20 IBM Flex System FC5022 2-Port 16Gb FC Adapter User’s Guide
Managing the adapter
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• Discovery using the agent software running on the servers attached to the SAN, which enables you
to contact the devices in your SAN.
• Configuration management, which enables you to configure local and remote systems. With HCM,
you can configure adapter port and features.
• Management and monitoring of ports.
• Diagnostics, which enables you to test the adapters and the devices to which they are connected:
- Adapter, PHY module, BIOS, and port data.
- Link status of each adapter and its attached devices
- Logs of adapter, port, and HCM events,
- Loopback tests to evaluate the ports and the error rate on the adapter
- Read/write buffer test, which tests the link between the adapter and its devices
- FC protocol tests, including echo, ping, and trace route
• Monitoring, which provides statistics for adapter ports, authentication activities, firmware, I/O
controller, virtual ports, fabric, FCP initiator mode, remote ports, virtual ports, and other areas.
• Security, which enables you to specify a CHAP secret and configure authentication parameters.
• Event notifications, which provide asynchronous notification of various conditions and problems
through a user-defined event filter.
For details on using BCU commands and HCM, refer to the Brocade Adapters Administrator’s Guide
located at www.brocade.com/adapters-ibm-flex.
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