HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.x Administrator Guide (AA-RUQSF-TE, September 2005)

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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 Channel switches. The FICON information in this

document is included for reference only.

Related documentation

Documentation, including white papers and best practices documents, is available on the HP web site:

ttp://www.hp.com/country/us/eng/prodserv/storage.html

IMPORTANT: For late breaking, supplemental information, access the latest version of the

StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x release notes

using the following steps.

To access current Fabric OS 5.x related documents:

1. Locate the IT storage products section of the web page.

2. Under Networked storage, click SAN infrastructure.

3. From the SAN Infrastructure web page, locate the SAN Infrastructure products section.

4. Click Fibre Channel Switches.

5. Locate the B-Series Fabric section. Select your switch model to access Fabric OS 5.x documents

(such as this document).

The switch overview page displays.

6. Go to the Product Information section, located on the right side of the web page.

7. Click Technical documents.

8. Follow the onscreen instructions to download the applicable documents.

HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x master glossary

This guide uses industry standard SAN terminology. However, some terms are intrinsic to Fabric OS 5.x.

See the

HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x master glossary

for a complete list of terms and definitions.

Access the master glossary from the HP StorageWorks SAN Switch Documentation CD that shipped with

your switch. Also, access from the HP web site using the procedure outlined in ”Related documentation”.