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

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Software Diagnostic Features
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General Information
Software Diagnostic Features
The switch provides the following diagnostic software features that
aid in fault isolation and repair of problems:
• FRUs provide on-board diagnostic and monitoring circuits that
continuously report FRU status to the SAN Management and
element Manager applications. These applications provide
system alerts and logs that display failure and diagnostic
information at the management server or a remote workstation
communicating with the management server.
• The EFC Management Services (EMS) application that runs as a
Windows 2000 service and provides an additional user interface
to display operational status.
• The EFCM Basic Edition interface that provides Internet access to
isolate problems for a single switch.
• Unsolicited SNMP trap messages that indicate operational state
changes or failures can be transmitted to up to 12 authorized
management workstations.
• E-mail messages or call-home reports provide automatic
notification of significant system events to designated support
personnel or administrators.
SAN Management
Application
Access Element Managers for director and switch products through
SAN management application. Right-click the product icon on the
application Physical Map (topology) and select Element Manager from
the pop-up menu.
NOTE: In the following figure, the Model XXXX under the product icon will
be replaced with an actual switch or director model number in your SAN
management application Physical Map (topology).