Dell PowerVault 50F Manuel utilisateur

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February 2000 P/N 25PXC Rev. A00

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This guide describes the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager and how to use each of its

functions. The chapters and appendixes are summarized as follows:

Chapter 1, “Introduction,” provides an overview of the PowerVault Switch Man-

ager and its features.

Chapter 2, “Using the Dell PowerVault Switch Manager,” describes how to

launch and use the PowerVault Switch Manager, including details about each

option.

The Glossary contains definitions of terms, acronyms, and abbreviations used in

this guide.

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In addition to this User’s Guide, you may need to refer to the following

documentation:

Your Dell system User’s Guide or Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for an

overview of system features, hardware installation guidelines and procedures,

and safety information

Your Dell system Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for troubleshooting pro-

cedures and instructions for using the Dell Diagnostics to test your computer

system

NOTE: Documentation updates are sometimes included with your system or

software to describe changes to your system and software. Always read these

updates before consulting any other documentation because the updates often

contain the latest information.

You may also have one or more of the following documents:

Documentation for the Microsoft®Windows NT®Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition

operating system. This documentation describes how to install (if necessary),

configure, and use the operating system.

Documentation for your operating system if you ordered your operating system

from Dell. This documentation describes how to install (if necessary), configure,

and use your operating system.

Documentation for any options you purchase separately from your system. This

documentation includes information that you need to configure and install these

options in your Dell computer. Installation instructions for the options are

included in your system User’s Guide, Installation and Troubleshooting Guide, or

product-specific Quick Installation Guide, if applicable. However, to install some

options, you may need to refer to accompanying documentation from the option

manufacturer.

Technical information files—sometimes called readme files—installed on your

hard-disk drive or included on your CD to provide last-minute updates about

changes to your system or software. Readme files can also contain advanced

technical reference material intended for experienced users or technicians.

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For safety cautions and warnings you must observe while servicing a hardware sys-

tem, see your hardware User’s Guide.

Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be accompanied by an icon and printed in

bold type or in italic type. These blocks are notes, notices, cautions, and warnings,

and they are used as follows:

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of

your computer system.

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The following list defines (where appropriate) and illustrates typographical conven-

tions used as visual cues for specific elements of text throughout this document:

Interface components are window titles, button and icon names, menu names

and selections, and other options that appear on the monitor screen or display.

They are presented in bold.

Example: Click OK.

Keycaps are labels that appear on the keys on a keyboard. They are enclosed in

angle brackets.

Example: <Enter>

Key combinations are series of keys to be pressed simultaneously (unless other-

wise indicated) to perform a single function.

Example: <Ctrl><Alt><Enter>

Commands presented in lowercase bold are for reference purposes only and are

not intended to be typed when referenced.

Example: “Use the format command to . . . .”

In contrast, commands presented in the Courier New font are part of an instruc-

tion and intended to be typed.

Example: “Ty p e format a: to format the diskette in drive A.”

Filenames and directory names are presented in lowercase bold.

Examples: autoexec.bat and c:\windows

Syntax lines consist of a command and all its possible parameters. Commands

are presented in lowercase bold; variable parameters (those for which you substi-

tute a value) are presented in lowercase italics; constant parameters are

presented in lowercase bold. The brackets indicate items that are optional.

Example: del [drive:] [path] filename [/p]

Command lines consist of a command and may include one or more of the com-

mand’s possible parameters. Command lines are presented in the Courier New

font.

Example: del c:\myfile.doc

Screen text is a message or text that you are instructed to type as part of a com-

mand (referred to as a command line). Screen text is presented in the Courier

New font.

Example: The following message appears on your screen:

No boot device available

Example: “Ty p e md c:\programs and press <Enter>.”

Variables are placeholders for which you substitute a value. They are presented in

italics.

Example: DIMM_x (where xrepresents the DIMM socket designation)

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PowerVault Switch Manager Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

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Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Name Resolution Service Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Launching the PowerVault Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Using the PowerVault Switch Manager Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Fabric View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Fabric Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Name Server Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Zone Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Zone Alias Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Zone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Zone Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Switch Management Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

Port Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

Performance Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Switch Admin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

User Admin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

Firmware Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

Reboot Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27

SNMP Admin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29

Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30

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Figure 2-2. Fabric Topology View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Figure 2-3. Name Server Table View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Figure 2-4. Zone Alias Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Figure 2-5. Zone Settings Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Figure 2-6. Zone Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

Figure 2-7. Switch View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15

Figure 2-8. Port Statistics View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

Figure 2-9. Performance View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Figure 2-10. Switch Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Figure 2-11. User Administration Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

Figure 2-12. Firmware Upgrade Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

Figure 2-13. Reboot Switch Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Figure 2-14. SNMP Administration Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29

"# Table 1-1. Switch Manager Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Table 2-1. Fabric View Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Table 2-2. Fabric Topology View Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Table 2-3. Name Server Table View Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Table 2-4. Zone Alias Settings Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Table 2-5. Zone Settings Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Table 2-6. Zone Configuration Settings Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

Table 2-7. Switch View Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15

Table 2-8. Port Statistics View Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

Table 2-9. Switch Administration Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

Table 2-10. User Administration Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

Table 2-11. Firmware Upgrade Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27

Table 2-12. Reboot Switch Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Table 2-13. SNMP Administration Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30

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The Dell™PowerVault™Switch Manager allows you to monitor, configure, and man-

age fabric switches using a Java-capable web browser from a standard desktop

workstation. You can dynamically interact with any switch in the fabric to monitor sta-

tus and performance. By using the information provided, you can manage overall

topology or make administrative changes to switches or the fabric. The PowerVault

Switch Manager provides the following capabilities:

Central status monitoring (from Fabric View) —Access detailed switch infor-

mation and administer any switch in the fabric.

Rapid access to any switch (from Fabric View) —Access switch status, port

status, throughput, performance, and operating conditions such as temperature,

fan status, and power supply status.

Comprehensive asset management (from the Name Server Table) —Access

detailed information on all devices connected to the fabric.

Extensive administration and configuration capability —Configure and

administer individual ports or switches through a wide range of functions encom-

passing switch configuration and port management.

Distributed zoning control —Apply zoning functions to appropriately config-

ured switches. The zoning configuration changes are automatically distributed to

all switches in the fabric.

Telnet interface for access to specialized functions —Perform functions avail-

able only through Telnet.

Central maintenance functions —Add new firmware from your desktop.

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The PowerVault Switch Manager provides a series of screens that display various

aspects of the fabric such as physical configuration, data throughput, statistics, and

status, as well as screens providing an administrative interface and a Telnet interface

to the switches in the fabric.

1-2 Dell PowerVault Switch Manager User’s Guide

Table 1-1 describes how these screens, or views, are organized:

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Fabric View Shows the number of switches in the fabric, with world-

wide name, domain ID, switch name, and network inter-

net protocol (IP) information. The Fabric View is the

first view displayed and serves as the launch point for

the following windows: Switch Management Applica-

tion, Fabric topology (Fabric), Name Server Table, and

Zone Administration

Fabric topology (Fabric) Displays physical configuration, including active

domains, paths, and routing information

Name Server Table Displays the Name Server Table for the fabric which

contains information about the devices attached to the

fabric

Zone Administration Allows you to configure zoning —zone alias settings,

zone settings, and zone configuration settings

Switch Management

Application

Displays switch information. Provides a real-time view

of overall switch status. The Switch Management

Application is the launch point for the following win-

dows: Port Information, Performance, Administration,

and Te l n e t

Port Information Displays statistics, general information, and status for a

specific port

Performance Graphically portrays real-time data throughput for each

port and displays total switch bandwidth utilization

Administration Allows you to perform functions such as upgrading firm-

ware versions or reconfiguring a switch

Te l n e t Allows you to use Telnet commands for switch diagnos-

tics, troubleshooting, and fabric management

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