Configuring Fdmi; Overview - HP FlexFabric 5700 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring FDMI

Only FCF switches support FCS. Switches described in this chapter refer to FCF switches.

Overview

The Fabric Device Management Interface (FDMI) feature allows you to view information about host bus
adapters (HBAs) on all registered nodes in a fabric. The HBA information includes HBAs and ports on
each HBA.
Each switch obtains the HBA information of its directly connected and registered nodes and sends the
information to other switches in the fabric. As a result, each switch has HBA information for all the nodes
registered with the fabric.
An HBA is an FC storage network card. Each HBA appears as an object to the switch. An HBA object has
a set of attributes, as shown in
Each physical FC interface on an HBA object corresponds to a port object. An HBA object can have a
maximum of eight port objects. A port object has a set of attributes, as shown in
Table 8 HBA object attributes
Attribute
HBA ID
Node WWN
Manufacturer
Serial num
Model
Model description
Hardware version
Driver version
ROM version
Firmware version
OS name/version
CT payload len
Table 8.
Description
An HBA ID identifies an HBA.
If an HBA has only one physical interface, the WWN of the physical interface is used
as the HBA ID. If the HBA has more than one physical interface, the WWN of one of
the physical interfaces is selected as the HBA ID.
WWN of the node where the HBA resides.
Manufacturer of the HBA.
Serial number of the HBA.
Model of the HBA.
Model description of the HBA.
Hardware version of the HBA.
Driver version of the HBA.
ROM version of the HBA.
Firmware version of the HBA.
Operating system name and version number of the HBA.
Maximum length of CT payload allowed by the HBA.
The CT payload includes the basic header and extended header of CT packets, but
not the FC header.
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Table 9.