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HCM features
Common HBA and CNA management software features include the following:
• Discovery using the agent software running on the servers attached to the SAN, which enables
you to contact the devices in your SAN.
• Configuration management, which enables you to configure local and remote systems. With
HCM, you can configure the following items:
- Brocade 4 Gbps and 8 Gbps HBAs
- HBA ports (including logical ports, base ports, remote ports, and virtual ports) associated
with the local host
- Brocade 10 Gbps single-port and 10 Gbps dual-port CNAs
- Brocade 16 Gbps FC adapters
- DCB ports (CNA only)
- FCoE ports (CNA only)
- Ethernet ports (CNA only)
• Diagnostics, which enables you to test the adapters and the devices to which they are
connected:
- Link status of each adapter and its attached devices
- Loopback test, which is external to the adapter, to evaluate the ports (transmit and receive
transceivers) and the error rate on the adapter
- Read/write buffer test, which tests the link between the adapter and its devices
- FC protocol tests, including echo, ping, and traceroute
- Ethernet loopback test (CNA only)
- Diagnostic Port (D-Port) test
• Monitoring, which provides statistics for the SAN components.
• Security, which enables you to specify a Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
secret and configure authentication parameters.
• Event notifications, which provide asynchronous notification of various conditions and
problems through a user-defined event filter.