Chapter 7. Managing Adapters And Controllers; Managing Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters - IBM totalstorage 326 User Reference

Chapter 7. Managing adapters and controllers

This chapter describes the functions that you can use to manage various adapters
and controllers installed in the Model 326.
The following functions are available:
v "Managing Fibre Channel host bus adapters", accessed through the IBM NAS
v "Enabling communication between system management adapters" on page 78
v "Enabling Ethernet adapter teaming" on page 81
v "Adding a second IBM 5191 RAID Storage Controller Model 0RU" on page 83

Managing Fibre Channel host bus adapters

The FAStT MSJ diagnostic utility allows you to manage and control Fibre Channel
host bus adapters. With FAStT MSJ, you can:
v Retrieve and display general information about the adapters
v Request and display the real-time statistics of adapters
v Diagnose operations on the adapters and attached devices
v Display the NVRAM parameters of adapters (note that you cannot change the
v Monitor alarms and indications of the adapters
The primary purpose of FAStT MSJ in the Model 326 is to obtain diagnostic
information about the Fibre Channel connections.
To use FAStT MSJ:
1. Start FAStT MSJ by double-clicking the IBM NAS Admin icon.
2. Under the NAS Management icon, double-click Storage, then NAS Utilities.
3. Select FAStT MSJ.
4. Once the FAStT MSJ opens:
For further details on FAStT MSJ, see the online help.
"Appendix F. Fast!UTIL options" on page 171 provides detailed configuration
information for advanced users who want to customize the configuration of the
FAStT Host Adapter board and the connected devices, using Fast!UTIL to make
changes.
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Admin
parameters)
v If you are connected locally with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, select
localhost, then click Connect.
v If you are connected through Terminal Services, enter the host name or IP
address of the machine you are connected to through Terminal Services, then
click Connect.
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