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QLogic 12000 Users Guide
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  • Page 1 QLogic 12000 Users Guide D000101-000...

  • Page 2: Document Revision History

    QLogic Corporation reserves the right to change product specifications at any time without notice. Applications described in this document for any of these products are for illustrative purposes only. QLogic Corporation makes no representation nor warranty that such applications are suitable for the specified use without further testing or modification.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Preface Intended Audience ..........License Agreements.
  • Page 4 QLogic 12000 Users Guide Chassis Traps ......... . .

  • Page 5: Preface

    License Agreements Refer to the QLogic Software End User License Agreement for a complete listing of all license agreements affecting this product. Technical Support Customers should contact their authorized maintenance provider for technical support of their QLogic switch products.

  • Page 6: Contact Information

    QLogic Technical Support for products under warranty is available during local standard working hours excluding QLogic Observed Holidays. Contact Information Please feel free to contact your QLogic approved reseller or QLogic Technical Support at any phase of integration for assistance. QLogic Technical Support can be reached by the following methods: http://support.qlogic.com...

  • Page 7: Operations And Administration

    Administration Chassis Viewer Chassis Viewer is QLogic’s browser-based device management software. Chassis Viewer provides the primary management interface for the QLogic 12000 switches, allowing the user to perform management, configuration, and monitoring tasks related to InfiniBand networks. • Chassis Viewer runs on the firmware of the 12200, 12300 and each management module of the 12800 series.

  • Page 8: Home Page

    • Each director-class management module. • Logging and monitoring functionality. Home Page Figure 1-2 QLogic 12200 Home Page Figure 1-3 QLogic 12800-040 Home Page Chassis Viewer’s home page provides a high-level overview of the switch. This area is the starting point to more detailed information for the chassis and components (fans and power supplies), leaf modules, spine modules and management modules.
  • Page 9 Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer The selected component provides hyperlinks to related menus and information where the user can perform configuration and monitoring tasks. Figure 1-4 Help Button The ? (HELP) button displays online help. Each help screen gives the user a high-level, topic-specific description.

  • Page 10: Displaying The Chassis View

    Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer Displaying the Chassis View There are three ways to display the chassis view for the 12800 switches: 1. Mouse over the outer region of the leaf module view. The edges of the chassis are highlighted green as shown in Figure 1-7 below: Figure 1-7 Leaf Module View Mouseover...

  • Page 11: Displaying The Leaf, Spine And Management Module Views

    Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer Click the mouse. The chassis view is displayed. Figure 1-9 12800-040 Chassis View 3. Select the Chassis button from the Home Page toolbar. Displaying the Leaf, Spine and Management Module Views Leaf Module View To display the leaf module views: 1.
  • Page 12 Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer Click the mouse. The leaf module view is displayed. Figure 1-11 Leaf Module View Spine Module View To display the spine module view: 1. Mouse over the spine module to display. The edges of the spine module are highlighted green as shown in Figure 1-12 below:...
  • Page 13 Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer Management Module View To display the management module view: 1. Mouse over the management module to display. The edges of the module are highlighted green as shown in Figure 1-14 below: Figure 1-14 Management Module Mouseover Click the mouse.

  • Page 14: Component Details Area

    Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer Component Details Area The Component Details Area for the chassis, spine, leaf and management modlue has three areas. • Details Header • Information area. • Menu Figure 1-16 Component Details Area Details Header Figure 1-17 Details Header The Details Header allows the user to execute command tasks for each hardware component.

  • Page 15: Chassis View Component Information Area

    Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer The Module Information Area allows the user to view high-level information for each specific leaf, spine or management module. The information area is comprised of fields that are tied to live data from the selected hardware component as well as live system information.

  • Page 16: Chassis View Component Information Area Tabs

    Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer Rebooting the 12200 or 12300 Switch 1. From the Chassis Details Header, click Reboot. The following window is displayed. Figure 1-20 Reboot Window 2. Click OK. Rebooting the 12800 Switches 1. From either the Details header of the Chassis Viewer home page or the chassis view Maintenance submenu, click Reboot.
  • Page 17 A read-only textual description of the system. IB Node Description 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:...
  • Page 18 Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer System Uptime The elapsed time since the master management module was re-initialized. System Contact The textual identification of the contact person and their contact information for this system, assigned by the administrator. System Name The name for the system, assigned by an administrator. One convention is to use the system's fully qualified domain name.
  • Page 19 Operations and Administration Chassis Viewer Power Tab The Power tab displays switch power supply information. This information includes the following items: Description A description of the component, assigned by an administrator. Status Displays the status of the component. Part Num Displays the part number of the component.

  • Page 20: Configuration And Monitoring Features

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Configuration and Monitoring Features The following section provides detailed, task-oriented descriptions for configuring and monitoring the 12000 switches and their feature functionality. Chassis View Menu Figure 1-23 Chassis View Menu Logging The Logging submenu allows the user to set and reset levels for log message files.
  • Page 21 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features NOTE: To save log message levels, select the log level in the Device tab and Preset tab. Figure 1-25 Set Level Button The Set Level button allows the user to set log level configuration parameters for all software modules.
  • Page 22 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features From this screen, the user can change any of the log level settings for a specific software module by clicking on the Configure button, which displays a configuration screen: Figure 1-27 Device Tab: Software Module Configurator To change any Log Level settings: 1.
  • Page 23 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.
  • Page 24 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Preset Tab The Preset tab allows the user to quickly change log level settings for all software modules on the switch. Figure 1-28 Log System Configurator: Preset Tab To change the log level settings: 1.

  • Page 25: Reset Log Levels

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Configure Syslog on the Syslog Server 1. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/syslog file and ensure that the -r is included in the SYSLOGD_OPTIONS. This allows logging from a remote system. For example: SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-r -m 0" 2.

  • Page 26: Maintenance

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Maintenance Figure 1-32 Maintenance Menu NOTE: For rebooting information, see “Rebooting the 12800 Switches” on page 1-10. Firmware Update Figure 1-33 Firmware Update Button The Firmware Update button allows the user to select an alternate firmware file for the switch.

  • Page 27: Ldap Configuration

    On the 12000 switches with LDAP enabled, when a user attempts to login to either Chassis Viewer or the CLI, the LDAP client intercepts the login attempt and rather than authenticating internally, encrypts and packages the information in an LDAP packet and sends it to a pre-configured LDAP server over TCP/IP (i.e., the out of...

  • Page 28: Http/Cli Session Configuration

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features 1. From the menu, select Maintenance. 2. Click LDAP Configuration. The LDAP Authentication screen is displayed. Figure 1-36 LDAP Authentication Screen 3. In the LDAP Server IP Address box, enter the address of the applicable LDAP server.
  • Page 29 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features 1. From the menu, select Maintenance. 2. Click HTTP/CLI Session Config. The HTTP/CLI Session Configuration screen is displayed. Figure 1-38 HTTP/CLI Session Configuration Screen 3. To modify the session timeout duration (in seconds), click on the existing configuration.

  • Page 30: Snmp

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features 8. To change the HTTP Mode parameter, click on the dropdown list. The following is displayed: Figure 1-40 User Authentication Dropdown List 9. Select Enabled or Disabled. 10. To change the HTTPs Mode parameter, click on the dropdown list. The following is displayed: Figure 1-41 User Authentication Dropdown List 11.

  • Page 31: Target Configuration

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Target Configuration The Target Configuration button displays the SNMP Target Configuration Window, allowing the user to view and edit existing SNMP trap destinations. Figure 1-43 Target MIB Configuration Button To display the Target Configuration window: 1.
  • Page 32 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.
  • Page 33 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Specifies the number of attempts to be made to send the trap after a timeout condition occurs. NOTE: Timeout and Retry Count are SNMP v2.c and above. Not applicable for v1 traps. • Tag List Specifies which traps should be sent to this particular destination.
  • Page 34 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features The Message Processing Model to be used when generating SNMP messages for entry. Values for this field are 0 for SNMP v1, 1 for SNMP v2 and 3 for SNMP • Security Model The Security Model to be used when generating SNMP messages using this entry.

  • Page 35: Filter Status

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Filter Status The SNMP Filter Status screen allows the user to view parameters for rfc2273 (SNMP-NOTIFICATION-MIB). Figure 1-45 Filter Status Button To view SNMP filter status: 1. From the menu, select SNMP 2. Click Filter Status. The SNMP Filter Status screen is displayed. Figure 1-46 SNMP Filter Status Screen Set Community Strings The Set Community Strings screen allows the user to set two SNMP community...
  • Page 36 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features • Read/Write Community Name Figure 1-47 Set Community Strings Button To set the Community Strings: 1. Click SNMP 2. Click Set Community Strings. The Set Community Strings screen is displayed. Figure 1-48 Set Community Strings Window The first field, "Read Only Comm.

  • Page 37: Configuration File Administration

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Configuration File Administration The Configuration File Administration menu allows the user to perform various administrative tasks related to the configuration files for each module populating the switch. Figure 1-49 Configuration File Administration Menu Administer The Administer screen allows the user to set backup and restore scenarios for the configuration file of applicable switch modules.
  • Page 38 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features 3. Click Administer. The Configuration File Administration screen is displayed: Figure 1-51 Configuration File Administration Screen 4. Click on the module to be modified. The row changes to orange. 5. In the Mode column, click the drop-down and select the configuration file administration mode for a module.

  • Page 39: Host Upload/Download

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Host Upload/Download The Host Up/Download screens allows the user to: • Upload configuration files from a server. • Download saved configuration files from the switch to a server. Figure 1-53 Configuration File Administration - Host Up/Download 1.

  • Page 40: Trap Control

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features 2. Type the path to the desired server location, or click Browse to locate the correct path. 3. Click Submit. To download a configuration file from the switch to a server: 1. For a selected module, click the Download button. The File Download screen is displayed.

  • Page 41: Subnet Manager Configuration File

    Subnet Manager Configuration File The Subnet Manager Configuration File screen 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.

  • Page 42: Chassis Traps

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features 1. Click the chassis view. 2. Click Config File Admin. 3. Click Subnet Manager Config File. The Subnet Manager Configuration screen is displayed: Figure 1-59 Subnet Manager Configuration File Screen 4. In the Upload Config File text box: enter the path to the alternate embedded subnet manager file (qlogic_fm.xml).
  • Page 43 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features 1. From the Chassis menu, click Chassis Traps. 2. Click Trap Control. The Chassis Trap Control screen is displayed: Figure 1-61 Chassis Trap Control Screen 3. Select or deselect the desired trap(s). NOTE: To generate an immediate trap, click the applicable Gen Trap button.
  • Page 44 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features icsChassisTrapSystemSwitchFailover 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.

  • Page 45: Port Statistics

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features icsChassisTrapPowerSupplyRemoved This trap indicates that a power supply was removed from the chassis. 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.
  • Page 46 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features To view port statistical information, do the following: 1. From the Chassis View Port Statistics submenu, select IB Port Stats. The IB Port Statistics window is displayed: Figure 1-63 Chassis IB Port Statistics Understanding Port Naming Conventions Following is an explanation of the conventions used in the Port Name column.

  • Page 47: Port Statistics Field Descriptions

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Port Statistics Field Descriptions Link State: Indicates whether the InfiniBand link associated with the physical port is up or down. Possible values are no state change, down, init, armed, active, and unknown. Physical State: Indicates whether the internal connection to the InfiniBand port is up or down.
  • Page 48 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features InfiniBand Statistics: Transmit 32 Bit Words: The number of 32-bit data words transmitted by the port, not including flow control and VCRC data. Receive 32 Bit Words: The number of 32-bit data words received by the port, not including flow control and VCRC data.
  • Page 49 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Excessive Buffer Overrun: This error is detected when the OverrunErrors threshold is exceeded by the number of consecutive flow control update periods with at least one overrun error in each period given in the PortInfo attribute. Pkey Violations Inbound: Indicates the number of times an invalid partition key (PKey) was received.
  • Page 50 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features The leaf port statistics window is displayed: Figure 1-65 Leaf Port Statistics Window For information on the each IB port statistic field, refer to the section “Port Statistics Field Descriptions” on page 1-41 Spine Modules 1.

  • Page 51: Set Field Thresholds

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Set Field Thresholds The Set Field Thresholds screen allows the user to set, for a specific parameter(s), an error message threshold for the cable ports on the switch. Figure 1-68 Set Field Thresholds To change error reporting thresholds, do the following: 1.
  • Page 52 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features The following are descriptions for each field in the Set Field Thresholds area: NOTE: The thresholds for the following four fields are set as a percentage of maximum; that is the percentage of maximum port capacity, which depending upon IB fabric configuration can be: •...

  • Page 53: Port Beacon

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features portPKeyViolInThresh The threshold for the number of times PKey inbound was invalid on the port. portPKeyViolOutThresh The threshold for the number of times PKey outbound was invalid on the port. portRawViolInThresh The threshold for the number of times a raw inbound packet was discarded by the port.
  • Page 54 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features 1. From the Chassis menu, click Port Stats. 2. Click Port Beacon. The Port Beacon screen is displayed: Figure 1-71 Port Beacon Screen 3. For the desired leaf or 12200/12300 IB port, select the Beacon Enabled checkbox.

  • Page 55: Time Service

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Time Service The System Time Information screen allows the user to set the system time using either network time protocol (NTP) or manual overrides. Figure 1-73 Switch Time Service To set the system time: 1.
  • Page 56 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features 3. To save, click on Apply. Figure 1-75 Time Service - NTP Setup To manually set the system time: 1. Make sure the Use Network Time Protocol? checkbox is unchecked. 2. Set the current date and time using the drop-downs for Month, Day, and Year as well as Hour, Minute, Seconds, and AM/PM.

  • Page 57: Oob Lan Ip Submenu

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features 3. To save, click on Apply. Figure 1-77 Time Service - Time Zone/Daylight Saving Time Setup Time Zone Tips: In the U.S. the following time zones are in effect: • Eastern Standard Time = GMT –5 •...

  • Page 58: Configuring The Switch Default Gateway Ip Address

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features 2. Click in the OOB IP Address field. Figure 1-79 Set OOB LAN IP Window 3. Type in the desired switch IP address. 4. Type in the desired net mask. 5. Click Apply. 6.

  • Page 59: Fabric Manager Configuration

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features 1. From the OOB LAN IP submenu, click Set Default Gateway IP. Figure 1-81 Set Switch Default Gateway IP Address Button 2. Click in the OOB IP Address field. Figure 1-82 Set Default Gateway IP Window 3.
  • Page 60 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Subnet Manager Configuration Window Figure 1-84 Subnet Manager Configuration Window 3. 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. 4.

  • Page 61: Management Module Menu

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Management Module Menu Figure 1-85 Mangement Module Menu Logging The Logging submenu allows the user to view and purge the log message file. Viewing the Log NOTE: Each management module maintains a separate log. The View Log button allows the user to view the message log.

  • Page 62: Purging The Log

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features 1. From the menu, select Logging. 2. Click View Log. The log message window is displayed: Figure 1-87 Sample Message Log To save a log message for further analysis, perform the following steps: 1.

  • Page 63: Select Boot Image

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features 1. From the menu, click Logging. 2. Click Purge Log. The Purge Log confirmation window is displayed Figure 1-89 Purge Log Confirmation Window 3. Click OK. 4. The message log file is now purged. Select Boot Image The Select Boot Image button allows the user to choose an alternative boot image for the switch.

  • Page 64: Post Diagnostics

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features NOTE: By mousing over either radio button in the Boot Image Selection screen, the user can glean additional information about each file, as shown in Figure 1-92 below: Figure 1-92 Boot Image File Pop Up To choose a new boot image: 1.

  • Page 65: Fabric Manager Control

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features 3. Select the test(s) to be run and click Run Tests. The test results are displayed in the Test Result column. Additional information is posted to the Result-Ext column: Figure 1-95 Post Diagnostics Results Output Fabric Manager Control NOTE: This section assumes the user has purchased and activated the...
  • Page 66 Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features 4. To confirm that the Fabric Manager has started, click Refresh. Once the Fabric Manager is running, the system reports “Running” in the Status area and begins to increment the Uptime counter. 5. Click Close. Restarting the Fabric Manager 1.

  • Page 67: License Keys; Key Administration

    The License Key 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. Adding a New License Key 1.

  • Page 68: Deleting A License Key

    Operations and Administration Configuration and Monitoring Features Deleting a License Key 1. Click on the License Keys submenu. 2. Click on Key Administration. The Key Management window is displayed. Figure 1-101 Key Management Delete 3. To delete a license key, click the Delete button. The system prompts with the following: Figure 1-102 License Key Delete Prompt 4.

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