Product Management; Out-Of-Band Management - McDATA StorageWorks 2/140 - Director Switch Planning Manual

Product Management

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Product Management
Out-of-Band
Management
McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual
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Out-of-band (non-Fibre Channel) management server access to all
McDATA products is provided through an Ethernet local area
network (LAN) connection on a director control processor (CTP)
card, fabric switch front panel, or SAN router front panel. As an
optional feature, inband (Fibre Channel or FICON) management
access to selected McDATA products is provided through a Fibre
Channel port connection.
The following out-of-band management access methods are provided
through the management server:
• Management of directors and fabric switches through a SAN
management application (SANavigator 4.2 or Enterprise Fabric
Connectivity Manager (EFCM) 8.7) and associated Element
Manager application. These applications are Java-based GUIs that
reside on the management server under control of a Microsoft
®
Windows operating system and can also be installed on remote
user workstations. Refer to
additional information.
Operators at remote workstations can connect to the management
server through the SAN management and Element Manager
applications to manage and monitor products. A maximum of 25
concurrent users can log in to the SAN management application.
Refer to Remote User Workstations
NOTE: Product management through a SAN management and Element
Manager application is not supported for the Sphereon 4300 Fabric
Switch.
• Management of SAN routers through a SAN management
application (SANvergence Manager 4.6) and associated Element
Manager application. The SANvergence Manager application is a
Java-based GUI that resides on the management server under
control of a Microsoft Windows operating system. Element
Manager applications installed on each router are launched from
the SANvergence Manager application. Refer to
Applications for additional information.
SAN Management Applications
for information.
SAN Management
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for