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About This Document
In this section
• How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
• Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
• Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
• Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
• Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
• Related documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
• Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
How this document is organized
. This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible.
The document contains the following components:
• Chapter 1, “Host Management Overview,” provides a description of the Host Connectivity
Manager (HCM) application software, the graphical user interface (GUI), system requirements,
and supported operating systems.
• Chapter 2, “Getting Started with HCM Software,” explains how to launch the management
software, set security passwords, discover SAN components, and log out.
• Chapter 3, “Host Configuration,” provides the procedures to configure operating parameters
(basic and advanced), security authentication, and persistent binding using the Brocade
Command Line Utility (BCU) or the GUI.
• Chapter 4, “Monitoring,” describes the HCM monitoring features.
• Chapter 5, “Diagnostics,” describes the non-destructive group of diagnostic commands that
can be run from the BCU or the GUI.
• Appendix A, “HCM Dialog Boxes,” lists the fields that are associated with the HCM GUI and
provides a definition for each field.
• Appendix B, “Brocade Command Utility,” provides reference information for the Host
Connectivity Manager (HCM) commands that can be run from the Brocade Command Line
Utility (BCU)
• Appendix C, “HCM Troubleshooting,” provides a summary of HCM navigation problems and
workarounds.
• Appendix D, “Glossary and Acronyms,” provides reference information for common terms and
acronyms.