Task 4: Plan Console Management Support - HP 316095-B21 - StorageWorks Edge Switch 2/24 Planning Manual

Configuration Planning Tasks

Task 4: Plan Console Management Support

Plan to implement one or more of the following methods to provide console
management and support for directors and switches:
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HAFM appliance — The rack-mounted HAFM appliance is used for product
installation, initial software configuration, changing the configuration, and
monitoring product operation.
— When the HAFM application and Element Manager applications are
installed on the HAFM appliance, the server is used as a local user
workstation.
— The HAFM appliance can support up to 48 managed HP products.
— Managed directors and switches can be powered off and on without the
HAFM appliance.
— An HAFM appliance failure does not cause an operating director or
switch to fail.
— The HAFM appliance is fully operational, even if there is no user logged
in to the Windows 2000 operating system. The HAFM appliance allows
remote users to log in and continues to monitor products in the
background.
Remote user workstations — If remote access to the HAFM appliance is
required, plan to install user workstations with the HAFM and Element
Manager applications configured. Administrators can use these remote
workstations to configure and monitor directors and switches. Up to 25
HAFM sessions can be simultaneously active (one local from the HAFM
appliance and 24 remote). Sessions from remote user workstations are
disabled if the HAFM appliance is powered off.
Inband management support — If inband console management of a
director or switch is required, plan for a Fibre Channel port connection that
communicates with the attached server.
If director or switch management through an OSI server is planned, ensure
that the OSMS feature key is ordered with the Element Manager application.
This feature enables host control of the product from an OSI server attached
to a Fibre Channel port. Ensure that the server meets minimum specifications
and that a product-compatible HBA and appropriate operating system or SAN
management application is available.
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