HP StorageWorks 8B - FC Entry Switch User manual

procedures guide
version 3.0
fabric os
www.hp.com

Notice
© Hewlett-Packard Company, 2001. All rights reserved.
Edition: E1201
Hewlett-Packard Company makes no warranty of any kind with
regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for
incidental or consequential damages in connection with the
furnishing, performance, or use of this material.
This document contains proprietary information, which is protected
by copyright. No part of this document may be photocopied,
reproduced, or translated into another language without the prior
written consent of Hewlett-Packard. The information contained in
this document is subject to change without notice.
Use, duplication, or disclosure by government is subject to
restrictions as set forth in subdivision (c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in
Technical Data and Computer Software Clause at DFARS
252.227.7013.
Warranty
If you have any questions about the warranty for this product,
contact your dealer or local Hewlett-Packard sales representative.
Trademarks
BROCADE, the Brocade B weave logo, Brocade: the Intelligent
Platform for Networking Storage, SilkWorm, and SilkWorm
Express, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Brocade
Communications Systems, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United
States and/or in other countries.
All other brands, product or service names are or may be trademarks
or service marks of, and are used to identify products of services of
their respective owners.
Safety notices
Any servicing, adjustment, maintenance, or repair must be
performed only by authorized service-trained personnel.

Fabric OS Procedures Guide iii
Contents
Preface
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Related Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
System Requirements and Compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Getting Software Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Chapter 1 Setting the Initial Configuration
Logging into a Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Enabling Licensed Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Displaying the Installed Feature Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Changing the Admin Password and User ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Configuring the IP and Fibre Channel Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Displaying the Fabric Wide Device Count. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Chapter 2 Basic Configuration Procedures
Setting the Telnet Timeout Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Displaying the Firmware Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Setting the Switch Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Displaying the System Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Backing Up the System Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Restoring the System Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Upgrading or Restoring the Switch Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Disabling a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Enabling a Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Disabling a Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

iv Fabric OS Procedures Guide
Enabling a Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Changing a Switch Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Setting the Switch Status Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Viewing the Policy Threshold Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Configuring the Policy Threshold Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Enabling the Track Changes Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Displaying whether Track Changes is Enabled . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Configuring a Static Route Between Two Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Configuring the In-order Delivery Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Forcing In-order Delivery of Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Disabling In-order Delivery of Frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Displaying Help Information for a Telnet Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Configuring Compatibility with the F16 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Reading Hexadecimal Port Diagrams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Chapter 3 Working with the Management Server
Configuring Access to the Management Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Displaying the Access Control List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Adding a WWN to the Access Control List . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Deleting a WWN from the Access Control List. . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Displaying the Management Server Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Clearing the Management Server Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Displaying the Capability of a Fabric for Management Server Support 3-4
Activating the Platform Management Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Deactivating the Platform Management Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Chapter 4 Displaying Error Logs and Status
Displaying the Status of a Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Displaying Software Statistics for a Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Displaying Hardware Statistics for a Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Displaying a Summary of Port Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Fabric OS Procedures Guide v
Displaying the Error Log of a Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Displaying the Switch Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Displaying Information About a Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Displaying the Uptime Of The Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Displaying the Fan Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Displaying Power Supply Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Displaying the Temperature Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Running Diagnostic Tests on the Switch Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Glossary
Index

vi Fabric OS Procedures Guide

Fabric OS Procedures Guide vii
Preface
Fabric OS Procedures Guide Version 3.0 provides procedures used to administer and configure the
HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 8B, FC 1Gb/2Gb Entry Switch 8B, and FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch
16B products through the telnet interface. This manual provides procedures for many of the basic
tasks of administrating a switch. For tasks related to specific features such as Zoning or QuickLoop
refer to the individual product guides. This manual is created primarily for new administrators of
switches.
About This Guide
This guide provides the following information about Fabric OS:
Related Publications
Related product information can be found in the following publications.
Provided with the FC Entry Switch 8B and FC Switch 8B:
•HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Entry Switch 8B and FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 8B Getting Started
Guide (A7346-90902)
•HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Entry Switch 8B and FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 8B Documentation
CD (A7346-11001)
Chapter 1
Setting the Initial Configuration Provides information on initial configuration procedures including logging in and changing
passwords.
Chapter 2
Basic Configuration Procedures Provides information on basic configuration procedures.
Chapter 3
Working with the Management Server Provides information on the Management Server.
Chapter 4
Displaying Error Logs and Status Provides information for gathering status and error information on a switch.

viii Fabric OS Procedures Guide
Provided on the FC Entry Switch 8B and FC Switch 8B Documentation CD, and at the HP Web site
at http://www.hp.com/support/fc8B:
•HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Entry Switch 8B and FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 8B Getting Started
Guide (A7346-90902)
•HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Entry Switch 8B and FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 8B Installation and
Reference Guide
•Fabric OS Reference Manual, version 3.0
•Fabric OS Procedures Guide, version 3.0
•Fabric OS Version 3.0.1b Release Notes
•Fabric Watch User’s Guide, version 3.0
•QuickLoop User’s Guide, version 3.0
•Web Tools User’s Guide, version 3.0
•Distributed Fabrics User’s Guide, version 3.0
•Zoning User’s Guide, version 3.0
•MIB Reference Manual, version 3.0
•ISL Trunking User’s Guide, version 3.0
•Advanced Performance Monitoring User’s Guide, version 3.0
•Merging Heterogeneous Fabrics Instructions
Provided with the FC 16B:
•HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Quick Start Guide (A7340-96002)
•HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Documentation CD (A7340-11001)
Provided on the FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Documentation CD and at the HP Web site at
http://www.hp.com/support/fc16B:
•HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Quick Start Guide (A7340-96002)
•HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide
•Fabric OS Reference Manual, version 3.0
•Fabric OS Procedures Guide, version 3.0
•Fabric OS Version 3.0.1 Release Notes
•Fabric Watch User’s Guide, version 3.0
•QuickLoop User’s Guide, version 3.0
•Web Tools User’s Guide, version 3.0
•Distributed Fabrics User’s Guide, version 3.0
•Zoning User’s Guide, version 3.0
•MIB Reference Manual, version 3.0
•ISL Trunking User’s Guide, version 3.0
•Advanced Performance Monitoring User’s Guide, version 3.0
•Merging Heterogeneous Fabrics Instructions
Information about Fibre Channel standards and Fibre Channel in general can be found on the Fibre
Channel Industry Association Web site, located at http://www.fibrechannel.com.

Fabric OS Procedures Guide ix
System Requirements and Compatibility
Compatibility with other Products
Fabric OS version 3.0.1b or later can be installed and run on the FC Entry Switch 8B, FC Switch
8B, and FC 16B products.
The FC Entry Switch 8B, FC Switch 8B, and the FC 16B switch running Fabric OS version 3.0.1b
or later can operate in the same fabric with the HP Brocade 2400/2800 and FC 6164 switches
running the a2.4.1 or later versions of Fabric OS.
For more information about configuring FC Entry Switch 8B, FC Switch 8B, FC 16B, HP Brocade
2400/2800, and FC 6164 products to operate in the same fabric, contact your switch supplier.
Getting Help
For information for the FC Entry Switch 8B and FC Switch 8B, visit the HP Web site at
http://www.hp.com/support/fc8B. For the most current technical support information for the FC 16B,
visit the HP Web site at http://www.hp.com/support/fc16B. This includes hardware and software
support, all repairs, and spare components.
Be prepared to provide the following information to the support personnel:
•Switch serial number
•Switch world wide name
•Output from the supportShow telnet command
•Detailed description of the problem
•Topology configuration
•Troubleshooting steps already performed
Getting Software Updates
For information on obtaining software updates contact your HP account representative or technical
support.

xFabric OS Procedures Guide