HP Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class - Manual (Page 21)

Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch for HP BladeSystem c-Class User Guide 21
4 Managing the Switch
Use the management tools built into the Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch (see Table 2 ) to monitor the fabric
topology, port status, physical status, and other information used for performance analysis and system
debugging.
When running IP over FC, these management tools must run on both the Fibre Channel host and the
switch and must be supported by the Fibre Channel host driver. For a list of Fibre Channel hosts supported
by the Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch, see the HP StorageWorks Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge
(SPOCK) website at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock . You must sign up for an HP Passport to be
granted access.
You can connect a management station to one switch through Ethernet while managing other switches
connected to the first switch via FC. To perform this function, set the FC gateway address of each of the
other switches to be managed to the FC IP address of the first switch.
The gateway address of the first switch should be set to the gateway address for the subnet on which the
first switch resides (see Table 3 ).
Maintaining the switch
The Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch does not require any regular physical maintenance. However, it is
critical that environmental conditions, described in ” Environmental considerations ” on page 11 are met to
help prevent switch failure due to heat stress or improper air flow.
Installing dust covers in empty ports
Install the dust covers included in the Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch shipping carton in ports where SFPs
are not installed. Installing dust covers ensures proper airflow and helps reduce dust contamination of the
switch.
Replacing an SFP transceiver
To remove an SFP transceiver:
1. Press and hold the cable release.
2. Remove the cable from the transceiver.
3. Pull the bail to release the transceiver.
Table 2 Cisco MDS 8Gb Fabric Switch management features
Management tool Out-of-band support In-band support
CLI Ethernet or serial
connection
IP over FC
Fabric Manager 1
1. For more information, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide.
Ethernet connection IP over FC
Standard SNMP applications 1 Ethernet connection IP over FC
Management Server 1 Ethernet connection SMI-S compliant
management program
Table 3 Connecting via a management station
Management
station
First switch Second switch Third switch
Ethernet 192.168.1.09 192.168.1.10 204.1.1.11 204.1.1.12
FCIP 192.168.65.09 192.168.65.10 192.168.65.11 192.168.65.12
Gateway 192.168.1.10 any, not self 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.10