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Configure menu – HP StorageWorks 2.140 Director Switch User Manual

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Director Element Manager user guide

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display when you right-click these components in the Hardware view. For details on these

options, see the following sections in ”

Using menu options

” on page 57:

Port Card menu

, page 59

CTP Card menu

, page 60

SBAR Card menu

, page 60

Clear System Error Light—Turns off the amber system error LED, located below the green

power LED on the director front bezel.

Enable Unit Beaconing—Click the Enable Unit Beaconing check box 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 director 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 Director Properties dialog box. This dialog box contains the director

name, description, location, and contact person configured through the Configure Identification

dialog box. Also included is other product information, as detailed under ”

Displaying director

information

” on page 56. You can also display this dialog box by double-clicking an area in the

Hardware view, away from a hardware component.

Close—Closes the Element Manager window.

Configure menu

Select the Configure menu to display the following options. For detailed information on using these

options, see

Configuring the director

” on page 89.

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 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 contact information, either a 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—Allows you to 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

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