HP StorageWorks 2.32 Edge Switch - Manual (Page 28)

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however, take the switch off line through the Set Online State dialog box to configure these
parameters. See ” Configuring fabric parameters ” on page 82 for more information.
• Preferred path—Configures an ISL between switches and directors. The ISL consists of the source
port of the switch being configured, the exit port of the same switch, and the domain ID of the
destination switch. Each switch must be configured for its part of the desired path for optimal
performance. For proper multi-hop Preferred Path operation, you may need to configure
Preferred Paths for all switches along the desired path. For more details about this feature, see
” Configuring a preferred path ” on page 164.
• SANTegrity Authentication—Displays the Configure SANtegrity Authentication dialog box. This
dialog box contains five tabs:
• Users—Allows you to set up users who access the Edge Switch from CLI and web interfaces.
• Software—Allows you to set up software applications that communicate with the Edge Switch
through the API, and set up OSMS authentication.
• Devices—Allows you to set device-to-device authentication parameters. The Devices tab is
SANtegrity BindingPFE key enabled. If a proper PFE key is not provided, the Devices tab is
not accessible. See the HP StorageWorks Edge Switch Element Manager user guide for more
information.
• IP Access Control—Allows you to setup IP addresses that can manage the Edge Switch.
• Radius Servers—Allows you to set Radius server parameters that the Edge Switch uses to
communicate the authentication information to the designated Radius servers.
For information about using each of these tabs, see the online Help.
• Switch Binding—This option has two suboptions: Change State and Edit Membership List.
• Change State—Displays the Switch Binding State Change dialog box. You can activate
Switch Binding according to a specific connection policy (Restrict E_Ports, Restrict F_Ports, or
Restrict All Ports).
• Edit Membership List—Allows you to create a list of switches and devices that you want to
allow exclusively to attach to director ports. Switch Binding is an optional feature that
requires the SANtegrity Binding feature key. The feature can be installed through the
Configure Feature Key dialog box. For more information, see ” Configuring the feature key”
on page 122 and ” SANtegrity features ” on page 172.
• Ports—Displays the Configure Ports dialog box. This dialog box has different functions for
FICON Management Style and Open Systems management style.
• FICON Management Style—Edge Switch 2/32 only. Use the dialog box to enable extended
distance buffering for 10km to 100 km, LIN alerts, and Port Binding for each port.
• Open Systems Management Style—For each port you can provide a name, block or unblock
operation, configure extended distance buffering for 10 to 100 km, enable LIN alerts for
each port, define a type (G, F, or E), set the speed, enable Port Binding, and enter a WWN
or nickname.