Brocade Network Advisor User Manual

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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

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

NOTE

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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TABLE 1	Fabric OS-supported hardware (Continued)
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		Adapter Software 3.0.0.0 or later
		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,		Director Chassis with 4 Gbps 16-FC port, 4 Gbps		Fabric OS v5.2.0 or later (FC4-48)
and FC4-48 Blades		32-FC port, and 4 Gbps 48-FC port
Brocade 48000 director with FR4-18i Blades		Director Chassis with 4 Gbps router, extension		Fabric OS v5.1.0 or later (FR4-18i)
		blades

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

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

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 1, 2	8-slot Backbone Chassis	Fabric OS v6.0.0 or later
Brocade DCX 1, 2 with FC8-16, FC8-32, and	8-slot Backbone Chassis with 8 Gbps 16-FC port,	Fabric OS v6.0.0 or later
FC8-48 Blades	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 1, 2 with FC10-6 Blades	8-slot Backbone Chassis with FC 10 - 6 ISL Blade	Fabric OS v6.2.0

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TABLE 1	Fabric OS-supported hardware (Continued)
Device name		Terminology used in documentation	Firmware level required
Brocade DCX 1, 2 with FS8-18 Blades		8-slot Backbone Chassis with Encryption Blade	Fabric OS v6.1.1_enc or later
Brocade DCX 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
Brocade DCX-4S with FC16-64 Blades		4-slot Backbone Chassis with 16 Gbps 64-FC	Fabric OS v7.3.0 or later
		port blades
Brocade DCX 1, 2 with FCoE10-24 Blades		8-slot Backbone Chassis with 10 Gbps 24-port	Fabric OS v6.3.1_CEE
		FCoE blade
Brocade DCX-4S		4-slot Backbone Chassis	Fabric OS v6.0.0 or later
Brocade DCX-4S with FC8-16, FC8-32, and		4-slot Backbone Chassis with 8 Gbps 16-FC port,	Fabric OS v6.2.0
FC8-48 Blades		8 Gbps 32-FC port, and 8 Gbps 48-FC port
		blades
Brocade DCX-4S with FC8-64 Blades		4-slot Backbone Chassis with 8 Gbps 64-FC port	Fabric OS v6.4.0
		blades
Brocade DCX-4S with FR4-18i Blades		4-slot Backbone Chassis with 4 Gbps Router,	Fabric OS v6.2.0
		Extension blade
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
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 8510-81, 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 blade3		8 Gbps 32-port blade	Fabric OS v7.0.1 or later
FC8-48E blade3		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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TABLE 1	Fabric OS-supported hardware (Continued)
Device name		Terminology used in documentation	Firmware level required
FX8-24 Blade 1, 2		8 Gbps Extension Blade

1Professional 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.

2Professional 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.

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

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 Table 2.

Table 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	FastIron 06.0.00 and later
		RJ45 ports
FastIron CX 648S (FCX648S)		Ethernet L2/L3 Edge switch, 48 1GbE	FastIron 06.0.00 and later
		RJ45 ports
FastIron CX 624S-HPOE (FCX624S-HPOE)		Ethernet L2/L3 Edge switch, 24 1GbE	FastIron 06.0.00 and later
		RJ45 ports, 24 POE+ ports
FastIron CX 648S-HPOE (FCX648S-HPOE)		Ethernet L2/L3 Edge switch, 48 1GbE	FastIron 06.0.00 and later
		RJ45 ports, 48 POE+ ports
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	FastIron 06.0.00 and later
		RJ45 ports

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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	FastIron 06.0.00 and later
	RJ45 ports
FastIron CX 648-E (FCX648-E)	Ethernet L2/L3 Edge switch, 48 1GbE	FastIron 06.0.00 and later
	RJ45 ports
FastIron CX 648-I (FCX648-I)	Ethernet L2/L3 Edge switch, 48 1GbE	FastIron 06.0.00 and later
	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	FastIron 07.4.00 and later
	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	FastIron 07.4.00 and later
	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	FastIron 08.0.10 and later
	GbE QSFP+ ports

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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	FastIron 08.0.10 and later
	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)
		Mobility 5.1 1 (adaptive mode)
Motorola Access Point 7131N	Wireless access point	Mobility 4.1.1 (standalone mode)
		Mobility 5.1 1 (adaptive mode)
Motorola Access Point 5181	Wireless access point	Mobility 2.5.X (standalone mode)
		Mobility 5.1 1 (adaptive 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	Ethernet router	NetIron 5.0.0 or 5.0.1
(Supported regardless of license
configuration)

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Device name	Terminology used in documentation	Firmware level required
NetIron MLXe	Ethernet Core router	NetIron 5.0.0 or 5.0.1
(Supported regardless of license
configuration)
NetIron XMR	Ethernet Backbone router	NetIron 5.0.0 or 5.0.1
(Supported regardless of license
configuration)
NetIron CES 2048CX (NI-CES-2048CX-AC)	Ethernet Carrier router	NetIron 5.0.0 or 5.0.1
(Supported regardless of license
configuration)
NetIron CER	Ethernet Edge router	NetIron 5.0.0 or 5.0.1
(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
TurboIron Family	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

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 Table 3.

Table 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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TABLE 3	Network OS-supported hardware (Continued)
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

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
	Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
	Identifies keywords and operands
	Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text	Provides emphasis
	Identifies variables
	Identifies paths and Internet addresses
	Identifies document titles
code text	Identifies CLI output
	Identifies command syntax examples

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.

Notes

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

NOTE

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

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:

FT00X0054E9

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:

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	Chapter
Installation	1

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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Server and client operating system requirements

Table 4 summarizes the required operating system (OS) for servers and the packages supported by each OS version.

NOTE

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.

NOTE

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

TABLE 4		Server operating system requirements
Operating	Version				Guest OS version	Supported packages
system
Windows®	-	2008	Server (x86 32-bit)			SAN with SMI Agent
	-	7 Enterprise (x86 32-bit)				IP only
	-	2008	Server (x86 64-bit)			SMI Agent only
	-	7 Enterprise (x86 64-bit)
	-	2008	R2	Data Center Edition (x86 32-bit)		SAN with SMI Agent
	-	2008	R2	Standard Edition (x86 32-bit)		IP only
	-	2008	R2	Enterprise Edition (x86 32-bit)		SMI Agent only
	-	2012 R2 Data Center Edition (x86 32-bit)				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)		SAN with SMI Agent
	-	2008	R2	Standard Edition (x86 64-bit)		IP only
	-	2008	R2	Enterprise Edition (x86 64-bit)		SMI Agent only
	-	2012 R2 Data Center Edition (x86 64-bit)				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	Version		Guest OS version	Supported packages
system
Linux®	-	RedHat Enterprise 6.1 Advanced (x86 32-bit)		SAN with SMI Agent
	-	RedHat Enterprise 6.2 Advanced (x86 32-bit)		IP only
	-	RedHat Enterprise 6.3 Advanced (x86 32-bit)		SMI Agent only
	-	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)		SAN with SMI Agent
	-	RedHat Enterprise 6.2 Advanced (x86 64-bit)		IP only
	-	RedHat Enterprise 6.3 Advanced (x86 64-bit)		SMI Agent only
	-	RedHat Enterprise 6.4 Advanced (x86 64-bit)		SAN with SMI Agent + IP
	-	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 5.11	Supports all server	Supports all packages
	-	VMware ESX Server i 5.5	OS versions	available for Windows
	-	Microsoft Hyper-V (Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1)	available for	and Linux.
	-	KVM RH 6.5	Windows and
			Linux.

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

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1 System requirements

Table 5 summarizes the required OS for clients.

Client operating system requirements

Operating	Version	Guest OS version
system

-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)Windows

Linux®	-	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)
Guest	-	VMware® ESX Server i 5.1	Supports all client OS versions available for
VMs	-	VMware ESX Server i 5.5	Windows and Linux.

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

-KVM RH 6.5

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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		Recommended swap size
(RAM) size
4 GB		4 GB
Greater than 4 GB and		Equal to the amount of RAM
less than 8 GB
Greater than or equal to		5 time the amount of RAM
8 GB and less than 64
GB

NOTE

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

Disk space requirements

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

NOTE

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

NOTE

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

NOTE

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

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NOTE

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

NOTE

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.

Table 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	2 core CPU
Disk space	1 GB

Table 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		2 core	2 core
physical and logical core)
Disk space		10 GB	20 GB

Table 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		2 core	4 core	8 core
physical and logical core)
Disk space		20 GB	80 GB	100 GB

NOTE

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

NOTE

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

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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

NOTE

For higher performance, use a 64-bit JRE.

NOTE

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

NOTE

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

NOTE

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 support 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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1 Downloading the software

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.Click 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 “System requirements” on page 1.

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.

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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Installing the application

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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 “Pre-installation requirements” on page 8). If you are migrating data, refer to “Data Migration” on page 39.

NOTE

SAN with SMI Agent + IP is not supported on 32-bit Windows systems. For more information, refer to “Pre-migration requirements” on page 44.

NOTE

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

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1 Installing the application

NOTE

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

NOTE

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

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.

NOTE

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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