Document Outline

• 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
• Fibre Channel over Ethernet
  • In this chapter
  • FCoE overview
    • DCB exchange protocol
    • Drivers
  • Enhanced Ethernet features
    • Enhanced transmission selection
    • Priority-based flow control
    • Ethernet jumbo frames
  • FCoE protocols supported
    • Ethernet link layer protocols supported
    • FCoE protocols
• HCM Overview
  • In this chapter
  • HCM software
  • HCM features
  • Tree node pop-up menus
  • Operating system support
    • Ethernet Link Layer Driver OS support
    • FCoE Driver OS support
  • Supported features
  • OS-specific features
• Getting Started with HCM Software
  • In this chapter
  • HCM software launch
    • Launching the application on Windows platforms
    • Launching the application on Linux platforms
    • Launching the application on Solaris platforms
    • Remember password
    • Skip login
    • Changing an HCM application password
    • Changing an HCM agent password
    • Resetting a password or restoring a factory default password
    • Backing up data after an uninstall
  • HCM main window
  • HCM product 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 the GUI (Host and HBA)
    • Configuring security authentication using the BCU
  • Buffer credits
  • Basic port configuration
    • Opening the Basic Port Configuration dialog box
    • Port logging level
    • Ethernet logging level
    • Port speed
    • Frame data field size
    • Persistent binding
    • QoS (HBA only)
    • MPIO (HBA only)
    • Path Time Out
    • Target rate limiting (HBA only)
  • Boot over SAN (HBA only)
    • Configuring Boot over SAN
    • Boot code image upload (HBA only)
  • Virtual Port configuration
    • Creating a Virtual Port
    • Deleting a Virtual Port
  • HCM Logging levels
    • Configuring the HCM logging level using the GUI
  • Advanced port configuration
    • Opening the Advanced Port Configuration dialog box
    • Queue Depth configuration
  • NPIV
  • Name configuration
    • Name validation
    • Editing the name fields
    • Adding name entries
    • Removing a name entry
    • Exporting the properties for a WWN
    • Importing the properties for a WWN
    • DCFM support for FCoE
    • Importing duplicated names
  • VLAN configuration
    • Adding a VLAN
    • VLAN configuration conflicts
    • Editing a VLAN
    • Removing a VLAN
• Monitoring
  • In this chapter
  • Performance monitoring
    • Polling frequency rate
    • Resetting statistics
  • Master Log
    • Event severities
    • Filtering event log entries
  • Application log
  • Syslog support
    • Opening the Syslog Server Configuration dialog box
    • Registering a host server
    • Removing a host server
• Diagnostics
  • In this chapter
  • Related Diagnostic Documentation
  • Fibre Channel diagnostics using the BCU
    • fcdiag commands
  • Fibre Channel diagnostics using the GUI
    • Hardware-level test parameters
    • Running a Fibre Channel protocol-level test using the GUI
  • Displaying test log details
  • Ethernet diagnostics
  • Beaconing
    • Configuring beaconing using the GUI
    • Configuring beaconing using the BCU
  • SFP Management
    • Displaying SFP information using the BCU
    • Displaying SFP information using the GUI
  • Debugging
  • supportSave
    • supportSave collection sources
• HCM Dialog Boxes
  • In this section
  • Authentication Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Backup dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Base Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA)
  • CEE properties panel (CNA only)
  • CEE Port Properties panel (CNA only)
  • CEE Statistics dialog box (CNA only)
  • Change HCM Password dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Change HCM Agent dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • CNA Properties panel (CNA only)
  • Configure Names dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Define Name dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Duplicated Names dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Eth IOC Statistics dialog box (CNA only)
  • Ethernet Port Properties panel (CNA only)
  • Eth Statistics dialog box (CNA only)
  • Event Properties dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Fabric Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • FCoE port properties (CNA only)
  • FCoE Statistics dialog box (CNA only)
  • FCP IM Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • FCP IM Module Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Fibre Channel Security Protocol dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Hardware Tests Diagnostics dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • HBA Properties panel (HBA only)
  • IOC Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • LLDP Properties panel (CNA only)
  • Logical Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • LPORT Properties panel (HBA and CNA)
  • Master Log tab (HBA and CNA)
  • Master Log Filter dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Persistent Binding dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Port POM Properties panel (HBA and CNA)
  • Port Properties panel (HBA only)
  • Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Protocol Tests dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • QoS Statistics dialog box (HBA only)
  • Remote Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA)
  • SFP Properties panel
  • Syslog Server Configuration dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Target Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Test Log Details dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Virtual Port Creation dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Virtual Port Deletion dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • Virtual Port Properties panel (HBA and CNA)
  • Virtual Port Statistics dialog box (HBA and CNA)
  • VLAN Configuration dialog box (CNA only)
  • VLAN configuration - Add a VLAN dialog box (CNA only)
  • VLAN configuration - Edit a VLAN dialog box (CNA only)
  • VLAN Statistics dialog box (CNA only)
• Brocade Command Utility
  • In this appendix
  • About the BCU
  • BCU commands
  • adapter
  • auth
  • bios
  • boot (HBA only)
  • cee
  • debug
  • diag
  • drvconf
  • ethdiag
  • ethioc
  • ethlog
  • ethport
  • fabric
  • fcdiag
  • fcpim
  • IOC
  • log
  • lport
  • pbind
  • port
  • qos (HBA only)
  • ratelim (HBA only)
  • rport
  • vlan
  • vport
• HCM Troubleshooting
  • HCM tab navigation
• Glossary and acronyms
• Index