Configuring fdmi, Overview – H3C Technologies H3C S5830V2 Series Switches User Manual
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Configuring FDMI
Only FCF switches support FCS. Switches described in this chapter refer to FCF switches.
Overview
The Fabric Device Management Interface (FDMI) function allows you to view information about host bus
adapters (HBAs) on all registered nodes in a fabric. The HBA information includes HBAs and ports on
each HBA.
Each switch obtains the HBA information of its directly connected and registered nodes and sends the
information to other switches in the fabric. As a result, each switch has HBA information for all the nodes
registered with the fabric.
An HBA is an FC storage network card. Each HBA appears as an object to the switch. An HBA object has
a set of attributes, as shown in
.
Each physical FC interface on an HBA object corresponds to a port object. An HBA object can have a
maximum of eight port objects. A port object has a set of attributes, as shown in
Table 8 HBA object attributes
Attribute Description
HBA ID
An HBA ID identifies an HBA.
If an HBA has only one physical interface, the WWN of the physical interface is used
as the HBA ID. If the HBA has more than one physical interface, the WWN of one of
the physical interfaces is selected as the HBA ID.
Node WWN
WWN of the node where the HBA resides.
Manufacturer
Manufacturer of the HBA.
Serial num
Serial number of the HBA.
Model
Model of the HBA.
Model description
Model description of the HBA.
Hardware version
Hardware version of the HBA.
Driver version
Driver version of the HBA.
ROM version
ROM version of the HBA.
Firmware version
Firmware version of the HBA.
OS name/version
Operating system name and version number of the HBA.
CT payload len
Maximum length of CT payload allowed by the HBA.
The CT payload includes the basic header and extended header of CT packets, but
not the FC header.