Fabric Manager Users Guide, Version 6.1, Revision A - QLogic
Fabric Manager Users Guide, Version 6.1, Revision A - QLogic
Fabric Manager Users Guide, Version 6.1, Revision A - QLogic
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1–Overview of the <strong>QLogic</strong> <strong>Fabric</strong> <strong>Manager</strong> Suite<br />
<strong>Fabric</strong> Viewer & <strong>QLogic</strong> <strong>Fabric</strong> <strong>Manager</strong><br />
The host <strong>QLogic</strong> <strong>Fabric</strong> <strong>Manager</strong> can support four planes with four separate Host<br />
Channel Adapter ports on the server.<br />
<strong>Fabric</strong> Viewer & <strong>QLogic</strong> <strong>Fabric</strong> <strong>Manager</strong><br />
The <strong>Fabric</strong> Viewer (FV), a Java application that runs under the Windows or Linux<br />
operating system, communicates with the <strong>QLogic</strong> <strong>Fabric</strong> <strong>Manager</strong> suite using the<br />
<strong>Fabric</strong> Executive (FE). The FV prompts the user for the IP address of the subnet,<br />
then opens a TCP/IP connection with the FE. The FE has access to the other<br />
fabric managers, namely the SM/SA, PM, and BM. In this way it is able to service<br />
requests from the FV and furnish relevant information to the FV about the fabric.<br />
• The FV issues requests to the SM/SA to gather information about the<br />
subnet, such as topology and node information.<br />
• The FV issues requests to the PM to aid in performance monitoring tasks.<br />
• The FV uses requests to the BM to gather details about switch nodes, in<br />
order to aid in the Manage Chassis task.<br />
• The FV can login to the host <strong>Fabric</strong> <strong>Manager</strong> node or chassis to view and<br />
edit the FM configuration file.<br />
Refer to the <strong>Fabric</strong> Viewer Tasks section of the <strong>QLogic</strong> <strong>Fabric</strong> Viewer User <strong>Guide</strong><br />
for more information.<br />
<strong>QLogic</strong> <strong>Fabric</strong> <strong>Manager</strong> Logging<br />
The <strong>QLogic</strong> <strong>Fabric</strong> <strong>Manager</strong> performs logging as other <strong>QLogic</strong> InfiniBand modules<br />
do. In the embedded environment, the user uses the logging controls to dictate<br />
where the log messages are sent (For example, internal buffer, external syslog<br />
server). In the host environment, the logs are sent to the system log on that<br />
system and may also be sent to a centralized syslog server.<br />
Log messages follow the <strong>QLogic</strong> convention of severities, for instance, FATAL,<br />
ERROR, WARNING, INFO, and so on.<br />
Many important fabric events are logged by the SM, such as ports going up or<br />
down, nodes not answering, nodes appearing or disappearing, SMs joining or<br />
leaving the fabric, SM state transitions, synchronization errors, and so on.<br />
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