Monitoring And Managing The Fc 16B - HP Surestore fc 1Gb/2Gb switch 16B Installation And Reference Manual

Monitoring and Managing the FC 16B

The FC 16B can be managed in-band using Fibre Channel protocol, or out-of-band by connecting
to the Ethernet port. The management functions allow the administrator to monitor fabric topology,
port status, physical status, and other information to aid in system debugging and performance
analysis.
Note:
The FC 16B is compatible with the following management interfaces:
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Command line interface through a telnet connection
For more information refer to the Fabric OS Procedures Guide and the Fabric OS Reference
Manual.
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Web Tools
For more information refer to the Web Tools User's Guide.
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Standard SNMP applications
For more information refer to the MIB Reference Manual.
All these management methods can be used either in-band (Fibre Channel) or out-of-band
(Ethernet).
In addition, the FC 16B supports the following software:
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Zoning
For information refer to the Zoning User's Guide.
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QuickLoop
For information refer to the QuickLoop User's Guide.
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Fabric Watch
For information refer to the Fabric Watch User's Guide.
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Advanced Performance Monitoring
For information refer to the Advanced Performance Monitoring User's Guide.
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Extended Fabrics
For information refer to the Distributed Fabrics User's Guide.
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Remote Switch
For information refer to the Distributed Fabrics User's Guide.
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ISL Trunking
For information refer to the ISL Trunking User's Guide.
HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2FGb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide
Introducing the HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B
The switch automatically performs POST (power on self-test diagnostics) each time it is
turned on, and any errors are recorded in the error log. For more information about POST,
see POST Specifications on page A-6.
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