User`s guide

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Section 1
Introduction
The SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Application User’s Guide for OEMs describes
SANsurfer® FC HBA Manager, an application that allows you to configure and
manage devices in a storage area network (SAN) environment that uses QLogic®
Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs).
The contents of this user’s guide are described in the following paragraphs:
■ Section 1—Introduction. This section summarizes the contents of this user’s
guide.
■ Section 2—System Overview. This section outlines the hardware and software
installation of devices controlled by SANsurfer FC HBA Manager.
■ Section 3—SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Overview. This section describes
the purpose and scope of the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager.
■ Section 4—System Requirements. This section lists the hardware and
software requirements needed for optimum SANsurfer FC HBA Manager
performance.
■ Section 5—Installing SANsurfer FC HBA Manager. This section discusses
installing and uninstalling SANsurfer FC HBA Manager.
■ Section 6—Getting Started. This section discusses customizing the SANsurfer
FC HBA Manager. It includes starting and exiting the SANsurfer FC HBA
Manager GUI, getting help, setting security, and setting the options that activate
each time you start the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager.
■ Section 7—Setting Up Connections. This section discusses connecting to
hosts, configuring Fibre Channel devices, configuring LUNs, and persistently
binding targets. This includes saving the host configuration to view from a file.
■ Section 8—Monitoring the Connections. SANsurfer FC HBA Manager
continuously monitors connected hosts and informs you of various conditions
and problems through the alarm log and event log. This section discusses
viewing and managing these logs.
■ Section 9—Displaying Host, HBA, HBA Port, Device, and LUN Information.
This section discusses viewing information about hosts, HBAs, HBA ports,
devices, and LUNs.
■ Section 10—Performing Diagnostics. This section discusses setting up,
running, and interpreting loopback and read/write buffer tests.
■ Section 11—Updating the HBA. This section discusses updating NVRAM
settings, the OptionROM (BIOS or FCode), and the HBA driver.