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SANsurfer FC HBA Manager
User’s Guide
Management Tool for
QLogic FC and FCoE Adapters
SN0054651-00 F
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SANsurfer FC HBA Manager User’s Guide Management Tool for QLogic FC and FCoE Adapters S Information furnished in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. QLogic Corporation reserves the right to change product specifications at any time without notice. Applications described in this document for any of these product
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SANsurfer FC HBA Manager User’s Guide Management Tool for QLogic FC and FCoE Adapters S Changes Sections Affected Revision B changes: General edits. Most Modified guide subtitle. Management Tool for QLogic FC and FCoE Adapt- ers Modified product overview and features descrip- 1 SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Overview, “Fea- tions. tures” on page 1-2 Added VMware ESX to the software requirements. “Software Requirements” on page 3-2 Modified system overview introductory text. 2 System Overview Added sup
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SANsurfer FC HBA Manager User’s Guide Management Tool for QLogic FC and FCoE Adapters S Removed all references to QLdirect. page 2-8, page 7-8 Changed required processor speed from 450 Mhz “Hardware Requirements” on page 3-1 to 1Ghz or higher. Updated the browser requirements for viewing the “Software Requirements” on page 3-2 help system. Corrected Mac OS software requirements. page 3-3 Added QLE2564 to list of supported HBAs. “Supported QLogic Adapters” on page 3-4 Removed instructions to inst
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Table of Contents Preface What’s in this Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii Related Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii Documentation Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii License Agreements. . . . . . . . . . .
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SANsurfer FC HBA Manager User’s Guide Management Tool for QLogic FC and FCoE Adapters S 3 System Requirements Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Supported QLogic Adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 4 Installing SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Initial Installation. . . . . . . . . .
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SANsurfer FC HBA Manager User’s Guide Management Tool for QLogic FC and FCoE Adapters A Setting SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16 Setting the Warning Display Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18 Setting the Configuration Change Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19 Setting Application Event Log Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20 Setting the HBA Eve
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SANsurfer FC HBA Manager User’s Guide Management Tool for QLogic FC and FCoE Adapters S Exporting or Saving Agent Activity Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19 Agent Logs by Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19 Exporting or Saving the Agent Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19 A Frequently Asked Questions B Shortcut Keys Glossary Index List of Figures Figure Page 2-1 Single-Ported (Non-failover) Configuration . . . . . . . . . .
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SANsurfer FC HBA Manager User’s Guide Management Tool for QLogic FC and FCoE Adapters A 5-1 SANsurfer Icon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 5-2 SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Main Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 5-3 Browser Location Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14 5-4 About SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Window. . . . . . . . .
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SANsurfer FC HBA Manager User’s Guide Management Tool for QLogic FC and FCoE Adapters S Notes x SN0054651-00 F
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Preface The SANsurfer FC HBA Manager User’s Guide describes the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager tool, used to configure and manage QLogic SANsurfer Fibre Channel (FC) host bus adapters (HBAs) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) converged network adapters (CNAs) within storage area networks (SANs). NOTE: Throughout this guide, HBA and adapter are used interchangeably, as are the terms target and device. What’s in this Guide This guide contains the basic information you need to get started with th
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S Section 5 Getting Started describes how to customize the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager. It includes starting and exiting the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager user interface, getting help, setting security, and setting the options that activate each time you start SANsurfer FC HBA Manager. Section 6 Performing Diagnostics provides details for setting up, running, and interpreting loopback and read/write buffer tests, as well as viewing adapter port SFF-DMI information. Section 7 Troubleshooting pre
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A Documentation Conventions This guide uses the following documentation conventions: NOTE: provides additional information. CAUTION! indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing damage to data or equipment. WARNING!! indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of causing personal injury. Text in blue font indicates a hyperlink (jump) to a figure, table, or section in this guide, and links to Web sites are shown in underlined blue. For example: Table
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S Text in italics indicates terms, emphasis, variables, or document titles. For example: For a complete listing of license agreements, refer to the QLogic Software End User License Agreement. What are shortcut keys? QLA2xxx (where xxx is 440, 460, 462). Topic titles between quotation marks identify related topics either within this manual or in the online help, which is also referred to as the help system throughout this document. License Agreements Refer to the QLogic Software End User
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A 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: Web http://support.qlogic.com Email support@qlogic.com The QLogic knowledge database contains troubleshooting information for the QLogic adapters. Access the data base from the QLogic Support Web page, http://support.qlogic.com. Use the Support Center search engine to look for
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S Notes xvi SN0054651-00 F
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1 SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Overview QLogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager is a collection of device drivers and GUI-based device management tools for configuring and managing QLogic Fibre Channel (FC) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) adapters. NOTE: Throughout this guide, the term Windows refers to all supported versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system, including Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008, unless otherwise
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SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Overview Features S NOTE: For specific OS service packs (SP) and updates, refer to the descriptions where this software version is posted on the QLogic website http://support.qlogic.com/support/drivers_software.aspx. SANsurfer FC HBA Manager is a client/server tool. The networking capability of the tool allows for centralized management and configuration of QLogic Fibre Channel adapters and converged network adapters within the entire SAN. For scripting capabilitie
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SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Overview Features A Persistently bind targets—The adapter 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 adapter parameters, Flash, and adapter driver. NOTE: You can install the adapter driver before you install the adapter hardware. Statistics. SANsurfer FC HBA Manager provides statistics for each host and
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SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Overview Advanced Features S Wizards. SANsurfer FC HBA Manager provides several easy-to-use configuration wizards. Each wizard provides a set of dialog boxes that walk you through the steps required to configure and update Fibre Channel devices. Advanced Features SANsurfer FC HBA Manager adds the following advanced features to its toolset: N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV). NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization) allows you to make the most of your server and Fibre Channel f
