Brocade Network Advisor User Manual

53-1003157-01

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53-1003157-01

11 July 2014

Brocade Network Advisor

Installation and Migration Guide

Supporting Network Advisor 12.3.0

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Document History

Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

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

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

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

3

3

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

POE+ ports

FastIron 06.0.00 and later

FastIron 06.0.00 and later

FastIron 06.0.00 and later

FastIron 06.0.00 and later

FastIron 06.0.00 and later

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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 06.0.00 and later

FastIron 06.0.00 and later

FastIron 07.4.00 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)

Mobility 5.1 1 (adaptive mode)

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
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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

1

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NOTE

NOTE

1

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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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

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.

1

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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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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NOTE

NOTE

NOTE

NOTE

1

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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NOTE

NOTE

NOTE

NOTE

1

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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NOTE

NOTE

NOTE

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.

1

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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NOTE

NOTE

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

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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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NOTE

NOTE

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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

OR

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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