HP StorageWorks 2.32 Edge Switch - Manual (Page 27)

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• Enable unit beaconing—Click the check box for this option to toggle unit beaconing on or off.
When the check box has a check mark, unit beaconing is on, and the amber system error light
on the switch front bezel blinks to help users locate the actual unit in an equipment room. When
you click the check box to remove the check mark, unit beaconing is disabled and the amber
LED goes out. You can only enable beaconing if there are no system errors, so that the system
error light is off.
• Properties—Displays the Switch Properties dialog box. This dialog box contains the switch
name, description, location, and contact person configured through the Configure Identification
dialog box. The dialog box also includes other product information, as detailed in ” Displaying
switch information ” on page 54. You can also display this dialog box by double-clicking an
area on the illustration in the Hardware view, away from a hardware component.
• Close—Closes the Element Manager window.
Configure menu
Select Configure on the menu bar to display a menu that lists the following options. For detailed
information on using these options, see ” Configuring the switch ” on page 77.
• Identification—Displays the Configure Identification dialog box. Enter the following information
in this dialog box:
• Name—Enter a product name. Note that you can set this name as the nickname for the
switch’s WWN, using the Set Name as Nickname check box. The nickname then is
displayed instead of the WWN in Element Manager views.
NOTE: You can configure a maximum of 2,048 nicknames.
• Description—Enter a unique product description.
• Location—Enter the product’s location.
• Contact—Enter a contact either by name, phone number, or e-mail address.
NOTE: This information is displayed in the identification table at the top of the Hardware
view and in the HAFM Physical/Topology Map, if the view is configured to display names.
• Operating parameters—This option lets you configure switch and fabric parameters, as follows:
• Select Switch Parameters to display the Configure Switch Parameters dialog box, which
allows you to set Fibre Channel operating parameters. Using this dialog box, you can set
parameters, such as preferred domain ID (1 through 31), Domain RSCNs, and Suppress
RSCNs on Zone Set Activations. In addition, you can also enable the rerouting delay feature.
See ” Configuring operating parameters ” on page 79 for more information.
• Select Fabric Parameters to display the Configure Fabric Parameters dialog box, which
allows you to set parameters for fabric operation. In this dialog box, you can set the resource
allocation time-out value (R_A_TOV) and error detect time-out value (E_D_TOV) in
tenth-of-a-second increments. You can also set other fabric operating parameters, such as
switch priority level (Principal, Default, or Never Principal) and interop mode. You must,