HP StorageWorks MSA 2.8 SAN Switch User Manual
HP Storage
user guide
hp StorageWorks
fabric OS procedures version
3.1.x/4.1.x
Product Version: V3.1.x/V4.1.x
Third Edition (June 2003)
Part Number: AA–RS23C–TE
This guide describes the procedures for configuring switches, working with the management
server, working with diagnostics, and displaying switch status information.
Table of contents
Document Outline
- Contents
- Initial Configuration
- Connecting and Configuring the Switch
- Switch Login
- Customize the Switch Name
- Manage Licensed Features
- Configure Fabric Parameters
- Configure Software Features
- Verify Switch Function
- Connect ISLs to Switch
- Connect Devices to the Switch
- Backing up Switch Configuration Information
- Basic Switch Management
- Firmware Download
- Basic Security in FOS
- Overview
- New Features
- Passwords
- About Passwords
- Default Fabric and Switch Accessibility
- Managing Passwords
- Setting Recovery Passwords
- About Boot Prom Passwords
- Setting Both the Boot PROM and the Recovery Passwords (SAN Switch 2/32)
- Setting Both the Boot PROM and Recovery Passwords (Core Switch 2/64)
- Setting the Boot PROM Password Only (SAN Switch 2/32)
- Setting the Boot PROM Password Only (Core Switch 2/64)
- About Forgotten Passwords
- Recovering a User, Admin, or Factory Password
- Recovering a Forgotten Root or Boot PROM Password
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Working With the Core Switch 2/64
- The SAN Management Application
- Updating Switches to the Core PID Addressing
- Diagnostics and Status
- Diagnostics Overview
- Persistent Error Log
- Displaying the Error Log Without Page Breaks
- Displaying the Error Log With Page Breaks
- Clearing the Switch Error Log
- Setting the Error Save Level of a Switch
- Displaying the Current Error Save Level Setting of a Switch
- Resizing the Persistent Error Log
- Showing the Current Persistent (Non-Volatile) Error Log Configuration of a Switch
- Syslog Daemon
- Switch Diagnostics
- Port Diagnostics
- Hardware Diagnostics
- Linux Root Capabilities
- Troubleshooting
- About Troubleshooting
- Gathering Information for Technical Support
- Specific Scenarios
- Host Can Not See Target (Storage or Tape Devices)
- Check the Logical Connection
- Check the Simple Name Server (SNS)
- Check for Zoning Discrepancies
- Fabric Segmentation
- About Fabric Parameters
- Domain ID Conflicts
- Restore a Segmented Fabric
- Zoning Setup Issues
- Fabric Merge Conflicts Related to Zoning
- Basic Zone Merge Correction Procedure
- Detailed Zone Merge Correction Procedure
- MQ-WRITE Error
- I2C bus Errors
- Device Login Issues
- Watchdog (Best Practices)
- Identifying Media-Related Issues
- Component Tests Overview
- Check Switch Components
- Cursory Debugging of Media Components
- Test Cascaded Switch ISL Links
- Test a Port’s External Transmit and Receive Path
- Test a Switches Internal Components
- Test Components To and From the HBA
- Check All Switch Components Between Main Board, SFP, and Fiber Cable
- Check Port’s External Transmit and Receive Path
- Check all Switch Components of the Port Transmit and Receive Path
- Additional Component Tests
- Link Failure
- Marginal Links
- Glossary
- Index