HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

Changer Devices
NOTE: This section can be expanded by clicking or collapsed by clicking .
This section lists the tape library's changer devices, for example, the tape drive robotics.
• Name The name of the changer device.
• Status The changer device's WBEM operational status. See “WBEM operational status types” for
additional information about WBEM status.
• Firmware Version The installed firmware version.
Related topics
• System Page
• System tab
• WBEM operational status types
• Port types
• Data collection
Port types
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) displays port types for storage systems. If the values are supplied by
a storage system's SMI-S provider , the port link technology and port type are displayed.
The possible port link technologies are Unknown, Other, Ethernet, IB, FC, FDDI, ATM, Token Ring, Frame
Relay, Infrared, BlueTooth, and Wireless LAN.
The port type is displayed if it is one of the following:
• N-Port. A node port
• NL-Port. A node port that supports Fibre Channel arbitrated loop (FC-AL)
• E-Port An expansion port that connects fabric elements (for example, Fibre Channel switches)
• F-Port. A fabric (element) port
• FL-Port. A fabric (element) port that supports FC-AL.
• B-Port. A bridge
• G-Port. A generic port
• Other. Any port type that does not fit the previously described categories
Related topics
• System tab for a tape library
• System tab for a storage switch
• System tab for a storage host
• System tab for a storage array
Tools & Links tab
The system links that you can view depend on the Discovery configuration, the correct installation of agents
and protocols, and the polling tasks that interrogate the system . The Tools & Links tab includes:
• System Management Pages
• System Web Application Pages
• HP Systems Insight Manager Pages
• Storage Essentials Pages
452 Tools that extend management