HP StorageWorks MSA 2/8 - SAN Switch Bedienungsanleitung

user guide

hp StorageWorks

quickloop fabric assist

version 3.1.x

Product Version: 3.1.x

Second Edition (June 2003)

Part Number: AA–RTS1B–TE

This guide provides comprehensive information to help you administer your StorageWorks SAN

switch and your Storage Area Network (SAN).

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QuickLoop Fabric Assist Version 3.1.x User Guide

Second Edition (June 2003)

Part Number: AA–RTS1B–TE

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contents

Contents

About this Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Text Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

HP Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

HP Storage Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

HP Authorized Reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1 Introducing QuickLoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

QuickLoop Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

License Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

License Activation Using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

License Activation Using Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2 Using QuickLoop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

QuickLoop Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Address Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Administering QuickLoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

QuickLoop Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

QuickLoop Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Switch Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Dual-switch QuickLoop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

QuickLoop Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Pass 1: Sequential Looplet Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Pass 2: Full Initialization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Error Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Switch Level Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Port Level Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Figures

1 Viewing a List of Activated Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Tables

1 Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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about this

guide

About this Guide

This guide provides comprehensive information to help you administer your

StorageWorks SAN switch and your SAN. This guide can be used with the other

product-related documents or as a standalone document.

“About this Guide” topics include:

■Overview, page 6

■Conventions, page 7

■Getting Help, page 9

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Overview

This section covers the following topics:

■Intended Audience

■Related Documentation

Intended Audience

This document was developed to help administrators and technical experts

operate, maintain and troubleshoot networked SAN products and are experienced

with the following:

■Networking technologies

■Fibre Channel technologies

■SAN environments and technologies

Related Documentation

For a list of related documents included with this product, see the Related

Documents section of the Release Notes that came with your switch.

For the latest information, documentation, and firmware releases, please visit the

following StorageWorks website:

http://www.hp.com/country/us/eng/

prodserv/storage.html

For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry

Association website:

http://www.fibrechannel.org

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Conventions

Conventions consist of the following:

■Document Conventions

■Text Symbols

Document Conventions

The document conventions included in Table 1 apply in most cases.

Text Symbols

The following symbols may be found in the text of this guide. They have the

following meanings.

WARNING: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow

directions in the warning could result in bodily harm or death.

Caution: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions

could result in damage to equipment or data.

Table 1: Document Conventions

Element Convention

Cross-reference links Blue text: Figure 1

Key and field names, menu items,

buttons, and dialog box titles Bold

File names, application names, and text

emphasis

Italics

User input, command and directory

names, and system responses (output

and messages)

Monospace font

COMMAND NAMES are uppercase

monospace font unless they are

case-sensitive

Variables <monospace, italic font>

Website addresses Blue, underlined sans serif font text:

http://www.hp.com

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Note: Text set off in this manner presents commentary, sidelights, or interesting points

of information.

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Getting Help

If you still have a question after reading this guide, contact an HP authorized

service provider or access our website:

http://www.hp.com

HP Technical Support

Telephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the following

HP website:

http://www.hp.com/support/

. From this website, select the country

of origin.

Note: For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.

Be sure to have the following information available before calling:

■Technical support registration number (if applicable)

■Product serial numbers

■Product model names and numbers

■Applicable error messages

■Operating system type and revision level

■Detailed, specific questions

HP Storage Website

The HP website has the latest information on this product, as well as the latest

drivers. Access storage at:

http://www.hp.com/country/us/eng/prodserv/

storage.html

. From this website, select the appropriate product or solution.

HP Authorized Reseller

For the name of your nearest HP authorized reseller:

■In the United States, call 1-800-345-1518

■In Canada, call 1-800-263-5868

■Elsewhere, see the HP website for locations and telephone numbers:

http://www.hp.com

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