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HP StorageWorks 2.32 Edge Switch User Manual

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Element Manager overview

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• Features

—Displays the Configure Feature Key dialog box. Use this dialog box to enter a feature

key to enable optional features that you have purchased for the switch. See

Configuring the

feature key” on page 122

for more information.

Date/Time—Displays the Configure Date and Time dialog box. Use this dialog box to set the

current date and time in the switch. When the Periodic Date/Time Synchronization check box is

selected, the Date and Time fields are grayed out (disabled), and the switch date and time

feature is periodically synchronized with the HAFM appliance date and time. When the Periodic

Date/Time Synchronization check box is not selected, you can manually set the date and time in

the dialog box fields.

Threshold Alerts—Configures threshold alerts for ports. A threshold alert notifies users when the

transmit (Tx) or receive (Rx) throughput reaches specified values for specific switch ports or port

types (E_Ports, F_Ports, or FL_Ports).
Using this option, you can configure:
• A name for the alert.
• A threshold type for the alert (Rx, Tx, or both).
• The state of the alert, (active or inactive).
• Threshold criteria. This includes configuring the threshold as the percent of port traffic

capacity utilized (% utilization). You must also configure the time interval during which the

throughput is measured, and the maximum cumulative time that the throughput percentage

threshold can be exceeded during that time interval before an alert is generated.

Open Trunking—Enables the optional Open Trunking feature. This feature monitors the average

data rates of all traffic flows on ISLs (from a receive port to a target domain). It also periodically

adjusts routing tables to reroute data flows from congested links to lightly loaded links and

optimize bandwidth use. The feature can be installed through the Configure Feature Key dialog

box. See ”

Configuring the feature key” on page 122

and

Open Trunking

” on page 178 for

more information.

Export Configuration Report—Displays the Export Configuration Report dialog box, which

enables you to specify a file name in which to save an American Standard Code for Information

Interchange (ASCII) text file containing all current user-definable configuration options in a

printable format. Note that this file cannot be read back into the Element Manager in order to

set configuration parameters.

Enable Web Server—Enables the EWS on the switch. Selecting this option puts a check mark in

the box next to the menu option. Click the option again to clear the check mark and disable the

EWS interface. When this option is disabled, users at remote workstations cannot access the

EWS interface.

Enable Telnet—Enables telnet access to the switch. Selecting this option puts a check mark in the

box next to the menu option. Click the option again to clear the check mark and disable telnet

access. When this option is disabled, users at remote workstations cannot access the switch

through telnet to use the Command Line Interface (CLI).

Alternate Control Prohibited—Edge Switch 2/32 only. Enables Alternate Control Prohibited

(ACP), Selecting this option puts a check mark next to the menu option. When the ACP is

checked, alternate control prohibited is on and alternate managers cannot change FICON

Switch connectivity parameters.

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