using the information provided in the Fabric Manager views, and synchronizing the data and time across an entire fabric.
NOTE: You cannot log in to firmware version 4.0 through 4.2 switches with the factory user account in Fabric Manager (although you can from the CLI or Advanced Web Tools). You must use an account with administrative privileges (such as admin) to gain access. To log in to multiple switches: 1. Select Discovery > Fabric Login. The Fabric Login window opens (Figure 17). Figure 17 Fabric login 2.
NOTE: The key icon is displayed next to the fabric only if authentication is successful for all the switches in the fabric. Running a subnet scan (fabric scan) You can use Fabric Manager to scan a subnet and discover fabrics. A subnet scan eliminates the need to know the exact address of a switch to discover a fabric. Fabric Manager lists the switches and fabrics that it finds during the subnet scan. You can then add them to Fabric Manager in the SAN Elements tab.
You are prompted to log in to each switch or fabric you add. IP addresses that appear as underlined links followed by two angle brackets (>>) represent fabrics. Click the link to view the switches in that fabric. 6. Click Done to close the dialog box. Figure 19 Subnet scan results Deleting a fabric from fabric manager If you decide you no longer want Fabric Manager to monitor a specific fabric, you can delete it.
1. In the SAN Elements tab, right-click the fabric that you want to rename and select Rename from the context menu. A cursor is displayed to the right of the current fabric name. 2. Enter a new name for the fabric and press Enter. You can also triple-click a fabric icon to rename it, or (on Windows systems) you can select the fabric and then press F2.
Renaming a device node and device port Device nodes and device ports are identified using WWN and SCSI inquiry or custom names that are unique and meaningful. You can rename devices by: • Using zone aliases • Importing names from a comma-separated value (.csv) file • Importing FDMI host names You can rename device node and device port names from the Device Node and Device Port tables or from the At-A-Glance view for the device.
Renaming a device node or port To rename a device node or device port: 1. Select a fabric from the SAN Elements tab and then click Device Nodes or Device Ports from the View Selector bar. The selected view opens (see Figure 20). In this example, it is the Device Ports view. Figure 20 Renaming a device port 2. Select a row in the Device Ports table and then right-click to rename the selected device port (see Figure 20). 3.
Figure 22 Select an import method 5. Select the import method and then click Next. If you select Zone Alias Import: a. Select a fabric (see Figure 23). Figure 23 Zone alias import b. Click Next. If you select CSV File Import: a. Select the file to import from (see Figure 24).
Figure 24 CSV file import b. Click Next. If you select FDMI Host Name Import: a. Select the fabrics (see Figure 25). Figure 25 FDMI host name import b. Click Next. 6. Follow the wizard instructions to complete the import process. Working with switch and port groups This section describes how to use Fabric Manager to create groups of SAN elements (switch groups or port groups) that you can monitor and manage as a group. Groups are global across Fabric Manager.
• Create groups of switch model types or firmware versions to expedite firmware downloads. • Activate licenses on all group members simultaneously. • Group switches by function to monitor switches that belong to different departments or that serve as a backbone to the SAN. • Group switches by physical location to monitor fabrics in disparate locations. • Group switches by SAN island to monitor or update individual islands.
5. Click the icon of the switch group that you created. 6. Select the switches that you want to add to your group from the SAN Elements tab and then click the right arrow to add the switch to the group. To add multiple switches at once, you can either press and hold the Ctrl key as you click additional switches or drag any node in the tree to add the switches from that node. Drag switches directly from the SAN Elements tab to the switch group to populate the group quickly. 7.
2. Click the PortGroups icon in the right window. The group that you create is displayed nested within the item that you click in this step. If you click an existing group instead of the PortGroups icon, your new group appears as a subgroup of that group. After you create a group, you can drag it to a new location in the hierarchy. 3. Click Create. The Create Group dialog box opens. 4. Enter a name for your group in the Name field and click OK. NOTE: A port can be in multiple groups at the same time. 5.
Enabling and disabling switch passwords Fabric Manager stores switch passwords to the server by default. To enable or disable switch passwords from being saved to the server: 1. Select Configuration > FM Options. The Options dialog box opens (see Figure 28). 2. Expand User specific and then select General. Figure 28 Options (general) 3. Enable switch passwords to be saved to the server by checking the Persist switch passwords check box.
Figure 29 Set “admin” account passwords 2. From the SAN Elements tab, select the switches or fabrics you want and click the right arrow to move them to the Selected Switches panel. You can also drag fabrics or switches from the SAN Elements tab directly into the Selected Switches panel. 3. Enter the password you want in the New Password field. Passwords must adhere to the following conventions: • They must be between 8 and 40 characters.
The background of the status field changes color to display its status, as follows: • Yellow indicates that Setting the new password is in progress. • Red indicates Failed and an error message is also displayed in the adjacent Messages column. • Green indicates Success for the new password. After a switch has a successful new password setting, the switch password saved for that user for the selected switches in Fabric Manager is updated with the new password.
Discovering and customizing fabrics
5 Topology management This chapter provides information about the Topology view in Fabric Manager. The Topology view provides a graphical representation of the elements that Fabric Manager monitors and all of their connections (see Table 12 on page 73). This includes logical SANs (LSANs) and any virtual switches and links associated with them.
Topology toolbar items The Topology view consists of nested windows and element icons that can be viewed or hidden using an expand (+) or collapse icon (–). The Topology view includes the standard toolbar displayed in each view in Fabric Manager (see Table 7 on page 43), as well as its own set of icons described in Table 10. Table 10 Topology toolbar icons Icon Name Description Pan Drags the Topology view in any direction to see different portions of the fabric topology.
Changing the layout Click the Overview icon in the Topology menu if it is difficult to view an entire fabric in the Topology view. A small window displays the entire fabric in a miniature (or zoomed out) format. This tool includes a gray box that you can drag over the portions of the fabric you want to have displayed in the larger Topology view. The tool also helps you to pinpoint the portion of a large fabric that you want to view. To move nodes, click the Select icon in the toolbar and then drag a node.
Table 12 Topology view link images (continued) Images from Topology view Description Device Links Represents the link between a switch and the devices that connect to it. Bundled Links Represents all links between two switches to reduce clutter in the topology display. Double-click the bundle to expand it. Expanded Links Displays the individual links that form a bundle. Double-click the expanded bundle to collapse the links into a bundle.
Taking topology snapshots To take a snapshot of a topology: 1. Select a SAN or fabric from the SAN Elements tab. The selected SAN or fabric node information is displayed. 2. Click Topology. The Topology view displays a topological view of the SAN or fabric you selected from the SAN Elements tab. 3. Click the snapshot icon in the Topology toolbar. The Snapshot window opens (see Figure 32). Figure 32 Topology snapshot NOTE: The snapshot captures only the viewable elements in the current Topology window.
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6 Displaying Name Server information Fabric Manager launches Advanced Web Tools to display Name Server entries listed in the Simple Name Server database (see Figure 34). This chapter provides Advanced Web Tools instructions for switches running Fabric OS 5.0. If you have switches running other versions of firmware, see the HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x Advanced Web Tools administrator guide supporting the appropriate version of firmware.
Displaying Name Server information for a device To display Name Server information for a particular device: 1. Right-click the fabric in the SAN Elements tab and select Name Server from the context menu. Advanced Web Tools launches and displays the Name Server Table for the fabric selected (see Figure 34 on page 77). 2. Click a device in the Domain column and then click the Detail View button to access the Name Server Information window (see Figure 35).
7 Monitoring alerts and events This chapter provides information about the alerts and events generated in Fabric Manager. The Alerts view in Fabric Manager provides a unified list of all of the alerts for any element you are monitoring. The Events view provides a list of events for the element selected from the SAN Elements tab. Fabric events are displayed at the fabric, switch, and switch group levels.
Figure 37 Alerts view Table 13 explains the six types of alerts in Fabric Manager. Table 13 Alert types Type Description Switch Status Change This alert is generated whenever a switch changes from Healthy to Marginal or from Healthy to Down. Note the following characteristics: • • • Switch Unreachable This alert is generated whenever the Fabric Manager server is unable to reach a switch.
Table 13 Alert types (continued) Type Description Change Management This alert is generated only if you have elected to receive alerts through the Change Management feature in Fabric Manager. Any alerts generated on switches or fabrics as defined in your Change Management profile are also displayed in the Alerts view. Note the following characteristics: • • If an alert is triggered by a Change Management profile, the alert status is updated each time a scheduled Change Management check is run.
To acknowledge alerts: 1. Click a switch or fabric name in the SAN Elements tab. Any switches or fabrics with alerts include an alert icon adjacent to their name in the SAN Elements tab, including the underlying color codes signifying severity. 2. Click Alerts. The Alerts view displays a list of all the alerts for the switch or fabric you selected from the SAN Elements tab. 3. Select the row that lists the alert you want to acknowledge. 4. Click Ack.
Figure 38 Alert display options 3. Select the type of alert to be displayed in bold text in the table. 4. Click OK. Monitoring fabric events Fabric events are events generated by the Fabric OS. Fabric Manager retrieves the last 100 events of a fabric, switch, or switch group and displays them in the Events table. These events are not stored in the Fabric Manager database. This section describes how to use the Events view in Fabric Manager.
Figure 39 Events view for a switch NOTE: Place your cursor in any row in the table illustrated in Figure 39 and receive a tool tip window listing all of the information for that row (without having to scroll to see each column entry). Refreshing fabric events Fabric events are refreshed only on demand. To refresh fabric events: 1. Select a fabric, switch, or switch group from the SAN Elements tab. 2. Click Events.
Figure 40 Event filter configuration 4. Select the filters. You can use one, two, or all three of the following filters at one time if you want. • Click by number and select the number of events you want to capture. This filter defines how many events are displayed in the Events view at a one time. For a fabric, this is the number of events per switch. • Click by severity and select a severity level. This filter displays only events with the specified severity (Critical, Error, Warning, or Informational).
Figure 41 Notification configuration 3. Enter the following addresses: • Mail Server IP address or DNS name • Change Management From: The e-mail address of the site mail server host for Change Management. • Call Home From: The e-mail address of the site mail server host for Call Home. 4. Click OK.
8 Using the Performance Monitor The performance monitoring feature in Fabric Manager provides insight as to how much traffic a particular port or device is generating on the fabric over a specific timeframe. It also indicates the devices that are creating the most traffic and identifies the ports that are the most congested. Performance monitoring is enabled or disabled on an entire fabric, not on a switch or port basis.
End-to-end monitoring End-to-end monitoring sets all possible target and initiator pairs from the filtered list retrieved from the API for the fabric. Fabric Manager stores the configuration of the monitors persistently and periodically re-creates them on the fabric as necessary. Each time the Fabric Manager server retrieves the monitor values, it checks for and re-creates any monitors (configured through Fabric Manager) that are no longer present.
Reports Fabric Manager allows you to present information in two forms: reports and graphs. You can create customized reports (see ”Creating custom reports” on page 92), or you can create reports from templates (see ”Creating and using report templates” on page 97). You can also save (see ”Saving performance monitor reports or graphs” on page 100), print (see ”Printing performance monitor reports” on page 101), and export reports (see ”Exporting reports” on page 101) created in Fabric Manager.
Table 15 Default performance monitoring report templates for port statistics Report name Format Time Granularity Filter Top N of Ports (Aggregate Tx/Rx Traffic) over time T Display (HTML) Last 1 hour 5 minutes None Top N of Ports (Aggregate Tx/Rx Traffic) over time T Display (HTML) Last 30 minutes 5 minutes None Top N of Ports Receiving (Rx) traffic over time T Display (HTML) Last 1 hour 5 minutes None Top N of Ports Receiving (Rx) traffic over time T Display (HTML) Last 30 minutes
Figure 43 Configuring performance monitoring 2. If you want to collect end-to-end statistics, click On in the End-to-End Monitors display. If you want to collect switch port transmit and receive data, click On in the Port Rx/Tx History display. 3. Click Save to enable or disable performance monitoring. 4. Optional: Select View Set Monitors to see the list of devices that are being monitored. The End-to-End View Set Monitors dialog box opens (see Figure 44).
Disabling performance monitoring Using the performance monitoring feature, you can collect information about the traffic generated between ports (end-to-end) or the receive and transmit traffic on individual switch ports. The performance monitoring data is not stored on the Fabric Manager database during periods when the feature is not enabled. NOTE: Performance monitoring is designed to be enabled at all times. Its benefits are diminished if the historical data is not available to you when you need it.
Figure 45 Generate custom report 2. Click Report. 3. Select one of the following report types: For End-to-End monitoring reports: • Top N Conversations by Generating (Tx) traffic over time T • Top N Conversations by Receiving (Rx) traffic over time T • Top N Conversations by Aggregate (Tx/Rx) traffic over time T For Port Statistics reports... • Top N of ports Generating (Tx) traffic over time T • Top N of ports Receiving (Rx) traffic over time T • Top N of ports Aggregate (Tx/Rx) traffic over time T 4.
7. Select the Granularity (the time interval between samples). The available options are 5 minutes, 30 minutes, 2 hours, and 1 day. See ”Granularity” on page 88 for information on how granularity is calculated. 8. For Port Statistics reports only: Select the ports you want to generate the report on: • Click All: Includes all ports in the database with the specified granularity and time range.
Figure 47 Custom report in HTML format If there is no information matching the report criteria you selected, the message No Performance statistics records were found matching the specified search criteria is displayed. Click OK in the information message to close it. If you selected an export option (see step 4), a Save File dialog box opens. Navigate to the location you want to save the file to and click Save. 11.Optional: • Print the report. See ”Printing performance monitor reports” on page 101.
5. Define the time range or interval using one of the following: • Click Last, enter a number, and then select the time increment (minutes, hours, or days). • Click From Time and then enter values in the From Time and To Time fields. This includes the month (mm), day (dd), year (yyyy), hour (HH), minute (MM), and morning (AM) or afternoon (PM). 6. Select the Granularity (the time interval between samples). The available options are 5 minutes, 30 minutes, 2 hours, and 1 day.
Figure 48 Custom Performance Monitor graph 9. Optional: • Save the graph. See ”Saving performance monitor reports or graphs” on page 100. • Edit the graph. See ”Editing performance monitor graphs” on page 102. Creating and using report templates Performance Monitor can create report templates that you can use to create future reports or graphs.
Figure 49 Create or generate a report from a template 2. Click Create New Template. The Generate Template dialog box opens (see Figure 50). 3. Click Report or Graph. 4. Select one of the following report/graph types.
Figure 50 Creating a report or graph template 7. Click Last, enter a number, and then select the time increment (minutes, hours, or days). 8. Select the Granularity (the time interval between samples). The available options are 5 minutes, 30 minutes, 2 hours, and 1 day. See ”Granularity” on page 88 for information on how granularity is calculated. 9. For Port Statistics reports only (go to step 10 for End-to-End monitoring reports).
Figure 51 Save template 11.Provide a name for the report or graph template and then click OK. Generating reports and graphs from templates The Performance Monitor feature has a set of six templates (by default) that are useful if you need to generate an ongoing report without a specified time interval. Table 15 on page 90 lists the default templates. To generate a report or graph from a Performance Monitor template: 1.
2. Click Save in Database to save the report or graph. The Save Report dialog box opens. 3. Provide a name for the report or graph and then click OK to save it. Printing performance monitor reports To print a Performance Monitor report: 1. Create a custom report or generate a report from a template as described in the following sections: • ”Creating custom reports” on page 92 • ”Generating reports and graphs from templates” on page 100 The report is displayed. 2. Click Print to print the report.
Figure 52 Saved reports and graphs 2. Select the report or graph that you want to display or do one of the following: • Click All to display all saved end-to-end and port statistics reports • Click Ports to display all saved port statistics reports • Click E-E (End-to-End) to display all saved end-to-end reports 3. Click View. The report or graph is displayed. Deleting reports and graphs To delete a performance monitor report or graph: 1.
To change the graph format: 1. Create a performance monitor graph. See ”Creating custom graphs” on page 95. 2. Display the graph (see Figure 48 on page 97). 3. Click Linear to display the graph as a linear graph, or Logarithmic to display the graph as a logarithmic graph. To change the y-axis values: 1. Create a performance monitor graph. See ”Creating custom graphs” on page 95. 2. Display the graph (see Figure 48 on page 97). 3.
Using the Performance Monitor
9 Change management The change management feature allows you to monitor changes in a fabric and generate Extensible Markup Language (XML) reports listing the changes. To use the performance monitor feature, you must set up profiles defining which elements to monitor, when to monitor them, and what to do when changes occur to those elements. The notification configuration defines what to do when changes occur to the selected elements.
Table 16 Change management profile monitored elements (continued) Monitored element Description Device links Identifies the domain and port WWN to which the device is connected. Licenses Added/Removed Port Status • • • Configured/Disabled Online/Offline Note that down status is not reported.
Figure 53 Change management profiles 2. Click New Profile. The change management wizard opens. 3. Read the introduction and then click Next. 4. Enter a profile name and select one or more snapshot items (see Figure 54). Figure 54 Select snapshot items 5. Click Next. The Select Fabrics window opens (see Figure 55). Fabric Manager 5.
Figure 55 Select fabrics 6. In the SAN Elements tab, select the fabrics that you want in the change management profile. Click the right arrow to add them. 7. Click Next. All switches in selected fabrics must be logged in. A switch login dialog box opens if the login information is not already set. Enter the switch login information if necessary. 8. After establishing a login to each switch in the selected fabric (if necessary), the Configure Automated Checks window opens (see Figure 56).
11.Click an element in the End Time field (month, day, year, hour, minute, second, AM or PM) and use the scroll buttons to change the elements to the exact time you want Fabric Manager to stop checking the selected fabrics for any changes to your selected parameters. If you want the automated checks to continue indefinitely, select the No end date radio button. 12.
Each snapshot is also saved in the database. You can purge them at a specified time or delete them manually. If a fabric is removed from Fabric Manager, all associated snapshots and reports are deleted. The profile is not deleted. After creating a change management profile, you can edit (see ”Editing a profile” on page 111), clone (see ”Cloning a profile” on page 110), or delete it (see ”Deleting a profile” on page 112). You can also create additional profiles.
• Only when changes are detected • Every time the check is run 17. Edit or enter the e-mail addresses; the minimum is one address. Separate multiple e-mail addresses with commas. 18.Optional: Click Test to send a test message to the e-mail addresses specified. 19. Optional: Click Send alert when changes occur if you want alerts to be triggered for changes to this change management profile. 20.Select an alert level for the change management alerts (info, warning, or critical). 21.Click Next.
The Select Fabrics window opens (see Figure 55 on page 108). 6. Optional: Rearrange the fabrics you want to monitor for changes. Select the fabric; use the right arrow to add fabrics and the left arrow to remove fabrics. Click Next. The Configure Automated Checks window box opens (see Figure 56 on page 108) If you do not want to edit the schedule, click Configure schedule later, click Next, and skip to step 13. 7. To edit automated checks, click Take Snapshots per this schedule. 8.
Using snapshots and change reports After a change management profile is defined (see ”Creating a profile” on page 106), a snapshot report of the information requested in the profile is created and saved on the Fabric Manager server. The initial snapshot report serves as the baseline, and all subsequent snapshot reports are compared to the baseline. Each change management profile can have multiple snapshots associated with it.
Figure 60 Fabric reports 3. Select a snapshot report (other than the baseline) and then click View in the Change Reports area to access its change report. The Change Report is displayed (see Figure 61). Figure 61 Change report You can export the report as an XML file or as an HTML file (see ”Exporting snapshot and change reports” on page 115), or print it (see ”Printing snapshot and change reports” on page 116). Creating snapshots on demand To create a snapshot on demand: 1.
Comparing snapshots To compare two snapshots: 1. Select Tools > Change Management > View Change Reports. The Fabric Picker dialog box opens (see Figure 59 on page 113). 2. Select the fabric containing the snapshots you want, click the right arrow icon to move it to the right window, and then click OK. The Reports dialog box for that switch displays a list of profiles and associated snapshots for that fabric (see Figure 60 on page 114). 3.
Printing snapshot and change reports To print a change management report: 1. Select Tools > Change Management > View Change Reports. The Fabric Picker dialog box opens (see Figure 59 on page 113). 2. Select the fabric containing the snapshot or change report you want, click the right arrow icon to move it to the right window, and then click OK. The Reports dialog box for that switch displays a list of profiles and associated snapshots for that fabric (see Figure 60 on page 114). 3.
10 Call Home support The Call Home feature of Fabric Manager monitors the status of switches continuously and can be set up to send a Call Home e-mail message to user-defined e-mail addresses and provide an XML file to an external executable whenever a Call Home triggering event occurs.
Figure 64 Call Home configuration overview 3. Read the overview and then click Next. A list of the switches is displayed (see Figure 65). Figure 65 Call Home configuration (switch selection) 4. Select the switches you want to configure for Call Home purposes and then click the right arrow to move them to the Selected Switches list. If login information has not been established for the selected switches, you are prompted to log in to the switches before continuing the configuration process. 5.
Figure 66 Call Home configuration (description and settings) 7. Enter a name and description for the Call Home configuration. 8. Enter the amount of time (in seconds) that the absence of contact between the server and the switches warrants a Call Home alert (e-mail or executable). The minimum allowable time setting is 40 seconds; the default is 50 seconds. 9.
Figure 67 Call Home configuration (e-mail addresses) 12.Enter an e-mail address and then click OK. 13.Read the configured Call Home settings and click Finish. A dialog box opens, indicating the success of the new configuration. 14.Click OK. 15.Click Close to exit the Call Home wizard. Editing configurations You can edit a Call Home configuration at any time. Any change that you make applies immediately when you commit the change. To edit an existing Call Home configuration: 1.
Using the Call Home external executable The Fabric Manager Call Home feature can accept an external executable that runs when a Call Home event occurs. If you configure an external executable, Fabric Manager passes an XML file to the executable whenever a Call Home event occurs. The external executable runs as a background process, and the task manager monitors the process. All other functionality is at your discretion. CAUTION: Large executables can impair the performance of your server.
* Switch Offline (MARGINAL).
> Switch rebooted This section lists the XML and DTD definitions for switch reboots. XML for a switch reboot Call home is triggered on switch FMSQA_12000_221(wwn=10:00:00:60:69:80:6f:f2 ip=10.114.63.221 fcIp=0.0.0.
epochTime CDATA #REQUIRED >
DTD definition for the Server Up message
