IBM SANnav Management Portal v2.2.X Implementation Guide

IBM SANnav Management Portal v2.2.X Implementation Guide

by Vasfi Gucer, Kai Jehnen, Piotr Kurkowski, Hartmut Lonzer, Dirk Preinl, Thomas Scheld, Simeon Tsonev
Released January 2023
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: 9780738460963

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Book description

IBM® SANnav Management Portal and IBM SANnav Global View empower IT administrators to be more efficient and productive by providing comprehensive visibility into the SAN environment. These tools transform information about SAN behavior and performance into actionable insights, allowing administrators to quickly identify, isolate, and correct problems before they impact the business. In addition, SANnav Management Portal and SANnav Global View accelerate administrative tasks by simplifying workflows and automating redundant steps, making it easier for organizations to realize their goal of an autonomous SAN.

This IBM Redbooks® publication introduces IBM SANnav Management Portal and SANnav Global View, and covers the installation, customization, operation, and troubleshooting of the IBM SANnav Management Portal.

This book is targeted at IT and network administrators.

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  3. Preface
    1. Authors
    2. Now you can become a published author, too!
    3. Comments welcome
    4. Stay connected to IBM Redbooks
  4. Chapter 1. Introducing IBM SANnav Management Suite
    1. 1.1 Introduction
    2. 1.2 SANnav Management Portal
      1. 1.2.1 Scaling without compromising performance
      2. 1.2.2 Reducing administrative tasks by automating processes
    3. 1.3 SANnav Global View
    4. 1.4 IBM SANnav Management Suite v2.2 release overview
      1. 1.4.1 New hardware platforms that are supported in IBM SANnav v2.2
    5. 1.5 IBM SANnav Management Portal v2.2 release overview
      1. 1.5.1 Browser requirements
      2. 1.5.2 IBM SANnav Management Portal server platform support and infrastructure
      3. 1.5.3 Server requirements
    6. 1.6 IBM SANnav Global View v2.2 release overview
      1. 1.6.1 What is new in IBM SANnav Global View v2.2.0
      2. 1.6.2 SANnav Global View Server platform support, OS support, and infrastructure
  5. Chapter 2. Preparing the environment
    1. 2.1 Licensing
      1. 2.1.1 SANnav versions
      2. 2.1.2 SANnav machine types
      3. 2.1.3 Creating a license certificate
      4. 2.1.4 Migrating to a different host
      5. 2.1.5 Downloading the software
  6. Chapter 3. Installing and deploying IBM SANnav Management Portal
    1. 3.1 Options for platform and operating system installation
    2. 3.2 Installation requirements
      1. 3.2.1 Installation requirements for a bare-metal server
      2. 3.2.2 Installation requirements for a virtual environment
    3. 3.3 Linux operating system installation and preparation
      1. 3.3.1 Linux installation steps
      2. 3.3.2 Prerequisite steps before starting the SANnav installation
      3. 3.3.3 SANnav installation file
    4. 3.4 SANnav installation process
    5. 3.5 SANnav deployment as an Open Virtual Appliance
      1. 3.5.1 SANnav OVA requirements
      2. 3.5.2 Installing the SANnav virtual appliance
      3. 3.5.3 Setting up SANnav in the OVA
    6. 3.6 Firewall configuration and used ports
    7. 3.7 SANnav Management Console and scripts
    8. 3.8 SANnav and operating system upgrade
      1. 3.8.1 Upgrading the SANnav Management Portal installation
      2. 3.8.2 Upgrading the operating system when SANnav is installed
    9. 3.9 Removing SANnav from the server
  7. Chapter 4. Initial access and basic configuration
    1. 4.1 Starting the SANnav Management Portal
      1. 4.1.1 Browser requirements
      2. 4.1.2 Launching the SANnav Management Portal
      3. 4.1.3 Overview of the user interface
    2. 4.2 Discovery
      1. 4.2.1 Discovering a fabric
      2. 4.2.2 Rediscovering a switch
      3. 4.2.3 Rediscovering a fabric
      4. 4.2.4 Changing the seed switch
      5. 4.2.5 Updating switch credentials
      6. 4.2.6 Deleting a fabric
    3. 4.3 Licensing
      1. 4.3.1 Obtaining the server UID
      2. 4.3.2 Generating a license
      3. 4.3.3 Adding a license to SANnav
      4. 4.3.4 Rehosting a license on a different server: Planned migration
      5. 4.3.5 Moving a license to a different server: Unplanned migration
      6. 4.3.6 Deleting a license
    4. 4.4 SANnav Management Portal backup and restore
      1. 4.4.1 Core backup (default)
      2. 4.4.2 Optional backup
      3. 4.4.3 Configuring a backup file location
      4. 4.4.4 Configuring a scheduled backup
      5. 4.4.5 Backing up manually
      6. 4.4.6 Managing and deleting SANnav backup files
      7. 4.4.7 Restoring SANnav backup files
      8. 4.4.8 IBM Call Home
    5. 4.5 User management
      1. 4.5.1 Configuring password policies
      2. 4.5.2 Creating roles
      3. 4.5.3 Creating AORs
      4. 4.5.4 Setting up user accounts
    6. 4.6 Stopping and restarting SANnav
      1. 4.6.1 Scripts for managing the SANnav Server
  8. Chapter 5. Main features
    1. 5.1 Licensing
      1. 5.1.1 SANnav licensing terminology
      2. 5.1.2 SANnav license types
      3. 5.1.3 How SANnav licensing works
    2. 5.2 Configuration management
    3. 5.3 Chassis password management
      1. 5.3.1 Viewing a list of user accounts for a chassis
    4. 5.4 Policy-based configuration
      1. 5.4.1 Creating a configuration policy
      2. 5.4.2 Managing a configuration policy
      3. 5.4.3 Monitoring configuration drifts
      4. 5.4.4 Resolving configuration drifts
      5. 5.4.5 Blocksets
    5. 5.5 Configuration backup and restore
      1. 5.5.1 Backing up switch and logical fabric configurations
      2. 5.5.2 Restoring chassis, logical fabric, and switch configurations
      3. 5.5.3 Managing switch configuration backups
    6. 5.6 Managing zoning in SANnav
      1. 5.6.1 Creating zone aliases
      2. 5.6.2 Exporting zone aliases
      3. 5.6.3 Importing zone aliases
      4. 5.6.4 Supporting reverse lookup for zone aliases
      5. 5.6.5 Creating zone configurations
      6. 5.6.6 Creating a zoning report
      7. 5.6.7 Configuring the zoning policy
      8. 5.6.8 Zone inventory management
      9. 5.6.9 Policy-based zone creation
    7. 5.7 Dashboards
      1. 5.7.1 Changing the default dashboard
      2. 5.7.2 Health Summary dashboard
      3. 5.7.3 Customizing the health score computation for managed entities
      4. 5.7.4 Excluding entities from the health score computation
      5. 5.7.5 Refreshing the health score for managed entities
      6. 5.7.6 Monitoring the SAN health and status daily
      7. 5.7.7 Network Port Traffic Conditions dashboard
      8. 5.7.8 Top congested ports and top oversubscribed ports
      9. 5.7.9 Quarantined ports
      10. 5.7.10 Analyzing congested ports
      11. 5.7.11 Troubleshooting Mode
      12. 5.7.12 Investigation Mode
      13. 5.7.13 Extension dashboard
      14. 5.7.14 Topology visualization
      15. 5.7.15 Viewing the fabric topology
      16. 5.7.16 Showing all devices in a fabric
      17. 5.7.17 Viewing connectivity between hosts and storage
      18. 5.7.18 Viewing link utilization
      19. 5.7.19 Viewing a zone topology
      20. 5.7.20 Viewing saved topologies
      21. 5.7.21 MAPS violations
    8. 5.8 Investigation Mode
      1. 5.8.1 Launching Investigation Mode
      2. 5.8.2 Collecting items in the sidebar for Investigation Mode
      3. 5.8.3 Using Investigation Mode
      4. 5.8.4 Collecting high-granularity data
    9. 5.9 Reports
      1. 5.9.1 Creating a report template
      2. 5.9.2 Editing a report template
      3. 5.9.3 Scheduling a report
      4. 5.9.4 Generating and exporting reports
    10. 5.10 Fault Management
      1. 5.10.1 Registering for SNMP traps and Syslog recipients
      2. 5.10.2 Importing the server certificate on the switch
      3. 5.10.3 Enabling or disabling SNMP informs
      4. 5.10.4 Enabling email notifications
      5. 5.10.5 Forwarding
      6. 5.10.6 Managing event policies
      7. 5.10.7 Alarms
  9. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks
    2. Online resources
    3. Help from IBM
  10. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: IBM SANnav Management Portal v2.2.X Implementation Guide
  • Author(s): Vasfi Gucer, Kai Jehnen, Piotr Kurkowski, Hartmut Lonzer, Dirk Preinl, Thomas Scheld, Simeon Tsonev
  • Release date: January 2023
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: 9780738460963