Table Of Contents
Fibre Channel Icon Tasks
Configuring Global ITL Attributes
Viewing SRP Hosts (Initiators)
Viewing SRP Host (Initiator) Properties
Viewing SRP Host (Initiator) World-Wide Port Names
Viewing IT Policies of the Host
Viewing ITL Policies of the Host
Adding SRP Host
Deleting SRP Host
Configuring SRP Host (Initiator) Properties
Viewing Fibre Channel Targets
Viewing Fibre Channel Target Properties
Configuring Fibre Channel Target Properties
Viewing IT Policies of the Target
Viewing ITL Policies of the Target
Viewing Fibre Channel LUNs
Viewing Fibre Channel LUN Properties
Configuring Fibre Channel LUN Properties
Viewing ITL Policies of the LUN
Viewing ITs
Viewing IT Properties
Viewing ITLs
Viewing ITL Properties
Viewing Global Statistics
Fibre Channel Icon Tasks
This chapter describes the Chassis Manager Fibre Channel icon tasks and contains these sections:
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Configuring Global ITL Attributes
•Viewing SRP Hosts (Initiators)
•Viewing Fibre Channel Targets
•Viewing Fibre Channel LUNs
•Viewing ITs
•Viewing ITLs
•Viewing Global Statistics
Configuring Global ITL Attributes
Configure global initiator, target, LUN (ITL) attributes to select the attributes that apply by default to all new ITLs. For detailed information about these attributes, refer to the Fibre Channel Gateway User Guide.
Note If you change ITL attributes, the changes apply only to ITLs that you create after the change. Existing ITLs do not change.
To configure global attributes, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Global Policies branch. The Global Policies display appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Configure host attributes as follows:
a. (Optional) Click the Restricted checkbox in the Gateway Port Access field to do the following:
•Check the checkbox and deny all new initiators access to ports.
•Uncheck the checkbox and grant all new initiators access to ports.
b. (Optional) Click the Restricted checkbox in the LUN Access field to do the following:
•Check the checkbox and deny all new initiators access to LUNs.
•Uncheck the checkbox and grant all new initiators access to LUNs.
Step 4 Configure random access device attributes as follows:
a. (Optional) Enter an integer value between 1 and 256 in the ITL HI Mark field.
b. (Optional) Enter an integer value between 1 and 100 in the ITL Max Retries field.
c. (Optional) Enter an integer value between 1 and 1800 in the ITL Min I/O Timeout field.
d. (Optional) In the ITL Dynamic Loading field, click one of the following:
•The Path Affinity radio button to enable dynamic path affinity on all new ITLs.
•The Gateway Port Load Balancing radio button to enable load balancing between Fibre Channel gateway ports on all new ITLs
•The Gateway Port Failover radio button to enable FC gateway port failover for all new ITLs.
Step 5 Configure sequential access device attributes as follows:
a. (Optional) Enter an integer value between 1 and 256 in the ITL HI Mark field.
b. (Optional) Enter an integer value between 1 and 100 in the ITL Max Retries field.
c. (Optional) Enter an integer value between 1 and 1800 in the ITL Min I/O Timeout field.
d. (Optional) In the ITL Dynamic Loading field, click one of the following,
•The Path Affinity radio button to enable dynamic path affinity on all new ITLs.
•The Gateway Port Load Balancing radio button to enable load balancing between Fibre Channel gateway ports on all new ITLs
•The Gateway Port Failover radio button to enable FC gateway port failover for all new ITLs.
Step 6 Click the Apply button.
Viewing SRP Hosts (Initiators)
To view the SRP hosts that connect to your device and, with your Server Switch, behave as Fibre Channel initiators, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the SRP Hosts branch. A SRP Hosts table that includes all SRP hosts that connect to the chassis appears in the View frame. Table 7-1 lists and describes the fields in this table.
Table 7-1 SRP Hosts Table Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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Description
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User-assigned text description of the SRP host.
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SRP Initiator ID
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Host GUID and GUID extension.
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WWNN
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World-wide node name (WWNN) of the SRP host.
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Ports Registered With
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Port(s) on your Server Switch that connect to the host.
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Viewing SRP Host (Initiator) Properties
To view the properties of a SRP host, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the SRP Hosts branch. A SRP Hosts table that includes all SRP hosts that connect to the chassis appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the SRP host whose properties you want to view, and then click the Properties button. The SRP Host Properties window opens. Table 7-2 lists and describes the elements of this window.
Table 7-2 SRP Host Properties Window Elements
Element
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Description
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SRP Initiator ID field
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Host GUID and GUID extension.
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Ports Registered With field
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Port(s) on your Server Switch that connect to the host.
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WWNN field
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World-wide node name (WWNN) of the SRP host.
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Description field
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User-assigned text description of the SRP host.
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PKeys field
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Partition key(s) of the SRP host.
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Boot Target field
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WWPN of the target that contains the image that the SRP host uses to boot.
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Boot LUN field
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LUN ID of the LUN that contains the image that the SRP host uses to boot.
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Action field
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Provides a pulldown menu of actions that you can perform on the host. Select an action, and then click the Apply button to perform the action.
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Result field
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Displays the result of the action that you performed with the pulldown menu from the Action field.
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Apply button
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Applies the changes that you make in the window to the host.
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Reset button
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Resets the fields in the window to match the properties of the host.
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Close button
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Closes the window. If you close the window before you apply changes, Chassis Manager makes no changes to the host.
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Help button
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Opens online help.
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Viewing SRP Host (Initiator) World-Wide Port Names
To view the world-wide port names (WWPNs) of the virtual ports through which FC nodes communicate with SRP hosts, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the SRP Hosts branch. A SRP Hosts table that includes all SRP hosts that connect to the chassis appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the SRP host whose WWPNs you want to view.
Step 4 Select Show WWPNs from the Show Options pulldown menu. A SRP Host Wwpns table appears in the View frame. Table 7-3 lists and describes the fields in this table.
Table 7-3 SRP Host Wwpns Table Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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GUID
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GUID of the SRP host.
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Extension
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GUID extension of the SRP host.
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Slot/Port
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Physical FC gateway port (in slot#/port# format) that passes traffic (addressed to the virtual port WWPN) to the SRP host.
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WWPN
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WWPN of the virtual FC port.
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FC Address
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FC address of the virtual FC port.
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Viewing IT Policies of the Host
To view the details of the initiator-target (IT) pairs to which a host (initiator) belongs, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the SRP Hosts branch. A SRP Hosts table that includes all SRP hosts that connect to the chassis appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the SRP host whose ITs you want to view.
Step 4 Select Show IT Policies from the Show Options pulldown menu. The Show IT display appears in the View frame, but lists only ITs that include the initiator that you selected. For more information, refer to the "Viewing ITs" section or see Table 7-8.
Viewing ITL Policies of the Host
To view the details of the initiator-target-LUN (ITL) groups to which a host (initiator) belongs, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the SRP Hosts branch. A SRP Hosts table that includes all SRP hosts that connect to the chassis appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the SRP host whose ITLs you want to view.
Step 4 Select Show ITL Policies from the Show Options pulldown menu. The Show ITL display appears in the View frame, but lists only ITLs that include the initiator that you selected. For more information, refer tothe "Viewing ITLs" section or see Table 7-10.
Adding SRP Host
To add a SRP host to the configuration file, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the SRP Hosts branch. A SRP Hosts table that includes all SRP hosts that connect to the chassis appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the Add button. The Add SRP Host window opens.
Step 4 Enter the GUID of the new initiator in the Host GUID field.
Step 5 (Optional) Enter a description for the new initiator in the Description field.
Step 6 Click the Apply button.
Deleting SRP Host
To delete an SRP host, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the SRP Hosts branch. A SRP Hosts table that includes all SRP hosts that connect to the chassis appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the host that you want to delete from the configuration file, and then click the Delete button.
Configuring SRP Host (Initiator) Properties
To configure properties of a SRP host, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the SRP Hosts branch. A SRP Hosts table that includes all SRP hosts that connect to the chassis appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the SRP host whose properties you want to view, and then click the Properties button. The SRP Host Properties window opens.
Step 4 (Optional) Enter a text description for the SRP host in the Description field.
Step 5 (Optional) Enter a partition key (or comma-separated keys) in the PKeys field.
Step 6 (Optional) Enter the world-wide port name (WWPN) of a target that holds a boot image in the Boot Target field.
Step 7 (Optional) Enter the LUN ID of a disk that holds a boot image in the Boot LUN field.
Step 8 Click the Apply button, and then click the Close button.
Viewing Fibre Channel Targets
To view the Fibre Channel targets in the configuration file of your Server Switch, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Targets branch. A Targets table that includes all targets in your configuration file appears in the View frame. Table 7-4 lists and describes the fields in this table.
Table 7-4 Targets Table Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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WWPN
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World-wide port name (WWPN) of the port on the target through which your Server Switch accesses the target.
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Description
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User-assigned target description.
Note If no user has assigned a description, a default description appears.
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Physical Access
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Port on your Server Switch (in slot#card# format) through which your Server Switch accesses the target.
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Connection Type
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Displays "nlport" to indicate a virtual FC port, or "down" to indicate a faulty connection.
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Viewing Fibre Channel Target Properties
To view the properties of a Fibre Channel target, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Targets branch. A Targets table that includes all targets in your configuration file appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the target whose properties you want to view, and then click the Properties button. The SRP Target Properties window opens. Table 7-5 lists and describes the elements of this window.
Table 7-5 SRP Target Properties Window Element Descriptions
Element
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Description
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WWPN field
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World-wide port name (WWPN) of the port on the target through which your Server Switch accesses the target.
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WWNN field
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World-wide node name (WWNN) of the target.
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FC Address field
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Fibre Channel address of the target.
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IOC GUID field
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InfiniBand I/O controller (IOC) through which initiators access the target. On the Cisco SFS 3012 and Cisco SFS 3001 platforms, the IOC identifies a Fibre Channel gateway slot.
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Physical Access field
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Port on your Server Switch (in slot#/card# format) through which your Server Switch accesses the target.
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MTU field
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Maximum transmission unit, in bytes, of the target.
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Connection Type field
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Provides the "down" and "nlPort" radio buttons so you can assign a connection type to the target.
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Description field
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User-assigned target description.
Note If no user has assigned a description, a default description appears.
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Service Name field
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Name of the service to associate with the WWPN.
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Apply button
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Applies the changes that you make in the window.
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Reset button
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Resets the fields in the window to match the properties of the target.
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Close button
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Closes the window. If you close the window before you apply changes, Chassis Manager makes no changes to the target.
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Help button
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Opens online help.
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Configuring Fibre Channel Target Properties
To configure the properties of a Fibre Channel target, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Targets branch. A Targets table that includes all targets in your configuration file appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the target whose properties you want to view, and then click the Properties button. The SRP Target Properties window opens.
Step 4 (Optional) Click the down radio button or nlPort radio button to configure the connection type of the target.
Step 5 (Optional) Enter a description in the Description field.
Step 6 (Optional) Enter a server name in the Service Name field.
Step 7 Click the Apply button, and then click the Close button.
Viewing IT Policies of the Target
To view the details of the initiator-target (IT) pairs to which a target belongs, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Targets branch. A Targets table that includes all FC targets that connect to the chassis appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the target whose ITs you want to view.
Step 4 Select Show IT Policies from the Show Options pulldown menu. The ITs display appears in the View frame, but lists only ITs that include the target that you selected. For more information, refer to the "Viewing ITs" section or see Table 7-8.
Viewing ITL Policies of the Target
To view the details of the initiator-target-LUN (ITL) groups to which a target belongs, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the SRP Hosts branch. A Targets table that includes all FC targets that connect to the chassis appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the target whose ITLs you want to view.
Step 4 Select Show ITL Policies from the Show Options pulldown menu. The ITLs display appears in the View frame but lists only ITLs that include the target that you selected. For more information, refer to the "Viewing ITLs" section or see Table 7-10.
Viewing Fibre Channel LUNs
To view the logical units (FC storage disks) in the configuration file of your Server Switch, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Logical Units branch. A Logical Units table that includes all LUs in your configuration file appears in the View frame. Table 7-6 lists and describes the fields in this table.
Table 7-6 Logical Units Table Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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Logical ID
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Logical ID of the logical unit (disk).
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Description
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User-assigned logical unit description.
Note If no user has assigned a description, a default description appears.
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Physical Access
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Physical FC gateway port(s) through which your Server Switch accesses the LU.
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Viewing Fibre Channel LUN Properties
To view Fibre Channel LUN properties, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Logical Units branch. A Logical Units table that includes all LUs in your configuration file appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the LUN whose properties you want to view, and then click the Properties button. The SRP LUN Properties window opens. Table 7-7 lists and describes the elements in this window.
Table 7-7 SRP LUN Properties Window Element Descriptions
Element
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Description
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Logical ID field
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Logical ID of the LUN.
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Device Category field
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Provides the random radio button and sequential radio button to identify disk devices and tape devices respectively.
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Inquiry Data field
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SCSI inquiry data retrieved about the LU.
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Physical Access field
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Ports on your Server Switch that can access the LUN.
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Description field
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User-assigned description of the LUN.
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Hi Mark field
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The maximum number of outstanding requests from the initiator to the storage that the ITL can maintain.
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Max Retry field
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Number of failed communication attempts that must occur before the LUN identifies the initiator as inaccessible.
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Min IO Timeout field
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Maximum amount of time that elapses before a SRP request times out.
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Dynamic Pathing field
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Provides the following radio buttons:
Path Affinity
This feature locks a storage connection to a path for the duration of data transfer to increase speed and efficiency.
Gateway Port Load Balancing
This feature distributes traffic evenly across both ports in an FC gateway card (when both of the ports can access the same storage).
Gateway Port Failover
This feature leaves one port on an FC gateway dormant so it can adopt the traffic of the other port (when both of the ports can access the same storage) if that port goes down.
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Apply button
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Applies the changes that you make in the window to the LUN.
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Reset button
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Resets the fields in the window to match the properties of the LUN.
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Close button
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Closes the window. If you close the window before you apply changes, Chassis Manager makes no changes to the LUN.
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Help button
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Opens online help.
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Configuring Fibre Channel LUN Properties
To configure Fibre Channel LUN properties, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Logical Units branch. A Logical Units table that includes all LUs in your configuration file appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the LUN whose properties you want to view, and then click the Properties button. The SRP LUN Properties window opens.
Step 4 (Optional) Enter a description in the Description field.
Step 5 (Optional) Enter an integer value in the Hi Mark field.
Step 6 (Optional) Enter an integer value in the Max Retry field.
Step 7 (Optional) Enter an integer value in the Min IO Timeout field.
Step 8 (Optional) Click a radio button in the Dynamic Pathing field.
Step 9 Click the Apply button, and then click the Close button.
Viewing ITL Policies of the LUN
To view the details of the initiator-target-LUN (ITL) groups to which a LUN belongs, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Logical Units branch. A Logical Units table that includes all FC targets that connect to the chassis appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the LUN whose ITLs you want to view.
Step 4 Select Show ITL Policies from the Show Options pulldown menu. The ITLs display appears in the View frame but lists only ITLs that include the LUN that you selected. For more information, refer to the "Viewing ITLs" section or see Table 7-10.
Viewing ITs
To view Initiator-Target (IT) pairs on your Server Switch, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the ITs branch. The ITs table appears in the View frame. Table 7-8 lists and describes the fields in this table.
Table 7-8 ITs Table Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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SRP Initiator ID
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GUID of the initiator (host).
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Target WWPN
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WWPN of the target.
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Current Access
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Physical FC gateway port through which the host currently accesses the target.
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Physical Access
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Physical FC gateway port(s) through which the host can access the target.
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Viewing IT Properties
To view detailed Initiator-Target (IT) pair properties, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the ITs branch. The ITs table appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the IT pair whose properties you want to view, and then click the Properties button. The SRP IT Properties window opens. Table 7-9 lists and describes the elements in this window.
Table 7-9 SRP IT Properties Window Element Descriptions
Element
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Description
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SRP Initiator ID field
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GUID of the host.
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Target WWPN field
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WWPN of the target.
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Description field
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User-assigned description of the IT.
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Current Access field
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Physical FC gateway port through which the host currently accesses the target.
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Physical Access field
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Physical FC gateway port(s) through which the host can access the target.
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Port Mask field
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Displays a checkbox for every FC gateway card and FC gateway port on the chassis. Ports with a checked checkbox grant the initiator access to the target.
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Mode field
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The active radio button in this field represents the mode configuration. The field provides the Normal radio button to configure the IT pair to behave normally and the Test radio button to configure the gateway to perform ITL logins for this IT without the participation of the initiator's HBA.
You cannot change the mode of an IT pair to "test."
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Action pulldown menu
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Discovers the ITLs that the initiator can form with the LUNs in the target.
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Result field
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Displays the status of the action if you select Discover ITLs from the Action pulldown menu and then click the Apply button.
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Apply button
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Applies any changes that you make in the window to the Server Switch.
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Reset button.
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Resets the window to match the settings on the Server Switch
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Close button.
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Closes the window.
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Help button.
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Opens online help.
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Viewing ITLs
To view Initiator-Target-LUN (ITL) properties, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the ITLs branch. The ITLs table appears in the View frame. Table 7-10 lists and describes the fields in this table.
Table 7-10 ITLs Table Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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SRP Initiator ID
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GUID of the initiator (host).
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Target WWPN
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WWPN of the target.
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FC LUN ID
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Fibre Channel ID of the disk or tape in the target. The ID of the first LUN always appears as 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00, and the IDs for subsequent LUNs increment by 1, in hexadecimal.
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LUN Logical ID
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Logical ID of the disk or tape in the target.
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Viewing ITL Properties
To view detailed Initiator-Target-LUN (ITL) properties, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the ITLs branch. The ITLs table appears in the View frame.
Step 3 Click the radio button next to the ITL whose properties you want to view, and then click the Properties button. The SRP ITL Properties window opens. Table 7-11 lists and describes the elements in this window.
Table 7-11 SRP ITL Properties Window Element Descriptions
Element
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Description
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SRP Initiator ID field
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GUID of the initiator (host).
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Target WWPN field
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WWPN of the target.
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FC LUN ID field
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Fibre Channel ID of the disk or tape in the target. The ID of the first LUN always appears as 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00, and the IDs for subsequent LUNs increment by 1, in hexadecimal notation.
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LUN Logical ID field
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Logical ID of the disk or tape in the target.
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Device Category field.
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Identifies a LUN as random (a disk) or sequential (a tape).
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Description field.
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User-assigned text identifier of the ITL.
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SRP LUN ID field
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SRP ID of the disk or tape in the target. The ID of the first LUN always appears as 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00, and the IDs for subsequent LUNs increment by 1, in hexadecimal notation.
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Physical Access field
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Physical FC gateway port through which the host currently accesses the LUN.
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Current Access field
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Physical FC gateway port(s) through which the host can access the LUN.
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Port Mask field
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Displays a checkbox for every FC gateway card and FC gateway port on the chassis. Ports with a checked checkbox grant the initiator access to the LUN.
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Apply button
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Applies any changes that you make in the window to the Server Switch.
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Reset button
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Resets the window to match the settings on the Server Switch.
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Close button
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Closes the window.
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Help button
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Opens online help.
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Viewing Global Statistics
To view global SRP statistics, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Expand the Fibre Channel icon in the Tree frame.
Step 2 Click the Global Statistics branch. The SRP Global Statistics display appears in the View frame. Table 7-12 lists and describes the fields in this display.
Table 7-12 SRP Global Statistics Display Field Descriptions
Field
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Description
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Link Events
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Total number of link events (link up, link down) processed by the Fibre Channel interface gateway(s).
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SRP Initiated IOs
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Total number of I/O transactions requested by the SRP initiator.
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SRP Commands Completed
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Total number of SRP commands completed on the Fibre Channel interface gateways.
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SRP Bytes Read
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Total number of I/O bytes read by the SRP initiator that is connected to this chassis.
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SRP Bytes Written
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Total number of I/O bytes written by the SRP initiator.
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SRP Connections
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Total number of connections used by the SRP initiator.
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SRP Commands Outstanding
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Total number of SRP commands outstanding on the Fibre Channel interface gateway(s).
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SRP Errors
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Total number of SRP errors encountered on the Fibre Channel interface gateway((s).
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FCP Initiated IOs
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Total number of I/O responses by the Fibre Channel device to SRP initiator requests.
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FCP Commands Completed
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Total number of FCP commands completed on the Fibre Channel interface gateway(s).
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FCP Bytes Read
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Total number of I/O bytes read by the target device.
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FCP Bytes Written
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Total number of I/O bytes written by the target device.
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FCP Commands Outstanding
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Total number of FCP commands outstanding on the Fibre Channel interface gateway(s).
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FCP Errors
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Total number of FCP errors encountered on the Fibre Channel interface gateway(s).
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