Adapter Management Features - Dell Brocade Adapters Installation And Reference Manual

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Adapter management features

The Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) and Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU) are the primary
management tools for HBAs, CNAs, and Fabric Adapters. You can load HCM as an optional
application through the Brocade Adapter Software Installer (BASI). BCU loads with the driver
package either through BASI or HCM. This section summarizes some of the features available with
these tools for managing CNAs, HBAs, and Fabric Adapters.
The Brocade Network Advisor also provides management features for adapters, such as adapter
discovery, in-context launch of HCM, authentication, and other features. Refer to the following
manuals for more details:
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Simple Network Management Protocol provides an industry-standard method of monitoring and
managing CNAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in CNA or NIC mode. Refer to
Management Protocol"
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Point-to-point topology.
Management support for Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S).
Fibre Channel-Security Protocol (FC-SP) providing device authentication through key
management.
FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) support for the following:
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FIP 2.0.
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preFIP and FIP 1.03.
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FIP Discovery protocol for dynamic FCF discovery and FCoE link management.
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FPMA and SPMA type FIP fabric login.
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FIP VLAN discovery.
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FIP discovery solicitation and FCP discovery.
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Login (FIP and FCoE).
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FIP link down handling.
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FIP version compatibility.
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FIP keep alive.
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FIP clear virtual links.
Internet Protocol over Fibre Channel (IPFC) driver
This supports transmission of IP traffic over Fibre Channel links. This driver is only included in
the Linux "noarch" RPM package (brocade_driver_linux_<version>.tar.gz).
vHBA
Virtual HBAs (vHBAs) are virtual port partitions that appear as virtual or logical HBAs to the
host operating system. Multiple vHBAs are not supported, therefore you cannot create or
delete them from an adapter. For more information, refer
Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual
Brocade Network Advisor SAN and IP User Manual
on page 34 for details.

Adapter management features

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