Nic management – Dell Brocade Adapters User Manual
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Adapter management features
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The agent accesses information about the adapter and makes it available to an SNMP network
management station. When active, the management station can get information or set information
when it queries the agent. The agent uses variables (also known as managed or MIB objects) to
report data such as the following.
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Model number
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Type of adapter
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Serial number
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Current status
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Hardware version
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Port statistics
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VLAN attributes and statistics
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Team attributes and statistics
All managed objects are contained in the MIB provided by the adapter. For information on the MIB
groups and objects supported by the adapter, refer to
The SNMP master agent also sends unsolicited messages (called traps) to the manager. These
traps, generated by the Brocade SNMP subagent, are for network adapter conditions that require
administrative attention. Adapter traps included notification of VLANs added or removed; team
members added or removed; team failover, failback, team added, and team removed; and port link
up and link down events.
For details on MIB groups and objects supported by Brocade adapters, refer to
NIC Management
Ports on Fabric Adapters only can be set to operate in NIC mode. These ports appear as 10 GbE
NICs to the host operating system.
BCU commands and HCM provide features for configuring, troubleshooting, and monitoring NIC
connections to the Ethernet LAN. For an overview, refer to
on page 34. For
details, refer to the Brocade Adapter Administrator's Guide for full information.
In addition, BCU commands and HCM provide the following features specifically for NIC
management when Fabric Adapter ports configured in NIC or CNA mode:
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vNIC configuration (only available using BCU commands)
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vNIC teaming configuration
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vNIC statistics
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vNIC discovery and display in HCM
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vNIC enable and disable
SNMP provides an industry-standard method of monitoring and managing Fabric Adapters with
ports configured in NIC mode. For details, refer to
“Simple Network Management Protocol”
Management applications, such as Network Advisor, provides management support for NICs,
including host and NIC discovery, in-context launch of HCM, statistics display, port and adapter
property display, and other features. Refer to the Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual or
Brocade Network Advisor SAN and IP User Manual.