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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter
Installation and Configuration Note
Text Part Number: OL-9077-01
This document describes the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter (DS-PAA and DS-PAA2),
and the procedures required to install and configure it. It also describes setting up Cisco Traffic Analyzer
and Cisco Protocol Analyzer solutions. This installation and configuration note includes the following
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Overview
The PAA enables effective, low-cost analysis of Fibre Channel traffic. The device is a standalone Fibre
Channel-to-Ethernet adapter, designed primarily to analyze Fibre Channel Switched Port Analyzer
(SPAN) traffic from a Fibre Channel port on a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch. The main function of the
adapter is to encapsulate Fibre Channel frames into Ethernet frames. This encapsulation allows low-cost
analysis of Fibre Channel traffic while leveraging the existing Ethernet infrastructure.
The PAA allows you to examine Fibre Channel frames of various sizes. Fibre Channel frames from
Layers 2, 3, and 4 may be examined without network disruption.
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Overview, page 1
Hardware Description, page 5
Installing the Port Analyzer Adapter, page 12
Troubleshooting the Port Analyzer Adapter, page 15
Setting Up the Cisco Traffic Analyzer, page 15
Using Cisco Traffic Analyzer with Fabric Manager Web Services, page 16
Setting Up the Cisco Protocol Analyzer, page 22
Ethernet Frame Addressing Format, page 25
Related Documentation, page 26
Documentation Feedback, page 28
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- Page 1 Channel-to-Ethernet adapter, designed primarily to analyze Fibre Channel Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) traffic from a Fibre Channel port on a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch. The main function of the adapter is to encapsulate Fibre Channel frames into Ethernet frames. This encapsulation allows low-cost analysis of Fibre Channel traffic while leveraging the existing Ethernet infrastructure.
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Page 2: Overview
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m . The PAA works in conjunction with the SPAN feature on the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of switches. The SPAN feature allows storage network administrators to nondisruptively replicate any port’s traffic to any... -
Page 3: Installation Requirements
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m . Figure 1 shows the PAA connected to a Fibre Channel port acting as an SD port on the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch. The switch is connected by Ethernet to the PC that is running Cisco Protocol Analyzer. - Page 4 Note Guide. A valid Fibre Channel port on a Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch must be configured as an SD port. Once a Fibre Channel port is in SD port mode, it cannot be used for normal data traffic. In SD port mode, the Fibre Channel port of the switch has the following characteristics: Packets are always output from the port (egress).
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Page 5: Hardware Description
The four DIP switches, numbered 1 through 4 from left to right, are used to select the truncate mode as described in the “Modes of Operation” section on page Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter Installation and Configuration Note OL-9077-01... -
Page 6: Led Descriptions
The LED is off when Ethernet is configured in 100-Mbps mode. Green The Ethernet link is up in 1-Gbps mode. Blinking green Ethernet frames are being transmitted on the Ethernet link. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter Installation and Configuration Note OL-9077-01... -
Page 7: Power Generation
DIP Switch Settings and Modes of Operation Fibre Channel Operating Switch 1 Switch 2 Switch 3 Switch 4 Mode Mode 1 Gbps 1 Gbps 1 Gbps 1 Gbps 1 Gbps 2 Gbps 2 Gbps Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter Installation and Configuration Note OL-9077-01... - Page 8 DS-PAA if data truncate is enabled. The DS-PAA-2 is required to achieve accurate results with truncate because it adds a count that enables the Cisco Traffic Analyzer to determine how many data bytes were actually transferred. By truncating a frame, you can push more packets through the PAA (2 Gbps for Fibre Channel to 1 Gbps or slower for Ethernet) and preserve privacy of the traffic being captured.
- Page 9 This mode is appropriate when jumbo frames are not supported by the Ethernet devices. In that case, this mode provides the maximum amount of Fibre Channel payload within a single Ethernet frame. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter Installation and Configuration Note OL-9077-01...
- Page 10 Figure Management Mode (MNM) for Troubleshooting MNM mode should be used only when troubleshooting the PAA. In this mode, the adapter will not accept any Fibre Channel frames. Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter Installation and Configuration Note OL-9077-01...
- Page 11 5), you are using a PAA-2. If this field is not present, you are using PAA-1. The Cisco Traffic Analyzer must not be used with the PAA in MNM mode. The PAA in MNM mode Note generates traffic with perpetually changing host addresses; the Cisco Traffic Analyzer stores this redundant information and eventually runs out of memory.
- Page 12 Note Information for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family for important safety information. To install the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter, follow these steps: Configure the DIP switch settings at the rear of the adapter. See Table 2 on page 7...
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Page 13: Installing The Port Analyzer Adapter
Figure 7 Multimode Fiber with LC Connector Connect the right (Ethernet) port on the adapter to the PC running Cisco Traffic Analyzer or Cisco Step 4 Protocol Analyzer. If the NIC on your PC does not support auto-MDI, (1000baseT NICs generally... - Page 14 – Verify that the LED states match the configured settings once the adapter has powered on. (See Table 1 Step 5 on page 6 for the LED states.) Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter Installation and Configuration Note OL-9077-01...
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Page 15: Troubleshooting The Port Analyzer Adapter
For seamless performance analysis and troubleshooting, launch the Cisco Traffic Analyzer in-context from Cisco Fabric Manager. Port world wide name (pWWN), Fibre Channel ID (FC ID), FC alias, and VSAN names are then passed to the Cisco Traffic Analyzer. - Page 16 If data truncate is enabled, the Cisco Traffic Analyzer’s Fibre Channel throughput values are not accurate when used with DS-PAA. The PAA version is required to achieve accurate results with truncate because it adds a count that enables the Cisco Traffic Analyzer to determine how many data bytes were actually transferred.
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Page 17: Installing Cisco Traffic Analyzer
Verify that you have sufficient space in the partition where the Cisco Traffic Analyzer database is stored. To install and launch Cisco Traffic Analyzer on a UNIX workstation, follow these steps: Open a browser and go to the following website to access the web page where Cisco Traffic Analyzer is Step 1 available: http://cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/mds-fm. - Page 18 In Windows, you can use the \tmp directory provided with the distribution to store the Cisco Traffic Analyzer database. To install and launch Cisco Traffic Analyzer on a Windows workstation, follow these steps: Open a browser and go to the following website to access the web page where Cisco Traffic Analyzer is Step 1 available: http://cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/mds-fm.
- Page 19 Step ntop.exe /c -P tmp -w port_number, where port_number is equal to the port that you want Cisco Traffic Analyzer to use. Set the port number to 3001 if you want to use SSL. Fabric Manager Web Services can only detect Cisco Traffic Analyzer if you use port 3000 (the default port).
- Page 20 Cisco Traffic Analyzers in your fabric. The source column shows the ports that are monitored by the SPAN destination port. Click the Cisco Traffic Analyzer that connects to the SPAN port you want to monitor to launch that Cisco Step 2 Traffic Analyzer within Fabric Manager Web Services.
- Page 21 Click a Traffic Analyzer to launch that Traffic Analyzer within Fabric Manager Web Services. Step 2 If you did not configure the switch and switch port information in Cisco Traffic Analyzer, you can still discover it, but Fabric Manager Web Services cannot associate that instance of Cisco Traffic Analyzer with any fabric.
- Page 22 Click Cisco Traffic Analyzer at the top of the Host or Storage detail pages to view Cisco Traffic Step 5 Analyzer information, or choose Performance > Traffic Analyzer > Open. Cisco Traffic Analyzer will not open unless nTop has been started already.
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Page 23: Setting Up The Cisco Protocol Analyzer
Verify that the Fibre Channel port connected to the adapter is configured as an SD port by using the show Step 5 interface command. See the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide. The port mode of the destination interface must be SD. - Page 24 ELP request frames. This feature limits the captured view only—it does not affect the captured or the saved frames. Procedures to specify, use, and save display filters are already documented at the following website under MDS 9000 Family software: http://www.cisco.com/kobayashi/sw-center/sw-stornet.shtml. Click Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter to view the filters.
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Page 25: Ethernet Frame Addressing Format
Original packet length—The original packet length is measured in words and is a minimum of 12 • words (36 bytes) and a maximum of 528 words (2112 bytes). Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter Installation and Configuration Note OL-9077-01... -
Page 26: Related Documentation
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m . Related Documentation The documentation set for the Cisco MDS 9000 Family includes the following documents. To find a document online, use the Cisco MDS SAN-OS Documentation Locator at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/products_documentation_roadmap09186a00804500c1.html... - Page 27 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Port Analyzer Adapter Installation and Configuration Note • Obtaining Documentation Cisco documentation and additional literature are available on Cisco.com. Cisco also provides several ways to obtain technical assistance and other technical resources. These sections explain how to obtain technical information from Cisco Systems.
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Cisco products and to view technical documentation in HTML. With the DVD, you have access to the same documentation that is found on the Cisco website without being connected to the Internet. Certain products also have .pdf versions of the documentation available. - Page 29 We appreciate your comments. CCDE, CCENT, Cisco Eos, Cisco StadiumVision, the Cisco logo, DCE, and Welcome to the Human Network are trademarks; Changing the Way We Work, Live, Play, and Learn is a service mark; and Access Registrar, Aironet, AsyncOS, Bringing the Meeting To You, Catalyst, CCDA, CCDP,...
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