Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.3.0 - Manual (Page 839)

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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.
Host adapter discovery
The Management application enables you to discover individual hosts, import a group of hosts from
a CSV file, or import host names from discovered fabrics. The maximum number of host discovery
requests that can be accepted is 1000. Host discovery requires HCM Agent 2.0 or later.
ESXi host adapter discovery requires the vendor-specific HBA CIM provider to be installed on the
ESXi host.
The Management application supports CIMOM-based discovery for Emulex adapters irrespective of
the operating system and firmware version. For Windows, the Emulex adapter discovery is based
on Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).