FW V06.XX/HAFM SW V08.02.00 HP StorageWorks Director Element Manager User Guide (AA-RTDUC-TE, July 2004)
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About this Guide
- Overview
- Feature Keys
- Managing the Director
- Element Manager Description
- Using the Element Manager
- Backing Up and Restoring Element Manager Data
- Monitoring and managing the Director
- Hardware View
- Port Card View
- Port List View
- Node List View
- Performance View
- FRU List View
- Port Operational States
- Link Incident Alerts
- Threshold Alerts
- Configuring the Director
- Configuring Identification
- Configuring Management Style
- Configuring Operating Parameters
- Configuring a Preferred Path
- Configuring Switch Binding
- Configuring Ports
- Configuring Port Addresses (FICON Management Style)
- Configuring an SNMP Agent
- Configuring Open Systems Management Server
- Configuring FICON Management Server
- Configuring Feature Key
- Configuring Date and Time
- Configuring Threshold Alerts
- Creating New Alerts
- Figure 49: Configure Threshold Alert(s) dialog box
- Figure 50: New Threshold Alerts dialog box - first screen
- Figure 51: New Threshold Alerts dialog box - second screen
- Figure 52: New Threshold Alerts dialog box - third screen
- Figure 53: New Threshold Alerts dialog box - summary screen
- Figure 54: Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box - alert activated
- Modifying Alerts
- Activating or Deactivating Alerts
- Deleting Alerts
- Creating New Alerts
- Configuring Open Trunking
- Exporting the Configuration Report
- Enabling Embedded Web Server
- Enabling Telnet
- Backing Up and Restoring Configuration Data
- Using Logs
- Using Maintenance Features
- Optional Features
- Information and Error Messages
- Index
Configuring the Director
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Note: Set the same value for E_D_TOV on all directors and directors in a multiswitch
fabric. If the value is not the same, the fabric segments.
Switch Priority
Setting this value determines the principal director for the multiswitch fabric.
Click Principal (highest priority), Default, or Never Principal (lowest priority)
on the Switch Priority drop-down list.
Setting these priority values determines the principal director selected for the
multiswitch fabric. For example, if you have three directors in the fabric and set
one as Principal, one as Default, and one as Never Principal, the unit set to
Principal becomes the principal director in the fabric.
If all directors are set to Principal or Default, the director with the highest
priority and the lowest WWN becomes the principal director. Following are some
examples of principal director selection when directors have these settings:
■ If you have three directors and set all to Default, the director with the lowest
WWN becomes the principal director.
■ If you have three directors and set two to Principal and one to Default, the
director with the Principal setting that has the lowest WWN becomes the
principal director.
■ If you have three directors and set two to Default and one to Never Principal,
the director with the Default setting and the lowest WWN becomes the
principal director.
At least one director in a multiswitch fabric needs to be set as Principal or
Default. If all of the directors are set to Never Principal, all of the interswitch
links (ISLs) will segment. If all but one director is set to Never Principal and the
director that was principal goes offline, then all of the other ISLs will segment.
Note: We recommend you leave the switch priority setting as Default. If you are
considering setting this value to something other than default, refer to the section on
principal switch selection for multiswitch fabrics in the
HP StorageWorks SAN High
Availability Planning Guide
for details.