Dell PowerVault 50F User Manual

Dell powervault switch manager user's guide
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  • Page 2 Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of Dell Computer Corporation is strictly forbidden. Trademarks used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, and PowerVault are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation; Microsoft and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
  • Page 3     This guide describes the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager and how to use each of its functions. The chapters and appendixes are summarized as follows: Chapter 1, “Introduction,” provides an overview of the PowerVault Switch Man- ager and its features.
  • Page 4 Documentation for your operating system if you ordered your operating system from Dell. This documentation describes how to install (if necessary), configure, and use your operating system. Documentation for any options you purchase separately from your system. This documentation includes information that you need to configure and install these options in your Dell computer.
  • Page 5     The following list defines (where appropriate) and illustrates typographical conven- tions used as visual cues for specific elements of text throughout this document: Interface components are window titles, button and icon names, menu names and selections, and other options that appear on the monitor screen or display. They are presented in bold.
  • Page 6 Screen text is a message or text that you are instructed to type as part of a com- mand (referred to as a command line). Screen text is presented in the Courier New font. Example: The following message appears on your screen: No boot device available Example: “Type md c:\programs and press <Enter>.”...
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                                           PowerVault Switch Manager Screens ........1-1                    Requirements .
  • Page 8 ! Figure 2-1. Fabric View ..........2-3 Figure 2-2.
  • Page 9         The Dell™ PowerVault™ Switch Manager allows you to monitor, configure, and man- age fabric switches using a Java-capable web browser from a standard desktop workstation. You can dynamically interact with any switch in the fabric to monitor sta- tus and performance.
  • Page 10: Fabric View

    Administration Allows you to perform functions such as upgrading firm- ware versions or reconfiguring a switch Telnet Allows you to use Telnet commands for switch diagnos- tics, troubleshooting, and fabric management Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...
  • Page 11 16-bit or higher color Java 1.2.2 plug-in You can install the plug-in from the Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel Utilities CD or the Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel Update CD. You can also download the plug-in from the Sun Microsystems World Wide Web site at http://www.sun.com/.
  • Page 12 Name Server Table window, or Zone Admin- istration window by clicking the appropriate button at the bottom of the Fabric View. Figure 2-1 shows the Fabric View. Table 2-1 shows the descriptions for each compo- nent in this view. Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...
  • Page 13 FCnet IP field Fibre Channel IP address Gateway IP field Gateway IP address World Wide Name Unique numeric identifier for each switch; assigned by (WWN) field manufacturer Fabric Topology button Opens the fabric topology window support.dell.com Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager...
  • Page 14: Zone Administration

    Fabric Topology from the Fabric View. NOTE: Each switch in a fabric is a domain with its own unique domain ID. Figure 2-2 shows the fabric topology window. Table 2-2 provides a description for each component in this window. Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...
  • Page 15 ID associated with the switch name. It includes World Wide Name (WWN) and total number of paths by domain with output ports, input ports, hop count, metric and flag for each path. support.dell.com Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager...
  • Page 16 Figure 2-3 shows the Name Server Table window. Table 2-3 provides a description for each component in this view.     Auto Refresh checkbox Check to enable Auto Refresh; uncheck to disable Auto Refresh Interval Displays refresh interval in seconds field Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...
  • Page 17: Zone Alias Settings

    Dell recommends that you click Apply to update the changes frequently when modifying the zoning information.
  • Page 18 Fabric View. You can also click the Zone Alias Settings tab in the Zone Administra- tion window. Figure 2-4 shows the Zone Alias Settings screen. Table 2-4 provides a description for each component in this tab. Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...
  • Page 19 Add Member to add to the list of members for the currently selected alias. Remove Member but- Select a member from a list of members for the cur- rently selected alias and click Remove Member to remove from the member list. support.dell.com Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager...
  • Page 20: Administration

    To access Zone Settings, click the Zone Settings tab in the Zone Administration window. Figure 2-5 shows the Zone Settings tab. Table 2-5 provides a description for each component in this tab. 2-10 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...
  • Page 21 Click to delete the selected zone Rename Zone button Click to enter a new name for the currently selected zone Member Selection Displays a list of available switches, ports, device List field WWNs, and aliases support.dell.com Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager 2-11...
  • Page 22 To access zone configuration settings, click the Zone Config Settings tab in the Zone Administration window. Figure 2-6 shows the Zone Config Settings tab. Table 2-6 provides a description for each component in this tab. 2-12 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...
  • Page 23 Add Member to add to the list of selected configu- ration members Remove Member Select a member from a list of configuration members button and click Remove Member to remove from the mem- ber list support.dell.com Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager 2-13...
  • Page 24 Figure 2-7 shows the Switch Management Application. Table 2-7 provides a description for each component in this window. 2-14 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...
  • Page 25 Blank — No GBIC present A yellow outline around the port icon indicates a port failure For detailed port information, click the port icon for the Port Statistics window Number icon Number of the port support.dell.com Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager 2-15...
  • Page 26 FC IP field Fibre Channel IP address FC NM field Fibre Channel netmask value Gateway field IP address of the default gateway; must be properly set to access the switch from other networks 2-16 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...
  • Page 27 Figure 2-8 shows the Port Information window. Table 2-8 provides a description for each component in this window. support.dell.com Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager 2-17...
  • Page 28 Port Module (or GBIC GBIC type: Module) field -- (two hyphens) — No GBIC present sw — Short-wave GBIC lw — Long-wave GBIC cu — Copper GBIC id — Might include any of the above types 2-18 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...
  • Page 29 Number of frames transmitted ted field Frames Received Number of frames received field C2 Frames Number of class 2 frames received Received field C3 Frames Number of class 3 frames received Received field support.dell.com Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager 2-19...
  • Page 30 Number of times loop initialized by FL_Port Last LIP Received Last LIP received: AL_PD, AL_PS field Frames Rejected Number of F_RJTs sent field Frames Busied Number of F_BSYs sent field Link Failure field Number of times NOS received/sent 2-20 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...
  • Page 31: Switch Admin

    To access this window, click perform. in the Switch Management Application. Figure 2-9 shows the Performance window. *%  The administration window consists of the following functions. NOTE: You must have admin privilege to access these functions. Switch administration User administration Firmware upgrade support.dell.com Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager 2-21...
  • Page 32: Reboot Switch

    To access Switch Administration, click admin. from the Switch Management Application. You can also click the Switch Admin tab from any administration window. Figure 2-10 shows the Switch Admin tab. Table 2-9 provides a description for each component in this tab. 2-22 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...
  • Page 33 Commit Configu- Click to apply the changes you made. ration Changes button Reset button Click to reset all components to the values present when you launched the Switch Administration. support.dell.com Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager 2-23...
  • Page 34 Use User Admin to rename accounts or change passwords. To access User Administration, click the User Admin tab from any administration window. Figure 2-11 shows the User Admin tab. Table 2-10 provides a description for each component in this tab. 2-24 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...
  • Page 35 To access Firmware Upgrade, click the Firmware Upgrade tab from any administra- tion window. Figure 2-12 shows the Firmware Upgrade tab. Table 2-11 provides a description for each component in this tab. support.dell.com Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager 2-25...
  • Page 36 2-26 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...
  • Page 37 (POST) for future reboots. To access Reboot Switch, click the Reboot Switch tab from any administration window. Figure 2-13 shows the Reboot Switch tab. Table 2-12 provides a description for each component in this tab. support.dell.com Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager 2-27...
  • Page 38 Reboot Switch button Click to reboot the switch Fastboot Switch Click to perform a fast reboot of the switch; a fast button reboot bypasses POST (this is the same as a reboot with POST disabled) 2-28 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...
  • Page 39 To access SNMP Administration, click the SNMP Admin tab from any administra- tion window. Figure 2-14 shows the SNMP Administration tab. Table 2-13 provides a description for each component in this tab. support.dell.com Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager 2-29...
  • Page 40: Snmp Admin

    Click Abort Session to terminate the existing Telnet session or click Cancel to cancel the transaction. NOTE: You must have admin privilege to abort a Telnet session. 2-30 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...
  • Page 41 Credit, applied to a switch, is a numeric value that represents the maximum num- nyms used in Dell™ user documents. ber of receive buffers provided by an F_Port or FL_Port to its attached N_Port or NL_Port respectively such that the...
  • Page 42 The N_Port is the designation of an equip- ment port connected to the fabric. Unique numeric identifier for each switch; assigned by manufacturer. Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide...

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