HP Surestore 6164 - Switch User manual

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Revision History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Getting Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1Introducing the FC 6164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Management Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fabric-level Management Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Switch-level Management Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2Mechanical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chassis-level Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Weight Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Thermal Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
GBICs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fiber Optic Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CONTENTS

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Switch-level Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
General Information About the 2250 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Switch Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2250 Switch Physical Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Switch Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Environmental Specifications for each Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
LED Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3Installing and Configuring the FC 6164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installation Considerations and Safety Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Items Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Unpacking the FC 6164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Installing the FC 6164 in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Configuring the FC 6164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4Maintenance Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Switch Replacement Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
ISL Cable Replacement Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
5Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Diagnostic Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
6Introducing Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Views Available in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

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7Installing Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Switch Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Workstation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Installing Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Installing a Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Configuring the Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Installing the Java Plug-in on the Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Installing Fabric Manager on the Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Launching Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Adding the Browser Pathname to the Properties File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Uninstalling Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
8Using Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Fabric View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Fabric Events View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Fabric Topology View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Name Server Table View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Zone Administration View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Alias Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Zone Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
QuickLoop Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Config Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Fabric Manager Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Switch View for the FC 6164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Switch View for Individual Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Switch Events View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Port Information View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
PortStats Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
GBIC Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Loop Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Fabric Watch View (Optional Software) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Alarm Notifications Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Configure Thresholds Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Current Settings Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

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Performance View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Administrative Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Switch Admin Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
User Admin Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Firmware Upgrade Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Reboot Switch Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
SNMP Admin Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
License Admin Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Remote Switch Tab (Optional Software) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
QuickLoop Admin Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Config Admin Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Extended Fabric Tab (Optional Software) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Telnet Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
9Telnet Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
islTopoCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
islTopoShow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
sgroupDelete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
sgroupRename . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
sgroupSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
sgroupShow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
sgroupSupportShow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
sgroupSwReplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
switchStatusPolicySet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
switchStatusPolicyShow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
snmpMibCapSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
AFC 6164 Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Product Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

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Revision History
July 2001 First release.

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PREFACE
About This Guide
This document provides both hardware and software information to support
the HP Surestore FC Switch 6164, and is organized as follows:
Chapter 1
Introducing the FC 6164
Provides general information about the FC 6164
and an overview of the installation procedure.
Chapter 2
Installing and
Configuring the FC 6164
Provides information about installing and
configuring the FC 6164.
Chapter 3
Mechanical
Specifications
Provides the mechanical details of the FC 6164.
Chapter 4
Diagnostics
Provides information about diagnostic tests and
error messages.
Chapter 5
Maintenance Procedures
Provides maintenance procedures for the
FC 6164.
Chapter 6
Introducing Fabric
Manager
Provides an overview of Fabric Manager, the
management software provided with the
FC 6164.
Chapter 7
Installing Fabric
Manager
Provides system requirements and instructions
for installing and launching Fabric Manager.

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Related Publications
Related product information can be found in the following publications.
Those publications with part numbers are provided as printed copies with
your product. The HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Documentation CD
contains all publications listed in the table below and is also provided with
your product.
For information about Fibre Channel standards, visit the Fibre Channel
Association web site, located at
http://www.fibrechannel.com.
Chapter 8
Using Fabric Manager
Provides information about each of the screens
available through Fabric Manager.
Chapter 9
Telnet Commands
Provides information about the Telnet
commands that are specific to administration of
the FC 6164.
Title Part Number
HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Documentation
CD
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HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Installation and
Reference Guide
A7326-90902
HP Surestore FC Switch 6164 Quick Start Guide A7326-90901
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