Cisco SFS 7000 Series Product Family Chassis Manager User Guide, Release 2.5.0
About Chassis Manager

Table Of Contents

About Chassis Manager

Introduction

System Frame

Tree Frame

Tree Frame Branches

View Frame

Browser Requirements

Platform Requirements


About Chassis Manager


The Chassis Manager (CM) runs directly on your Server Switch to help you quickly and easily perform various administration tasks. This chapter discusses the various components of the interface. Chassis Manager runs on all Server Switches.

This chapter contains these sections.

Introduction

Browser Requirements

Platform Requirements

Introduction

Chassis Manager runs in a standard web browser and displays information in standard HTML formats. The GUI consists primarily of the following three frames:

1. System Frame, (see Figure 1-1).

2. Tree Frame (see Figure 1-2).

3. View Frame (see Figure 1-3).

System Frame

The System frame displays and updates the status of the cards, power supplies, and fans in your device. Each number in the Cards, Power Supplies, and Fans fields identifies a field-replaceable unit (FRU) in your device based on the slot number in which it resides. The color of the slot number indicates the status of the FRU. Figure 1-1 shows a system frame. Table 1-1 lists the colors in the display and explains what each color indicates.

Figure 1-1 System Frame

Click the IP address in the IP Address field of the System frame to open a telnet window that launches a CLI session to the switch. Click the e-mail address in the Support Contact field to send an e-mail to technical support. Click Help to open online help.

Table 1-1 FRU Color Indicators 

Color
Indication

green

Operational and administrative status of up.

gray

Administrative status of down.

red

Operational status of down.


Tree Frame

The Tree frame appears on the lower-left-hand side of the Chassis Manager display and provides a navigation tree that groups the functional branches of your device under icons. Figure 1-2 displays the Tree frame on a Cisco SFS 3001.

Figure 1-2 Tree Frame


Note Figure 1-2 displays a tree frame for a user with unrestricted access. Restricted users may see fewer icons. For more information, refer t the o "Understanding Access Privileges" procedure on page 2-7.


Table 1-2 lists and describes the icons in the Tree frame.

Table 1-2 Tree Frame Icons 

Icon
Description

Chassis ()

The Chassis icon lets you view and configure hardware in your Server Switch. Access this icon to view the status of all field replaceable units (FRUs) on your device.

Maintenance ()

The Maintenance icon contains branches that let you perform basic administrative tasks on your Server Switch. Access this icon to configure NTP servers, assign a boot-config file, view the contents of the file system, etc.

InfiniBand ()

The InfiniBand icon provides subnet manager and I/O details. You can click the Subnet Manager branch of this icon to configure basic SM properties.

Ethernet () (select hardware platforms only)

The Ethernet icon lets you view and configure many aspects of IP traffic on your Server Switch.

Fibre Channel () (select hardware platforms only)

The Fibre Channel icon shows you SRP host and FC storage details and lets you configure global policies.

Help ()

The Help icon takes you to on-line help and support resources.


Tree Frame Branches

Click a plus-sign icon () to expand an icon and display the branches that you can configure. After you expand an icon, click an branch icon () to open the configuration options for that branch in the View frame.

Table 1-3 lists and describes the configurable branches under the Chassis icon.

Table 1-3 Chassis Icon Branches 

Branch
Description

Cards

Click this branch to display and configure controller, switch, and gateway cards.

Ports

Click this branch to display and configure all external IB, Ethernet, and Fibre Channel ports on your device.

Power Supplies (select hardware platforms only)

Click this branch to view the status of the power supplies on your device.

Fans (select hardware platforms only)

Click this branch to view the status of the fans on your device.

Sensors

Click this branch to view the status and readings on the temperature sensors on your device.

Backplane (select hardware platforms only)

Click this branch to view backplane details.

Management Ports

Expand the Management Ports icon to display the following branches:

Serial

Displays the Serial Console port configuration.

Ethernet

Displays the Ethernet Management port configuration.

InfiniBand

Displays the InfiniBand Management port configuration.


Table 1-4 lists and describes the configurable branches under the Maintenance icon.

Table 1-4 Maintenance Icon Branches 

Branch
Description

System Information

Click this branch to view and configure the information that appears in the System frame.

Time

Click this branch to configure the time and date on your Server Switch and to assign NTP servers to your device.

File Management

Click this branch to view, import, export, and install files in the file system on your device.

Boot Configuration

Click this branch to select a configuration for your Server Switch to use when it boots.

Backup Configuration

Click this branch to save your running configuration to a file.

Save Config

Click this branch to save the running configuration as the startup configuration. When your Server Switch reboots, it runs the updated configuration.

Reboot

Click this branch when you want to reload your Server Switch.

Tree Elements System Global Settings

Click to view the system global settings.

Services

Expand the Services icon to display the following branches:

General

Displays the following system services and lets you configure them:

1. DNS

2. FTP

3. Telnet

4. Syslog

5. RADIUS

HTTP

Displays HTTP properties and configuration options.

Radius Servers

Displays the RADIUS server(s) that your device can use to authenticate user logins and lets you configure attributes of the server(s).

Authentication Failures

Lists CLI, SNMP, and HTTP authentication failures.

Diagnostics

Expand this branch to view Server Switch diagnostic data in the following branches:

POST

Fru Error


Table 1-5 lists and describes the configurable branches under the InfiniBand icon.

Table 1-5 InfiniBand Icon Branches 

Branch
Description

Subnet Managers

Click this branch to view and configure the subnet managers in your fabric.

Services

Click this branch to view the IB fabric services that have registered with the subnet manager.

Topology

Expand the Topology icon to display the following branches:

Nodes

Click this branch to view the IB nodes in your IB fabric.

Ports

Click this branch to view the IB ports in your IB fabric.

Neighbors

Click this branch to display the interconnecting IB nodes and relevant ports in your IB fabric.

Device Management (select hardware platforms only)

Expand the Device Management icon to display the following branches:

IOU

Click this branch to view the I/O unit on your Server Switch.

IOCs

Click this branch to view the controller(s) on your device.

IOC Services

Click this branch to view the IB features on your device.


Table 1-6 lists and describes the configurable branches under the Ethernet icon.

Table 1-6 Ethernet Icon Branches 

Branch
Description

Bridge Groups

Click this branch to view bridge groups on your Server Switch.

Bridge Subnet

Click this branch to view the subnets of bridge groups.

Bridge Forwarding

Click this branch to view the forwarding properties of bridge groups.

Redundancy Group

Click this branch to view redundancy groups.

Trunk Groups

Click this branch to view trunk groups on your Server Switch.


Table 1-7 lists and describes the configurable branches under the InfiniBand icon.

Table 1-7 Fibre Channel Icon Branches 

Branch
Description

Global Policies

Click this branch to view and configure the default attributes of new IB-to-FC connections.

SRP Hosts

Click this branch to view and configure SRP hosts that serve as initiators for SAN fabrics.

Targets

Click this branch to view and configure Fibre Channel targets that connect to your Server Switch through FC gateways.

Logical Units

Click this branch to view and configure Fibre Channel LUNs that connect to your Server Switch through FC gateways.

ITs

Click this branch to view and configure attributes of initiator-target connections.

ITLs

Click this branch to view and configure attributes of initiator-target-LUN connections.

Global Statistics

Click this branch to view IB-to-FC traffic statistics.


Table 1-8 lists and describes the configurable branches under the Help icon.

Table 1-8 Help Icon Branches 

Branch
Description

Help Index

Click this branch to launch Chassis Manager online help.

Support

Click this branch to open the support web site.


View Frame

The View frame appears on the right-hand side of the interface. Input fields and device details appear in this frame. The contents of the View frame vary based on the branch that you click in the Tree frame. Figure 1-3 displays the table that appears in the View frame when you expand the Chassis icon and click the Ports branch.

Figure 1-3 View Frame

Browser Requirements

Chassis Manager supports the following browsers:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6

Netscape Navigator version 6

Mozilla version 1.4

Platform Requirements

Chassis Manager runs on the following platforms:

Windows

Solaris

Linux