HP StorageWorks 2.140 Director Switch User Manual
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Element Manager Overview
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• Nicknames to display instead of the WWN for the director and for attached node devices.
• Port Binding.
• port address configurations.
• SNMP trap recipients and community names.
• FICON and Open Systems Management Server features if optional Open Systems
Management Server is installed.
• Switch Binding if optional SANtegrity Binding feature is installed.
• Open Trunking if optional Open Trunking feature is installed.
• Management style between Open Systems and FICON management.
• Director name, location, description, and contact person.
• Data speed for the director (Director 2/64 only) and individual ports.
• Threshold alerts for ports.
• Control individual Fibre Channel ports by a blocking or unblocking operation, enabling LIN
alerts and Port Binding, setting data speeds, and running internal and external loopback
diagnostics.
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Display the following Element Manager information:
• Field replacable unit (FRU) properties such as the FRU name, physical position in the director
(chassis slot number), active or failed state, part number, and serial number.
• Information for individual Fibre Channel ports, such as the port name, port number, Fibre
Channel address, operational state, type of port, and login data.
• Information on nodes attached to ports.
• Port performance and statistics.
• Vital product data for the director, such as the system name, description, contact person,
location, status, model number, firmware and Engineering Change (EC) level, and
manufacturer.
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Perform miscellaneous Element Manager tasks:
• Enable Alternate Control Prohibited (ACP) to restrict access to FICON director connectivity
parameters.
• Enable beaconing for ports and the director unit.
• Enable channel wrap mode.
• Maintain a port address library.
• Monitor the operational status of the director and each of its hardware field-replaceable
units.
• Perform an initial program load (IPL).
• Perform maintenance tasks for the director, including maintaining firmware levels, enabling
the call-home feature, accessing the director logs, and collecting data to support failure
analysis.
• Reset port operation.
• Run port diagnostics.
• Set the date and time on the director.