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Preface This manual describes the configuration and administration tasks for the QLogic 12000 series, which includes: The 12300 36-port configurable InfiniBand switch The 12300 18-port configurable InfiniBand switch The 12800 Director Series: 12800-040 12800-120 12800-180 12800-360 Intended Audience This manual is intended to provide network administrators and other qualified personnel a reference for configuration and administration task information for the switches.
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LAN port (RJ-45 connector) on the switch. To access Chassis Viewer, point a browser to the IP address of the switch. For a list of supported browsers, please refer to the QLogic 12000 Release Notes. If user authentication is enabled, the User Authentication window shown in...
(fans and power supplies), leaf modules, spine modules and management modules. The selected component provides hyperlinks to related menus and information where the user can perform configuration and monitoring tasks. Figure 1-2 QLogic 12300 Home Page D000101-000 E...
1–Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer Figure 1-3 QLogic 12800-040 Home Page The ? (HELP) button (Figure 1-4) displays online help. Each help window gives the user a high-level, topic-specific description. Figure 1-4 Help Button Displaying the Chassis View There are three ways to display the chassis view for the 12800 switches: First Way Mouse over the outer region of the leaf module view.
1–Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer Second Way Mouse over the outer region of the management module view. The edges of the chassis are highlighted green as shown in Figure 1-6 below: Figure 1-6 Management Module View Mouseover Click the outer region of the management module view. The chassis view is displayed (Figure 1-7).
1–Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer Displaying the Leaf, Spine and Management Module Views Leaf Module View To display the leaf module views: Mouse over the leaf module to display. The edges of the leaf module are highlighted green as shown in Figure 1-8 below: Figure 1-8 Leaf Module Mouseover...
1–Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer Figure 1-10 Spine Module Mouseover Click the spine module. The spine module view is displayed (Figure 1-11). Figure 1-11 Spine Module View Management Module View To display the management module view: Mouse over the management module to display. The edges of the module are highlighted green as shown in Figure 1-12 below:...
1–Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer Figure 1-13 Management Module View Component Details Area The Component Details Area (Figure 1-14) for the chassis, spine, leaf and management module has three areas. Details Header Information area. Menu Figure 1-14 Component Details Area Details Header The Details Header (Figure...
1–Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer Logout NOTE: The Logout button is only displayed if the user has set the User Authentication parameter to Login Enabled through the HTTP Session Configuration submenu. Refer to “HTTP/CLI Session Configuration” on page 1-24 for more information. Reboot View Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) Information.
1–Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer Figure 1-17 Chassis View Component Information Area Modifying Switch Component Information Following is the procedure for modifying the fields for switch components: Select the applicable tab; LED and Sensors, System, Chassis FRU, Power, Fan, or Backplane. Click on the row to be modified.
1–Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer Figure 1-19 Reboot Window Select the radio button of the management module(s) to be rebooted, or select the Reboot Entire Chassis radio button to reboot the switch and all management modules. Click Reboot. Chassis View Component Information Area Tabs The tabs along the top of the information area present information about the following components: LED and sensor information...
Figure 1-20 LEDs and Sensors Tab NOTE: For a detailed explanation of physical LEDs on the hardware components, please refer to the QLogic 12000 Hardware Installation Guide. System Tab The System tab displays overall system information for the applicable switch chassis. This information includes...
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Assigned by the administrator, the IB node description is an IB fabric-applicable name that will be displayed within the QLogic Fabric Viewer. To reset this field to the default setting, click the Field Default button. Note: If the IB Node Description field has been changed since the last reboot of either management module, the next reboot will be treated as disruptive.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Power Tab The Power tab displays switch power supply infor- mation. This information includes the following items: Description A description of the component, assigned by an administrator. Status Displays the status of the component. Displays the part number of the component.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Chassis View Menu The Chassis View Menu (Figure 1-21) allows the user to: Set and reset levels for log message files (Refer to “Logging” on page 1-14) Perform maintenance (Refer to “Maintenance” on page 1-21) View and modify SNMP trap configuration information (Refer to “SNMP”...
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-22 Logging Submenu Set Level To efficiently set up Log filtering, enable only those levels that need to appear in the log. The levels are handled by two layers. The first layer is the Preset Layer. This layer allows the user to select the levels of messages the switch will generate.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-24 Log System Configurator: Device Tab Device Tab The Device tab (Figure 1-25) presents current log level configuration settings for the following software modules: RAM – The circular log buffer contained in memory. To access the contents of this buffer, use the Chassis Viewer View Log button Syslog –...
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-25 Device Tab: Software Module Configurator To change any Log Level settings: Click the On-Off check box to the right of the setting. Click the Apply button to save any changes. The following list describes each of the Log Level configuration parameters. DUMP –...
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Debug message levels 1 through 5: Debug messages are for supplier and/or QLogic engineering use and are not necessarily indicative of actions that an end user may need to take. DEBUG1 – Messages that describe the states of connections and links.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-26 Log System Configurator: Preset Tab To change the log level settings: Click the On-Off check box to the right of the setting(s). Click the Apply button to save any changes. Syslog Host Tab The Syslog Host tab (Figure 1-27) allows the user to...
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-27 Log System Configurator: Syslog Host Tab To setup the syslog host: In the Hostname or IP text box, enter either the host name or IP address of the syslog host where the log files are to be saved. Click the Apply button to save the IP address.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-28 Reset Levels Button Click Reset Levels. The Reset Levels window is displayed (Figure 1-29) Figure 1-29 Reset Log Levels Window To reset the logging levels, click OK. Maintenance The Maintenance menu (Figure 1-30) allows the user to select an alternate firmware file for the switch, reboot the switch, set and configure authentications for...
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Firmware Update The Firmware Update button allows the user to select an alternate firmware file for the switch. These alternate files are reflected in the drop-down lists in the Firmware Update window. To download firmware: From the menu, select Maintenance.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features NOTE: Before using the Browse... button, make certain that the browser is tied to an FTP server where the firmware files reside (i.e., if the file(s) does not reside on a local computer). To have the new image become active after the next reboot, make certain that the box(es) in the Boot? Column are checked.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-34 LDAP Authentication Window In the LDAP Server IP Address box, enter the address of the applicable LDAP server. In the LDAP Server Port box, enter the applicable server port number (the default is 389).
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-36 HTTP/CLI Session Configuration Window To modify the session time out duration (in seconds), click on the existing configuration. The row changes to orange. In the HTTP Timeout Duration field, enter the new timeout duration (in seconds).
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-38 HTTP Mode Dropdown List Select Enabled or Disabled. To change the HTTPs Mode parameter, click on the HTTPs Mode list (Figure 1-39). Figure 1-39 HTTPs Mode Dropdown List Select Enabled or Disabled. Click Apply.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features From the menu, select SNMP. The Target Configuration button is displayed (Figure 1-41). Figure 1-41 Target MIB Configuration Button Select Target Configuration. The SNMP Target Configuration window is displayed (Figure 1-42): Figure 1-42 SNMP Target Configuration Window The top section of the window, SNMP Target Addresses, allows the user to determine what type of SNMP traps are sent, and where they are sent.
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1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features The Apply button applies the current settings to either the SNMP Target Addresses or SNMP Target Parameters section. The Add button saves changes made to the SNMP Address Form section. NOTE: The Target Configuration window is used for viewing and modifying existing SNMP target entries.
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1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Port Specifies the TCP or UDP port that the SNMP trap is sent. Timeout Specifies the time (in milliseconds) that the trap sender waits on a response before re-sending the trap. Retry Count Specifies the number of attempts to be made to send the trap after a timeout condition occurs.
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1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features NOTE: A status of not in service indicates that the current row will not be used in the event a trap is generated by the system. Toggling a trap to not in service, which temporarily suspends trap forwarding, may be useful to keep values intact.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features This field determines whether or not the entry is saved for each reboot of the switch. Nonvolatile means that the value is saved, and remains with each subsequent reboot. Volatile or Other indicates it will not be saved. Status Indicates the current status of the row.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-44 SNMP Filter Status Window Set Community Strings The Set Community Strings window allows the user to set two SNMP community names: Read Only Community Name Read/Write Community Name To set the Community Strings: From the menu, select SNMP The Set Community Strings button is displayed (Figure...
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-46 Set Community Strings Window The first field, "Read Only Comm. Name," is the community string that when specified in an SNMP client, allows read only access to SNMP fields exported by the SNMP server. The second field, "Read/Write Comm.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-48 Configuration File Administration - Administer Click Administer. The Configuration File Administration window is displayed (Figure 1-49). Figure 1-49 Configuration File Administration Window Click on the module to be modified. The row changes to orange. In the Mode column, click the drop-down and select the configuration file administration mode for a module (Figure...
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-50 Configuration File Administration - Mode Drop-down Following is a description of each mode option: Disabled Following an Auto Restore of a configuration file to a module, the system sets the module mode to Disabled. This allows the user to verify that the configuration file is correct, before returning the module to Auto Backup mode.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-51 Configuration File Administration - Host Up/Download Click Host Up/Download. The Configuration File Upload/Download window is displayed (Figure 1-52). Figure 1-52 Configuration File Upload/Download Window To upload a configuration file from a server to the switch: For a selected module, click the Upload button.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-53 Upload Window Type the path to the desired server location, or click Browse to locate the correct path. Click Submit. To download a configuration file from the switch to a server: For a selected module, click the Download button.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features The Trap Control window is displayed (Figure 1-55). Figure 1-55 Configuration File Trap Control Window Select or deselect the desired trap(s). NOTE: To generate an immediate trap, click the applicable Gen Trap button. To save settings, click on Apply.
Subnet Manager Configuration File The Subnet Manager Configuration File window allows the user to upload and download new QLogic Fabric Manager embedded subnet manager files, as well as start and restart all applicable master and standby subnet managers using the new file.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-57 Subnet Manager Configuration File Window In the Upload Config File text box: enter the path to the alternate embedded subnet manager file (qlogic_fm.xml). If the path is not known, the user can use the Browse...
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-59 Chassis Trap Control Window Select or deselect the desired trap(s). NOTE: To generate an immediate trap, click the applicable Gen Trap button. To save settings, click on Apply. Following are definitions for each chassis trap: Chassis Group icsChassisTrapSystemSelfTestFailure This trap indicates that the chassis failed one or more of its self-test(s).
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1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features This trap indicates that there was a fail over from one switch in the chassis to the other. Slot Group icsChassisTrapModuleNotResponding This trap indicates that a module is not responding to HEARTBEAT poll requests, that are issued by the internal chassis management service.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features icsChassisTrapPowerSupplyFailed This trap indicates that a power supply has failed and is not operational. icsChassisTrapPowerSupplyEEPROMReadFailure This trap indicates that an error condition was encountered when reading the EEPROM of the power supply. icsChassisTrapPowerSupplyFanFailed This trap indicates that a power supply fan has failed and is not operational.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-60 IB Port Statistics Click IB Port Stats. The IB Port Statistics window is displayed (Figure 1-61). Figure 1-61 Chassis IB Port Statistics Understanding Port Naming Conventions Following is an explanation of the conventions used in the Port Name column. Leaf modules/ports: L = Leaf module number 1-44...
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features P = Leaf module port number Example: L101P01 is leaf module 101 port number 1. Interswitch Link (ISL) Ports: S = Spine module number L = Leaf leaf module number A = Spine module switch chip A B = Spine module switch chip B Example: S113AP13L225P24 is the ISL between spine module 113, switch chip A, port 13 and leaf module 225, port 24.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Link Width Enabled: Link Width Enabled is the allowed link width(s) that a port can arbitrate to. Normally, this defaults to the Link Width Supported value, but can be overridden by the subnet manager. Link Width Supported: Indicates the link width in terms of multipliers of 2.5 Gbit/sec full duplex serial links supported by the port.
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1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features The number of times a 8B10B encoding violation, or a disparity violation was detected. If multiple errors are detected simultaneously (in more than one lane), the counter only increments by one. The value of the counter is not incremented past 65535.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Number of times raw inbound packet discarded. Raw Violations Outbound: Number of times raw outbound packet was discarded. Leaf and Spine Module IB Port Statistics To access IB port statistics for a specific leaf or spine module, perform the following steps.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features For information on the each IB port statistic field, refer to the section “Port Statistics Field Descriptions” on page 1-45 Spine Modules Select a spine module. The spine module view is displayed. From the Spine menu, select Spine Port Stats. The IB Port Stats button is displayed (Figure 1-64).
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Set Field Thresholds The Set Field Thresholds window allows the user to set, for a specific parameter(s), an error message threshold for the cable ports on the switch. To change error reporting thresholds, do the following: Click on Port Stats.
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1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features NOTE: For those fields with a “Percent of Max” time unit, the user may enter a number from 0 to 100. For those fields with a “1 Second” time unit, the user may enter a number from 1 to 65,535. Click Apply.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features The threshold for the number of times a 8B10B encoding violation, or a disparity violation was detected on the port. portLinkErrRecvThresh The threshold for the number of times the link error recovery process happened successfully on the port.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features NOTE: The Port Beacon feature can also be accessed via the Leaf Module menu. From the Chassis menu, click Port Stats. The Port Beacon button is displayed (Figure 1-68). Figure 1-68 Port Beacon Click Port Beacon.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-69 Port Beacon Window For the desired leaf or 12300 IB port, select the Beacon Enabled check box. Click Apply. The physical port will blink. In Chassis Viewer, the IB Link Status LED for the port is outlined as shown in Figure 1-70.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-70 Port Beacon Highlight Time Service The System Time Information window allows the user to set the system time using either network time protocol (NTP) or manual overrides. To set the system time: From the menu, select Time Service.
If using Network Time Protocol (NTP) and host names (instead of IP addresses), DNS information must first be set up using the CLI command dnsParamsSet. Remember to reboot the switch after executing this command. For detailed information, refer to the QLogic 12000 CLI Reference Guide. 1-56 D000101-000 E...
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features To use NTP: Click the Use Network Time Protocol? check box (Figure 1-73). Figure 1-73 Time Service - NTP Setup Enter either the DNS host name or IP address for the NTP server. To save, click on Apply.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Set the current date and time using the drop-downs for Month, Day, and Year as well as Hour, Minute, Seconds, and AM/PM. To save, click on Apply. To set time zone and daylight saving time (DST) settings: In the Time Zone drop-down, select the correct time zone based upon Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) (Figure...
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features From the menu, select OOB LAN IP The Set OOB LAN IP button is displayed (Figure 1-76). Figure 1-76 Set Switch OOB IP Address Button Click Set OOB LAN IP. The Set OOB LAN IP window is displayed (Figure 1-77).
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-78 Set OOB LAN IPv6 Window To automatically configure and assign addresses from an IPv6 router, click the Auto Config Enabled radio button. NOTE: The IPv6 router must be configured to assign addresses using stateless address auto configuration.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-80 Set Default Gateway IP Window Click the Gateway address text box. Type in the correct switch default gateway IP address. Click Apply. NOTE: If the DHCP option is selected, no gateway address is necessary. Fabric Manager Configuration NOTE: This section assumes the user has purchased and activated the embedded...
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-82 Subnet Manager Configuration Window To configure the Fabric Manager to automatically start with each boot, click Enabled. NOTE: If the user wants to manually activate the Fabric Manager, click Disabled. For switches in a redundant management configuration, the Start On Slave option should be set to Disabled.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Viewing the Log Each management module maintains a separate log. The View Log button allows the user to view the message log. To view the message log: From the menu, select Logging. The View Log button is displayed (Figure 1-84).
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Purging the Log The Purge Log button purges the RAM, clearing the log file(s). To purge the log: From the menu, click Logging. The Purge Log button is displayed (Figure 1-86). Figure 1-86 Purge Log Button Click Purge Log.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-88 Select Boot Image Button Click Select Boot Image. The Boot Image Selection window is displayed (Figure 1-89). Figure 1-89 Boot Image Selection Window By mousing over either radio button in the Boot Image Selection window, the user can glean additional information about each file, as shown in Figure 1-90.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Post Diagnostics The Post Diagnostic feature allows the user to choose tests for various switch components that can be run in real time. These are tests that are not run during the power on phase. From the menu, select Maintenance.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Figure 1-93 Post Diagnostics Results Output Fabric Manager Control This section assumes the user has purchased and activated the embedded version of the Fabric Manager. Accessing the Subnet Manager Control Window The Subnet Manager Control window presents status information relating to the Fabric Manager and provides a mechanism for starting, restarting, and stopping the Fabric Manager From the Management Module menu, click Subnet Manager...
The License Keys submenu allows the user to activate and deactivate feature functionality that is sold as an add-on to the switch. For detailed information on obtaining a license key, refer to QLogic 12000 Hardware Installation Guide. 1-68 D000101-000 E...
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Adding a New License Key Click License Keys. The Key Administration button is displayed (Figure 1-96). Figure 1-96 License Key Submenu Click Key Administration. The Key Management window is displayed (Figure 1-97). Figure 1-97 Key Management Window To add a new license key, click the Add Key button.
1–Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features NOTE: A license key number is given as part of the InfiniBand Fabric Suite software package. Deleting a License Key Click on the License Keys submenu. Click on Key Administration. The Key Management window is displayed (Figure 1-99).
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