SANsurfer Switch Manager Application Notes Version 4.01.01 50335-00A Rev A Table of Contents I. Notes II. Platform Requirements III. Patch Requirements IV. Documentation V. Support VI. Trademarks VII. Notices VIII. Additional Information I. Notes 1. SANbox firmware version 4.1 must be used in conjunction with SANsurfer Switch Manager 4.01.01 and SANsurfer Performance Viewer. 2. If you are upgrading a SANbox2 switch from a firmware version prior to 2.0, please consult the 2.0 release notes for upgrade information or contact QLogic Technical Support for assistance. 3. Caution: When downgrading SANbox2 firmware to 1.3.xx, all configuration data is lost and a 4-blink code flashes on the Heartbeat LED. A backup of the configuration, prior to downgrading to 1.3, is recommended. Visit the knowledge base section of our web site at http://www.qlogic.com/support/knowledge_base.asp or contact QLogic Technical Support for assistance. 4. If you need to downgrade from 4.0 firmware to 3.0 firmware on a SANbox2 switch, please contact your QLogic approved reseller or QLogic Technical Support as noted in the Support section of these release notes. 5. When launching SANsurfer Switch Manager, you may receive an error regarding your font settings. For example, "Cannot convert string monotype arial regular ..." This is a configuration issue with the X Window System and does not affect the functionality of the GUI. The font path of the machine whose X-server is displaying the application needs to have a directory which either has the specified font (Arial) or a font alias to re-map it to another font. For example, you might add the /usr/openwin/lib/X11/TrueType directory to the font path on the machine that is displaying SANsurfer Switch Manager (not the machine on which the application is executing). This can be done using the sdtfontadm utility, and must be done as root. 6. When running from a remote login, the font size used for the text in the Help file is too small to read. This is an X Window font config issue. Edit (or create) a .Xdefaults file in your home dir (/ for root) and put the following lines in it: Netscape*documentFonts.xResolution*iso-8859-1: 100 Netscape*documentFonts.yResolution*iso-8859-1: 100 While the above changes may provide a solution, in some cases it may not. In such cases, the user may also be able to resolve the small font size by modifying the font preferences in Netscape to be "Use my default fonts, overriding document specified fonts." 7. If you execute SANsurfer Switch Manager on a UNIX system, put it in the background (i.e. SANsurfer_Switch_Manager &) and then close that window, or terminal session, SANsurfer Switch Manager will be killed. If you intend to run SANsurfer Switch Manager as a background process, do not do so in a window that will later be closed. 8. In the Network Properties dialog, if a user enters certain types of invalid IP addresses, Java may accept it and display it as a different address than that which was entered. Entering valid IP addresses works correctly. 9. In the uncommon case where a change in the fabric causes the GUI to add or remove items from a menu while that menu is open, the menu may not be redrawn completely. Closing and re-opening the menu, or any other menu operation, will correct the problem. 10. In SANsurfer Performance Viewer, if you maximize multiple graphs, it is possible for CPU utilization to go to 100%. A work-around would be to reduce the size of the graphs, or increase the polling frequency in the Graphics -> Set Polling Frequency menu item. 11. While running the embedded applet, if you change the IP address of the switch where the embedded applet resides, the embedded applet session (at the old IP address) will stop responding. To work around this issue, specify the new IP address for the embedded applet in a new browser window. II. Platform requirements Host OS Windows (NT, 2000 and 2003) Linux (RedHat 7.2), Gnome 1.4 Solaris 2.8/2.9, CDE Memory 256MB Disk Space 150MB per installation Processor 500MHz Internet Browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 and later, Netscape Navigator 4.72 and later or Mozilla 1.02 and later III. Patch Requirements This version of SANsurfer Switch Manager uses, and includes, Java 2 JRE Standard Edition (J2SE) v1.4.1_02. The SUN site below references patches that are required to be installed on your Solaris system in order to work with this version. http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/J2SE IV. Documentation Installation, setup and management of the SANbox 5200 and SANbox2 switches are described in the following manuals: SANbox 5200 Fibre Channel Switch Installation Guide, Publication No. 59055-01 Rev. A SANbox 5200 Switch Management User's Guide, Publication No. 59056-01 Rev. A SANbox 5200 Quick Start Guide, Publication No. 50328-02 Rev. A SANbox 5200 Fibre Channel Switch XPAK Cable Instructions, Publication No. 50326-02 Rev. A SANbox/SANbox2 Simple Network Management Protocol Reference Guide, Publication No. 59047-03 Rev. A SANbox2-8c Fibre Channel Switch Installation Guide, Publication No. 59042-06 Rev. A SANbox2-16 Fibre Channel Switch Installation Guide, Publication No. 59021-09 Rev. A SANbox2-8c/16 Switch Management User's Guide, Publication No. 59022-09 Rev. A SANbox2 Getting Started Guide, Publication No. 50248-01 Rev. A SANbox2-8c Switch Rack Installation Guide, Publication No. 50286-02 Rev. A SANbox2-16 Switch Rack Installation Guide, Publication No. 50220-03 Rev. A SANbox2-16 Fan Installation Guide, Publication No. 50224-02 Rev. A SANbox2-16 Power Supply Installation Guide, Publication No. 50225-01 Rev. A SANbox2-64 Fibre Channel Switch Installation Guide, Publication No. 59043-05 Rev. A SANbox2-64 Switch Management User's Guide, Publication No. 59048-05 Rev. A SANbox2-64 Field Replaceable Unit Installation Guide, Publication No. 59049-03 Rev. A SANbox2-64 Rack Mounting Guide, Publication No. 59051-02 Rev. A SANbox2-64 Chassis Replacement Guide, Publication No. 59050-01 Rev. A NDCLA Usage Guide, Publication No. 50309-01 Rev. A The following manual is available on-line at www.qlogic.com/interopguide: QLogic Switch Interoperability Guide V. Support Please feel free to contact your QLogic approved reseller or QLogic Technical Support at any phase of integration for assistance. QLogic Technical Support can be reached by the following methods: Web: http://support.qlogic.com Email: support@qlogic.com Phone: (952) 932-4040 VI. Trademarks QLogic, SANbox, SANsurfer, SANbox2 and SANsurfer Management Suite are trademarks or registered trademarks of QLogic Corporation. Gnome is a trademark of the GNOME Foundation Corporation. Java and Solaris are registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Microsoft, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 and Internet Explorer are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Netscape Navigator and Mozilla are trademarks or registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation. Red Hat is a registered trademark of Red Hat Software Inc. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. VII. Notices Information furnished in this document is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. QLogic Corporation reserves the right to change product specifications at any time without notice. Applications described in this document for any of these products are for illustrative purposes only. QLogic Corporation makes no representation nor warranty that such applications are suitable for the specified use without further testing or modification. QLogic Corporation assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document. VIII. Additional Information: Read switch FirmwareReadme_4.1.0.14.txt file, SANsurferSwitchMgrReleaseNotes_4.01.01.txt and FirwmareReleaseNotes_4.1.0.14.txt file. Copyright (c) 2001-2004 QLogic Corporation. All rights reserved.