Brocade Communications Systems 6510, VA-40FC, 300, 5100, 4100 User Manual

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29 April 2011

EZSwitchSetup

Administrator’s Guide

Supporting Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5000, 5100, 5300, 6510, 7800, 8000,
and VA-40FC

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Document History

Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1000121-01 First release January 2006

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1000195-01 Changes to support Fabric OS

v5.2.0, including zoning and port
activation

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1000195-02 Added Brocade 5000 switch

support

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1000441-01 Added Brocade 4900 switch

support; Added DHCP and IPv6
support

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1000607-01 Added enhanced switch setup October 2007

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1000607-02 Added support for new hardware:

Brocade 300, Brocade 5100, and
Brocade 5300.

September 2006

February 2007

June 2007

March 2008

Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1000607-03 Added new wizards:

- Introduction wizard

- Connect Cables wizard

- Set Switch IP Address wizard

- Confirm IP Address wizard

- Set Parameters wizard

- Select Zoning wizard

- Specify Devices wizard

- Configure Ports and Connect

- Devices wizard

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1001193-01 Change to EZManager wizard November 2008

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1001193-02 Added additional information

that was received after the Fabric
OS version 6.2.0 RC date.

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1001304-01 Special version for introduction of

the 8000 switch.

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1001344-01 Add option for obtaining IP

address from DHCP. Support for
the Brocade 7800.

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1001344-02 Add support for the Brocade VA-

40FC.

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1001344-03 Remove software support

statement from title page, as this
document supports multiple
Fabric OS versions.

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Add support for Brocade 6510. April 2011

July 2008

December 2008

March 2009

July 2009

August 2009

February 2010

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Contents

About This Document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

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

Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Document Feedback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Chapter 1 Introducing EZSwitchSetup

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

Overview of EZSwitchSetup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Configuring Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Supported switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Language support for EZSwitchSetup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 2 Setting Up Your Switch

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Connecting cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Discovering the switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Confirming IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Switch discovery failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Configuring the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Setting switch parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Zoning selection options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Configuring zones on the switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Specifying devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Connecting devices and completing the setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

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Chapter 3 Managing Your Switch

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Switch manager overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Task panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Switch View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Content page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Logging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Switch Manager sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Logging out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Viewing switch information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Viewing the status indicator legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Viewing fan, temperature, and power supply status . . . . . . . . . 31

Port status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Switch Information tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Port information tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Changing switch information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Add port license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Managing devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Device connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Assigning and renaming device aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Zoning management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Viewing the zone access map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Editing the zoning configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Validating zoning configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Restoring Typical Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Accessing Web Tools for advanced management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Making EZSwitchSetup your default switch manager. . . . . . . .45

Appendix A EZSwitchSetup Limitations

General limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Index

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About This Document

In this chapter

•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

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

•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

•Additional Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

•Document Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

How this document is organized

This document contains the following components:

• Chapter 1, “Introducing EZSwitchSetup”, provides basic information about the EZSwitchSetup

interface, including system requirements and installation instructions.

• Chapter 2, “Setting Up Your Switch”, describes how to set up your switch for the first time.

• Chapter 3, “Managing Your Switch”, describes how to monitor and manage your switch using

the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager.

• Appendix A, “EZSwitchSetup Limitations”, discusses the limitations of and provides

workarounds for using EZSwitchSetup.

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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., documenting all possible configurations and scenarios is
beyond the scope of this document.

The following platforms are supported by this release of EZSwitchSetup:

• Brocade 300 switch

• Brocade 4100 switch

• Brocade 4900 switch

• Brocade 5000 switch

• Brocade 5100 switch

• Brocade 5300 switch

• Brocade 6510 switch

• Brocade 7800 Extension Switch

• Brocade 8000 FCoE Switch

• Brocade VA-40FC switch

What’s new in this document

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

• Added support for the Brocade 6510 switch.

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Document conventions

NOTE

ATTENTION

CAUTION

DANGER

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

Text formatting

The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used in this document are as follows:

bold text Identifies command names

italic text Provides emphasis

code text Identifies CLI output

For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed
lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is all lowercase.

Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI

Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles

Identifies syntax examples

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.

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

An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.

A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause
damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.

A Danger statement indicates conditions or situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely
hazardous to you. Safety labels are also attached directly to products to warn of these conditions
or situations.

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Key terms

For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the technical glossaries on MyBrocade.
See “Brocade resources” on page x for instructions on accessing MyBrocade.

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

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

Notice to the reader

This document may contain references to the trademarks of the following corporations. These
trademarks are the properties of their respective companies and corporations.

These references are made for informational purposes only.

Corporation Referenced Trademarks and Products

Microsoft Corporation Windows, Windows NT, Internet Explorer

Oracle Corporation Java

Netscape Communications Corporation Netscape

Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, Red Hat Network, Maximum RPM, Linux Undercover

Additional Information

This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find
helpful.

Brocade resources

To get up-to-the-minute information, go to http://my.brocade.com to register at no cost for a user ID
and password.

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

http://www.brocade.com/products-solutions/products/index.page

For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade Web site:

http://www.brocade.com

Release notes are available on the MyBrocade web site and are also bundled with the Fabric OS
firmware.

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Other industry resources

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

• Browser version

• JRE version installed on host

• Error numbers and messages received

• Java console window messages

• Screen shots

• supportSave command output

• Detailed description of the problem, switch or fabric behavior immediately following

problem, and specific questions

• Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and results

2. Switch Serial Number

The switch serial number and corresponding bar code are provided on the serial number label,
as shown here:

:

*FT00X0054E9*

FT00X0054E9

The serial number label is located as follows:

• Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5000, 5100, 5300, 7800, 8000, and VA-40FC switches: On

the switch ID pull-out tab located on the bottom of the port side of the switch.

• Brocade 6510 switches: On the switch ID pull-out tab located inside the chassis on the

port side on the left.

3. World Wide Name (WWN)

• The WWN is in the same place as the serial number.

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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:

[e-mail]

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

NOTE

Introducing EZSwitchSetup

In this chapter

•Overview of EZSwitchSetup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

•EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

•Supported switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

•Language support for EZSwitchSetup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Overview of EZSwitchSetup

EZSwitchSetup is an easy-to-use graphical user interface application for setting up and managing
your switch. It has the following components:

• EZSwitchSetup wizard (on the installation CD)

• EZSwitchSetup switch configuration wizard

• EZSwitchSetup switch manager

Figure 1 illustrates the high-level workflow of EZSwitchSetup.

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FIGURE 1 EZSwitchSetup Components

Chapter 2, “Setting Up Your Switch,” describes how to use the EZSwitchSetup wizard and Switch

Configuration to set up and configure your switch for the first time. For additional information about
your switch, see the hardware reference manual included on the Brocade Documentation CD,
which ships with the switch.

Chapter 3, “Managing Your Switch,” describes how to use the Switch Manager to monitor and

manage your switch.

Although your switch may have advanced capabilities, EZSwitchSetup is for a single-switch fabric
with FC ports only. To configure and manage other features on your switch, use the command line
interface, Web Tools, or DCFM.

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EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirements

You can run EZSwitchSetup on a SAN host computer or you can use a different computer that is not
part of the SAN, such as a laptop.

EZSwitchSetup requires a browser that conforms to HTML version 4.0 and JavaScript version 1.0.
The EZSwitchSetup installation CD automatically installs the correct Java Runtime Environment
(JRE) for the disk-based installation wizard. This does not affect any pre-installed JREs, but other
program components launched from the switch require Oracle JRE 1.6.0_24 or higher installed on
the host.

EZSwitchSetup is supported on the platforms shown in Tab le 1.

TABLE 1 Supported platforms

Operating System Browser JRE version

Linux Red Hat 9 Mozilla Oracle JRE 1.6.0_24

Windows 7 Professional (x86) Internet Explorer 7.0

Internet Explorer 8.0
Firefox 2.0

Windows Server 2008 Standard Internet Explorer 7.0

Internet Explorer 8.0
Firefox 2.0

Windows 2003 Server, SP2 Internet Explorer 7.0

Internet Explorer 8.0
Firefox 2.0

Windows XP, SP3 Internet Explorer 7.0

Internet Explorer 8.0
Firefox 2.0

Oracle JRE 1.6.0_24

Oracle JRE 1.6.0_24

Oracle JRE 1.6.0_24

Oracle JRE 1.6.0_24

The minimum hardware requirements for a Windows system are as follows:

• 90 MB of hard drive space for the EZSS installation directory.

• 512 MB or more RAM for fabrics containing up to 15 switches.

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

• An Ethernet port.

• A serial (COM) port, if you plan to connect to the serial port on the switch.

Configuring Internet Explorer

Correct operation of EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager 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 Switch Manager.

1. Select Tools > Internet Options in the browser.

2. Select the General tab.

3. Select the Settings button under “Browsing history.”

4. Under “Check for newer versions of stored pages,” click Every time I visit the webpage.

5. Click OK to save the changes.

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Supported switches

NOTE

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

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FIGURE 2 Configuring Internet Explorer

Supported switches

You can use EZSwitchSetup with the switches listed in “Supported hardware and software” on
page viii.

Your switch must meet the following requirements:

• It must be connected to an Ethernet LAN that is accessible by the host. If it is not, the system

issues the message “Page not Found.”

• It must have licensed FC ports. If the switch has no licensed FC ports, you must first install a

POD license and then enable the affected ports. For more information, refer to the section

“Add port license” on page 35

• It must be in a single-switch fabric. If your switch connects to another switch (if there is an

E_Port on the switch), you cannot manage the switch using EZSwitchSetup until you
disconnect the switch connection.

If there is an E_Port on the switch and if there is a zone conflict, then the fabric is segmented;
in this case, the switch is in a fabric by itself and EZSwitchSetup treats it as a single-switch
fabric.

You cannot use EZSwitchSetup to manage a switch that has any of the following features enabled:

• Virtual Fabrics with non-default logical switches

• Access Gateway

• User-defined Admin Domains

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Language support for EZSwitchSetup

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You can, however, use the EZSwitchSetup wizard to discover these switches and set their IP
address. The Brocade VA-40FC switch comes pre-configured in Access Gateway mode. If you use
the EZSwitchSetup wizard to discover the Brocade VA-40FC switch and set the IP address, Web
Tools will launch automatically for you to manage the Access Gateway features.

Language support for EZSwitchSetup

The EZSwitchSetup wizard and the Switch Manager interface display the following languages:

• English (default)

• Brazilian Portuguese

• French

• German

• Italian

• Japanese

• Korean

• Simplified Chinese

• Spanish

• Traditional Chinese

When you launch EZSwitchSetup, the interface detects the operating system and language
environment and installs and displays the appropriate language. For example, if you set up the
switch using a German operating system, EZSwitchSetup installs the German language interface
and displays text, messages, and labels in that language.

If localization resources are not fully available in the user host environment, EZSwitchSetup uses
the default language, English.

Regardless of the local language, the following is displayed in English:

• User input, which must consist of printable ASCII characters

• Switch-based information (such as firmware version and switch name)

• Some globally accepted industry terms (such as SAN and HBA)

• The End User License Agreement (EULA)

• System files (such as the summary file, setting file, and log file)

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Chapter

Setting Up Your Switch

In this chapter

•Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

•Configuring the switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

•Zoning selection options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

•Connecting devices and completing the setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard

You can run EZSwitchSetup from a computer you are currently using for SAN administration, or you
can use a different computer that is not part of the SAN, such as a laptop. In this chapter, the
computer running EZSwitchSetup is called the setup computer.

The first step in setting up your switch is to install the EZSwitchSetup wizard, which is located on
the EZSwitchSetup installation CD.

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1. Insert the EZSwitchSetup CD into the CD-ROM drive of your setup computer.

• On Windows: The installer will autostart in about a minute.

• On Linux: Navigate to the following path location on the CD-ROM:

<CD-ROM Path>/CDROM_Installers/Linux/Disk1/InstData/VM/install.bin

2. Install EZSwitchSetup following the onscreen directions.

Installation will take a few minutes after you click OK.

3. Click Done on the last screen (shown in Figure 3) to exit the installer.

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Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard

NOTE

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FIGURE 3 EZSwitchSetup Installer

On Windows, EZSwitchSetup starts automatically after it is installed. If it does not, see

“Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard” to launch the wizard manually.

On Linux, follow the procedure “Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard” to launch the wizard.

Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard

1. Perform the following, depending on your operating system:

• On Windows: EZSwitchSetup starts automatically after it is installed. If it does not, then

from the Start menu, select Programs > EZSwitchSetup > EZSwitchSetup

• On Linux: EZSwitchSetup does not start automatically, so you have to start it manually.

The Linux installation requires root access.

The EZSwitchSetup wizard starts, as shown in Figure 4.

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FIGURE 4 EZSwitchSetup introduction screen

Connecting cables

1. Choose the method of connecting to your LAN.

You have the choice of using a serial connection or an Ethernet connection to your LAN to set
the IP address for the switch. The Ethernet connection is generally more convenient and
preferred. Use the serial connection if it is not possible or not convenient to connect the host
on the same subnet as the switch.

2. Click Next.

The Connect Cables screen is displayed (Figure 5).

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FIGURE 5 Connect Cables screen (Ethernet version, without serial cable)

Figure 6 on page 9 shows the cables connecting to the Brocade Fibre Channel switch, setup

computer, Ethernet hub or switch, and network.

Not all switches have their serial and Ethernet connectors in the same place as in Figure 6.
Refer to the hardware documentation to determine the correct placement of the serial and
Ethernet connections.

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