Sun Microsystems 5602 User Manual

3 – Managing Fabrics
Tracking Fabric Firmware and Software Versions

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To enable SNMP configuration, choose one of the following:

1.

On the faceplate display, open the Switch menu.
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Select SNMP Properties to open the SNMP Properties dialog. In the 
SNMP Configuration area, place a check mark in the SNMP Enabled 
check box. 

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Select Services to open the System Services dialog. Check the SNMP 
option. 

2.

Click the OK button to save the change to the database.

To enable In-band Management, do the following:

1.

On the faceplate display, open the Switch menu and select Switch 
Properties to open the Switch Properties dialog. 

2.

Click the In-band Management Enable button. 

3.

Click the OK button to save the change to the database.

The Fabric Tracker option enables you to generate a snapshot or baseline of 
current system version information, which can be viewed, analyzed and compared 
to other snapshot files, and exported to a file. Information includes date and time, 
SANsurfer Switch Manager version, switch active firmware version, device 
hardware, drivers, and firmware version from FDMI. 

The Snapshot Analyzer option enables you to:

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Compare two snapshots

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Detect mismatches of firmware and driver versions

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Detect devices that have been moved, added to or removed from the fabric.

To save the current snapshot to an XML file, open the Fabric menu, select Fabric 
Tracker, and select Save Snapshot. To view and analyze system version 
information, open the Fabric menu, select Fabric Tracker, and select Analyze 
Snapshots. The Fabric Version Snapshot Analysis dialog, shown in 

opens with the Summary, Differences and Reports tab pages. Click the Browse 
buttons to open and view the snapshot files in the corresponding tab pages. Click 
the Close button to exit the Fabric Version Snapshot Analysis dialog. The color 
key below the scrollable area defines the meanings of the colors used.