User guide

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IT managers face several ever-growing challenges in the management
of the data center, including in the areas of virtualization; power
consumption; Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS); security;
and manageability. One method of addressing these concerns is
to implement unified management across the data center, which
improves efficiency and saves costs. When taking this approach,
it is imperative to select a management solution that is easy to
deploy and offers single-pane-of-glass, intelligent, and automated
operations management.
QCC delivers a broad set of powerful Ethernet and Fibre Channel Adapter
management features for administrators to maximize application
performance and availability. Available in both GUI and CLI options,
QCC offers application-based wizards to enable the environment to be
quickly and easily provisioned based on published best practices.
QLogic’s QCC delivers a unified, Web-based, single-pane-of-glass
management console across QLogic’s broad product line of storage,
networking, and caching adapters.
Executive Summary
Key Advantages
Exceed Service Level Agreements
QLogic’s QCC delivers seamless, unified management of multiple LAN and
SAN fabrics across the data center, enabling IT administrators to optimize
the performance and availability of data and network resources.
Reduce Administration Time
Offering a wizard-driven approach to adapter management, QCC saves time
by automating repetitive tasks and providing automatic e-mail notifications
on the status of various SAN and LAN components. In addition, a breadth of
customized asset management options are also available.
Comply with Data Center Security Policies
QCC allows flexible definitions of administrator roles and responsibilities,
providing LAN and SAN administrators with access to the components they
own and manage.
Introduction to QLogic Management Tools
QLogic offers a robust set of management tools to help organizations
simplify management and improve efficiency while reducing costs.
Available for a wide range of operating systems and server platforms,
QCC is capable of managing all generations and types of QLogic adapters.
The following tools simplify every step of the QLogic adapter life cycle:
deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and firmware upgrades.
• QCC GUI – A comprehensive, Web-based client and server GUI that
allows for centralized management and configuration of multiple QLogic
Fibre Channel, Converged Network, and Ethernet Adapters across the
data center.
• QCC CLI – A lightweight, agentless CLI interface for generations of
QLogic Fibre Channel, Converged Network, and Ethernet Adapters.
Available for Windows
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, Linux
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, and Solaris
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environments, the CLI
includes both a menu-driven interface for quick operations and a
scriptable interface for extensive scripting and integration tasks.
• SuperInstaller – Single package to install all required software
components for generations of QLogic Fibre Channel, Converged
Network, and Ethernet Adapters. Available for Windows and Linux
environments, the SuperInstaller (SI) package includes all drivers as
well as the QCC CLI and QCC GUI management agents.
QCC GUI
The QCC GUI unified adapter management tool can be deployed on a
management workstation or virtual machine (VM). It communicates with
management agents residing on servers with QLogic adapters over a secure
channel via HTTPS. Access to QCC is available via any of the supported
browsers by pointing the browser to the IP address of the management
workstation or VM where QCC is installed. The management agents can
be installed on servers with QLogic adapters using SI in Windows and
Linux environments.
Figure 1: Key Features of the QCC GUI