San06B-R Management - IBM SAN06B-R Installation, Service And User Manual

SAN06B-R management

You can use the management functions built into the switch to monitor the fabric
topology, port status, physical status, and other information to help you analyze
switch performance and to accelerate system debugging.
Note: The switch automatically performs a power-on self-test (POST) each time it
For information about upgrading the version of Fabric OS installed on your switch,
see the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide.
You can manage the switch using any of the management options listed in Table 4.
is turned on. Any errors are recorded in the error log. For more information
about POST, see "Interpreting POST results" on page 30.
Table 4. Management options
Management Tool
Command line interface
(CLI)
Up to two admin sessions
and four user sessions
simultaneously. For more
information, see the Fabric
OS Administrator's Guide and
the Fabric OS Command
Reference.
Data Center Fabric Manager
(DCFM)
For information, see the Data
Center Fabric Manager User
Manual.
Web Tools
For information, see the Web
Tools Administrator's Guide.
Standard SNMP applications
For information, see the
Fabric OS MIB Reference.
Management Server
For information, see the
Fabric OS Administrator's
Guide and the Fabric OS
Command Reference.
Out-of-band Support
Ethernet (preferred) or
console port connection
Ethernet (preferred) or
console port connection
Ethernet (preferred) or
console port connection
Ethernet (preferred) or
console port connection
Ethernet (preferred) or
console port connection
Chapter 1. Introducing the SAN06B-R
In-band Support
IP over Fibre Channel
IP over Fibre Channel
IP over Fibre Channel
IP over Fibre Channel
Native in-band interface
(over HBA only)
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