Document Outline

• Director Element Manager user 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
• Overview
  • Managing the director
  • Element Manager description
    • Figure 1 HAFM appliance and remote client computer configuration (dual Ethernet)
  • Feature keys
  • Using the Element Manager
    • Using dialog boxes
    • Illustrations used in this manual
    • Keyboard navigation
    • Opening the Element Manager
      • Figure 2 HAFM application desktop
      • Figure 3 Director 2/64 Element Manager window
      • Figure 4 Director 2/140 Element Manager window
    • 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
          • Addresses
          • SNMP Agent
          • Open Systems Management Server
          • FICON Management Server
          • Features
          • Date and Time
          • Threshold Alert(s)
          • Open trunking
          • Export Configuration Report
          • Enable Web Server
          • Enable Telnet
        • 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 Diagnostics
          • Swap Ports
          • Data collection
          • IPL
          • Set online state
          • Firmware library
          • Enable e-mail notification
          • Enable call home notification
          • Backup & restore configuration
          • Reset configuration
        • Help menu
          • Contents
          • About
      • View tabs
      • View panel
        • Hardware view
          • Figure 5 Director 2/64 Hardware view
          • Figure 6 Director 2/140 Hardware view
          • Director menu
          • Port Card menu
          • CTP Card menu
          • Cooling fan module
          • SBAR Card menu
      • Port Card view
        • Figure 7 Port Card view
      • Port List view
        • Figure 8 Port List view
      • Node List view
        • Figure 9 Node List view
      • Performance view
        • Figure 10 Performance view
      • FRU List view
        • Figure 11 FRU List view
    • Status bar
      • Table 2 Operating status-status bar and director Status table
    • Closing the Element Manager
    • Feature permissions
      • 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 director
  • Hardware view
    • Identifying FRUs
    • Monitoring director operation
      • Director Status table
      • Status bar status indicator
    • Monitoring hardware operation
      • Figure 12 Monitoring hardware operation - Director 2/64 Hardware view
      • Figure 13 Monitoring hardware operation - Director 2/140 Hardware view
    • Obtaining hardware information
      • Displaying FRU information
        • Figure 14 FRU Properties dialog box
        • Figure 15 Port Card FRU Properties dialog box
      • Displaying director information
        • Figure 16 Director Properties dialog box
    • Using menu options
      • Director menu
        • Figure 17 Configure Date and Time Periodic Synchronization dialog box
        • Figure 18 Configure date and time (manually)
        • Figure 19 Set Online State dialog box (director is online)
        • Figure 20 Set Online State dialog box (director is offline)
      • Port Card menu
      • Port menu
      • CTP Card menu
        • Figure 21 Switchover CTP dialog box
      • SBAR Card menu
  • Port Card view
    • Figure 22 Port Card view
    • Displaying port information
      • Figure 23 Port Properties dialog box
    • Port Card menu
    • Port menu
      • Figure 24 Port Binding dialog box
      • Figure 25 Clear Threshold Alert(s) dialog box
  • Port List view
    • Figure 26 Port List view
    • Port List view menu options
  • Node List view
    • Figure 27 Node List view
    • Node List view menu options
    • Displaying node properties
      • Figure 28 Node Properties dialog box
  • Performance view
    • Figure 29 Performance view
    • Performance view menu options
    • Bar graph display
    • Port statistics
      • Class 2 statistics
      • Class 3 statistics
      • Error statistics
      • Operational statistics
      • Traffic statistics with receive and transmit values
    • Using statistics for troubleshooting
    • Button functions
  • FRU List view
    • Figure 30 FRU List view
  • Port operational states
    • Table 4 Port states and indicators
  • Link incident alerts
  • Threshold alerts
• Configuring the director
  • Configuring identification
    • Figure 31 Configure Identification dialog box
  • Configuring management style
  • Configuring operating parameters
    • Configuring switch parameters
      • Figure 32 Configure Switch Parameters dialog box (Director 2/140)
      • Switch parameters
        • Domain ID
          • Preferred
          • Insistent
        • Rerouting Delay
        • Domain RSCNs
        • Suppress Zoning RSCNs on zone set activations
        • Director Speed (Director 2/64 only)
    • Configuring fabric parameters
      • Figure 33 Configure Fabric Parameters dialog box
      • Fabric parameters
        • BB_Credit
        • R_A_TOV
        • E_D_TOV
        • Switch Priority
        • Interop mode
  • Configuring switch binding
  • Configuring ports
    • Warnings and error messages
    • Menu options
    • Configuring ports (Open Systems management style)
      • Figure 34 Configure Ports dialog box (Open Systems management style)
      • Figure 35 RX BB Credit dialog box
    • Configuring ports (FICON management style)
      • Figure 36 Configure Ports dialog box (FICON management style)
      • Figure 37 RX BB Credit dialog box
      • Figure 38 RX BB Credit dialog box
  • Configuring port addresses (FICON management style)
    • Parameters
      • Figure 39 Prohibited Port connection symbol
    • Configure port addresses procedure
      • Figure 40 Configure Addresses - “Active” dialog box
    • Managing stored address configurations (FICON management style)
      • Figure 41 Address Configuration Library dialog box
  • Configuring an SNMP agent
    • Figure 42 Configure SNMP dialog box
  • Configuring open systems management server
  • Configuring FICON management server
  • Configuring feature key
    • Figure 43 Configure Feature Key dialog box
    • Figure 44 New Feature Key dialog box
    • Figure 45 Enable Feature Key dialog box
    • No Feature Key dialog box
      • Figure 46 No Feature Key dialog box
  • Configuring date and time
    • Figure 47 Configure Date and Time dialog box
    • Setting date and time manually
    • Synchronizing date and time
  • Configuring threshold alerts
    • Creating new alerts
      • Figure 48 Configure Threshold Alert(s) dialog box
      • Figure 49 New Threshold Alerts dialog box - first screen
      • Figure 50 New Threshold Alerts dialog box - second screen
      • Figure 51 New Threshold Alerts dialog box - third screen
      • Figure 52 New Threshold Alerts dialog box - summary screen
      • Figure 53 Configure Threshold Alerts dialog box - alert activated
    • Modifying alerts
    • Activating or deactivating alerts
    • Deleting alerts
  • Configuring open trunking
  • Exporting the configuration report
    • Figure 54 Export Configuration Report dialog box
  • Enabling Embedded Web Server
  • Enabling Telnet
  • Enabling Alternate Control Prohibited
  • Backing up and restoring configuration data
• Using logs
  • Using logs
    • Button functions
      • Figure 55 Save dialog box-log windows
    • Expanding columns
    • Sorting entries
  • Audit log
    • Figure 56 Audit log
  • Event log
    • Figure 57 Event log
    • Table 5 Event codes
  • Hardware log
    • Figure 58 Hardware lwog
    • Table 6 FRU names
  • Link Incident log
    • Figure 59 Link Incident Log
  • Threshold Alert log
    • Figure 60 Threshold Alert log
  • Open Trunking Log
  • Security log
    • Figure 61 Security log
  • Embedded Port log (Advanced log)
    • Figure 62 Embedded Port log (FICON style display mode)
    • Change button
      • Figure 63 Log Settings dialog box
  • Switch Fabric log (Advanced log)
    • Figure 64 Switch Fabric log
• Using maintenance features
  • Port diagnostics
  • Swap ports (FICON management style)
    • Figure 65 Swap Ports dialog box
    • Notes
  • Collect maintenance data
  • Execute an IPL
    • Figure 66 IPL Confirmation dialog box
  • Set online state
  • Manage firmware versions
  • Enable e-mail notification
  • Enable call-home notification
    • Notes
  • Backup and restore configuration
    • Backup procedure
      • Figure 67 Backup and Restore Configuration dialog box
    • Restore procedure
  • Reset configuration
    • Table 7 Data default values
• Optional features
  • Preferred Path
    • Configuring a preferred path
    • Adding a preferred path
      • Figure 68 Configure Preferred Paths dialog box
      • Figure 69 Add Preferred Path dialog box
    • Changing a preferred path
    • Removing a preferred path
    • Specifying preferred path example
      • Figure 70 Specifying preferred path for switch 1
      • Figure 71 Specifying preferred path for switch 2
  • FICON management server
    • Installation
    • Configuring the FICON management server
      • Table 8 Available code pages
      • Figure 72 Configure FICON Management Server Parameters dialog box
  • Open systems management server
    • Installation
    • Configuring the open systems management server
  • SANtegrity features
    • Fabric binding
      • Online state functions
    • Switch binding
      • Configuring switch binding-overview
        • Notes
      • Enabling and disabling switch binding
        • Figure 73 Switch Binding State Change dialog box
      • Editing the switch membership list
        • Figure 74 Switch Binding Membership List dialog box
      • Enabling and disabling and online state functions
      • Zoning with switch binding enabled
    • Enterprise fabric mode
      • Features and parameters enabled
        • Fabric Binding
        • Switch Binding
        • Rerouting Delay
        • Domain RSCNs
        • Suppress Zoning RSCNs on Zone Set Activations
        • Insistent Domain Identification (ID)
  • Open trunking
    • Enabling and configuring Open Trunking
      • Figure 75 Configure Open Trunking dialog box
      • Pop-up menu
        • Use Algorithmic Threshold
        • Threshold %
      • Open Trunking Log
        • Figure 76 Open Trunking Log
• Information and error messages
  • HAFM Application messages
    • Table 9 HAFM messages
  • Element Manager messages
    • Table 10 Element Manager messages
• Index
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