HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.x administrator guide (5697-0014, November 2009)

Intended audience

This guide is intended for:

• System administrators responsible for setting up HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel SAN switches

• Technicians responsible for maintaining the Fabric Operating System (OS)

Related documentation

Documentation, including white papers and best practices documents, is available on the HP web site:

http://www.hp.com/support/manuals

Scroll to the storage section of the web page. Select SAN infrastructure for HP StorageWorks

products.

WARNING! For late breaking, supplemental information, access the latest version of the HP

StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.x release notes

Glossary of terms

This guide uses industry standard SAN terminology. However, some terms are intrinsic to Fabric OS 5.2.x.

See the Brocade Glossary supporting Fabric OS 5.2.x for a complete list of terms and definitions.

Access from the HP web site using the procedure outlined in ”Related documentation”.

Document conventions and symbols

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Table 2 Document conventions

Convention Element

Medium blue text: Figure 1 Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses

Medium blue, underlined text web site addresses

Bold font • Key names

• Text typed into a GUI element, such as into a box

• GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such as menu and list

items, buttons, and check boxes

Italics font Text emphasis

Monospace font • File and Directory names

• System output

• Code

• Text typed at the command-line

Monospace, italic font • Code variables

• Command line variables

Monospace, bold font Emphasis of file and Directory names, system output, code, and text

typed at the command line