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Brocade Network Advisor

Installation and Migration Guide

Supporting Network Advisor 12.3.0

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Document History

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Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 53-1002570-01 New document August 2012

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 53-1002699-01 Update for 12.0 December 2012

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 53-1002950-01 Update for 12.1 July 2013

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 53-1003059-01 Update for 12.2.0 February 2014

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 53-1003157-01 Update for 12.3.0 July 2014

Contents

About This Document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Fabric OS hardware and software support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

IronWare OS hardware and software support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Network OS hardware and software support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii

Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Chapter 1 Installation

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Server and client operating system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Memory requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Operating system cache requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Disk space requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Browser requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Client and server system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Downloading the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Pre-installation requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Additional pre-installation requirements for UNIX systems. . . . . 9

Installing the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Mapping the loopback address to the local host . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Headless installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Additional pre-installation requirements for UNIX systems

(headless installation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Performing a headless installation on Windows

and UNIX systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Troubleshooting the Linux headless installation . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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Client-only installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Installing the client-only application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Chapter 2 Network Advisor Configuration

Configuring Network Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Accessing the Network Advisor interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Logging into a server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Launching a remote client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Launching the SMC on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Launching the SMC on Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Launching the SMIA Configuration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Launching the SMIA Configuration Tool remote client . . . . . . .24

Syslog troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Finding the process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Stopping the process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Installing the ODBC driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Installing the ODBC driver on Windows systems . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Installing the ODBC driver on Linux systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Smart Card driver installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Installing the Smart Card driver on the local client . . . . . . . . . .30

Installing the Smart Card driver on the remote client. . . . . . . .32

Detecting and correcting a default Linux Smart Card driver. . .32

Configuring an explicit server IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Product improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Enabling product improvement data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Disabling product improvement data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Configuring remote client access to the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Chapter 3 Data Migration

Upgrading the license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Supported migration paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

DCFM migration paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

INM migration paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

EFCM and Fabric Manager migration paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Pre-migration requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Pre-migration requirements when migrating from

one server to another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Additional pre-migration requirements on UNIX systems . . . . . 47

Additional trial requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Migrating data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Cross flavor migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Migration rollback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

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Chapter 4 Uninstallation

Uninstalling from Windows systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Uninstalling from Windows systems (headless uninstall) . . . . . . . .58

Uninstalling from UNIX systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Uninstalling from UNIX systems (headless uninstall) . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Appendix A References

Network Advisor packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Edition feature support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Management server and client ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Scalability limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

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About This Document

In this chapter

•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

How this document is organized

This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as possible.

The document contains the following components:

• Chapter 1, “Installation,” provides system and pre-installation requirements as well as

step-by-step installation instructions.

• Chapter 2, “Network Advisor Configuration,” provides step-by-step instructions to configure a

fresh Network Advisor installation.

• Chapter 3, “Data Migration,” provides pre-migration requirements as well as step-by-step

instructions for migrating data from a previous release of Network Advisor.

• Chapter 4, “Uninstallation,” provides step-by-step instructions for performing a partial or full

uninstall of Network Advisor.

• Appendix A, “References,” provides the following information for quick lookup:

- Network Advisor packages

- Edition feature support

- Management server and client ports

- Scalability limits

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Supported hardware and software

NOTE

In those instances in which procedures or parts of procedures documented here apply to some devices but not to others, this guide identifies exactly which devices are supported and which are not.

Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for Network Advisor 12.3.X, documenting all possible configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.

Fabric OS hardware and software support

The following firmware platforms are supported by this release of Network Advisor 12.3.X:

• Fabric OS 5.0 or later in a pure Fabric OS fabric

• Fabric OS 6.0 or later in a mixed fabric

Discovery of a Secure Fabric OS fabric in strict mode is not supported.

The hardware platforms in Table 1 are supported by this release of Network Advisor 12.3.X.

TABLE 1 Fabric OS-supported hardware

Device name Terminology used in documentation Firmware level required

Brocade 200E switch 16-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch

Brocade 300 switch 24-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch Fabric OS v6.1.0 or later

Brocade 4012 switch Embedded 12-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch

Brocade 4016 switch Embedded 16-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch

Brocade 4018 switch Embedded 18-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch

Brocade 4020 switch Embedded 20-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch

Brocade 4024 switch Embedded 24-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch Fabric OS v5.3.1 or later

Brocade 4100 switch 32-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch

Brocade 4900 switch 64-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch Fabric OS v5.2.0 or later

Brocade 5000 switch 32-port, 4 Gbps FC Interop Switch Fabric OS v5.2.1 or later

Brocade 5100 switch 40-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch Fabric OS v6.1.0 or later

Brocade 5300 switch 80-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch Fabric OS v6.1.0 or later

Brocade 5410 embedded switch Embedded 12-port, 8 Gbps Switch Fabric OS v6.1.0 or later

Brocade 5424 embedded switch Embedded 24-port, 8 Gbps Switch Fabric OS v6.1.0 or later

Brocade 5431 embedded switch Embedded 16-port, 8 Gbps Stackable Switch Fabric OS v7.2.0 or later

Brocade 5450 embedded switch Embedded 16-port, 8 Gbps Switch Fabric OS v6.2.0 or later

Brocade 5460 embedded switch Embedded 24-port, 8 Gbps Switch Fabric OS v6.1.0_emb or later

Brocade 5470 embedded switch Embedded 24-port, 8 Gbps Switch Fabric OS v6.1.0 or later

Brocade 5480 embedded switch Embedded 24-port, 8 Gbps Switch Fabric OS v6.1.0 or later

Brocade 6505 switch 24-port, 16 Gbps Edge switch Fabric OS v7.0.1 or later

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Device name Terminology used in documentation Firmware level required

Brocade M6505 embedded switch 24-port, 16 Gbps embedded switch Fabric OS v7.2.0 or later

Brocade 6510 switch 48-port, 16 Gbps switch Fabric OS v7.0.0 or later

Brocade 6520 switch 96-port, 16 Gbps switch Fabric OS v7.1.0 or later

Brocade 6547 embedded switch 48-port, 16 Gbps embedded switch Fabric OS v7.2.0 or later

Brocade 7500 Extension switch 4 Gbps Router, Extension Switch Fabric OS v5.1.0 or later

Brocade 7500E Extension switch 4 Gbps Extension Switch Fabric OS v5.1.0 or later

FR4-18i Blade 4 Gbps Router, Extension blades

FX8-24 Blade 8 Gbps Router, Extension blades Fabric OS v6.4.0 or later

Brocade AP7600 switch 4 Gbps 32-port Switch Fabric OS v6.1.0 or later

Brocade 7800 switch 8 Gbps Extension Switch Fabric OS v6.3.0 or later

Brocade 7840 switch 16 Gbps 24-FC port, 18 GbE port Switch Fabric OS v7.3.0 or later

Brocade 8000 switch 8 Gbps 8-FC port, 10 GbE 24-DCB port Switch Fabric OS v6.1.2_CEE

Brocade 8470 FCoE embedded switch FCoE Embedded Switch Fabric OS v6.3.1_CEE

Brocade VA-40FC switch 8 Gbps 40-port Switch

Brocade 415 Host Bus Adapter 4 Gbps 1-port HBA

Brocade 425 Host Bus Adapter 4 Gbps 2-port HBA

Brocade 815 Host Bus Adapter 8 Gbps 1-port HBA

Brocade 825 Host Bus Adapter 8 Gbps 2-port HBA

Brocade 1860 Fabric Adapter 16 Gbps FC HBA mode

10 Gbps CNA mode 10 Gbps NIC mode

Brocade 1867 HBA 16 Gbps Mezzanine HBA Adapter Software 3.0.3.0 or later

Brocade 48000 director Director Chassis

Brocade 48000 director with FC4-16, FC4-32, and FC4-48 Blades

Director Chassis with 4 Gbps 16-FC port, 4 Gbps 32-FC port, and 4 Gbps 48-FC port

Brocade 48000 director with FR4-18i Blades Director Chassis with 4 Gbps router, extension

blades

Adapter Software 3.0.0.0 or later

Fabric OS v5.2.0 or later (FC4-48)

Fabric OS v5.1.0 or later (FR4-18i)

Brocade 48000 director with FC4-16IP Blades Director Chassis with 4 Gbps 8-FC port and 8

Fabric OS v5.2.0 or later (FC4-16IP)

GbE iSCSI blades

Brocade 48000 director with FC10-6 Blades Director Chassis with 10 Gbps 6-port ISL blades Fabric OS v5.3.0 or later (FC10-6)

Brocade DCX

Brocade DCX FC8-48 Blades

1, 2

with FC8-16, FC8-32, and

8-slot Backbone Chassis Fabric OS v6.0.0 or later

8-slot Backbone Chassis with 8 Gbps 16-FC port,

Fabric OS v6.0.0 or later 8 Gbps 32-FC port, and 8 Gbps 48-FC port blades

Brocade DCX

1, 2

with FC8-64 Blades 8-slot Backbone Chassis with 8 Gbps 64-FC port

Fabric OS v6.4.0 blades

Brocade DCX

1, 2

with FR4-18i Blades 8-slot Backbone Chassis with 4 Gbps Router,

Fabric OS v6.0.0 or later Extension blade

Brocade DCX

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1, 2

with FC10-6 Blades 8-slot Backbone Chassis with FC 10 - 6 ISL Blade Fabric OS v6.2.0

TABLE 1 Fabric OS-supported hardware (Continued)

Device name Terminology used in documentation Firmware level required

Brocade DCX

Brocade DCX-4S with FC16-64 Blades 4-slot Backbone Chassis with 16 Gbps 64-FC

Brocade DCX

Brocade DCX-4S

Brocade DCX-4S with FC8-16, FC8-32, and FC8-48 Blades

Brocade DCX-4S with FC8-64 Blades 4-slot Backbone Chassis with 8 Gbps 64-FC port

Brocade DCX-4S with FR4-18i Blades 4-slot Backbone Chassis with 4 Gbps Router,

Brocade DCX-4S with FC10-6 Blades 4-slot Backbone Chassis with FC 10 - 6 ISL Blade Fabric OS v6.2.0

Brocade DCX-4S with FS8-18 Blades 4-slot Backbone Chassis with Encryption Blade Fabric OS v6.1.1_enc or later

1, 2

with FS8-18 Blades 8-slot Backbone Chassis with Encryption Blade Fabric OS v6.1.1_enc or later

1, 2

with FX8-24 Blades 8-slot Backbone Chassis with 8 Gbps 12-FC port,

Fabric OS v6.3.1_CEE 10 GbE ports, 2-10 GbE ports blade

Fabric OS v7.3.0 or later port blades

1, 2

with FCoE10-24 Blades 8-slot Backbone Chassis with 10 Gbps 24-port

Fabric OS v6.3.1_CEE FCoE blade

4-slot Backbone Chassis Fabric OS v6.0.0 or later

4-slot Backbone Chassis with 8 Gbps 16-FC port,

Fabric OS v6.2.0 8 Gbps 32-FC port, and 8 Gbps 48-FC port blades

Fabric OS v6.4.0 blades

Fabric OS v6.2.0 Extension blade

Brocade DCX-4S with FX8-24 Blades 4-slot Backbone Chassis with 8 Gbps 12-FC port,

Fabric OS v6.3.1_CEE 10 GbE ports, 2-10 GbE ports blade

Brocade DCX-4S with FCoE10-24 Blades 4-slot Backbone Chassis with 10 Gbps 24-port

Fabric OS v6.3.0 or later FCoE blade

Brocade DCX 8510-4 16 Gbps 4-slot Backbone Chassis Fabric OS v7.0.0 or later

Brocade DCX 8510-8

1, 2

16 Gbps 8-slot Backbone Chassis Fabric OS v7.0.0 or later

Brocade Encryption Switch 8 Gbps Encryption Switch Fabric OS v6.1.1_enc or later

FS8-18 Encryption Blade Encryption Blade

FA4-18 Application Platform Blade Application Platform Blade

FC8-16 Blade FC 8 GB 16-port Blade

FC8-32 Blade FC 8 GB 32-port Blade

FC8-48 Blade FC 8 GB 48-port Blade

FC8-64 Blade FC 8 GB 64-port Blade

FC10-6 Blade FC 10 - 6 ISL Blade

FC8-32E blade

FC8-48E blade

8 Gbps 32-port blade Fabric OS v7.0.1 or later

8 Gbps 48-port blade Fabric OS v7.0.1 or later

FC16-32 Blade 16 Gbps 32-port blade Fabric OS v7.0.0 or later

FC16-48 Blade 16 Gbps 48-port blade Fabric OS v7.0.0 or later

FC16-64 Blade 16 Gbps 64-port blade Fabric OS v7.3.0 or later

FCoE10-24 Blade 10 Gbps FCoE Port Router Blade

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Device name Terminology used in documentation Firmware level required

FX8-24 Blade

1 Professional can discover , but not manage this device. Use the device’s Element Manager , which can be launched from the Connectivity

Map, to manage the device. This device cannot be used as a Seed switch.

2 Professional Plus Trial and Licensed version can discover, but not manage, this device. Use the device’s Element Manager, which can

be launched from the Connectivity Map, to manage the device. This device cannot be used as a Seed switch.

3 Only supported on the DCX 8510-4 and DCX 8510-8 chassis.

1, 2

8 Gbps Extension Blade

IronWare OS hardware and software support

The following firmware platforms are supported by this release of Network Advisor 12.3.X:

• BigIron 2.7.02e (sustaining mode) or later

• FastIron 7.2.0 or later

• NetIron 5.1.0 or later

• ServerIron (JetCore) 11.0 or later

• ServerIron ADX 12.2.0 or later

• TurboIron 4.2.0 or later

For platform-specific firmware requirements, refer to Tab le 2.

Tab le 2 lists the hardware platforms supported by this release of Network Advisor 12.3.X, the

terminology used in the documentation, as well as any specific firmware requirements.

TABLE 2 IronWare OS-supported hardware

Device name Terminology used in documentation Firmware level required

BigIron family Ethernet Chassis BigIron 2.7.02e or 2.7.01b

BigIron RX-4 (BI-RX-4-AC) Ethernet Chassis, 4 interface slots BigIron 2.7.02e or 2.7.01b

BigIron RX-8 (BI-RX-8-AC) Ethernet Chassis, 8 interface slots BigIron 2.7.02e or 2.7.01b

BigIron RX-16 (BI-RX-16-AC-A) Ethernet Chassis, 16 interface slots BigIron 2.7.02e or 2.7.01b

Brocade 6910 Ethernet Access Switch Ethernet Access Switch release 2.0.2.7, loader version 1.0.1.3

FastIron family Ethernet switch See individual device.

FastIron CX 624S (FCX624S) Ethernet L2/L3 Edge switch, 24 1GbE

RJ45 ports

FastIron CX 648S (FCX648S) Ethernet L2/L3 Edge switch, 48 1GbE

RJ45 ports

FastIron CX 624S-HPOE (FCX624S-HPOE) Ethernet L2/L3 Edge switch, 24 1GbE

RJ45 ports, 24

FastIron CX 648S-HPOE (FCX648S-HPOE) Ethernet L2/L3 Edge switch, 48 1GbE

RJ45 ports, 48

FastIron CX 624S-F (FCX624S-F) Ethernet L2/L3 Edge switch, 20 SFP ports FastIron 06.0.00 and later

FastIron CX 624-E (FCX624-E) Ethernet L2/L3 Edge switch, 24 1GbE

RJ45 ports

POE+ ports

FastIron 06.0.00 and later

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TABLE 2 IronWare OS-supported hardware (Continued)

Device name Terminology used in documentation Firmware level required

FastIron CX 624-I (FCX624-I) Ethernet L2/L3 Edge switch, 24 1GbE

RJ45 ports

FastIron CX 648-E (FCX648-E) Ethernet L2/L3 Edge switch, 48 1GbE

RJ45 ports

FastIron CX 648-I (FCX648-I) Ethernet L2/L3 Edge switch, 48 1GbE

RJ45 ports

ICX 6610 Ethernet L2/L3 Edge switch FastIron 07.0.3 and later

ICX 643024 switch 24-port Campus LAN switch FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 643024-HPOE switch 24-port Campus LAN HPOE switch FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 643048 switch 48-port Campus LAN switch FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 643048-HPOE switch 48-port Campus LAN HPOE switch FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 645024 switch 24-port Campus LAN switch FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 645024 Base L3 router 24-port Campus LAN Base L3 router FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 645024 Base router 24-port Campus LAN Base router FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 645024 Premium router 24-port Campus LAN Premium router FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 645024-HPOE switch 24-port Campus LAN HPOE switch FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 645024-HPOE Base L3 router 24-port Campus LAN HPOE Base L3 router FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 645024-HPOE Base router 24-port Campus LAN HPOE Base router FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 645024-HPOE Premium router 24-port Campus LAN HPOE Premium

router

ICX 645048 switch 48-port Campus LAN switch FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 645048 Base L3 router 48-port Campus LAN Base L3 router FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 645048 Base router 48-port Campus LAN Base router FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 645048 Premium router 48-port Campus LAN Premium router FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 645048-HPOE switch 48-port Campus LAN HPOE switch FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 645048-HPOE Base L3 router 48-port Campus LAN HPOE Base L3 router FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 645048-HPOE Base router 48-port Campus LAN HPOE Base router FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 645048-HPOE Premium router 48-port Campus LAN HPOE Premium

router

ICX 6430 IronStack switch 24-port Campus LAN switch FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 6430 IronStack Base L3 router Campus LAN Base L3 router FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 6430 IronStack Base router Campus LAN Base router FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 6430 IronStack Premium router Campus LAN Premium router FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 6450 IronStack switch 48-port Campus LAN switch FastIron 07.4.00 and later

ICX 7750-26Q switch 26 10/40 GbE QSFP+ ports FastIron 08.0.10 and later

ICX 7750-48F switch 48 1/10 GbE SFP+ ports and six 10/40

GbE QSFP+ ports

FastIron 06.0.00 and later

FastIron 07.4.00 and later

FastIron 08.0.10 and later

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Device name Terminology used in documentation Firmware level required

ICX 7750-48C switch 48 1/10 GbE RJ-45 ports and six 10/40

GbE QSFP+ ports

FastIron GS Ethernet L2/L3 Access switch

FastIron GS-STK Ethernet L2/L3 Access switch, stackable

FastIron LS Enterprise LAN switch

FastIron LS-STK Enterprise LAN switch, stackable

FastIron SuperX/SX Enterprise LAN chassis FSX 02.4.00 and later

FastIron SX 800 and FastIron SX 1600 Enterprise LAN chassis FSX 02.4.00 and later

FastIron 8-port 10 GbE SFP Blade 8-port 10 GbE SFP Blade

FastIron 24-port Fiber SFP GbE Blade 24-port Fiber SFP GbE Blade

FastIron 24-port GbE Cu Blade 24-port GbE Cu Blade

FastIron 2-port 10GbE SFP+ Blade 2-port 10GbE SFP+ Blade

FastIron Edge Switch X-Series Enterprise LAN Edge switch

FastIron Edge X 424 Enterprise LAN Edge switch, 24

10/100/1000 Mbps ports

FastIron Edge X 624 Enterprise LAN Edge switch, 24

10/100/1000 Mbps ports

FastIron Edge X 448 Enterprise LAN Edge switch, 48

10/100/1000 Mbps ports

FastIron Edge X 648 Enterprise LAN Edge switch, 48

10/100/1000 Mbps ports

FastIron Edge X 424HF Enterprise LAN Edge switch, 20 100/1000

Mbps SFP ports

FastIron Edge X 624HF Enterprise LAN Edge switch, 20 100/1000

Mbps SFP ports

FastIron WS devices Enterprise Campus switch

Motorola Controllers RFS4000 series Wireless controller Mobility 5.1

Motorola Controllers RFS6000 series Wireless controller Mobility 5.1

Motorola Controllers RFS7000 series Wireless controller Mobility 5.1

Motorola Access Point 7131 Wireless access point Mobility 4.1.1 (standalone mode)

Motorola Access Point 7131N Wireless access point Mobility 4.1.1 (standalone mode)

Motorola Access Point 5181 Wireless access point Mobility 2.5.X (standalone mode)

Motorola Access Point 6511 Wireless access point Mobility 5.1 1 (adaptive mode)

NetIron family Ethernet routers NetIron 5.0.0 or 5.0.1

NetIron MLX (Supported regardless of license

configuration)

Ethernet router NetIron 5.0.0 or 5.0.1

FastIron 08.0.10 and later

Mobility 5.1 1 (adaptive mode)

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Device name Terminology used in documentation Firmware level required

NetIron MLXe (Supported regardless of license

configuration)

NetIron XMR (Supported regardless of license

configuration)

NetIron CES 2048CX (NI-CES-2048CX-AC) (Supported regardless of license

configuration)

NetIron CER (Supported regardless of license configuration)

NetIron XMR/MLX 2-Port 100Gbe Module 2-Port 100Gbe Module NetIron 5.7.0

NetIron XMR/MLX 20-port 10GbE Module 20-port 10GbE Module NetIron 5.7.0

ServerIron family Application product

ServerIron ADX 1000 Application switch

ServerIron ADX 1000F Application Fiber switch ADX 12.3.03 or later

ServerIron ADX 4000 4U Application Delivery chassis ADX 12.1.00 or later

ServerIron ADX 10000 10U Application Delivery chassis ADX 12.1.00 or later

Tur boIron Fami ly Data Center switch 4.1.00d or 4.2.00 or later

TurboIron 24X (T1-24X- AC) Data Center switch 4.1.00d or 4.2.00 or later

Brocade 6650 Switch Data Center switch FastIron 7.5 and later

Brocade 6650 Base L3 Router Data Center base L3 router FastIron 7.5 and later

Brocade 6650 Router Data Center router FastIron 7.5 and later

Ethernet Core router NetIron 5.0.0 or 5.0.1

Ethernet Backbone router NetIron 5.0.0 or 5.0.1

Ethernet Carrier router NetIron 5.0.0 or 5.0.1

Ethernet Edge router NetIron 5.0.0 or 5.0.1

1 The Management application cannot discover or manage wireless access points running Mobility 5.1.

Network OS hardware and software support

Network Advisor 12.3.X supports the Network OS 2.1 or later firmware platform. For platform-specific firmware requirements, if any, refer to the

Tab le 3 lists the hardware platforms supported by this release of Network Advisor 12.3.X, the

terminology used in the documentation, as well as any specific firmware requirements.

TABLE 3 Network OS-supported hardware

Device name Terminology used in documentation Firmware level required

Brocade VDX 2730 10 Gbps connection blade VDX 2730 10 Gbps connection blade 2.1.1_fuj

Brocade VDX 2740 switch VDX 2740 switch 4.0.0_bbd

Brocade VDX 6710 switch VDX 6710 switch 2.1 or later

Brocade VDX 6720-24 switch VDX 6720-24 switch 2.1 or later

Brocade VDX 6720-60 switch VDX 6720-60 switch 2.1 or later

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Device name Terminology used in documentation Firmware level required

Brocade VDX 6730-32 switch VDX 6730-32 switch 2.1 or later

Brocade VDX 6730-76 switch VDX 6730-76 switch 2.1 or later

Brocade VDX 6740 switch VDX 6740 switch 4.0 or later

Brocade VDX 6740T switch VDX 6740T switch 4.0 or later

Brocade VDX 6740T-1G switch VDX 6740T-1G switch 4.1 or later

Brocade VDX 8770-4 switch VDX 8770-4 switch 3.0 or later

Brocade VDX 8770-8 switch VDX 8770-8 switch 3.0 or later

Brocade VDX 8770 with 40G/10G Base-T by line card VDX 8770 switch with 40G/10G Base-T by line card 4.1 or later

What’s new in this document

The following changes have been made since this document was last released:

• Information that was added:

- Migration rollback

• Information that was changed:

- Supported hardware and software

- Server and Client operating system requirements

- Client only installation

- Supported migration paths

• Information that was deleted:

- None.

For further information about new features and documentation updates for this release, refer to the release notes.

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Document conventions

NOTE

This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this document.

Text formatting

The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows:

bold text Identifies command names

italic text Provides emphasis

code text Identifies CLI output

For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is all lowercase.

Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements Identifies keywords and operands Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI

Identifies variables Identifies paths and Internet addresses Identifies document titles

Identifies command syntax examples

Notes

The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of increasing severity of potential hazards.

A note provides a tip, guidance, or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a reference to related information.

Key terms

For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the technical glossaries on MyBrocade. See

“Brocade resources” on page xvii for instructions on accessing MyBrocade.

For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online dictionary at:

http://www.snia.org/education/dictionary

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Notice to the reader

This document may contain references to the trademarks of the following corporations. These trademarks are the properties of their respective companies and corporations.

These references are made for informational purposes only.

Corporation Referenced trademarks and products

Linus Torvalds Linux

Microsoft Corporation Windows, Windows NT, Internet Explorer

Netscape Communications Corporation Netscape

Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, Red Hat Network, Maximum RPM, Linux Undercover

Oracle Sun, Solaris, Sun Fire, Sun Ultra, Java Plug-in

The Open Group UNIX

VMware, Inc. VMware

Additional information

This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find helpful.

Brocade resources

To get up-to-the-minute information, go to http://my.brocade.com to register at no cost for a user ID and password.

White papers, online demonstrations, and data sheets are available through the Brocade website at:

http://www.brocade.com/products-solutions/products/index.page

For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade website:

http://www.brocade.com

Release notes are available on the MyBrocade website.

Other industry resources

For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 website. This website provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre Channel, storage management, and other applications:

http://www.t11.org

For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association website:

http://www.fibrechannel.org

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Getting technical help

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Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including product repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information available:

1. Management Application Serial Number

To obtain the Management application serial number, select Help > License. The License dialog box displays.

2. General Information

• Switch model

• Switch operating system version

• Software name and software version, if applicable

• Error numbers and messages received

• supportSave command output

• Detailed description of the problem, including the switch or fabric behavior immediately

following the problem, and specific questions

• Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results

• Serial console and Telnet session logs

• syslog message logs

3. Switch Serial Number

The switch serial number and corresponding bar code are provided on the serial number label, as illustrated below:

The serial number label is located as follows:

• Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5100, 5300, 7500, 7800, 8000, VA-40FC, and Brocade

Encryption Switch—On the switch ID pull-out tab located inside the chassis on the port side on the left

• Brocade 5000—On the switch ID pull-out tab located on the bottom of the port side of the

switch

• Brocade 7600—On the bottom of the chassis

• Brocade 48000—Inside the chassis next to the power supply bays

• Brocade DCX—On the bottom right on the port side of the chassis

• Brocade DCX-4S—On the bottom right on the port side of the chassis, directly above the

cable management comb

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4. World Wide Name (WWN)

Use the licenseIdShow command to display the WWN of the chassis.

If you cannot use the licenseIdShow command because the switch is inoperable, you can get the WWN from the same place as the serial number, except for the Brocade DCX. For the Brocade DCX, access the numbers on the WWN cards by removing the Brocade logo plate at the top of the nonport side of the chassis.

Document feedback

Quality is our first concern at Brocade and we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this document. However, if you find an error or an omission, or you think that a topic needs further development, we want to hear from you. Forward your feedback to:

documentation@brocade.com

Provide the title and version number of the document and as much detail as possible about your comment, including the topic heading and page number and your suggestions for improvement.

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Chapter

Installation

In this chapter

•System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

•Downloading the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

•Pre-installation requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

•Installing the application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

•Headless installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

•Client-only installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

System requirements

Use the following sections to determine if you have met the requirements for this application:

•Server and client operating system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

•Memory requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

•Operating system cache requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

•Disk space requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

•Browser requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

•Client and server system requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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System requirements

NOTE

Server and client operating system requirements

Tab le 4 summarizes the required operating system (OS) for servers and the packages supported by

each OS version.

Enterprise edition (SAN or IP) and Professional Plus edition (SAN or IP) are not supported on 32-bit operating systems. You must migrate to a 64-bit operating system.

SAN with SMI Agent + IP edition is not supported on 32-bit operating systems.

TABLE 4 Server operating system requirements

Operating system

Windows

Version Guest OS version Supported packages

- 2008 Server (x86 32-bit)

- 7 Enterprise (x86 32-bit)

- 2008 Server (x86 64-bit)

SAN with SMI Agent IP only SMI Agent only

- 7 Enterprise (x86 64-bit)

- 2008 R2 Data Center Edition (x86 32-bit)

- 2008 R2 Standard Edition (x86 32-bit)

- 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition (x86 32-bit)

- 2012 R2 Data Center Edition (x86 32-bit)

SAN with SMI Agent IP only SMI Agent only SAN with SMI Agent + IP

- 2012 R2 Standard Edition (x86 32-bit)

- 7 Enterprise (x86 32-bit)

- 8 Enterprise (x86 32-bit)

- 8.1 Enterprise (x86 32-bit)

- 2008 R2 Data Center Edition (x86 64-bit)

- 2008 R2 Standard Edition (x86 64-bit)

- 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition (x86 64-bit)

- 2012 R2 Data Center Edition (x86 64-bit)

SAN with SMI Agent IP only SMI Agent only SAN with SMI Agent + IP

- 2012 R2 Standard Edition (x86 64-bit)

- 7 Enterprise (x86 64-bit)

- 8 Enterprise (x86 64-bit)

- 8.1 Enterprise (x86 64-bit)

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TABLE 4 Server operating system requirements (Continued)

Operating system

Linux

Version Guest OS version Supported packages

- RedHat Enterprise 6.1 Advanced (x86 32-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.2 Advanced (x86 32-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.3 Advanced (x86 32-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.4 Advanced (x86 32-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.5 Advanced (x86 32-bit)

- SuSE Enterprise Server 11 (x86 32-bit)

- SuSE Enterprise Server 11.3 (x86 32-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.1 (x86 32-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.2 (x86 32-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.3 (x86 32-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.4 (x86 32-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.5 (x86 32-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.1 Advanced (x86 64-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.2 Advanced (x86 64-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.3 Advanced (x86 64-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.4 Advanced (x86 64-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.5 Advanced (x86 64-bit)

- SuSE Enterprise Server 11.3 (x86 64-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.1 (x86 64-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.2 (x86 64-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.3 (x86 64-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.4 (x86 64-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.5 (x86 64-bit)

Guest VMs - VMware® ESX Server i 5.1

- VMware ESX Server i 5.5

- Microsoft Hyper-V (Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1)

- KVM RH 6.5

System requirements

Supports all server OS versions available for Windows and Linux.

SAN with SMI Agent IP only SMI Agent only

SAN with SMI Agent IP only SMI Agent only SAN with SMI Agent + IP

Supports all packages available for Windows and Linux.

1. It is recommended that you run all Network Advisor virtual CPUs on a single physical CPU.

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System requirements

Tab le 5 summarizes the required OS for clients.

TABLE 5 Client operating system requirements

Operating system

Version Guest OS version

Windows

Linux

Guest VMs

- 2008 Server (x86 32-bit)

- 7 Enterprise (x86 32-bit)

- 2008 Server (x86 64-bit)

- 7 Enterprise (x86 64-bit)

- 2008 R2 Data Center Edition (x86 32-bit)

- 2008 R2 Standard Edition (x86 32-bit)

- 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition (x86 32-bit)

- 2012 R2 Data Center Edition (x86 32-bit)

- 2012 R2 Standard Edition (x86 32-bit)

- 7 Enterprise (x86 32-bit)

- 8 Enterprise (x86 32-bit)

- 8.1 Enterprise (x86 32-bit)

- 2008 R2 Data Center Edition (x86 64-bit)

- 2008 R2 Standard Edition (x86 64-bit)

- 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition (x86 64-bit)

- 2012 R2 Data Center Edition (x86 64-bit)

- 2012 R2 Standard Edition (x86 64-bit)

- 7 Enterprise (x86 64-bit)

- 8 Enterprise (x86 64-bit)

- 8.1 Enterprise (x86 64-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.1 Advanced (x86 32-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.2 Advanced (x86 32-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.3 Advanced (x86 32-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.4 Advanced (x86 32-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.5 Advanced (x86 32-bit)

- SuSE Enterprise Server 11 (x86 32-bit)

- SuSE Enterprise Server 11.3 (x86 32-bit

- Oracle Enterprise 6.1 (x86 32-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.2 (x86 32-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.3 (x86 32-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.4 (x86 32-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.5 (x86 64-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.1 Advanced (x86 64-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.2 Advanced (x86 64-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.3 Advanced (x86 64-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.4 Advanced (x86 64-bit)

- RedHat Enterprise 6.5 Advanced (x86 64-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.1 (x86 64-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.2 (x86 64-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.3 (x86 64-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.4 (x86 64-bit)

- Oracle Enterprise 6.5 (x86 64-bit)

- VMware

ESX Server i 5.1

- VMware ESX Server i 5.5

- Microsoft Hyper-V (Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1)

- KVM RH 6.5

Supports all client OS versions available for Windows and Linux.

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System requirements

NOTE

Memory requirements

Memory requirements are only applicable when no other applications are running on the Network Advisor server. Paging space should be equal to or exceed the physical memory size. Network Advisor servers for Enterprise and Professional Plus editions are only supported on 64-bit systems. Network Advisor clients are supported on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows and Linux systems.

Operating system cache requirements

It is recommended that you use the System managed size (the OS allocates the required cache); however, if you choose to use a custom size, make sure you use the following memory settings for your operating system.

The virtual memory requirements for Windows system is 1 GB for minimum paging file size and 4 GB for maximum paging file size

TABLE 6 Linux swap space requirements

Installed physical memory (RAM) size

Recommended swap size

4 GB 4 GB

Greater than 4 GB and less than 8 GB

Greater than or equal to 8 GB and less than 64 GB

It is recommended that the memory allocation for ports exceeding 9000 is 6GB.

Equal to the amount of RAM

5 time the amount of RAM

Disk space requirements

The disk space required for your device is a minimum of 10 GB.

A warning message will be displayed if a minimum of 10 GB space is not available.

It is recommended that you add an additional 100 GB of disk space if you use sFlow.

It is recommended that you add an additional 40 GB of disk space for the default temporary directory.

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System requirements

NOTE

It is recommended that you add an additional 100 GB of disk space if you use sFlow.

If you enable periodic supportSave or configure the Network Advisor server as the Upload Failure Data Capture location for monitored switches, then additional disk space will be required. Each switch supportSave file is approximately 5 MB and each Upload Failure Data Capture file is approximately 500 KB. To determine the disk space requirements, multiply the frequency of scheduled supportSave files by 5 MB and the expected Upload Failure Data Capture files by 500 KB before the planned periodic purge activity.

Tab le 7 summarizes the host, memory and disk space requirements for remote client.

TABLE 7 Host, Memory, and Disk space requirements for remote client

Resources Required

RAM 4 GB

Processor Core

Disk space

2 core CPU

1 GB

Tab le 8 summarizes the minimum system requirements for installation.

TABLE 8 Minimum system requirements for installation

Resources Professional Edition Enterprise Edition

RAM 4 GB(32-bit) 6GB (64 bit) 6 GB

Processor Core (including physical and logical core)

Disk space 10 GB 20 GB

2 core 2 core

Tab le 9 summarizes the recommended system requirements for installation.

TABLE 9 Recommended system requirements for installation

Resources Small Medium Large

RAM 16 GB 16 GB 16 GB

Processor Core (including physical and logical core)

Disk space 20 GB 80 GB 100 GB

2 core 4 core 8 core

You must have 16 core processor when managing 9000 SAN ports or above.

It is recommended to allocate a minimum of 2 GB client memory and 6 GB server memory to efficiently manage more than 9000 ports.

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System requirements

NOTE

Browser requirements

The launch of Network Advisor and the launch of Element Manager (Web Tools) from the application are supported from the following browsers with a Java plug-in:

• Browsers

- Windows Internet Explorer 11

- Firefox 27 on Windows or Linux

- Google Chrome 33

• Java Plug-ins

- Oracle JRE 1.7.0 update 60 for Network Advisor

- Oracle JRE 1.7.0 update 60 for Web Tools

For higher performance, use a 64-bit JRE.

A warning message will be displayed if the required operating system is not available.

If the minimum system requirement is not met, you will be blocked from the configuration and an error message will be displayed.

For the website listing patch information, go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.

Client and server system requirements

Network Advisor is not supported in a Network Address Translation (NAT) environment where the server and client are on different sides of the NAT Server.

Network Advisor has the following client and server system requirements:

• In the Professional edition, a single server supports a single client, which must be a local client

only.

• In Professional Plus and Enterprise editions, a single server supports a maximum of 25 clients,

which can be local or remote on 32-bit and 64-bit servers.

• In Professional Plus and Enterprise editions, a single server supports a maximum of 25 clients,

which can be local or remote on 64-bit servers. To suppor t more than 8 clients, you must make the following changes to your configuration:

- Increase the server memory size. You can configure the server memory size from the

Options dialog box, Memory Allocations pane. For instructions, refer to the Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

- Increase the PostgreSQL database shared buffers memory allocation to 1024 MB by

editing the Install_Home\data\databases\postgresql.conf file.

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Downloading the software

You can download the software and documentation from the MyBrocade website.

1. Go to the MyBrocade website.

http://my.brocade.com/

2. Enter your user ID and password.

If you do not already have a MyBrocade account, you can create one.

3. Select MyBrocade from the Take me to list, if necessary.

4. Click LOG IN.

5. Click downloads on the main page.

6. Select Management Software from the Download by list.

7. C l i c k Brocade Network Advisor in the Product Name list.

8. Select the highest version number for the latest GA code.

For example, click Brocade Network Advisor 12.3.x, then click Brocade Network Advisor 12.3.0 Brocade GA.

To download the documentation, click Brocade Network Advisor 12.3.0 Manuals and then select the manual you want to download.

9. Select one of the following links to download the software:

• Network Advisor 12.3.0 GA for Windows

• Network Advisor 12.3.0 GA for Linux

You can also access the release notes and md5 Checksum from this location.

10. Read the Export Compliance, select the certification check box, and click Submit.

11. Read the Brocade End User License Agreement and click I Accept.

12. Click Save on the File Download dialog box.

13. Browse to the location where you want to save the software and click Save.

Pre-installation requirements

Before you install Network Advisor, make sure you meet the following requirements.

• Make sure all system requirements have been met prior to installation. For specific system

requirements, refer to

If you are running Professional Plus or Enterprise edition on a 32-bit machine, you must migrate to a 64-bit machine within your current release, then you can migrate to Network Advisor 12.3.

“System requirements” on page 1.

If you are running SAN with SMI Agent + IP on a 32-bit machine, you must migrate to a 64-bit machine within your current release, then you can migrate to Network Advisor 12.3.

• To avoid errors, close all instances of the application before beginning the installation or

uninstallation procedures.

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For UNIX system, if you still receive error messages after closing the application, enter the following commands:

#ps -ef | grep -i “” to list the process IDs

#kill -9 “Process_ID” where Process_ID is any Management application process

Additional pre-installation requirements for UNIX systems

• Make sure that an X Server is available for display and is configured to permit X Client

applications to display from the host on which they are installing the Network Advisor server (typically, this simply requires that the systems console be present and running with a logged-in user on the X Server-based desktop session, such as KDE, GNOME, and so on).

If this is a headless unit with no console, refer to “Additional pre-installation requirements for

UNIX systems (headless installation)” on page 12.

• Make sure that the DISPLAY environment variable is correctly defined in the shell with a valid

value (for example, to display to the local console, export DISPLAY=:0.0, or to display to a remote system that has an X Server running, export DISPLAY=Remote_IP_address:0.0).

You may also need to consider a firewall that might block the display to the X Server, which listens by default on TCP port 6000 on the remote host.

To display to a remote system, you need to permit the remote display of the X Server by running the xhost +IP command, where IP is the IP address of the Network Advisor server host from the X-based desktop of the remote system.

• Make sure you test the DISPLAY definition by running the xterm command, from the same

shell from which you run install.bin. A new X terminal window to the destination X Server display should open.

• For Linux OS with the SELinux security policy enabled, make sure you complete the following

steps.

1. Disable the SELinux security policy using the setenforce 0 command.

2. Install the application (refer to “Installing the application” on page 9).

3. Enable the SELinux security policy using the setenforce 1 command.

Installing the application

Before you install the application, make sure your system meets the minimum pre-installation requirements (refer to

“Data Migration” on page 39.

SAN with SMI Agent + IP is not supported on 32-bit Windows systems. For more information, refer to

“Pre-migration requirements” on page 44.

“Pre-installation requirements” on page 8). If you are migrating data, refer to

On Windows systems, you must be an Administrator with Read and Write privileges to install Network Advisor.

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On UNIX systems, you must be the root user to install Network Advisor.

To install the new application version, complete the following steps.

1. Choose one of the following options:

• For Windows systems, open this file:

Download_Location\Application_Name\windows\install.exe.

• For UNIX systems, complete the following steps.

a. On the Management application server, go to the following directory:

Download_Location/Application_Name/UNIX_Platform/bin

b. Type the following at the command line:

ulimit -n 2000

c. Type the following at the command line:

./install.bin

sh install.bin

On Linux systems, if you double-click the install.bin file, select Run. Do not select Run in Term inal.

The following are the list of folder permission in Linux:

• BNA_HOME - 775

• Conf/schema folder(including sub-folders) - 775

• Conf folder - 775

• Data folder - 775

• Database folder - 700

• DB folder (including sub folder) - 775

• Temp folder -775

• support folder - 777

• Other folders -774

2. Click Next on the Introduction screen.

3. Read the agreement on the License Agreement screen, select I accept the terms of the License Agreement, and click Next.

4. Select the usual location for your system application files (for example, D:\Program Files\Application_Name or opt/Application_Name) on the Select Install Folder screen and click Next.

Do not install to the root directory C:\ (Windows) or / (UNIX).

5. Review the displayed installation summary on the Pre-Installation Summary screen and click Install.

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6. Make sure the Launch Configuration check box is selected (default) on the Installation Complete screen, and click Done.

If the localhost is not mapped to the loopback address, an error message displays. You must map the loopback address to the localhost (refer to

local host” on page 11) before you configure the application.

If the localhost is mapped to the loopback address, the configuration wizard displays. To configure the application, refer to one of the following sections:

“Mapping the loopback address to the

• If this is a fresh installation, refer to “Network Advisor Configuration” on page 15.

• If you are upgrading from a previous version and need to migrate data, refer to “Data

Migration” on page 39.

Mapping the loopback address to the local host

To map the loopback address to the local host, complete the following steps.

1. Open the hosts file.

For Windows, the hosts file is located in the WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc directory.

For Linux, the hosts file is located in the /etc directory

2. Add the following entries:

# For IPV4 machine

127.0.0.1 localhost

# For IPV6 enabled machine

127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost

3. Save and close the file.

To configure the application, refer to one of the following sections:

• If this is a fresh installation, refer to “Network Advisor Configuration” on page 15.

• If you are upgrading from a previous version and need to migrate data, refer to “Data

Migration” on page 39.

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Headless installation

Headless installation, also known as silent mode installation, is fully supported on all platforms. Once initiated, the headless installation requires minimal user interaction and runs based on the default values provided. Headless installation performs the actual installation; however, you must use the Configuration wizard in graphical user interface mode to copy data and settings, configure the FTP or SCP server, configure IP, and configure server ports.

Before you install Network Advisor, make sure you meet the following requirements.

Make sure all system requirements have been met prior to installation. For specific system requirements, refer to

Additional pre-installation requirements for UNIX systems (headless installation)

An X Server display is required, even when performing a headless installation, to run the initial configuration. Before you install Network Advisor, complete the following:

• Make sure that an X Server is available for display and is configured to permit X Client

applications to display from the host on which they are installing the Network Advisor server (typically, this simply requires that the system console be present and running with a logged-in user on the X Server-based desktop session, such as KDE, GNOME, and so on).

The DISPLAY can be any host X Server (for example, DISPLAY can be set to display the configuration to another UNIX system that has an X-based desktop).

“System requirements” on page 1.

• Make sure that the DISPLAY environment variable is correctly defined in the shell with a valid

value (for example, to display to the local console, export DISPLAY=:0.0, or to display to a remote system that has an X Server running, export DISPLAY=Remote_IP_Address:0.0).

To display to a remote system, you need to permit the remote display of the X Server by running the xhost +IP command, where IP is the IP address of the Network Advisor server host, on a local terminal window of the X-based desktop of the remote system.

You may also need to consider a firewall that might block the display to the X Server, which listens by default on TCP port 6000 on the remote host.

• Make sure you test the DISPLAY definition by running the xterm command from the same

shell from which you run install.bin. A new X terminal window to the destination X Server display should open.

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Headless installation

Performing a headless installation on Windows and UNIX systems

To perform a headless installation through the CLI, download the software (refer to “Downloading

the software” on page 8).

• For Windows systems, open a Command Prompt and execute this command:

install.exe -i silent -DUSER_INSTALL_DIR="C:\Program Files\Network Advisor12.3.x" -DHEADLESS_CONFIG_MODE="false”

• For UNIX systems, open a UNIX shell and execute this command: sh install.bin -i silent

-DUSER_INSTALL_DIR="/opt/Network_Advisor12_3_X"

-DHEADLESS_CONFIG_MODE="false”

The application installs in silent mode using default settings.

To configure the application, refer to one of the following sections:

• If this is a fresh installation, refer to “Network Advisor Configuration” on page 15.

• If you are upgrading from a previous version and need to migrate data, refer to “Data

Migration” on page 39.

Troubleshooting the Linux headless installation

If you have completed all of the pre-Installation requirements and you are still unable to install the application, run the following commands on the host.

1. Go to Install_Home/ (the directory containing install.bin).

2. Execute strace -f -F -v -s 1024 -o NetworkAdvisorinstall.txt ./install.bin.

3. Execute rpm -qa >> system.txt.

4. Execute ps -elf >> system.txt.

5. Execute md5sum install.bin >> system.txt.

6. Execute df -k >> system.txt.

7. Execute sh -c "xterm -e echo nothing >> system.txt 2>&1".

8. Execute env >> system.txt.

9. Execute sh -c "DISPLAY=:0.0 xterm -e echo nothing >> system.txt 2>&1".

10. Execute zip support1.zip NetworkAdvisorinstall.txt system.txt.

Send the support1.zip file output from the above (containing install.txt and system.txt) to Technical Support. This file will help Technical Support isolate the issue.

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Client-only installation

You can install a client-only application on a machine other than the server (without using a web browser) by creating a client bundle on the server, and then copying and installing that client on another machine.

Installing the client-only application

You can download the client bundle only when browser operating system and server operating system is same. Client Bundle support only 64-bit OS.

Client bundle must be triggered manually if you modify the data in the Option dialog box.

Download client is bundled with BNA server java runtime environment package.

1. Click the client bundle and download the file.

2. Extract the client bundle.

3. Navigate to the extract_location\bin directory (for example, C:\Users\user_name\desktop\Network Advisor-client\bin) and run windows and dcmclient for linux or (BNA_HOME\bin) and run windows and for linux

The Network Advisor Log In dialog box is displayed.

4. Enter the IP address of the Network Advisor server in the Network Address list.

The server must be the exact same version, edition, starting port number, and network size as the client.

You can remove a server from the Network Address list by selecting the IP address and clicking Delete.

5. Enter your user name and password.

The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively.

Do not enter Domain\User_Name in the User ID field for LDAP server authentication.

create-client-bundle.

dcmclient.bat for

create-client-bundle.bat for

6. Select or clear the Save password check box to choose whether you want the application to remember your password the next time you log in.

7. C l i c k Login.

8. Click OK on the Login Banner dialog box.

The Network Advisor application displays.

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Network Advisor Configuration

In this chapter

•Configuring Network Advisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

•Accessing the Network Advisor interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

•Syslog troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

•Installing the ODBC driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

•Smart Card driver installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

•Configuring an explicit server IP address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

•Product improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

•Configuring remote client access to the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Configuring Network Advisor

If you have not installed the application, refer to “Installation” on page 1. If you are migrating data, refer to “Data Migration” on page 39.

To configure Network Advisor, complete the following steps.

1. Click Next on the Welcome screen.

2. Click No, don’t any copy data and settings (default) on the Copy Data and Settings (Migration) screen and click Next.

You cannot migrate data from an earlier release of Network Advisor to 12.3.x after you complete the 12.3.x configuration.

To migrate data from a previous management application version, refer to “Data Migration” on page 39.

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ATTENTION

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3. Select one of the following options on the Package screen and click Next.

4. Select one of the following options on the Installation Type screen and click Next.

• SAN with SMI Agent

• IP

• SAN with SMI Agent + IP (default)

• SMI Agent Only (Go to step 8.)

SMI Agent is not supported in a Professional edition configuration.

If you choose to install only the SMI Agent, the configuration defaults to the SAN Enterprise package. When you open the Network Advisor client, a License dialog displays, where you must enter a SAN Enterprise license key to use the client. If you enter a SAN Professional Plus license key, you must downgrade your license and restart all services for the changes to take affect. For instructions, refer to the user manual or online help.

The DCX and DCX 8510-8 Backbone chassis require the Enterprise edition.

• Network Advisor - Licensed version (default)

Continue with step 5. Requires you to enter a license key during configuration to enable features and configuration.

• Network Advisor - 120 days Trial

Go to step 6. Enables you to manage IP, SAN, or SAN and IP networks from a single interface for 120 days.

If you choose to install Trial, once the trial period ends (120 days), you must upgrade to Licensed software.

• Network Advisor - Professional

Go to step 6. Bundled with Fabric OS and IronWare OS devices to manage small IP, SAN, or SAN and IP networks from a single interface.

5. (Licensed software only) If you are installing licensed software, browse to the license file (.xml) and click Next on the Server License screen.

You can also copy (Ctrl+c) and paste (Ctrl+v) the license key in to the License Key field. The License Key field is not case-sensitive.

If you use the SAN with SMI Agent +IP Enterprise license key, Event-based collection for IP discovery will be turned off.

If you use the SAN with SMI Agent +IP Enterprise license key, a message displays. Click No on the message to remain on the Server License screen and edit the license key. Click Yes to close the message and continue with

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6. Complete the following steps on the FTP/SCP/SFTP Server screen.

a. Choose one of the following options:

• Select Built-in FTP/SCP/SFTP Server (default) to configure an internal FTP/SCP/SFTP

server and select one of the following options:

- Select Built-in FTP Server to configure an internal FTP server

This is the default option. The internal FTP server uses a default account and port 21. You can configure your own account from the Options dialog box. For instructions, refer to the Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

- Select Built-in SCP/SFTP Server to configure an internal SCP/SFTP server

The internal SCP/SFTP server uses a default account and port 22. You can configure your own account from the Options dialog box. For instructions, refer to the Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

• Select External FTP/SCP/SFTP Server to configure an external FTP server.

You can configure the external FTP server settings from the Options dialog box. For instructions, refer to the Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

b. Click Next.

If port 21 or 22 is busy, a message displays. Click OK to close the message and continue. Once the Management application is configured make sure port 21 or 22 is free and restart the Server to start the FTP/SCP/SFTP service.

If you use an FTP/SCP/SFTP server that is not configured on the same machine as the Management application, the Firmware Repository feature will not be available.

You can configure the FTP/SCP/SFTP server settings from the Options dialog box. For instructions, refer to the Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

7. Configure the database password on the Database Administrator Password (dcmadmin) screen by completing the following steps.

a. Choose one of the following options:

• To use the default password, select Default password.

This is the default option. The default is password.

• To configure a new password, select New password and enter a new password in the

Password and Confirm Password fields. The password must be between 8 and 15 alphanumeric characters. Special characters except single quote (‘) are allowed.

b. Click Next.

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8. Complete the following steps on the Server IP Configuration screen.

If the Management server or client has multiple Network Interface Cards and if any of these interfaces are not plugged in, you must disable them; otherwise, the following features do not work properly:

Server impact

• Configuration wizard (does not display all IP addresses)

• Trap and Syslog auto registration

• Report content (Ipconfiguration element does not display all server IP addresses)

• Network OS configuration backup through FTP

• Tra ce dum p through F TP

Client impact

• Options dialog box (does not display all IP addresses)

• Firmware import and download dialog box

• Firmware import for Fabric OS and Network OS products

• FTP button in Technical Support Repository dialog box

• Technical supportSave of Fabric OS, Network OS, and Host products through FTP

a. Select an address from the Server IP Configuration list.

For Professional software, the Server IP Configuration address is set to “localhost” by default. You cannot change this address.

For SMI Agent, if the Server IP Configuration list contains a duplicate IP address or is empty, an error message displays and the configuration wizard closes.

b. Select an address from the Switch - Server IP Configuration Preferred Address list.

If the “hostname” contains invalid characters, the host name does not display in the list. Valid characters include alphanumeric and dash (-) characters. The IP address is selected by default. If the an IPv6 address is selected, server start up will fail.

If Domain Name System (DNS) is not configured for your network, do not select the “hostname” option from either the Server IP Configuration or Switch - Server IP Configuration Preferred Address list. Selecting the “hostname” option prevents clients and devices from communicating with the server.

If you select a specific IP address from the Server IP Configuration screen and the selected IP address changes, you will not be able to connect to the server. To change the IP address after configuration, refer to

“Configuring an explicit server IP address” on page 34.

c. Click Next.

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9. Complete the following steps on the Server Configuration screen (Figure 1).

FIGURE 1 Server Configuration screen

a. Enter a port number in the Web Server Port # (HTTPS) field (default is 443).

b. Enable HTTP redirection to HTTPS by selecting the Redirect HTTP Requests to HTTPS

check box.

When you enable HTTP redirection, the server uses port 80 to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS. You can configure the server port settings from the Options dialog box (Server Port pane). For instructions, refer to the Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

c. Enter a port number in the Database Port # field (default is 5432).

Do not use a port number below 1024.

d. Enter a port number in the Starting Port Number field (default is 24600).

For Professional software, the server requires 15 consecutive free ports beginning with the starting port number.

For Trial and Licensed software, the server requires 18 consecutive free ports beginning with the starting port number.

e. Enter a port number in the Syslog Port Number field (default is 514).

If the default syslog port number is already in use, you will not receive any syslog messages from the device. To find and stop the process currently running on the default Syslog port number, refer to “Syslog troubleshooting” on page 25.

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10. (SAN with SMI Agent + IP or SAN with SMI Agent) Complete the following steps on the SMI

f. Enter a port number in the SNMP Port Number field (default is 162).

g. Enter a port number in the TFTP Port Number field (default is 69).

h. Click Next.

If you enter a syslog port number already in use, a message displays. Click No on the message to remain on the Server Configuration screen and edit the syslog port number. Click Yes to close the message.

If you enter a port number already in use, a Warning displays next to the associated port number field. Edit that port number and click Next.

If you are configuring Professional software, go to step 13.

If you are configuring IP Enterprise, go to step 12.

Agent Configuration screen.

a. Enable the SMI Agent by selecting the Enable SMI Agent check box.

b. Enable the SLP by selecting the Enable SLP check box, if necessary.

Only enabled after you select the Enable SMI Agent check box.

c. Enable the SSL by selecting the Enable SSL check box, if necessary.

Only enabled after you select the Enable SMI Agent check box.

d. Enter the SMI Agent port number in the SMI Agent Port # field (default is 5989 if SSL

Enabled is selected; otherwise, the default is 5988).

e. Click Next.

11. (SAN Enterprise or SMI Agent) Select one of the following options on the SAN Network Size screen and click Next:

Port count is equal to the total number of switch ports across all fabrics.

SAN with SMI Agent + IP edition is not supported on a 32-bit Windows system.

• Small (managing up to 2000 switch ports, 1-20 domains)

• Medium (managing up to 5000 switch ports, 21-60 domains)

• Large (managing up to 15000 switch ports, 61-120 domains)

For full performance and dashboard functionality, the Large option of the SAN Enterprise edition only supports 5000 switch ports on a 32-bit system.

If you are configuring IP Enterprise, continue with step 12; otherwise, go to step 13.

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12. (IP Enterprise) Select one of the following options on the IP Network Size screen and click Next:

Port count is equal to the total number of all managed product ports.

SAN with SMI Agent + IP edition is not supported on a 32-bit Windows system.

• Small (managing up to 1-20 products)

• Medium (managing up to 21-200 products)

• Large (managing up to 201-5050 products)

13. Enable feature usage data transfer from the application by selecting the Yes, I want to participate option.

If you do not want to participate in feature usage data transfer, make sure the No, Thank You option is selected. You can stop participating at any time. To view an example of the usage data, click View Example Data.

To stop participating in feature usage data transfer after configuration, refer to “Product

improvement” on page 35.

14. Verify your configuration information on the Server Configuration Summary screen and click Next.

15. Complete the following steps on the Start Server screen.

a. (Trial and Licensed only) Select the Start SMI Agent check box, if necessary.

Only enabled if you enabled SMI Agent on the SMI Agent Configuration screen.

b. (Trial and Licensed only) Select the Start SLP check box, if necessary.

Only enabled if you enabled SLP on the SMI Agent Configuration screen.

c. Select the Start Client check box, if necessary.

Only displays if you selected SAN with SMI Agent + IP or SAN with SMI Agent on the Package screen.

d. Click Finish.

After all of the services are started, the Log In dialog box displays.

To make changes to the configuration, you can re-launch the configuration wizard (refer to

“Configuring an explicit server IP address” on page 34).

16. Enter your user name and password.

The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively.

Do not enter Domain\User_Name in the User ID field for LDAP server authentication.

17. Cli ck Login.

18. Click OK on the Network Advisor Login Banner.

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Accessing the Network Advisor interfaces

Use the following procedures to access Network Advisor from the server and client as well as to access the Server Management Console and the SMI Agent Configuration Tool.

Logging into a server

You must log into a server to monitor your network.

You must have an established user account on the server to log in.

1. Double-click the desktop icon or open the application from the Start menu.

The Log In dialog box displays.

2. Log into another server by entering the IP address to the other server in the Network Address field.

The server must be the exact same version, edition, starting port number, and network size as the client.

You can remove a server from the Network Address list by selecting the IP address and clicking Delete.

3. Enter your user name and password.

The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively.

Do not enter Domain\User_Name in the User ID field for LDAP server authentication.

4. Select or clear the Save password check box to choose whether you want the application to remember your password the next time you log in.

5. Click Login.

6. Click OK on the Login Banner dialog box.

The Network Advisor application displays.

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Launching a remote client

The remote client requires Oracle JRE 1.7.0_60. For the website listing patch information, go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.

For higher performance, use a 64-bit JRE.

1. Open a web browser and enter the IP address of the Network Advisor server in the Address bar.

If the web server port number does not use the default, you must enter the web server port number in addition to the IP address; for example, IP_Address:Port_Number.

The default port number for the Network Advisor web server is 443 if SSL is enabled; otherwise, the default is 80.

The Network Advisor web start screen displays.

2. Click the Network Advisor web start link.

The Log In dialog box displays.

3. Log into another server by entering the IP address to the other server in the Network Address field.

The server must be the exact same version, edition, starting port number, and network size as the client.

You can r emove a s erver from the Network Address list by selected the IP address and clicking Delete.

4. Enter your user name and password.

The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively.

Do not enter Domain\User_Name in the User ID field for LDAP server authentication.

5. Select or clear the Save password check box to choose whether you want the application to remember your password the next time you log in.

6. Click Login.

7. C l i c k OK on the Login Banner dialog box.

The Network Advisor application displays.

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Launching the SMC on Windows

Open the Server Management Console from the Start menu on the Network Advisor server.

You can also drag the SMC icon onto your desktop as a short cut.

Launching the SMC on Linux

The Server Management Console is a graphical user interface and should be launched from the XConsole on Linux systems.

Double-click the SMC icon on your desktop.

1. On the Network Advisor server, go to the following directory:

Install_Directory/bin

2. Type the following at the command line:

./smc OR sh smc

Launching the SMIA Configuration Tool

1. Launch the Server Management Console from the Start menu.

2. Click Configure SMI Agent.

The SMIA Configuration Tool Log In dialog box displays.

3. Enter your user name and password.

The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively.

4. Click Login.

Launching the SMIA Configuration Tool remote client

The remote client requires Oracle JRE 1.7.0_60. For the website listing patch information, go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.

1. Open a web browser and enter the IP address of the Network Advisor server in the Address bar.

If the web server port number does not use the default, you must enter the web server port number in addition to the IP address; for example, IP_Address:Port_Number.

The default port number for the Network Advisor web server is 443 if SSL is enabled; otherwise, the default is 80.

The Network Advisor web start screen displays.

2. Click the SMIA Configuration Tool web start link.

The SMIA Configuration Tool Log In dialog box displays.

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3. Enter your user name and password.

The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively.

4. Select or clear the Save password check box to choose whether you want the application to remember your password the next time you log in.

5. Click Login.

The SMIA Configuration Tool displays.

Syslog troubleshooting

If the default syslog port number is already in use, you will not receive any syslog messages from the device. Use one of the following procedures (depending on your operating system), to determine which process is running on the syslog port and to stop the process.

Finding the process

1. Open a command window.

Syslog troubleshooting

2. Choose one of the following options:

• On Linux systems, type netstat –nap | grep 514 and press Enter.

The process running on port 514 displays.

Example output: UDP 0 0 ::ffff:127:0:0:1:514 :::* 27397.

• On Windows systems, type netstat –anb | find /i “514” and press Enter.

The process running on port 514 displays.

Example output: UDP 127:0:0:1:514 *:* 3328.

Stopping the process

Choose one of the following options:

• On Linux systems, type kill -9 “ProcessID”, where ProcessID is the ID of the process you

want to stop, and press Enter.

For example, kill -9 “27397”.

• On Windows systems, type taskkill /F /PID “ProcessID”, where ProcessID is the ID of

the process you want to stop, and press Enter.

For example, taskkill /F /PID "3328".

1. Select Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Windows Task Manager.

2. Click the Processes tab.

3. Click the PID column header to sort the processes by PID.

4. Select the process you want to stop and click End Process.

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Installing the ODBC driver

You must have the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) driver to allow remote clients to export data and generate reports. The ODBC driver enables you to configure the data source name (DSN) for the Network Advisor database.

Installing the ODBC driver on Windows systems

To install the ODBC driver, complete the following steps.

1. Double-click edb_psqlodbc.exe located on the DVD (DVD_Drive/Network Advisor/odbc/Windows).

2. Install the file to the usual location for your system’s application files (for example, C:\Program Files\Network Advisor ODBC Driver) on the Select Install Folder screen and click Next.

If you select an invalid location, the ODBC driver is installed in a different location than where the ODBC executable drivers are located.

3. On the Ready to Install screen, click Next.

4. Click Finish to complete the installation.

Adding the data source on Windows systems

1. To add the data source, complete the following steps. Choose one of the following options:

• (32-bit OS) Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Data Sources

(ODBC).

• (64-bit OS) (Windows only) Select Start > Run, type %windir%\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe,

and press Enter.

The ODBC Data Source Administrator dialog box displays.

2. Click the System DSN tab.

3. Click Add.

The Create a New Data Source dialog box displays.

4. Select PostgreSQL Unicode.

5. Click Finish.

The PostgreSQL Unicode ODBC Driver (psqlODBC) Setup dialog box displays.

6. Enter a name for the data source in the Datasource field.

7. Enter the description of the Network Advisor database in the Description field.

8. Enter the name of the Network Advisor database in the Database field.

9. Select enable or disable from the SSL Mode list to specify whether or not to use SSL when connecting to the database.

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10. Enter the IP address or host name of the Network Advisor server in the Server field.

11. Enter the database server port number in the Port Number field.

12. Enter the database user name in the User Name field.

13. Enter the password in the Password field.

14. Click Test to test the connection.

You can also use the Windows ODBC Driver Manager to add the DSN for the Linux database server.

15. Click OK on the Connection Test dialog box.

16. Click Save.

17. Cli ck OK on the ODBC Data Source Administrator dialog box.

Installing the ODBC driver on Linux systems

To install the ODBC driver, complete the following steps.

1. Execute the following command in the terminal:

> su >chmod 777 edb_psqlodbc.bin > ./edb_psqlodbc.bin

For 32-bit Linux systems, the installer file is located in DVD/BROCADE/Network Advisor/odbc/Linux/ edb_psqlodbc.bin.

For 64-bit Linux systems, the installer file is located in DVD/BROCADE/Network Advisor/odbc/Linux_64/ edb_psqlodbc.bin.

2. On the Setup psqlODBC screen, click Next.

3. Install the file to the usual location for your system’s application files (for example, /opt/PostgreSQL/psqlODBC) on the Installation Directory screen and click Next.

If you select an invalid location, the ODBC driver is installed in a different location than where the ODBC executable drivers are located.

4. On the Ready to Install screen, click Next.

5. On the Completing the psqlODBC Setup Wizard screen, click Finish to complete the installation.

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Adding the datasource on Linux systems

Before you edit the INI files, install Network Advisor (refer to “Installation” on page 1) and make sure the PostgreSQL database is up and running.

For RedHat and Oracle Enterprise systems, the odbc.ini and odbcinst.ini files are located in /etc. For SUSE systems, the odbc.ini and odbcinst.ini files are located in /etc/unixODBC.

1. Open the odbc.ini file in an editor and enter the datasource information as follows:

[TestDB] Description = PostgreSQL 9.2 Driver = /opt/PostgreSQL/psqlODBC/lib/psqlodbcw.so Database = dcmdb Servername = 172.26.1.54 UserName = dcmadmin Password = passw0rd Port = 5432

2. Save and close the odbc.ini file.

3. Open the odbcinst.ini file in a text editor and make sure that the driver path information is correct.

After you install the PostgreSQL ODBC driver, the odbcinst.ini should automatically update the driver path. If the driver path is not updated, add the following:

[psqlODBC] Description=PostgreSQL ODBC driver Driver=/opt/PostgreSQL/psqlODBC/lib/psqlodbcw.so

4. Save and close the odbcinst.ini file.

Testing the connection on Linux systems

To test the connection, complete the following steps.

1. Download and install Open Office.

2. Select File > New > Database.

The Database Wizard displays.

3. On the Select database screen, complete the following steps.

a. Select the Connect to an existing database option.

b. Select ODBC from the list.

c. Click Next.

4. On the Set up ODBC connection screen, complete the following steps.

a. Click Browse.

The datasource saved in the odbc.ini file is populated in the Datasource dialog box.

b. Select the datasource and click OK on the Datasource dialog box.

c. Click Next.

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5. On the Set up user authentication screen, complete the following steps.

a. Enter the database user name in the User name field.

b. Select the Password required check box.

c. Click Test Connection to test the connection.

The Authentication Password dialog box displays.

d. Enter the database password in the Password field and click OK.

e. Click OK on the Connection Test dialog box.

For 32-bit Linux systems, if an error message (file not found while testing the connection) displays, copy the lib files from the <postgresSQL path>/lib/* directory to the /usr/lib/ directory.

For 64-bit Linux systems, if an error message (cannot open library) displays, complete the following steps:

1. Execute the following command:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/lib/:/usr/lib64/:/opt/PostgreSQL/p sqlODBC/lib/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

2. Navigate to the Postgres ODBC library (default location is opt/PostgreSQL/psqlODBC/lib/).

3. Create a list of missing libraries by executing the following command:

ldd psqlodbcw.so

Missing files display as: libodbc.so.1=> not found

4. Find shared libraries with the same name as the missing library by executing the following command:

find –name libodbc.so*

5. Create a soft link for libodbc.so.1 pointing to libodbc.so.2.0.0 by executing the following command:

ln -s libodbc.so.1 libodbc.so.2.0.0

f. Click Next.

6. On the Save and proceed screen, click Finish.

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Smart Card driver installation

Windows operating systems do not require smart card drivers to be installed separately; the driver is bundled with the operating system. However, you must install a smart card driver for the Linux operating systems. You must install both the special USB Chip/Smart Card Interface Device (USB CCID) and the PC/SC IFD driver. You can download the source code and compile it from one of the following websites:

• USB CCID (ccid-1.3.7.tar.bz2)

Open Source URL: http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/ccid.html.

• Muscle PC/SC IFD Driver (pcsc-lite-1.4.101.tar.gz)

Open Source URL: https://alioth.debian.org/frs/?group id=30105.

The Encryption Manager Client within Network Advisor provides the binary code on both platforms for installation. You must uncompress or untar the file depending on the platform. The procedures for the local client and the remote client configurations follow. The thirdparty/pscs-lite-1.4.101-linux-x86.tar.gz file can be found on the Network Advisor DVD.

Installing the Smart Card driver on the local client

1. Verify that the /opt directory exists.

If the /opt directory does not exist, create an /opt directory. If you want to install the driver in a different directory, create that directory. Otherwise, skip this step.

> su > mkdir /opt

2. Copy the appropriate pscs file for your platform (Linux) from the DVD and rename the file as pcsc-lite-1.4.101-linux-x86.tar.gz file.

3. Log in as the superuser to untar the pcsc-lite-1.4.101-linux-x86.tar.gz file.

> su > cd /opt > gunzip pcsc-lite-1.4.101-linux-x86.tar.gz > tar -xvf pcsc-lite-1.4.101-linux-x86.tar

After the pcsc_lite_1.4.101.tar file is extracted, the necessary binary, library, and smart card drivers are stored in the /opt/pcsc directory.

4. If you installed a pcsc directory into a location other than /opt, modify the pcscctl script to change “/opt” to the directory you specified in

> cd <new_dir> > vi pcscctl

Search for “/opt” and change it to the name of the new directory.

step 1.

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5. Create a soft link into the system directory. This is to support the automatic restart of the pcscd daemon upon system restart.

If you installed the pcsc directory into the /opt directory, just create the soft link. Otherwise, use the name of the new directory in place of /opt.

S.u.s.e> ln –s /opt/pcsc/pcscctl /etc/init.d/pcscd S.u.s.e> chkconfig --add pcscd

redhat> ln –s /opt/pcsc/pcscctl /etc/init.d/pcscd redhat> chkconfig --add pcscd

Before you enter chkconfig --add pcscd, you can enter chkconfig –list | grep pcscd to verify that the pcscd file is already on the list. If it already exists, you do

not need to enter chkconfig –add pcscd. After you reboot the system, you should expect the following links under /etc/rc2.d, /etc/rc3.d, /etc/rc3.d, /etc/rc4.d, and /etc/rc5.d.

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 28 01:50 S94pcscd -> ../init.d/pcscd

For some Linux vendors, the Smart Card driver may come with the operating system. In this case, extra system configuration may be needed. For more information, refer to

“Detecting and correcting a default Linux Smart Card driver” on page 32.

6. Start the pcscd daemon or stop the pcscd daemon.

To start pcscd, type:

> /opt/pcsc/pcscctl start

To stop pcscd, type:

> /opt/pcsc/pcscctl stop

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Installing the Smart Card driver on the remote client

1. Complete steps 1 through 4 in “Installing the Smart Card driver on the local client” on page 30.

2. Run the following commands to support remote clients (Web Start).

> cd /usr/lib > ln –s /opt/pcsc/lib/libpcsclite.so .

If a soft link exists on libpcsclite.so, make sure that the final file is linked to /opt/pcsc/lib/libpcsclite.so.xxx. It is recommended that you back up the original.

Example

> ls –l libpcsc*

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Aug 4 16:16 libpcsclite.so -> libpcsclite.so.1.0.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jun 4 12:30 libpcsclite.so.1 -> libpcsclite.so.1.0.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Aug 5 14:36 libpcsclite.so.1.0.0

> mv libpcsclite.so.1.0.0 libpcsclite.so.1.0.0.org > ln -s /opt/pcsc/lib/libpcsclite.so.1.0.0 libpcsclite.so.1.0.0

> ls –l libpcsc*

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 35428 Aug 4 16:17 libpcsclite.so.1.0.0.org

Detecting and correcting a default Linux Smart Card driver

This section applies to the Linux system only. Some Linux systems may provide a default Smart Card driver and have their own setup to activate it. In this case, you must use the driver provided with Network Advisor. Otherwise, there could be an incompatibility issue between the driver and the native library that could cause a driver detection failure. Complete the following steps to discover whether a default driver already exists and how to reconfigure the driver environment.

1. Detect a different Smart Card driver by running the following commands:

> cd / > find . –name pcscd –print

If the results contain “pcscd”, and it is not located under /opt/pcsc or /etc/init.d/pcscd, a different driver exists on the system.

2. Make sure the pcscd file on the /etc/init.d directory is linked to /opt/pcsc/pcscctl by running the following commands:

> cd /etc/init.d > ls –l pcscd

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Jul 28 01:29 pcscd -> /opt/pcsc/pcscctl

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3. If there is an existing pcscd script in this directory, you can move and rename this file before you overwrite it.

> mv /etc/init.d/pcscd /etc/init.d/pcscd.org

4. Create a soft link using the following command.

> ln –s /opt/pcsc/pcscctl /etc/init.d/pcscd

The existing pcscd.org script in this directory implies that a different driver version exists. You can compare the existing one with the one under /opt/pcsc/pcscd/sbin. If the size is different and the existing pcscd script contains the following information, you must clean up the driver configuration. The example below shows a different pscsd.org script and how to do the configuration cleanup. The configuration level is 2345, the start priority is 25, and the stop priority is 88.

> more /etc/init.d/pcscd

#!/bin/sh # # pcscd Starts the pcscd Daemon # # chkconfig: 2345 25 88

5. Remove the existing pcscd start priority file by deleting the file as SNNpcscd, where NN is the start priority. For example, from the preceding step, the file name is S25pcscd.

> find /etc/. –name “S25pcscd” –exec rm {} \; -print > sync;sync;sync > reboot

After the reboot, the new configuration from the /opt/pcsc/pcscctl file should be under the

/etc/rc2.d, /etc/rc3.d, /etc/rc4.d, and /etc/rc5.d directories.

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 28 01:50 S94pcscd -> ../init.d/pcscd

6. For the remote client, ensure that the Smart Card native library is linked to the one under /opt/pcsc/lib.

> cd / > find . –name libpcsclite.so* -print

If the library libpcsclite.so* exists in multiple locations, you must ensure that there is only one library under /lib or /usr/lib, and that it is linked to the library on /opt/pcsc/lib correctly. For example, to find a copy of the library on /lib, use the following commands.

> cd /lib > ls –al libpcsclite.so

If a copy of the library exists, either remove it or save it as a backup.

To find a copy of the library on /usr/lib, use the following commands.

> cd /usr/lib > ls –al libpcsclite.so

Use this copy for the soft link.

> ln –s /opt/pcsc/lib/libpcsclite.so /usr/lib/.

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Configuring an explicit server IP address

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Configuring an explicit server IP address

If you selected a specific IP address from the Server IP Configuration screen during installation and the selected IP address changes, you will not be able to connect to the server. To connect to the new IP address, you must manually update the IP address information.

To change the IP address, complete the following steps.

1. Choose one of the following options:

• On Windows systems, select Start > Programs > Network Advisor 12.3.0 > Network

Advisor Configuration.

• On UNIX systems, execute sh Install_Home/bin/configwizard in terminal.

2. Click Next on the Welcome screen.

3. Click Yes on the confirmation message.

4. Click Next on the FTP Server screen.

5. Complete the following steps on the Server IP Configuration screen.

a. Select an address from the Server IP Configuration list.

b. Select an address from the Switch - Server IP Configuration Preferred Address list.

The host name does not display in the list if it contains invalid characters. Valid characters include alphanumeric and dash (-) characters. The IP address is selected by default. If the an IPv6 address is selected, server startup will fail.

If DNS is not configured for your network, do not select the “hostname” option from either the Server IP Configuration or Switch - Server IP Configuration Preferred Address list. Selecting the “hostname” option prevents clients and devices from communicating with the server.

c. Click Next.

6. Click Next on the Server Configuration screen.

7. (SAN with SMI Agent or SAN with SMI Agent + IP packages) Click Next on the SMI Agent Configuration screen.

8. Verify your Server Name on the Server Configuration Summary screen and click Next.

9. Click Finish on the Start Server screen.

10. Click Yes on the restart server confirmation message.

11. Enter your user name and password and click Login.

The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively.

Do not enter Domain\User_Name in the User ID field for LDAP server authentication.

12. Click OK on the Login Banner.

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Product improvement

To improve its products, Brocade is collecting usage statistics from the field. If you agree to participate in the program, the Network Advisor server will transmit data back to the secure Brocade web server (HTTPS). The Brocade web server is hosted in a Brocade network.

Brocade collects the following usage data:

• Installation details

- The version information (such as Major, M ino r, Revision, and Patch)

- The Edition (such as Enterprise, Professional Plus, or Professional)

- The Package (such as SAN, IP, or SAN + IP)

- Whether SSL is enabled or not

- Generates a unique identifier based on the MAC address

- The operating system (such as Windows or Linux)

• User actions

- Top l eve l menu a ction s

- Tool bar actions

- Right-click menu actions

• Feature details

- Feature name

- Button identifier (such as OK, Help, or Cancel, and so on)

Product improvement

Enabling product improvement data transfer

You can enable feature usage data transfer during installation or migration. For more information, refer to once your system is up and running.

To enable feature usage data transfer from the application, complete the following steps.

1. Select Server > Options.

2. Select Product Improvement in the Category list.

3. Select the Yes, I want to participate option.

4. Click OK to save your selection and close the Options dialog box.

“Installation” on page 1. You can also enable data transfer from the Options dialog box

The Options dialog box displays.

To view an example of the usage data, click View Example Data.

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Disabling product improvement data transfer

You can disable feature usage data transfer from the Options dialog box once your system is up and running.

To disable feature usage data transfer from the application, complete the following steps.

1. Select Server > Options.

The Options dialog box displays.

2. Select Product Improvement in the Category list.

3. Select the No, thank you option.

4. Click OK to save your selection and close the Options dialog box.

Data transfer

If you agree to participate in the program, these are the actions that occur on the client and server.

1. You log in to the Network Advisor client.

The main window displays.

2. The application automatically schedules a timer.

The timer is configured with an initial delay of 5 minutes and an interval of 24 hours.

3. Once scheduled, the client triggers the scheduled data transfer.

4. The client checks the reachability of the Brocade web server for the data transfer to make sure that the client workstation has HTTP connectivity.

If the Brocade web server is reachable, the client schedules the timer.

5. The client triggers the schedule to run in 5 minutes and then every 24 hours thereafter.

6. When the scheduled timer runs, the client requests the server to transfer the usage data.

7. The server determines the availability of the data based on the following details:

• Last transfer timestamp must be greater than 24 hours to avoid frequent data uploads.

• Data must be available for transfer. Data availability is determined by the difference

between the last data transfer and the current data.

8. The client requests a data transfer.

If data is available, the server nominates the client to transfer data. Once nominated, any further upload requests are denied.

If the nominated client’s session is ended or stuck, the session is invalidated and the state is cleared.

9. The nominated client requests the server to prepare the data.

10. The server compiles the usage data text file into a .zip file using the following naming convention: UUID_usagedata_file_creataion_timestamp, where UUID is the unique identification of the server based on the MAC address.

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11. When the file is successfully created, the client changes the state of the data transfer to “Uploading” and transmits the data.

The client transmits the data securely to the Brocade web server using the Apache HTTP Components third-party library. The client communicates with the Brocade web server using an authorization token.

12. When the transfer is complete, the client updates the Brocade web server database with the transfer status (success or failure). The client also triggers an application event with the following details: success or failure, source client IP address, and source user name.

Configuring remote client access to the database

1. Open the pg_hba.conf file (in the Install_Home\data\databases\ directory).

2. To allow all IPv4 remote connections for all users, search for the following text and uncomment the second line:

# IPv4 remote connections (Uncomment below line to allow all IPv4 remote users): #host all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5

3. To allow all IPv6 remote connections for all users, search for the following text and uncomment the second line:

# IPv6 remote connections (Uncomment below line to allow all IPv6 remote users): #host all all ::0/0 md5

4. To allow access to a specific IPv4 address, search for the following text and uncomment the second line:

# Uncomment below line and provide IPV4 address to allow specific IPv4 remote user #host all all <IPV4 address>/32 md5

5. To allow access to a specific IPv6 address, search for the following text and uncomment the second line:

# Uncomment below line and provide IPV6 address to allow specific IPv6 remote user #host all all <IPV6 address>/128 md5

6. Save and close the file.

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Data Migration

In this chapter

•Upgrading the license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

•Supported migration paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

•Pre-migration requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

•Migrating data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Upgrading the license

The quickest and simplest method of moving from one package to another is to enter the new license information on the Network Advisor License dialog box. The following tables list the available upgrade paths:

TABLE 10 SAN upgrade paths

Current software release To software release

SAN Professional SAN Professional Plus Trial or Licensed version

SAN Enterprise Trial or Licensed version

SAN Professional Plus Licensed version SAN Enterprise Licensed version

SAN + IP Enterprise Licensed version

SAN Enterprise Trial SAN Enterprise Licensed version

SAN Enterprise SAN + IP Enterprise Licensed version

TABLE 11 IP upgrade paths

Current software release To software release

IP Professional IP Base Trial or Licensed version

IP Base Trial IP Base Licensed version

SAN + IP Enterprise Licensed version

IP Base Licensed version (lower count) IP Base Licensed version (higher count)

SAN + IP Enterprise Licensed version

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TABLE 12 SAN + IP upgrade paths

Current software release To software release

SAN + IP Professional SAN Professional Plus + IP Trial or Enterprise

Licensed version SAN + IP Enterprise Trial or Licensed version

SAN Professional Plus + IP Enterprise Trial SAN Professional Plus + IP Enterprise Licensed

version SAN + IP Enterprise Trial or Licensed version

SAN Professional Plus + IP Enterprise Licensed version

SAN + IP Enterprise Trial SAN + IP Enterprise Licensed Version

1. Select Help > License.

The Network Advisor License dialog box displays.

2. Browse to the license file (.xml) and click Update.

3. Click OK on the Network Advisor License dialog box.

4. Click OK on the message.

The Client closes after updating the license successfully. Restart the Server from the Server Management Console for the changes to take effect.

5. Open the application (double-click the desktop icon or open from the Start menu).

The Log In dialog box displays.

6. Enter your user name and password.

The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively. If you migrated from a previous release, your user name and password do not change.

Do not enter Domain\User_Name in the User ID field for LDAP server authentication.

SAN + IP Enterprise Licensed version

IP Enterprise Licensed version

7. Select or clear the Save password check box to choose whether you want the application to remember your password the next time you log in.

8. Click Login.

9. Click OK on the Network Advisor Login Banner.

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NOTE

Enterprise and Professional Plus editions are not supported on 32-bit servers. To migrate Enterprise and Professional Plus editions to a 64-bit server, refer to

migrating from one server to another” on page 44.

Direct migration is not supported on pre-12.0.X releases. Table 13 shows the migration paths from DCFM, INM, and Network Advisor 12.3.X or earlier releases.

Network Advisor 11.1.X includes 11.1.0, 11.1.1, 11.1.2, 11.1.3, 11.1.4, and 11.1.5.

Network Advisor 11.2.X includes 11.2.0, 11.2.1, and 11.2.2.

TABLE 13 Pre-12.3.X release migration path matrix

Network Advisor

11.1.X 11.2.X 11.3.X 12.0.X 12.1.x 12.2.x 12.3.x

Supported migration paths

“Pre-migration requirements when

DCFM 10.4.X Direct

migratio n

INM 3.3 INM

3.3.X > Network Advisor

11.0.X > Network Advisor

11.1.X

Network Advisor

11.0.X

Network Advisor

11.1.X

Direct migratio n

DCFM 10.4.X > Network Advisor 11.1.X > Network Advisor 11.2.X

INM 3.3.X >Network Advisor 11.0.X > Network Advisor 11.1.X > Network Advisor 11.2.X

Network Advisor 11.0.X > Network Advisor 11.1.X > Network Advisor 11.2.X

Direct migration

DCFM 10.4.X >Network Advisor

11.1.X > Network Advisor 11.3.X >

INM 3.3.X >Network Advisor

11.0.X > Network Advisor 11.1.X > Network Advisor

11.3.X

Network Advisor

11.0.X > Network Advisor 11.1.X > Network Advisor

11.3.X

Direct migration Direct migration Network

DCFM 10.4.X > Network Advisor

11.1.X > Network Advisor

12.0.X

INM 3.3.X > Network Advisor

11.0.X > Network Advisor

11.1.X > Network Advisor

12.0.X

Network Advisor

11.0.X > Network Advisor

11.1.X > Network Advisor

12.0.X

DCFM 10.4.X > Network Advisor 11.1.X > Network Advisor 12.0.X > Network Advisor 12.1.x

INM 3.3.X > Network Advisor 11.0.X > Network Advisor 11.1.X > Network Advisor 12.0.X > Network Advisor 12.1.x

Network Advisor 11.0.X > Network Advisor 11.1.X > Network Advisor 12.0.X > Network Advisor 12.1.x

Advisor 11.1.X > Network Advisor 12.0.X > Network Advisor 12.1.x

DCFM 10.4.X > Network Advisor

11.1.X > Network Advisor 12.0.X > Network Advisor

12.2.x

INM 3.3.X > Network Advisor

11.0.X > Network Advisor 11.1.X > Network Advisor

12.0.X > Network Advisor

12.2.x

Network Advisor

11.0.X > Network Advisor

11.1.X > Network Advisor 12.0.X > Network Advisor

12.2.x

Network Advisor

11.1.X > Network Advisor 12.0.X > Network Advisor

12.2.x

DCFM 10.4.X > Network Advisor

11.1.X > Network Advisor 12.0.X > Network Advisor

12.3.x

INM 3.3.X > Network Advisor

11.0.X > Network Advisor 11.1.X > Network Advisor

12.0.X > Network Advisor

12.3.x

Network Advisor

11.0.X > Network Advisor 11.1.X > Network Advisor

12.0.X > Network Advisor 12.3.x

Network Advisor

11.1.X > Network Advisor 12.0.X > Network Advisor

12.3.x

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TABLE 13 Pre-12.3.X release migration path matrix

Network Advisor

11.1.X 11.2.X 11.3.X 12.0.X 12.1.x 12.2.x 12.3.x

Network Advisor

11.2.X

Network Advisor

11.3.x

Network Advisor

12.0.x

Network Advisor

12.1.x

Network Advisor

12.2.x

Not support ed

Direct migration

Not supported Direct migration Direct migration Direct

Not supported Not supported Direct migration Direct

Not supported Not supported Not supported Direct

Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Direct migration Direct migration

Direct migration Direct migration Network

Advisor 11.2.X > Network Advisor 12.0.X > Network Advisor 12.1.x

migration

Network Advisor

11.2.X > Network Advisor 12.0.X > Network Advisor

12.2.x

Network Advisor

11.3.X > Network Advisor 12.0.X > Network Advisor

12.2.x

Direct migration Direct migration

Network Advisor

11.2.X > Network Advisor 12.0.X > Network Advisor

12.3.x

Network Advisor

11.3.X > Network Advisor 12.0.X > Network Advisor

12.3.x

Tab le 14 shows the direct migration paths from the Network Advisor 12.0.X or later Professional,

Trial, and Licensed versions. For the step-by-step migration procedure, refer to “Migrating data” on page 48.

Network Advisor 12.0.X includes 12.0.0, 12.0.1, 12.0.2, 12.0.3, and 12.0.4.

Network Advisor 12.1.X includes 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.4, 12.1.5, and 12.1.6.

Network Advisor 12.2.X includes only 12.2.0.

TABLE 14 Network Advisor version migration paths

Current version Professional version Trial Version Licensed Version

Enterprise Professional

Plus

Network Advisor 12.0.X/12.1.X Professional Ye s

Network Advisor 12.0.X Professional Plus trial No Yes

Network Advisor 12.0.X/12.1.X Professional Plus Licensed No No Yes

Network Advisor 12.0.X/12.1.X Enterprise trial No Yes

Network Advisor 12.0.X /12.1.X Enterprise Licensed No No No Yes

Network Advisor 12.2.0 Professional Yes

Yes

No Yes

Yes

Enterprise

Yes

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TABLE 14 Network Advisor version migration paths

Current version Professional version Trial Version Licensed Version

Enterprise Professional

Plus

Network Advisor 12.2.0 Professional Plus Licensed No No Yes

Network Advisor 12.2.0 Enterprise trial No Yes No Yes

Network Advisor 12.2.0 Enterprise Licensed No No No Yes

Network Advisor 12.0.X/12.3.X Professional Plus Licensed No No Yes Yes

Network Advisor 12.0.X/12.3.X Enterprise trial No Yes No Yes

Network Advisor 12.0.X /12.3.X Enterprise Licensed No No No Yes

1. Migration from pre-12. 0.0 releases does not support partial data migration and network path migration.

2. Local path migration is only supported when you partially uninstall the current version. Network path migration (whether the current version is fully installed or partially uninstalled) is always supported.

Enterprise

Yes

Tab le 15 shows the migration paths from SMI Agent only. For the step-by-step migration

procedures, refer to “Migrating data” on page 48.

TABLE 15 SMI Agent only migration paths

Current version Professional version Trial version Licensed Version SMI Agent only

Network Advisor 12.0.X/12.1.X SMI Agent only

Professional Plus

No No No No No Ye s

Enterprise Professional

Plus

Enterprise

DCFM migration paths

Before you migrate from DCFM to Network Advisor 11.0.X, 11.1.0, 11.1.1, or 11.1.2, you must reset your DCFM password back to the default (password).

You cannot migrate directly from DCFM 10.0.X, DCFM 10.1.X or DCFM 10.3.X to Network Advisor

12.3.0. You must first migrate to DCFM 10.4.X, then migrate to Network Advisor 11.1.X, then

migrate to Network Advisor 12.0.X, then migrate to Network Advisor 12.3.0.

To migrate from DCFM 10.0.X, DCFM 10.1.X or DCFM 10.3.X to DCFM 10.4.X, contact your customer representative. To migrate from DCFM 10.4.X to Network Advisor 11.1.X, refer to Network Advisor Migration Guide for Network

Advisor 11.1.X.

INM migration paths

You cannot migrate directly from INM to Network Advisor 12.3.0. You must first migrate to Network Advisor 11.0.X, then migrate to Network Advisor 11.1.X, then migrate to Network Advisor 12.0.X, then migrate to Network Advisor 12.3.0. To migrate from INM to Network Advisor 11.1.X, contact your customer representative.

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EFCM and Fabric Manager migration paths

You cannot migrate directly from EFCM or Fabric Manager to Network Advisor 12.3.0. To migrate from EFCM or Fabric Advisor 11.1.X, then migrate to Network Advisor 12.0.X, then migrate to Network Advisor 12.3.0. For more information about migrating from EFCM or Fabric Manager to DCFM 10.3.X, contact your customer representative.

Manager, you must first migrate to DCFM 10.3.X, then migrate to Network

Pre-migration requirements

Before you install Network Advisor, make sure you meet the following pre-migration requirements.

• Make sure all system requirements have been met prior to installation. For specific system

requirements, refer to

• Check for and install the latest Java patches for your operating system. Network Advisor

requires Oracle JRE http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.

• Make sure that you fully back up your current Management application data on your

management server.

• Make sure you close all instances of the application before migrating.

• Make sure to install Network Advisor on the same system as your current Management

application.

• If you are migrating within the same release or you are migrating from Professional to Licensed

software, make sure to partially uninstall (refer to

• Partial data migration is not supported from pre-12.0.0 releases. If you are migrating data from

a partially uninstalled source, complete the following steps:

1.7.0_60. For the web site listing patch information, go to

“System requirements” on page 1.

“Uninstallation” on page 57) the application.

1. Re-install your current Network Advisor version on the same machine and migrate the

partially uninstalled data.

If your current release is pre-11.3.X, you must migrate to Network Advisor 11.3.0 or later. Refer to

2. Install Network Advisor 12.1 (refer to “Installation” on page 1) on the same machine and

migrate your data (refer to “Migrating data” on page 48).

Tab le 13 on page 41 for the release migration path.

Pre-migration requirements when migrating from one server to another

If you are migrating from Network Advisor 12.0.X, Network Advisor 12.1.X, or Network Advisor

12.2.X on a 32-bit Windows server to Network Advisor 12.3.0 on a 64-bit Windows server, complete

the following steps.

1. Take server backup for 12.0.X, 12.1.X, or 12.2.X using Options > Server Backup on the 32-bit Windows server.

2. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X, 12.1.X or Network Advisor 12.2.X on the 64-bit Windows server.

3. Select SMC > Restore tab to restore the backup taken on the 32-bit Windows server.

4. Install Network Advisor 12.3.0 on the 64-bit Windows server.

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Perform seamless migration to Network Advisor 12.3.0.

If you are migrating from a pre-12.0.X release on a 32-bit Windows server to Network Advisor

12.3.0 on a 64-bit Windows server, complete the following steps.

1. Install and migrate to Network Advisor 12.0.X, Network Advisor 12.1.X, or Network Advisor

12.2.X in the same machine (refer to

2. Take server backup using Options > Server Backup on the 32-bit Windows server.

3. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X, Network Advisor 12.1.X, or Network Advisor 12.2.X on the 64-bit Windows server.

4. Select SMC > Restore tab to restore the backup taken on the 32-bit Windows server.

5. Install Network Advisor 12.3.0 on the 64-bit Windows server.

Perform seamless migration to Network Advisor 12.3.0.

If you are migrating from Network Advisor 12.0.X, Network Advisor 12.1.X, or Network Advisor

12.2.X on a 32-bit Linux server to Network Advisor 12.3.0 on a 64-bit pure Linux server, complete

the following steps.

1. Take server backup for 12.0.X, 12.1.X, or 12.2.X using Options > Server Backup on the 32-bit Linux server.

“Supported migration paths” on page 41).

2. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X, Network Advisor 12.1.X, or Network Advisor 12.2.X on the 64-bit pure Linux server.

3. Select SMC > Restore tab to restore the backup taken on the 32-bit Linux server.

4. Install Network Advisor 12.3.0 on the 64-bit pure Linux server.

Perform seamless migration to Network Advisor 12.3.0.

If you are migrating from a pre-12.0.X release on a 32-bit Linux server to Network Advisor 12.3.0 on a 64-bit pure Linux server, complete the following steps.

1. Install and migrate to Network Advisor 12.0.X, Network Advisor 12.1.X, or Network Advisor

12.2.X in the 32-bit Linux server (refer to

2. Take server backup using Options > Server Backup on the 32-bit Linux server.

3. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X, Network Advisor 12.1.X, or Network Advisor 12.2.X on the 64-bit pure Linux server.

4. Select SMC > Restore tab to restore the backup taken on the 32-bit Linux server.

5. Install Network Advisor 12.3.0 on the 64-bit pure Linux server.

Perform seamless migration to Network Advisor 12.3.0.

If you are migrating from Network Advisor 12.0.X, Network Advisor 12.1.X, or Network Advisor

12.2.X on a 32-bit Linux server to Network Advisor 12.3.0 on a 64-bit Linux server (32-bit

compatible), complete the following steps.

1. Take server backup for 12.0.X, 12.1.X, or 12.2.X using Options > Server Backup on the 32-bit Linux server.

“Supported migration paths” on page 41).

2. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X, Network Advisor 12.1.X, or Network Advisor 12.2.X on the 64-bit Linux server (32-bit compatible).

3. Select SMC > Restore tab to restore the backup taken on the 32-bit Linux server.

4. Install Network Advisor 12.3.0 on the 64-bit Linux server (32-bit compatible).

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Perform seamless migration to Network Advisor 12.3.0.

If you are migrating from a pre-12.0.X release on a 32-bit Linux server to Network Advisor 12.3.0 on a 64-bit Linux server (32-bit compatible), complete the following steps.

1. Install and migrate to Network Advisor 12.0.X, Network Advisor 12.1.X, or Network Advisor

12.2.X in the 32-bit Linux server (refer to

2. Take server backup using Options > Server Backup on the 32-bit Linux server.

3. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X, Network Advisor 12.1.X, or Network Advisor 12.2.X on the 64-bit Linux server (32-bit compatible).

4. Select SMC > Restore tab to restore the backup taken on the 32-bit Linux server.

5. Install Network Advisor 12.3.0 on the 64-bit Linux server (32-bit compatible).

Perform seamless migration to Network Advisor 12.3.0.

“Supported migration paths” on page 41).

• If you are migrating from a pre-12.0.0 release on one server to another server, complete the

following steps. Migrating using this procedure requires that the server versions are the same (32-bit to 32-bit OR 64--bit to 64-bit).

If you are migrating from a pre-11.3.0 release, you must first migrate to Network Advisor 12.0.X on the current server (refer to Table 13 on page 41 for the release migration path).

1. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X on your new machine (refer to “Installation” on page 1) and

migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 48) using the network path.

2. Install Network Advisor 12.3.0 on your new machine (refer to “Data Migration” on page 39)

and migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 48).

• If you are migrating from a Network Advisor 12.0.X release on a 32-bit server to Network

Advisor 12.3.0 on a 64-bit server, complete the following steps.

1. Back up the Network Advisor 12.0.X server data on your current 32-bit machine. For

instructions, refer to “Configuring backup” in the Brocade Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

2. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X on your new 64-bit machine (refer to “Installation” on

page 1).

3. Restore the server back up from your original 32-bit machine. For instructions, refer to

“Restoring data” in the Brocade Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

4. Install Network Advisor 12.3.0 on the 64-bit Windows server (refer to “Data Migration” on

page 39) and migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 48).

• If you are migrating from Windows server that is no longer supported to a supported Windows

server, complete the following steps. For a list of supported operating system servers, refer to

Tab le 4 on page 2.

If you are migrating from a pre-11.3.0 release, you must first migrate to Network Advisor

11.3.0 on your current server (refer to Tabl e 13 on page 41 for the release migration path).

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1. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X on your current machine (refer to “Installation” on page 1)

and migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 48).

2. Install Network Advisor 12.3.0 on your new machine (refer to “Data Migration” on page 39)

and migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 48).

• If you are migrating from Linux server that is no longer supported to a supported Linux server,

complete the following steps. For a list of supported operating system servers, refer to on page 2.

If you are migrating from a pre-11.3.0 release, you must first migrate to Network Advisor

11.3.0 on your current server (refer to Tabl e 13 on page 41 for the release migration path).

1. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X on your current machine (refer to “Installation” on page 1)

and migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 48).

2. Back up the server data on your current machine. For instructions, refer to “Configuring

backup” in the Brocade Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

3. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X on the supported server (refer to “Data Migration” on

page 39).

4. Restore the server back up from your original server. For instructions, refer to “Restoring

data” in the Brocade Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

Tab le 4

5. Install Network Advisor 12.3.0 on your new machine (refer to “Data Migration” on page 39)

and migrate your data (“Migrating data” on page 48).

• Cross OS migration is not supported; however, you can restore a Windows OS backup to a

Linux

OS and vice versa. If you are migrating from one OS to another, complete the following

steps.

If you are migrating from a pre-11.3.0 release, you must first migrate to Network Advisor 12.0.X on your current server (refer to Tabl e 13 on page 41 for the release migration path).

1. Install Network Advisor 12.3.0 (refer to “Installation” on page 1) on the current machine

and migrate your data (refer to “Migrating data” on page 48).

2. Back up the server data on your current machine. For instructions, refer to “Configuring

backup” in the Brocade Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

3. Install Network Advisor 12.3.0 (refer to “Installation” on page 1) on the new machine.

4. Restore the server back up from your original machine. For instructions, refer to “Restoring

data” in the Brocade Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

Additional pre-migration requirements on UNIX systems

• Make sure that the current application services are running.

1. Go to Install_Home/bin.

2. Execute ./smc or sh smc.

3. Click the Services tab.

The tab lists the DCFM services.

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4. Click Start, if necessary.

• Make sure that an X Server is available for display and is configured to permit X Client

applications to display from the host on which they are installing the Network Advisor Server (typically, this simply requires that the systems console be present and running with a logged in user on the X Server-based desktop session, such as KDE, GNOME, and so on).

• Make sure that the DISPLAY environment variable is correctly defined in the shell with a valid

value (for example, to display to the local console, export DISPLAY=:0.0, or to display to a remote system that has an X Server running, export DISPLAY=Remote_IP_Address:0.0).

You may also need to consider a firewall that might block the display to the X Server which listens by default on TCP port 6000 on the remote host.

To display to a remote system you need to permit the remote display of the X Server by running command xhost +IP, where IP is the IP address of the Network Advisor server host from the X-based desktop of the remote system.

• Make sure you test the DISPLAY definition by running the command xterm from the same shell

from which you run should open.

install.bin. A new X terminal window to the destination X Server display

Additional trial requirements

• Two versions of the Management application (DCFM, INM, or Network Advisor) cannot reside

• Data collected during the Trial cannot be migrated back to the Professional software.

• Once the Enterprise trial period expires, you must upgrade to Licensed software.

Migrating data

The quickest and simplest method of moving from one package to another is to enter the new license information on the Network Advisor License dialog box. To upgrade from a previous release, refer to

“Installation” on page 1.

If an error occurs while migrating from pre 12.3.0 to version 12.3.0, it rolls back to the earlier version.

Trial to Professional software migration is not supported.

Licensed software to Trial software migration is not supported.

on the same host unless there are two

“Upgrading the license” on page 39. If you have not installed the application, refer to

guest operating systems on the same host.

Enterprise software to Professional Plus software migration is not supported.

SAN with SMI Agent + IP is not supported on 32-bit systems.

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To migrate data from a previous version, complete the following steps.

1. Click Next on the Welcome screen.

2. Choose one of the following options:

• If data is detected on your system, the Copy Data and Settings from previous releases

screen displays. To migrate data from the previous version installed (automatically detected), select Yes, from the following location. Continue with

step 3.

• If data is not detected, the Copy Data and Settings from previous releases screen displays.

Complete the following steps:

a. Select Yes, from this machine or on network and click Browse to browse to the

installation directory.

b. Click Next on the Copy Data and Settings from previous releases screen. Continue

with

step 3.

If you are migrating from a 32-bit server, you will need to browse to the shared directory of the 32-bit server on the Copy Data and Settings from previous releases screen.

If you are migrating to the same install location (as the previous version), you will need to browse to the renamed directory on the Copy Data and Settings from previous releases screen.

3. To migrate historical performance data, select the SAN and IP check boxes, if necessary.

4. Click Start on the Data Migration screen.

Data migration may take several minutes. When data migration is complete, the previous version is partially uninstalled.

5. Click Next on the Data Migration screen.

If you have products associated with the Brocade North America or Brocade International Call Home centers, a message displays. To map these Call Home centers to the Brocade E-mail Call Home center after migration, click Yes. To not map these Call Home centers, click No.

Make sure you configure the Brocade E-mail Call Home center (refer to the Brocade Network Advisor User Manual or online help).

If you are migrating from Professional or Trial software, continue with step 6.

If you are migrating from Licensed software, go to step 7.

6. Select one of the following options on the Installation Type screen and click Next.

The DCX and DCX 8510-8 Backbone chassis require Enterprise edition.

• Network Advisor - Licensed version

Continue with step 7. Requires you to enter a license key during configuration to enable features and configuration.

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• Network Advisor - 120 days Trial

Go to step 8. Enables you to manage IP, SAN, or SAN and IP networks from a single interface for 120 days.

If you choose to install Trial, once the trial period ends (120 days), you must upgrade to Licensed software.

• Network Advisor - Professional

Go to step 8. Bundled with Fabric OS and IronWare OS devices to manage small IP, SAN, or SAN and IP networks from a single interface.

7. Choose one of the following options on the Server License screen:

• If you are migrating from a licensed source, the source license information displays. Click

Next. Continue with

step 8.

• If you are migrating from Professional or Trial software to Licensed software, browse to the

license file (.xml) and click Next. Continue with

The License Key field is not case-sensitive.

step 8.

Downgrading the license from the current configuration during migration is not supported.

8. Complete the following steps on the FTP/SCP/SFTP Server screen.

The default selection reflects the previous edition configuration.

a. Choose one of the following options:

• Select Built-in FTP/SCP/SFTP Server to configure an internal FTP/SCP/SFTP server

and select one of the following options:

- Select Built-in FTP Server to configure an internal FTP server

The internal FTP server uses a default account and port 21. You can configure your own account from the Options dialog box. For instructions, refer to the Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

- Select Built-in SCP/SFTP Server to configure an internal SCP/SFTP server

• Select External FTP/SCP/SFTP Server to configure an external FTP server.

You can configure the external FTP server settings from the Options dialog box. For instructions, refer to the Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

b. Click Next.

If you use an FTP/SCP/SFTP Server which is not configured on the same machine as the Management application, the Firmware Repository feature will not be available.

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You can configure the FTP/SCP/SFTP server settings from the Options dialog box. For instructions, refer to the Network Advisor User Manual or online help.

9. Complete the following steps on the Server IP Configuration screen.

Server impact

• Configuration wizard (does not display all IP addresses)

• Trap and Syslog auto registration

• Report content (Ipconfiguration element does not display all server IP addresses)

• Network OS configuration backup through FTP

• Tra ce dum p through F TP

Client impact

• Options dialog box (does not display all IP addresses)

• Firmware import and download dialog box

• Firmware import for Fabric OS and Network OS products

• FTP button in Technical Support Repository dialog box

• Technical supportSave of Fabric OS, Network OS, and Host products through FTP

a. Select an address from the Server IP Configuration list.

For Professional software, the Server IP Configuration address is set to “localhost” by default. You cannot change this address.

For SMI Agent, if the Server IP Configuration list contains a duplicate IP address or is empty, an error message displays and the configuration wizard closes.

b. Select an address from the Switch - Server IP Configuration Preferred Address list.

If DNS is not configured for your network, do not select the ‘hostname’ option from either the Server IP Configuration or Switch - Server IP Configuration Preferred Address list. Selecting the ‘hostname’ option prevents clients and devices from communicating with the Server.

If you select a specific IP address from the Server IP Configuration screen and the selected IP address changes, you will not be able to connect to the server. To change the IP address, refer to

“Configuring an explicit server IP address” on page 34.

c. Click Next.

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10. Complete the following steps on the Server Configuration screen.

FIGURE 2 Server Configuration screen

a. Enter a port number in the Web Server Port # (HTTPS) field (default is 443).

b. Enable HTTP redirection to HTTPS by selecting the Redirect HTTP Requests to HTTPS

check box.

c. Enter a port number in the Database Port # field (default is 5432).

Do not use a port number below 1024.

d. Enter a port number in the Starting Port # field (default is 24600).

For Professional software, the server requires 15 consecutive free ports beginning with the starting port number.

For Trial and Licensed software, the server requires 18 consecutive free ports beginning with the starting port number.

e. Enter a port number in the Syslog Port # field (default is 514).

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f. Enter a port number in the SNMP Port # field (default is 162).

g. Enter a port number in the TFTP Port # field (default is 69).

h. Click Next.

If you enter a port number already in use, a warning displays next to the associated port number field. Edit that port number and click Next.

If you are configuring Professional software, go to step 14.

If you are configuring IP Enterprise, go to step 13.

11. (SAN with SMI Agent + IP or SAN with SMI Agent) Complete the following steps on the SMI Agent Configuration screen.

a. Enable the SMI Agent by selecting the Enable SMI Agent check box.

b. Enable the SLP by selecting the Enable SLP check box, if necessary.

Only enabled after you select the Enable SMI Agent check box.

step 11.

c. Enable the SSL by selecting the Enable SSL check box, if necessary.

Only enabled after you select the Enable SMI Agent check box.

d. Enter the SMI Agent port number in the SMI Agent Port # field (default is 5989 if SSL

Enabled is selected; otherwise, the default is 5988).

e. Click Next.

12. (SAN Enterprise or SMI Agent) Select one of the following options on the SAN Network Size screen and click Next:

Port count is equal to the total number of switch ports across all fabrics.

• Small (managing up to 2000 switch ports, 1-20 domains)

• Medium (managing up to 5000 switch ports, 21-60 domains)

• Large (managing up to 15000 switch ports, 61-120 domains)

If you are configuring IP Enterprise, continue with step 13; otherwise, go to step 14.

13. (IP Enterprise) Select one of the following options on the IP Network Size screen and click Next:

Port count is equal to the total number of all managed product ports.

• Small (managing up to 1-20 products)

• Medium (managing up to 21-200 products)

• Large (managing up to 201-5050 products)

14. Enable feature usage data transfer from the application by selecting the Yes, I want to participate option.

You can stop participating at any time. To view an example of the usage data, click View Example Data.

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To stop participating in feature usage data transfer after configuration, refer to “Product

improvement” on page 35.

15. Verify your configuration information on the Server Configuration Summary screen and click Next.

16. Complete the following steps on the Start Server screen.

a. (Trial and Licensed only) Select the Start SMI Agent check box, if necessary.

b. (Trial and Licensed only) Select the Start SLP check box, if necessary.

c. Select the Start Client check box, if necessary.

d. Click Finish.

After all of the services are started, the Log In dialog box displays.

To make changes to the configuration, you can re-launch the configuration wizard (refer to

“Configuring an explicit server IP address” on page 34).

17. Enter your user name and password.

The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively. If you migrated from a previous release, your user name and password do not change.

Do not enter Domain\User_Name in the User ID field for LDAP server authentication.

18. Click Login.

19. Click OK on the Network Advisor Login Banner.

Cross flavor migration

To migrate from Brocade Network Advisor 12.0.X to a non-Brocade Network Advisor 12.3.X, complete the following steps.

1. Install Brocade Network Advisor 12.0.X (refer to “Installing the application” on page 9).

2. Install non-Brocade Network Advisor 12.3.X (refer to “Installing the application” on page 9).

3. Migrate the supported (partial or full) data from Brocade Network Advisor 12.0.X (refer to

“Migrating data” on page 48) to the Non-Brocade Network Advisor 12.3.X by browsing to the

Brocade Network Advisor 12.3.X location on the Copy Data and Setting screen.

If the Non-Brocade Network Advisor is not supporting SAN + IP, it is recommended to install SAN only Brocade Network Advisor and then migrate to Non-Brocade Network Advisor.

Migration rollback

Migration rollback is triggered when a failure occurs while migrating to a different version of Brocade Network Advisor. After successful rollback, the previous version will be running and the destination version will be uninstalled. The destination version failure logs and the source version supportsave will be zipped and stored at the source BNA_HOME\support folder in the following format.

Zip file format, Migration_Failure_SupportSave_<Time stamp>.zip

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Migrating data

Migration rollback due to insufficient space

When migration rollback fails due to insufficient space, you can either increase the disk space and try rollback or cancel the migration rollback. The destination version is uninstalled manually if you cancel the migration rollback. Use the following commands, to retrieve the source version.

For Windows

BNA_HOME>bin>dbsvc install BNA_HOME>bin>dbsvc start BNA_HOME>bin>service.bat dcmsvc install BNA_HOME>bin>service.bat dcmsvc start

For Windows, if SLP is enabled

BNA_HOME>cimom>bin>slpd.bat -install BNA_HOME>cimom>bin>slpd.bat -start

For Windows, if CIMOM is enabled

BNA_HOME>bin>service.bat cimomsvc install BNA_HOME>bin>service.bat cimomsvc start

For Linux

BNA_HOME>bin>sh dbsvc start BNA_HOME>bin>sh service dcmsvc start

For Linux, if SLP is enabled

BNA_HOME>bin>sh slpsvc start

For Linux, if CIMOM is enabled

BNA_HOME>bin>sh service cimomsvc start

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Chapter

NOTE

Uninstallation

In this chapter

This section provides step-by-step instructions to uninstall Network Advisor and SMI Agent from both Windows and UNIX systems.

Network Advisor is installed on a separate directory from your previous version; therefore, you do not need to uninstall the previous version immediately. However, you cannot run both versions simultaneously.

•Uninstalling from Windows systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

•Uninstalling from Windows systems (headless uninstall). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

•Uninstalling from UNIX systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

•Uninstalling from UNIX systems (headless uninstall) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Uninstalling from Windows systems

Follow these instructions to uninstall the Network Advisor and SMI Agent from your Windows system.

1. Select Start > Programs > Network Advisor 12.3.0 > Uninstall Network Advisor.

2. Select one of the following options on the Uninstall Option screen:

• Partial Uninstall — Configuration and performance data is retained to be re-used by the

new installation. This is the default option.

• Full Uninstall — All data is removed.

3. Click Uninstall.

4. Click Done on the Uninstall Complete screen.

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Uninstalling from Windows systems (headless uninstall)

NOTE

Uninstalling from Windows systems (headless uninstall)

If the application was installed using the headless installation, complete the following steps to uninstall Network Advisor and SMI Agent from your Windows server.

1. Open a command prompt.

2. Choose one of the following options:

• To partially uninstall Network Advisor (configuration and performance data is retained to

be re-used by the new installation), execute Install_Home\Uninstall_Network Advisor

12.3.0\Uninstall_Network Advisor 12.3.0.exe –f <absolute path of partial uninstall property file>.

• To fully uninstall Network Advisor (all data is removed), execute

Install_Home\Uninstall_Network Advisor 12.3.0\Uninstall_Network Advisor 12.3.0.exe –f <absolute path of full uninstall property file>.

When uninstallation is complete, an “Uninstallation complete” message displays. You must manually delete the Install_Home/silent folder.

Uninstalling from UNIX systems

Follow these instructions to uninstall the Network Advisor and SMI Agent from your UNIX system.

The Uninstall folder is retained.

1. Go to Install_Home/Uninstall_Network_Advisor12_1_0.

2. Execute ./Uninstall_Network_Advisor12_1_0.

3. Select one of the following options on the Uninstall Option screen:

• Partial Uninstall — Configuration and performance data is retained to be re-used by the

new installation. This is the default option.

• Full Uninstall — All data is removed.

4. Click Uninstall.

5. Click Done on the Uninstall Complete screen.

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Uninstalling from UNIX systems (headless uninstall)

If the application was installed using the headless installation, complete the following steps to uninstall Network Advisor and SMI Agent from your UNIX server.

1. Go to Install_Home/Uninstall_Network_Advisor12_1_0.

2. Choose one of the following options:

• To partially uninstall Network Advisor (configuration and performance data is retained to

be re-used by the new installation), execute Uninstall_Network_Advisor 12_1_0 –f <absolute path of partial uninstall property file>.

• To fully uninstall Network Advisor (all data is removed), execute

.\Uninstall_Network_Advisor 12_1_0 –f <absolute path of full uninstall property file>.

When uninstallation is complete, an “Uninstallation complete” message displays. You must manually delete the Install_Home/silent folder.

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Appendix

References

In this appendix

•Network Advisor packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

•Edition feature support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

•Management server and client ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

•Scalability limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Network Advisor packages

Tab le 16 summarizes the packages and available versions for each package.

TABLE 16 Packages and versions

Package Versions

SAN with SMI Agent +IP Licensed Version — Enterprise

• SAN — Support for 36 fabrics, 10,000 devices, and 15,000 switch ports

• IP — Support for 5,050 products and 100 MPLS products

NOTE: Virtual Fabrics are counted as Fabrics when calculating the managed count limits.

Professional

• SAN — Support for 2 fabric, 1000 devices, and 300 switch ports

• IP — Support for 20 products

NOTE: Virtual Fabrics are counted as Fabrics when calculating the managed count limits.

NOTE: SMI Agent is not supported on Professional.

SAN with SMI Agent Licensed Version — Enterprise

• SAN — Support for 36 fabrics, 10,000 devices, and 15,000 switch ports

NOTE: Virtual Fabrics are counted as Fabrics when calculating the managed count limits.

Licensed Version — Professional Plus

• SAN — Support for 36 fabrics, 4,096 devices, and,2560 switch ports

NOTE: Virtual Fabrics are counted as Fabrics when calculating the managed count limits.

Professional

• SAN — Support for 2 fabric, 1,000 devices, and 300 ports

NOTE: SMI Agent is not supported on Professional.

IP Licensed Version — Enterprise

• IP — Support for 5,050 products and 100 MPLS products

Professional

• IP — Support for 20 products

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Edition feature support

Tab le 17 details whether the SAN features are supported in the Professional, Professional Plus, or

Enterprise versions, or only through the Element Manager of the device.

TABLE 17 SAN features supported

Feature Professional Professional Plus Enterprise

AAA (Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing)

Authentication and authorization configuration

Access Gateway (AG) management

AG display

Support for firmware download, supportSave, performance statistics, and configuration file management

Active session management Yes Yes Yes

Bottleneck detection

Configuration No Yes Yes

Statistics No Yes Yes

Badge on topology and product tree Yes Yes Yes

Show affected host No Yes Yes

Call Home support

Support for all call home centers No Yes Yes

SupportSave for Fabric OS switches No Yes Yes

Support for appending the last 30 events in a call home event for e-mail-based call home centers

Certificate management Yes Yes

Configuration management

Configuration repository management No Yes Yes

Firmware download Yes Yes Yes

Manual backup

NOTE: Professional only supports one switch at a time.

Save configuration

NOTE: Professional only supports one switch at a time.

Periodic configuration backup and persistence No Yes Yes

Replicate switch configuration No Yes Yes

Dashboard Yes Yes Yes

DCB configuration management Yes Yes Yes

DCX backbone chassis discovery and management No No Yes

Deployment Manager

Diagnostic port test No Yes Yes

Digital diagnostic Yes Yes Yes

No Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes

No Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes

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TABLE 17 SAN features supported (Continued)

Feature Professional Professional Plus Enterprise

Encryption

Layer 2 FC support Ye s Yes Yes

Encryption configuration and monitoring Yes Yes Yes

Access Gateway – Cisco interop support Yes Yes Yes

Device decommissioning Yes Yes Yes

End device connectivity

Collection Views

Fabric binding No Yes Yes

Fabric Watch

Hardware Element

Ports Element

Admin Element

Router Admin Element

Name Server Element

Fault management Element

Show switch events Yes Yes Yes

Show fabric events Yes Yes Yes

Syslog registration and forwarding Yes Yes Yes

SNMP trap registration and forwarding Yes Yes Yes

Trap configuration, credentials, and customization Yes Yes Yes

Event forwarding No Yes Yes

Event custom report No Yes Yes

Event processing (event policies and pseudo events) No Yes Yes

Common SNMP/Trap registration Yes Yes Yes

FCIP management

FCIP configuration wizard Yes Yes Yes

Iperf and IP trace route Yes Yes Yes

FCoE management

FCoE configuration Yes Yes Yes

Migration from DCFM Yes Yes Yes

FICON/CUP

Yes Yes Yes

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

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TABLE 17 SAN features supported (Continued)

Feature Professional Professional Plus Enterprise

Cascaded FICON configuration wizard No No Ye s

Cascaded FICON Fabric merge wizard No No Yes

PDCM Matrix Element

Manager

Firmware management and supportSave

Firmware download Yes Yes Yes

Capture SupportSave Yes Yes Yes

Flow Vision No Yes Yes

Frame monitor No Yes Yes

HBA management

HBA management Yes Yes Yes

VM management Yes Yes Yes

Driver/DIOS management No Yes Yes

Fabric assigned WWN No Yes Yes

HBA Server and Storage port mapping No Yes Yes

High Integrity Fabric No Yes Yes

IPv6 — Server - Switch support Yes Ye s Yes

iSCSI discovery Yes Yes Ye s

Layer 2 trace route No Yes Yes

License No Yes Yes

MAPS management No Yes Yes

Meta-SAN

Routing configuration Domain ID configuration

Name Server Yes Yes Yes

Open Trunking Support

Display trunks on the topology Yes Ye s Yes

Display trunks properties Yes Ye s Yes

Display marching ants Yes Yes Yes

Display connections properties Yes Yes Yes

No Yes Yes

Element

Manager

Yes

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Feature Professional Professional Plus Enterprise

Performance management - SNMP monitoring

Real Time Performance collection, display, and reports Yes Yes Ye s

Historical Performance collection, display, and reports No Yes Yes

Thresholds No Yes Yes

Top talkers - Supported on SAN switches and Access Gateway No Yes Yes

Marching ants No Yes Yes

Data aging No Ye s Yes

End-to-End monitors No Yes Yes

Policy Monitor Ye s Yes Yes

Port Administration Element

Manager

Port Fencing No Yes Yes

Port group configuration No No Yes

Reports Ye s Yes Yes

Generate reports Yes Ye s Yes

View reports Yes Yes Yes

Performance reports Yes Yes Yes

FCR reports Yes Yes Yes

SCOM plug-in support No Yes Yes

Security management

Replicate switch policy configuration No Yes Yes

SNMP configuration Yes Yes Yes

L2 ACL configuration

NOTE: Only supported on DCB devices.

Yes Yes Yes

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

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TABLE 17 SAN features supported (Continued)

Feature Professional Professional Plus Enterprise

SMI Agent

Server Profile Fabric Profile Indication Sub Profile Zone Control Sub Profile Enhanced Zoning and Enhanced Zoning Control Sub Profile FDMI (Fabric Device Management Interface) Sub Profile Fabrics Virtual Fabrics Sub Profile Topology View Sub Profile FC HBA (Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter) Profile Fan, Power Supply, and Sensor Profiles Inter Fabric Routing (FCR) Profile Tru nki ng CP Blade Sub Profile CEE (Converged Enhanced Ethernet) Launch In Context Profile Switch Profile Role Based Authorization (CEE ACL) Profile N port Virtualizer (AG NPIV) Profile Profile Registration Sub Profile Object Manager Adapter Sub Profile Fabric Views Sub Profile Physical Package Sub Profile Software Sub Profile Access Points Sub Profile Location Sub Profile Fabric Switch Partitioning Sub Profile FC Initiator Ports Sub Profile Fabric and Host discovery SAN Zoning

Switch configuration management

Basic configurations through the Element Manager

Switch port enable/disable through right-click menu Yes Yes Yes

Technical SupportSave Yes Yes Yes

Tel net

NOTE: Telnet through the server is only supported on Windows systems.

Tools launcher (Setup Tools) No Yes Yes

Troubleshooting and Diagnostics

Device connectivity troubleshooting wizard Yes Yes Yes

Trace route and Ping Yes Yes Yes

Fabric device sharing No Yes Yes

User management No Yes Yes

View management No Yes Yes

No Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes

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Feature Professional Professional Plus Enterprise

Virtual fabric support

Discovery Yes Yes Yes

Configuration No Yes Yes

VLAN management Ye s Yes Yes

VM Plugin Support No Yes Yes

Web Element Manager Yes Yes Ye s

Zoning

Member selection Yes Yes Yes

Zone editing Yes Yes Yes

Live fabric library scope Yes Yes Yes

QoS support Yes Ye s Yes

Zone alias support Ye s Yes Yes

Delete Zone database No Ye s Yes

Impact analysis Yes Yes Yes

Remove offline devices No Yes Yes

TI Zones Yes Yes Yes

Device to Zone / zoneset participation analysis Yes Yes Ye s

LSAN Zones No Ye s Yes

Rolling back to an activated zone database No Yes Yes

Import or export a zone database No Ye s Yes

Tab le 18 details whether the IP features are fully or partially supported in the Professional or

Licensed versions.

TABLE 18 IP features supported

Feature Professional Base

Licensed version

802.1ag support (MPLS and VLAN management) No Yes Yes Yes

AAA (Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing) Authentication and authorization configuration

Address Finder No Yes Yes Yes

ADP management No Yes Yes Yes

AMPP (port profile) No Yes Yes No

Call Home support

Support for all call home centers No Ye s Yes Yes

Support for appending the last 30 events in a call home event for e-mail-based call home centers

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No Ye s Yes Yes

Base with Licensed Ethernet Fabrics

Base with Unlicensed Ethernet Fabrics

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TABLE 18 IP features supported (Continued)

Feature Professional Base

Licensed version

Change management Partial support Yes Yes Yes

CLI configuration management No Yes Yes Yes

CLI Element Manager Yes Yes Ye s Ye s

Configuration management

Configuration snapshot No Ye s Yes Yes

Configuration repository management Yes Yes Ye s Ye s

Manual backup

NOTE: Professional only supports one product at a time.

Save configuration

NOTE: Professional only supports one switch at a time.

Save configuration for VCS-enabled switches No Yes Yes Yes

Periodic configuration backup and persistence No Ye s Yes Yes

Replicate switch configuration No Yes Yes Ye s

Product configuration

Yes Ye s Yes Yes

No Ye s Yes Yes

Base with Licensed Ethernet Fabrics

Base with Unlicensed Ethernet Fabrics

- Setting baselines

- Search

Change tracking No Yes Yes Ye s

Configuration wizard

Product configuration - create, edit, and deploy. Yes Yes Ye s Ye s

Interface payload — sFlow configuration

NOTE: Professional only supports one product at a time.

Product Payloads:

Yes Yes Yes Ye s

No Yes Yes Yes

- CLI configuration

- CLI product monitoring

Dashboard Yes Yes Yes Yes

DCB configuration management Yes Yes Yes Ye s

Deployment management Yes Yes Yes Ye s

Discovery

IP disovery Yes Yes Yes Ye s

VCS disover y

NOTE: Professional supports one cluster member.

Fabric Watch

NOTE: Only supported on DCB switches.

Hardware Element

Ports Element

Yes Yes Yes Ye s

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

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TABLE 18 IP features supported (Continued)

Feature Professional Base

Licensed version

Edition feature support

Base with Licensed Ethernet Fabrics

Base with Unlicensed Ethernet Fabrics

Admin Element

Manager

Router Admin Element

Manager

Name Server Element

Manager

Fault Management

Show switch events Yes Yes Yes Yes

Syslog registration and forwarding Yes Ye s Yes Yes

SNMP trap registration and forwarding Yes Yes Yes Ye s

Trap configuration, credentials, and customization Ye s Ye s Ye s Yes

Event forwarding No Ye s Yes Yes

Event custom report No Ye s Yes Yes

Event processing (event policies and pseudo events) No Ye s Yes Yes

Common SNMP/Trap registration Yes Ye s Yes Yes

FCoE configuration management Yes Yes Yes Yes

Firmware Management and SupportSave

Firmware download Ye s Ye s Yes Yes

Capture SupportSave Yes Ye s Yes Yes

GSLB management No Yes Yes Yes

HBA management

HBA management Yes Ye s Yes Yes

VM management No Ye s Yes Yes

Driver/DIOS management No No No No

Fabric assigned WWN No No No No

IPv6 Server - Product support

NOTE: Only supported in the application when IPv6 is supported on the

product.

Layer 2 trace route No Yes Yes No

License No Ye s Ye s Yes

MLX/XMR management No Yes Yes Yes

MPLS management No Yes Yes Yes

LSP No Yes Yes Yes

VCID pool No Yes Yes Yes

VLL manager No Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Ye s

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

Element

Manager

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TABLE 18 IP features supported (Continued)

Feature Professional Base

Licensed version

VLL monitor No Yes Yes Yes

VPLS manager No Yes Yes Yes

VPLS monitor No Yes Yes Yes

Performance management - SNMP monitoring

Real Time Performance collection, display, and reports Yes Ye s Yes Yes

Historical Performance collection, display, and reports No Yes Yes Ye s

Thresholds No Yes Yes Yes

Data aging No Yes Yes Yes

Performance management - Traffic Analysis (sFlow)

sFlow configuration payload (Configuration Wizard) No Yes Yes Yes

Monitoring reports No Yes Yes No

Accounting reports No Yes Ye s Yes

Custom reports No Ye s Yes Yes

Policy Monitor Yes Yes Yes Ye s

Power Center Yes Yes Yes Yes

Reports

IP product inventory report Yes Yes Yes Ye s

SSL Certificate management No Yes Yes Yes

Third Party Device support No Yes Yes Yes

Security management

MAC filter configuration Yes Ye s Yes Yes

L2 ACL configuration Yes Ye s Yes Yes

L3 ACL configuration Yes Ye s Yes Yes

Services Yes Yes Yes Yes

Networks Yes Ye s Yes Yes

Switch configuration management

Basic configurations through the Element Manager

Tel net Yes Yes Yes Yes

Tools launcher (Setup Tools) No Yes Yes Yes

Topology management Yes Yes Yes Yes

User Management No Yes Yes Yes

VIP Server management No Yes Yes Yes

VLAN management Yes Yes Ye s Yes

VM Plugin Support No Yes Yes Yes

Yes Ye s Yes Yes

Base with Licensed Ethernet Fabrics

Base with Unlicensed Ethernet Fabrics

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TABLE 18 IP features supported (Continued)

Feature Professional Base

Licensed version

Web Element Manager Yes Yes Yes Ye s

Web Tools/Fabric Watch Yes Yes Yes Ye s

Zoning

Member selection Yes Ye s Yes Yes

Zone editing Yes Yes Yes Yes

Live fabric library scope Yes Ye s Yes Yes

Zone alias support Yes Ye s Yes Yes

Delete Zone database No Ye s Yes Yes

Impact analysis Yes Yes Yes Yes

Remove offline devices No Ye s Yes Yes

Device to Zone / zoneset participation analysis Yes Yes Ye s Ye s

LSAN Zones No Ye s Yes Yes

Rolling back to an activated zone database No Ye s Yes Yes

Import or export a zone database No Yes Yes Yes

Base with Licensed Ethernet Fabrics

Base with Unlicensed Ethernet Fabrics

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Management server and client ports

NOTE

Management server and client ports

The Management application has two parts: the Server and the Client. The Server is installed on one machine and stores device-related information; it does not have a user interface. To view information through a user interface, you must log in to the Server through a Client. The Server and Clients may reside on the same machine, or on separate machines. If you are running Professional, the server and the client must be on the same machine.

In some cases, a network may utilize virtual private network (VPN) or firewall technology, which can prohibit communication between Products and the Servers or Clients. In other words, a Server or Client can find a Product, appear to log in, but is immediately logged out because the Product cannot reach the Server or Client. To resolve this issue, check to determine if the ports in the table below need to be opened up in the firewall.

Professional edition does not support remote clients.

Tab le 19 lists the default port numbers and whether or not it needs to be opened up in the firewall

and includes the following information:

• Port Number — The port at the destination end of the communication path.

• Ports — The name of the port.

• Transport — The transport type (TCP or UDP).

• Description — A brief description of the port.

• Communication Path — The “source” to “destination” values. Client and Server refer to the

Management application client and server unless stated otherwise. Product refers to the Fabric OS, Network OS, or IronWare OS devices.

• Open in Firewall — Whether the port needs to be open in the firewall.

TABLE 19 Port usage and firewall requirements

Port Number Ports Transport Description Communication Path Open in Firewall

23 Teln et TCP Telnet port from server/client

69 TFTP UDP File upload/download to

FTP Port (Control) TCP FTP Control port for internal

FTP

server

FTP Port (Data) TCP FTP Data port for internal

FTP

server

SSH or SCP or SFTP TCP Secure telnet and secure

upload and download to product

to product

SMTP Server port TCP SMTP Server port for e-mail

communication if you use e-mail notifications without SSL

TACACS+ Authentication port TCP TACACS+ server port for

authentication if you use TACACS+ as an external authentication

product

Client–Server Product–Server

Server–Product Client –Product Product – Server

Server–Product Client–Product

Server–SMTP Server

Server–TACACS+ Server

Product-Server Yes

Yes

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TABLE 19 Port usage and firewall requirements (Continued)

Port Number Ports Transport Description Communication Path Open in Firewall

161

162

389

1,2

443

443 HTTPS (HTTP over SSL) server

443

465

514

636

Management application HTTP server TCP Non-SSL HTTP/1.1 connector

Client–Server Yes port if you use secure client-server communication. You need this port for HTTP redirection

Product HTTP server TCP Product non-SSL http port for

Server–Product Yes http and CAL communication if you do not use secure communication to the product

Product non-SSL http port for

Client–Product Yes http and CAL communication if you do not use secure communication to the product and you do not use the Management application server proxy

SNMP port UDP Default SNMP port Server–Product Yes

SNMP Trap port UDP Default SNMP trap port Product-Server Ye s

LDAP Authentication Server Port UDP

TCP

LDAP server port for authentication if you use LDAP

Server–LDAP

Server

Yes

as an external authentication

HTTPS server TCP HTTPS (HTTP over SSL) server

Client-Server Yes port if you use secure client server communication

HTTPS (HTTP over SSL) server

Server–Product Yes port if you use secure communication to the product

Client–Product Yes port if you use secure communication to the product and you do not use the Management application server proxy

HTTPS (HTTP over SSL) server port if you use vCenter

Server-vCenter

Server

Yes

discovery

SMTP Server port for SSL TCP SMTP Server port for e-mail

communication if you use

Server-SMTP

Server

Yes

e-mail notifications with SSL

Syslog Port UDP Default Syslog Port Product–Server

Yes

Managed Host -

Server

LDAP Authentication SSL port TCP LDAP server port for

authentication if you use LDAP

Server–LDAP

Server

Yes

as an external authentication and SSL is enabled

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TABLE 19 Port usage and firewall requirements (Continued)

Port Number Ports Transport Description Communication Path Open in Firewall

1812

1813

5432 Database port TCP Port used by database if you

5988 SMI Server port TCP SMI server port on the

1,2

5989

6343

24600

24601

24602

24603

24604

24605

24606

24607

24608

24609

24610

RADIUS Authentication Server Port UDP RADIUS server port for

authentication if you use

Server–RADIUS

Server RADIUS as an external authentication

RADIUS Accounting Server Port UDP RADIUS server port for

accounting if you use RADIUS

Server–RADIUS

Server as an external authentication

Remote ODBC– access the database remotely

Database from a third-party application

SMI Client- Server Yes Management application and the CIM/SMI port on HBAs if you use SMI Agent without SSL

Server-Managed

Host

SMI Server port with SSL enabled TCP SMI Agent port on the

Management application and

SMI Agent Server–

Client the CIM/SMI port on HBAs if you use SMI Agent with SSL

Server-Managed

Host

sFlow UDP Receives sFlow data from

Product-Server Yes products if you are monitoring with sFlow

1,2

JBoss remoting connector port TCP Use for service location. Uses

Client–Server Yes SSL for privacy.

1,2

JBoss Transaction Services Recovery

TCP Not used remotely. Server Yes

Manager port

JBoss Transaction Status Manager port TCP Not used remotely Server Yes

1,2

HornetQ Netty port TCP Use for JMS (Java Message

Client–Server Yes Service), async messages from server to client.

Uses SSL for privacy.

1,2

JMX remoting connector port TCP Management console port for

Client–Server Yes native connector (JMX)

1,2

JBoss https management port TCP Management console port for

Client–Server Yes HTTPS based management

1,2

Fault Management CIM Indication Listener Port

1,2

HCM Proxy CIM Indication Listener port TCP Used for HBA management Managed Host -

TCP Used for HBA management Managed Host -

Server

Reserved for future use TCP Not used Client - Server No

Yes

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TABLE 19 Port usage and firewall requirements (Continued)

Port Number Ports Transport Description Communication Path Open in Firewall

34568 HCM Agent discovery port TCP Used for HBA management via

JSON

55556

1. Port does not need to be open in the firewall for Professional edtion.

2. The default port number. You must use the same port number for all products or hosts managed by the Management server. This port is configurable in the Management server; however, some products and firmware versions do not allow you to configure a port.

Launch in Context (LIC) client hand shaking port

TCP Client port used to check if a

Management application client opened using LIC is running on the same host

NOTE: If this port is in use, the

application uses the next available port.

Server - Managed

Host

Client No

Yes

Scalability limits

The following tables summarize the scalability limits for support with Network Advisor.

Tab le 20 summarizes the SAN scalability limits for support with Network Advisor Enterprise edition.

TABLE 20 Enterprise-supported limits by SAN size

Small Medium Large

Number of Fabrics 8 16 36

Number of Switches and Access Gateways 40 90 200

Number of Switch Ports 2000 5000 15000

Number of Device Ports 5000 10000 20000

Performance Monitoring Polling 5 minutes 5 minutes 5 minutes

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Tab le 21 summarizes the SAN scalability limits for support with Network Advisor Professional Plus

edition.

TABLE 21 Professional Plus-supported limits by SAN size

Values Limits

Number of Fabrics 36

Number of Switches and Access Gateways 40

Number of Switch Ports 2560

Number of Device Ports 4096

Performance Monitoring Polling 5 minutes

Tab le 22 summarizes the SAN scalability limits for support with Network Advisor Professional

edition.

TABLE 22 Professional-supported limits by SAN size

Values Limits

Number of Fabrics 2

Number of Switches and Access Gateways 15

Number of Switch Ports 300

Number of Device Ports 1000

Performance Monitoring Polling N/A

Tab le 23 summarizes the IP scalability limits for support with Network Advisor Enterprise edition.

TABLE 23 Enterprise-supported limits by IP size

Small Medium Large

Number of Products 1 - 20 21 - 200 201 - 5050

Number of MPLS Products 1 10 100

Tab le 24 summarizes the IP scalability limits for support with Network Advisor Professional edition.

TABLE 24 Professional-supported limits by IP size

Values Limits

Number of Products 20

Number of MPLS Products 0

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Scalability limits

Tab le 25 summarizes the SAN scalability limits for pure Fabric OS fabrics with Network Advisor

Enterprise edition.

TABLE 25 Enterprise-supported limits by SAN size for SMI Agent only on Fabric OS fabrics

Small Medium Large

Number of Fabrics 8 16 36

Number of Switches and Access Gateways 40 90 200

Number of Switch Ports 2000 5000 15000

Number of Device Ports 5000 10000 20000

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About This Document

In this chapter

How this document is organized

Supported hardware and software

Fabric OS hardware and software support

IronWare OS hardware and software support

Network OS hardware and software support

What’s new in this document

Document conventions

Text formatting

Notes

Key terms

Notice to the reader

Additional information

Brocade resources

Other industry resources

Getting technical help

Document feedback

Installation

System requirements

Server and client operating system requirements

Memory requirements

Operating system cache requirements

Disk space requirements

Browser requirements

Client and server system requirements

Downloading the software

Pre-installation requirements

Installing the application

Additional pre-installation requirements for UNIX systems

Mapping the loopback address to the local host

Headless installation

Additional pre-installation requirements for UNIX systems (headless installation)

Performing a headless installation on Windows and UNIX systems

Troubleshooting the Linux headless installation

Client-only installation

Installing the client-only application

Network Advisor Configuration

Configuring Network Advisor

Accessing the Network Advisor interfaces

Logging into a server

Launching a remote client

Launching the SMC on Windows

Launching the SMC on Linux

Launching the SMIA Configuration Tool

Launching the SMIA Configuration Tool remote client

Syslog troubleshooting

Finding the process

Stopping the process

Installing the ODBC driver

Installing the ODBC driver on Windows systems

Installing the ODBC driver on Linux systems

Smart Card driver installation

Installing the Smart Card driver on the local client

Installing the Smart Card driver on the remote client

Detecting and correcting a default Linux Smart Card driver

Configuring an explicit server IP address

Product improvement

Enabling product improvement data transfer

Disabling product improvement data transfer

Data transfer

Configuring remote client access to the database

Data Migration

Upgrading the license

Supported migration paths

DCFM migration paths

INM migration paths

Pre-migration requirements

EFCM and Fabric Manager migration paths

Pre-migration requirements when migrating from one server to another

Additional pre-migration requirements on UNIX systems

Migrating data

Additional trial requirements

Cross flavor migration

Migration rollback

Uninstallation