View General HBA Attributes

Viewing General HBA Information

The General tab contains general attributes associated with the selected HBA.

To view general HBA information:

Start HBAnyware.
Select either Host or Fabric sort.
Click an HBA in the discovery-tree.

Adapter Summary Field Definitions

Model - the complete model name of the selected HBA.

Port WWN - the Port World Wide Name of the selected HBA.

Node WWN - the Node World Wide Name of the selected HBA.

Fabric Name or Host Name - Fabric Name appears if you selected "Sort by Host Name". The fabric name is a 64-bit worldwide unique identifier assigned to the fabric. Host Name appears if you selected "Sort by Fabric ID". Host Name is the name of the host containing the HBA.

Driver Version - the version of the driver installed for the selected HBA.

Firmware Version - the version of Emulex firmware currently active on the HBA.

Driver Name - the executable file image name for the driver as it appears in the Emulex driver download package.

Boot Bios - indicates whether the system BIOS can read Emulex boot code off of the HBA. If this field shows, “Enabled”, the system BIOS can see boot code on the HBA. If this field shows, “Disabled”, the system BIOS will see no boot code on the HBA, thus any boot from SAN is not possible.

Adapter Status Field Definitions

State - indicates the current operational state of the HBA: "Up" or Down".

Link Status - this field reflects the current link between the HBA and the fabric. There are several possible states:

The operational state indicates that the HBA is connected to the network and operating normally.
All other states indicate that the HBA is not connected to the network. Gray HBA icons with red descriptive text indicate that the HBA is offline. These offline states are:

User Offline - the adapter is down or not connected to the network.
Bypassed - the HBA is in Fibre Channel discovery mode.
Diagnostic Mode - the HBA is controlled by a diagnostic program.
Link Down - there is no access to the network.
Port Error - the HBA is in an unknown state; try resetting it.
Loopback - an FC-1 mode in which information passed to the FC-1 transmitter is shunted directly to the FC-1 Receiver. When a Fibre Channel Interface is in loopback mode, the loopback signal overrides any external signal detected by the receiver.
Unknown - the HBA is offline for an unknown reason.

Link Speed - indicates the link speed of the selected HBA in gigabits per second.