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The HBAnyware utility contains five basic elements:
Menu bar
Too lbar
Discovery tree
Property tabs
Status bar
7.11.3 Qlogic HBAs and SANsurfer (Windows/Linux)
The Qlogic SANsurfer is a graphical management interface program used to manage,
configure, and diagnose Host Bus Adapters in servers running the Qlogic SANsurfer agent,
which is available for Windows or Linux hosts. It is especially useful if you have hosts that are
directly connected to the DS5000, as you can check for errors on the FC link of the HBA and
troubleshoot path problems. Some of the features include:
Timely and accurate detection of I/O failures
Local and remote management of adapters
Performance statistics
Central control point in a network environment
Diagnostics and utilities
Firmware update
In this section, we provide an overview about how to use the tool with the DS5000 storage
subsystem.
Setting the Qlogic SANsurfer client
You can find the latest version of the Qlogic SANsurfer at the IBM Disk Support Web site:
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/disk
Select your DS5000 model from the appropriate drop-down menu and select the Download
tab on the right side of the page. Under the Drivers section for Qlogic FC2/4/8, you will find
different packages for the Qlogic SANsurfer tool that correspond to different processor
platforms with Linux or Windows.
Proceed with the installation. You have the option to install the agent and the manager
separately. You can run the client from any workstation, while the agent must be installed on
all the servers for which you want to manage the HBAs.
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