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21 June 2010
Brocade Adapters
Administrator’s Guide
Supporting HBA models 825, 815, 804, 425, 415
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Copyright © 2008-2010 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 tradem
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Contents About This Document In this section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Software downgrade using Adapter Software Installer . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Downgrading HCM and driver or HCM only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Downgrading driver only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 HCM configuration data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Backing up data after an uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Data restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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NPIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Chapter 4 Monitoring In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Performance monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Polling frequency rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Resetting statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Fibre Channel Security Protocol Configuration dialog box . . . . . . .83 Hardware Tests Diagnostics dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 HBA Properties panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 IOC Statistics dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Logical Port Statistics dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 LPORT Properties panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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fcpim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 ioc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 lport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148 pbind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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About This Document In this section •How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix •Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x •Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi •Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi •Getting technical
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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 emphasis Identifies variables Identifies paths and Internet addresses Identifies document titles code
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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 165. 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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Release notes are available on the MyBrocade website and are also bundled with the Fabric OS firmware. 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:/
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Document feedback Quality is our first concern at Brocade and we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this document. However, if you find an error or an omission, or you think that a topic needs further development, we want to hear from you. Forward your feedback to: documentation@brocade.com Provide the title and version number of the document and as much detail as possible about your comment, including the topic heading and page number and your suggestions for i
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Chapter Host Management Overview 1 In this chapter •Host bus adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 •HCM software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 •HCM features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 •Tree node pop-up menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1 HCM software HCM software The Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) is a management software application for configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting Brocade HBAs, converged network adapters (CNAs) and FC mezzanine cards in a storage area network (SAN) environment. The management software has two components: • The agent, which runs on the host. • The management console, which is the graphical user interface client used to manage the adapter. The information in this guide is intended for OEMs
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Tree node pop-up menus 1 Tree node pop-up menus You can use the HCM GUI main menu or the Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU) to configure, monitor, and troubleshoot your SAN components. The instructions for using each feature are detailed in subsequent chapters of this document. For each SAN component, you can optionally right-click its icon and a pop-up menu displays (see Table 2). TABLE 2 HCM tree pop-up menus SAN component Pop-up menu feature Host Refresh All Start Polling Update Boot Image
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1 Adapter support Adapter support The HBAs are supported on the operating systems listed in Table 3. TABLE 3 Adapter operating system support Type of adapter Description of adapter Operating systems supported HBA BR-415 4 Gbps HBA, 1 port Linux, Windows, VMware, Solaris BR-425 4 Gbps HBA, 2 port Linux, Windows, VMware, Solaris BR-804 8 Gbps HBA mezzanine card, 2 port Linux, Windows, VMware BR-815 8 Gbps HBA, 1 port Linux, Windows, VMware, Solaris BR-825 8 Gbps HBA, 2 port Linux, Windows, VMware,
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Chapter Getting Started with HCM Software 2 In this chapter •HCM software launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 •Software downgrade using Adapter Software Installer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 •HCM main window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 •Legend Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 •Discovery . . .
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2 HCM software launch Launching the application on Linux platforms After installing the HCM software, locate Brocade HCM on the Linux platform. • If using a GNOME shell, double-click the Host_Connectivity_Manager icon to launch the application. • If using a KDE shell, click the Host_Connectivity_Manager icon to launch the application. OR Start the application from the command prompt using the following commands: suse116208:~ # cd /opt/brocade/adapter/client suse116208:/adap
