FW 08.01.00 McDATA® Sphereon 3032 and 3232 Fabric Switches Installation and Service Manual (620-000155-220, November 2005)

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Switch Description
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General Information
• Optional management server with the SAN Management
Application) and Element Manager applications installed. The
management server is a rack-mount unit that provides a central
point of control for up to 48 switches or managed McDATA
products.
Operators at remote workstations can connect to the management
server through the local SANavigator or EFCM 8 application and
associated Element Manager applications to manage and monitor
switches controlled by the management server. A maximum of
nine concurrent users (including a local user) can log in to the
SANavigator or EFCM 8 application.
• Management using simple network management protocol
(SNMP). An SNMP agent is implemented through the
SANavigator or EFCM 8 application that allows administrators
on SNMP management workstations to access product
management information using any standard network
management tool. Administrators can assign Internet Protocol
(IP) addresses and corresponding community names for up to six
SNMP workstations functioning as SNMP trap message
recipients.
• Management through the Internet using the EFCM Basic Edition
interface installed on the director or switch. This interface
supports configuration, statistics monitoring, and basic operation
of the product, but does not offer all the capabilities of the
corresponding Element Manager application. Administrators
launch the EFCM Basic Edition interface from a remote PC by
entering the product’s IP address as the Internet uniform resource
locator (URL), then entering a user name and password at a login
screen. The PC browser then becomes a management console.
• Management through a customer-supplied remote workstation
communicating with the management server through a corporate
intranet.
• Management through the command line interface (CLI). The CLI
allows you to access many SANavigator or EFCM 8 and Element
Manager applications while entering commands during a telnet
session with the director. The primary purpose of the CLI is to
automate management of a large number of directors 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 McDATA Command Line Interface
User Manual (620-000124).