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12 June 2009
Brocade Adapters
Administrator’s Guide
Supporting CNA models BR-1010 and BR-1020
Supporting HBA models 415, 425, 815, 825
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Copyright © 2009 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Brocade, the B-wing symbol, BigIron, DCX, Fabric OS, FastIron, IronPoint, IronShield, IronView, IronWare, JetCore, NetIron, SecureIron, ServerIron, StorageX, and TurboIron are registered trademarks, and DCFM, Extraordinary Networks, and SAN Health are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. All other brands, products, or service names are or may be trademarks
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Contents About This Document In this section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Supported features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 OS-specific features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Chapter 3 Getting Started with HCM Software In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 HCM software launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Launching the application on Windows platforms. . . .
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HCM Logging levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Configuring the HCM logging level using the GUI . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Advanced port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Opening the Advanced Port Configuration dialog box. . . . . . . .38 Queue Depth configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 NPIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Configuring beaconing using the GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 Configuring beaconing using the BCU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 SFP Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Displaying SFP information using the BCU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Displaying SFP information using the GUI . . . . . . . . . . . .
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LPORT Properties panel (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Master Log tab (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Master Log Filter dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Persistent Binding dialog box (HBA and CNA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Port POM Properties panel (HBA and CNA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 Port Properties panel (HBA only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
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ethlog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 ethport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172 fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 fcdiag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 fcpim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Figures Figure 1 HCM Login dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Figure 2 Change HCM Password dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Figure 3 Change HCM Agent password dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Figure 4 Host Connectivity Manager main window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Figure 5 Setup for Discov
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Tables Table 1 HCM tree pop-up menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Table 2 Ethernet Link Layer Driver operating system support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Table 3 FCoE driver operating system support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Table 4 Port node-specific features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Table 5 OS-specific fe
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About This Document In this section •How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii •Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv •Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv •Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv •Getting technical hel
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• Appendix C, “HCM Troubleshooting,” provides a summary of HCM navigation problems and workarounds. Document conventions This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this document. Text formatting The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows: bold text Identifies command names Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements Identifies keywords and operands Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI italic text Provides
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Key terms For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary. For definitions specific to this document, see “Glossary and acronyms” on page 201. For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online dictionary at: http://www.snia.org/education/dictionary Notice to the reader This document may contain references to the trademarks of the following corporations. These trademarks are the properties of their respective compani
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Other industry resources For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 Web site. This Web site provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre Channel, storage management, and other applications: http://www.t11.org For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association Web site: http://www.fibrechannel.org For information about the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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Chapter Fibre Channel over Ethernet 1 In this chapter •FCoE overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 •Enhanced Ethernet features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 •FCoE protocols supported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FCoE overview Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) leverages Ethernet enhancements, called Converged Enhanced Ethe
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1 Enhanced Ethernet features Drivers Three types of adapter drivers are provided in installation packages: • Storage driver - This is a unified driver that provides Fibre Channel frame transport for Brocade HBAs and FCoE transport for Brocade CNAs. The adapter logic detects either a FCoE or Fibre Channel network and the appropriate driver support is provided automatically. NOTE The unified storage driver will claim all installed Brocade Fiber Channel HBAs, as well as FCoE CNAs installed in a
