San Management Applications - McDATA StorageWorks 2/140 - Director Switch Planning Manual

SAN Management
Applications
McDATA offers the following SAN management applications
installed on the rack-mount management server:
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• SANavigator application - The SANavigator application
(Version 4.2 or later) is an integrated software package that
provides management of an enterprise-wide, heterogeneous SAN
(with multiple vendor applications) from a single console.
Element Manager applications installed on the management
server are launched from the SANavigator application. These
applications provide configuration, management, and status
monitoring of Intrepid-series directors and Sphereon-series fabric
switches. The SANavigator application also manages and
monitors an entire complex fabric, including servers and storage
devices from multiple OEMs that use multiple applications,
protocols, and technologies. In addition, an instance of the
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SANvergence Manager application can be launched from the
SANavigator application.
• Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Manager (EFCM) application -
The EFCM application (Version 8.7 or later) is an integrated
software package that provides management of McDATA
directors and switches from a single console.
Element Manager applications installed on the management
server are launched from the EFCM application. These
applications provide configuration, management, and status
monitoring of Intrepid-series directors and Sphereon-series fabric
switches. In addition, an instance of the SANvergence Manager
application can be launched from the EFCM application.
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• SANvergence Manager application - The SANvergence
Manager application (Version 4.6 or later) provides management
of Eclipse-series switches and advanced configuration and
monitoring of servers and storage devices in a mixed-protocol
(Fibre Channel and iSCSI) SAN.
Element Manager applications installed on each Eclipse-series
switch are launched from the SANvergence Manager application.
These applications provide switch configuration, management,
and status monitoring. The SANvergence Manager application
also provides a user interface with a storage name server (SNS)
database that enables auto-discovery and status monitoring of
Fibre Channel and Internet protocol (IP) SAN devices.
Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products
Introduction to McDATA Multi-Protocol Products
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