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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Deleting a nickname ............34 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 4 Exporting nicknames to a file ..........34 Importing a nicknames file .
Page 5 TR Mapping Manager dialog ........... 24 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 6 Add TR Mapping dialog............25 Remote Fabric Zoning dialog .
Page 7 25 Port transceiver media view ........... . . 99 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 9: About This Guide
About this guide This manual describes the QuickTools web applet (version 8.0) for HP StorageWorks 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch (firmware version 8.0). The manual also defines the features, components, and performance characteristics of the HP StorageWorks 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch. The QuickTools web applet is the primary focus of this manual, which is organized as follows: •...
Page 10: Document Conventions And Symbols
Document conventions and symbols Table 1 Document conventions Convention Element Medium blue text: Figure 1 Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses Medium blue, underlined text Web site addresses (http://www.hp.com) Keys that are pressed Bold font • • Text typed into a GUI element, such as into a box •...
Page 11: Hp Technical Support
For the name of your nearest HP-authorized reseller: • In the United States, call 1-800-282-6672. • Elsewhere, visit the HP web site: http://www.hp.com. Then click Contact HP to find locations and telephone numbers. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 12: Helpful Web Sites
Helpful web sites For other product information, see the following HP web sites: • http://www.hp.com • http://www.hp.com/go/storage • http://www.hp.com/support/ • http://www.docs.hp.com...
Page 13: Using Quicktools
In an Internet browser, enter the switch IP address (the default switch IP address is 10.0.0.1). (If your workstation does not have the Java 2 Run Time Environment program, you will be prompted to download it.) 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 14: Quicktools User Interface
The Add a New Fabric dialog box (Figure 1) prompts you for your username (the default is admin) and password (the default is password). Figure 1 Add a New Fabric dialog box Click Add Fabric to open the fabric. (If you do not have a secure Ethernet connection, the Non Secure Connection Check dialog box will prompt you to establish a non-secure connection.) The opening window is displayed (Figure...
Page 15: Fabric Tree
Click and drag the arrow to the desired width. The data windows and tabs are described below: 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 16: Alerts Panel
• Devices—Displays information about devices (hosts and storage targets) connected to the switch. See ”Devices data window” on page 32 for more information. • Switch—Displays current network and switch configuration data for the selected switch. See ”Switch data window” on page 49 for more information. •...
Page 17: Menu Bar
Load Firmware Reset Switch (Hot Reset, Reset, Hard Reset) Restore Factory Defaults Features Download Support File Port Port Properties Advanced Port Properties Reset Port Port Diagnostics (Online Port Diagnostics, Offline Port Diagnostics) 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 18: Popup Menus
Table 3 Menu bar options (continued) Option Sub-options Zoning Edit Zoning Resolve Zoning (Capture Active Zoning, Restore Configured Zoning, Capture Merged Zoning, View Merged/Configured Differences) Edit Zoning Config Activate Zoneset Deactivate Zoneset Restore Default Zoning View Refresh View Port Types View Port States View Port Speeds View Port Media...
Page 19: Selecting Ports
View menu and selecting a different port view option. See the corresponding subsection for more information: • ”Port types” on page 98 • ”Port operational states” on page 97 • ”Port speeds” on page 99 • ”Port transceiver media status” on page 99 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 20: Using Online Help
Figure 5 Preferences dialog box–QuickTools To set preferences for your QuickTools sessions: Select File > Preferences to open the Preferences dialog box. Enter or browse for paths to the working directory and browser. Choose the preferences you want in the Application-wide Options area. Click OK to save the changes.
Page 21: Managing Fabrics
The Rediscover Fabric option clears out the current fabric information being displayed, and rediscovers all switch information. To rediscover a fabric, select Fabric > Rediscover Fabric. The Rediscover function is more comprehensive than the Refresh function. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 22: Adding A New Switch To A Fabric
Adding a new switch to a fabric If there are no special conditions to be configured for a new switch, simply plug in the switch; the switch becomes functional with the default fabric configuration. The default fabric configuration settings are: •...
Page 23: Transparent Router
A device attached to a remote fabric can be mapped with multiple devices in multiple local fabrics. If a device in a remote fabric is mapped with multiple devices in the local fabric attached to a given 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch, the same TR_Port on the 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch must be used for all mappings involving that remote device.
Page 24: Tr Mapping Manager Dialog
The TR_Port uses FDISCs to login proxies for devices attached to an N_Port on the 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch. Any of the 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch ports may be configured as a TR_Port. TR Mapping Manager dialog The TR Mapping Manager dialog (Figure 6) displays the currently mapped inter-fabric routes.
Page 25: Add Tr Mapping Dialog
Click OK to save the changes and close the Add TR Mapping dialog. Verify that the new TR mapping members are displayed in the TR Mapping list of the TR Mapping Manager dialog, and click OK. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 26: Remote Fabric Zoning Dialog
NOTE: After you click OK in the TR Mapping Manager dialog, the IFZs are created and saved to the switch. If there is an active zone set with TR mappings, the old IFZs are deleted and replaced with the new IFZs, and then the active zone set is re-activated.
Page 27: Transparent Routes Data Window
Click Save to save the zoning commands text file on your workstation. Transparent Routes data window The Transparent Routes data window displays the currently configured inter-fabric zones/routes using a TR_Port. Figure 9 Transparent Routes data window 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 28: Event Browser
Port WWN, TR Port WWN, and Status fields are displayed for both sides of the route. There is no expectation that Device A will necessarily correspond to the 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch side of the route, as the end points of the route could be in any order.
Page 29: Event Browser Dialog Box
By default, these log messages will be posted to the screen. Critical log messages do not have alarm status as they require no immediate attention from a user or service representative. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 30: Filtering The Event Browser
Table 5 Port operational states State Description Warning event—An event that indicates errors or other conditions that may require attention in order to maintain maximum performance. Warning messages will not be posted to the screen unless the log is configured to do so. Warning messages are not disruptive and therefore, do not meet the criteria of Critical.
Page 31: Sorting The Event Browser
World Wide Name (WWN). This sub-section describes how to view and manage device information and nicknames. • Devices data window, page 32 • Displaying detailed device information, page 33 • Managing device port nicknames, page 33 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 32: Devices Data Window
Devices data window The Devices data window (Figure 13) displays information about name server devices and proxied devices (from configuration of TR ports) connected to the switch. To display the Devices data window, click the Devices tab below the data window. Figure 13 Devices data window Because remote devices are proxied, there are limitations in available information:...
Page 33: Displaying Detailed Device Information
World Wide Name. Assigning a nickname makes it easier to recognize device ports when zoning your fabric or when viewing the Devices data window. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 34: Creating A Nickname
In addition to creating, editing, and deleting nicknames, you can also export the nicknames to a file, which can then be imported into the Nicknames.xml file on other workstations. The maximum number of nicknames allowed is 5,000. Nicknames are saved to an XML file stored on the switch. If different nickname files exist on other switches in the fabric, you will be prompted to resolve differences before the Nicknames dialog box will be displayed.
Page 35: Importing A Nicknames File
A zone expands to show its member ports/devices. • Ports/devices that are zoned by WWN or FC address, but no longer part of the fabric, are grayed-out. Proxied devices are also grayed-out. Figure 15 Active Zoneset data window 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 36: Configured Zonesets Data Window
Configured Zonesets data window The Configured Zonesets data window (Figure 16) displays all zonesets, zones, aliases, and zone membership in the zoning database. To open the Configured Zonesets data window, click the Configured Zonesets tab below the data window. The Configured Zonesets data window uses display conventions for expanding and contracting entries that are similar to those used by the fabric tree.
Page 37: Aliases
MaxZoneSets—The maximum number of zonesets that can be configured on the switch. • MaxZones—The maximum number of zones that can be configured on the switch, including orphan zones. • MaxAliases—The maximum number of aliases that can be configured on the switch. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 38: Managing The Zoning Database
• MaxTotalMembers—The maximum number of zone and alias members that can be stored in the switch’s zoning database. Each instance of a zone member or alias member counts toward this maximum. • MaxZonesInZoneSets—The maximum number of zone linkages to zonesets that can be configured on the switch.
Page 39 Click Error Check to have QuickTools check for zoning conflicts, such as empty zones, aliases, or zonesets, and zones with non-domain ID/port number membership. Click Save Zoning to implement the changes. Click Close to close the Error Check dialog box. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 40: Edit Zoning Dialog Box Tool Bar
On the Edit Zoning dialog box, click Close to close the Edit Zoning dialog box. Table 7 Edit Zoning dialog box tool bar Button Description Create Zoneset button—Creates a new zoneset Create Zone button—Creates a new zone Create Alias button—Creates another name for a set of objects Add Member button—Adds selected port/device to a zone Remove Member button—Deletes the selected zone from a...
Page 41: Options For Resolving Zoning
Zoning changes are always saved to temporary memory. • If Merge Auto Save is enabled, the switch firmware saves changes to the active zoneset in temporary memory and to the zoning database. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 42: Default Zone
• If Merge Auto Save is disabled, changes to the active zoneset are stored only in temporary memory, which is cleared when the switch is reset. NOTE: Disabling the Merge Auto Save parameter can be useful to prevent the propagation of zoning information when experimenting with different zoning schemes.
Page 43: Removing All Zone And Zoneset Definitions
To deactivate the active zoneset, open the Zoning menu, select Deactivate Zoneset. Acknowledge the warning about traffic disruption, and click Yes to confirm that you want to deactivate the active zoneset. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 44: Renaming A Zoneset
Renaming a zoneset To rename a zoneset: In the Zonesets tree of the Edit Zoning dialog box, click the zoneset to be renamed. Open the Edit menu and select Rename. In the Rename Zoneset dialog box, enter a new name for the zoneset. Click OK.
Page 45: Copying A Zone To A Zoneset
Be sure to reconfigure zones that are affected by a domain ID change. Renaming a zone To rename a zone: In the Zonesets tree of the Edit Zoning dialog box, click the zone to be renamed. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 46: Removing A Zone Member
Select Edit > Rename. In the Rename Zone dialog box, enter a new name for the zone. Click OK. Click Apply in the Edit Zoning dialog box to save the change. Click Close to close the Edit Zoning dialog box. Removing a zone member Removing a zone member will affect every zone and zoneset in which that zone is a member.
Page 47: Adding A Member To An Alias
A zone merge may also fail if the merged zones/members exceed the maximum zoning limits. See ”Viewing zoning limits and properties” on page 37 for more information on zoning limits. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 48: Zone Merge Failure Recovery
Zone merge failure recovery When a zone merge failure occurs, the conflict that caused the failure must be resolved. You can correct a failure due to a zone conflict by deactivating one of the active zonesets or by editing the conflicting zones so that their membership is the same.
Page 49: Managing Switches
19) displays the current network and switch information for the selected switch. To open the Switch data window, click the Switch tab below the data window. Figure 19 Switch data window 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 50: Switch Data Window Buttons
Switch data window buttons Information in the Switch data window is grouped and accessed by the Summary, Status, Network, User Login, Firmware, Services, Zones/Security, and Advanced buttons. Click a button to display the switch information for the selected data category (Figure 19).
Page 51 NTP Server Address The IP address of the centralized NTP server. Ethernet connection to NTP server is required. DNS Enabled Domain Name Service Enabled or Disabled 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 52 Table 9 Switch data window fields Field Description Configured Local Hostname The requested hostname for the switch. If a fully qualified domain name is given, the domain suffix is used as the first suffix in the DNS search list for DNS lookups performed by the switch.
Page 53 Error detect timeout value (in milliseconds) Number of Donor Groups Total number of donor port groups. A donor group is a set of ports on a switch that can donate buffer credits to one another. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 54: Managing User Accounts
Table 9 Switch data window fields Field Description Inactivity Timeout Number of minutes the switch waits before terminating an idle command line interface session. Zero (0) disables the time out threshold. Interop Mode Standard Legacy Address Format None In-band Enabled In-band management status.
Page 55: Creating User Accounts
Click the Remove Account tab to open the Remove Account tab page (Figure 22). Select the account (Login) name from the list of accounts at the top of the dialog box. Click Remove Account. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 56: Changing A User Account Password
Click Close to close the User Account Administration dialog box. Figure 22 User Account Administration–Remove Account dialog box Changing a user account password A user can change the password for their account, but only the Admin account user can change the password for another user’s account.
Page 57: Modifying A User Account
The Date and Time areas become active and you are prevented from manually setting the date and time on the switch • The NTP Server Discovery and NTP Server IP Address fields become active and allow you to select a discovery method 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 58: Resetting A Switch
The NTP Server Discovery and NTP Server IP Address fields become active, and allow you to select a discovery method (Static, DHCP, DHCPv6) and to specify an IP address (IPv4 or IPv6). Figure 25 Date/Time dialog box To manually set the date and time on a switch: Select Switch >...
Page 59: Configuring A Switch
SNMP configuration specifies SNMP settings, SNMP traps, and SNMP security. Using the configuration wizard Use the configuration wizard to configure the IP address and password for new or replacement switches. To start the configuration wizard, select Wizards > Configuration Wizard. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 60: Switch Properties
Logged-In LEDs on both switches will flash to show the affected ports. See the HP StorageWorks 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch command line interface guide for information about the Domain ID Lock and Principal Priority parameters.
Page 61: Symbolic Name
The current administrative state is the state that is applied to the switch for temporary purposes and is not retained across switch resets. The current administrative state is set using the Set Switch command. See the HP StorageWorks 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch command line interface guide for information about the command line interface.
Page 62: Advanced Switch Properties
from the fabric. Use the FDMI HBA Entry Limit field on the Switch Properties dialog box to configure the maximum number of HBAs that can be registered with a switch. If the number of HBAs exceeds the maximum number, the FDMI information for those HBAs can not be registered. Select the FDMI Enabled option on the Switch Properties dialog box to Enable or Disable FDMI.
Page 63: System Services Dialog Box
This e-mail-based Call Home cannot be used to contact HP Services. Call Home to HP Services can be accomplished using HP Service Essentials Remote Support Pack as described in the HP StorageWorks 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch installation and reference guide. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 64: Network Properties
Network properties Use the Network Properties dialog boxes (Figure 29) to configure IP and DNS parameters. Open the Network Properties dialog box, using one of the following methods: • Open the faceplate display for the switch you are configuring, and then select Switch > Network Properties, or •...
Page 65: Network Ip Configuration
Enable this option to permit the IPv6 addressing format to be used anytime you are required to enter an IP address. CAUTION: Disabling this option will prevent you from using an IPv6 IP address for system services. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 66 Table 1 1 Network Properties dialog box—IP fields Field Description Network Discovery Choose one of the following methods for assigning the IP address: • Static—Uses the IP configuration parameters entered in the Network Properties dialog box. • BootP—Acquires the IP configuration from a BootP server.
Page 67: Network Dns Configuration
IP address will be assigned to this switch in order to avoid an IP address conflict. Search List Domain Names The suffix that is appended to the user-specified hostname for the search. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 68: Snmp Configuration
SNMP configuration The Simple Network Management Protocol configuration includes properties and trap parameters plus SNMP v3 manager and user parameters. SNMP properties and trap configuration parameters Use the SNMP Properties dialog box (Figure 30) to change SNMP properties and trap configuration parameters.
Page 69: Snmp Properties Dialog Box Fields
Trap severity levels include Unknown, Emergency, Alert, Critical, Error, Warning, Notify, Info, Debug, and Mark Trap Port Specifies the port number (between 1—65535) on which a trap is set. The default is 162. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 70: Snmp V3 Security
SNMP v3 Security Simple Network Management Protocol Version 3 (SNMPv3) is an interoperable standards-based protocol for network management. SNMPv3 provides secure access to devices using a combination of authenticating and encrypting packets over the network. SNMP v3 security is an additional layer of security offered with the 7.6 and newer firmware.
Page 71: Testing A Switch
The diagnostic tests are: • Online—A non-disruptive test that exercises port-to-device connections for all ports on a switch that are currently online except for TR ports, which are not included in Online Switch Diagnostics. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 72: Switch Diagnostics Dialog Box
• Offline—A disruptive test that exercises all port connections for a switch in the diagnostics state. When you run an offline test, the switch will automatically be put into diagnostics state, and the switch will not be returned to its original state until the Switch Diagnostics dialog box is closed. A disruptive switch reset must be done at that time to return the switch to its original state.
Page 73: Archiving A Switch
RADIUS Server information (available only with SSL connection to the switch) NOTE: Security features must be configured using CLI. See the HP StorageWorks 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch command line interface guide for information about the command line interface. To archive a switch: Select Switch >...
Page 74: Restore Dialog Boxes-Full And Selective
Figure 34 Restore dialog boxes—full and selective The switch being restored should be physically disconnected from the fabric. Restoring a CAUTION: switch in a fabric can severely disrupt the fabric. After the restore process is complete, the switch can be reconnected to the fabric.
Page 75: Restoring The Factory Default Configuration
The most current port license will remain in effect. To restore user accounts, you must select the Reset User Accounts to Default option in the maintenance menu. See “Recovering a Switch” in the HP StorageWorks 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch installation and reference guide for your switch for information about maintenance mode and the maintenance menu.
Page 76: Installing Feature License Keys
A feature license key is a password that you can purchase from your switch distributor or authorized reseller to upgrade your switch. License keys vary according to the features you purchase. The feature license key available for purchase is the HP StorageWorks 8/20q 4-port Upgrade License. To install a license key and upgrade the switch: Open the faceplate display for the switch you want to upgrade.
Page 77: Downloading A Support File
Zoning modifications • Adding, moving or removing devices attached to the switch fabric. This includes powering up or powering down attached devices. • Adding, moving or removing ISLs or other connections. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 78: Using Call Home
After an NDCLA operation is complete, management connections must be re-initiated: • QuickTools sessions will re-connect automatically • Telnet sessions must be restarted manually. Future switch firmware releases will support non-disruptive upgrades unless specifically indicated in its associated release notes. An NDCLA operation to earlier switch firmware releases is not supported.
Page 79: Call Home Setup Dialog Box
The Call Home service provides an e-mail notification capability for the switch. This service has no relationship with the HP Call Home feature, which notifies HP services. Figure 38 Call Home Setup dialog box 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 80: Call Home Setup Fields
Table 16 describes the fields of the Call Home Setup dialog box. Table 16 Call Home Setup fields Field Description Primary SMTP: (active) (active) indicates that the Primary SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the SMTP server that Call Home is going to try to use when transmitting e-mail messages.
Page 81 Receiving additional switch events would result in duplicate e-mail messages being sent. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 82: Using The Call Home Profile Manager
Using the Call Home Profile Manager The Call Home Profile Manager is used to configure the type of events for which to send an e-mail alert, and where the alerts are sent. Use the Call Home Profile Manager dialog box (Figure 39) to manage all profiles on a switch.
Page 83: Call Home Profile Editor Dialog Box
The dialog box is pre-populated with all of the information from the selected profile, except the name. Enter a unique name for the profile copy. Click OK to save the new profile. Figure 40 Call Home Profile Editor dialog box 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 84: Using The Call Home Profile Editor-Tech Support Center Profile Dialog Box
Using the Call Home Profile Editor—Tech Support Center Profile dialog box You can use the Call Home Profile Editor—Tech Support Center Profile dialog box (Figure 41) to create, edit, or remove a Tech Support Center profile. Figure 41 Call Home Profile Editor—Tech Support Center Profile dialog box Managing switches...
Page 85: Call Home Editor-Tech Support Center Profile Dialog Box Fields
The default is 1. Address The e-mail address of the recipient being added to the Tech Support Center profile. A maximum of 10 addresses is allowed and displayed in the Addresses window. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 86: Applying All Profiles On A Switch To Other Switches
To create a Call Home Tech Support Center profile: Open the Switch menu, select Call Home, and then select Profile Manager. The Call Home Profile Manager dialog box is displayed. Choose one of the following options to open the Call Home Profile Editor—Create Tech Support Center Profile dialog box: •...
Page 87: Using The Call Home Message Queue
Select one or more profiles in the window, and then click Test. To display the Call Home Test Profile dialog box, open the Switch menu, select Call Home, and then select Test Profile. Figure 44 Call Home Test Profile dialog box 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 88: Change Over
Change Over The Change Over option changes the inactive SMTP server to the active SMTP server. To make the inactive SMTP become the active SMTP: Select Switch > Call Home > Change Over. Figure 45 Call Home Change Over dialog box Click OK to confirm the change over.
Page 89: Managing Ports
18). Click a button to display the corresponding information in the data window on the right. Port Information data window buttons Figure 47 The Port Information data window fields are described in Table 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 90: Port Information Data Window Fields
Table 18 Port Information data window fields Field Description Summary Group Port Address Port Fibre Channel address. Administrative Port Type The administrative port type (G, GL, F, FL, TR, or Donor). This value is persistent; it will be maintained during a switch reset.
Page 91 Media Vendor The company that manufactured the SFP Media Vendor ID The IEEE registered company identification number Media Part Number The part number assigned to the SFP Media Revision Transceiver hardware version 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 92: Port Statistics Data Window
Port Statistics data window The Port Statistics data window (Figure 48) displays statistics for port performance. To open the Port Statistics data window, select one or more ports and click the Port Stats data window tab. Figure 48 Port Statistics data window The Statistics drop-down list is available on the Port Statistics data window, and provides different ways to view detailed port information.
Page 93 A loss of signal causes the switch to attempt to re-establish the link. If the link is not re-established, a link failure is counted. A link reset is performed after a link failure. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 94 Table 19 Port Statistics data window fields Field Description LIP(AL_PD,AL_PS) Number of F7, AL_PS LIPs, or AL_PD (vendor specific) resets performed. LIP(F7,AL_PS) Used to reinitialize the loop. An L_port, identified by AL_PS, may have noticed a performance degradation and is trying to restore the loop.
Page 95: Viewing And Configuring Ports
User-defined name for a port. Operational State The port state that is currently active. This value may be different from the administrative port state, for example, due to an error condition. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 96: Port Symbolic Name
Table 20 Port Properties dialog box fields State Description Configured State The port state (Online, Offline, Diagnostics, or Down) saved in the switch configuration, either by the user or at the factory. This value is persistent; it will be maintained during a switch reset, and will be used after a reset to set the port operational state.
Page 97: Port Operational States
Click OK to write the new port state request to the switch. Table 22 Port administrative states State Description Online Activates and prepares port to send data. Offline Prevents port from receiving signal and accepting a device login. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 98: Port Types
ISL (inter-switch link) to another fibre channel switch. TR_Port Transparent Router port—Allows devices on a remote fabric to be mapped to devices on the local 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch fabric. TR_Ports do not support online port diagnostics (see ”Testing ports”...
Page 99: Port Speeds
Optical SFP, unlicensed (dark gray/black) Optical SFP, unknown, unlicensed (dark gray/blue) None Empty port; no transceiver installed (gray) or unlicensed transceiver (dark gray) 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide...
Page 100: I/O Stream Guard
I/O Stream Guard The I/O Stream Guard feature suppresses the Registered State Change Notification (RSCN) messages on a port basis. I/O Stream Guard should be enabled only on ports connected to initiator devices. To configure the I/O Stream Guard option using the Port Properties dialog box, open the Port menu, and select Port Properties.
Page 101: Port Diagnostics Dialog Box
Select a Test Pattern option: Accept the default test pattern, or select the User-Defined option and enter a value. Click Start Test to begin the test. Observe the results in the Test Results area. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide 101...
Page 102 NOTE: If the Test Status field in the Test Results area indicates Failed, note the Test Fault Code displayed in the Port Information data window and contact Tech Support. 102 Managing ports...
Page 103: Glossary
The set of fabrics opened during a QuickTools session. Fabric management The switch through which the fabric is managed. switch Fabric name User-defined name associated with the file that contains user list data for the fabric. 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide 103...
Page 104 A switch LED that indicates the status of the internal switch processor and the results of the Power On Self Test. An IFZ (inter-fabric zone) allows controlled and limited access between devices on a 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch (local) fabric and devices on a remote fabric of other vendor switches. An IFZ contains exactly three WWN members: the local device, the remote device, and the TR_Port attached to the remote fabric.
Page 105 A storage device that responds to an initiator device. TR Port Transparent Router port. The port type used to map devices on a 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch (local) fabric to devices in a remote fabric of other vendor switches. User account An object stored on a switch that consists of an account name, password, authority level, and expiration date.
Page 107: Index
Devices data window document NDCLA conventions network properties prerequisites nickname related documentation nickname files domain ID Nondisruptive Code Load and Activation Download Support File online Help editing the zoning database 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools switch management user guide 107...
Page 108 opening window operating systems user accounts orphan zoneset user accounts maximum paging a switch warning popup menus web sites port administrative states HP storage Port Information data window HP Subscriber’s choice port operational state icons workstations port operational states port properties port states XML archive file Port Statistics data window...

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