Frequently Asked Questions - Qlogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager User Manual

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Manager. For additional FAQs and other information, visit the QLogic support
Web site, support.qlogic.com.
Question
On what platforms does SANsurfer FC
HBA Manager run?
Can the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager user
interface running on Red Hat/SuSE Linux
talk to a Windows host running the agent?
What does the blinking heart on the con-
nected host mean?
Can the current contents of the alarm and
event logs be saved to a file?
Can SANsurfer FC HBA Manager be run
as a Java applet?
Does SANsurfer FC HBA Manager sup-
port SNMP?
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lists some frequently asked questions (FAQs) about SANsurfer FC HBA
Table A-1. Frequently Asked Questions
The SANsurfer FC HBA Manager user interface runs on
any platform that supports the Java JVM™ 1.4 specifica-
tion. The agent runs only on Windows XP Profes-
sional/Windows 2000/Windows Server 2003/Windows
Vista/Windows Server 2008, Solaris SPARC/x86, Red
Hat/SuSE Linux, Macintosh OS X, and NetWare.
The SANsurfer FC HBA Manager user interface running on
any platform can talk to any other platform running the
agent. The SANsurfer FC HBA Manager interface allows
connections to different platforms at the same time.
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager actively pings the agent at
the specified broadcast interval. This allows SANsurfer FC
HBA Manager to detect agent presence on all platforms
(even if agent shutdown notification is not supported). It
also allows the detection of agent crashes as soon as pos-
sible. During an agent crash, the notification may not have
been sent to all the connected user interfaces.
The alarm and event log files are stored in the SANsurfer
FC HBA Manager install directory as a comma delimited
list of entries (one per line). The alarm log file is
alarms.txt and the event log file is events.txt.
No, SANsurfer FC HBA Manager currently does not run as
a Java applet.
No, SANsurfer FC HBA Manager currently supports only
the RPC communication layer between the user interface
and agent.
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