Brocade Web Tools Administrator’s Guide

53-1000606-01 Oct 2007

Web Tools

Administrator’s Guide

Supporting Fabric OS v6.0.0

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Document History

The following table lists all versions of the Web Tools Administrator’s Guide.

Document Title Publication

Number

Web Tools User’s Guide v2.0 53-0001536-01 N/A September 1999

Web Tools User’s Guide v2.2 53-0001558-02 N/A May 2000

Web Tools User’s Guide v2.3 53-0000067-02 N/A December 2000

Web Tools User’s Guide v3.0 53-0000130-03 N/A July 2001

Web Tools User’s Guide v2.6 53-0000197-02 N/A December 2001

Advanced Web Tools User’s Guide v3.0 / v4.0

Advanced Web Tools User’s Guide v4.0.2

Advanced Web Tools User’s Guide v3.1.0

Advanced Web Tools User’s Guide v4.1.0

Advanced Web Tools User’s Guide v4.1.2

53-0000185-02 N/A March 2002

53-0000185-03 N/A September 2002

53-0000503-02 N/A April 2003

53-0000522-02 N/A April 2003

53-0000522-04 Insistent Domain ID Mode.

Summary of Changes Publication

Date

October 2003 Port Swapping information. Minor editorial changes

Advanced Web Tools Administrator’s Guide, v4.2.0

Advanced Web Tools User’s Guide

Advanced Web Tools Administrator’s Guide

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide

53-0000522-05 Updates to support new switch

types: Brocade 3250, 3850,

24000. Structural changes, Support changes, Installation changes.

53-0000522-06 Clarifications on software and

hardware support, minor enhancements in procedure text, minor rearranging of content.

53-0000522-07 Updates to support new switch

types (3016, 4100) and Fabric OS v4.4.0, including Ports on Demand, user administration, and zoning wizards.

53-0000522-08 Updates to support new switch

types (200E, 48000) and Fabric OS v5.0.1, including switchAdmin role, upfront login, and Web Tools EZ.

53-0000522-09 Updates to add additional

information about refresh and polling rates.

December 2003

March 2004

September 2004

April 2005

July 2005

Document Title Publication

Number

Summary of Changes Publication

Date

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide

53-1000049-01 Updates to support new switch

types (4900, 7500) and Fabric OS v5.1.0, including FCR, FCIP, and the FR4-18i port blade. Web Tools EZ information is moved to a separate book.

53-1000049-02 Updates to the FCIP chapter to

clarify how to configure tunnels.

53-1000194-01 Updates for Fabric OS v5.2.0 and

the FC4-16IP blade. Also new security for Web Tools, including Role-Based Access Control and administrative domains.

53-1000435-01 Updates to reflect interface

enhancements, support for new switch types, IPv6 support, and other enhancements.

53-1000606-01 Updates to reflect updates to

enhanced Access Gateway support, changes to FCIP tunneling wizard, and other enhancements.

January 2006

April 2006

September 2006

June 2007

October 2007

About This Document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

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

Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Chapter 1 Introducing Web Tools

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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

Setting Refresh Frequency for Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Deleting temporary internet files used by Java applications . . . 3

Installing Java on the workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Installing the JRE on your Solaris or Linux client workstation. . . 4

Installing patches on Solaris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Installing the Java plug-in on Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Configuring the Java plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Configuring the Java plug-in for Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Configuring the Java plug-in for Mozilla family browsers . . . . . . 6

Installing a Web Tools license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing a Web Tools license through telnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing a Web Tools license through a Web site. . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing other licenses through the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Value line licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Opening Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Logging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Logging out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Admin Domains and login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Admin Domains and switch WWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Admin Domains and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Role-Based Access Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Session management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Ending a Web Tools session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Requirements for IPv6 support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Chapter 2 Using the Web Tools Interface

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Viewing Switch Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Fabric Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Changing the Admin Domain context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Switch View buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Switch View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Switch Events and Switch Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Displaying tool tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Refresh rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Displaying switches in the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Working with Web Tools: recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Chapter 3 Managing Fabrics and Switches

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Managing fabrics and switches using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Opening the Switch Administration window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Refreshing the Switch Administration window. . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Opening the telnet window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Configuring IP and netmask information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Configuring a syslog IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Removing a syslog IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Setting Up IP Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Managing blades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Enabling or disabling a blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Configuring a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Enabling and disabling a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Changing the switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Changing the switch domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Viewing and printing a switch report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Rebooting the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Performing a fast boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Performing a reboot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Changing system configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Configuring fabric settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Enabling insistent domain ID mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Configuring virtual channel settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Configuring arbitrated loop parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Configuring system services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Configuring signed firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Managing licensed features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Activating a license on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Removing a license from a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Administering High Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Launching the High Availability Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Synchronizing Services on the CP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Initiating a CP Failover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

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Monitoring events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Displaying Fabric Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Displaying Switch Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Filtering Fabric and Switch Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Filtering events by event severity levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Filtering events by message ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Filtering events by service component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Displaying a fabric summary report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Displaying the Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Printing the Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Displaying detailed Name Server information for a particular device

Displaying the zone members of a particular device . . . . . . . . 51

Physically locating a switch using beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chapter 4 Maintaining Configurations and Firmware

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Maintaining configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Creating a backup of a configuration file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Restoring a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Performing a firmware download. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Configuring interoperability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Chapter 5 Managing Your Ports

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Viewing and managing ports using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Opening the Port Administration window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Port Administration window components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Identifying controllable ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Configuring ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Configuring FC ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Configuring FCIP ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Configuring GbE ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Assigning a name to a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Enabling and disabling a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Persistent enabling and disabling ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Enabling and disabling NPIV ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Enabling NPIV ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Disabling NPIV ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Enabling and disabling QoS ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Enabling QoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Disabling QoS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Activating ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Enabling Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Reserving and releasing licenses on a port basis . . . . . . . . . . .73

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Swapping port index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Swapping ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Determining if a port index has been swapped with another switch

port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Chapter 6 Administering ISL Trunking

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

About Interswitch Link Trunking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Viewing trunk group information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Disabling or reenabling trunking mode on a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Chapter 7 Managing Administrative Domains

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

About administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Requirements for Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

User-defined Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

System-defined Admin Domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Admin Domain membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Enabling administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Using the Admin Domain window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Opening the Admin Domain window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Refreshing fabric information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Refreshing Admin Domain information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Saving local admin domain changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Closing the Admin Domain window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Creating and populating domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Creating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Activating or deactivating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Managing administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Adding and removing members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Renaming Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Deleting Admin Domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Chapter 8 Administering Zoning

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Introducing zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Configuring zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Opening the Zone Administration window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Setting the default zoning mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Managing zoning with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Refreshing fabric information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Refreshing Zone Administration window information . . . . . . . .99

Saving local zoning changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Closing the Zone Administration window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Select a zoning view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

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Managing zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Creating and populating zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Adding and removing members of a zone alias. . . . . . . . . . . .102

Renaming zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Deleting zone aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Managing zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Creating and populating zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Adding and removing members of a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Renaming zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Copying zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Deleting zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Managing zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Creating zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Adding or removing zone configuration members. . . . . . . . . .107

Renaming zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Copying zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Deleting zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Enabling zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Disabling zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Displaying enabled zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Displaying zone configuration summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Creating configuration analysis reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Displaying zones Initiator/Target accessibility. . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Managing the zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Adding a WWN to multiple aliases and zones . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Removing a WWN from multiple aliases and zones . . . . . . . .113

Replacing a WWN in Multiple Aliases and Zones . . . . . . . . . .114

Searching for zone members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Clearing the Zoning Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Using Zoning Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Best practices for zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Interoperability considerations for zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Chapter 9 Monitoring Performance

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Monitoring performance using Web Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Predefined performance graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

User-defined graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Canvas configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Opening the Performance Monitoring window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Creating basic performance monitor graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Customizing basic monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Creating advanced performance monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . .126

Creating SID-DID Performance Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Creating an SCSI vs. IP Traffic Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Creating SCSI Command Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Creating AL_PA Error Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

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Managing performance graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Saving graphs to a canvas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Adding graphs to an existing canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Printing a single graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Printing all graphs in a canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Modifying graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Chapter 10 Using the FC-FC Routing Service

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Supported switches for fibre channel routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

About fibre channel routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Setting up FC-FC routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Managing FC-FC routing with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Opening the FC Routing module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Viewing and managing LSAN fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Viewing and configuring EX_Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Configuring an EX_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Editing the configuration of an EX_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Configuring FCR router port cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Viewing and configuring LSAN zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Viewing LSAN Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Configuring the backbone fabric ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Chapter 11 Working With Diagnostic Features

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Managing trace dumps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

How a trace dump is used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Setting up automatic trace dump transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Specifying a remote server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Enabling automatic transfer of trace dumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Disabling automatic trace uploads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Displaying switch information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Viewing detailed fan hardware status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Viewing the temperature status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Viewing the power supply status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Checking the physical health of a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Interpreting port LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Port icon colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

LED representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Brocade 48000 Director LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Chapter 12 Administering Fabric Watch

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Introduction to Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Using Fabric Watch with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Opening the Fabric Watch window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

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Configuring Fabric Watch thresholds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Configuring threshold traits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Configuring threshold alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Enabling or disabling threshold alarms for individual elements157

Configuring alarms for FRUs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Displaying Fabric Watch alarm information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Viewing an alarm configuration Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Displaying alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Configuring email notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Configuring the email server on a switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Configuring the email alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Chapter 13 Administering Extended Fabrics

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

About extended link buffer allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Configuring a port for long distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Chapter 14 Administering the iSCSI Target Gateway

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Supported platforms for iSCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

About the iSCSI service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Common Functions in the iSCSI Target Gateway Admin module168

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Saving Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Launching the iSCSI Target Gateway Admin Module. . . . . . . . 171

Launching the iSCSI Setup wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Activating the iSCSI Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Configuring the IP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Managing the iSCSI Virtual Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Viewing iSCSI Initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Managing Discovery Domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Configuring CHAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Configuring an iSCSI Fibre Channel Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Managing and Troubleshooting Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Chapter 15 Using the Access Gateway

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Introduction to Access Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Enabling Access Gateway mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Disabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Viewing the Access Gateway settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Modifying the port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Creating port groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Defining custom primary and secondary mapping . . . . . . . . .190

Changing Access Gateway policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Path Failover and failback policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Modifying Path Failover and failback policies . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Enabling Automatic Port Configuration (APC) . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

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Chapter 16 Routing Traffic

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

About routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Viewing FSPF routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Configuring dynamic load sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Specifying frame order delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Configuring the link cost for a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Chapter 17 Using the FCIP Tunneling Service

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Understanding the FCIP Tunneling Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

FCIP Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

FCIP-related features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

IKE/IPSec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Configuring an FCIP interswitch/interfabric link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Configuring an IKE or IPSEC Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Configuring Virtual Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Interfaces, Routes, and Tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Enabling Persistently Disabled Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Managing the FCIP tunneling service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Managing IP Interfaces for a GbE Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Managing IP Routes for a GbE Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Managing FCIP Tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Chapter 18 Configuring Standard Security Features

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Creating and maintaining user-defined accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Viewing account information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Creating user-defined accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Deleting user-defined accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Changing account parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Maintaining passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Configuring access control list policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Creating an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Editing an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

Deleting an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

Activating an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Distributing an FCS policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Moving an FCS policy switch position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Configuring an authentication policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Configuring authentication policies for E-Ports . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Configuring authentication policies for F-Ports . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Distributing authentication policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Re-authenticating policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Setting a shared secret key pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Modifying a shared secret key pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Configuring SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Setting SNMP Trap Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Configuring SNMP Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

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Managing RADIUS service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Enabling and Disabling RADIUS Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Configuring the RADIUS Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227

Modifying the RADIUS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227

Modifying the RADIUS Server Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Removing a RADIUS Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Managing Active Directory service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Enabling Active Directory service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Modifying Active Directory service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

Removing Active Directory service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

Chapter 19 Administering FICON CUP Fabrics

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

About FICON CUP fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

Enabling port-based routing on the Brocade 4100, 5000, and 48000 232

Enabling or disabling FMS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Configuring FMS parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Displaying code page information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

Viewing the control device state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

Configuring CUP port connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236

Viewing CUP Port Connectivity Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . .236

Creating or Editing CUP Port Connectivity Configurations. . . .237

Activating a CUP Port Connectivity Configuration . . . . . . . . . .238

Copying a CUP Port Connectivity Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . .238

Deleting a CUP Port Connectivity Configuration . . . . . . . . . . .239

Chapter 20 Limitations

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

General Web Tools limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241

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About This Document

In this chapter

•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

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

•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

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, “Introducing Web Tools”, provides some basic information about the Web Tools

interface, including system requirements and installation instructions.

• Chapter 2, “Using the Web Tools Interface”, describes the components of the Web Tools

interface.

• Chapter 3, “Managing Fabrics and Switches”, provides information on how to manage your

fabric and switches using the Web Tools interface.

• Chapter 4, “Maintaining Configurations and Firmware”, provides information about uploading

and downloading configuration files and downloading firmware.

• Chapter 5, “Managing Your Ports”, provides information about managing FC and GbE ports.

• Chapter 6, “Administering ISL Trunking”, provides information on managing the optionally

licensed ISL Trunking feature.

• Chapter 7, “Managing Administrative Domains”, provides information on managing Admin

Domains.

• Chapter 8, “Administering Zoning”, provides information on how to use the Brocade Advanced

Zoning feature to partition your storage area network (SAN) into logical groups of devices that can access each other.

• Chapter 9, “Monitoring Performance”, provides information on how to use the Brocade

Advanced Performance Monitoring feature to monitor your fabric performance.

• Chapter 10, “Using the FC-FC Routing Service,” provides information on using the FC-FC

Routing Service to share devices between fabrics without merging those fabrics.

• Chapter 11, “Working With Diagnostic Features,” provides information about trace dumps,

viewing switch health, and interpreting the LEDs.

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• Chapter 12, “Administering Fabric Watch,” provides information on how to use the Fabric

Watch feature to monitor the performance and status of switches and alert you when problems arise.

• Chapter 13, “Administering Extended Fabrics,” provides information on how to configure a port

for long distance.

• Chapter 14, “Administering the iSCSI Target Gateway,” provides information on how to

configure and manage the iSCSI Target Gateway.

• Chapter 15, “Using the Access Gateway,” provides information on how to configure and

manage the Brocade Access Gateway.

• Chapter 16, “Routing Traffic,” provides information on how to configure routes.

• Chapter 17, “Using the FCIP Tunneling Service,” provides information on setting up a Fibre

Channel over Internet Protocol (FCIP) Tunneling Service.

• Chapter 18, “Configuring Standard Security Features,” provides information on managing user

accounts, SNMP, and RADIUS server.

• Chapter 19, “Administering FICON CUP Fabrics,” provides information on how to administer

and manage FICON CUP fabrics. You can enable FMS mode, edit and create configurations, and edit FMS parameters.

• Chapter 20, “Limitations,” discusses limitations of and provides workarounds for using Web

Tools.

Supported hardware and software

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

Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for 6.0.0, documenting all possible configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.

The following hardware platforms are supported by this release of Web Tools:

• Brocade 200E switch

• Brocade 4012

• Brocade 4016

• Brocade 4018

• Brocade 4020

• Brocade 4024

• Brocade 4100 switch

• Brocade 5000 switch

• Brocade 4900 switch

• Brocade 7500 switch

• Brocade 7600 switch

• Brocade 48000 director

• Brocade DCX Director

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What’s new in this document

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

• Information that was added:

- The Access Gateway chapter was updated to provide information about Web Tools support

of Port Group Policy configurations.

- Support for Active Directory (LDAP) security.

• Information that was changed:

- Screens and procedures were changed to reflect the changes to the interface.

- Various grammatical and typographical changes were made to improve quality

• Information that was removed:

- Information in this guide that was unnecessarily duplicated from Fabric OS Administrator’s

Guide.

For further information, refer to the release notes.

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 often all lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case sensitive.

Notes, cautions, and warnings

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

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NOTE

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

ATTENTION

An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.

CAUTION

A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you.

DANGER

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.

Key terms

For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary.

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

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

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, join Brocade Connect. It’s free! Go to http://www.brocade.com and click Brocade Connect to register at no cost for a user ID and password.

For practical discussions about SAN design, implementation, and maintenance, you can obtain

Building SANs with Brocade Fabric Switches through:

http://www.amazon.com

For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade SAN Info Center and click the Resource Library location:

http://www.brocade.com

Release notes are available on the Brocade Connect Web site and are also bundled with the Fabric OS firmware.

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Other industry resources

• White papers, online demos, and data sheets are available through the Brocade Web site at

http://www.brocade.com/products/software.jhtml.

• Best practice guides, white papers, data sheets, and other documentation is available through

the Brocade Partner Web site.

For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 Web site. This Web site 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 Web site:

http://www.fibrechannel.org

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. General Information

• Switch model

• Switch operating system version

• 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

2. Switch Serial Number

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

*FT00X0054E9*

FT00X0054E9

The serial number label is located as follows:

• Brocade 200E—On the nonport side of the chassis

• Brocade 4100, 4900, and 7500—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

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• 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

3. World Wide Name (WWN)

Use the wwn command to display the switch WWN.

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

Document feedback

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

documentation@brocade.com

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

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Chapter

Introducing Web Tools

Brocade Web Tools is a graphical user interface (GUI) that enables administrators to monitor and manage single or small fabrics, switches, and ports from a standard workstation. It is an optionally-licensed product that runs on Brocade Fabric OS.

Web Tools provides the administrative control point for Brocade Advanced Fabric Services, including Advanced Zoning, ISL Trunking, Advanced Performance Monitoring, and Fabric Watch. Web Tools also provides an interface to telnet commands to perform special switch functions and diagnostics that are available only through the telnet interface.

For some switch models, Web Tools provides a simplified interface, EZSwitchSetup, that allows less-experienced users to perform basic management tasks. See the EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide for information about the EZSwitchSetup interface.

In this chapter

This chapter contains the following information:

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

•Installing Java on the workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

•Configuring the Java plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

•Installing a Web Tools license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

•Value line licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

•Opening Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

•Administrative domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

•Role-Based Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

•Session management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

•Requirements for IPv6 support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

System requirements

Before you install Web Tools on your workstation, verify that your switches and workstation meet the Web Tools requirements listed in this chapter.

Web Tools requires any browser that conforms to HTML version 4.0, JavaScript version 1.0, and Java Plug-in 1.6.0 or higher.

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Brocade has certified and tested Web Tools on the platforms shown in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Certified and tested platforms

Operating System Browser Java Plug-In

Solaris 10 Firefox 2.0 1.6.0

Linux Red Hat AS4 Firefox 2.0 1.6.0

Windows 2003 Server, SP1 Internet Explorer 7.0 1.6.0

Windows XP, SP2 Internet Explorer 7.0 1.6.0

TABLE 2 Supported platforms

Operating System Browser Java Plug-In

RH Enterprise Linux AS3 Firefox 2.0 1.6.0

Windows 2000, SP4 Firefox 2.0, Internet Explorer 6.0 1.6.0

Windows 2003 Server, SP1 Firefox 2.0, Internet Explorer 6.0 1.6.0

Windows XP, SP2 Firefox 2.0, Internet Explorer 6.0 1.6.0

NOTE

Some browsers must be configured to work with Web Tools.

Adequate RAM is required on Windows systems:

• 256 MB or more RAM for fabrics comprising 15 switches or less

• 512 MB or more RAM for fabrics comprising more than 15 switches

A minimum of 8 MB of video RAM is also recommended.

Setting Refresh Frequency for Internet Explorer

Correct operation of Web Tools with Internet Explorer requires specifying the appropriate settings for browser refresh frequency and process model. Browser pages should be refreshed frequently to ensure the correct operation of Web Tools.

1. Click Tools > Internet Options in the browser.

2. Click the General tab and click Settings under “Temporary Internet Files.”

3. Click Every visit to the page under “Check for newer versions of stored pages,” as shown in

Figure 1 on page 3.

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Configure your browser to check for newer versions of stored pages every visit to the page.

FIGURE 1 Configuring Internet Explorer

Deleting temporary internet files used by Java applications

For Web Tools so operate correctly, you must delete the temporary internet files used by Java applications.

1. From the Control Panel, open Java.

2. Click the General tab and click Settings.

FIGURE 2 Temporary Internet Settings dialog box

3. Click the Delete Files button to delete the temporary files used by Java applications.

4. Click OK on the confirmation dialog box.

You can clear the Trace and Log files check box if you want to keep those files.

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5. Click OK.

6. On the Java Control Panel, click the View button to review the files that are in the Java cache.

If you have deleted all the temporary files, the list is empty.

Installing Java on the workstation

Java Plug-in must be installed on the workstation. If you try to open Web Tools without any Java Plug-in installed:

• Internet Explorer automatically prompts and downloads the proper Java Plug-in.

• Firefox downloads the most recently released Java Plug-in.

If you try to open Web Tools with an earlier version Java Plug-in installed:

• Internet Explorer might prompt for an upgrade, depending on the existing Java Plug-in version.

• Firefox uses the existing Java Plug-in.

Installing the JRE on your Solaris or Linux client workstation

1. Locate the JRE on the Internet, at the following URL:

http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/5.0_06/index.html

NOTE

This URL points to a non-Brocade Web site and is subject to change without notice.

2. Select JRE 5.0 Update 6.

3. Follow the instructions to install the JRE.

4. Create a symbolic link from this location:

$FIREFOX/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so

To this location:

$JRE/plugin/$ARCH/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so

Installing patches on Solaris

1. Search for any required patches for your current version of the JRE at the following Web site:

http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patchpage

NOTE

This URL points to a non-Brocade Web site and is subject to change without notice.

2. Follow the link to download the patch, and exit the browser when done.

3. Install the patch and reboot the system.

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Installing the Java plug-in on Windows

1. Click Start Menu > Settings > Control Panel and select the Java Plug-in Control Panel.

2. Click the About tab.

3. Determine whether the correct Java Plug-in version is installed:

• If the correct version is installed, Web Tools is ready to use.

• If no Java Plug-in is installed, point the browser to a switch running Fabric OS 5.2.0 or later

to install JRE 1.5.0_06. Web Tools will guide you through the steps to download the proper Java Plug-in.

• If an outdated version is currently installed, uninstall it, reboot your personal computer,

re-open the browser, and enter the address of a switch running Fabric OS 5.2.0 or later to install JRE 1.5.0_06. Web Tools will guide you through the steps to download the proper Java Plug-in.

Configuring the Java plug-in

If you are managing fabrics with more than 10 switches or 1000 ports, or if you are using the iSCSI Gateway module extensively, you should increase the default heap size to 256 MB to avoid out-of-memory errors.

Configuring the Java plug-in

If you are using a Mozilla family browser (Firefox, Netscape), you should set the default browser in the Java control panel.

The following procedures instruct you in increasing the default heap size in the Java Control Panel and in setting the default browser.

Configuring the Java plug-in for Windows

1. From the Start menu button, select Settings > Control Panel > Java.

2. Click the Java tab.

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FIGURE 3 Java Control Panel

3. In the section Java Applet Runtime Settings, click View

The Java Runtime Settings dialog box appears.

FIGURE 4 Java Runtime Settings

4. Double-click in the Java Runtime Parameters field and type the following information to set the minimum and maximum heap size:

-Xms256m -Xmx256m

In this example, the minimum and maximum sizes are both 256 MB.

5. Click Apply to apply your settings and close the Java Control Panel.

Configuring the Java plug-in for Mozilla family browsers

1. From the Start menu button, select Settings > Control Panel

2. Click the Advanced tab and expand the Default Java for browsers option.

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FIGURE 5 Default Java for browsers option

Installing a Web Tools license

3. Select Mozilla family and click OK.

4. Click Apply to apply your settings and close the Java Control Panel.

Installing a Web Tools license

You can install a Web Tools license either through telnet or over the Web. License keys are provided on a per-chassis basis, so for products that support multiple logical switches (domains), a license key applies to all domains within the chassis.

Use the instructions in “Installing a Web Tools license through telnet” to determine whether a license is already installed on a switch. If a license is not installed, contact your switch supplier to obtain a license key.

Installing a Web Tools license through telnet

Use the following procedure to determine whether a Web Tools license is installed on your switch and, if not, install it.

1. Log in to the switch via telnet (see the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide for more information), using an account that has administrative privileges.

2. To determine whether a Web Tools license is already installed on the switch, type licenseShow on the telnet command line.

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3. On the command line, type the following command:

4. Verify that the license was added by typing the following command:

A list displays all the licenses currently installed on the switch:

switch:admin> licenseshow 1A1AaAaaaAAAA1a:

Zoning license

1A2AaAbbbBBBA1a:

SES license

1A3AaAbcbBBCC1d:

QuickLoop license

]—This is the license key (excluding the colon). The installed feature is listed below.

If the Web Tools license is not included in the list or is incorrect, continue with step 3.

licenseadd key

Where key is the license key value, is case-sensitive, and must be entered exactly as given.

licenseshow

If the Web Tools license is listed, the feature is available. If the license is not listed, repeat

step 3.

Installing a Web Tools license through a Web site

If you open Web Tools from any nonlicensed switch, the software automatically displays the license dialog box. If the fabric already contains at least one licensed switch, you can use Web Tools to view and license other switches from the licensed switch.

If you do not have a switch that has a Web Tools license installed on it, Web Tools is active for only 30 days from the date that the switch is activated. After the 30 day period, the Web Tools functionality is disabled, and error messages appear in the logs and on the console to inform you that you must have a Web Tools license to access the feature.

1. Open the Web browser and type the IP address of the switch in the Location/Address field:

http://10.77.77.77

2. Press Enter.

If a Web Tools license is already installed on the switch, Web Tools opens. If no license is installed, a license dialog box appears.

3. If the license dialog box appears, follow the instructions provided.

Installing other licenses through the Web

1. Open the Web browser and type the IP address of the licensed switch in the Location/Address field:

http://10.77.77.77

2. Press Enter.

3. On Web Tools Switch Explorer, click the switch to which you want to add a license.

4. On the licensing window, follow the instructions that are provided.

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Value line licenses

If your fabric includes a switch with a limited switch license and you are opening Web Tools using that switch, if the fabric exceeds the switch limit indicated in the license, Web Tools allows a 30-day “grace period” in which you can still monitor the switch through Web Tools. However, Web Tools will display warning messages periodically.

These messages warn you that your fabric size exceeds the supported switch configuration limit and tells you how long you have before Web Tools will be disabled. After the 30-day grace period, you will no longer be able to open Web Tools from the switch with the limited switch license if that switch is still exceeding the switch limit.

Web Tools is part of the Fabric OS of a switch. When you open Web Tools on a switch, you can manage other switches in the fabric that have lower or higher firmware versions. It is important to note that when accessing these switches you are opening the remote switch’s version of Web Tools, and the functionality available for those switches might vary.

Opening Web Tools

You can open Web Tools on any workstation with a compatible Web browser installed. For a list of Web browsers compatible with Fabric OS 6.0.0, see Table 1. Web Tools also supports HTTPS protocol, if that protocol is enabled for the switch. For more information on enabling the HTTPS protocol on your switch, see the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.

Value line licenses

1. Open the Web browser and type the IP address of the licensed switch in the Address field:

http://10.77.77.77

https://10.77.77.77

2. Press Enter.

A browser window opens to open Web Tools. A Login dialog box opens. See “Logging in” on page 10 for more information. The browser window is left open. You can close it anytime after the Login dialog box appears.

What happens next depends on the switch type:

• For the Brocade 200E, 4012, 4016, 4018, 4020, 4024, 4100, 4900, and 5000 switches, one

of the following opens, depending on the switch configuration:

- EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager

This interface opens if the switch has already been set up and is configured with EZSwitchSetup. See the EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide for information about the EZSwitchSetup interface.

If you want to use Web Tools instead of EZSwitchSetup, click Advanced Management in the lower-left corner of the window to open the Web Tools interface.

- Web Tools (see Figure 6 on page 10)

The interface opens if the switch is configured with the command line interface (CLI) or Web Tools.

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• For the Brocade AP7420, the Web Tools—AP Edition interface opens. See the Web Tools—AP

Edition Administrator’s Guide for information on using the Web Tools—AP Edition interface for the Brocade AP7420.

• For all other switches, the Web Tools interface opens.

This book describes only the Web Tools interface.

FIGURE 6 Web Tools interface

Logging in

When you use Web Tools, you must log in before you can view or modify any switch information. This section describes the login process.

Prior to displaying the login window, Web Tools displays a security banner (if one is configured for your switch), which you must accept before logging in. The security banner displays every time you access the switch.

When you are presented with the login screen you must provide a user name and a password. Your home Admin Domain is automatically selected. You can choose to log into an Admin Domain other than your home domain.

NOTE

You must log in before you can view Switch Explorer (shown in Figure 6 on page 10).

1. Click Run on the signed certificate applet

If you select the check box Always trust content from this publisher, the dialog box is not displayed when you open Web Tools again.

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FIGURE 7 Signed applet certificate

2. Click OK in the security banner window, if one appears.

Opening Web Tools

FIGURE 8 Login dialog box

3. On the login dialog box, type your user name.

4. Type the password.

If your current password has expired, you must also provide a new password and confirm the new password.

Optional: Click Options to select an Admin Domain other than your default home domain.

The Login dialog box displays the Admin Domain options. You do not have an Admin Domain option if the Access Gateway or Interoperability mode is enabled.

• Click the Home Domain radio button to log in to your default Admin Domain.

• Click the User Specified Domain radio button to log in to another Admin Domain instead of

your home domain. Type the Admin Domain name or number.

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FIGURE 9 Login dialog box with Admin Domain options

5. Click OK.

If the user name or password is incorrect, a dialog box displays indicating an authentication failure.

If you entered valid credentials, but specified an invalid Admin Domain, a dialog box displays from which you can choose a valid Admin Domain or click Cancel to log in to your home domain.

FIGURE 10 Invalid Admin Domain dialog box

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Logging out

You can end a Web Tools session either by logging out or by closing Switch Explorer window.

You might be logged out of a session involuntarily, without explicitly clicking the Logout button, under the following conditions:

• A physical fabric administrator changes the contents of your currently selected Admin Domain.

• Your currently selected Admin Domain is removed or invalidated.

• Your currently selected Admin Domain is removed from your Admin Domain list.

• You initiate a firmware download from the Web Tools Switch Administration window. In this

case, you are logged out a few minutes later when the switch reboots.

• Your session times out.

Administrative domains

An “administrative domain” (Admin Domain or AD) is a logical grouping of fabric elements that defines what switches, ports, and devices you can view and modify. An Admin Domain is a filtered administrative view of the fabric. The logical view presented within an Admin Domain does not hide fabrics, chassis, switches, and slots; however, the attributes of switch ports and end devices are filtered based on Admin Domain membership.

Administrative domains

Admin Domains permit access to a configured set of users. If a switch is part of an Admin Domain, then when you log in with an account that has an administrator role, you can perform switch enable and disable functions and all switch port-level functions such as port enable and port disable. You cannot perform fabric-wide management, as switch membership within a zone does not provide zoning rights on the switch ports.

NOTE

Do not confuse an Admin Domain with the domain ID of a switch. They are two different identifiers.

Admin Domains are identified by a numeric ID (0–255) and also by name. This name can be autogenerated based on the ID (for example AD1 or AD5) or you can specify a more informative

name such as Accounting or Engineering.

AD0 is a special Admin Domain that contains all switches, ports, and devices that have not been put into other Admin Domains. AD255, another special domain, is an unfiltered view of the entire physical fabric.

NOTE

Some features work only in AD255 when user-defined domains are present, such as ACL management.

By default, all fabric elements belong to AD0. In Fabric OS v5.2.0 and higher, a physical fabric administrator with appropriate permissions can create up to 254 additional Admin Domains and assign fabric resources to them (see Chapter 7, “Managing Administrative Domains”). Only users who have been specifically assigned to those domains can view and modify the resources they contain.

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Admin Domains and login

You are always logged in to an Admin Domain, and you can view and modify only the devices in that Admin Domain.

You can log in to only one Admin Domain at a time. When you log in, you select the Admin Domain that you want to manage. You can later change the Admin Domain to which you are logged in.

If you have more than one Admin Domain, one of them will have been specified as your “home Admin Domain.” Your home Admin Domain is the one you are automatically logged in to unless you explicitly select a different one. If a home Admin Domain is deleted or deactivated, then by default you will be logged in to the lowest numbered Admin Domain in your Admin Domain list. A home Admin Domain, like the Admin Domain list, is a configurable property of a non-default user account.

For default accounts such as admin and user, the home Admin Domain defaults to AD0 and cannot be changed. For user-defined accounts, the home Admin Domain also defaults to 0 but an administrator can set the home Admin Domain to any Admin Domain to which the account has been given access. The Admin Domain list for default admin accounts is 0–255, which gives automatic access to any Admin Domain as soon as it is created, and makes them physical fabric administrators. The Admin Domain list for the default user account is AD0 only. The Admin Domain list property for default accounts also cannot be changed.

A “physical fabric administrator” is an admin role user whose account has access to all Admin Domains (AD0-255) as soon as they are created. Only physical fabric administrators can create, modify, delete, and activate or deactivate Admin Domains.

Admin Domains and switch WWN

Admin Domains are treated as fabrics. Because switches cannot belong to more than one fabric, switch WWNs (world-wide names) are converted so that they appear as unique entities in different Admin Domains (fabrics).

The switch WWN is in the following format:

10:00:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn

In an Admin Domain context, the switch WWN is converted from NAA=1 to NAA=5 format, with the Admin Domain number added, using the following syntax:

5n:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:n9:xx

where xx is the AdminDomain_number.

For example, if the switch WWN is:

10:00:00:60:69:e4:24:e0

then the converted WWN for that switch in AD1 is:

50:06:06:9e:42:4e:09:01

Admin Domains and zoning

Each Admin Domain has its own zone database, with both defined and effective zone configurations and all related zone objects (zones, zone aliases, and zone members). Within an Admin Domain, you can configure zoning only with the devices that are present in that Admin Domain.

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Before you implement Admin Domains, you must set the default zoning mode. See “Enabling

administrative domains” on page 83 for additional information.

You cannot perform any zoning operations from AD255.

Role-Based Access Control

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) defines the capabilities that a user account has based on the role the account has been assigned. For each role, there is a set of pre-defined permissions on the jobs and tasks that can be performed on a fabric and its associated fabric elements.

When you log in to a switch, your user account is associated with a pre-defined role. The role that your account is associated with determines the level of access you have on that switch and in the fabric. Following is a description of each of the roles:

admin You have full access to all of the Web Tools features.

operator You can perform any actions on the switch that do not affect the stored configuration.

securityadmin You can perform actions that do not affect the stored configuration.

switchadmin You can perform all actions on the switch, except the following:

• You cannot modify zoning configurations.

• You cannot create new accounts.

• You cannot view or change account information for any accounts. You can only view

zoneadmin You can only create and modify zones.

fabricadmin You can do everything the Admin role can do except create new users.

basicswitchadmin You have a subset of Admin level access.

user You have nonadministrative access and can perform tasks such as monitoring system

activity.

Role-Based Access Control

your own account and change your account password.

For information about changing user account roles, see “Creating and maintaining user-defined

accounts” on page 209.

Session management

A Web Tools session is the connection between the Web Tools client and its managed switch. A session is established when you log in to a switch through Web Tools. When you close Switch Explorer, Web Tools ends the session.

A session remains in effect until one of the following happens:

• You log out

• You close the Switch Explorer window

• The session ends due to inactivity (time out)

A session automatically ends if there has been no information sent to the switch for more than two hours. Because user key strokes are not sent to the switch until you apply or save the information, it is possible for your session to end while you are entering information in the interface. For example, entering a zoning scheme in the Zoning module does not require you to send information to the switch until you save the scheme.

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Web Tools does not display a warning when the session is about to time out. If your session ends due to inactivity, all Web Tools windows become invalid and you must restart Web Tools and log in again.

Web Tools enables sessions to both secure and nonsecure switches.

Access rights for your session are determined by your role-based access rights and by the contents of your selected Admin Domain. After you log in, you can change to a different Admin Domain at any time; however, you cannot change your role-based permissions.

Ending a Web Tools session

To end a Web Tools session, perform one of the following actions:

• Click Logout in Switch Explorer.

• Click the X in the upper-right corner of Switch Explorer window to close it.

• Close all open Web Tools windows.

NOTE

If you click the Logout button in Switch Explorer, and Web Tools leaves the Temperature, Fan, Power, or Fabric Event windows open, you must manually close them.

Requirements for IPv6 support

The following list provides requirements for Web Tools IPv6 support:

• In pure IPv6 environment, you must configure DNS maps to IPv6 address of the switch.

• The switch name is required to match DNS name that is mapped to IPv6 address.

• If both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses have been configured, Web Tools uses the IPv4 address to

launch the switch.

• Use a switch that has v5.3.0 or later release firmware to manage a mixed fabric of IPv4 and

IPv6 switches.

• Switches running on version 5.2.0 do not discover IPv6 address-only switches in the same

fabric, until the IPv4 address has been configured.

• An IPv6 address cannot be used to directly launch a switch from a Windows environment; it

can be used in Unix and Linux environment.

• The FCIP wizard does not support IPv6. If IPv6 interfaces, routes, and tunnels are configured

on the switch, the wizard displays them, but does not allow the user to modify them.

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Chapter

Using the Web Tools Interface

In this chapter

This chapter contains the following information:

•Viewing Switch Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

•Displaying tool tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

•Refresh rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

•Displaying switches in the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

•Working with Web Tools: recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Viewing Switch Explorer

The first thing you see when you log in to a switch with Web Tools is Switch Explorer, shown in

Figure 11 on page 18. Switch Explorer is divided into areas that provide access to, and information

about, the switch and fabric:

• The Left Pane provides Tasks and Fabric Tree areas.

The Tasks area lets you perform management, monitoring, and other tasks. The Fabric Tree displays a list of all the switches in the fabric.

• A menu bar, at the top of the window, provides access to commands and actions. The menu

bar displays the same commands as the left pane of Switch Explorer. If you choose to collapse the left pane, you still have access to:

• Management tasks, such as zone administration, switch administration, and port

administration.

• Reporting tasks, such as viewing a fabric summary or the status of a switch

• Monitoring tasks, such as viewing fabric events, performance monitoring, and viewing the

temperature or power status.

• Tools tasks, such as opening the telnet window.

• Switch View buttons above Switch View provides access to switch information: status,

temperature, power, and fan data, beaconing, and the legend for the Switch View.

Although clicking a button can open a separate dialog or window which you can perform management tasks, all access control is established when you first log in to the switch.

Buttons in Switch Explorer are unavailable for two reasons: your account does not have sufficient privileges to access this feature, or your currently selected Admin Domain does not meet some condition to access the feature.

• Changing the Admin Domain context is a drop-down field which indicates the administrative

domain you are viewing and allows you to change it.

• Switch View displays an interactive graphic of the switch.

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Viewing Switch Explorer

• Switch Events and Switch Information are tabs that allow you to view event information and

switch information, including connectivity, port, zone and other information.

• An indicator bar in the lower-right corner of every module window contains the Admin Domain

you are currently in, the user name with which you logged in to the switch, and the role associated with your user account.

Use this table with Figure 11 to identify the areas of Switch Explorer.

1 Tasks and Fabric Tree 2Menu bar 3 Switch View buttons 4 Changing the Admin Domain context 5 Switch View 6 Switch Events and Switch Information 7Indicator bar

FIGURE 11 Switch Explorer

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Viewing Switch Explorer

Tasks

The Tasks menu lets you manage, monitor, and perform other tasks.

Management section provides access to:

• Zone administration

Zone information is collected from the selected switch. The icon is displayed only if a Brocade Advanced Zoning license is installed on the switch. If an ACL-based FCS policy is in effect, zoning can be administered only from the primary fabric configuration server (FCS) switch. If the selected switch has a zoning license installed but is not the primary switch, the Zone Admin icon is displayed but not activated. See “Managing zoning with Web Tools” on page 97 for more information.

• Switch administration

• Port administration

• Admin Domain administration

• Fabric Watch

NOTE

Some of these functions require a license key to activate them.

Monitor section provides access to

• Fabric events

Fabric events information is collected from the launch switch. See “Monitoring events” on page 44 for more information.

• Performance monitoring

• Name Server information

Name Server information is collected from the selected switch. See “Displaying the Name

Server entries” on page 49 for more information.

Other section provides access to:

• Fabric summary

Fabric summary information is collected from the selected switch. See “Displaying a fabric

summary report” on page 48 for more information.

• Telnet tools

NOTE

It is important to note that certain Fabric OS features are available only on particular switch types, and the system displays only the icons that are appropriate for the switch type.

Fabric Tree

Fabric Tree displays all switches in the fabric, even those that do not have a Web Tools license and that are not owned by your selected Admin Domain. Switches that are not owned by the Admin Domain are shown in the Fabric Tree with switch status. Fabric Tree does not display switches segmented before Web Tools was opened.

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Viewing Switch Explorer

Use the drop-down menu at the top of the Fabric Tree area to view switches in the Fabric Tree by switch name, IP address, or WWN. The background color of the switch icon indicates the current status of the switch. You can hover the cursor over a switch to display the IP address and current status. To manually refresh the status of a switch within the fabric, right-click the switch in the Fabric Tree and choose Refresh.

Although Fabric Tree displays all the switches in the fabric, you can manage only the switches that have a Web Tools license installed. Other switches must be managed through the Fabric OS command line interface (CLI) or another management application. For information on adding a Web Tools license to a switch, see “Installing a Web Tools license” on page 7.

Changing the Admin Domain context

The Admin Domain field displays the currently selected Admin Domain and allows you to change to a different one. All the Admin Domains assigned to you are available in the drop-down menu.

For most administrative tasks you must be in either AD0 or the physical fabric. The following procedure describes how to change the Admin Domain. This action is referred to as “changing the Admin Domain context.”

1. Select an Admin Domain from the Admin Domain drop-down menu.

FIGURE 12 Changing the Admin Domain

2. Click OK in the confirmation window.

Switch Explorer refreshes to display the new Admin Domain context. You can monitor progress using the progress bar.

If there are other windows open, the system displays a list of the open windows. You can choose to change the Admin Domain which will close all the open windows, or cancel the action and return to Switch Explorer.

NOTE

The Telnet window, the Fabric Details, and Fabric Events windows are not AD-filtered and do not need to be closed.

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Viewing Switch Explorer

Switch View buttons

The Switch View buttons let you access the following switch information:

• Status - click the button to view the status of the switch.

• Temperature - click the button to view temperature monitors.

• Power - click the button to view power supply information.

• Fan - click the button to view the status of the switch fans.

• Beaconing.

• Legend - click the button to view the legend for the Switch View.

NOTE

For all status displays based on errors per time interval, any errors cause the status to show faulty until the entire sample interval has passed.

Switch View

The Switch View displays a graphical representation of the selected switch, including a real-time view of switch and port status. Select a switch in the Fabric Tree to access the Switch View for that switch. Figure 13 shows an example of a Switch View.

FIGURE 13 Example of a Switch View

Port representations

The ports in the Switch View show the port type. Borders around the accessible ports indicate that SFP modules are present. A colored border indicates the status of the port; for example, a green border indicates that the port is connected and traffic is flowing. For example, in Figure 13, port 20 has a border, 21 does not have a border, and 22 has a colored border. Ports that are not accessible do not display the port type and do not have borders.

The port LEDs in the Switch View match the LEDs on the physical switch; however, the blink rate of the LEDs in the Switch View does not necessarily match the blink rate of the LEDs on the physical switch. See “Interpreting port LEDs” on page 150 for more information. Ethernet ports have 2 LEDs.

Right-click a port in Switch View to get a menu from which you can open the Port Administration window and view detailed information about the port. From Port Administration, you can access information on all other ports. See Chapter 5, “Managing Your Ports” for more information.

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Displaying tool tips

If the selected Admin Domain does not include ownership of some ports that are physically present on the switch, these ports are represented as black rectangles with horizontal gray bars indicating they are not accessible. E_Ports are visible in all domains. You cannot open the Port Administration window by clicking these ports. In Figure 13, only ports 16 through 31 (and not the switch) are owned by the current Admin Domain, as shown in the figure:

• E_Ports 0, 1, 14, 24, and 25 are shown as online and accessible.

• All other ports in the range from 0 through 15 are shown as inaccessible, with no type

information displayed. If you click the E_Ports in this range, the Port Management module opens in read-only mode.

• Ports in the range from 16 through 31 are both accessible and controllable. When these ports

(including E_Ports) are clicked, the Port Administration window opens.

NOTE

For the Brocade DCX Director, the Switch View displays the USB and ISL ports and lets you launch the appropriate applications for them.

Switch View refresh rates

The Switch View display is refreshed at 15 second intervals. However, the initial display of Switch Explorer might take from 30 to 60 seconds after the switch is booted. Refresh rates are fabric-size dependent. The larger the fabric, the longer it takes to poll the fabric and refresh the view. F_Port and L_Port connection changes refresh immediately.

Autorefresh intervals may be not be exactly 15 seconds. The refresh rate varies depending on the activity in the fabric and on the host system you are using.

Switch Events and Switch Information

Switch Events and Switch Information appear as tab forms under Switch View.

Switch Information View displays switch information such as switch name, status, Fabric OS version, domain ID, IP address, WWN, and current zone configuration. The information in the Switch Information View is polled every 60 seconds.

For more information, see “Displaying switch information” on page 146.

Displaying tool tips

If you hover the cursor over most components, the system displays tool tip information about the component. Figure 14 shows several examples of tool tips.

In Fabric Tree you can hover over a switch to view its type, Ethernet IP, Fibre Channel IP, and status of the switch.

In Switch View, you can hover over a blade to view the blade ID and its status. It is easier to use the top of the blade to display the tool tip so that you do not inadvertently display the port tool tips.

When you hover over a port, you can view the port number, port index, port type (E, F, L, or U_Port), port status (online or offline), and port state (in-sync, no_sync, no light, or no module). If you right-click the port, the system displays the tool tip information as well as the port world-wide name. For example, Figure 14 displays the mouseover tool tip for port 19 and the right-click tool tip for port 30.

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Displaying tool tips

When you hover over the Web Tools buttons, the system displays a brief description of the button.

FIGURE 14 Mouseover view of switch information

You can right-click a port to quickly perform some basic port administration tasks, as shown in

Figure 15.

FIGURE 15 Right-click menu for ports (from Switch Explorer)

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Refresh rates

• The Port Admin option opens the Port Administration window

• The Port Details option displays read-only information about a port, without opening the Port

Administration window. You can export and copy the information from the Port Details window.

• The Configure option provides another menu of options to allow you to rename, enable, disable

ports, and set persistent enable/disable without opening the Port Administration window.

Different panels of Web Tools refresh at different rates.

The refresh, or polling, rates listed in this section and throughout the book indicate the time between the end of one polling and the start of the next, and not how often the screen is refreshed. A refresh rate of 15 seconds does not ensure that a refresh occurs every 15 seconds. It ensures that the time between each refresh activity is no more than 15 seconds.

Autorefresh intervals might be not be exactly 15 seconds. The refresh rate varies depending on the activity in the fabric and on the host system you are using. Following are some variables you should consider when refreshing the fabric:

• Retrieval time increases when you are in a large fabric as there is more data to fetch from the

switch(s).

• Processor speed of the system you are using may slow down the refresh rate.

• OS-Job Scheduling if you are using a host-system in the data center impacts the refresh rate.

• JVM-Performance can contribute to causing interval differences between what is on-screen

and how long it is actually taking.

For these reasons, the time displayed in the port statistics tab might not be refreshed as expected. The counter time indicates only that “this statistics data is retrieved from the switch in this time.” To ensure the correct information, the time field is updated along with the port statistics data after every refresh.

The refresh rates are different for each module. Table 3 lists polling rates by module. Though these rates are sample rates, they correctly illustrate variance in the refresh rates throughout Web Tools.

TABLE 3 Polling rates

Module Polling Rate

Name Server User-defined; 15 sec minimum

Zoning Database 60 sec

Fabric Watch 15 sec

Performance Monitor 30 sec

Port Management 60 sec

FC Routing 30–90 sec, depending on network traffic

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Displaying switches in the fabric

If your fabric has more than one switch, you can open Web Tools from one switch and then access other switches.

If you open switches running Fabric OS v4.4.x or higher from a fabric tree displayed for a pre-v4.4.x switch, some features might be disabled.

1. Open Web Tools as described in “Opening Web Tools” on page 9 and log in to the switch.

Switch Explorer is displayed for the switch you logged in to.

2. If the Fabric Tree is not expanded, click the plus sign (+) in the Fabric Tree to view all the switches in the fabric.

3. Click a switch in the Fabric Tree.

A separate browser window opens and displays the selected switch. (If the launch switch is running a Fabric OS version earlier than v5.0.1, the selected switch displays in the same browser window.)

The graphic of the selected switch is displayed in Switch View. Additional switch information is displayed in the Switch Events and Switch Information.

Displaying switches in the fabric

Working with Web Tools: recommendations

This section lists recommendations for working with Web Tools:

• If you receive an error when saving changes in the Switch Administration window, note the

error messages, refresh the window, and make your changes again. Do not continue making changes without refreshing the window and determining which changes were saved correctly.

• In a mixed fabric—that is a fabric containing switches and directors running v5.x, v4.x, v3.x, and

v2.x firmware—use the most advanced switches or directors to control the fabric. For example, use the v5.2.0 switches or directors as the primary FCS, the location to perform zoning tasks, and the time server (CLI). You should use the most recently released firmware on your switches.

• If switches are accessed simultaneously from different connections (for example, Web Tools,

CLI, and API), changes from one connection might not be updated to the other, and some modifications might be lost. Make sure that, when you connect with simultaneous multiple connections, you do not overwrite the work of another connection.

• Several tasks in Web Tools make fabric-level changes: for example, the tasks in Zone

Administration. When executing fabric-level configuration tasks, wait until you have received confirmation that the changes are implemented before executing any subsequent tasks. For a large fabric, this can be up to a few minutes.

• Some data collection and processing operations in the iSCSI Gateway module might take a

long time to complete, especially in large fabrics or fabrics with large numbers of Discovery Domains and Discovery Domain Sets defined. In most cases, progress bars are provided. Allow the application a sufficient amount of time (30-40 seconds) to collect and display data before taking any action or assuming the application is “hanging.”

• A maximum of five simultaneous HTTP sessions to any one switch is recommended. An HTTP

session is considered a Fabric Manager or Web Tools connection to the switch.

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Chapter

Managing Fabrics and Switches

In this chapter

This chapter contains the following sections:

•Managing fabrics and switches using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

•Opening the telnet window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

•Configuring IP and netmask information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

•Configuring a syslog IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

•Managing blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

•Configuring a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

•Rebooting the switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

•Changing system configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

•Managing licensed features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

•Administering High Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

•Monitoring events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

•Displaying a fabric summary report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

•Displaying the Name Server entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

•Physically locating a switch using beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Managing fabrics and switches using Web Tools

You can perform most of the management tasks described in this chapter through the Switch Administration window. Information in the Switch Administration window is retrieved from the selected switch.

If the switch is not a member of the selected Admin Domain, most tabs in the Switch Administration window display in read-only mode, regardless of what permission level you have. The User tab is editable because most of the information on it does not require switch membership in the current Admin Domain.

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Managing fabrics and switches using Web Tools

FIGURE 16 Switch Administration window, Switch tab

With the exception of switch time, information displayed in the Switch Administration window is not updated automatically by Web Tools. To update the information displayed in the Switch

Administration window, see “Refreshing the Switch Administration window” on page 29.

ATTENTION

Most changes you make in the Switch Administration window are buffered, and are not applied to the switch until you save the changes. If you close the Switch Administration window without saving your changes, your changes are lost. To save the buffered changes you make in the Switch Administration window to the switch, click Apply before closing the module or before switching to another tab. The License tab and the Security Policies tab are exceptions. The changes you make on these tabs are applied immediately and there is no Apply button.

Some of the management tasks for the Brocade 48000 and Brocade DCX Director are performed through the High Availability window. This module and the associated tasks are described in

“Administering High Availability” on page 41.

You can also use telnet commands to perform management tasks. See “Opening the telnet

window” on page 29 for information on how to launch a telnet window using Web Tools.

The remainder of this section describes basic Switch Administration window procedures that are useful for many switch management operations.

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Opening the telnet window

Opening the Switch Administration window

Most of the management procedures in this chapter are performed from the Switch Administration window.

1. Select a switch in Fabric Tree.

The switch is displayed in Switch View.

2. Click Switch Admin in the Manage section of the Task s menu.

The Switch Administration window opens in basic mode, as shown in Figure 16 on page 28. The basic mode displays the “basic” tabs and options.

3. To see all the tabs and options, click the Show Advanced Mode button.

Refreshing the Switch Administration window

You can refresh the fabric element information displayed at any time using the following procedure. Note that when you click a different tab in the Switch Administration window, the information in the newly selected tab is automatically refreshed.

1. Click the Refresh button on any tabbed page of the Switch Administration window.

Opening the telnet window

When you open a telnet window, the connection is to the IP interface of the switch. For each switch, you must open a telnet window.

You cannot connect to CP blades that do not have separate IP addresses. Also, you cannot connect using Web Tools to a CP blade on a director switch even when the blade has an IP address and supports telnet sessions. See the Fabric OS Command Reference for information about the telnet commands.

NOTE

Internet Explorer 7.0 default settings disable telnet functionality. If you are using Internet Explorer

7.0, you must make the appropriate changes in the registry to open the telnet window.

1. Select a switch in Fabric Tree.

You are prompted to log in if the OS is version 5.3.0 or greater. Otherwise, the selected switch appears in the Switch View.

2. Click the Tel net button in the Other section of the Tas ks menu.

Web Tools opens two windows: the Telne t window and another HTML-based window which is used to launch the Telnet window. Click OK to close the HTML-based window. The Teln et window remains open.

3. In the telnet window, enter your user credentials at the login prompt.

4. To close the session, type exit at the prompt.

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Configuring IP and netmask information

When you configure IP and netmask information for the Brocade 48000 and Brocade DCX Director, you must configure IP and subnet mask information individually.

When you change the Ethernet IP, subnet mask, gateway IP, or Fibre Channel IP and subnet mask from Web Tools, there is a normal loss of network connection to the switch. If the IP properties have changed, you must close all current windows and restart Web Tools with the new IP address.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the Network tab.

FIGURE 17 Network tab

3. In the appropriate IP address section, enter an IP address (for example, 10.77.77.77).

Use the IPv4 Address section and/or the IPv6 Address section to specify IP addresses.

4. For the Brocade 48000 directors only:

In the Advanced Configuration area, type valid IP addresses for the Ethernet IP and subnet mask for CP0 and CP1.

If the Advanced Configuration area is not visible, click the expand arrows on the right, to expand the area.

5. Click Apply.

6. Click Close to exit, and then restart Web Tools to continue working.

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Configuring a syslog IP address

The syslog IP represents the IP address of the server that is running the syslog process. The syslog daemon reads and forwards system messages to the appropriate log files and/or users, depending on the system configuration. When one or more IP addresses are configured, the switch forwards all error log entries to the syslog on the specified servers. Up to six servers are supported. See Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide for more information on configuring the syslog daemon.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the Network tab (see Figure 17).

3. In the New IP field, enter an IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format, or enter a DNS name.

4. Click Add.

The new IP address is displayed in the Syslog IP area.

5. Click Apply.

Removing a syslog IP address

Configuring a syslog IP address

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the Network tab.

3. Select a syslog IP in the table and click Remove.

You can click Clear All to remove all of the syslog IP addresses from the table.

4. Click Apply.

Setting Up IP Filtering

Web Tools provides the ability to control what client IP addresses may connect to a switch or fabric.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the Security Policies tab.

3. Click IPFilter on the Security Policies menu.

4. Click Create Policy.

The Create IP Filter Policy window opens.

5. Enter a policy name, choose a policy type, and then click the Add Rule button.

6. Enter the rule order and source IP address, and modify the service/destination port, protocol, and action as necessary.

7. C li c k OK.

After you create a policy, you can use the controls on this tab to manage the policies:

• The Edit Policy button lets you select an existing policy and make changes to it.

• The Show Policy button lets you view the details of the policy in a read-only window.

• The Delete Policy button lets you delete a policy.

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• The Clone Policy button lets you copy a policy. Use this feature when you want to create

• The Activate Policy button lets you make an existing policy active.

• The Distribute Policy button lets you distribute a policy to various switches.

• The Accepts Distribution check box lets you set the policy to accept or reject distributions.

Managing blades

Web Tools provides the ability to enable and disable blades, and to set slot-level IP addresses for blades. The procedure in this section applies only to the Brocade 48000 and Brocade DCX Director.

Enabling or disabling a blade

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the Blade tab.

The Firmware Version columns display the firmware loaded onto each blade. A blade can have more than one firmware image loaded onto it.

similar policies. After you create a clone, you can edit the policy to make the appropriate changes.

The Enable Blade column in the Blade tab pane indicates whether the blade is enabled.

FIGURE 18 Blade tab

3. Select the Enable Blade check box for each blade you want to enable. Clear the check box to disable the blade. You cannot enable or disable the CP blades.

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4. Click Apply.

Setting a slot-level IP address

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the Blade tab.

3. Click the Set IP address button.

Managing blades

FIGURE 19 Set IP Address dialog box

4. Select a slot number from the drop-down list.

5. Enter the IP address, subnet mask, and Gateway IP address.

6. Select a type from the drop-down list.

7. C li c k Add to add the new entry to the table.

When you click the Add button, the values remain in the fields.

8. To delete a configuration, select a row in the table and click the Delete button.

NOTE

Clicking the Add or Delete buttons update the table in the Set IP Address dialog box, but does not send values to the switch.

9. Click the Apply button to save the values currently shown in the table to the switch or click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any of your changes.

To update the switch with your changes, you must update the table using the Add and Delete buttons, and then click Apply.

Viewing IP addresses

If you want to view the IP addresses configured on the switch for the currently populated slots, use the Show IP Address button.

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Configuring a switch

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the Blade tab.

3. Click the Show IP Address button.

FIGURE 20 Show IP Address dialog box

4. Scroll through the list to view all the information.

5. When you are done, click Close.

Configuring a switch

Use the Switch tab of the Switch Administration window to perform basic switch configuration.

Figure 16 on page 28 shows an example of the Switch tab.

Enabling and disabling a switch

You can identify if a switch is enabled or disabled in the Switch Administration window by looking at the lower-right corner: the icon means that the switch is enabled, and the icon means that the switch is disabled. If you hover the cursor over the icon, the system displays text that indicates the status of the switch.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the Switch tab.

3. In the Switch Status section, click the Enable radio button to enable the switch or click the Disable radio button to disable the switch.

4. Click Apply.

The system displays a confirmation window that asks if you want to save the changes to the switch. You must click Yes to save the changes.

Changing the switch name

Switches can be identified by IP address, domain ID, World Wide Name (WWN), or customized switch names that are unique and meaningful.

Switch names can be a maximum of 15 characters for Fabric OS v6.0.0. Names must begin with an alphabetic character, but otherwise can consist of alphanumeric, hyphen, and underscore characters.

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Configuring a switch

NOTE

It is recommended that you customize the chassis name for each switch. Some system messages identify a switch service by the chassis name, so if you assign meaningful chassis names in addition to meaningful switch names, logs will be more useful. You change the chassis name using the CLI. See the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide for instructions on changing the chassis name.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the Switch tab.

3. Type a new name in the Name field and click Apply.

Changing the switch domain ID

Although domain IDs are assigned dynamically when a switch is enabled, you can request a specific ID to resolve a domain ID conflict when you merge fabrics.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Disable the switch, as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 34.

3. Click the Switch tab.

4. Type a new domain ID in the Domain ID field.

The domain ID is an integer between 1 and 239.

5. Click Apply.

6. Enable the switch, as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 34.

Viewing and printing a switch report

The switch report includes the following information:

• A list of switches in the fabric

• Switch configuration parameters

• A list of ISLs and ports

• Name Server information

• Zoning information

• SFP serial ID information

To view or print a report:

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the Switch tab.

3. Click View Report.

4. In the new window that displays the report, view or print the report using your browser.

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Rebooting the switch

When you reboot the switch, the reboot takes effect immediately. Ensure that there is no traffic or other management on the switch, as traffic is interrupted during the reboot; however, frames are not dropped. Be sure to save your changes before the reboot, as any changes that were not saved are lost.

Performing a fast boot

A fast boot reduces boot time significantly by bypassing the power-on self test (POST).

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the Fastboot button.

3. On the Fastboot Confirmation window, click Yes to continue.

4. Click Apply.

Performing a reboot

Use the following procedure to reboot the CP and execute the normal power-on booting sequence.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the Reboot button.

3. On the Reboot Confirmation window, click Yes to continue.

4. Click Apply.

Changing system configuration parameters

You must disable the switch before you can configure fabric parameters.

You can change the following system configuration parameters:

• Switch fabric settings

• Virtual channel settings

• Arbitrated loop parameters

• System services

• Signed firmware

Configuring fabric settings

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Disable the switch as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 34.

3. Click the Configure tab.

4. Click the Fabric subtab.

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FIGURE 21 Configure tab, Fabric subtab

5. Make the fabric parameter configuration changes.

6. Click Apply.

7. Ena b l e th e s w it c h as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 34.

Fabric settings

Configure the following fabric settings on the Fabric subtab of the Configure tab:

BB Credit The buffer-to-buffer credit is the number of buffers available to attached devices for frame

receipt. The default BB Credit is 16. The range is 1–27.

R_A_TOV Resource allocation timeout value (in milliseconds). This variable works with the E_D_TOV

to determine switch actions when presented with an error condition. The default is 10000. The possible range is (2*E_D_TOV) –120000. Values must be multiples of 1000.

E_D_TOV Error detect timeout value (in milliseconds). This timer is used to flag a potential error

condition when an expected response is not received within the set time. The valid range is 1000 - (R_A_TOV/2)

Datafield size The largest possible data field size (in bytes). The valid range is 256–2112.

Switch PID Format Select a switch PID format from one of the following:

• Format 1 (0-base, 256 encoding)

• Format 2 (16-base, 256 encoding)

Sequence Level Switching

Select this box to enable frames of the same sequence from a particular group to be transmitted together. When this option is not selected, frames are transmitted interleaved among multiple sequences. Under normal circumstances, sequence-level switching should be disabled for better performance. However, some host adapters have issues when receiving interleaved frames among multiple sequences.

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Disable Device Probing Set this mode only if the switch N_Port discovery process (PLOGI, PRLI, INQUIRY) causes

Per-Frame Routing Priority

Suppress Class F Traffic Applies only if VC-encoded address mode is also set. When selected, translative

Insistent Domain ID Mode

Enabling insistent domain ID mode

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Disable the switch as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 34.

3. Click the Configure tab.

4. Click the Fabric subtab.

5. Select the Insistent Domain ID Mode check box.

an attached device to fail. When set, devices that do not register with the Name Server are not present in the Name Server database.

Choose whether to select per-frame routing priority. When enabled, the virtual channel ID is used in conjunction with a frame header to form the final virtual channel ID.

addressing (which allows private devices to communicate with public devices) is disabled.

Set this mode to make the current domain ID insistent across reboots, power cycles, and failovers. This mode is required fabric wide to transmit FICON

data.

6. Click Apply.

7. Ena b l e th e s w it c h as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 34.

Configuring virtual channel settings

You can configure parameters for eight virtual channels (VC) to enable fine-tuning for a specific application. You cannot modify the first two virtual channels, which are reserved for switch internal functions.

ATTENTION

The default virtual channel settings have already been optimized for switch performance. Changing the default values can improve switch performance but can also degrade performance. Do not change these settings without fully understanding the effects of the changes.

VC Priority specifies the class of frame traffic given priority for a virtual channel.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Disable the switch as described on page 34.

3. Click the Configure tab.

4. Click the Virtual Channel subtab.

5. Type a value in the VC Priority field you want to change. Valid values for all fields are 2 or 3.

6. Click Apply.

7. Ena b l e th e s w it c h as described on page 34.

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Changing system configuration parameters

Configuring arbitrated loop parameters

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Disable the switch as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 34.

3. Select the Configure tab.

4. Select the Arbitrated Loop subtab.

5. Select or clear the check boxes to enable or disable the corresponding arbitrated loop parameters.

6. Click Apply.

7. Ena b l e th e s w it c h as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 34.

Arbitrated loop parameters

Configure the following arbitrated loop parameters on the Arbitrated Loop subtab of the Configure tab:

Send Fan Frames Select this check box to specify that fabric address notification (FAN)

frames are sent to public loop devices to notify them of their node ID and address.

Always Send RSCN Following the completion of loop initialization, a remote state change

notification (RSCN) is issued when FL_Ports detect the presence of new devices or the absence of pre-existing devices. Select this check box to issue an RSCN upon completion of loop initialization, regardless of the presence or absence of new or pre-existing devices.

Do Not Allow AL_PA 0x00 Select this box to disable 0x00 as an AL_PA value.

Configuring system services

You can enable or disable FCP read link status (RLS) probing for F_Ports and FL_Ports. It is disabled by default.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Disable the switch as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 34.

3. Click the Configure tab and click the System subtab.

4. Select the Disable RLS Probing check box to disable RLS probing. Clear the check box to enable RLS probing.

5. Click Apply.

6. Enable the switch as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 34.

Configuring signed firmware

When the firmware is downloaded to a device, the system can validate the firmware based on a configuration setting. By default, the signed firmware download is not validated.

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Managing licensed features

NOTE

During the first download, the system ignores the signed firmware. After the first download, the public key is downloaded and then, in subsequent downloads, you can turn on the feature.

You can view the public key on the Firmware Download tab in the Switch Administration window.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the Configure tab and click the Firmware subtab.

3. Select the Enable Signed Firmware Download check box.

4. Click Apply.

Managing licensed features

The licensed features currently installed on the switch are listed in the License tab of the Switch Administration window, as shown in Figure 22. If the feature is listed, it is installed and immediately available. When you enable some licenses, such as ISL Trunking, you might need to change the state of the port to enable the feature on the link.

FIGURE 22 License tab

Use the links above the table to export data, copy data, or search the table.

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Activating a license on a switch

Before you can unlock a licensed feature, you must obtain a license key. You can either use the license key provided in the paperpack document supplied with switch software or see the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide for instructions on how to obtain a license key at the Brocade Web site (www.brocade.com).

NOTE

Some licenses (for example, Trunking) do not take effect until the switch is rebooted.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the License tab and click Add.

The Add License dialog box displays.

3. Paste or type a license key in the field.

4. Click Add License.

5. Click Refresh to display the new licenses in the License tab.

Removing a license from a switch

You can remove a license from a switch in the Switch Administration window.

ATTENTION

Use care when removing licenses. If you remove a license for a feature, that feature will no longer work. Removing the Web Tools license from a switch makes that switch unavailable from Web Tools.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the License tab.

3. Click the license you want to remove.

4. Click Remove.

Administering High Availability

High-Availability (HA) features provide maximum reliability and nondisruptive replacement of key hardware and software modules. High Availability is available only on the Brocade 48000 and Brocade DCX Director. See the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide for additional information about High Availability.

The High Availability module (see Figure 23 on page 42) displays information about the status of the HA feature on the Brocade 48000 and Brocade DCX Director and each CP, and enables you to perform CP failover.

The background color of the HA button indicates the overall status of high availability on the switch. The colors and their meanings are as follows:

• Green—Healthy: HA Status is “Non-Disruptive Failover Ready”

• Yellow—Disruptive mode HA Status is “Disruptive Failover Ready”

• Red—HA is unavailable: HA Status is “Non-Redundant”

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Admin Domain considerations

HA is possible if the switch is a member of the current Admin Domain. If switch is not a member of current Admin Domain, the Synchronize Services and Initiate Failover buttons are unavailable.

Launching the High Availability Window

1. Select a Brocade 48000 or Brocade DCX Director from the Fabric Tree.

2. Click the HA button in the Switch View.

The selected director appears in the Switch View.

The High Availability window opens.

FIGURE 23 High Availability window, CP tab

Note that the highlight color of the HA Status at the top of the module is the same as the background color of the HA button.

The High Availability window contains two tabs:

• The Service tab displays information about the switch. When the hardware is configured as a

dual switch, the Service tab displays information about both switches.

• The CP tab displays information about slot 5 and slot 6.

In the Service tab, you can click the Detail button for the standby CP to get additional status.

The High Availability window is not refreshed automatically. Click Refresh to update the information displayed in the High Availability window.

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Admin Domain considerations

To open the High Availability window, the switch has to be a member of the Admin Domain you are currently logged in to. If the switch is not a member of the current Admin Domain, the Synchronized Services and Initiate Failover buttons are unavailable.

Synchronizing Services on the CP

A nondisruptive CP failover is only possible when all the services have been synchronized between both CPs.

1. Open the High Availability window as described in “Launching the High Availability Window” on page 42.

2. Verify that HA Summary field displays Non-Disruptive Failover Ready.

If the HA Status field displays Non-Disruptive Failover Ready, you are done.

If the HA Status field displays Disruptive Failover Ready, continue with step 3.

3. Click the Synchronize Services button.

The Warning dialog box displays.

4. Click Yes and wait for the CPs to complete a synchronization of services, so that a nondisruptive failover is ready.

5. Click Refresh to update the HA Status field.

When the HA Status field displays Non-Disruptive Failover Ready, a failover can be initiated without disrupting frame traffic on the fabric.

Initiating a CP Failover

A nondisruptive failover might take about 30 seconds to complete. During the failover, all of the Web Tools windows and all associated child-windows are invalidated. You must close all Web Tools windows and open Web Tools again.

1. Open the High Availability window as described in “Launching the High Availability Window” on page 42.

2. Verify that the HA Status field displays Non-Disruptive Failover Ready or Disruptive Failover Ready.

3. Click Initiate Failover.

The Warning dialog box displays.

4. Click Yes to initiate a nondisruptive failover.

5. When prompted, close the Web Tools Switch Explorer window and all associated windows, and re-open Web Tools.

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Monitoring events

Web Tools displays fabric-wide and switch-wide events. Event information includes sortable fields for the following:

• Switch name

• Message number

• Time stamp

• Indication of whether the event is from a logical switch or a chassis

• The number of successive events of the same kind

• Severity level

• Unique message identifier (in the form moduleID-messageType)

• Detailed error message for root cause analysis

There are four message severity levels: Critical, Error, Warning, and Info. Tab le 4 lists the event message severity levels displayed on the Switch Events tab and in the Fabric Events window, and explains what qualifies event messages to be certain levels.

On the Switch Events tab and in the Fabric Events window, you can click the Filter button to launch the Filter Events dialog box. The Filter Events dialog box allows you to define which events should be displayed on the Switch Events tab or in the Fabric Events window. For more information on filtering events, see “Filtering Fabric and Switch Events” on page 46.

TABLE 4 Event Severity Levels

Icon and Level Description

Critical-level messages indicate that the software has detected serious

Critical

Error

Warning

Info

problems that will eventually cause a partial or complete failure of a subsystem if not corrected immediately; for example, a power supply failure or rise in temperature must receive immediate attention.

Error-level messages represent an error condition that does not impact overall system functionality significantly. For example, error-level messages might indicate timeouts on certain operations, failures of certain operations after retries, invalid parameters, or failure to perform a requested operation.

Warning-level messages highlight a current operating condition that should be checked or it might lead to a failure in the future. For example, a power supply failure in a redundant system relays a warning that the system is no longer operating in redundant mode and that the failed power supply needs to be replaced or fixed.

Information-level messages report the current nonerror status of the system components; for example, the online and offline status of a fabric port.

Displaying Fabric Events

Events are displayed for all switches in the fabric in the Fabric Events window. Fabric events are not automatically polled. You must click Refresh in the Fabric Events window to poll fabric events.

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Fabric Events can be collected only for switches that have the same security level (http or https) as the launch switch. For switches with a different level of security from the launch switch, a message at the top of the window indicates how many switches have no events reported from the last polling.

1. Click a fabric in the Fabric Tree.

2. Click Fabric Events in the Monitor area under Tasks.

The Fabric Events window opens.

FIGURE 24 Fabric Events window

You can click the column head to sort the events by a particular column, and drag the column divider to resize a column. You can also right-click a column heading to resize one or all columns, sort the information in ascending or descending order, or choose which columns are displayed.

You can also filter events, as described in “Filtering Fabric and Switch Events” on page 46.

Displaying Switch Events

The Switch Events tab displays a running log of events for the selected switch (see Figure 25 on page 46). Switch events are polled and updated every 15 seconds, so there is no refresh-on-demand option for switch events, as there is for the fabric events.

For two-switch configurations, all chassis-related events are displayed in the event list of each logical switch for convenience.

1. Click the switch from the Fabric Tree.

The Switch View appears.

2. Click the Switch Events tab, if necessary.

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FIGURE 25 Switch Events tab

Filtering Fabric and Switch Events

You can filter the fabric and switch events by time, severity, message ID, and service. You can apply either one type of filter at a time or multiple types of filters at the same time. Click the Filter button to display the Event Filter dialog box (see Figure 26 on page 47).

When a filter is applied, the filter information appears at the bottom of the filtered information and the Show All link is available to allow you to view the information unfiltered.

NOTE

For two-switch configurations, click the Events button for a given switch to automatically filter out the switch service events from the other switch. Chassis service is shown in both events lists.

1. Open the Fabric Events window or the Switch Events tab as described in “Displaying Fabric

Events” on page 44 or “Displaying Switch Events” on page 45.

2. Click Filter.

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The Event Filter dialog box appears.

FIGURE 26 Event Filter dialog box

Monitoring events

3. To filter events within a certain time period:

a. Select the From check box and enter the start time and date in the fields.

b. Select the To check box and enter the finish time and date in the fields.

4. To filter events beginning at a certain date and time, select the From check box and enter the start time and date.

5. To filter events up until a certain date and time, select the To check box and enter the finish time and date.

6. Click OK.

The filter is enabled and the window is refreshed to show the filtered information.

Filtering events by event severity levels

1. Open the Fabric Events window or the Switch Events tab as described in “Displaying Fabric

Events” on page 44 or “Displaying Switch Events” on page 45.

2. Click Filter.

The Event Filter dialog box appears.

3. Check Level.

4. Check the event levels you want to display.

5. Click OK.

The filter is enabled and the window is refreshed to show the filtered information.

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Displaying a fabric summary report

Filtering events by message ID

1. Open the Fabric Events window or the Switch Events tab as described in “Displaying Fabric

Events” on page 44 or “Displaying Switch Events” on page 45.

2. Click Filter.

The Event Filter dialog box appears.

3. Select Message ID.

4. Type the message IDs in the associated field.

You can enter multiple message IDs as long as you separate them by commas. You can type either the full message ID (moduleID-messageType) or a partial ID (moduleID only). The message ID filtering is case-sensitive.

5. Click OK.

The filter is enabled and the window is refreshed to show the filtered information.

Filtering events by service component

1. Open the Fabric Events window or the Switch Events tab as described in “Displaying Fabric

Events” on page 44 or “Displaying Switch Events” on page 45.

2. Click Filter.

The Event Filter dialog box appears.

3. Check Service.

The event service drop-down menu is enabled.

4. Select either Switch or Chassis from the drop-down menu to show only those messages from the logical switch or from the chassis.

5. Click OK.

The filter is enabled and the window is refreshed to show the filtered information.

Displaying a fabric summary report

A fabric summary report lists all of the domains in the fabric and the active paths for each domain. A sample fabric summary report is shown in Figure 27 on page 49.

1. Click Fabric Summary in the Other section of the Tasks menu.

The Fabric Summary window appears.

2. Click the Print button to print a topology report.

A Print button is located at the top and bottom of the report. Both buttons have the same function.

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FIGURE 27 Fabric Summary report

Displaying the Name Server entries

Web Tools displays Name Server entries listed in the Simple Name Server database (see Figure 28 on page 50). This includes all Name Server entries for the fabric, not only those related to the local domain. Each row in the table represents a different device.

Admin Domain considerations: The Name Server table is filtered based on Admin Domain membership of the fabric devices. The Name Server table shows only devices that are part of the Admin Domain you are currently logged in to. This includes devices that are direct members of the Admin Domain and devices that are attached to ports that are direct members of the Admin Domain. All other fabric devices are filtered out of the Name Server view for the current Admin Domain. See “Admin Domain membership” on page 83 for information about direct and indirect members.

1. Click Name Server in the Monitor section of the Tasks menu.

The Name Server window appears.

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FIGURE 28 Name Server window

2. To set an autorefresh rate, select the Auto Refresh check box in the Name Server window, and type an auto-refresh interval (in seconds).

The minimum (and default) interval is 15 seconds.

The Name Server entries will refresh at the rate you set.

Printing the Name Server entries

1. Click Name Server in the Monitor section of the Tasks menu.

The Name Server window appears.

2. Click Print.

3. On the Page Setup dialog box, make the changes specific to your printing preferences and click OK.

The Print dialog box appears.

4. Select a printer and click OK.

Displaying detailed Name Server information for a particular device

1. Click Name Server in the Monitor section of the Tasks menu.

The Name Server window appears.

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2. Click a device from the Domain column.

3. Click Detail View.

The Name Server Information dialog box displays the information specific to that device.

Displaying the zone members of a particular device

1. Click Name Server in the Monitor section of the Tasks menu.

The Name Server window appears.

2. Click a device from the Domain column.

3. Click Accessible Devices.

The Zone Accessible Devices window displays accessible zone member information specific to that device.

Physically locating a switch using beaconing

Use the Beacon button to physically locate a switch in a fabric. The beaconing function helps to physically locate a switch by sending a signal to the specified switch, resulting in an LED light pattern that cycles through all ports for each switch (from left to right).

NOTE

Switch beaconing is enabled when the switch is owned by the current Admin Domain you are logged in to or if the account you are logged in with is associated with an administrator role; otherwise, switch beaconing is disabled.

1. Select a switch from the Fabric Tree.

The selected switch appears in the Switch View.

2. Click the Beacon button on the Switch View.

The LED lights on the actual switch (selected in the GUI) light up on the physical switch in a pattern running back and forth across the switch itself. In chassis-based switches, the LED glows across all the blades. The beaconing is not shown in the GUI.

3. Look at the physical switches in your installation location to identify the switch.

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Chapter

Maintaining Configurations and Firmware

In this chapter

This chapter contains the following information:

•Maintaining configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

•Performing a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

•Interoperability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Maintaining configurations

This section contains procedures for basic switch configuration maintenance. To perform these tasks, use the Configure tab and Upload/Download subtab of the Switch Administration window, shown in Figure 29.

FIGURE 29 Configure tab, Upload/Download subtab

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NOTE

USB download is an option only on the Brocade DCX Director.

Admin Domain considerations

When you log in to the switch as a physical fabric administrator and back up a configuration, all local switch configuration parameters are saved, as well as all Admin Domain membership information and Admin Domain zone databases.

You should perform these tasks in AD255 or AD0, when no other user-defined Admin Domains exist, to perform a config upload/download to gather all the configuration files for the fabric, including Admin Domains and iSCSI Target Gateway information.

When the configuration is backed up one of the following scenarios are possible:

• If the current Admin Domain does not own the switch and you are logged in with any role that

allows config upload/download, the following will be saved in the config file:

• Local zone configuration

• iSCSI configuration (if any)

• No other configuration information

• If the current Admin Domain owns the switch and you are logged in with any role that allows

config upload/download, the following will be saved in the configuration file:

• Local zone configuration

• iSCSI config (if any)

• All other config information except Admin Domain configuration information

• If you invoke it from AD255 and you are logged in with any role that allows config

upload/download), the following will be saved in the configuration file:

• Configuration information for zones in all Admin Domains

• iSCSI configuration (if any)

• All other configuration information, including zoning from all Admin Domains

The filtering depends on the Admin Domain switch ownership, with additional access if you are in AD255. Access to the command itself is limited by Role-Based Access (RBAC), and not by whether the current user is a Physical Fabric Administrator or an admin user with enumerated access to the relevant domains.

Creating a backup of a configuration file

Keep a backup copy of the configuration file in case the configuration is lost or unintentional changes are made. You should keep individual backup files for all switches in the fabric. You should avoid copying configurations from one switch to another.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the Configure tab.

3. Click the Upload/Download subtab (see Figure 29).

4. Click the Config Upload radio button.

5. Choose whether the download source is located on the network or a USB device.

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When you select the USB radio button, you can specify a firmware path. The USB radio button is available if the USB is present on the switch.

6. If you selected the network as the configuration file source, type the host IP, user name, file name, and password.

You can enter the IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format.

7. Type the configuration file with a fully-qualified path.

8. Select a protocol to use to transfer the file.

9. Click Apply.

You can monitor the progress by looking at the Upload/Download progress bar.

Restoring a configuration

Restoring a configuration involves overwriting the configuration on the switch by downloading a previously saved backup configuration file. Perform this procedure during a planned down time.

Make sure that the configuration file you are downloading is compatible with your switch model. Configuration files from other model switches might cause your switch to fail.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Disable the switch, as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 34.

You can download configurations only to a disabled (offline) switch. You will only be able to disable the switch if the Admin Domain you are logged into owns the switch.

3. Click the Configure tab.

4. Click the Upload/Download subtab (see Figure 29 on page 53).

5. Click the Config Download to Switch radio button.

6. Choose whether the download source is located on the network or a USB device.

When you select the USB radio button, you can specify only a firmware path. The USB radio button is available if the USB is present on the switch.

7. If you selected the network as the configuration file source, type the host IP, user name, file name, and password.

You can enter the IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format.

8. Type the configuration file with a fully-qualified path.

9. Select a protocol to use to transfer the file.

10. Click Apply.

You can monitor the progress by looking at the Upload/Download progress bar.

11. Enable the switch, as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 34.

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During a firmware download, the switch reboots and the browser temporarily loses connection with the switch. When the connection is restored, the version of the software running in the browser is different from the new software version that has been installed and activated on the switch. You will need to close all of the Web Tools windows and log in again to avoid a firmware version mismatch. Note that for chassis-based switches, you might get popup messages that imply the loss of connection is temporary and will soon be resolved. You still need to close all windows and re-log in.

When you request a firmware download, the system first checks the file size that is to be downloaded. If the compact flash does not have enough space, Web Tools displays a message and the download does not occur. If this happens, contact your switch support supplier.

NOTE

You can perform a firmware download only when the current Admin Domain owns the switch.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the Firmware Download tab.

FIGURE 30 Firmware Download tab

3. Choose whether you are downloading the firmware or the firmware key.

4. Choose whether the download source is located on the network or a USB device.

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When you select the USB radio button, you can specify only a firmware path or directory name. No other fields on the tab are available. The USB radio button is available if the USB is present on the switch.

5. Type the host name or IP address, user name, password, and fully qualified path to the file release.plist.

You can enter the IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format.

The path name should follow the structure below:

//<directory>/<fos_version_directory>/release.plist

where the <directory> is the path up to the entry point of <fos_version_directory> and <fos_version_directory> is where the unzipped version of Fabric OS has been put. For

example:

//directory_1/my_directory/v5.2.0/release.plist

6. Select the protocol type in the Protocol Type field.

If you choose “Secure Copy Protocol (SCP),” you cannot specify “anonymous” in the User field.

7. C li c k Apply.

The firmware download begins. You can monitor the progress by looking at the Firmware Download progress bar.

About halfway through the download process, connection to the switch is lost and Web Tools invalidates the current session. (Web Tools invalidates all windows if upfront login is enabled.)

8. Close all Web Tools windows and log in again.

If the firmware download is in progress when you log in, you can continue to monitor its progress.

SAS and SA firmware download for SW7600 and FC4-18 blade platforms

If you are downloading SAS and DMM firmware directly to the blade, you have more options on the Firmware Download tab, as shown inFigure 31. Also, for Brocade 7600, a collapsible area appears on the Firmware Download tab to show application firmware information

In addition to specifying the information described in the steps on page 56, you can choose:

• Whether to download the firmware or the firmware key.

• The source of the firmware, network or USB.

• The type of firmware you want to be downloaded.

• The firmware path. Web Tools displays up to 15 path entries in the Specify Firmware Path field.

• To download the firmware even if it is not compatible (skip version check).

• To enable removal of application firmware (erase SA).

• The blade to be upgraded (by slot).

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Interoperability

You can use Web Tools configure interoperability. When you turn on interoperability modes, Zone DB is cleared.

When you turn on McDATA Fabric Mode:

• Switch View displays "McDATA Fabric" in the Interoperability Mode field.

• Brocade FOS switch uses McDATA OUI in the WWN

• For configuration download:

• Domain ID only accepts 1-31

When you turn on McDATA Open Fabric Mode, the following features are not available:

• The FICON CUP tab in the Switch Administration window

• Virtual Channel under Configuration tab in the Switch Administration window

• Trunking Tab in t he Switch Administration window

• Port level trunking enable/disable buttons

FIGURE 31 Firmware Download tab for bladed switches

• When downloaded config file has different interoperability mode from what switch has, the

download process will check compatibility on the allergy fields, such as Admin Domain, SCC/DCC policy, domain ID and zoning.

• Incompatible fields affect the download and Web Tools will issue error messages.

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• FC Fastwrite feature

• Zone / alias/ cfg operations

Configuring interoperability

When you configure interoperability, Web Tools verifies that the domain ID of the switch fits in the range for the interoperability mode you choose. The domain ranges are:

• The normal domain ID range is 1-239.

• The McDATA Fabric Mode supports domain ID range is 1-31.

• The Open Fabric Mode range is 97-131.

• Before making change to the Interoperability mode, Web Tools will check to see if the switch's

domain ID does in fit in the range. If not, there is warning message to ask user to change Domain ID first when users enable Interoperability Mode.

1. Open the Switch Administration window.

2. Disable the switch, as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 34.

You can change the interoperability configurations only to a disabled (offline) switch. You will only be able to disable the switch if the Admin Domain you are logged into owns the switch.

3. Click the Configure tab, and then click the Interoperability subtab.

FIGURE 32 Configure tab, Interoperability tab

4. Select the mode and click Apply.

5. Enable the switch.

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Chapter

Managing Your Ports

This chapter describes how to manage FC and gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports. See “Viewing and

configuring EX_Ports” on page 137 for information on how to view and configure EX_Ports.

In this chapter

This chapter contains the following sections:

•Viewing and managing ports using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

•Configuring ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

•Assigning a name to a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

•Enabling and disabling a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

•Persistent enabling and disabling ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

•Enabling and disabling NPIV ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

•Activating ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

•Swapping port index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Viewing and managing ports using Web Tools

You can view and manage ports through the Port Administration window, shown in Figure 33 on page 62. You access the Port Administration window through the Switch View, by clicking an accessible port. See “Switch View” on page 21 for information about accessible ports.

The Port Administration window is refreshed automatically every two minutes and is refreshed immediately when you make any port changes through Web Tools.

To manage ports, you must be logged in with the role of switchadmin, admin, basicswitchadmin, operator, or fabricadmin. If you are logged in with a user, securityadmin, or zoneadmin role, you can only view the port information.

Opening the Port Administration window

1. Click an accessible port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

The window opens in basic mode (see Figure 33).

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Click here to display either FC Ports or GbE Ports

FIGURE 33 Port Administration window, GigE Ports, Basic mode

Click here to display either Basic or Advanced Mode

The Port Administration window displays information about the ports on the switch. Click the Show Advanced Mode button in the upper-right corner of the window to see more port management options (see Figure 33).

FIGURE 34 Port Administration window, FC Ports General tab, Advanced mode

Admin Domain considerations

In fabrics where there are user-defined Admin Domains, the Port Administration window is filtered to show only ports that are direct or indirect members of the currently selected Admin Domain.

• Direct members are ports that have been directly added to the Admin Domain as members.

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• Indirect members are:

- non-owned ports on a member switch

- non-owned ports to which member devices are attached

• All active ports, as well as any inactive EX_ports are shown.

Port Administration window components

The Port Administration window (shown in Figure 33) has the following components:

• Two tabs on the top left: FC Ports and GigE Ports. If the switch does not have GbE ports, the

GigE Ports tab does not appear.

- To display all of the FC ports on the switch (physical FC ports and logical FCIP ports), click

the FC Ports tab.

- To display all of the GbE ports, click the GigEPorts tab.

- On the FR4-18i blade, each GbE port can have up to eight logical FCIP ports. These FCIP

ports are displayed in the FC Ports subtab. FC4-16IP GigE ports are also displayed.

• A Ports Explorer tree on the left side. Items in the tree are displayed as follows:

- Switches—Switch ID, with switch name in parentheses; for example, 3(MapsSW_202)

- Blades—Slot number of the blade, with blade ID in parentheses; for example, Slot 7(24)

- Ports—Port number; for example, Port 2

• Button area. The button area contains buttons for all the tasks you can perform on the

selected port. If you select more than one port, buttons are available for only the tasks that you can perform on all of the selected ports. Buttons are grayed (unavailable) if they are not applicable to the selected ports.

- Port information appears in either a table of ports or information about a specific port,

depending on your selection:

- If you select a slot or switch, the system displays a table of all the ports for the slot or

switch (see Figure 35 on page 65).

- If you select a port, the system displays detailed information about the port (see

Figure 34).

You can choose to view either Basic mode or Advanced mode, and to view the subtabs which contain additional information about the port. The available subtabs depend on the type of port selected.

• When viewing detailed information about a port, Basic mode provides these subtabs:

- General—All ports

• Rename

• Edit Configuration

• Enable/Disable (port)

• Persistent Enable/Persistent Disable (port)

- SFP—Physical ports only (FC and GbE)

• Basic information about the port equipment

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- Port Statistics—All ports

• Basic port information and statistics

• Advanced port information

Note that on the Port Statistics subtab, you can view either absolute values or deltas for port statistics. Viewing the deltas is useful if you want to view current port trends. To reset the counters on the port statistics. click the Clear Counters button.

FCIP statistics for a GbE port are the accumulated statistics of all the FCIP tunnels for that GbE port.

- IP Interfaces—GbE ports only

- IP Routes—GbE ports only

• When viewing detailed information about a port, the Advanced mode provides these additional

subtabs:

- General—All ports

• Enable/Disable Trunking

• Enable/Disable NPIV

• Port Swap

• Reserve License

• Release License

- SFP—Physical ports only (FC and GbE)

• Advanced information about the port equipment

- Port Statistics

• Advanced port statistics

• Error details

• FCIP Tunnels—GbE ports and logical FCIP ports only (not available for the FR4-16IP)

Identifying controllable ports

All ports have a “Controllable” attribute visible from the Advanced Mode, which represents a combination of the RBAC and Admin Domain permissions. Figure 35 shows the Controllable attribute.

The Controllable attribute is No in the following situations:

• If your account has read-only permission, all accessible ports display in read-only mode,

regardless of the Admin Domain context. All configuration functionality is disabled.

• Non-owned E_Ports and indirect member ports on non-owned switches are accessible in

read-only mode and are not controllable, regardless of RBAC permissions.

The Controllable attribute is Yes for ports that are directly owned by the current Admin Domain and for all ports on switches that are owned by the current Admin Domain, if your role gives you Modify permission for ports. If a port is controllable, all configuration functionality is enabled.

Ports on a non-owned switch that are not E_Ports and are neither direct nor indirect members of the current Admin Domain are inaccessible and are not displayed in the Port Administration window.

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FIGURE 35 Port Administration window, Table view

Configuring ports

Web Tools provides wizards to assist you in configuring ports. This section describes how you can configure FC ports, logical FCIP ports, GbE ports, ICL ports, and NPIV ports.

Configuring FC ports

With the FC Port Configuration wizard, you can configure allowed port types, port speed, and long distance mode for physical ports.

The following procedure describes how to open the FC Port Configuration wizard. The wizard is self-explanatory, so the explicit steps are not documented here.

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window (see Figure 33 on page 62).

2. Click the FC Ports tab.

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FIGURE 36 FC Port Configuration Wizard, FC ports

3. From the tree on the left, select the port you want to configure.

4. Click the General subtab.

5. Click the Edit Configuration button.

The FC Port Configuration wizard opens. The fields are populated with the current configuration values.

6. Follow the steps in the wizard.

If you configure a disabled port as an EX_Port, the wizard displays the Enable Port after configuration check box. If you select the check box, the disabled port is automatically enabled after configuration; otherwise, the port remains in the same state after configuration.

Allowed Port Types

For FC ports, the Port Administration window displays the following values relating to port type:

Port Type This is the actual or current port type. If the port is offline, this value is the

allowed types (or U_Port, if no type constraint has been specified). If the port is online, this value is the type the port has actually negotiated to.

Allowed Port Type The allowed or configured port type.

The allowed port types indicate any constraints on what types the port can negotiate to when it comes up. For normal (that is, non-EX_Port) ports, the following are the allowed port types:

L_Port The port can be used to connect a loop device.

F_Port The port can be used to connect a non-loop device.

E_Port The port can be used to connect to another switch.

U_Port For a physical FC port: the port can be any one of E_Port, F_Port, or L_Port.

For a logical FC port: the port can be either VE_Port or VEX_Port.

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When the wizard prompts you to select allowed port types, if all of these boxes are selected, there are no constraints on port type. The port will negotiate to its preferred type when the switch comes up, depending on what type of device or switch it is connected to.

Clearing a check box guarantees that the port will not attempt to function as a port of the unchecked type. At least one type must remain selected. L-Port and F-Port cannot both be cleared. An FC port cannot be configured only to an E-Port and L-Port.

NOTE

To configure a port as an EX_Port, the switch must be capable of supporting FCR/FCIP features. The EX_Port option is disabled in the wizard if the switch does not meet these requirements.

Long distance mode

Port long distance configuration can be performed here and in the Switch Admin Extended Fabric

tab. For information about long distance mode settings, see Chapter 13, “Administering Extended

Fabrics”.

FC Fastwrite

FC Fastwrite reduces the number of round-trip times required to write data.

For Brocade 48000 with FC4-18i, Brocade DCX Director, and 7500 switches, you can enable FC Fastwrite. When FC Fastwrite is enabled, all GigE port, and FCIP features are disabled.

Configuring FCIP ports

With the FC Port Configuration wizard, you can configure the port type for logical FCIP ports.

Configure the port to be a VE_Port if you want to merge with the remote fabric with which you are communicating. Configure the port to be a VEX_Port if you want to communicate with a remote fabric without merging with it.

Admin Domain considerations: You can configure FCIP ports only when the current Admin Domain owns the switch.

The following procedure describes how to open the FC Port Configuration wizard. The wizard is self-explanatory, so the explicit steps are not documented here.

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

2. Click the FC Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, select the logical port you want to configure.

4. Click the General subtab.

5. Click the Edit Configuration button.

The FC Port Configuration wizard opens. The fields are populated with the current configuration values.

6. Follow the steps in the wizard.

For VEX_Ports, you will need to specify the Fabric ID. You can choose any unique fabric ID as long as it is consistent for all VEX_Ports that connect to the same edge fabric.

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Assigning a name to a port

If you configure a disabled port as a VEX_Port, the wizard provides the Enable Port after configuration check box. If you select this check box, the disabled port is automatically enabled after configuration. If you leave this check box cleared, the port remains in the same state after configuration.

Configuring GbE ports

With the GigE Port Configuration wizard, you can configure IP interfaces and IP routes.

For information about setting up iSCSI Target Gateway, see Chapter 14, “Administering the iSCSI

Tar get Gateway”.

Admin Domain considerations: You can configure GbE ports only when the current Admin Domain owns the switch.

The following procedure describes how to open the GigE Port Configuration wizard. The wizard is self-explanatory, so the explicit steps are not documented here.

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window (see Figure 33 on page 62).

2. Click the GigE Ports tab.

3. Select the port you want to configure in the tree on the left side of the window.

4. Click Edit Configuration in the task bar.

The GigE Port Configuration wizard opens. The wizard fields are populated with the current configuration values.

5. Follow the steps in the wizard.

Assigning a name to a port

Port names are optional. You can assign a name to an FC or FCIP port to make port grouping easier. You can rename FC and FCIP ports too. You cannot rename GbE ports. The Port Name column in the Ports tab displays the port name, if one exists.

Port names can be from 1 through 32 alphanumeric characters, unless Ficon Management Server (FMS) mode is enabled; if FMS mode is enabled, port names should be limited from 1 through 24 alphanumeric characters. The comma (,), semicolon (;), and “at” symbol (@) are not allowed.

NOTE

Although it is not required, it is recommended that port names be unique.

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

2. Click the FC Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, click the switch or slot that contains the port you want to rename.

4. From the table, select the port you want to rename.

5. Click the Rename button.

6. Type a name for the port and click Rename.

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To delete the existing port name, leave the field blank and click Rename.

Enabling and disabling a port

Use the following procedure to enable or disable a port.

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

2. Click the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, click the switch or slot that contains the port you want to enable or disable.

4. From the table, select one or more ports.

Use Shift-click and Ctrl-click to select multiple ports. You can select multiple ports from the table. You cannot select multiple ports from the tree.

5. Click the Enable or Disable button.

If the button is gray (unavailable), the port is already in the enabled or disabled state. For example, if the Enable button is unavailable, the port is already enabled.

Enabling and disabling a port

If you select multiple ports in both enabled and disabled states, both buttons are active. When you click either button, the action is applied to all selected ports.

6. Click Yes in the confirmation window.

Considerations

You should understand the following limitations and conditions when you are enabling or disabling a port:

• On FR4-18i and FC4-16IP port blades, all ports are disabled by default. You can disable and

reenable them as needed.

• If FC Routing is disabled, all EX_Ports are automatically disabled and you cannot enable them

until FC Routing is enabled.

• If a port is not licensed you cannot enable it until you install the appropriate license, such as a

Ports on Demand or N-Port ID Virtualization license (see “Activating ports” on page 71 for more information). The Licensed field located in the General tab in the Port Administration window indicates whether a port is licensed.

• If you disable a principal ISL port (an ISL port that has been designated by the fabric to be a

part of the path to communicate with the principal switch), the fabric reconfigures.

• If you disable a port that was connected to a device, that device is no longer accessible from

the fabric. For more information, see the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.

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Persistent enabling and disabling ports

Use the following procedure to enable or disable an FC port so that it remains enabled or disabled across switch reboots.

NOTE

Ports cannot be persistently enabled or disabled when FMS is enabled.

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

2. Click the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, click the switch or slot that contains the port.

4. From the table, select one or more ports.

Use Shift-click and Ctrl-click to select multiple ports. You can select multiple ports from the table. You cannot select multiple ports from the tree.

5. Click the Persistent Enable or Persistent Disable button.

If the button is gray (unavailable), the port is already in that state. For example, if the Persistent Enable button is unavailable, the port or ports are already persistently enabled over reboots.

If you select multiple ports in both enabled and disabled states, both buttons are active. When you click either button, the action is applied to all selected ports.

6. Click Yes in the confirmation window.

Enabling and disabling NPIV ports

The NPIV license must be installed on a switch before NPIV functionality can be enabled on any port.

NOTE

NPIV enable/disable is not supported on EX_Ports.

For detailed information about understanding and configuring NPIV ports, see the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide. With Web Tools, you can only enable or disable the NPIV functionality on a port.

Enabling NPIV ports

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

2. Click the FC Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, select the logical port you want to enable.

4. Click the Enable NPIV button.

The button is unavailable if NPIV is already enabled on the port.

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Disabling NPIV ports

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

2. Click the FC Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, select the logical port you want to disable.

4. Click the Disable NPIV button.

The button is unavailable if NPIV is already disabled on the port.

Enabling and disabling QoS ports

For detailed information about understanding and configuring QoS ports, see the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide. With Web Tools, you can only enable or disable the QoS functionality on a

port.

Enabling QoS

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

Enabling and disabling QoS ports

2. Click the Show Advanced Mode button.

3. From the tree on the left, select the logical port you want to disable.

4. Click the Enable QoS button.

5. Click Yes on the confirmation window.

Disabling QoS

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

2. Click the Show Advanced Mode button.

3. From the tree on the left, select the logical port you want to disable.

4. Click the Disable QoS button.

5. Click Yes on the confirmation window.

Activating ports

Brocade switches come with a preset number of ports enabled. Additional ports can be enabled using the Ports on Demand (POD) licenses and the Dynamic Ports on Demand (DPOD) feature (for supported switches only).

The button is unavailable if QoS is already enabled on the port.

The button is unavailable if QoS is already disabled on the port.

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Ports on Demand is ready to be unlocked in the switch firmware. The license might be part of the licensed Paper Pack supplied with switch software, or you can purchase the license separately from your switch vendor, who will provide you with a key to unlock it. You can install up to two Ports on Demand licenses on each switch.

Tab le 5 shows the ports that are enabled by default and the ports that can be enabled after you

install the first and second Ports on Demand licenses for each switch type, and the ports that can be enabled with the Dynamic PODs feature.

TABLE 5 Ports Enabled with POD Licenses and DPOD Feature

Switch Name Enabled by

Default

Enabled with Ports on Demand License(s)

Enabled with the Dynamic Ports on Demand Feature

Brocade 200E 0–7 8–11

12–15

Brocade 5000 Brocade 4100

Brocade 4016 0-7, 10-13 8, 9, 14, 15 Any available ports

Brocade 4018 2-11 12-17 Any available ports

Brocade 4020 0-7, 15, 16 8, 9, 17-19

Brocade 4024 1-8, 17-20 9-12, 21, 22

Brocade 4900 0–31 32–47

0–15 16–23

24–31

10-14

0, 13-16, 23

48–63

Not supported

Any available ports

Not supported

For the Brocade 4016, 4018, 4020, and 4024 switches only, you can use the Dynamic Ports on Demand (DPOD) feature, which allows you to choose which ports to enable (instead of predefined sets of ports) after the POD license(s) is installed. Web Tools allows you only to enable or disable the DPOD functionality on a port. To configure DPOD, see the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.

In the Port Administration window, the Licensed attribute indicates whether a port is licensed (yes), whether it can be license (possible) because there are free licenses available (only applicable with the Dynamic POD feature), or whether it is not licensed and cannot be licensed because there is no available license.

After the license keys are installed, you must enable the ports. You can do so without disrupting switch operation, as described in “Enabling and disabling a port” on page 69. Alternatively, you can disable and reenable the switch to activate all ports as described in “Enabling and disabling a

switch” on page 34.

To unlock a Ports on Demand license, you can use the supplied license key or generate a license key. If you need to generate a key, open an Internet browser and go to the Brocade Web site at www.brocade.com. Click Products > Software License Keys and follow the instructions to generate the key.

Enabling Ports on Demand

1. Install the Brocade Ports on Demand licensed product. For instructions, see “Activating a

license on a switch” on page 41.

2. Enable the ports as described in “Enabling and disabling a port” on page 69.

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Activating ports

If you remove a Ports on Demand license, the licensed ports are disabled after the next platform reboot or the next port deactivation.

Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand

You must be logged in as Admin to enable or disable the Dynamic PODs feature.

NOTE

The Dynamic PODs feature is supported on the Brocade 4018, 4020, and 4024 switches only. If you click the Enable DPOD button on an unsupported switch, an error message displays.

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

2. Click the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, click the switch or the slot that contains the port.

4. Click the Enable DPOD button to enable the licensing mechanism to be dynamic. If the button says Disable DPOD, the licensing mechanism is already set to dynamic.

The existing POD associations and assignments are set as the initial Dynamic POD associations.

Two fields are displayed:

• Available Licenses indicate the number of free licenses. These can be allocated for

any port.

• Total Li cen ses indicate the total number of licenses.

Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand

NOTE

Disabling DPODs causes traffic disruption. Any prior port associations and assignments are lost the next time the switch is rebooted.

You must be logged in as Admin to enable or disable the Dynamic PODs feature.

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

2. Click the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, click the switch or the slot that contains the port.

4. Click the Disable DPOD button to set the licensing mechanism to static. If the button displays Enable DPOD, the licensing mechanism is already set to static.

Reserving and releasing licenses on a port basis

You must be logged in as Admin to reserve and release licenses.

NOTE

If the Admin Domains feature is enabled, the Dynamic POD configuration is only applied to the ports if the switch is a member of the current Admin Domain.

The Dynamic PODs feature is supported on the Brocade 4018, 4020, and 4024 switches only.

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Swapping port index

You must disable the port or switch before reserving or releasing a license.

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

2. Click the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, click the switch or the slot that contains the port.

The License column identifies the port license status:

• If the port has a license allocated, the License field contains the value Yes.

• If the port does not have a license allocated and there are no free licenses that can be

• If the port does not have a license allocated and there are licenses that can be

You can reserve or release a license on any port that has a license allocated.

To reserve a license, click Reserve License in the Port Administration window.

To release a license, click Release License in the Port Administration window.

Swapping port index

allocated, the License field contains the value No.

allocated to the port, the License field contains the value Possible.

If a port malfunctions, or if you want to connect to different devices without having to re-wire your infrastructure, you can move traffic from one port to another (swap ports) without changing the I/O Configuration Data Set (IOCDS) on the mainframe computer.

When you perform a port swap, Web Tools automatically disables the two ports, swaps the area IDs, and enables the ports.

Swapping ports

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

2. Click the FC Ports tab.

3. Click the Advanced button.

4. From the tree on the left, select the port you want to swap.

5. Click the Port Swap button.

6. Type the number of the port with which you want to swap the current port. If the port is on a blade, you must also provide the slot number.

7. C li c k Swap.

Determining if a port index has been swapped with another switch port

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

2. Click the FC Ports tab.

3. Click the Advanced button.

4. From the tree on the left, select the port you want to swap.

5. Click the General tab.

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The Port Index attribute on the General tab indicates whether a port has been swapped. For ports that have been swapped, the attribute name displays as Port Index (Swapped), as shown in Figure 37. The value indicates with which port index the port has been swapped.

FIGURE 37 Swapping a Port Index

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Chapter

Administering ISL Trunking

In this chapter

This chapter contains the following information:

•About Interswitch Link Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

•Viewing trunk group information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

•Disabling or reenabling trunking mode on a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

About Interswitch Link Trunking

Interswitch link (ISL) trunking optimizes network performance by forming trunking groups that can distribute traffic across a shared bandwidth.

A trunking license is required on each switch that participates in the trunk. For details on obtaining and installing licensed features, see “Managing licensed features” on page 40. For additional information about ISL Trunking, see the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.

Use the Tru nking tab of the Switch Administration window to view trunks through Web Tools (see

Figure 38).

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Viewing trunk group information

FIGURE 38 Trunking tab

Viewing trunk group information

Use this procedure to display the following information about ISL Trunking grou ps:

• Trunk gro up number identifier

• Master port

• Member ports

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.

2. Click the Tru nking tab.

3. Optional: Click Refresh to refresh the information.

Disabling or reenabling trunking mode on a port

When the trunking license is activated, trunks are automatically established on eligible ISLs and trunking capability is enabled by default on all ports. Use the following procedure to disable trunking on a port or to reenable trunking if it has been disabled.

Trunking is not supported on logical ports, GbE ports, or EX_Ports.

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Disabling or reenabling trunking mode on a port

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window (see Figure 33 on page 62).

2. Click the FC Ports tab.

Trunking mode does not apply to GbE ports.

3. From the tree on the left, click the switch name or slot name.

4. From the table, select the port that you want to trunk.

You can select multiple ports from the table. You cannot select multiple ports from the tree.

Trunking mode does not apply to logical ports.

5. Choose the Advanced Mode of Ports Admin.

If the button is unavailable, the port is already in that state.

6. Click Yes in the confirmation window.

Admin Domain considerations

You can enable and disable trunking for a port only when the current Admin Domain owns the switch. You can log into a switch that is not in your Admin Domain, but most of the functionality will be unavailable.

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Brocade Web Tools Administrator’s Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

About This Document

In this chapter

How this document is organized

Supported hardware and software

What’s new in this document

Document conventions

Text formatting

Notes, cautions, and warnings

Key terms

Additional information

Brocade resources

Other industry resources

Getting technical help

Document feedback

Introducing Web Tools

In this chapter

System requirements

Setting Refresh Frequency for Internet Explorer

Deleting temporary internet files used by Java applications

Installing Java on the workstation

Installing the JRE on your Solaris or Linux client workstation

Installing patches on Solaris

Installing the Java plug-in on Windows

Configuring the Java plug-in

Configuring the Java plug-in for Windows

Configuring the Java plug-in for Mozilla family browsers

Installing a Web Tools license

Installing a Web Tools license through telnet

Installing a Web Tools license through a Web site

Installing other licenses through the Web

Value line licenses

Opening Web Tools

Logging in

Logging out

Administrative domains

Admin Domains and login

Admin Domains and switch WWN

Admin Domains and zoning

Role-Based Access Control

Session management

Requirements for IPv6 support

Ending a Web Tools session

Using the Web Tools Interface

In this chapter

Viewing Switch Explorer

Tasks

Fabric Tree

Changing the Admin Domain context

Switch View buttons

Switch View

Displaying tool tips

Switch Events and Switch Information

Refresh rates

Displaying switches in the fabric

Working with Web Tools: recommendations

Managing Fabrics and Switches

In this chapter

Managing fabrics and switches using Web Tools

Opening the telnet window

Opening the Switch Administration window

Refreshing the Switch Administration window

Configuring IP and netmask information

Configuring a syslog IP address

Removing a syslog IP address

Setting Up IP Filtering

Managing blades

Enabling or disabling a blade

Configuring a switch

Enabling and disabling a switch

Changing the switch name

Changing the switch domain ID

Viewing and printing a switch report

Rebooting the switch

Performing a fast boot

Performing a reboot