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Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual

53-1003158-01
®
11 July 2014
Brocade Network Advisor
SAN Installation and Migration Guide
Supporting Network Advisor 12.3.0
Copyright © 2014 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Document History
Title Publication
number
Brocade Network Advisor SAN Installation and Migration Guide 53-1002801-01 New document December 2012
Brocade Network Advisor SAN Installation and Migration Guide 53-1003158-01 Update for 12.1 July 2013
Brocade Network Advisor SAN Installation and Migration Guide 53-1003158-01 Update for
Summary of changes
12.3.0
Date
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
What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Chapter 1 Installation
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Server and Client operating system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Host requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Memory requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Operating system cache requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Disk space requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Browser requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Client and server system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Downloading the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Pre-installation requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Additional pre-installation requirements for UNIX systems. . . . . 8
Installing the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Mapping the loopback address to the localhost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Headless installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Additional pre-installation requirements for
UNIX systems (headless installation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Performing a headless installation on Windows and
UNIX systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Troubleshooting the Linux headless installation . . . . . . . . . . .12
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Chapter 2 Network Advisor Configuration
Configuring Network Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Accessing the Network Advisor interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Logging into a server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Launching a remote client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Launching the SMC on Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Launching the SMIA Configuration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Launching the SMIA Configuration Tool remote client . . . . . . .21
Syslog troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Finding the process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Stopping the process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Installing the ODBC driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Installing the ODBC driver on Windows systems . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Installing the ODBC driver on Linux systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Smart Card driver installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing the Smart Card driver on the local client . . . . . . . . . .27
Installing the Smart Card driver on the remote client. . . . . . . . 29
Detecting and correcting a default Linux Smart Card driver. . .29
Configuring an explicit server IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Product Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Enabling product improvement data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Disabling product improvement data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Configuring remote client access to the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 3 Data Migration
Upgrading the license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Supported migration paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
DCFM migration paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
EFCM and Fabric Manager migration paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Pre-migration requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Pre-migration requirements when migrating from
one server to another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Additional pre-migration requirements on UNIX systems . . . . .42
Additional trial requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Migrating data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Chapter 4 Uninstallation
Uninstalling from Windows systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Uninstalling from Windows systems (headless uninstall) . . . . . . . .52
Uninstalling from UNIX systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Uninstalling from UNIX systems (headless uninstall) . . . . . . . . . . . .53
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Appendix A References
Network Advisor packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Edition feature support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Management server and client ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Scalability limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

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 the following table 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
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TABLE 1 Fabric OS-supported hardware (Continued)
Device name Terminology used in documentation Firmware level required
Brocade 6505 switch 24-port, 16 Gbps Edge switch Fabric OS v7.0.1 or later
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
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TABLE 1 Fabric OS-supported hardware (Continued)
Device name Terminology used in documentation Firmware level required
Brocade DCX
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 FC10-6 Blades 8-slot Backbone Chassis with FC 10 - 6 ISL Blade Fabric OS v6.2.0
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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TABLE 1 Fabric OS-supported hardware (Continued)
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

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 xiii 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
Sun Microsystems, Inc. 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 shee at:
http://www.brocade.com/products-solutions/products/index.page
For additional Brocade documentation,
http://www.brocade.com
Release notes are available on the MyBrocade website.
visit the Brocade website:
ts are available through the Brocade 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, website:
http://www.fibrechannel.org
visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association
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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 > dialog box displays.
2. General Information
License. The License
• 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 as illustrated below:
are provided on the serial number label,
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.

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Chapter

Installation

In this chapter
•System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
•Downloading the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
•Pre-installation requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
•Installing the application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
•Headless installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
•Client-only installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

System requirements

Use the following sections to determine if you have met the requirements for this application:
•Server and client operating system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
•Memory requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
•Operating system cache requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
•Disk space requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
•Browser requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
•Client and server system requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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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)
SAN with SMI Agent SMI Agent only
- 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)
SAN with SMI Agent SMI Agent only
- 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)
SAN with SMI Agent SMI Agent only
- 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)
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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
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- 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 SMI Agent only
SAN with SMI Agent SMI Agent only
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
ndows and Linux.
Wi
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NOTE
NOTE
NOTE
1

Memory requirements

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 i GB for maximum paging file size
s 1 GB for minimum paging file size and 4
TABLE 6 Linux swap space requirements
Installed physical memory (RAM) 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.
Recommended swap size
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 ph
ysical 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 ph
ysical 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

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

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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 ic 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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Installing the application

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
NOTE
1
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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6. Make sure the Launch Configuration check box is selected (default) on the Installation Complete screen, and click Done.
If the localhost is not mapped to the loopback address, an error message displays. You must map the loopback address to the localhost (refer to
local host” on page 11) before you configure the application.
If the localhost is mapped to the loopback address, the configuration wizard displays. To configure the application, refer to one of the following sections:
“Mapping the loopback address to the
• If this is a fresh installation, refer to “Network Advisor Configuration” on page 15.
• If you are upgrading from a previous version and need to migrate data, refer to “Data
Migration” on page 39.

Mapping the loopback address to the local host

To map the loopback address to the local host, complete the following steps.
1. Open the hosts file.
For Windows, the hosts file is located in the WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc directory.
For Linux, the hosts file is located in the /etc directory
1
2. Add the following entries:
# For IPV4 machine
127.0.0.1 localhost
# For IPV6 enabled machine
127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost
3. Save and close the file.
To configure the application, refer to one of the following sections:
• If this is a fresh installation, refer to “Network Advisor Configuration” on page 15.
• If you are upgrading from a previous version and need to migrate data, refer to “Data
Migration” on page 39.
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Headless installation

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Headless installation
Headless installation, also known as silent mode installation, is fully supported on all platforms. Once initiated, the headless installation requires minimal user interaction and runs based on the default values provided. Headless installation performs the actual installation; however, you must use the Configuration wizard in graphical user interface mode to copy data and settings, configure the FTP or SCP server, configure IP, and configure server ports.
Before you install Network Advisor, make sure you meet the following requirements.
Make sure all system requirements have been met prior to installation. For specific system requirements, refer to
Additional pre-installation requirements for UNIX systems (headless installation)
An X Server display is required, even when performing a headless installation, to run the initial configuration. Before you install Network Advisor, complete the following:
• Make sure that an X Server is available for display and is configured to permit X Client
applications to display from the host on which they are installing the Network Advisor server (typically, this simply requires that the system console be present and running with a logged-in user on the X Server-based desktop session, such as KDE, GNOME, and so on).
The DISPLAY can be any host X Server (for example, DISPLAY can be set to display the configuration to another UNIX system that has an X-based desktop).
“System requirements” on page 1.
• Make sure that the DISPLAY environment variable is correctly defined in the shell with a valid
value (for example, to display to the local console, export DISPLAY=:0.0, or to display to a remote system that has an X Server running, export DISPLAY=Remote_IP_Address:0.0).
To display to a remote system, you need to permit the remote display of the X Server by running the xhost +IP command, where IP is the IP address of the Network Advisor server host, on a local terminal window of the X-based desktop of the remote system.
You may also need to consider a firewall that might block the display to the X Server, which listens by default on TCP port 6000 on the remote host.
• Make sure you test the DISPLAY definition by running the xterm command from the same
shell from which you run install.bin. A new X terminal window to the destination X Server display should open.
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