Using this test, you can verify whether the HBA ports are currently connected to the fibre channel or not, and identify ports that are not trusted or defined.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the ClariionHBATest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed. 

• By default, the HOST IP will be displayed in the CLARIION IP text box. If at a later point in time, the IP address of the device changes, you can change the CLARIION IP accordingly.

• The eG agent uses the command-line utility, NaviSecCli.exe, which is part of the NaviSphere Management Suite, to communicate with and monitor the storage device. To enable the eG agent to invoke the CLI, configure the full path to the CLI in the NAVISECCLIPATH text box.

• In the USERNAME and PASSWORD text boxes, provide the credentials of the USER, who is authorized to access the SAN storage device.

• Confirm the password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

• This test reports measures for each HBA port on the storage system. By default, the test represents a HBA port as a unique combination of the Server name (i.e., the name of the server with which the HBA port is connecting), the Storage Processor name, and the Storage Processor ID. For instance, if the server named nlpc20234 is connecting to the storage system via an HBA port using the storage processor, SP A, with ID 0, then, by default, this HBA port will be represented as nlpc20234 / SP A 0, in the eG monitoring console. If you want to append the HBA device name also to this representation, then, set the SHOW DEVICE NAME flag to Yes. By default, this flag is set to No.

• DD FREQUENCY refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. The default is 4:1. This indicates that, by default, detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem. You can modify this frequency, if you so desire. Also, if you intend to disable the detailed diagnosis capability for this test, you can do so by specifying none against DD FREQUENCY.

• In the TIMEOUT text box, indicate the duration (in seconds) for which this test should wait for a response from the storage device. By default, this is set to 600 seconds.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the Update button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. e.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.