Efcm Basic Edition Interface - McDATA StorageWorks 2/140 - Director Switch Planning Manual

Physical Planning Considerations
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EFCM Basic Edition
Interface
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• Up to 12 authorized management workstations can be configured
through the director or fabric switch SAN management
application to receive unsolicited SNMP trap messages that
indicate product operational state changes and failure conditions.
• Up to eight authorized management workstations can be
configured through a SAN router Element Manager application
to send SNMP trap messages that indicate product operational
state changes and failure conditions.
In addition, there is a separate SNMP agent that runs on each
director, fabric switch, or SAN router (configured through the
associated Element Manager application). The director or switch
SNMP agent can be configured to send unsolicited SNMP trap
messages to up to six recipients. The SAN router SNMP agent can be
configured to send unsolicited SNMP trap messages to up to four
recipients.
SNMP management is only intended for product monitoring;
therefore, the default state of all MIB variables is read-only. If
installed on a dedicated LAN, SNMP management workstations
communicate directly with all managed products. If installed on a
customer intranet, workstations communicate with managed
products through the management server.
The EFCM Basic Edition interface provides a graphical user interface
(GUI) accessed through the Internet (locally or remotely) to manage a
single director or switch. If the EFCM Basic Edition interface is to be
implemented:
• Plan for an Internet connection to the LAN segment on which
the product is installed. The LAN connection is provided through
the optional McDATA-supplied Ethernet hub or the corporate
intranet.
• Ensure adequate security measures are implemented to preclude
unauthorized access to managed products. Ensure IP addresses
(uniform resource locators (URLs) for Internet access) of managed
products, usernames, and passwords are tightly controlled.
NOTE: EFCM Basic Edition interface access to the Intrepid 10000 Director
and SAN routers is not supported.