Sun Microsystems FC Switch-8 and Switch-16 816-0830-12 - Manual (Page 98)

68 Sun StorEdge Network FC Switch-8 and Switch-16 Installation and Configuration Guide • October 2001
■ Solstice DiskSuite
Solstice DiskSuite is an unbundled software product that is delivered with Solaris
software. Solstice DiskSuite provides host-based storage management, such as
mirroring and striping of disks, which provides greater reliability and volume size.
Solstice DiskSuite 4.2.1 also implements RAID 5.
■ VERITAS Volume Manager
VERITAS Volume Manager is a separately installed software product that provides
host-based storage management, such a disk labeling, mirroring, striping, and RAID
5.
■ SANsurfer Switch Manager
SANsurfer Switch Manager is software supplied with the switch. This software
provides management capabilities such as maintaining zones, setting port attributes,
setting up cascaded switches, and setting broadcast zones for IP support.
■ StorTools
StorTools is a separately installed software product. It provides a system-level “tree”
view of storage devices connected by way of a SAN or direct attachment. StorTools
software provides field replaceable unit (FRU) diagnostics and an expert-mode
diagnostic utility.
■ Sun StorEdge Component Manager
Component Manager provides a web-based front end for SANsurfer Switch
Manager, Sun StorEdge T3 array management and diagnostics, device discovery,
enclosure monitoring and log viewing.
■ cfgadm plugin for Fabric on-demand node creation
This component is delivered with the Solaris upgrades for the FC switch product. It
is used to discover SAN-attached devices, in addition to creating and deleting nodes
for these devices. These features are implemented through the
cfgadm framework.
See the cfgadm_fp (1M) man page for additional information.
■ luxadm and libg_fc/liba5k
These components are enhanced to support the SAN-attached devices. They provide
persistent switch-attached device configuration across reboots, probe SAN-attached
devices that are available on a host, and provide information on various devices.
■ Network Storage Agent
Network Storage Agent is a separately installed software product. It is a lightweight,
remote, monitoring agent designed to track storage product reliability, availability
and serviceability. Network Storage Agent also provides revision and patch level
checking as well as log file monitoring.