Querying HBA Properties
After an HBA is installed on a host and the host is powered on, open Device Manager to check whether the HBA has been identified and whether the driver needs to be installed manually. More refined management of the HBA requires installation of management software particular to the HBA.
Table 4-1 lists the management tools of mainstream HBAs.
Vendor |
Management Software |
|---|---|
QLogic |
Sansurfer |
Emulex |
OneCommand Manager |
Brocade |
Brocade Adapter Software |
ATTO |
Windows Host Adapter Utilities |
Windows also provides a Fibre Channel Information Tool for discovery of SAN resources, which is available at:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17530
After the software is installed, run fcinfo in the Command Prompt to obtain the HBA information. Figure 4-3 provides an example.
For Windows Server 2012 and later versions, Windows PowerShell provides the Get-InitiatorPort command to query the information about WWNs and iSCSI initiators of FC HBAs. Figure 4-4 shows an example.
