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Switch Management Tools
This chapter describes the management tools. The management module allows the switch to be
managed either locally or remotely. The switch can also be managed using Out-of-Band manage-
ment of the switch via FabricIT EFM. The standard switch comes with a management module that
will completely manage your switch. An optional management module in combination with the
licensing fee for full access to the FabricIT EFM software can manage a fabric of up to 2000
nodes.
4.1
Chassis Management
The Switch comes standard with a PPC 405 management module. This module allows manage-
ment of the switch. This manager will give the user access to:
• switch temperature
• power supply voltages
• fan unit information
• power unit information
• Flash memory
The manager also has the ability to
• burn new FW on the switch.
• etc,
For the cost of a licensing fee this management module can be used to manage the fabric, using the
FabricIT software, with up to 128 nodes.
4.2
FabricIT Management
FabricIT EFM is a software based management system that can be run with either a command line
interface or with a GUI interface. The GUI interface can be run through the Web. A license is
required for full use of FabricIT. The standard management module, without a license, allows for
managing the switch using the Web interface or the command line interface and software supplied
on the management chip. Make sure to register your FabricIT license to enable all of the available
commands and functions.
See the FabricIT EFM User Manual for instructions and commands available to manage the
switches, and fabric.
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