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SAN HealthTips and Tricks Your Quick Guide to OptimizingSAN Health Today!
Steve WynneBrocade Communications Systems, Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Installing SAN Health ............................................................................................... 1
Running SAN Health ................................................................................................2
Running SAN Health - Step 1: Enter Site Details ...........................................................3
Running SAN Health - Step 2: Select Fabrics To Audit ...................................................4
Running SAN Health - Step 2b: Audit Execution & Report Options .................................7
Optional Use of Custom Names, Extra Device Information, and Creating Hyperlinks: ...................................................................... 9
CustomHyperlinks ..................................................................................................10
Running SAN Health - Step 2b: Audit Execution & Report Options (cont.) .....................11
Scheduling SAN Health .......................................................................................... 13
Running SAN Health - Step 3: Running The Audit .......................................................15
Running SAN Health - Step 3: Running The Audit (Monitoring) .................................... 16
Running SAN Health - Step 3: Running The Audit (Stopping Sessions) .......................... 17
Running SAN Health - Step 3: Running The Audit (Performance Capture) ...................... 18
Running SAN Health - Step 3: Running The Audit (Completed Data File) ....................... 19
Running SAN Health - Step 4: Report Creation (Review Captured Data) ....................... 20Running SAN Health - Step 5: Report Creation (Report Generation Queue) ................... 21
Report Return - Processing & Return is Entirely Automated............................................ 22
Summary .............................................................................................................. 23Questions & Answers ..............................................................................................24
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Installing SAN Health
Select a suitable workstationAny Windows box that has TCP/IP connectivityto the management port of the SAN switches.
CPU and memory requirements are dictated by the numberof switches that you wish to concurrently audit.
Less than 20 switches at once requires 128MB RAM anda 500MHz CPU.
The memory requirement then grows exponentially to 68 switches atonce (max supported) which requires 2 GB of RAM on a 3GHz CPU.
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Running SAN Health
4 Steps to running SAN Health
1. Enter Site Details2. Select Fabrics to audit 2b. Optionally set report and audit options3. Run the audit4. Generate the report
Main Work Area
ProgramNavigation
Activity Log
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Running SAN HealthStep 1: Enter Site Details
This information is used on the report title screen and to determine therecipients of the resulting report.
Your Information
Optional Partner/OEM Information
Optional BrocadeContact Information
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Running SAN Health Step 2: Select Fabrics To Audit
Audit whole fabrics at a time because partial fabrics result inincomplete Visio diagrams.
Fabrics and Switchesselected for audit
Tip: Right-click on thetree view for additionalmenu items
Switch & Fabric details
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Running SAN HealthStep 2: Select Fabrics To Audit (cont.)
Issue a fabricShow commanand add any additional fabrimembers found.
If fabrics are discovered,do all members have thesame password?
Scan an IP address Range.
Specify an IP address or useDNS with switch names.
For remote ofce SANs, sela slower detection timeoutvalue on the Options Menu.
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Running SAN HealthStep 2: Select Fabrics To Audit (cont.)
Test connectivity to the selected switches (not a mandatory step).
The connectivity test will loin and attempt to determinethe switch name and WWN
The Activity Log displays thtelnet session and any errorsencountered.
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Running SAN HealthStep 2b: Audit Executionand Report Options
Directory that the resultingdata le is saved to (.BSH)
Automatically send theresulting data le to anemail address. See the FAQfor more information.
Set the audit execution options.
Mask the IP Address forsecurity-conscious sites.
For slow WAN links orbusy LANs change thetimeout value.
Select Options
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Running SAN HealthStep 2b: Audit Executionand Report Options (cont.)
Brocade commands will besent to Brocade switchesand McDATA commands toMcDATA switches.
Don’t worry about platformdependant commands.For example, issuing achassisShow command on anon-chassis-based productdoes not cause a problem.
Select Options
Review the diagnostic commands that will be sent to the switches.
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CSV Columns Format:1) Required - Port WWN2) Required - Device Name3) Optional - Additional Inf4) Optional - Hyperlink
Zone aliases or port names are used to map WWNs to device names.For users that do not use zone aliases or McDATA port names, providea comma-separated-value le to map WWNs to device names.
Optional Use of CustomNames, Extra Device Information,and Creating Hyperlinks
Select Options
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Custom Hyperlinks
If the hyperlink is to a le, the le must be in the same directoryas the Visio or Excel le.
Example Hyperlinkshttp://HQ-MAIL03/ManageTelnet://HQ-DBSVR05http://TLibrary02/Allocate.jLUN_Allocate.cgiFRAME_DF_Report.txt
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Running SAN HealthStep 2b: Audit Executionand Report Options (cont.)
Include an optional logo inreport page footer
Select the paper type to usewhen printing out the report
Select between the fullreport, or a shortersummary report. Selectto include a performancegraph, and/or anexplanatory appendix
Set Excel report options.
Select Options
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Running SAN HealthStep 2b: Audit Executionand Report Options (cont.)
Select the text that you wishto use on the Visio icons
Tip: If you loaded a CSV ldon’t forget to set the optionhere to use it.
Select whether Visiodiagrams are all on onepage, or each one is on itsown page, or create anadditional high-level diagra
Set Visio diagram options.
Select Options
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SAN Health can be scheduled to run unattended.• Automated repeat audits• Schedule audits to run after hours
Scheduling SAN Health
SAN Health is a foregroundtask and must run under thelogged on account
SAN Health Path and Execuable followed by the pathand name of the audit SET
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Scheduling SAN Health
Ensure that you test your newly created task by right-clickingon the task and choosing run.
If the task is set up correctly you will see SAN Health run in theforeground.
If the audit successfully completes, the BSH and LOG les aresaved and SAN Health will exit.
If the audit fails, SAN Health remains open andpaused with an error message displayed.
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Running SAN HealthStep 3: Running The Audit
Click on “Start Audit” to launch an individual telnet socket foreach switch targeted for audit.
A pre-ight check is con-ducted. If any of the SANHealth options are incompleor incorrectly formatted, acorresponding error will bedisplayed in the activity logThe audit will not start untilthe pre-ight check successfully completes.
Select “Start Audit”
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Running SAN HealthStep 3: Running The Audit(Monitoring)
The diagnostic commands are executed and the output is captured.
Periodic status check onthe telnet sessions
High-level summary viewof all running sessions
Detailed view of anindividual switch session
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Running SAN HealthStep 3: Running The Audit(Stopping Sessions)
Click on any switch inthe progress list to:
• Display that switchsession in the detailedview window
• Stop that switch session
• Stop all switch sessionsand abort the running audi
You can control the telnet session activity at all times.
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Running SAN HealthStep 3: Running The Audit(Performance Capture)
The performance captureduration may be set to valuefrom 1 minute up to 48 hou
The sample rate is auto-matically assigned basedon a logical value that will
deliver between 600 to 1000samples for the given captuperiod.
For example, 2 hours usesa 10-second sample where36 hours uses a 90-secondsample rate.
A telnet session will be held open while the diagnostic informationis captured and for the duration of the performance.
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Running SAN HealthStep 4: Report Creation(Review Captured Data)
The contents of the BSH data le are displayed for review.
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Running SAN HealthStep 5: Report Creation(Report Generation Queue)
Send to the report queueas an email attachment
Or send to the queue viathe secure Web page
Submit the encrypted data le to the report generation queue.
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Report ReturnProcessing and Returnis Entirely Automated
Reports are usually processed in 1 to 10 hours dependingon the fabric size.
Several hundred consistency checks are run. If any fail, the report isfaulted into a slower moving queue that requires one of the SAN HealthAdmin team members to check it. This will imply an additional delay.
If you do not receive the report back after 48 hours, pleasecontact [email protected] and specify the BSH le name
that you submitted.
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Summary
1. Enter Site Details
2. Select Fabrics to Audit
3. Set Report andAudit Options
4. Run the Audit
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Questions & Answers
SAN Health is free, quick, and easy!
The CD contains: • The SAN Health Program
• Example Report and Visio• Demonstration Video• Frequently Asked Questio