Qlogic SANbox 5800 V Series User manual

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User’s Guide

Enterprise Fabric Suite

5800V Series Fibre Channel Switches

Firmware Version 8.0

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Information furnished in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, QLogic Corporation assumes no

responsibility for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its

use. QLogic Corporation reserves the right to change product specifications at any time without notice. Applications

described in this document for any of these products are for illustrative purposes only. QLogic Corporation makes no

representation nor warranty that such applications are suitable for the specified use without further testing or

modification. QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document.

This switch is covered by one or more of the following patents: 6697359; other patents pending.

Document Revision History

Release, Revision A, October 2008

Release, Revision B, November 2011

Changes Pages Affected

Added Transparent Router Support 2-9

Added Internet Key Exchange Support 5-40

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Contents

Preface

Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Related Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Documentation Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

JDOM License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Contact Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Knowledge Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx

1 Using Enterprise Fabric Suite

Workstation Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Installing Enterprise Fabric Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Starting Enterprise Fabric Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Exiting Enterprise Fabric Suite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Uninstalling Enterprise Fabric Suite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Changing the Encryption Key for the Default Fabric View File. . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Saving and Opening Fabric View Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Setting Enterprise Fabric Suite Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Using Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Viewing Software Version and Copyright Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Enterprise Fabric Suite User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

Fabric Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

Graphic Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15

Data Windows and Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15

Alerts Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16

Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17

Topology Display Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17

Faceplate Display Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19

Menu Shortcut Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22

Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23

Tool Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24

Working with Switches and Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24

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Working with Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26

2 Managing Fabrics

Fabric Firmware and Software Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Saving a Version Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Viewing and Comparing Version Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Exporting Version Snapshots to a File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Managing the Fabric Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Adding a Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Removing a Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Opening a Fabric View File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Saving a Fabric View File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Rediscovering a Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Deleting Switches and Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Adding a New Switch to a Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Replacing a Failed Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Displaying Fabric Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Link Data Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Displaying Fabric Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Transparent Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

TR Mapping Manager Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Removing an Inter-Fabric Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

Add TR Mapping Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

Mapping a New Inter-Fabric Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

Remote Fabric Zoning Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Transparent Routes Data Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

Event Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Filtering the Event Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Sorting the Event Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

Saving the Event Browser to a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

Verifying Fibre Channel Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

FC Ping Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

FC Traceroute Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

Device information and nicknames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

Devices Data Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

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Managing Device Port Nicknames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Creating a Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Editing a Nickname. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29

Deleting a Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29

Exporting Nicknames to a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29

Importing a Nicknames File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29

Fabric Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30

Enabling SNMP Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30

Enabling In-band Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31

3 Managing Fabric Security

Connection Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

User Account Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Port security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Device Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Managing the Security Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Viewing the Device Security Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Configuring the Security Data Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Saving the Security Database to a File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Restoring the Security Database from a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Resetting the Security Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Managing Security Sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Creating a Security Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Removing a Security Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Renaming a Security Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Adding an Existing Group to a Security Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Removing a Group from a Security Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Removing a Group from all Security Sets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Activating a Security Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Deactivating a Security Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Managing Security Groups and Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Creating a Security Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Creating a Security Group Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Modifying a Security Group Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Removing a Member from a Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Using RADIUS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

Adding a RADIUS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

Removing a RADIUS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

Editing RADIUS Server Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

Modifying Authentication Order RADIUS Server Information. . . 3-19

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4 Managing Fabric Zoning

Zoning Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Zone Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Zoning Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Using the Zoning Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Managing the Zoning Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Viewing Zoning Limits and Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Viewing Active and Configured Zone Set Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Editing the Zoning Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Configuring the Zoning Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

Merge Auto Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Default Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Discard Inactive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Saving and Restoring the Zoning Database to a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Saving the Zoning Database to a File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Restoring the Zoning Database from a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Restoring the Default Zoning Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Removing All Zone and Zone Set Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

Merging Fabrics and Zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

Zone Merge Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

Zone Merge Failure Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Resolving Active, Configured, and Merged Zone Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Managing Zone Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Creating a Zone Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Activating and Deactivating a Zone Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Renaming a Zone Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Removing a Zone Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Managing Zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

Creating a Zone in a Zone Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

Copying a Zone to a Zone Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

Adding Zone Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19

Renaming a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20

Removing a Zone Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21

Removing a Zone from a Zone Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22

Removing a Zone from All Zone Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22

Managing Aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23

Creating an Alias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23

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Adding a Member to an Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24

Removing an Alias from All Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25

5 Managing Switches

Managing User Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Creating User Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Removing a User Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Changing a User Account Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Modifying a User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

Viewing Switch Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Switch data window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Stack Links data window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

Configuring Port Threshold Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

Paging a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16

Setting the Date/time and Enabling NTP Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

Resetting a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18

Configuring a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19

Using the Configuration Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19

Switch Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19

Domain ID and Domain ID Lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20

Syslog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21

Symbolic Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21

Switch Administrative States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21

Broadcast Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22

In-band Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22

Fabric Device Management Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22

Advanced Switch Properties (Timeout Values) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23

Managing System Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24

Managing Switch Stacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26

Configuring Switches in a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27

Security Consistency Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28

Configuring the Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29

Network IP Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30

Network DNS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32

Network IP Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33

Security Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35

Security Associations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38

IPsecIKE Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40

Configuring IKE Policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45

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IPsec Certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50

Importing a Certificate Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51

Deleting a Certificate Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51

Generating a Certificate Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52

Importing a Certificate Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52

Deleting a Certificate Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52

Importing a Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53

Deleting a Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53

Generating a Certificate Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54

Configuring SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56

SNMP Configuration and Trap Configuration Parameters . . . . . . . . . 5-56

SNMP v3 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-58

Adding an SNMP v3 User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59

Modifying an SNMP v3 User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61

Removing an SNMP v3 User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61

Configuring Call Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62

Using the Call Home Profile Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-64

Creating a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65

Editing a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-67

Copying a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-67

Using the Call Home Profile Editor—Tech Support Center Profile Dialog Box

5-68

Editing a Tech Support Center Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-70

Applying All Profiles on a Switch to Other Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-71

Using the Call Home Message Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-72

Testing Call Home Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-72

Changing SMTP Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-73

Testing a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-73

Archiving a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-75

Restoring a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-76

Restoring the Factory Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-78

Installing Feature License Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-80

Downloading a Support File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81

Installing Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-82

6Managing Ports

Viewing Port Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Port Information Data Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Port Statistics Data Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Configuring Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12

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Port Symbolic Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

Port Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14

Port States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15

Port Speeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16

Port Media Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18

I/O StreamGuard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18

Device Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19

Auto Performance Tuning and AL Fairness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19

Using the Extended Credits Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20

Moving a Licensed Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22

Resetting a Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23

Testing Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23

Graphing Port Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25

Starting Performance View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25

Exiting Performance View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26

Saving and Opening Fabric View Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27

Changing the Default Fabric View File Encryption Key for Performance View

6-27

Setting Performance View Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-28

Setting the Polling Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-28

Displaying Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29

Arranging Graphs in the Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30

Customizing Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30

Setting Global Graph Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32

Rescaling a Selected Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32

Printing Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33

Saving Graph Statistics to a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33

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Index

List of Figures

1-1 Enter CD-ROM Serial Number and License Key Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

1-2 Password Change Required Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

1-3 Initial Start Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

1-4 Enterprise Fabric Suite Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

1-5 Save Default Fabric View File Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

1-6 Load Default Fabric View File Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

1-7 Preferences Dialog Box – Enterprise Fabric Suite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

1-8 Preferences Dialog Box—Enterprise Fabric Suite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

1-9 Topology Display Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

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1-10 Faceplate Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13

1-11 Backplate Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13

1-12 Fabric tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

1-13 Alerts panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17

2-1 Fabric Version Snapshot Analysis Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

2-2 Add a New Fabric Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

2-3 Link Data Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

2-4 TR Mapping Manager Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

2-5 Add TR Mapping Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

2-6 Remote Fabric Zoning Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

2-7 Transparent Routes Data Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

2-8 Transparent Route Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

2-9 Event Browser Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

2-10 Filter Events Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

2-11 FC Ping Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

2-12 FC TraceRoute Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

2-13 Devices Data Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

2-14 Detailed Devices Display Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

3-1 Port Binding Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

3-2 Edit Security Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

3-3 Configured Security Data Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

3-4 Active Security Data Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

3-5 Security Config Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

3-6 Create a Security Set Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

3-7 Create a Security Group Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

3-8 Create a Security Group Member Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

3-9 Radius Server Information Dialog Box—Add server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

3-10 Radius Server Information Dialog Box—Remove Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

3-11 Radius Server Information Dialog Box—Edit Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

3-12 Radius Server Information Dialog Box—Modify Authentication Order. . . . . . . . . . . 3-20

4-1 Active Zoneset Data Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

4-2 Configured Zoneset Data Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

4-3 Edit Zoning Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

4-4 Zoning Config Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

5-1 User Account Administration Dialog Box—Add Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

5-2 User Account Administration Dialog Box—Remove Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

5-3 User Account Administration Dialog Box—Change Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

5-4 User Account Administration Dialog Box—Modify Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

5-5 Switch Data Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

5-6 Switch Data Window Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

5-7 Stack Links Data Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

5-8 Port Threshold Alarm Configuration Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15

5-9 Port Threshold Alarm Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16

5-10 Date/Time Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

5-11 Switch Properties Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20

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5-12 Advanced Switch Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24

5-13 System Services Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25

5-14 Security Consistency Checklist Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28

5-15 Network Properties Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30

5-16 IPsec Configuration Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34

5-17 Create IP Security Policy Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36

5-18 Create IP Security Association Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38

5-19 IKE Configuration Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41

5-20 Create Peer Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42

5-21 Edit Peer Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44

5-22 Create Policy Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46

5-23 Edit Policy Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48

5-24 IKE Certificates Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50

5-25 Certificate Request Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-54

5-26 SNMP Properties Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-56

5-27 SNMP v3 Manager Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-59

5-28 SNMP v3 User Editor Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60

5-29 Call Home Setup Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62

5-30 Call Home Profile Manager Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-65

5-31 Call Home Profile Editor Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-66

5-32 Call Home Profile Editor—Tech Support Center Profile Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-68

5-33 Call Home Profile Multiple Switch Apply Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-71

5-34 Call Home Message Queue Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-72

5-35 Call Home Test Profile Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-72

5-36 Call Home Change Over Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-73

5-37 Switch Diagnostics Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-74

5-38 Restore Dialog Boxes—Full and Selective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-76

5-39 Feature Licenses Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-80

5-40 Add License Key Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-80

5-41 Download Support File Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-81

5-42 Load Firmware Dialog Box for a Single Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-83

5-43 Load Firmware Dialog Box for a Stack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-84

6-1 Port Information Data Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

6-2 Detailed Media Display Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

6-3 Port Statistics Data Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

6-4 Port Properties Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12

6-5 Advanced Port Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20

6-6 Extended Credit Wizard Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22

6-7 Move Port License Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23

6-8 Port Diagnostics Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24

6-9 Performance View Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25

6-10 Save Default Fabric View File Dialog Box—Performance View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26

6-11 Load Default Fabric View File Dialog Box—Performance View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27

6-12 Preferences Dialog Box—Performance View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-28

6-13 Set Graph Polling Frequency Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29

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List of Tables

1-1 Workstation Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

1-2 Topology Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17

1-3 Faceplate Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19

1-4 Tool Bar Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24

2-1 Topology Display Switch and Status Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

2-2 Transparent Routes Data Window Entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

2-3 Port Operational States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

2-4 Devices Data Window Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27

4-1 Edit Zoning Dialog Box Tool Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

4-2 Port/Device Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

5-1 Switch Data Window Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

5-2 Stack Links Data Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

5-3 Switch Resets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18

5-4 Network Properties Dialog Box—IP Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31

5-5 Network Properties Dialog Box—DNS Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32

5-6 IPsec Configuration Dialog Box Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34

5-7 Create IP Security Policy Dialog Box Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36

5-8 Create IP Security Association Dialog Box Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39

5-9 Create Peer Dialog Box Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42

5-10 Create Policy Dialog Box Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46

5-11 IKE Certificates Dialog Box Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50

5-12 Certificate Request Dialog Box Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55

5-13 SNMP Properties Dialog Box Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57

5-14 SNMP v3 User Editor Dialog Box Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-60

5-15 Call Home Setup Dialog Box Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-62

5-16 Call Home Editor Dialog Box Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-66

5-17 Call Home Editor—Tech Support Center Profile Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-69

5-18 Factory Default Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-78

6-1 Port Information Data Window Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

6-2 Port Information Data Window—Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

6-3 Port Information Data Window—Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

6-4 Port Information Data Window—Extended Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

6-5 Port Information Data Window—Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

6-6 Port Information Data Window—Digital Diagnostics Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

6-7 Port Statistics Data Window Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

6-8 Port Properties Dialog Box Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

6-9 Port Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14

6-10 Port Operational States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15

6-11 Port Administrative States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16

6-12 Port Speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17

6-13 Port Media Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18

6-14 Extended Credits—Minimum Cable Lengths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21

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Preface

This manual describes the Enterprise Fabric Suite™ application (version 8.00.13)

for the QLogic 5800V Series Stackable Fibre Channel Switch (firmware version

8.0).

The Enterprise Fabric Suite switch management application is the primary focus

of this manual which is organized as follows:

 Section 1 describes how to use Enterprise Fabric Suite, its menus, and its

displays.

 Section 2 describes fabric management tasks.

 Section 4describes fabric zoning management tasks.

 Section 3 describes fabric security management tasks.

 Section 5 describes switch management tasks.

 Section 6 describes port and device management tasks.

A glossary of terms and an index are also provided.

NOTE:

If you haven't purchased QLogic Enterprise Fabric Suite, try it for 30 days

free of charge. Enterprise Fabric Suite is a suite of tools for fabric

management, performance monitoring, fabric monitoring, distance

configuration, switch configuration with configuration and zoning wizards,

and much more. A full featured 30-day trial is included with the purchase of

each QLogic 5800V Series Stackable Fibre Channel switch. Enterprise

Fabric Suite can be installed from the CD-ROM found in the accessories box

of QLogic 5800V Series Stackable Fibre Channel switches. Insert the

CD-ROM into the workstation of your choice and follow the prompts. Take

advantage of QLogic's powerful suite of fabric management tools for 30

days, then contact your switch distributor or authorized re-seller to purchase

Enterprise Fabric Suite.

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Intended Audience

This manual introduces the switch management products and explains their

installation and use. It is intended for users responsible for installing and using

switch management tools.

Related Materials

Refer to the following manual for information about switch hardware and

installation.

 QLogic 5800V Series Fibre Channel Stackable Switch Installation Guide

 QLogic 5800V Series Stackable Fibre Channel Switch Command Line

Interface Guide

Documentation Conventions

This guide uses the following documentation conventions:

 NOTE: provides additional information.

 CAUTION!

indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of

causing damage to data or equipment.

 WARNING!!

indicates the presence of a hazard that has the potential of

causing personal injury.

 Text in blue font indicates a hyperlink (jump) to a figure, table, or section in

this guide, and links to Web sites are shown in underlined blue

. For

example:

 Table 9-2 lists problems related to the user interface and remote agent.

 See “Installation Checklist” on page 3-6.

 For more information, visit www.qlogic.com

.

 Text in bold font indicates user interface elements such as a menu items,

buttons, check boxes, or column headings. For example:

 Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click

Command Prompt.

NOTE:

After the switch is operational, start the QuickTools web applet by entering

the switch IP address in an Internet browser. If your workstation does not

have the Java 2 Run Time Environment program, you will be prompted to

download it.

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 Under Notification Options, select the Warning Alarms option.

 Text in Courier font indicates a file name, directory path, or command line

text. For example:

 To return to the root directory from anywhere in the file structure:

Type

cd /root and press ENTER.

 Enter the following command: sh ./install.bin

 Key names and key strokes are indicated with UPPERCASE:

 Press CTRL+P.

 Press the UP ARROW key.

 Text in italics indicates terms, emphasis, variables, or document titles. For

example:

 For a complete listing of license agreements, refer to the QLogic

Software End User License Agreement.

 What are shortcut keys?

 To enter the date type mm/dd/yyyy (where mm is the month, dd is the

day, and yyyy is the year).

 Topic titles between quotation marks identify related topics either within this

manual or in the online help, which is also referred to as the help system

throughout this document.

JDOM License

This product includes software developed by the JDOM Project

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,

are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this

list of conditions, and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,

this list of conditions, and the disclaimer that follows these conditions in the

documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

3. The name "JDOM" must not be used to endorse or promote products

derived from this software without prior written permission. For written

permission, please contact licen[email protected].

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4. Products derived from this software may not be called "JDOM", nor may

"JDOM" appear in their name, without prior written permission from the

JDOM Project Management ([email protected]).

In addition, we request (but do not require) that you include in the end-user

documentation provided with the redistribution and/or in the software itself an

acknowledgement equivalent to the following: "This product includes software

developed by the JDOM Project (http://www.jdom.org/)."

Alternatively, the acknowledgment may be graphical using the logos available at

http://www.jdom.org/images/logos.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED

WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED

WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR

PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE JDOM AUTHORS

OR THE PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,

INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL

DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF

SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;

OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY

OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT

(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF

THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF

SUCH DAMAGE.

This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many individuals on

behalf of the JDOM Project and was originally created by Brett McLaughlin

<[email protected]> and Jason Hunter <jhun[email protected]>. For more information

on the JDOM Project, please see <http://www.jdom.org/>.

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Technical Support

Customers should contact their authorized maintenance provider for technical

support of their QLogic products. QLogic-direct customers may contact QLogic

Technical Support; others will be redirected to their authorized maintenance

provider. Visit the QLogic support Web site listed in Contact Information for the

latest firmware and software updates.

For details about available service plans, or for information about renewing and

extending your service, visit the Service Program web page at

http://www.qlogic.com/services

.

Training

QLogic offers training for technical professionals for all iSCSI, InfiniBand, and

Fibre Channel products. From the main QLogic web page at www.qlogic.com

,

click the Support tab at the top, and then click Training and Certification on the

left. The QLogic Global Training portal offers online courses, certification exams,

and scheduling of in-person training.

Technical Certification courses include installation, maintenance and

troubleshooting QLogic products. Upon demonstrating knowledge using live

equipment, QLogic awards a certificate identifying the student as a certified

professional. You can reach the training professionals at QLogic by e-mail at

[email protected]

.

Contact Information

QLogic Technical Support for products under warranty is available during local

standard working hours excluding QLogic Observed Holidays. For customers with

extended service, consult your plan for available hours. For Support phone

numbers, see the Contact Support link at support.qlogic.com

.

Support Headquarters

QLogic Corporation

4601 Dean Lakes Blvd.

Shakopee, MN 55379 USA

QLogic Web Site

www.qlogic.com

Technical Support Web Site

http://support.qlogic.com

Technical Support E-mail

[email protected]

Technical Training E-mail

[email protected]

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Knowledge Database

The QLogic knowledge database is an extensive collection of QLogic product

information that you can search for specific solutions. We are constantly adding to

the collection of information in our database to provide answers to your most

urgent questions. Access the database from the QLogic Support Center:

http://support.qlogic.com.

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