Qlogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager User Manual page 16

2 – SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Overview
Features
Features
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager provides the following features:
Automatic update management. To easily keep SANsurfer FC HBA
Manager up to date at all times by monitoring the tool version number,
enable the Application Version Check feature on the Schedule Task dialog
box (see
updates (apply updates) from the Web, as well as from an external media
location (CD). Java™ Web Start is also available, which automatically
downloads, caches, and runs the given updates for the SANsurfer FC HBA
Manager tool.
HBA asset and inventory management. SANsurfer FC HBA Manager
allows you to connect to and disconnect from local and remote hosts. It also
provides information about connected hosts and their attached QLogic
HBAs with connected storage devices. Also, the current SAN configuration
is rendered in an easy-to-view two-dimensional drawing for a specific host.
SAN configuration management. SANsurfer FC HBA Manager allows you
to configure local and remote systems. With SANsurfer FC HBA Manager
you can:
NOTE:
You can install the HBA driver before you install the HBA hardware.
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Scheduling Tasks
Configure QLogic FC HBAs.
Configure FC target devices.
Compare hosts—This feature allows you to view the differences
between the current host and any saved host configuration, so you
know what has changed in the SAN.
Configure LUNs for a device (load balancing)—For a list of HBAs that
support LUN load balancing, see the
Channel) on the SANsurfer CD-ROM.
Configure LUN path failover—For a list of HBAs that support LUN path
failover, see the HBA Support Matrix (Fibre Channel)
CD-ROM.
Persistently bind targets—The HBA driver binds a target ID using a
target's world wide port name (WWPN) or port ID, enabling the target
ID to always connect to the WWPN or port ID across reboots
regardless of SAN reconfigurations
Update the HBA parameters, Flash, and HBA driver.
in the help system). You can perform tool
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