Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual 3353-1002144-01Adapter management features 1Fabric Adapter managementUse BCU commands, HCM, and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to manage FabricAdapter ports. For a summary of available management features using HCM and BCU, refer to oneof the following sections, depending on whether the Fabric Adapter port is configured in CNA, HBA,or NIC modes.• “CNA management” on page 33• “HBA management” on page 36• “NIC Management” on page 35CNA managementUse BCU commands and HCM to manage CNAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in CNA mode.Other available management tools include Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) andBladeCenter Open Fabric Manager (Brocade 1007 adapter only).FCoE managementHCM and BCU provide the provides the following functions for CNAs and for Fabric Adapter portsconfigured in CNA mode.• CNA port statistics display• FCoE ports configuration• Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP) configuration• Enabling target rate limiting• vHBA statistics monitoring• Port, target, and Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) operation monitoring• Security features for FCoE access (FC-SP) configuration• Virtual FCoE ports creation• FCoE statistics display• vNIC statistics display• Fabric statistics display• FCP IM Module statistics display• Historical statisticsData Center Bridging managementHCM and BCU provide the provides the following functions for CNAs and for Fabric Adapter portsconfigured in CNA mode.• DCB port statistics• DCB statistics• FCP IM Module statistics• Historical statistics
