HP StorageWorks 2.64 Director Switch - Manual (Page 136)

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• Frame Header—The Fibre Channel Frame Header string. This header is not interpreted by
the Element Manager. The table cell contents can be copied into a third party application for
interpretation.
• Length— Length of the payload, byte counter, decimal display format. Since the payload can
be longer that the maximum 32 bytes retained by the log, this value displays how many bytes
are actually in the frame.
• Payload—The payload portion of the data box.
• SOF—The string that contains the Start of Frame code abbreviation. Place the cursor over a cell
in this column to display descriptions of the abbreviation.
• EOF—The string that contains the End of Frame code abbreviation. Place the cursor over a cell
in this column to display descriptions of the abbreviation.
Change button
If Administrator or Maintenance user rights are set to access the button. you can display the
Embedded Port Log Settings Dialog box. If you do not have access to this button, an error dialog
box appears.
This dialog box log provides a detailed history log of all traffic passing through the embedded
port, as shown in Figure 63 .
Figure 63 Log Settings dialog box
NOTE: If not in FICON style mode, the Hex/Dialog option is not displayed and entries are only
made in decimal.
• Enable—Turns logging on (default=checked) or off (unchecked) for the currently displayed log
(either wrapping or. Implemented on the switch as trace filter set to no ports
(TRACE_NO_PORTS).
• Include Class F Frame—When this option is checked, which is the default, all frames
received are stored in the log, unless port filtering logs only one port. When unchecked, no
Class F frames are logged.