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

Overview
21Director Element Manager User Guide
Figure 1: HAFM appliance and remote client computer configuration (dual Ethernet)
Using the Element Manager, you can:
■ Back up and restore configuration data.
■ Clear the system error indicator.
■ Configure extended distance buffering for ports.
■ Configure Fibre Channel operating parameters for the director, such as
BB_Credit, R_A_TOV, E_D_TOV, preferred domain ID, switch priority,
domain RSCNs, preferred and insistent domain ID, director speed
(Director 2/64 only), and rerouting delay.
■ Configure individual ports with a port name describing the node attached to
the port.
■ Configure keys for new features.
■ Configure link incident (LIN) alerts.
■ Configure interoperability mode for multiswitch fabrics.
■ Configure preferred paths for interswitch links (ISLs).