Document Outline

• Edge Switch Element Manager Guide
• Contents
  • Intended audience
  • Related documentation
  • Document conventions and symbols
    • Table 1 Document conventions
  • Rack stability
  • HP technical support
    • HP-authorized reseller
    • Helpful web sites
• Element Manager overview
  • Managing the edge switch
  • Element manager description
    • Figure 1 HAFM appliance and remote client configuration (dual Ethernet)
  • Using the Element Manager
    • Using dialog boxes
    • Keyboard navigation
    • Illustrations used in this guide
    • Opening the Element Manager
      • Figure 2 edge switch icon
      • Figure 3 Element Manager window (Hardware View for the Edge Switch 2/24)
    • Opening the Online Help
    • Window layout and function
      • Menu bar
        • Product menu
          • Management style
          • Port
          • FRU
          • Clear system error Light
          • Enable unit beaconing
          • Properties
          • Close
        • Configure menu
          • Identification
          • Operating parameters
          • Preferred path
          • Switch binding
          • Ports
          • SNMP agent
          • Management server
          • Features
          • Date and time
          • Threshold alerts
          • Open trunking
          • Export configuration report
          • Enable Web Server
          • Enable Telnet
          • Enable Alternate Control Prohibited (ACP)
        • Logs menu
          • Audit log
          • Event log
          • Hardware log
          • Link incident log
          • Threshold alert log
          • Open Trunking log
          • Security log
          • Advanced log: Embedded Port log
          • Advanced log: Switch Fabric log
        • Maintenance menu
          • Port(s) Diagnostics
          • Data collection
          • IPL
          • Set online state
          • Firmware library
          • Enable e-mail notification
          • Enable Call Home notification
          • Backup and restore configuration
          • Reset configuration
        • Help menu
          • Contents
          • About
      • View tabs
      • View panel
        • Hardware View
          • Figure 4 Hardware View
        • Switch menu
        • Port menu
        • Port List View
          • Figure 5 Port List View
        • Node List View
          • Figure 6 Node List View
        • Performance View
          • Figure 7 Performance View (Edge Switch 2/32)
        • FRU List View
          • Figure 8 FRU List View
      • Status bar
        • Switch status symbols
          • Table 2 Status Bar symbols
    • Closing the Element Manager
  • Feature keys
    • Feature permissions
      • Required permissions for Element Manager features
        • Table 3 Permissions required for feature functions
  • Backing up and restoring Element Manager data
    • What is backed up?
    • Backing Up to a CD
    • Restoring data from a CD
    • Manual backup procedures
• Monitoring and managing the switch
  • Hardware View
    • Identifying FRUs
    • Monitoring switch operation
      • Switch status table
      • Status bar status indicator
    • Monitoring hardware operation
      • Figure 9 Hardware operation - Edge Switch Hardware View
      • Front view
      • Rear View
    • Obtaining hardware information
    • Displaying FRU Information
      • Figure 10 FRU Properties dialog box
      • Displaying port information
        • Figure 11 Port Properties dialog box (Edge Switch 2/32)
      • Port properties parameters
      • Displaying switch information
        • Figure 12 Switch Properties dialog box (Edge Switch 2/32)
    • Using menu options
      • Figure 13 Configure Date and Time dialog box
      • Figure 14 Configure Date and Time (manually) dialog box
      • Figure 15 Set Online State dialog box (switch is offline)
      • Figure 16 Set Online State dialog box (switch is online)
      • Port menu
        • Figure 17 Port Binding dialog box
        • Figure 18 Clear Threshold Alert(s) dialog box
  • Port List View
    • Figure 19 Port List View
    • Port List View parameters
    • Port List Menu options
  • Node List View
    • Figure 20 Node List View (Edge Switch 2/24)
    • Node List View parameters
    • Node List View Menu options
    • Displaying node properties
      • Figure 21 Node Properties dialog box
  • Performance View
    • Figure 22 Performance View
    • Performance View Menu options
    • Bar graph display
    • Port statistics
      • Statistics description
        • Class 2 Statistics
        • Class 3 Statistics
        • Error statistics
        • Operational statistics
        • Traffic statistics
    • Troubleshooting tips
    • Button functions
  • FRU List View
    • Figure 23 FRU List View
  • Port operational states
    • Table 4 Port states and indicators
  • Link incident alerts
  • Threshold alerts
• Configuring the switch
  • Configuring identification
    • Figure 24 Configure Identification dialog box
  • Configuring operating parameters
    • Figure 25 Configure Switch Parameters dialog box
    • Switch parameters
      • Domain ID
      • Preferred
      • Insistent
      • Rerouting delay
      • Domain RSCNs
      • Suppress zoning RSCNs on zone set activations
    • Configuring fabric parameters
      • Figure 26 Configure Fabric Parameters dialog box (Edge Switch 2/32)
      • Fabric Parameters
        • BB_Credit
        • R_A_TOV
        • E_D_TOV
        • Switch Priority
        • Interop Mode
  • Configuring switch binding
  • Configuring ports
    • Configuring ports parameters
  • Configuring ports procedure
    • Figure 27 Configure Ports dialog box (Edge Switch 2/32)
    • Figure 28 RX BB Credit dialog box
    • Configure Ports Procedure (Open Systems Management Style)
      • Figure 29 Configure Ports dialog box (Open Systems Management Style)
      • Figure 30 RX BB Credit dialog box
    • Configure Ports Procedure (FICON Management Style)
      • Figure 31 Configure Ports dialog box (FICON Management Style)
      • Figure 32 RX BB Credit dialog box
  • Configuring port addresses (FICON Management Style)
    • Port address parameters
      • Figure 33 Prohibited Port Connection symbol
    • Configuring port addresses
      • Figure 34 Configure Addresses - “Active” dialog box
    • Managing stored address configurations (FICON Management Style)
      • Figure 35 Address Configuration Library dialog box
  • Configure Allow/Prohibit matrix
    • Figure 36 Configure Allow/Prohibit dialog box
    • Accessing Active Configurations
      • Figure 37 Configure Allow/Prohibit Matrix Configuration Library dialog box
    • Accessing Stored Configurations
    • Configuring Port Addresses
  • Configuring an SNMP agent
    • Figure 38 Configure SNMP dialog box
  • Configuring Open Systems management server
  • Configuring FICON management server
  • Configuring a feature key
    • Figure 39 Configure Feature Key dialog box
    • Figure 40 Enable Feature Key dialog box
    • No Feature Key dialog box
      • Figure 41 No Feature Key dialog box
  • Configuring date and time
    • Figure 42 Configure Date and Time dialog box
    • Setting date and time manually
      • Figure 43 Configure Date and Time dialog box (manual options)
    • Synchronizing date and time
      • Figure 44 Configure Date and Time dialog box (periodic synchronization options)
  • Configuring threshold alerts
    • Threshold alert configuration parameters
    • Creating new alerts
      • Figure 45 Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box
      • Figure 46 New Threshold Alerts dialog box - first screen
      • Figure 47 New Threshold Alerts dialog box - second screen
      • Figure 48 New Threshold Alerts dialog box - third screen (Edge Switch 2/24)
      • Figure 49 New Threshold Alerts dialog box - summary screen
      • Figure 50 Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box - alerts activated
    • Modifying alerts
    • Activating or deactivating alerts
    • Viewing alerts
    • Deleting alerts
  • Configuring Open Trunking
  • Exporting the Configuration Report
    • Configuration Report parameters
      • Figure 51 Export Configuration dialog box
  • Enabling Embedded Web Server
  • Enabling Telnet
  • Enabling Alternate Control Prohibited
  • Backing up and restoring configuration data
• Using logs
  • Log options and functions
    • Using buttons
    • Saving a log file
      • Figure 52 Save dialog box-log windows
    • Expanding columns
    • Sorting entries
  • Audit log
    • Figure 53 Audit Log
  • Event log
    • Figure 54 Event Log
    • Table 5 Event codes
  • Hardware log
    • Figure 55 Hardware Log
  • Link Incident log
    • Figure 56 Link Incident Log
  • Threshold alert log
    • Figure 57 Threshold Alert Log
  • Open Trunking log
  • Security log
    • Figure 58 Security log
  • Embedded Port log (Advanced log)
    • Figure 59 Embedded Port log (FICON style display mode)
    • Change button
      • Figure 60 Log Settings dialog box
  • Switch Fabric log (Advanced log)
    • Figure 61 Switch Fabric log
• Using maintenance features
  • Running port diagnostics
  • Swapping ports (FICON Management Style)
    • Figure 62 Swap Ports dialog box
  • Collecting maintenance data
  • Executing an IPL
    • Figure 63 IPL Confirmation dialog box
  • Setting online state
    • Figure 64 Set Online State dialog box (state is offline)
    • Figure 65 Set Online State dialog box (state is online)
  • Managing firmware versions
  • Enabling e-mail notification
  • Enabling or disabling call home notification
  • Backing up and restoring configuration
    • Backup procedure
    • Restore Procedure
  • Resetting configuration
• Optional features
  • Preferred Path
    • Configuring a Preferred Path
    • Adding a preferred path
      • Figure 66 Configure Preferred Paths dialog box
      • Figure 67 Add Preferred Path dialog box
    • Changing a preferred path
    • Removing a preferred path
    • Specifying preferred path example
      • Figure 68 Specifying preferred path for switch 1
      • Figure 69 Specifying preferred path for switch 2
  • FICON Management Server
    • Installing the FICON Management Server
    • Configuring the FICON Management Server
      • FICON Management Server parameters
        • Table 6 Available code pages
  • Open Systems Management Server
    • Configuring the Open Systems Management Server
  • SANtegrity features
    • Fabric binding
      • Enable/disable and Online State functions
    • Switch binding
      • Configuring switch binding overview
        • Notes:
      • Enabling or disabling switch binding
        • Figure 70 Switch Binding State Change dialog box
      • Editing the Switch Membership list
        • Figure 71 Switch Binding Membership List dialog box
      • Enable/Disable and Online State functions
      • Zoning with Switch Binding enabled
  • Enterprise Fabric Mode
    • Features and parameters enabled
    • For More Information
  • Open Trunking
    • Enabling and configuring Open Trunking
      • Figure 72 Configure Open Trunking dialog box
      • Using the Pop-Up menu
        • Use Algorithmic Threshold
        • Threshold %
    • Open Trunking log
      • Figure 73 Open Trunking log
  • Flexport
• Information and error messages
  • HAFM Application messages
    • Table 7 HAFM messages
  • Element Manager messages
    • Table 8 Element Manager messages
• Index
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