Managing Switches; About Transparent Routing; Viewing Switch Properties; Description Of The Switch Properties - HP StorageWorks SN6000 - Fibre Channel Switch User Manual

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Managing switches

This chapter provides the following procedures for using Simple SAN Connection Manager to view and
manage your SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch or 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch:
• "About transparent routing,"
• "Viewing switch properties,"
• "Viewing network properties,"
• "Viewing switch zoning information,"
• "Setting the switch default zoning,"
• "Setting the switch admin password,"
• "Setting the switch IP address,"
• "Updating switch firmware,"
• "Setting switch SNMP properties,"
• "Setting the switch symbolic name and domain ID,"
• "Setting DNS properties,"
• "Setting switch IP security,"

About transparent routing

The transparent routing feature provides inter-fabric routing to enable controlled and limited access
between devices on an SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch or 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch (local) fabric and
devices on a remote fabric consisting of switches made by other vendors. For a list of switches that are
supported in a remote fabric, see the HP StorageWorks SAN Design Reference Guide located at the HP
website: http://www.hp.com/go/sandesignguide. This type of inter-fabric connection uses the Fibre
Channel industry N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV), and makes local and remote devices accessible to each
other while maintaining the local and remote fabrics as separate fabrics.
Transparent routing configuration consists of connecting the local fabric over one or more TR_Ports to the
remote fabric, and then creating Inter-Fabric Zones (IFZs) by which you map the local devices to the remote
devices. To complete the configuration and make it active, you must activate the same IFZs on both the
local fabric and the remote fabric.
Simple SAN Connection Manager displays, on the Physical Connection map (see page 45), the remote
fabric as a grayed-out switch, which represents one or more HP StorageWorks B-series switches and their
connected devices. However, Simple SAN Connection Manager cannot be used to manage the remote
fabric or to configure transparent routing. To configure transparent routing, use the SN6000 Fibre Channel
Switch or 8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools web applet as described in the HP StorageWorks
8/20q Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools Switch Management User Guide or the HP StorageWorks
SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools Switch Management User Guide.

Viewing switch properties

Simple SAN Connection Manager provides a quick and easy way to view properties related to switches
within your SAN.

Description of the switch properties

The Switch Properties
• Symbolic Name
• Model
• World-wide name
• Serial Number
• MAC Address
• Domain ID
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