Appendix – Device Management Feature Support
The following table describes the management features available on supported devices.
Feature |
10 Gb Ethernet Gateway Module |
Grid Director 4700/ 4200/ 4036/ 4036E v3.5 |
Managed IS5000 Switchesv |
Managed SX6000 Switches |
Externally Managed IS5000 / SX6000 Switches |
Gateway BX5020 |
HP C-Class |
Linux Hosts |
Windows Hosts |
Discovery |
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IB L2 Discovery |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Advanced Discovery (IP, hostname, Hosts: CPU, memory, FW version) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes with UFM Host Agent |
No |
Ethernet access Management interface |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Provisioning/ Configuration |
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IB Partitioning (pkey) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
QoS: SL (SM configuration) |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
QoS: Rate Limit (SM configuration) |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Interface/VIF Configuration (IP, hostname, mtu, Bonding) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
No |
N/A |
Yes with UFM Host Agent |
No |
Device Monitoring |
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Device Resources: CPU, Memory, Disk |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes with UFM Host Agent |
No |
Get device alerts (Temperature, PS, Fan) Note: This feature is not supported on Switch-X switches. |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
L1 (Physical Port) –Monitoring |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
L2-3 (Interface/VIF) –Monitoring |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes with UFM Host Agent |
No |
Congestion Monitoring per port (enables congestion map) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Congestion Monitoring per flow (Advanced Package) |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Device Management |
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Add/remove to/from Rack |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Add/remove to/from Logical Server |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
View/clear Alarms |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SSH terminal to device |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Power On |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes with IPMI |
No |
Reboot |
No |
No |
No |
Yes (SX3606 only) |
No |
No |
No |
Yes with IPMI |
No |
Shutdown |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes with IPMI |
No |
Port Enable/Disable |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Firmware Upgrade (HCA & switch) |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes (Upon SW upgrade – SX6036 only) |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Inband Firmware Upgrade (over InfiniBand connection) |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Software Upgrade (OFED & switch) |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes (SX3606 only) |
No |
No |
No |
Yes with UFM Host Agent |
No |
Protocols |
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Communication UFM Server – Device |
IB/SNMP |
IB/UDP |
IB |
IB/HTTP/ SSH |
IB |
IB |
IB |
IB, SSH, IPMI, UDP |
IB |
For a full list of supported IS5000 switches, see Supported IS5000 Switches.
QoS Rate Limit (SM configuration): On ConnectX HCAs-only, for hosts.
XmitWait counter monitoring requires ConnectX HCAs with firmware version 2.6 and above.
This feature requires that the IP address is configured.