Brocade Virtual ADX User Manual

53-1003242-01
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July 2014
Brocade Virtual ADX
Graphical User Interface Guide
Supporting Brocade Virtual ADX version 03.1.00
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Contents

Preface
Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Command syntax conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Brocade resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Contacting Brocade Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Brocade Virtual ADX Web Interface
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Starting the Brocade Virtual ADX web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2 Navigating the Web Interface
Web interface overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 3 Navigating the Dashboard
Dashboard overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Dashboard pod controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Traffic view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Chapter 4 Configuration Overview
Navigating the configuration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Saving the configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 5 System Settings
General settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Changing the system limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Viewing and saving the configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
High Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Configuring the Brocade Virtual ADX in Hot-Standby HA. . . . . . 21
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Config Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Config Sync Summary tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Config Sync Settings tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Executing a Config Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Viewing the Raw XML and Tree Structure of a template . . . . . . 31
User management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Managing role-based users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Creating contexts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Creating role templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Device management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
SNMP controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
SSH controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Telnet settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
TFTP on VLAN controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Chapter 6 Network Settings
Configuring network interfaces and IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Editing an IP interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Configuring IP addresses for the interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Configuring static routes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Configuring VLANs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Chapter 7 Traffic Settings
Global traffic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Virtual servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Creating a virtual server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Creating a virtual server port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Binding the virtual server port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Enabling or disabling a virtual server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Virtual server port configuration summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Real servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Creating a basic real server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Setting predictors and advanced settings for real servers . . . .80
Real server port configuration summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Creating a real server port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Configuring health check parameters for a real server port. . . 85
Enabling or disabling a real server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Server groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Binding a server group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Source NAT IPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
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Health checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Creating a port profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Defining advanced parameters for a port profile . . . . . . . . . . .94
Creating a port policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Element health checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Viewing match list policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Configuring a match list policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Content switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Creating content switching policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Request rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Response rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Request policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Response policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Binding policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
OpenScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Creating scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Uploading and downloading scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Binding scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Viewing script profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Configuring script profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Chapter 8 GSLB Settings
GSLB Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Configuring GSLB Advanced Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Chapter 9 Security Settings
SSL overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
SSL private keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Uploading private keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
SSL certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Generating Certificate Signing Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Generating self-signed certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
SSL profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Creating SSL profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Managing the TCP profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
SSL profile bindings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Binding the profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
SSL certificate revocation lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Creating certificate revocation lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Access Control Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Configuring standard ACLs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Configuring extended ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Configuring IPv6-based ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
SYN-Proxy settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
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SYN-Proxy server tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Configuring Syn-Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Disabling the SYN-Proxy server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Per-IPMSS tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Adding an IP-MSS entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Deleting an IP-MSS entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Editing an IP-MSS entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
RADIUS controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
RADIUS servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Creating and editing a RADIUS server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
TACACS controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
TACACS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Adding or editing a TACACS server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Chapter 10 Monitoring Overview
Navigating the monitor tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Chapter 11 Viewing System Information
System summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
System logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Chapter 12 Viewing Network Status
Interface statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Viewing interface details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
IPv4 interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
IPv6 interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182
IP statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
ICMP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
TCP statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
UDP statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
IPv6 Neighbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
IPv4 routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
IPv6 routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
OSPF Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
OSPF V3 Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
BGP4 Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
BGP4 Plus Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
ARP cache statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
MAC statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Chapter 13 Viewing Traffic Statistics
Global traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
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Virtual servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Virtual server statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Virtual server details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Virtual server ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Real servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Real server statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Real server ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Content switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Content switching policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
CSW policy details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
DNS DPI policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
DNS DPI policy details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Basic content switching statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Content rewrite statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
OpenScript . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Detailed OpenScript statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Session information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Session summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Filtering the session table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
Chapter 14 Viewing Security Statistics
DoS protection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Displaying SYN attack details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Displaying other DoS attack details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
SSL statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
SSL alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
SSL profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
SSL client details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Chapter 15 Maintenance Overview
Navigating the maintain tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
Chapter 16 Managing Software Images
Uploading the software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
Chapter 17 Restarting the System
System restart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Chapter 18 License Management
License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
Chapter 19 Packet Capture
Packet capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Edit Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Apply packet capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
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Chapter 20 Accessing the CLI
CLI access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
Chapter 21 Retrieving System Information for Technical Support
Technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
Appendix A Troubleshooting
Unable to open web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
Web interface does not reflect changes based on the latest image256
RSL error (#2032 Stream Error) when launching the web interface256
Appendix B Config Template XML Schema
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Repeaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Variables in Repeaters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
XML schema element reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
Top-level schema elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
Variable schema elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264
System schema elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
Network schema elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
SLB schema elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Real server schema elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Virtual server schema elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280
CSW schema elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
SSL server schema elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
CLI schema elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Appendix C Managing Config Templates through the CLI
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Copying or exporting a template file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Creating a ready-to-use template from an existing template . . . . .312
Deleting a template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Validating a template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
Executing a template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
Displaying template information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Displaying the list of templates on the Brocade Virtual ADX .315
Displaying the XML contents of a template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316
Displaying the user-input variables in a template . . . . . . . . . .317
Displaying the status of a template operation. . . . . . . . . . . . .318
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Preface

Document conventions

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

Text formatting

The following text formatting conventions may be used in the flow of the text to highlight specific words or phrases.
Format Description
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies keywords
Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text Provides emphasis
Identifies variables and modifiers
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles
code
Identifies CLI output
Identifies command syntax examples
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Command syntax conventions

NOTE
ATTENTION
CAUTION
DANGER
Convention Description
bold text Identifies command names, keywords, and command options.
italic text Identifies variables.
[ ]
{ x | y |z }
Syntax components displayed within square brackets are optional.
A choice of required parameters is enclosed in curly braces separated byvertical bars. You must select one.
x | y
< >
A vertical bar separates mutually exclusive elements.
Nonprinting characters, for example, passwords, are enclosed in angle brackets.
...
\
Repeat the previous element. For example, member [member...].
Indicates a “soft” line break in command examples. If a backslash separates two lines of a command input, enter the entire command at the prompt without the backslash.

Notes, cautions, and warnings

The following notices and statements may be used in this document. 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.
An Attention statement indicates a stronger note, for example, to alert you when traffic might be interrupted or the device might reboot.
A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.
A Danger statement indicates conditions or situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely hazardous to you. Safety labels are also attached directly to products to warn of these conditions or situations.
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White papers, online demonstrations, and data sheets are available through the Brocade website at:
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Select Application Delivery Switches on this page to navigate to the relevant product information.

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Introduction to the Brocade Virtual ADX Web Interface

In this chapter
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Starting the Brocade Virtual ADX web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

System requirements

The Brocade Virtual ADX web interface is a browser-based interface that allows you to configure, monitor, and maintain an Brocade Virtual ADX. The interface can be used for creating a new configuration, modifying an existing configuration, monitoring the traffic on a device, maintaining the logs, managing software images and licenses, and retrieving technical support information.
Supported software
The Brocade Virtual ADX web interface supports Brocade Virtual ADX version 03.0.00.
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Required software
To access the web interface for the Brocade Virtual ADX, your device requires the following software:
Supported application: Adobe Flash Player 10.2 or later
Supported browsers:
- Internet Explorer 8.0 or later
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
Other browsers that support Adobe Flash Player 10.2 may also work but have not been validated with this system.
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NOTE
NOTE
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Starting the Brocade Virtual ADX web interface
After the initial configuration, you can start accessing the web interface using the default username and password.
To start the Brocade Virtual ADX web interface, perform the following steps.
1. Launch a web browser that has Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
2. Type http://<IP address> in the address bar on the browser.
3. Press Enter.
The Login window is displayed.
The default user name is admin and default password is brocade. After logging in, you must change the default password to ensure security. The password must contain alphanumeric characters.
4. Enter the user name and password, and click OK.
To change or re-enter the user name or password, click Clear.
You have three attempts to log in to the web interface. If all the three login attempts fail, you will be locked out for 30 minutes. During the locked out period, you cannot log in even if you provide the correct password.
To recover a lost password from the console, refer to the Brocade Virtual ADX Administration Guide.
The home page of the Brocade Virtual ADX web interface is displayed. To terminate a session at any time, click Logout on the login bar in the top right corner.
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Navigating the Web Interface

In this chapter
Web interface overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Web interface overview

The web interface allows you to configure, monitor, and maintain the Brocade Virtual ADX using a standard web browser over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
Within the web interface you can perform the following primary tasks:
Configuring the system — This includes configuring basic system settings, network, traffic, and
security features in the Brocade Virtual ADX, and view the current configuration on the Brocade Virtual ADX. For more information on configuring tasks, refer to “Navigating the configuration
tab” on page 15.
Monitoring the system — Monitor status and statistics for various features, and maintain logs.
For more information on monitoring tasks, refer to “Navigating the monitor tab” on page 171.
Maintaining the system — Manage software images and licenses, and allow reboots, CLI
access and retrieval of technical support information for the Brocade Virtual ADX. For more information on the maintenance tasks, refer to “Navigating the maintain tab” on page 237.
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Layout
The web interface of the Brocade Virtual ADX has the following features, as shown in Figure 1 and described in Table 1.
FIGURE 1 Brocade Virtual ADX home page
1 Menu bar 5 Page tab
2 Sidebar 6 Login bar
3 Button bar 7 Main page
4 Task bar 8 Control bar
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TABLE 1 Brocade Virtual ADX web interface features
Brocade Virtual ADX home page features Description and options
Login bar Includes information regarding your login session along with the links to
get additional help. The following options are displayed on the login bar:
Hostname — Host name and the model of the Brocade Virtual ADX.
User — Username that was used to log in to the Brocade Virtual ADX.
Context — Context corresponding to the username.
Role — Role of the user.
Help — Link to the Brocade Virtual ADX Community website.
Log out — Ends the current session and returns to the login page.
Task bar Includes tabs for each of the primary GUI tasks:
The following tabs are displayed on the task bar:
Dashboard — Displays a summary of the system and its state along
with the information about the traffic flowing through the Brocade Virtual ADX.
Configure — Allows you to configure the Brocade Virtual ADX features
on the Brocade Virtual ADX.
Monitor — Displays detailed statistics and status information for the
Brocade Virtual ADX.
Maintain — Provides the ability to manage licenses, upload software,
reboot the Brocade Virtual ADX, and retrieve information for technical support.
Menu bar Allows you to navigate to specific subsections within a primary tab. The
menu bar is currently displayed when Dashboard, Configure, and Monitor tabs are selected.
The following options are available from the menu bar depending on the primary tabs selected:
System — Displays information related to the system status and
configurations including system settings, system limits, high availability, and user management.
Network — Displays information related to the network status or
configurations including interface and routing information.
Tra ffic — Displays information related to the traffic status or
configurations including virtual servers, real servers, real server groups, and scripts.
Side bar Provides the basic navigation within a given task and subsection allowing
you to view or configure the various entities within the selected task.
Main page Displays the fields associated with the item that you have selected in the
sidebar:
Control bar — Displays the buttons associated with the operations
permitted on the current page along with status information about the most recent action taken.
Page tab — Is displayed each time an entity is created or modified or
additional details must be configured for the current page. To close a page tab, click the Close button in the top corner of the respective tab.
Button bar — Is displayed when additional parameters must be
configured for the feature. Click the respective buttons to provide the information.
Red asterisk (*) — Indicates a required field.
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Navigation
From the task bar, select a primary task (tab) you want to perform. Selecting the tab displays the related subsections in the menu bar. When you select a subsection, the related entities are displayed in the sidebar. By default, the system is set to open the first entity in the sidebar and displays its related fields in the main page.
Getting guidance
The web interface provides help throughout the web interface.
To get help in the web interface, perform one of the following actions:
Move the cursor over the fields for which you want more information. The tooltip displays
field-specific information to assist you when entering configuration data.
On any screen of the web interface, click the blue Help icon, on the furthest right corner of the
menu bar.
FIGURE 2 Help Icon - Blue icon on the far right
Clicking the Help icon on any screen of the web interface, displays a Help page with content specific to that particular screen. For example, the help page for the System screen under the Dashboard tab displays the System view help page.
The content available on help pages can include:
Instructions to navigate to the screen.
Summaries describing the screen’s topic.
Explanations of the information displayed on the screen you are viewing.
How you can use the screen you are viewing to perform certain functions.
Options to navigate to related topics.
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Navigating the Dashboard

In this chapter
Dashboard overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Traffic view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Dashboard overview

Use the Dashboard tab to monitor the health and performance of the system based on statistical counters specific to the Brocade Virtual ADX or to the traffic flowing through the Brocade Virtual ADX. See Figure 3.
FIGURE 3 Dashboard tab
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From the menu bar, you can view either System or Traffic dashboard. The System dashboard provides a summary of the entire system and includes device information such as CPU utilization, memory utilization, throughput, and system state. The Traffic dashboard provides a summary of the virtual servers and real servers configured on the Brocade Virtual ADX and the related traffic information such as connections per second, average response times per service and overall traffic distribution. By default, the Brocade Virtual ADX web interface displays the System dashboard after you log in.
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Both the System and Traffic dashboards have six panes that can be viewed, hidden, resized, and reorganized. The information in the dashboard is automatically updated based on the autorefresh interval that you set. By default, the autorefresh interval is set to 30 seconds. You can change the autorefresh time interval by selecting an interval option from the Auto Refresh list. To disable autorefresh, you can select the On Demand option from the list.
You can view the counters in the dashboard in either graphical or tabular format based on your preference. To change the format, click the graph or table icon in the top corner of selected pane.
Graphical view is restricted only to some of the panels in the dashboard.
For more information on the icons, refer to “Navigating the monitor tab” on page 171. You can also view more detailed information about the Dashboard counters by clicking the Details link located at the bottom of each pane. This link directs you to the corresponding detailed counters under the Monitor tab.
You can customize the dashboard panels using the following methods:
Use the drag and drop operation to reorganize the panels to the desired area on the
dashboard.
In graphical view, select or clear the check box next to the corresponding legend to view or hide
a line that represent a legend on the graph.
Click the maximize or minimize button at the top right of the panel to maximize or minimize the
panels.
Click the arrow next to the each individual header column to sort the data in ascending or
descending order.
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Dashboard pod controls

The Dashboard pods support variable data display, time-period selection, and data export on a case-by-case basis.
FIGURE 4 Dashboard pod controls
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1 Display pod data in graph format
2 Display pod data in a spreadsheet
3Toggle data display
4 Export data
5 Jump to source page
Displaying dashboard pod line graph data
Some pods allow you to select the data to be displayed. Clicking on the check boxes inside the pods toggles the display of the value on and off. It does not stop the collection of that data.
Changing dashboard pod line graph data time period
Some pods allow you to change the time period for the data being displayed.
See the Historical Statistics status in the bottom left corner of the Dashboard tab. To enable the time period controls:
1. Click Turn ON to toggle the display of the pods time period controls for those pods.
2. Each pod’s time period display is independent of any other. Select the time period you want displayed for each pod.
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The Historical Statistics status is retained between sessions, but time period selections and data display selections are not.
Exporting pod line graph data
Some pods allow you to export whatever data has been collected for the graph. Clicking Export… in the pod opens a standard windows file dialog that allows you to save the data as a CSV file.
Notes:
The export will include data from ALL data sets (lines) in the pod, even if the display of some (or
all) of the data set lines in that pod have been turned off.
The first line of the exported file is text with symbolic names for all the data fields.
Each text line in the exported file ends with the fields TIME and DATE, which provide timestamp
information in the formats of integer and string.
Sample CSV output:
HTTP_TX,HTTP_RX,DNS_TX,DNS_RX,TIME,DATE 8,2,0,4,0,12,1337718524371,Tue May 22 13:28:44 GMT-0700 2012 8,3,0,5,11,4,1337718563651,Tue May 22 13:29:23 GMT-0700 2012 12,0,5,4,8,11,1337718565933,Tue May 22 13:29:25 GMT-0700 2012 12,0,0,5,4,12,1337718568104,Tue May 22 13:29:28 GMT-0700 2012 8,11,12,0,0,12,1337718597994,Tue May 22 13:29:57 GMT-0700 2012 5,8,11,11,12,5,1337718628244,Tue May 22 13:30:28 GMT-0700 2012 4,12,8,5,12,0,1337718658759,Tue May 22 13:30:58 GMT-0700 2012
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Viewing Line Graph data details
Some pods allow you to jump to the page that provided the information in the pod. If the pod supports this, click Details… to jump to the appropriate page in the application. For example, clicking the Details… link in the Throughput pod displays the Interfaces page on the Monitor tab.
FIGURE 5 Navigate to the Interfaces page from the Throughput pod
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System view
The System dashboard displays various system information including general summary, throughput, log messages, established connections, and sessions.
To vi ew the System dashboard, select the Dashboard tab in the task bar and click System on the menu bar. The System dashboard page is displayed, as shown in Figure 6.
FIGURE 6 System dashboard
The System Dashboard contains six pods. See Table 2.
TABLE 2 System Dashboard pods
Pod Description
System Summary Displays system details including:
Model
Version
System IP
Serial Number
System Health
HA Mode
Interfaces
Uptime
Throughput Allows you to monitor the total number of packets received and
transmitted by the Brocade Virtual ADX.
Sessions Allows you to monitor the total number of sessions created with respect to
time.
System Log Allows you to monitor the system log messages and errors in the Brocade
Virtual ADX
MP/Core Resources Allows you to monitor the memory and CPU utilization in the Brocade
Virtual ADX
Total Connections Allows you to monitor the total number of connections established with the
Brocade Virtual ADX.
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Traffic view
The Traf fic dashboard displays network traffic information including traffic distribution, sessions and connections for service, and service response time.
To vi ew the Traffic dashboard, select the Dashboard tab in the task bar and click Tra ff ic on the menu bar.
The Traf fic dashboard page is displayed, as shown in Figure 7.
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FIGURE 7 Traffic dashboard
The Traf fic dashboard contains six pods. See Table 3.
TABLE 3 Traffic dashboard pods
Pod Description
Traffic Summary Allows you to monitor the status of the virtual servers, real servers, and
ports configured on the Brocade Virtual ADX in a tabular format. You can also monitor the following:
Total count of virtual servers, real servers, and ports.
Maximum number virtual servers, real servers, and ports that can be
configured on the Brocade Virtual ADX.
Number of virtual servers, real servers, and ports that are disabled.
Throughput by Service Allows you to monitor the transmission and reception of packets in bits per
seconds (BPS) over time based on Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol secure (HTTPS), Domain Name System (DNS).
Connections by Service Allows you to monitor the sessions over time based on HTTP, HTTPS, and
DNS.
Traffic Distribution - IPv4 vs IPv6 Allows you to monitor the client traffic based on IPv4 versus IPv6.
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Traffic view
TABLE 3 Traffic dashboard pods (Continued)
Pod Description
HTTP Traffic - Content Switching Allows you to view the HTTP traffic request response.
Average Response Time by Service Allows you to monitor response over time based on HTTP, HTTPS, or DNS.
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Configuration Overview

In this chapter
Navigating the configuration tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Saving the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Navigating the configuration tab

The Configure tab is the second tab in the Brocade Virtual ADX web interface.
FIGURE 8 Configure tab
You can use the Configure tab to configure the system, network, traffic, or security settings on an Brocade Virtual ADX. When you click the Configure tab, the following menus are displayed in the menu bar. See Table 4.
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TABLE 4 Configure tab menu bar
Menu Description
System Allows you to configure the features specific to basic system settings and
limits, High Availability (HA), and user management.
Network Allows you to configure the features specific to interfaces, static routes,
and Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs).
Traffic Allows you to configure the features specific to virtual server, real server,
health checks, content switching, and OpenScripts.
GSLB Allows you to configure the feature specific to the Global Server Load
Balancing (GSLB) site.
Security Allows you to configure the features specific to Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
and certificate management.
By default, the Brocade Virtual ADX web interface displays the System menu after you click the Configure tab.
Click a menu that represents the primary task that you want to perform from the menu bar, the corresponding entities specific to the menu are displayed in the sidebar. From the sidebar, select an entity that represents a configuration feature. The corresponding Summary page with a list of configured entities specific to the feature in tabular format is displayed in the main page. For example, when you select the Real Servers entity from the sidebar, the main page displays a summary page with the list of real servers configured in the Brocade Virtual ADX. The list displays up to 30 configuration entries. You can navigate to view the next or previous set of configuration
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information by clicking Next or Previous at the bottom of the Summary page. Click First or Last to go to the most recent or least recent entries. Also, you can select the page number from the list, to go to a specific page. The main page displays the buttons that are used to perform configuration actions. See Tab le 5.
TABLE 5 Configuration actions
Button Description
New Allows you to create a new instance of the currently selected entity.
Edit Allows you to modify the attributes of the currently selected entity.
Delete Allows you to delete a configured entity from the Brocade Virtual ADX. All
nested configurations within the deleted configured entity are also discarded.
Apply Applies changes to the running configuration.
Reset Reverts the configuration on the current page to the previous configured
values.
Common icons
The main page displays the common icons on the top right corner for all the configuration tasks. See Tab le 6.
TABLE 6 Configuration icons
Icon Description
Filter Allows you to filter the data currently displayed in the Summary page. Click
Refresh Refreshes the current page based on the most recent changes made to
Save Saves the running configuration to the startup configuration.
Saving the configuration
When you change the current configuration or add any new configuration, the Brocade Virtual ADX stores the configuration data in the running configuration. To permanently save the configuration to the startup configuration of the Brocade Virtual ADX, click the Save button at the top right corner of the main page.
the Filter icon and select the criteria from the Filter Criteria list to filter the data.
the running configuration. Includes an option to set the interval at which you want the page has to refreshed.
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System Settings

In this chapter
General settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
High Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Config Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
User management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Device management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

General settings

After logging in to the web interface, configure the basic system information to identify your device in the network and set the system limits to control the memory usage.
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Configuring basic system settings
Configure the basic system settings including the host name. To configure the basic system settings on the Brocade Virtual ADX, perform the following steps within the Configure tab.
1. Click System on the menu bar.
2. From the sidebar, click General.
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The System Configuration page is displayed. See Figure 9.
FIGURE 9 System Configuration page
3. Under System, provide the following information:
Hostname: Enter a host name for the Brocade Virtual ADX; for example, ADXHost. When
you configure a host name, the name replaces the default system name. The name can contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters.
Serial Number: Displays the serial number of the Brocade Virtual ADX. The field is editable.
All the configuration changes performed in the web interface are stored in the running configuration. Click the Save icon to save the running configuration to the startup configuration.
For more information on the basic system settings, refer to the Brocade Virtual ADX Switch and Router Guide.
You can use the links under Quick Links to helpful Tasks, to navigate to real servers, virtual servers, health checks, and content switching policy configurations.
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