Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B, Brocade 6520, Brocade M5424, PowerConnect Brocade 300, Web Tools Administrator's Manual

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14 December 2012

Web Tools

Administrator’s Guide

Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.0

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Document History

Document Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Publication Date

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

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

Document Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Publication Date

Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v4.1.2

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 53-0000522-08 Updates to support new switch types

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-0000522-09 Updates to add additional information

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1000049-01 Updates to support new switch types

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1000049-02 Updates to the FCIP chapter to clarify

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1000194-01 Updates for Fabric OS v5.2.0 and the

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1000435-01 Updates to reflect interface

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1000606-01 Updates to reflect updates to

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1000606-02 Updates for support for new switches,

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1001080-01 Updates to add features that require

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1001133-01 Updates to add support for Brocade

53-0000522-04 Insistent Domain ID Mode.

Port Swapping information. Minor
editorial changes.

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.

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

about refresh and polling rates.

(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.

how to configure tunnels.

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

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

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

traffic isolation zoning, F_Port trunking,
removal of enhanced Access Gateway
support, and other enhancements.

the Enhanced Group Management
license, removal of features that are
now available from the Brocade
Network Advisor.

Encryption Switch and FS8-18
Encryption Blade.

October 2003

December 2003

March 2004

September 2004

April 2005

July 2005

January 2006

April 2006

September 2006

June 2007

October 2007

March 2008

July 2008

August 2008

Document Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Publication Date

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1001194-01 Updates to add support for Virtual

Fabrics, IPsec, and consistency with
Brocade Network Advisor.

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1001343-01 Updates to add suppor t for Brocade

7800 Extension Switch, Brocade 8000,
FCOE10-24 DCX Blade, and FX8-24
DCX Extension Blade.

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1001772-01 Updates to add support for Brocade

Fabric OS 6.4.0.

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1002152-01 Updates to add support for Brocade

Fabric OS 7.0.0.

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1002756-01 Updates to add support for Brocade

Fabric OS 7.1.0.

November 2008

July 2009

March 2010

April 2011

December 2012

Contents

Figures

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About This Document

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxii

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

Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv

Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv

Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxv

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi

Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi

Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi

Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxvii

Chapter 1 Introducing Web Tools

Web Tools overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Web Tools, the EGM license, and Brocade Network Advisor . . . . . . . 1

Web Tools features enabled by the EGM license. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Web Tools functionality moved to Brocade Network Advisor . . . 3

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

Setting refresh frequency for Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Deleting temporary internet files used by Java applications . . . 6

Java installation on the workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing the JRE on your Solaris or Linux client workstation. . . 7

Installing patches on Solaris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing the Java plug-in on Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Java plug-in configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Configuring the Java plug-in for Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Configuring the Java Plug-in for Mozilla family browsers . . . . . . 8

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

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Opening Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Logging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

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

Role-Based Access Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Session management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Ending a Web Tools session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Web Tools system logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Technical SupportSave logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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

Chapter 2 Using the Web Tools Interface

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

Persisting GUI preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Tabs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Fabric Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

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

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

Switch Events and Switch Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Free Professional Management tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Displaying tool tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Right-click options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Refresh rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Displaying switches in the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Working with Web Tools: recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Opening a Telnet or SSH client window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Collecting logs for troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Chapter 3 Managing Fabrics and Switches

Fabric and switch management overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Opening the Switch Administration window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Configuring IP and subnet mask information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Configuring Netstat Auto Refresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Configuring a syslog IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Removing a syslog IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Configuring IP Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Blade management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Enabling or disabling a blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Setting a slot-level IP address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Viewing IP addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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Switch configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Enabling and disabling a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Enabling and disabling switch persistent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Changing the switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Changing the switch domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Viewing and printing a switch report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Setting a principal switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Switch restart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Performing a fast boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Performing a reboot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

System configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

WWN-based Persistent PID assignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Configuring fabric settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Enabling insistent domain ID mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Configuring virtual channel settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Configuring arbitrated loop parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Configuring system services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Configuring signed firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Licensed feature management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Activating a license on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Assigning slots for a license key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Removing a license from a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Universal time-based licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

High Availability overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Launching the High Availability window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Synchronizing services on the CP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Initiating a CP failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Event monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Displaying Switch Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Filtering Switch Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Filtering events by event severity levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Filtering events by message ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Filtering events by service component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Displaying the Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Printing the Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Displaying Name Server information for a particular device . .51

Displaying zone members for a particular device . . . . . . . . . . .51

Physically locating a switch using beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Locating logical switches using chassis beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Virtual Fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Selecting a logical switch from the Switch View . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Viewing logical ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Chapter 4 Maintaining Configurations and Firmware

Creating a configuration backup file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Restoring a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Uploading and downloading from USB storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

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Performing a firmware download. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Chapter 5 Managing Ports

Port management overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Opening the Port Admin tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Port Admin tab components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Controllable ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Configuring FC ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Allowed port types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Long distance mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Ingress rate limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Assigning a name to a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Port beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Enabling and disabling a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Considerations for enabling or disabling a port. . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Persistent enabling and disabling ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Configuring NPIV ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Port activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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

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

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

Diagnostic ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Reserving and releasing licenses on a port basis . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Port swapping index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Port swapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Determining if a port index was swapped

with another switch port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Configuring BB credits on an F_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Configuring ALPA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Configuring port octet speed combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Configuring CSCTL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Configuring compression and encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Enabling/disabling encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Enabling/disabling compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Displaying compression ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Forward Error Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Inband Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

GigE port modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Chapter 6 Enabling ISL Trunking

ISL Trunking overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Disabling or enabling ISL Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Viewing trunk group information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

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F_Port trunk groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Creating and maintaining F_Port trunk groups . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Chapter 7 Monitoring Performance

Performance Monitor overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Basic monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Advanced monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Performance graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Predefined performance graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

User-defined graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Canvas configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Opening the Performance Monitor window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Creating basic performance monitor graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Customizing basic monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Advanced performance monitoring graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Creating SID-DID Performance graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Creating the SCSI vs. IP Traffic graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Creating SCSI command graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Tunnel and TCP performance monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Tunnel and TCP graph chart properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Saving graphs to a canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Adding graphs to an existing canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Printing graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Modifying graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Chapter 8 Administering Zoning

Zoning overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Basic zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Traffic Isolation zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

LSAN zone requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

QoS zone requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Zoning configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Opening the Zone Admin window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Setting the default zoning mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

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Zoning management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Refreshing fabric information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Refreshing Zone Administration window information . . . . . . .108

Saving local zoning changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Selecting a zoning view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Creating and populating zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Adding and removing members of a zone alias. . . . . . . . . . . .110

Renaming zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Deleting zone aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Creating and populating zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Adding and removing members of a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Renaming zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Cloning zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Deleting zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Creating and populating enhanced traffic isolation zones . . .114

Zone configuration and zoning database management . . . . . . . .115

Creating zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Adding or removing zone configuration members. . . . . . . . . .116

Renaming zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Cloning zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Deleting zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Enabling zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Disabling zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Displaying enabled zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Viewing the enabled zone configuration name without

opening the Zone Administration window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Viewing detailed information about the enabled

zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Adding a WWN to multiple aliases and zones . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Removing a WWN from multiple aliases and zones . . . . . . . .120

Replacing a WWN in multiple aliases and zones. . . . . . . . . . .121

Searching for zone members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Clearing the zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Zone configuration analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

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Best practices for zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Trace dumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

How a trace dump is used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Setting up automatic trace dump transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Specifying a remote server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Enabling automatic transfer of trace dumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Disabling automatic trace uploads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Displaying switch information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Viewing detailed fan hardware status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Viewing the temperature status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Viewing the power supply status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Checking the physical health of a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Defining Switch Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

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Port LED interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Port icon colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Chapter 10 Using the FC-FC Routing Service

Fibre Channel Routing overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Supported switches for Fibre Channel Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Setting up FC-FC routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

FC-FC routing management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Opening the FC Routing module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Viewing and managing LSAN fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Viewing EX-Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Configuring an EX-Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Editing the configuration of an EX-Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Configuring FCR router port cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Viewing LSAN zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Viewing LSAN devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Configuring the backbone fabric ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Chapter 11 Using the Access Gateway

Access Gateway overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Viewing Switch Explorer for Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Restricted access in the Port Admin tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Enabling Access Gateway mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Disabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Viewing the Access Gateway settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Creating port groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Editing or viewing port groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Deleting port groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Defining custom primary F-N port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Defining custom static F-N port mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Defining custom WWN-N port mappings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Access Gateway policy modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Path Failover and Failback policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Modifying Path Failover and Failback policies . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Enabling the Automatic Port Configuration policy . . . . . . . . . .146

Access Gateway limitations on the Brocade 8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Chapter 12 Administering Fabric Watch

Fabric Watch overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

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Chapter 13 Administering Extended Fabrics

Extended link buffer allocation overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Configuring a port for long distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Chapter 14 Routing Traffic

Routing overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Viewing fabric shortest path first routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Configuring dynamic load sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Lossless dynamic load sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Specifying frame order delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Configuring the link cost for a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Chapter 15 Configuring Standard Security Features

User-defined accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Virtual Fabrics considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

Viewing user account information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Creating user-defined accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Deleting user-defined accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Changing user account parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Maintaining passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

User-defined roles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Guidelines and restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Creating a user-defined role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Editing a user-defined role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Access control list policy configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Virtual Fabrics considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Creating an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Editing an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Deleting all SCC, DCC, or FCS policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Activating all SCC, DCC, or FCS policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Distributing an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Moving an FCS policy switch position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Configuring Advanced Device Security policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

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Fabric-Wide Consistency Policy configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Authentication policy configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Configuring authentication policies for E_Ports. . . . . . . . . . . .178

Configuring authentication policies for F_Ports. . . . . . . . . . . .178

Distributing authentication policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Re-authenticating policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Setting a shared secret key pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Modifying a shared secret key pair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Setting the Switch Policy Authentication mode . . . . . . . . . . . .180

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SNMP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Setting SNMP trap levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Changing the systemGroup configuration parameters . . . . . .181

Setting SNMPv1 configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Setting SNMPv3 configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Changing the access control configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

RADIUS management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

Enabling and disabling RADIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Configuring RADIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Modifying the RADIUS server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Modifying the RADIUS server order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Removing a RADIUS server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Active Directory service management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Enabling Active Directory service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Modifying Active Directory service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Removing Active Directory service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

TACACS+ management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Enabling and disabling TACACS+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Configuring TACACS+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Modifying TACACS+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Removing TACACS+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

IPsec concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Transport mode and tunnel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

IPsec header options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Basic IPsec configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Internet Key Exchange concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

IPsec over management ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Enabling the Ethernet IPsec policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Establishing an IKE policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Creating a security association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Creating an SA proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Adding an IPsec transform policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Adding an IPsec selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Manually creating an SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Editing an IKE or IPsec policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Deleting an IKE or IPsec policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Establishing authentication policies for HBAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Chapter 16 Administering FICON CUP Fabrics

FICON CUP fabrics overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Enabling port-based routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Enabling or disabling FICON Management Server mode . . . . . . . .203

FMS parameter configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Configuring FMS mode parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Displaying code page information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Viewing the control device state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

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Allow / Prohibit Matrix configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Viewing Allow / Prohibit Matrix configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Modifying Allow / Prohibit Matrix configurations . . . . . . . . . . .207

Activating an Allow / Prohibit Matrix configuration . . . . . . . . .209

Copying an Allow / Prohibit Matrix configuration. . . . . . . . . . .209

Deleting an Allow / Prohibit Matrix configuration . . . . . . . . . .210

CUP logical path configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Viewing CUP logical path configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Configuring CUP logical paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Link Incident Registered Recipient configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Viewing Link Incident Registered Recipient configurations . . 211

Configuring LIRRs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Displaying Request Node Identification Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Chapter 17 Configuring FCoE with Web Tools

Web Tools and FCoE overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Web Tools, the EGM license, and Brocade Network Advisor . . . . . 214

Port information that is unique to FCoE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Switch administration and FCoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

FC0E configuration tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Quality of Service configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Editing the DCB map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Adding a traffic class map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

LLDP-DCBX configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Configuring global LLDP characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

Adding an LLDP profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Configuring DCB interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Configuring a link aggregation group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Configuring VLANs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Configuring FCoE login groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Displaying FCoE port information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Displaying LAG information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Displaying VLAN information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Displaying FCoE login groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Displaying QoS information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Displaying LLDP-DCBX information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Displaying DCB interface statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Configuring a DCB interface from the Switch View. . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Configuring a DCB interface from the Port Admin panel . . . . . . . .226

Enabling and disabling a LAG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Enabling and disabling LLDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227

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Enabling and disabling QoS priority-based flow control . . . . . . . . .227

Enabling and disabling FCoE ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227

Chapter 18 Limitations

General Web Tools limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

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Figures

Figure 1 Configuring Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Figure 2 Default Java for browsers option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Figure 3 Web Tools interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Figure 4 Virtual Fabric login option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Figure 5 Switch Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Figure 6 USB port storage management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Figure 7 Right-click menu for ports (from Switch Explorer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Figure 8 Switch Administration window, Switch tab, Basic mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Figure 9 Blade tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Figure 10 High Availability window, CP tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Figure 11 Logical ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 12 Information dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 13 Fabric ID selector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Figure 14 Port swapped label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Figure 15 Port swapping index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 16 ALPA Map selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Figure 17 ALPA Map dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Figure 18 FC Explorer dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Figure 19 Port Octet Speed Combination dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Figure 20 Trunking tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Figure 21 Accessing performance graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Figure 22 Canvas of six performance monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Figure 23 Select Ports for customizing the Switch Throughput Utilization graph . . . . . . . 96

Figure 24 Zone Administration window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Figure 25 Port WWN icon for host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Figure 26 Port WWN icon for device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Figure 27 Sample zoning database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Figure 28 Temperature Sensor States window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Figure 29 Fan States window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Figure 30 Power States window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Figure 31 Switch Report window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Figure 32 Switch Status Policy dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Figure 33 Switch Explorer view for Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Figure 34 Access Gateway Auto Rebalancing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Figure 35 Extended Fabric tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Figure 36 Routing tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

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Figure 37 User tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Figure 38 Add User Account dialog box (VF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Figure 39 Switch Admin:Add User Defined Role dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Figure 40 Switch Admin:Add User Defined Role dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Figure 41 Transport mode and tunnel mode comparison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Figure 42 AH header in transport mode and tunnel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Figure 43 ESP header in transport mode and tunnel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Figure 44 Edit Allow / Prohibit Matrix dialog box swapped label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Figure 45 Allow / Prohibit Matrix Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Figure 46 Switch RNID information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Figure 47 Switch Administration DCB subtabs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Figure 48 FCoE Ports tab, Port Administration panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

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Tables

Tab le 1 Basic Web Tools features and EGM licensed features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Tab le 2 Web Tools functionality moved to Brocade Network Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Tab le 3 Certified and tested platforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Tab le 4 Supported platforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Tab le 5 Predefined Web Tools roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Tab le 6 Polling rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Tab le 7 Switches that support WWN-based Persistent PID on Web Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Tab le 8 Event severity levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Tab le 9 Ports enabled with POD licenses and DPOD feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Tab le 10 Port octet speed combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Tab le 11 Basic performance graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Tab le 12 Advanced performance monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Tab le 13 Supported port types for Brocade switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Tab le 14 QoS zone name prefixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Tab le 15 Long-distance settings and license requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Tab le 16 User role and permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Table 17 Relevant RFCs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Tab le 18 Encryption algorithm options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Tab le 19 Hash algorithm options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Tab le 20 FMS mode parameter descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Tab le 21 Web Tools limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

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About This Document

In this chapter

•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii

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

•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv

•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi

•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi

•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii

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 Ports” provides information about managing FC and GbE ports.

• Chapter 6, “Enabling ISL Trunking” provides information on managing the licensed ISL Trunking

feature.

• Chapter 7, “Monitoring Performance” provides information on how to use the Brocade

Advanced Performance Monitoring feature to monitor your fabric performance.

• 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, “Working with Diagnostic Features” provides information about trace dumps,

viewing switch health, and interpreting the LEDs.

• 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.

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• Chapter 11, “Using the Access Gateway” provides information on how to configure and manage

the Brocade Access Gateway.

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

• Chapter 15, “Configuring Standard Security Features” provides information on managing user

accounts, SNMP, and the RADIUS server.

• Chapter 16, “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 17, “Configuring FCoE with Web Tools” provides information on how to configure FCoE

features.

• Chapter 18, “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 Fabric OS v7.1.0, documenting all possible
configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.

The following hardware platforms are supported by this release:

• Brocade 300

• Brocade 5100

• Brocade 5300

• Brocade 5410

• Brocade 5424

• Brocade 5450

• Brocade 5460

• Brocade 5470

• Brocade 5480

• Brocade NC-5480

• Brocade 6505

• Brocade 6510

• Brocade 6520

• Brocade 7800 Extension

• Brocade 8000

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• Brocade DCX 8510-4

• Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone

• Brocade DCX Backbone

• Brocade DCX-4S Backbone

• Brocade Encryption Switch

• Brocade VA-40FC

The following blades are supported by this release:

• Brocade CORE 8 blade

• Brocade CP8 blade

• Brocade CR16-4 blade

• Brocade CR16-8 blade

• Brocade CR4S-8 blade

• Brocade FC16-32 port blade

• Brocade FC16-48 port blade

• Brocade FC8-16 port blade

• Brocade FC8-32 port blade

• Brocade FC8-32E port blade

• Brocade FC8-48 port blade

• Brocade FC8-48E port blade

• Brocade FC8-64 port blade

• Brocade FCOE10-24 blade

• Brocade FS8-18 Encryption blade

• Brocade FX8-24 Extension blade

What’s new in this document

The following additions/enhacements have been made since this document was last released:

• Support for Brocade 6520

• Support for IE 9.0

• Tabbed view of the GUI

• Technical SupportSave logs

• Compression and Encryption for FC ports

• Different icons for node WWN and port WWN

• Rate of compression across ISL

• Port icon toggling

• Dynamic BB-credit allocation and management

• Switch persistent enable/disable

• GigE port modes

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• Switching between virtual fabrics

• TACACS+ management

• Setting a principal switch

• Switch Status Policy changes

• Forward Error Correction

• Port Admin button grouping

• Updated 'Setting a shared secret key pair' section to include HBA

• Removed support for admin domain

• Addition of PCS block error to the Advanced tab of Port Statistics

• Drop of Interopmode 1: Open mode, Interopmode 2: McData Fabric mode, and Interopmode 3:

McData Fabric legacy mode for Ex-Ports

• User configured table column alignment is retained during auto or manual refresh and while

moving between the tabs

• Addition of a row to display Power on Time in SFP tab

• Support for Device Based Routing

• Addition of sub type to Fabric tree tool tip and XISL display enhacements.

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:

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

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

Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles

Identifies command syntax examples

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Notes, cautions, and warnings

NOTE

ATTENTION

CAUTION

DANGER

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.

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

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 7, Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Vista

Oracle Corporation Oracle, Solaris

Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, Red Hat Network

Mozilla Firefox

Business, Windows XP- SP3,Internet Explorer

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Additional information

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

Brocade resources

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

White papers, online demonstrations, and data sheets are available through the Brocade website
at:

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

For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade website:

http://www.brocade.com

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

Other industry resources

For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 website. This website
provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre
Channel, storage management, and other applications:

http://www.t11.org

For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association
website:

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

• Software name and software version, if applicable

• Error numbers and messages received

• supportSave command output

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

following the problem, and specific questions

• Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results

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• 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 300, 5100, 5200, 5300, 6505, 6510, 6520, 7800, 8000, VA-40FC, and Brocade

Encryption Switch—On the switch ID pull-out tab located inside the chassis on the port side
on the left.

• Brocade 5000—On the switch ID pull-out tab located on the bottom of the port side of the

switch.

• Brocade DCX and 8510-8—On the bottom right on the port side of the chassis.

• Brocade DCX-4S and 8510-4—On the bottom right on the port side of the chassis, directly

above the cable management comb.

• Brocade 8000 —On the switch ID pull-out tab located inside the chassis on the port side

on the left.

3. World Wide Name (WWN)

Use the licenseIdShow command to display the WWN of the chassis.

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

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
comment, including the topic heading and page number and your suggestions for improvement.

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Chapter

Introducing Web Tools

In this chapter

•Web Tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

•Web Tools, the EGM license, and Brocade Network Advisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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

•Java installation on the workstation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

•Java plug-in configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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

•Opening Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

•Role-Based Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

•Session management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

•Web Tools system logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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

1

Web Tools overview

Brocade Web Tools is an embedded graphical user interface (GUI) that enables administrators to
monitor and manage single or small fabrics, switches, and ports. Web Tools is launched directly
from a web browser, or from the Brocade Network Advisor.

A limited set of features is accessible using Web Tools without a license, and is available free of
charge. Additional switch management features are accessible using Web Tools with the Enhanced
Group Management (EGM) license. Refer to “Web Tools, the EGM license, and Brocade Network

Advisor” for more information.

Web Tools, the EGM license, and Brocade Network Advisor

Beginning with Fabric OS version 6.1.1, Web Tools functionality is tiered and integrated with
Brocade Network Advisor. If you are migrating from a Web Tools release prior to Fabric OS version

6.1.1, this may impact how you use Web Tools.

A Web Tools license is not required, and a basic version of Web Tools is available for free. Additional
functionality may be added by obtaining the Enhanced Group Management (EGM) license. Table 1
compares Basic Web Tools features to Web Tools with the EGM license. The EGM license is only for
8 Gbps platforms, such as the Encryption Switch, and the 300, 5100, and 5300 switches. For
non-8 Gbps platforms, all functionalities are available without the EGM license.

Beginning with Fabric OS version 6.1.1, some Web Tools capabilities are moved from Web Tools to
Brocade Network Advisor. Table 2 summarizes these changes.

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1

Web Tools features enabled by the EGM license

Tab le 1 describes those Web Tools features that require the EGM license.

TABLE 1 Basic Web Tools features and EGM licensed features

Feature Basic Web Tools Web Tools with EGM License

Active Directory support yes yes

AG Management yes yes

Analyze zone config no no

Basic Zoning and TI Zoning yes yes

Blade Management yes yes

Cloning a zone no yes

Configuration upload/download yes yes

Convenience function from Tools menu no no

Device Accessibility Matrix no no

Easy to configure iSCSI wizard yes yes

Extended Fabric Management no yes

F_Port Trunk Management no yes

Fabric Events no no

Fabric Summary no no

Fabric Tree yes yes

FCIP Tunnel configuration no no

FCIP Tunnel Display yes yes

FCR Management yes yes

FCR Port Config yes yes

FICON CUP Tab no yes

FRU Monitoring yes yes

High Availability yes yes

IP Sec Policies yes yes

ISL Trunk Management no yes

ISL Trunking information yes yes

License Management yes yes

Long Distance no yes

Logical Switch Context Switching no yes

Allow/Prohibit Matrix no yes

Performance Monitoring Dialog no yes

Port Administration yes yes

Print zone database summary no no

RBAC yes yes

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