HP Intelligent Management Center v7.0 VAN Fabric Manager Administrator Guide

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Contents

1 VFM overview..........................................................................................10

At a Glance...........................................................................................................................10

VAN Fabric Topology..............................................................................................................10

DC Management....................................................................................................................10

SAN Configuration.................................................................................................................11

LAN Configuration..................................................................................................................11

Statistics................................................................................................................................11

2 Managing the VFM common services..........................................................12

Managing an IP SAN.............................................................................................................12

Managing a TRILL network.......................................................................................................13

Managing an SPBN...............................................................................................................13

Managing an EVI network.......................................................................................................13

3 Navigation Menus and typical operations....................................................15

Navigation menu....................................................................................................................15

Typical operations..................................................................................................................16

Sorting a list......................................................................................................................16

Navigating a list................................................................................................................16

Importing devices...............................................................................................................16

Accessing the window for selecting devices......................................................................16

Filtering devices by view.................................................................................................17

Filtering devices by advanced query................................................................................17

Selecting devices..........................................................................................................17

4 Viewing the At a Glance page...................................................................19

Accessing the At a Glance page..............................................................................................19

Viewing the network device status.............................................................................................19

Viewing the Top 5 DCs by Device Quantity................................................................................20

Viewing the SAN Device View..................................................................................................20

Viewing the Fabric View..........................................................................................................21

Viewing the LAN Topology......................................................................................................21

Viewing the Top 5 EVI services.................................................................................................22

Viewing the Top 5 EVI Services by VM Migrations/24 Hours........................................................22

Viewing the Top 5 EVI Networks by VM Migration Delay for Last Week.........................................23

5 Managing DCs........................................................................................24

DC deployment and management.............................................................................................24

Viewing the DC list............................................................................................................24

Querying DCs...................................................................................................................24

Viewing devices in a DC.....................................................................................................25

Adding a DC....................................................................................................................25

Modifying a DC................................................................................................................25

Deleting a DC...................................................................................................................25

Locating a VM by MAC address..........................................................................................25

Discovering a device automatically.......................................................................................26

Managing network devices......................................................................................................26

Viewing the network device list............................................................................................26

Viewing network device details............................................................................................27

Importing a network device.................................................................................................27

Synchronizing the network device settings into VFM................................................................28

Deleting a network device...................................................................................................28

Managing servers...................................................................................................................28

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