2 – General Description
Switch Management
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2.6.2
Enterprise Fabric Suite 2007
Enterprise Fabric Suite 2007 is a separately licensed workstation-based Java®
application that provides a graphical user interface for full fabric and switch
management. Enterprise Fabric Suite 2007 is designed for managing fabrics of
four or more switches and comes with a 30-day trial license. Enterprise Fabric
Suite 2007 can run on a Windows, Solaris, Linux, or MacOS X workstation.
Enterprise Fabric Suite 2007 provides all of the management features of
QuickTools plus the following:
Fabric tracker for monitoring fabric firmware versions
Port threshold alarm configuration
Topology display for fabric management
Stack management
Performance View for port performance
Extended Credits Wizard
Zoning Wizard
mPort Technology for moveable port licenses
Refer to the SANbox 5000 Series Enterprise Fabric Suite 2007 User Guide for
information about the Enterprise Fabric Suite 2007 application and its use.
2.6.3
Command Line Interface
The command line interface (CLI) provides monitoring and configuration functions
by which the administrator can manage the fabric and its switches. The CLI is
available over an Ethernet connection or a serial connection. Refer to SANbox
5000 Series Fibre Channel Switch Command Line Interface Guide for more
information.
2.6.4
Application Programming Interface
The Application Programming Interface (API) enables an application provider to
build a management application for QLogic switches. The library is implemented
in ANSI standard C, relying only on standard POSIX run-time libraries. Contact
your distributor or authorized reseller for information about the API.