Fabric Adapter Management; Cna Management - Dell Brocade Adapters Installation And Reference Manual

Fabric Adapter management

Use BCU commands, HCM, and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to manage Fabric
Adapter ports. For a summary of available management features using HCM and BCU, refer to one
of the following sections, depending on whether the Fabric Adapter port is configured in CNA, HBA,
or NIC modes.
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CNA management

Use BCU commands and HCM to manage CNAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in CNA mode.
Other available management tools include Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and
BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager (Brocade 1007 adapter only).
FCoE management
HCM and BCU provide the provides the following functions for CNAs and for Fabric Adapter ports
configured in CNA mode.
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Data Center Bridging management
HCM and BCU provide the provides the following functions for CNAs and for Fabric Adapter ports
configured in CNA mode.
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"CNA management" on page 33
"HBA management" on page 36
"NIC Management" on page 35
CNA port statistics display
FCoE ports configuration
Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) configuration
Enabling target rate limiting
vHBA statistics monitoring
Port, target, and Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) operation monitoring
Security features for FCoE access (FC-SP) configuration
Virtual FCoE ports creation
FCoE statistics display
vNIC statistics display
Fabric statistics display
FCP IM Module statistics display
Historical statistics
DCB port statistics
DCB statistics
FCP IM Module statistics
Historical statistics
Adapter management features
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