Brocade Communications Systems A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base, AE370A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch 4/12 Administrator's Manual

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Publication Date: 10/10/07

Fabric Manager

Administrator’s Guide

Supporting Fabric Manager 5.4.0

Supporting Fabric OS 6.0.0

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Document History

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Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

Brocade Fabric Manager User’s
Guide, v3.0

Brocade Fabric Manager User’s
Guide, v4.0

Brocade Fabric Manager User’s
Guide, v4.1.0

Brocade Fabric Manager User’s
Guide, v4.1.1

Fabric Manager User’s Guide 53-0000823-06 Updated to include switch specific information. March 2004

53-0000204-01 N/A October 2001

53-0000823-02 N/A April 2003

53-0000823-04 N/A September

2003

53-0000823-05 Editorial & structural changes, aligned

information with online help information,

December

2003
updated Call Home feature information,
updated link icons, additional troubleshooting
information.

Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

Fabric Manager User’s Guide 53-0000823-07 Editorial & structural changes, included new

feature support since Fabric Manager 4.1.1,
updated graphics, updated troubleshooting
information.

Fabric Manager User’s Guide 53-0000823-08 Editorial & structural changes, device node

and device port name support, and minor
adjustment for database change.

Fabric Manager User’s Guide 53-0000823-09 Editorial & structural changes, added support

for SilkWorm 4100, 4 Gbit/sec support, and
end-to-end performance monitoring; also
revised installation, firmware download, fabric
merge, admin password on multiple switches,
and enable security sections.

Fabric Manager Administrator’s
Guide

53-0000823-10 Editorial & structural changes, including new

feature support; also revised installation and
overview sections and book title.

Fabric Manager Administrator’s
Guide

53-1000042-01 Added support for SilkWorm 4900, 7500, and

FR4-18i port blade; added support for Fabric
OS v5.1.0 features, such as FCIP Tunneling
and FC-FC Routing Service.

Fabric Manager Administrator’s
Guide

53-1000196-01 Added support for FR4-16IP port blade; added

support for Fabric OS v5.2.0 features, such as
Admin Domains and iSCSI; added offline
zoning. Revised Fabric Manager client
information throughout.

Fabric Manager Administrator’s
Guide

53-1000443-01 Rebranded; added new features for 5.3.0

release such as Access Gateway visibility,
MetaSAN View, FCIP tunneling; improved
scalability, updated screens.

Fabric Manager Administrator’s
Guide

53-1000610-01, Added information for newly supported

feautres in v5.4 features such as ICL support,
IPv6 support, VLAN Tag support, FICON
Emulation parameters support, and updated
screens.

May 2004

July 2004

October 2004

April 2005

February 2006

October 2006

March 2007

October 2007

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Contents

About This Document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

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

Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxii

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii

Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxv

Chapter 1 Introducing Fabric Manager

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

Overview of Fabric Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Browser and platform requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Fabric and switch access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Administrative Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Role-Based Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 2 Installation

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Planning for the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installation and troubleshooting information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Upgrading Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

License keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Upgrading from the evaluation version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

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Installing the Fabric Manager server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Installing Fabric Manager server on Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Installing Fabric Manager server on Solaris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Installing Fabric Manager server on Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Copying an installation from server to server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Uninstalling the Fabric Manager server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Client

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Launching Fabric Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Notes on logging in to a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Uninstalling the Fabric Manager client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Understanding the Fabric Manager layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Scope panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

View panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Task panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Information panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Refreshing the window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Selecting elements and accessing modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Customizing Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Displaying fabrics by IP address, domain ID, WWN, and name 52

Customizing tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Filtering elements in a table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Customizing tool tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Resizing panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Resetting to Default Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Configuring SSH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Configuring Event Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Chapter 4 Discovering and Customizing Fabrics

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

Discovering a fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

About FCS Policy and seed switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Discovering a single fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Discovering multiple fabrics (subnet scan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Logging in to multiple switches simultaneously . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Monitoring fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Changing the seed switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Deleting a fabric from Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

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Renaming fabric components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Renaming a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Renaming a switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Renaming a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Renaming a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Importing device names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Working with switch and port groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Understanding the groups view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Creating and populating switch groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Editing a switch group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Creating port groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Editing a port group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Deleting a switch or port group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Chapter 5 Viewing Fabric Topologies

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Understanding the View panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

View panel toolbar items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Viewing tool tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Selecting items in the topology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Changing the layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Saving view preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Topology views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Displaying monitored fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Displaying backbone and edge fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Displaying switch interconnectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Displaying attached devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Displaying zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Viewing link information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Chapter 6 Displaying Name Server Information

Chapter 7 Monitoring Alerts and Events

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

Monitoring Alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Viewing alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Identifying alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Filtering alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Acknowledging alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Resolving alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Deleting alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Configuring alert display options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Monitoring fabric events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Viewing fabric events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Viewing all events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Filtering fabric events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Configuring notification parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Chapter 8 Using Performance Monitoring

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Overview of performance monitoring in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . .111

Performance monitoring components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Configuring port data collection and alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Enabling end-to-end monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Disabling performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Generating custom reports and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Creating custom reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Creating real time graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Creating and using report templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Creating templates for reports and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Generating reports and graphs from templates . . . . . . . . . . .129

Saving Performance Monitor reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Printing Performance Monitor reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Exporting reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Displaying saved reports and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

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Deleting reports and graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Editing End-to-End Monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Displaying End-to-End Monitor reports in external applications . .133

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

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Overview of change management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Using change management profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Creating a profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Cloning a profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Editing a profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Deleting a profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Using snapshots and change reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Displaying a change report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Creating snapshots on demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Comparing snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Exporting snapshot and change reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Exporting switch configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Displaying change reports in external applications. . . . . . . . .144

Printing snapshot and change reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Changing baseline snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Chapter 10 Call Home Support

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

About call home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Call home e-mail messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Call home external executable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Call home modem support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Configuring call home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Editing configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Enabling or disabling call home globally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Monitoring call home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Chapter 11 Switch Configuration and Management

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Viewing switch information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Viewing port information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Synchronizing date and time across a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Opening a Telnet session for a nonsecure switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

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Enabling and disabling switches and ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Configuring SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Configuring ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

Swapping ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Administering ISL trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Administering license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Exporting license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Importing and restoring license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Removing license keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Using configuration management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Switch configuration backup and restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Viewing the configuration repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Replicating configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Replicating a switch SNMP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Replicating a switch Fabric Watch configuration. . . . . . . . . . . 174

Replicating an entire switch configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Saving switch configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Checking the physical health of a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Replacing a switch in the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Configuring Asset Polling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Configuring a Domain ID on a phantom switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Chapter 12 Managing Access Gateway-moded Switches

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Introduction to Access Gateway Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Supported Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Showing Access Gateway-moded switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Discovering an Access Gateway switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Viewing Access Gateway moded switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Backing up Access Gateway-moded switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Configuring an access gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Performing a Firmware Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Chapter 13 Configuring Standard Security Features

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

A note about security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Managing passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

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Enabling and disabling switch passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Changing admin password on multiple switches . . . . . . . . . .188

Enabling secure communication over HTTPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Managing the truststore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

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Managing Administrative Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Requirements for Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Launching the Admin Domain module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Managing Access Control Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Propagating RADIUS configuration across switches. . . . . . . . . . . .193

Chapter 14 Managing the iSCSI Target Gateway

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

About the iSCSI Target Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Viewing iSCSI information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

iSCSI summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

iSCSI ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

iSCSI initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

iSCSI targets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Virtual initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

iSCSI FC targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

iSCSI sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Chapter 15 Firmware Management

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Determining availability of firmware-specific features . . . . . . . . . .205

Using built-in FTP server and firmware repository . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Viewing the firmware repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Importing and removing firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Defining a fabric profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Viewing SAN firmware versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Configuring file transfer options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Downloading firmware to multiple switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Downloading firmware with firmware repository support . . . .215

Downloading firmware using an external FTP server . . . . . . .216

Controlling firmware download reboots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

Downloading firmware to HBAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

Downloading firmware to XPath OS switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Accessing firmware when changing the FTP server . . . . . . . . . . . .221

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Collecting FDMI device information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Rebooting switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Creating a reboot group with multiple switches . . . . . . . . . . .222

Creating single-switch reboot groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Assigning switches to a reboot group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Performing a sequenced reboot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Chapter 16 Managing Zones

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227

Introduction to zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227

Managing zoning offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Use cases for offline zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

Requirements for offline zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

Offline zone editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230

Managing zoning with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

Chapter 17 Fabric Watch

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Introduction to Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Launching Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Using Fabric Watch with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Chapter 18 Managing Secure Fabrics

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Enabling secure mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Using the Policy Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251

Configuring FCS policy options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

Configuring SCC policy options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254

Configuring Telnet, RSNMP, WSNMP, HTTP, and API policy options
255

Configuring DCC policy options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257

Configuring SES and MS policy options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

Configuring Serial and Front Panel policy options. . . . . . . . . .261

Changing the admin security password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263

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Configuring No-Node WWN Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265

Adding a switch to a secure fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265

Merging secure fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266

Using Telnet on a secure fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

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Chapter 19 FICON and CUP

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

Introducing FICON and CUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

Identifying switches with FMS mode enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270

Editing the current port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . . .270

Editing a stored port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273

Identifying port zone conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Configuring Insistent Domain ID mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Identifying ports that completed the RNID exchange . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Monitoring link incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

Cascaded FICON setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

Configure a fabric for cascaded FICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

Merge two fabrics for cascaded FICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

Chapter 20 Managing the FC-FC Routing Service

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

Requirements for Fibre Channel routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

About Fibre Channel routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

Setting Up FC-FC routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283

Connecting edge fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Diagnosing fabric device sharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

Sharing devices between fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286

Displaying logical SANs and imported/exported devices. . . . . . . .288

Displaying virtual devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

Displaying FC Router information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

Translate domains and virtual device status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291

FC-FC routing and secure fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292

FC-FC routing and AD-enabled fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292

Chapter 21 Using the FCIP Tunneling Service

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293

About FCIP Tunneling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293

Viewing FCIP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296

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Configuring an FCIP tunnel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298

Managing FCIP tunnels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305

Viewing FCIP tunnel Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305

Modifying FCIP tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305

Disabling and re-enabling FCIP tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

Deleting FCIP tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

Chapter 22 Configuring SYSLOG Fault Management

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

About Fault Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

Configuring the SYSLOG destination registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

Configuring the Registration Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

Viewing SYSLOG status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

Chapter 23 Third-Party and Foreign Device Management

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

Accessing third-party management applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Adding third-party management applications . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

Editing third-party management applications . . . . . . . . . . . . .315

Running third-party management applications . . . . . . . . . . . .316

Examples of launching applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316

Importing device WWNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319

Chapter 24 Creating Reports

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

Generating the SAN health report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

Displaying the switch health report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325

Generating the fabric summary report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326

Generating the physical inventory report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328

Chapter 25 Storing Data and Performing Backups

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329

Data persistence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329

Performing backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329

Full backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329

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Incremental backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333

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Introduction to Server Management Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333

Launching the Server Management Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334

Managing Fabric Manager services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334

Changing authentication information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335

Backing up and restoring the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337

Capturing technical support information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338

Creating a login banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339

Changing secure communication settings (HTTP or HTTPS) . . . . .340

Changing the Web Server port numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342

Changing the SYSLOG listening port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343

Chapter 27 Fabric Troubleshooting Tools

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345

General device diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345

Fabric merge check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346

Merge Resolve Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350

Between non-secure fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350

Between secure and nonsecure fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351

Event message severity level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352

Trace route. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352

Appendix A Troubleshooting

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357

Capturing Fabric Manager support information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357

Checking the client side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359

Authentication issues (unable to log in). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359

Client access to switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361

Client-side CPU usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361

Capturing/reporting client-side issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361

Client log overwritten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361

Checking client/server interaction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361

No client/server interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361

Client/server version mismatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

Determine whether client or server problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

Switch connection failure when firmware download is performed with

SSL enabled in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

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Checking the server side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

Server cannot access switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363

Server-side CPU usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363

Statistics not collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363

Capturing/reporting server-side issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363

Server IP interface configuration in a multihome server environment
363

Checking fabric discovery problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364

Capturing supportShow and supportSave output . . . . . . . . . . . . .365

Topology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366

Nodes swapped with another switch node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367

Lettering in legend unreadable when printed . . . . . . . . . . . . .367

Links do not reconfigure after disruptive failover . . . . . . . . . .367

Nodes Overlap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367

Pinpointing additional problem areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367

Locating Fabric Manager license key and serial number . . . .368

Switches and hosts do not recognize HBA after firmware download to

HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368

503 Service Unavailable/Overloaded error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368

Installation wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368

Services not starting after upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368

Uninstallation of an upgraded Fabric Manager installation hangs369

Fabric Manager client does not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369

Web Tools pages do not launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370

Wizard hangs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370

Performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370

Fabric Manager database file is too large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Sequenced reboot does not show correct status . . . . . . . . . .371

Stopping Fabric Manager server on Solaris and Linux . . . . . . 371

Changing printers in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Changing the time in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

ODBC driver installer error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372

fmsupportshow output file is empty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372

Failed to connect to database error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372

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Fabric Manager server restarts when IP interface is changed372

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373

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About CIM and the CIM tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373

SAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

Switch port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .376

Device port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378

Zone_config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378

Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378

Zone membership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379

Zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379

Appendix C Licenses for Third-Party Products

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381

Third-party products included in Fabric Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . .381

ABA License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382

Index

Apache License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .384

AXL License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386

Jason Hunter & Brett McLaughlin License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387

LGPL License 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388

LGPL License 2.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393

MIT License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401

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About This Document

In this chapter

•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

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

•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii

•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii

•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv

•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

How this document is organized

The Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide is written to help you, the storage area network (SAN)
administrator, to monitor, configure, and manage your SAN. This document is specific to Fabric
Manager version 5.4.0 and all switches running Brocade Fabric OS version 6.0.0. For a detailed list
of the firmware and hardware versions that are supported with specific versions of Fabric Manager,
refer to the Fabric Manager release notes.

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.

The document contains the following components:

• Chapter 1, “Introducing Fabric Manager” provides an overview of Fabric Manager and lists the

supported operating systems.

• Chapter 2, “Installation” provides information and instructions on installing the Fabric Manager

server on supported operating systems.

• Chapter 3, “Fabric Manager Client” introduces you to the graphical user interface.

• Chapter 4, “Discovering and Customizing Fabrics” includes common tasks that fabric

administrators perform.

• Chapter 5, “Viewing Fabric Topologies” describes Fabric Manager’s Topology View.

• Chapter 6, “Displaying Name Server Information” includes information in the Name Server

table.

• Chapter 7, “Monitoring Alerts and Events” provides information about different types of Fabric

Manager alerts and switch events, and how to manage and monitor them using Fabric
Manager.

• Chapter 8, “Using Performance Monitoring” provides information about the Performance

Monitoring feature of Fabric Manager.

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• Chapter 9, “Change Management” describes how the Change Management feature works and

can be set up to create reports and alerts based on defined changes.

• Chapter 10, “Call Home Support” provides information on how to enable, configure, and

disable the Fabric Manager Call Home feature.

• Chapter 11, “Switch Configuration and Management” provides information saving baselines

and comparing switches against them. It also includes information on creating custom
templates.

• Chapter 12, “Managing Access Gateway-moded Switches” provides information specific to

Access Gateway mode switches and how to use Fabric Manager to view them.

• Chapter 13, “Configuring Standard Security Features” provides information about standard

security features, such as enabling secure communication, managing Admin Domains, and
managing ACLS.

• Chapter 14, “Managing the iSCSI Target Gateway” provides information about iSCSI

management in Fabric Manager.

• Chapter 15, “Firmware Management” provides information on downloading firmware to single

and multiple switches simultaneously. It also provides information about performing an
FDMI-capable HBA firmware download.

• Chapter 16, “Managing Zones” provides information on how to create and manage zones,

aliases, and configurations in Fabric Manager.

• Chapter 17, “Fabric Watch” provides information on how Fabric Watch works and how to

configure alarms and thresholds.

• Chapter 18, “Managing Secure Fabrics” provides information on using the Security feature on

switches and fabrics, including configuring policies, managing secure fabrics, and changing
secure passwords.

• Chapter 19, “FICON and CUP” provides information on how to manage FICON and FICON CUP

using Fabric Manager.

• Chapter 20, “Managing the FC-FC Routing Service” provides information on how to use Fabric

Manager to work with Fibre Channel routers.

• Chapter 21, “Using the FCIP Tunneling Service” provides information on how to configure an

FCIP tunnel.

• Chapter 22, “Configuring SYSLOG Fault Management” describes how to configure fault

management.

• Chapter 23, “Third-Party and Foreign Device Management” provides information on launching

third-party applications and importing foreign devices.

• Chapter 24, “Creating Reports” provides information on creating Excel reports.

• Chapter 25, “Storing Data and Performing Backups” provides information on storing user

settings and performing backups.

• Chapter 26, “Server Management Console” provides information on using the Server

Management Console to stop and start Fabric Manager services, backup the Fabric Manager
database, and capture technical support information.

• Chapter 27, “Fabric Troubleshooting Tools” provides information on the Device Diagnostics

wizard.

• Appendix A, “Troubleshooting” provides information on troubleshooting client and server

issues.

• Appendix B, “CIM Representations of Fabric Elements” provides information on the database

views of elements within Fabric Manager so that they can be accessed by a CIM model.

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• Appendix C, “Licenses for Third-Party Products” lists the licenses for the third-party products

that are included as part of Fabric Manager.

Supported hardware and software

Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for the Brocade Fabric Manager 5.4.0 release,
documenting all possible configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document;
however, this document does specify when procedures or steps of procedures apply only to specific
switches.

Some Fabric Manager tasks launch Brocade Web Tools. This document provides procedures based
on Web Tools v6.0.0 for procedures during which Fabric Manager launches Web Tools. If your
switch is running a firmware version other than v6.0.0, refer to the version of Web Tools
documentation for that firmware version.

This document does not support all Fabric Manager versions. This document is specific to Fabric
Manager 5.4.0 and Brocade Fabric OS v6.0.0. To obtain information about an OS version other
than v6.0.0, refer to the documentation specific to your OS version.

• Brocade 200E switch

• Brocade 3014 switch

• Brocade 3016 switch

• Brocade 3250 switch

• Brocade 3850 switch

• Brocade 3900 switch

• Brocade 4012 switch

• Brocade 4020 switch

• Brocade 4100 switch

• Brocade 4900 switch

• Brocade 5000 switch

• Brocade 7500 switch

• Brocade 7600 switch

• Brocade 24000 director

• Brocade 48000 director

• Brocade DCX director

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What’s new in this document

NOTE

The following information was added since this document was last released:

• Support for IPv6 for FCIP

• FCIP Configuration: Support for VLAN Tag and FICON Emulation Parameters

• ICL support

• Troubleshooting information

For further information about new features and documentation updates for this release, 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.

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

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ATTENTION

An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.

CAUTION

DANGER

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

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 3014—On the top of the chassis, under the insertion arm

• Brocade 3016 and 4012—On the bottom of the switch module

• Brocade 200E, 3200, 3250 and 3850—On the nonport side of the chassis

- Brocade 3800 and 3900— Nonport side of the chassis

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• 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

• Brocade 7600—On the bottom of the chassis

• Brocade 12000, Brocade 24000, and 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:

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Provide the title and version number of the document and as much detail as possible about your
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Chapter

Introducing Fabric Manager

In this chapter

This chapter describes the system requirements and supported operating systems, and includes
the following sections:

• Overview of Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

• Browser and platform requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

• System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

• Fabric and switch access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Overview of Fabric Manager

Fabric Manager is a fabric monitor and management application that provides a central point of
control for multiple switches and fabrics. You can use Fabric Manager to configure multiple
switches simultaneously from one location, view the status of multiple devices in one window, and
perform SAN-level maintenance without having to access each switch in your fabric or SAN.

1

Fabric Manager is tightly integrated with additional SAN management products (including Web
Tools and Fabric Watch) and can be used in conjunction with other SAN and storage resource
management applications as the tool to drill down into single or multiple Brocade fabrics.

Fabric Manager:

• Enables global integration and execution of processes across multiple switches and fabrics

• Assists SAN administrators by centralizing the configuration, monitoring, and management

tasks of SANs

• Reduces the overall cost of SAN management by simplifying management tasks

• Provides access to critical SAN information across Brocade SANs

Figure 1 on page 2 shows an example Fabric Manager display.

The remainder of this chapter lists the requirements and supported browsers and operating
systems for Fabric Manager.

Chapter 2, “Installation” describes how to install Fabric Manager.

Chapter 3, “Fabric Manager Client” describes the components of Fabric Manager, including how

you can customize the layout.

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Browser and platform requirements

1

The remaining chapters describe how to use Fabric Manager to perform various management
tasks.

FIGURE 1 Fabric Manager client

Browser and platform requirements

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

Brocade has certified and tested Fabric Manager on the platforms shown in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Certified and tested platforms

Operating system Browser Java plug-in (minimum)

Solaris 10 (Sparc only) Firefox 2.0. 1.6.0

Linux Red Hat AS 4.0 Firefox 2.0 1.6.0

Windows 2003 Server SP1 Internet Explorer 6.0+

Firefox 1.7.8 and 2.0

Windows XP SP2 Internet Explorer 6.0+

Firefox 1.7.8 and 2.0

1. For switches with IPv6 addressing schemes, Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher is required.

2. For switches with IPv6 addressing schemes, Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher is required.

The following platforms are supported, but have not been fully tested:

1

and 7.0

2

and 7.0

1.6.0

1.6.0

• Solaris 8 (Sparc only)

• Solaris 9 (Sparc only)

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NOTE

NOTE

Browser and platform requirements

1

• Linux Red Hat AS 3.0

• Windows 2000 Server SP4

Operating systems that are running on top of any virtualization software (such as VMWare or
Microsoft Virtual Server) are not supported.

Fabric Manager is tested and supported on English, Japanese, and German operating systems. Text
entered into the application should be done using the English keyboard layout. Most of the displayed
text is in English, although message strings and dates may display in the local language. Other
languages may work, but are not tested or supported at this time.

Some browsers must be configured to work with Fabric Manager. For information about how to do
this, see “Configuring Internet Explorer”.

Configuring Internet Explorer

Correct operation of Fabric 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 Fabric Manager.

See the Web Tools Administrator’s Guide for additional information on installing Java on your
workstation.

To set the refresh frequency

1. Launch Internet Explorer.

1. Click Tools > Internet Options.

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 2.

.

FIGURE 2 Configuring Internet Explorer

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System requirements

NOTE

NOTE

1

System requirements

The system requirements for the Fabric Manager client and server software depend on the size of
the fabric and whether you are using one or more machines for the client and server software.

Best practices recommend that you have a dedicated system for the Fabric Manager server.

For a large SAN with 1281 to 2560 ports or 51 to 80 switches, you should run the Fabric Manager
client and server software on separate machines. Adhere to the system requirements for each, as
listed in Table 2 on page 4.

When monitoring multiple SANs, the total number of ports should be taken into consideration to
meet the requirements of Table 2.

Each Fabric Manager server can support up to five Fabric Manager clients (not running on the
same machine).

The Fabric Manager client accesses any managed switches through an Ethernet connection.

If your client and server are on different systems, you must ensure that both have access to the
switches, good network connection, and good bandwidth. A firewall between the client, server, and
SAN is not recommended.

TABLE 2 System requirements for client and server machines

Operating
system

Windows
and Linux

Installation
type

Client 800 MHz CPU

Server 1.8 GHz P4 CPU

Combined

Small SAN
1-512 ports
(1-20 switches)

256 MB RAM
512 MB virtual memory

1 GB RAM
512 MB virtual memory

1

2 GHz P4 CPU

1.5 GB RAM
1 GB virtual memory

Requirements

Medium SAN
513-1280 ports
(21-50 switches)

1.5 GHz CPU
512 MB RAM
512 MB virtual memory

2.0 GHz P4 CPU

1.5 GB RAM
512 MB virtual memory

2 x 3 GHz P4 CPU
2 GB RAM
1 GB virtual memory

Large SAN
1281-2560 ports
(51-80 switches)

1.5 GHz CPU
512 MB RAM
512 MB virtual memory

2 x 3 GHz P4 CPU

2.5 GB RAM
1 GB Virtual Memory

Not supported

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