This product supports the VDX series.
The used procedure and setting items vary depending on the support level of the managed device. For devices that are described as "Automatic" under [Device Detection] in "Table 1.1 Support Levels", refer to "4.2.3.1 Automatically Detectable Devices". For devices that are described as "Manual", refer to "4.2.3.2 Configuration for Manually Detected Devices".
For details about the items that require configuration, refer to the manuals of those devices.
Before starting the operations in "4.2.3.1.1 Setting", make sure to understand the following descriptions.
The connecting information is not displayed if connection type not supported by the device.
This product manages the device by using SNMP and NETCONF.
This product supports only the operation mode in VCS modes. The standalone mode is not supported.
The switches managed by this product are all managed as a Fibre Channel switch.
This product manages RBridgeID as a domain ID.
It is recommended of Fibre Channel switch redundancy (cascading).
At present, the Fibre Channel switch zoning information cannot be restored from the database of this software. Therefore, multiple Fibre Channel switches must be connected in cascade to prevent the zoning information stored on the Fibre Channel switches from being erased. The zoning information is stored separately on each of the Fibre Channel switches connected in cascade. Even if one of the Fibre Channel switches fails, the zoning information is stored by the other switches.
The Fibre Channel switch zoning information is changed using the access path setting. When cascade connection is not used, be sure to save the device configuration information after making changes in the settings. Refer to the manuals of the device for details on storing configuration information.
To manage Fibre Channel switches with this software, all the Fibre Channel switches that are connected in cascade must be registered with this software. If any Fibre Channel switch is connected in cascade but not registered with this software, the connection cannot be correctly managed.
The beacon function is not supported.
If the user is logged on to the Fibre Channel switch using SSH, the Fibre Channel switch information cannot properly be obtained nor configured.
The FC routing function is not supported.
If a cascade is connected using the FC routing function, the cascade connection line is not displayed in Web Console.
For this reason, an error is displayed for the access path that goes through the cascade connection line, and a Warning is displayed for the server node that is used to configure the access path.
If the transfer speed of FC port is configured by the Auto Negotiation function, this product displays the maximum transfer speed of FC port configured by the Auto Negotiation function.
FCoE port is not displayed.
As for the Ethernet port and FC port number, the following values are displayed in Web Console based on the Index value output by "show fabric islports" command of the VDX series.
When index value starts from 0 : Index value + 1
When index value starts from 1 : Index value
For the VDX series firmware version 3.0.1 or later, if port disconnection or connection is done, the following SNMP Traps alone are displayed in the event log:
Cable disconnected : [Link Down Trap]
Cable connected : [Link Up Trap]
At this time, a failing port cannot be located from the event log. Also, the function in conjunction with event does not work. To locate the failing port, login to the Fibre Channel switch to check the port status.
1GbE RJ45 port is not displayed.
If LC (Line Card) is moved or connection in Breakout mode is done on VDX 6740/VDX 6740T/VDX 8770-4/VDX 8770-8, even if a target is the same port in the same slot, a combination of the port number and its port information seen from Web Console may be changed before and after the operation. To check whether the target is the same, log in to the Fibre Channel switch to see the slot number, port number and port connection status.
If Access Gateway mode is specified, the port type of FC port is displayed as "F_Port".
100GbE Line Card is not supported.
This section describes the items that must be configured directly to the device side in advance to use this product to manage the VDX series that supports automatic device detection.
Make the required settings for the VDX series which you use to connect to a network, and then connect to the network.
Refer to the manuals of the respective devices for details on the setting method.
For Fibre Channel switch control, this software is used to log in using SSH to the device. Set users with security levels according to the requirements of the system administrator. The user name "admin" is set with the system administrator security level in the factory shipped configuration. Refer to the manuals of the device or contact a Fujitsu customer engineer for the default password of this user.
If the password has been changed on the device side, when perform [Reload Conf.] for the relevant device with Web Console, this software recognizes the change and the device status becomes a Warning display.
In order for the setting to match the changed device setting, perform a change to the account information for device management using Web Console.
Register a host name for Fibre Channel switch control. This software uses this host name as SysName. SysName should be a name that is not identical to any other name registered with this software.
Refer to the manuals of the respective devices for details on the setting method.
Zoning is recommended.
No zoning may be set for Fibre Channel switches. When Fibre Channel switches that are not set the zoning are connected to server nodes or storage devices, they are placed in a state where their security levels are undefined (which makes all of the Fibre Channel switches accessible from every server node).
To prevent inadvertent access from destroying data on the storage side, recommend to set the temporary zone as follows:
By this setting, it is able to stop all access paths of the Fibre Channel switches. After defining this setting, connect the server node and storage device to the Fibre Channel switch, and set up an access path using this software.
When setting up a cascade connection between the Fibre Channel switch and another Fibre Channel switch for which zoning is already set, you need not define this setting because zoning information is copied.
The setting is also not necessary if the default of zoning mode is set to "No Access" on the Default Zone function of the Fibre Channel switch.
VDX-Sw# configure terminal Entering configuration mode terminal VDX-Sw(config)# zoning defined-configuration zone SNM_0001 VDX-Sw(config-zone- SNM_0001)# member-entry 00:0B:00:00:0E:00:00:00 VDX-Sw(config-zone-SNM_0001)# member-entry 00:0C:00:00:0E:00:00:00 VDX-Sw(config-zone-SNM_0001)# exit VDX-Sw(config)# zoning defined-configuration cfg SNM_BCSI VDX-Sw(config-cfg-SNM_BCSI)# member-zone SNM_0001 VDX-Sw(config-cfg-SNM_BCSI)# exit VDX-Sw(config)# zoning enabled-configuration cfg-name SNM_BCSI VDX-Sw Updating flash ... VDX-Sw(config)# end VDX-Sw#
If the Fibre Channel switches are to be cascaded for operation, cascade the switches before executing the above command.
Note
If the temporary zone has been created, all accesses are blocked. For this reason, do not implement this measure while the target Fibre Channel switch environment is operating. Implement this measure either immediately after the Fibre Channel switch environment has been installed and before operations have started (or while operations are paused).
Set a temporary zoning for Fibre Channel switches that are not configured with zoning or set to "No Access" with the Default Zone function.
Although SNMP Trap is used in fault monitoring, the SNMP Trap destination address automatic settings function is not supported for the VDX series.
In order for the SNMP Trap to be sent to the Management Server, after logging in to the device, execute the device commands (the snmp-server host command for SNMPv1 and the snmp-server v3host command for SNMPv3) to set the SNMP Trap destination address.
If the Management Server is a clustered system, the logical IP address of the clustered system needs to be set.
Refer to the manuals of the respective devices for details on the setting method.
If the SNMP Community settings are at their defaults, this software communicates by using "public" for the SNMP Community name.
The SNMP user information for using SNMP communication on this product is specified when registering the switch.
To change the SNMP setting, change the device side, and then change the SNMP setting in this software. It is possible to change the settings of this software from Web Console.
This software uses the one-to-one WWPN zoning of the Fibre Channel switch as the basis for setting up and removing access paths (logicalpaths). However, it also supports other types of zoning settings at their respective levels. The functions that it supports for the different types of zoning are as follows:
This is a state that has no zoning setting.
In this situation, if the default zoning mode is set to All Access, access is permitted across all the ports of the fibre channel switch. (This product refers to this situation as No Security status)
If the default zoning mode is set to No Access, access is blocked across all the ports of the Fibre Channel switch.
In the case of "No Access" or "All Access", if a Fibre Channel switch is connected in cascade to another Fibre Channel switch with a zoning setting, the zoning setting information is copied when cascade connection communication is established.
This software can perform management normally for the Fibre Channel switches without a zoning setting. Also, when registering a Fibre Channel switch with this software, you can specify whether to set zoning in response to a subsequent software attempt to set up an access path. With no zoning setting, the Fibre Channel switch operates with security management delegated to the binding and affinity capabilities of server nodes and storage devices.
The WWPN zoning setting is a method by which zoning is defined based on the WWPN of a Fibre Channel port.
A WWPN value that is unique throughout the world is defined for each port. As a result, no wrong access path is created even if the port connection place of the Fibre Channel switch is changed.
All access path control functions of this software are effective for access paths defined in the one-to-one WWPN zoning setting. For other defined access paths, this software can read access and display path information, but it cannot delete and inherit the access paths.
However, it is possible to delete only zoning setup.
The WWNN zoning setting is a method by which zoning is defined based on the WWNN of a Fibre Channel port. Though a WWNN can be shared by several Fibre Channel ports, its definition differs from company to company.
As for the access path control functions, this software cannot display or delete access paths for which WWNN zoning is set.
Point
In the VDX series, the WWNN zoning can be set. To allow this software to provide complete zoning security, however, changing the existing zoning setting to the one-to-one WWPN zoning setting is recommended.
This section describes the items that must be configured directly to the device side in advance to use this product to manage the VDX series that requires manual device detection.
Connecting to network
Make the required settings for the VDX series which you use to connect to a network, and then connect to the network.
Refer to the manuals of the respective devices for details on the setting method.
SNMP Trap settings
Although SNMP Trap is used in fault monitoring, the SNMP Trap destination address automatic settings function is not supported for the VDX series. In order for the SNMP Trap to be sent to the Management Server, after logging in to the device, execute the following commands to set the SNMP Trap destination address.
If the Management Server is a clustered system, the logical IP address of the clustered system needs to be set.
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# snmp-server host <SNMP Trap destination address> public version 1 udp-port 162 severitylevel Warning
switch(config)# exitRefer to the manuals of the respective devices for details on the setting method.
Registering device
Refer to "5.2.7 Registering Manually Embedded Device" and "Register Storage Device" in the Web Console Guide to register the device.
For the registration, set the following for the device:
Select "Other" for the product type and storage type
Enter "Brocade" in the manufacture name
Note
SNMP protocol version 1 is used for SNMP Trap received from the VDX series.
The ping command is used for polling monitoring.