Qlogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager Manual de usuario descargar pdf (Pagina 7)

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Emulex HBAnyware Software Evaluation

January 2007

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which is a benefit to administrators who might need a reminder for the many parameters that can

be adjusted. A screen shot of these parameters can be seen on the lower left side of page 7. In

addition to the batch mode firmware updates, Emulex also provides a batch mode distribution of

HBA parameter settings by distributing a parameter file for the HBAs to any or all of the servers

with those HBAs, which can be seen in the screen shot on the lower right side of page 7. This file

remains on the server and in the event of a change of HBA, the parameter settings remain, so that

the HBA automatically uses them and the administrator does not have to individually reset the

HBA parameter settings. This is especially useful in large environments where the detailed settings

need to be consistent across a large number of servers and HBAs.

We did not find any equivalent function to the parameter settings for things such as queue depth

in the QLogic product.

Both products provide a diagnostics tab that allows the administrator to diagnose possible problems

with the HBAs, but HBAnyware provides more diagnostic functions including a quick test and

non-disruptive Power-on Self Test (POST) and logs the various diagnostic tests, which can be seen

in the screen shots below. The POST function allows the administrator to quickly test the HBA

without rebooting the server. This is critical in large environments where server reboots are not

tolerated in certain circumstances. HBAnyware also provides an HBA driver/firmware diagnostic

dump feature, not found in the QLogic product. This is an extremely useful capability to expedite

root cause analysis by Tech Support.

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