Document Outline

• Contents
• About This Document
  • In this section
  • How this document is organized
  • Document conventions
    • Text formatting
    • Notes, cautions, and warnings
    • Key terms
  • Notice to the reader
  • Additional information
    • Brocade resources
    • Other industry resources
  • Getting technical help
  • Related documentation
  • Document feedback
• Host Management Overview
  • In this chapter
  • Host bus adapters
  • HCM software
  • HCM features
  • Tree node pop-up menus
  • Adapter support
• Getting Started with HCM Software
  • In this chapter
  • HCM software launch
    • Launching the application on Windows platforms
    • Launching the application on Linux platforms
    • Remember password
    • Skip login
    • Changing an HCM application password
    • Changing an HCM agent password
  • Software downgrade using Adapter Software Installer
    • Downgrading HCM and driver or HCM only
    • Downgrading driver only
    • HCM configuration data
    • Backing up data after an uninstall
    • Data restoration
  • HCM main window
  • Legend Help menu
    • HCM product icons
    • Event severity icons
  • Discovery
    • Setting up out-of-band discovery for an adapter
  • Logging off HCM
• Host Configuration
  • In this chapter
  • Host security authentication
    • Configuring security authentication using HCM (Host and HBA)
    • Configuring security authentication using the BCU
  • Buffer credits
  • Basic port configuration
    • Opening the Basic Port Configuration dialog box
    • Port logging level
  • Boot over SAN
    • Configuring Boot over SAN
    • Pre-boot configuration
    • Boot image update
  • Virtual port configuration
    • Virtual port restrictions
    • Creating a virtual port
    • Deleting a virtual port
  • HCM logging levels
    • Configuring the HCM logging level using HCM
  • Advanced port configuration
    • Opening the Advanced Port Configuration dialog box
    • Interrupt Control Coalesce
  • Name configuration
    • Dual role changes
    • Name validation
    • Defining a name
    • Editing the name fields
    • Adding name entries
    • Removing a name entry
    • Exporting the properties for a WWN
    • Importing the properties for a WWN
    • Importing duplicated names
  • NPIV
• Monitoring
  • In this chapter
  • Performance monitoring
    • Polling frequency rate
    • Resetting statistics
  • Master log
  • Application log
  • Syslog support
    • Opening the Syslog Server Configuration dialog box
    • Registering a host server
    • Removing a host server
    • Syslog host configuration using VMware
• Diagnostics
  • In this chapter
  • Diagnostics using the BCU
  • Diagnostics using HCM
  • Displaying test log details
  • Beaconing
  • SFP management
  • Debugging
  • supportSave
• HCM Dialog Boxes
  • In this appendix
  • Authentication Statistics dialog box
  • Backup dialog box
  • Base Port Properties panel
  • Change HCM Password dialog box
  • Change HCM Agent Password dialog box
  • Configure Names dialog box
  • Define Name dialog box
  • Duplicated Names dialog box
  • Event Properties dialog box
  • Fabric Statistics dialog box
  • FCP IM Statistics dialog box
  • FCP IM Module Statistics dialog box
  • Fibre Channel Security Protocol Configuration dialog box
  • Hardware Tests Diagnostics dialog box
  • HBA Properties panel
  • IOC Statistics dialog box
  • Logical Port Statistics dialog box
  • LPORT Properties panel
  • Master Log tab
  • Master Log Filter dialog box
  • Persistent Binding dialog box
  • Port Properties panel
  • Port Statistics dialog box
  • Protocol Tests dialog box
  • QoS Statistics dialog box
  • Remote Port Properties panel
  • Restore dialog box
  • SFP Properties panel
  • Syslog Server Configuration dialog box
  • Target Statistics dialog box
  • Test Log Details dialog box
  • Virtual Port Creation dialog box
  • Virtual Port Deletion dialog box
  • Virtual Port Properties panel
  • Virtual Port Statistics dialog box
• Brocade Command Utility
  • In this appendix
  • About the BCU
  • BCU commands
  • adapter
  • auth
  • bios
  • boot
  • debug
  • diag
  • drvconf
  • fabric
  • fcdiag
  • fcpim
  • ioc
  • log
  • lport
  • pbind
  • port
  • qos
  • ratelim
  • rport
  • vport
• HCM Troubleshooting
  • In this appendix
• Index