958-000290-003, March 2005)

Introduction14

• Combination short-wave or long-wave laser transceivers

• Redundant power supplies and fan modules

• Online product repair for Field Replaceable Units (FRUs)

• Periodic health check and enhanced system monitoring

• Non-disruptive firmware load and update

Switch management

The Edge Switch 2/32 is managed and controlled through the following user interfaces:

• High Availability Fabric Manager (HAFM appliance) with the Java

™ based HAFM Element

Manager installed. Access to the Element Manager must be through the HAFM applications.

These applications are installed on the HAFM appliance.

• The Embedded Web Server (EWS) interface. Using a browser-capable PC and a connection to

a LAN to which the switch is connected, you can monitor and manage the switch through the

web server interface embedded in the switch firmware. The interface provides a GUI similar to

the Element Manager application and supports switch configuration, statistics monitoring, and

basic operation.

To launch the Embedded Web Server interface, enter the switch IP address as the internet

uniform resource locator (URL) into any standard browser. Enter a user name and password at a

the login screen. The browser then becomes a management console. Refer to the web server

interface online help for details on use.

NOTE: The default user name for the right to view status and other information is operator.

The default user name for the right to modify configuration data, perform maintenance tasks,

or perform other options is Administrator. The default password for both user names is

password.

• The command line interface (CLI). The CLI allows you to access many HAFM and Element

Manager functions while entering commands during a Telnet session with the switch. The

primary purpose of the CLI is to automate management of a large number of switches using

scripts. The CLI is not an interactive interface; no checking is done for pre-existing conditions

and no prompts display to guide users through tasks. Refer to the HP StorageWorks CLI

reference guide for directors and edge switches.

This manual provides details on the Element Manager application for the Edge Switch 2/32 only.

Use this manual for the Element Manager installed on an HAFM appliance.

Error-Detection, reporting, and serviceability

The switch provides the following error-detection, reporting, and serviceability features:

• Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on switch FRUs and adjacent to Fibre Channel ports that provide

visual indicators of hardware status or malfunctions.

• System and threshold alerts, event logs, audit logs, link incident logs, threshold alert logs, and

hardware logs that display switch, Ethernet link, and Fibre Channel link status at the HAFM

appliance.