HP Matrix Operating Environment Software - Manual (Page 96)

Kind
The Kind element of an Endpoint describes the network type of this connection. It is represented
as a value from the NetworkEndpointKind enumerated type. Although the NetworkEndpointKind
enumerated type mentions additional network types, SPM supports only Fibre Channel networks.
Address
The Address of an Endpoint is represented by a string that contains the network address in a format
appropriate for the type of network described. FibreChannel endpoint addresses are represented
by their World Wide Name (WWN) in canonical form. These addresses are not case sensitive.
ZoningState
ZoningState is an enumerated type representing the state of a zone. It has two possible values:
Open
, and Zoned. A network may be in the Open state only if it has no zones.
NetworkEndpointKind
NetworkEndPointKind is an enumerated type representing the implementation of the network for
a SAN network endpoint. It has two possible values: FibreChannel and IPAddress. SPM 2.2
supports only Fibre Channel networks.
AddressPattern
AddressPattern objects describe patterns of network addresses. These patterns may describe IP
network addresses or FC network addresses.
Description Type Property
A pattern, as described in “WWN patterns” (page 88) . String Pattern
A value from the AddressPatternKind enumeration, indicating the type
of network. Allowed Values are IPNetwork or FCnetwork AddressPatternKind Kind
Pattern
An AddressPatterns' pattern attribute is a string. For FC networks, the pattern is a partial WWN
with asterisks acting as wildcards when the partial WWN is compared with a complete WWN.
For more information on patterns, see
“WWN patterns” (page 88) .
Kind
An AddressPattern's kind attribute is either IPNetwork or FCNetwork, indicating what kind of
network the pattern may match against.
Changing an unmanaged network to a managed network
Sites upgrading from SPM 1.x to SPM 2.x will find that the SPM upgrade procedure has created
unmanaged networks representing their network configuration. If such a site has Brocade Network
Advisor installed on their SAN(s), they may want to convert the unmanaged networks to managed
networks. Sites that choose to install BNA after installing SPM may also want to convert networks
from unmanaged to managed.
Sites that are using unmanaged networks and wish to transition those networks to managed networks
should perform the following steps:
1.
Note services using the unmanaged network.
2. Remove the unmanaged network from SPM.
3. Import the BNA managed network into SPM.
4. Reactivate each service that was noted in step 2.
96 Working with unmanaged networks