Brocade Communications Systems Brocade BladeSystem 4/24, DCFM Professional Plus User Manual

53-1001774-01

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14 April 2010

DCFM Professional Plus

User Manual

Supporting DCFM 10.4.X

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Corporate and Latin American Headquarters
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
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Document History

The following table lists all versions of the DCFM Professional Plus User Manual.

Document Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Publication Date

DCFM Professional Plus User Manual 53-1001356-01 First release. July 2009

DCFM Professional Plus User Manual 53-1001774-01 10.4 release. April 2010

Contents

About This Document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxv

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxv

Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi

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

Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxi

Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxi

Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxi

Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxi

Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxii

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxxii

Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxxii

Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiii

Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiii

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiv

Chapter 1 Getting Started

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

User interface components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

SAN tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

View All list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Port Display buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Product List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Connectivity Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Toolbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Master Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Utilization Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Minimap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Icon legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Product icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Group icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Port icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Product status icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Event icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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Management server and client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Logging into a server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Launching a remote client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Clearing previous versions of the remote client . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Launching the Configuration Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Changing your password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Changing the database user password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Viewing active sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Disconnecting users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Viewing server properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Viewing port status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Managed port count calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Entering the license key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Upgrading the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Installing a patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Uninstalling a patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Feature-to-firmware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Accessibility features for the Management application . . . . . . . . . .32

Keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Look and Feel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Chapter 2 Discovery

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

Fabric discovery overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

FCS policy and seed switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Discovering fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Configuring SNMP credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Reverting to a default SNMP community string. . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Deleting a fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Host discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Discovering Hosts by IP address or hostname. . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Importing Hosts from a CSV file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Importing Hosts from a Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Configuring Brocade HBA credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Configuring virtual machine credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Editing Host credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Removing a Host from Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Viewing the discovery state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Troubleshooting discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

M-EOSn discovery troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Virtual Fabric discovery troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Fabric monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Monitoring discovered fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Stop monitoring of a discovered fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Seed switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Seed switch requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Seed switch failover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Changing the seed switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Chapter 3 Application Configuration

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Data backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

What is backed up? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Management server backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Configuring backup to a writable CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Configuring backup to a hard drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Configuring backup to a network drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Enabling backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Disabling backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Viewing the backup status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Changing the backup interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Starting immediate backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Reviewing backup events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Data restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Restoring data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Restoring data to a new server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Resetting your display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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End node display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Displaying end nodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Ethernet events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Enabling Ethernet events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Disabling Ethernet events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Event storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Configuring event storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Flyovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Configuring flyovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Turning flyovers on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Viewing flyovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Setting names to be unique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Setting names to be non-unique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Fixing duplicate names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Viewing names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Adding a name to an existing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Adding a name to a new device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Applying a name to a detached WWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Removing a name from a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Editing names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Exporting names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Importing Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Searching for a device by name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Searching for a device by WWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Configuring the server name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Setting the CHAP secret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Configuring login security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Configuring the login banner display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Disabling the login banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Software Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Client export port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

FTP/SCP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Memory allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Server port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Support mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Fabric tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Enabling fabric tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Disabling fabric tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Accepting changes for a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Accepting changes for a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Chapter 4 Call Home

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

About call home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

System requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Showing a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Hiding a call home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Editing a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Editing the Brocade International or IBM call home center . 109

Editing the Brocade North America call home center . . . . . . 111

Editing an E-mail call home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Editing the EMC call home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Editing the HP LAN call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Enabling a call home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Enabling support save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Testing the call home center connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Disabling a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Viewing Call Home status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Assigning a device to the call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Removing a device from a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Removing all devices and filters from a call home center . . . . . . .119

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Defining an event filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Call Home for virtual switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Assigning an event filter to a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Assigning an event filter to a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

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Overwriting an assigned event filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Removing an event filter from a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Removing an event filter from a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Removing an event filter from the Call Home Event Filters table .122

Searching for an assigned Event Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Chapter 5 View management

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

About view management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Creating a customized view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Editing a customized view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Deleting a customized view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Copying a view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

About topology layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Customizing the layout of devices on the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Customizing the layout of connections on the topology . . . . . . . . .129

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Changing a group’s background color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Reverting to the default background color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Changing the product label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Changing the port label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Changing the port display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Grouping on the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Collapsing groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Expanding groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Viewing connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Configuring custom connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Saving a custom connection configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Deleting a custom connection configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Customizing the main window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Zooming in and out of the connectivity map . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Showing levels of detail on the connectivity map . . . . . . . . . 135

Exporting the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Customizing application tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Searching for a device in the connectivity map . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Chapter 6 Third-party tools

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About third-party tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Starting third-party tools from the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Launching a Telnet session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Launching an Element Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

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Launching Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Launching FCR configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Launching HCM Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Adding a tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Entering the server IP address of a tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Adding an option to the Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Changing an option on the Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Removing an option from the Tools menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Adding an option to a device’s shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Changing an option on a device’s shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Removing an option from a device’s shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . .151

VMware vCenter plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Registering a vCenter server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Editing a vCenter server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Deleting a vCenter server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Chapter 7 Server Management Console

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Server management console overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Launching the SMC on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Launching the SMC on Linux and Solaris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Monitoring and managing Management application services 156

Refreshing the server status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Stopping all services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Stopping the CIMOM services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Starting all services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Restarting all services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Changing server port numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Configuring a Radius server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Configuring an LDAP server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Configuring switch authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Configuring Windows authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Configuring NIS authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Configuring UNIX password file authentication . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Configuring local database authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Displaying the client authentication audit trail . . . . . . . . . . . 164

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Restoring the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

Capturing technical support information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Upgrading HCM on the Management server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

SMI Agent configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Launching the SMIA configuration tool on Windows. . . . . . . 168

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Launching a remote SMIA configuration tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Home tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

CIMOM configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Certificate management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Viewing the configuration summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Chapter 8 Device Configuration

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Configuration repository management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Saving switch configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Restoring a switch configuration for a selected device. . . . . 183

Backing up a switch configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Restoring a configuration from the repository . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Viewing configuration file content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Searching the configuration file content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Deleting a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Exporting a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Importing a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Keeping a copy past the defined age limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Replicating configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Replicating security configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Device properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Viewing properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Adding a property label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Editing a property label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Deleting a property label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Editing a property field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Enhanced group management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

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Firmware management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Displaying the firmware repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Importing a firmware file and release notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Deleting a firmware file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Download firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Host port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Creating a new Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Renaming an HBA Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Deleting an HBA Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Viewing Host properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Associating an HBA with a Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Importing HBA-to-Host mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Removing an HBA from a Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Exporting Host port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Viewing port connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Refreshing the port connectivity view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Enabling a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

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Disabling a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Filtering port connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Viewing port details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Viewing ports and port properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Port types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Showing connected ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Viewing port connection properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Determining inactive iSCSI devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Determining port status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Viewing port optics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Port Auto Disable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Viewing the port auto disable status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Enabling port auto disable on individual ports . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Enabling port auto disable on all ports on a device . . . . . . . 220

Disabling port auto disable on individual ports . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Disabling port auto disable on all ports on a device . . . . . . . 221

Unblocking ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Storage port mapping configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Creating a storage array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Adding storage ports to a storage array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Unassigning a storage port from a storage array . . . . . . . . . 223

Reassigning mapped storage ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Editing storage array properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Deleting a storage array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Viewing storage port properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Viewing storage array properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Importing storage port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Exporting storage port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Device Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

Scheduling technical support information collection . . . . . . 229

Starting immediate technical support information collection 230

Viewing technical support information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

E-mailing technical support information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Copying technical support information to an external FTP server 232

Deleting technical support files from the repository . . . . . . . 232

Upload Failure data capture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Enabling upload failure data capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Disabling upload failure data capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Purging upload failure data capture files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Configuring the upload failure data capture FTP server . . . . 235

Viewing the upload failure data capture repository. . . . . . . . 236

Chapter 9 Fabric Binding

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Fabric binding overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Enabling fabric binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Disabling fabric binding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Adding switches to the fabric binding membership list . . . . 239

Adding detached devices to the fabric binding membership list 240

Removing switches from fabric binding membership . . . . . . 240

High integrity fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241

High integrity fabric requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Activating high integrity fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Deactivating high integrity fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Chapter 10 Fault Management

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

Fault management overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Event logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Viewing event logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Copying part of a log entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Copying an entire log entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Exporting the entire log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

E-mailing all event details from the Master Log . . . . . . . . . . 248

E-mailing selected event details from the Master Log . . . . . 248

E-mailing a range of event details from the Master Log . . . . 249

Displaying event details from the Master Log . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Copying part of the Master Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Copying the entire Master Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Exporting the Master Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Filtering events in the Master Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Setting up advanced event filtering for the Master Log . . . . 252

Removing an advanced event filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

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Event policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255

Policy types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Policy triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

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Policy actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Adding an event policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Adding an Port offline policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Adding a PM threshold crossed policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Adding a security violation policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Defining the broadcast message action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Defining the launch script action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Defining the send e-mail action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Configuring support data capture action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Activating a policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Deactivating a policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Deleting a policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Duplicating an event policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Duplicating an Port offline policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Duplicating a PM threshold crossed policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Duplicating a security violation policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Editing an event policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Editing an Port offline policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Editing a PM threshold crossed policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Editing a security violation policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Viewing events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Event notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273

Configuring e-mail notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Setting up advanced event filtering for a user . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

SNMP trap and informs registration and forwarding . . . . . . . . . . .277

Registering the management server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Registering a different Management application server. . . . 277

Removing a host server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Enabling trap forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Adding an SNMPv1 destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Adding an SNMPv3 destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Editing a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Removing a destination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Disabling trap forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Enabling SNMP informs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Disabling SNMP informs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Syslog forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Registering the management server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282

Registering a host server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Removing a host server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Adding a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Editing a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Removing a destination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Enabling Syslog forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Disabling Syslog forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

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Performance overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

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Performance measures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Performance management requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Real-time performance data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293

Generating a real-time performance graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Filtering real-time performance data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Exporting real-time performance data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Clearing port counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Historical performance data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297

Enabling historical performance collection SAN wide. . . . . . 297

Enabling historical performance collection for selected fabrics 297

Disabling historical performance collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Generating a historical performance graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Saving a historical performance graph configuration . . . . . . 299

Exporting historical performance data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

Deleting a historical performance graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300

End-to-end monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301

Configuring an end-to-end monitor pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Displaying end-to-end monitor pairs in a real-time graph . . . 302
Displaying end-to-end monitor pairs in a historical graph. . . 302

Refreshing end-to-end monitor pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Deleting an end-to-end monitor pair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Top Talker monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303

Configuring a fabric mode Top Talker monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Configuring an F_port mode Top Talker monitor . . . . . . . . . . 306

Deleting a Top Talker monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Pausing a Top Talker monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Restarting a Top Talker monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Thresholds and event notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308

Creating a threshold policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Editing a threshold policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Duplicating a threshold policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Assigning a threshold policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Deleting a threshold policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Connection utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

Enabling connection utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Disabling connection utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Changing connection utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Chapter 12 Reports

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Report types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Generating reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Viewing reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Exporting reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Printing reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320

Deleting reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320

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Generating performance reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321

Generating zoning reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

Chapter 13 Role-Based Access Control

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

Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

Viewing the list of users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Adding a user account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Editing a user account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Filtering event notifications for a user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Removing a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327

Creating a user role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Editing a user role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Removing a user role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Resource groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330

Creating a resource group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Editing a resource group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Removing a resource group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Assigning a user to a resource group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Removing a user from a resource group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Finding a user’s resource group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Chapter 14 Host management

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335

About host management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335

HCM software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336

HCM features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Host bus adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Converged network adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

Host discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339

Connectivity map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339

View management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

Host port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

Role-based access control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

Host management privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

Host administrator privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

Host performance management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342

Host fault management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343

Adapter events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Event policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Filtering event notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Syslog forwarding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

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Configuring security authentication using the Management

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supportSave on adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

Chapter 15 Fibre Channel over Ethernet

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349

FCoE overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349

DCB exchange protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Enhanced Ethernet features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350

Enhanced transmission selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Priority-based flow control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Ethernet jumbo frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

FCoE protocols supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351

Ethernet link layer protocols supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

FCoE protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

FCoE Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352

Save running to startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352

Copying switch configurations to selected switches . . . . . . . 352

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CEE configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353

Opening the CEE Configuration dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

CEE configuration tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Minimum CEE configuration for FCoE traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Switch policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360

CEE map and Traffic Class map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

LLDP profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Access control lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Spanning Tree Protocol policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

802.1x policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Link aggregation groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

Adding a LAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Editing a CEE switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Editing a CEE port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Editing a LAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Enabling a CEE port or LAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Deleting a LAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

CEE Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Real Time Performance Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Historical Performance Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Historical Performance Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

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QoS configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373

Enhanced Transmission Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Priority-based flow control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Creating a CEE map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Editing a CEE map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Deleting a CEE map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Assigning a CEE map to a port or link aggregation group . . . 378

Creating a traffic class map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Editing a traffic class map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Deleting a traffic class map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Assigning a traffic class map to a port or link aggregation group 381

LLDP-DCBX configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382

Configuring LLDP for FCoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Adding an LLDP profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Editing an LLDP profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Deleting an LLDP profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Assigning an LLDP profile to a port or ports in a LAG . . . . . . 386

Access Control List configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388

Adding an ACL to a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Editing the parameters of an ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Deleting an ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Assigning an ACL to a port or link aggregation group . . . . . . 391

Spanning Tree Protocol configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393

Enabling Spanning Tree Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

Setting Spanning Tree parameters for a switch. . . . . . . . . . . 394

STP configurable parameters at the port or LAG level . . . . . 397

802.1x authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398

Enabling 802.1x authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Disabling 802.1x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Setting 802.1x parameters for a switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

CEE switch management using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401

CEE switch management using Telnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402

Virtual FCoE port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402

Viewing virtual FCoE ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Clearing a stale entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Chapter 16 Fibre Channel over IP

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405

FCIP services licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406

FCIP Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406

IP network considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406

FCIP platforms and supported features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407

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FCIP trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408

Design for redundancy and fault tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

FCIP tunnel restrictions for FCP and FICON emulation features 409

FCIP Trunk configuration considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

FCIP circuit failover capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

Bandwidth calculation during failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

Adaptive Rate Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411

FSPF link cost calculation when ARL is used. . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

QoS SID/DID priorities over an FCIP trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412

IPsec and IKE implementation over FCIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413

IPsec for the 4 Gbps platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

IPSec for the 8 Gbps platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

QOS, DSCP, and VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415

DSCP quality of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

VLANs and layer two quality of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

When both DSCP and L2CoS are used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415

Open systems tape pipelining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417

FCIP Fastwrite and Tape Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

FICON emulation features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .418

XRC emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Tape write pipelining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Tape read pipelining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

FCIP configuration guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419

Virtual Port Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Configuring an FCIP tunnel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420

Adding an FCIP circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422

Configuring FCIP tunnel advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425

Enabling and disabling compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

Enabling Open Systems Tape Pipelining (OSTP) . . . . . . . . . . 426

Enabling Tperf test mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Configuring IPSec and IKE policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

Configuring FICON emulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

Viewing FCIP connection properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .430

Viewing General FCIP properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .431

Viewing FCIP FC port properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432

Viewing FCIP Ethernet port properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433

Editing FCIP tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434

Editing FCIP circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .435

Disabling FCIP tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436

Enabling FCIP tunnels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436

Deleting FCIP tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438

Disabling FCIP circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438

Enabling FCIP circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438

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Deleting FCIP Circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438

Displaying FCIP performance graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439

Displaying performance graphs for FC ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

Displaying FCIP performance graphs for Ethernet ports. . . . 439

Displaying tunnel properties from the FCIP tunnels dialog box. . .440

Displaying FCIP circuit properties from the FCIP tunnels dialog box441

Displaying switch properties from the FCIP Tunnels dialog box. . .442

Displaying fabric properties from the FCIP Tunnels dialog box . . .443

Troubleshooting FCIP Ethernet connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444

Chapter 17 FC-FC Routing Service Management

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445

Devices that support Fibre Channel routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445

Fibre Channel routing overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446

Guidelines for setting up FC-FC routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447

Connecting edge fabrics to a backbone fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447

Configuring routing domain IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .449

Chapter 18 Encryption configuration

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Encryption Center features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .452

Encryption user privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .453

Smart card usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .454

Registering authentication cards from a card reader . . . . . . 455

Registering authentication cards from the database . . . . . . 456

De-registering an authentication card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Using authentication cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Enabling or disabling the system card requirement . . . . . . . 458

Registering system cards from a card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

De-registering a system card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Tracking smart cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Editing smart cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Network connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .461

Configuring blade processor links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .461

Encryption node initialization and certificate generation. . . . . . . .462

Supported encryption key manager appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463

Steps for connecting to an RKM appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464

Exporting the KAC certificate signing request (CSR) . . . . . . . 464

Submitting the CSR to a certificate authority . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

Importing the signed KAC certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Uploading the KAC and CA certificates onto the RKM appliance 465

RKM key vault high availability deployment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

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Steps for connecting to an LKM appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467

The NetApp DataFort Management Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Establishing the trusted link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

Obtaining and importing the LKM certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

Exporting and registering the switch KAC certificates on LKM 470

LKM key vault high availability deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Disk keys and tape pool keys (Brocade native mode support) 470

Tape LUN and DF -compatible tape pool support . . . . . . . . . 471

LKM Key Vault Deregistration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Steps for connecting to an SKM appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472

Configuring a Brocade group on SKM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Registering the SKM Brocade group user name and password 474

Setting up the local Certificate Authority (CA) on SKM . . . . . 475

Downloading the local CA certificate from SKM . . . . . . . . . . 476

Creating and installing the SKM server certificate . . . . . . . . 476

Enabling SSL on the Key Management System (KMS) Server 477

Creating an SKM High Availability cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

Copying the local CA certificate for a clustered SKM appliance 478

Adding SKM appliances to the cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

Signing the Brocade encryption node KAC certificates. . . . . 480

Importing a signed KAC certificate into a switch . . . . . . . . . . 480

Steps for connecting to a TEMS appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481

Setting up TEMS network connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

Creating a client on TEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Establishing TEMS key vault credentials on the switch . . . . 484

Importing a signed KAC certificate into a switch . . . . . . . . . . 484

Gathering information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485

Creating a new encryption group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486

Adding a switch to an encryption group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499

Replacing an encryption engine in an encryption group . . . . . . . .502

Creating high availability (HA) clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503

Removing engines from an HA cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504

Swapping engines in an HA cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Failback option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Invoking failback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Adding encryption targets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506

Configuring hosts for encryption targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Adding target disk LUNs for encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .514

Remote replication LUNs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

SRDF pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

Metadata requirements and remote replication . . . . . . . . . . 517

Adding Target Tape LUNs for encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .519

Configuring encrypted tape storage in a multi-path environment 520

Re-balancing the encryption engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .521

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Master keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .522

Active master key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522

Alternate master key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522

Master key actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Reasons master keys can be disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Saving the master key to a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Saving a master key to a key vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

Saving a master key to a smart card set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

Restoring a master key from a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

Restoring a master key from a key vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

Restoring a master key from a smart card set. . . . . . . . . . . . 530

Creating a new master key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Zeroizing an encryption engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532

Encryption Targets dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533

Redirection zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

Disk device decommissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .536

Decommissioning LUNs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Displaying and deleting decommissioned key IDs. . . . . . . . . 537

Viewing and editing switch encryption properties . . . . . . . . . . . . .537

Exporting the public key certificate signing request (CSR) from

Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Importing a signed public key certificate from Properties . . 540

Enabling the encryption engine state from Properties . . . . . 540

Disabling the encryption engine state from Properties. . . . . 541

Viewing and editing group properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .542

General tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Members tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Consequences of removing an encryption switch . . . . . . . . . 544

Security tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

HA Clusters tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Engine Operations tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Link Keys tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

Tape Pools tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

Encryption-related acronyms in log messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551

Chapter 19 Virtual Fabrics

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553

Virtual Fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Virtual Fabrics requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .554

Configuring Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .555

Enabling Virtual Fabrics on a discovered device . . . . . . . . . . 556

Disabling Virtual Fabrics on a discovered device . . . . . . . . . 557

Creating a logical switch or base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557

Finding the physical chassis for a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . 559

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In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567

Zoning overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567

Zoning configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .570

LSAN zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .590

Contents

Finding the logical switch from a physical chassis . . . . . . . . 559

Assigning ports to a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

Removing ports from a logical switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560

Deleting a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561

Configuring fabric-wide parameters for a logical fabric. . . . . 562

Applying logical fabric settings to all associated logical switches 563

Moving a logical switch to a different fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

Changing a logical switch to a base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Types of zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Online zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Offline zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568

Accessing zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Zoning naming conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Administrator zoning privileges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569

Configuring zoning for the SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Creating a new zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Viewing zone properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572

Adding members to a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573

Creating a new member in a zone by WWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574

Creating a new member in a zone by domain, port index. . . 575

Creating a new member in a zone by alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576

Enabling or disabling the default zone for fabrics . . . . . . . . . 577

Enabling or disabling safe zoning mode for fabrics. . . . . . . . 578

Creating a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Editing a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579

Removing an object from a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

Exporting zone aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

Renaming a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

Creating a zone configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

Viewing zone configuration properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582

Adding zones to a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582

Activating a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583

Deactivating a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Creating an offline zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

Refreshing a zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586

Merging two zone databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587

Saving a zone database to a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589

Exporting an offline zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589

Importing an offline zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589

Rolling back changes to the offline zone database . . . . . . . 590

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Configuring LSAN zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590

Creating a new LSAN zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591

Adding members to the LSAN zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592

Creating a new member in an LSAN zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Activating LSAN zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594

Traffic isolation zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .594

Enhanced TI zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

Configuring traffic isolation zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

Creating a traffic isolation zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596

Adding members to a traffic isolation zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597

Enabling a traffic isolation zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598

Disabling a traffic isolation zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598

Enabling failover on a traffic isolation zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599

Disabling failover on a traffic isolation zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599

Zoning administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600

Comparing zone databases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600

Managing zone configuration comparison alerts . . . . . . . . . 601

Setting change limits on zoning activation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601

Deleting a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602

Deleting a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

Deleting a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603

Deleting an offline zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

Clearing the fabric zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604

Removing all user names from a zone database . . . . . . . . . 605

Duplicating a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

Duplicating a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606

Duplicating a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606

Finding a member in one or more zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

Finding a zone member in the potential member list . . . . . . 607

Finding zones in a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608

Finding a zone configuration member in the zones list . . . . 608

Listing zone members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609

Removing a member from a zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609

Removing a zone from a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610

Removing an offline device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610

Renaming a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

Renaming a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

Replacing zone members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 612

Replacing an offline device by WWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

Replacing an offline device by name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

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In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615

FC troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .615

Tracing FC routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616

Troubleshooting device connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617

Confirming fabric device sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618

IP troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .619

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Tracing IP routes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621

Viewing FCIP tunnel performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622

Client browser troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .623

Fabric tracking troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .623

Firmware download troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .623

Launch Client troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .625

Names troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .626

Performance troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .628

Port Fencing troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .632

Server Management Console troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .632

Supportsave troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .634

View All list troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .635

Zoning troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .635

Appendix A Application menus

Contents

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .637

Main menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .637

Shortcut menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .645

Appendix B Call Home Event Tables

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .659

Call Home Event Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .659

# CONSRV Events Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .661

# Thermal Event Reason Codes Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .661

# Brocade Events Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .662

Appendix C User Privileges

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .663

About User Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .663

About Roles and Access Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .681

Appendix D Sybase and Derby Database Fields

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .683

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Database tables and fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .684

Advanced Call Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684

Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685

Client_view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686

Collector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689

Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692

Connected end devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695

EE- Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702

Event/FM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704

Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710

FC Port Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713

FCIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716

FCIP Tunnel Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719

GigE Port Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721

ISL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723

License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726

Encryption Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727

Encryption Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733

Meta SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738

Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740

Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741

Port Fencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742

Quartz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743

Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

Role Based Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749

Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752

Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754

Switch details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759

Switch port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764

Switch SNMP info. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769

Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771

User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772

Zoning 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773

Zoning 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775

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In this chapter

•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi

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

•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxi

•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxii

•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiii

•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiv

How this document is organized

This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible. This document supports DCFM 10.4.0 and later.

The document contains the following components:

• Chapter 1, “Getting Started,” provides a high-level overview of the user interface.

• Chapter 2, “Discovery,” describes how to discover SANs and hosts.

• Chapter 3, “Application Configuration,” provides Management application configuration

instructions.

• Chapter 4, “Call Home,” provides call home configuration instructions.

• Chapter 5, “View management,” provides view and topology configuration instructions.

• Chapter 6, “Third-party tools,” provides instructions for adding and launching third-party tools.

• Chapter 7, “Server Management Console,” provides information on using the Server

Management Console to stop and start the Management application services, back up the
Management application database, and capture technical support information.

• Chapter 8, “Device Configuration,” provides device configuration instructions.

• Chapter 9, “Fabric Binding,” provides fabric binding instructions.

• Chapter 10, “Fault Management,” provides event management instructions.

• Chapter 11, “Performance Data,” provides information on how to manage performance.

• Chapter 12, “Reports,” provides instructions for generating reports.

• Chapter 13, “Port Fencing,” provides information on how to configure port fencing.

• Chapter 13, “Role-Based Access Control,” provides information on how to manage users.

• Chapter 14, “Host management,” provides information on how to configure an HBA.

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• Chapter 15, “Fibre Channel over Ethernet,”provides information on how to configure an FCoE.

• Chapter 17, “FC-FC Routing Service Management,” provides information on how to manage

Fibre Channel Routing.

• Chapter 18, “Encryption configuration,” provides information on configuring encryption.

• Chapter 19, “Virtual Fabrics,” provides information on configuring and managing logical

switches.

• Chapter 20, “Zoning,” provides zoning configuration instructions.

• Chapter 21, “Troubleshooting,” provides troubleshooting details.

• Appendix A, “Application menus,”provides information about the main and shortcut menus.

• Appendix B, “Call Home Event Tables,”provides supplemental information about call home

event tables.

• Appendix C, “User Privileges,”provides supplemental information about user privileges and

access levels.

• Appendix D, “Sybase and Derby Database Fields,”provides reference information related to

databases.

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 DCFM 10.4.X, documenting all possible configurations
and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.

The following firmware platforms are supported by this release of DCFM 10.4.X:

• Fabric OS 5.0 or later in a pure Fabric OS fabric

• Fabric OS 6.0 or later in a Mixed Fabric

For platform specific Fabric OS requirements, refer to the Table 1 footnotes.

Discovery of a Secure Fabric OS fabric in strict mode is not supported.

The hardware platforms in the following table are supported by this release of DCFM 10.4.X.

TABLE 1 Supported Hardware

Device Name Terminology used in documentation

Brocade 200E switch 16-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch

Brocade 300 switch

Brocade 4012 switch Embedded 12-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch

Brocade 4016 switch Embedded 16-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch

Brocade 4018 switch Embedded 18-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch

Brocade 4020 switch Embedded 20-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch

6

24-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch

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Brocade 4024 switch

Brocade 4100 switch 32-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch

Brocade 4900 switch

Brocade 5000 switch

Brocade 5100 switch

Brocade 5300 switch

Brocade 5410 embedded switch

Brocade M5424 embedded switch 8 Gbps 24-port Embedded Switch

Brocade 5450 embedded switch 8 Gbps 16-port Embedded Switch

Brocade 5460 embedded switch 8 Gbps 24-port Embedded Switch

Brocade 5470 embedded switch 8 Gbps 24-port Embedded Switch

Brocade 5480 embedded switch

Brocade 7500 Extension switch

Brocade 7500E Extension switch

FR4-18i

Blade 4 Gbps Router, Extension blades

Brocade AP7600 switch

Brocade 7800 Switch

Brocade 8000 switch

Brocade 8470 FCoE embedded switch

Brocade VA-40FC switch 8 Gbps 40-port Switch

Brocade 415 Host Bus Adapter 4 Gbps 1-port HBA

Brocade 425 Host Bus Adapter 4 Gbps 2-port HBA

Brocade 815 Host Bus Adapter 8 Gbps 1-port HBA

Brocade 825 Host Bus Adapter 8 Gbps 2-port HBA

Brocade 48000 director Director Chassis

Brocade 48000 director with FC4-16, FC4-32, and FC4-48

Brocade 48000 director with FR4-18i

Brocade 48000 director with FC4-16IP

Brocade 48000 director with FC10-6

Brocade DCX

Brocade DCX

Brocade DCX

Brocade DCX

Brocade DCX

5

2

3

6

6

6

6

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6

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10

12

2

Blades Director Chassis with 4 Gbps 16-FC port, 4 Gbps 32-FC port, and 4

Embedded 24-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch

64-port, 4 Gbps FC Switch

32-port, 4 Gbps FC Interop Switch

40-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch

80-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch

8 Gbps 12-port Embedded Switch

8 Gbps 24-port Embedded Switch

4 Gbps Router, Extension Switch

4 Gbps Extension Switch

4 Gbps 32-port Switch

8 Gbps 16-FC ports, 6-Gbit ports Extension Switch

24 - 8 Gbps FC Port, 8 - 10 Gbps CEE Port Switch

FCoE Embedded Switch

Gbps 48-FC port

1

Blades Director Chassis with 4 Gbps router, extension blades

2

Blades Director Chassis with 4 Gbps 8-FC port and 8 GbE iSCSI blades

4

Blades Director Chassis with 10 Gbps 6-port ISL blades

7, 14

7, 14

with FC8-16, FC8-32, and FC8-48 Blades 384-port Backbone Chassis with 8 Gbps 16-FC port, 8 Gbps 32-FC

384-port Backbone Chassis

port, and 8 Gbps 48-FC port blades

7, 14

with FR4-18i Blades 384-port Backbone Chassis with 4 Gbps Router, Extension blade

9, 14

with FC10-6 Blades 384-port Backbone Chassis with FC 10 - 6 ISL Blade

8, 14

with FS8-18 Blades 384-port Backbone Chassis with Encryption Blade

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Device Name Terminology used in documentation

Brocade DCX

Brocade DCX

Brocade DCX-4S

Brocade DCX-4S

Brocade DCX-4S

Brocade DCX-4S

Brocade DCX-4S

Brocade DCX-4S

Brocade DCX-4S

Brocade Encryption Switch

FS8-18 Encryption Blade Encryption Blade

FA4-18 Application Platform Blade Application Platform Blade

FC8-16 Blade FC 8 GB 16-port Blade

FC8-32 Blade FC 8 GB 32-port Blade

FC8-48 Blade FC 8 GB 48-port Blade

FC10-6 Blade FC 10 - 6 ISL Blade

FCoE10-24 Blade 10 Gig FCoE Port Router Blade

FX8-24 Blade

M4700F Fabric Switch 32-Port, 4 Gbps Switch

M6140 Director 140-Port Director

Mi10K Director 256-Port Director

12, 14

with FX8-24 Blades 384-port Backbone Chassis with 8 Gbps 12-FC port, 10 GbE ports,

2-10 GbE ports blade

12, 14

with FCoE10-24 Blades 384-port Backbone Chassis with 10 Gbps 24-port FCoE blade

7

9

with FC8-16, FC8-32, and FC8-48 Blades 192-port Backbone Chassis with 8 Gbps 16-FC port, 8 Gbps 32-FC

192-port Backbone Chassis

port, and 8 Gbps 48-FC port blades

9

with FR4-18i Blades 192-port Backbone Chassis with 4 Gbps Router, Extension blade

9

with FC10-6 Blades 192-port Backbone Chassis with FC 10 - 6 ISL Blade

9

with FS8-18 Blades 192-port Backbone Chassis with Encryption Blade

12

with FX8-24 Blades 192-port Backbone Chassis with 8 Gbps 12-FC port, 10 GbE ports,

2-10 GbE ports blade

11,

with FCoE10-24 Blades 192-port Backbone Chassis with 10 Gbps 24-port FCoE blade

8

, 14

8 Gbps Encryption Switch

8 Gbps 12-FC port, 10 GbE ports, 2-10 GbE ports Extension Blade

1 Platform requires Fabric OS v5.1.0 or later
2 Platform requires Fabric OS v5.2.0 or later
3 Platform requires Fabric OS v5.2.1 or later
4 Platform requires Fabric OS v5.3.0 or later
5 Platform requires Fabric OS v5.3.1 or later
6 Platform requires Fabric OS v6.1.0 or later
7 Platform requires Fabric OS v6.0.0 or later
8 Platform requires Fabric OS v6.1.1_enc or later
9 Platform requires Fabric OS v6.2.0
10 Platform requires Fabric OS v6.1.2_CEE
11 Platform requires Fabric OS v6.3.0 or later
12 Platform requires Fabric OS v6.3.1_CEE
13 Professional Plus Edition can discover , but not manage this Device. Use the device’ s Element Manager, which can be launched from the

Connectivity Map, to manage the device. This device cannot be used as a Seed switch.

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

• Information that was added:

• Added View All list

• Added Export to Toolbox

• Added CNA icons

• Added procedure - Clearing previous version of the remote client

• Added procedure - Launching the Configuration Wizard

• Added procedure - Installing a patch

• Added procedure - Uninstalling a patch

• Added topic - VMware vCenter plug in

• Added topic SMIA Configuration tool

• Added procedure - Exporting storage port mapping

• Added procedure - Copying technical support information to an external FTP server

• Added procedure - Setting up advanced event filtering for the Master Log

• Added procedure - Removing an advanced event filter

• Added Managed CNA Ports to Performance chapter

• Added Firmware download troubleshooting

• Added Launch Client troubleshooting

• Added Performance troubleshooting

• Added Port Fencing troubleshooting

• Added Server Management Console troubleshooting

• Added View All list troubleshooting

• Added privilege - SMIA Operations

• Information that was changed:

• Changed View tab to SAN tab

• Moved Menu bar table to Appendix

• Changed AG icons

• Moved Management server and client section to Chapter 1 Getting Started

• Changed procedure - Discovering a fabric

• Changed topic - Fabric Monitoring

• Changed topic - seed switch failover

• Moved Call Home to new chapter

• Moved View Management and Topology to new chapter

• Moved Third party tools to new chapter

• Changed topic - Fabric tracking

• Changed SAN menu to Server menu

• Changed procedure - Backing up a switch configuration

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• Changed procedure - Download firmware

• Changed HBA Sever Mapping to Host Port Mapping

• Changed procedure - Scheduling technical support information collection

• Changed procedure - Starting immediate technical support information collection

• Changed procedure - Launching scripts

• Changed procedure - Setting up advanced event filtering for a user

• Changed topic - Syslog forwarding

• Changed Top Talkers dialog box

• Changed topic - Thresholds and event notification

• Moved Reports from Monitor menu to menu bar

• Made Port Fencing a chapter

• Changed procedure - Viewing the list of users

• Changed procedure - Assigning a user to a resource group

• Changed procedure - Removing a user from a resource group

• Changed procedure - Activating a PDCM configuration

• Changed topic - Cascaded FICON fabric

• Changed procedure - Configuring a cascaded FICON fabric

• Changed procedure - Cascaded FICON fabric merge

• Changed topic - POrt Groups

• Changed procedure - Adding a detached device

• Changed Supportsave troubleshooting

• Changed topic - Privileges and Application Behavior table

• Information that was deleted:

• Removed EMC E-mail and HP Modem call home centers.

For further information about new features and documentation updates for this release, refer to
the release notes.

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ATTENTION

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

italic text Provides emphasis

code text Identifies CLI output

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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

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.

An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.

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

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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

Linus Torvalds Linux

Microsoft Corporation Windows, Windows NT, Internet Explorer

Netscape Communications Corporation Netscape

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

Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun, Solaris, Sun Fire, Sun Ultra, Java Plug-in

The Open Group UNIX

VMware, Inc. VMware

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 and 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

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

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

For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade Web site:

http://www.brocade.com

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

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Other industry resources

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

http://www.t11.org

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

http://www.fibrechannel.org

Getting technical help

Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including
product repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information available:

1. DCFM Serial Number

To obtain the DCFM serial number, select Help > License. The DCFM License dialog box
displays.

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2. 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

3. Switch Serial Number

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

*FT00X0054E9*

FT00X0054E9

The serial number label is located as follows:

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

• Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5100, 5300, 7500, 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 7600, 7800, and 8000—On the bottom of the chassis

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• Brocade 48000—Inside the chassis next to the power supply bays

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

4. 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:

[e-mail]

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

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Getting Started

In this chapter

•User interface components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

•Icon legend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

•Management server and client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

•License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

•Feature-to-firmware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

•Accessibility features for the Management application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

User interface components

The Management application provides easy, centralized management of the SAN, as well as quick
access to all product configuration applications. Using this application, you can configure, manage,
and monitor your networks with ease.

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The Management application’s main window contains a number of areas. The following graphic
illustrates the various areas, and descriptions of them are listed below.

Some panels may be hidden by default. To view all panels, select View > Show Panels > All Panels,
or press F12.

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FIGURE 1 Main Window

1. Menu Bar. Lists commands you can perform on the SAN.

2. Toolbar. Provides buttons that enable quick access to dialog boxes and functions.

3. SAN tab. Displays the Master Log, Minimap, Connectivity Map (topology), and Product List. For
more information, refer to the “SAN tab”.

4. View All list. Enables you to create, copy, or edit a view, select to how to view the Product list (All
Levels, Products and Ports, Products Only, or Ports Only) and to select which view you want to
display in the main window. Does not display until you discover a fabric.

5. Port Display buttons. Provides buttons that enable quick access to configuring how ports
display. Does not display until you discover a fabric. For more information, refer to “Port

Display buttons” on page 5.

6. Product List. Lists the devices discovered in the SAN.

7. Connectivity Map. Displays the SAN topology, including discovered and monitored devices and
connections.

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8. Toolbox. Provides tools for viewing the Connectivity Map as well as exporting the Connectivity
Map as an image. Does not display until you discover a fabric.

9. Master Log. Displays all events that have occurred on the SAN.

10. Utilization Legend. (Enterprise edition only) Indicates the percentage ranges represented by
the colored, dashed lines on the Connectivity Map. Only displays when you select Monitor >
Performance > View Utilization or click the Utilization icon on the toolbar.

11. Minimap. Displays a “bird’s-eye” view of the entire SAN. Does not display until you discover a
fabric.

12. Status Bar. Displays data regarding the Server, connection, device, and fabric.

Menu bar

The menu bar is located at the top of the main window. For a list of the many functions available on
each menu, refer to “Main menus” on page 637.

Toolbar

The toolbar is located at the top of the main window and provides icons to perform various
functions (Figure 2).

FIGURE 2 The Toolbar

The icons on your toolbar will vary based on the licensed features on your system.

1. Users. Displays the Server Users dialog box. Use to configure users, user groups, and
permissions.

2. Properties. Displays the Properties dialog box of the selected device or fabric. Use to view or
edit device or fabric properties.

3. Launch Element Manager. Launches the Element Manager of the selected device. Use to
configure a device through its Element Manager.

4. Discover Setup. Displays the Discover Setup dialog box. Use to configure discovery.

5. Zoning. Displays the Zoning dialog box. Use to configure zoning.

6. Track Fabric Changes. Select to turn track fabric changes off for the selected device or group.

7. View Utilization. Displays or hides the utilization legend.

8. View Report. Displays the View Reports dialog box. Use to view available reports.

9. Domain ID/Port #. Use to set the domain ID or port number to display as decimal or hex in the
Connectivity Map.

10. Product Label. Use to set the product label for the devices in the Connectivity Map.

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11. Port Label. Use to set the port label for the devices in the Connectivity Map.

12. Product List Search. Use to search for a device in the product list.

13. Help. Displays the Online Help.

SAN tab

The SAN tab displays the Master Log, Utilization Legend, Minimap, Connectivity Map (topology),
and Product List.

To open all areas of the View window, select View > Show Panels > All Panels or press F12.

You can change the default size of the display by placing the cursor on the divider until a double
arrow displays. Click and drag the adjoining divider to resize the window. You can also show or hide
an area by clicking the left or right arrow on the divider.

View All list

The View All list is located at the top left side of the window and enables you to create, copy, or edit
a view, select to how to view the Product list (All Levels, Products and Ports, Products Only, or Ports
Only) and to select which view you want to display in the main window. Does not display until you
discover a fabric. To discover a fabric, refer to “Discovering fabrics” on page 36.

FIGURE 3 View All list

1. Create View. Select to create a new view.

2. Copy View. Select to copy an existing view.

3. Edit View. Select to edit an existing view.

4. Levels. Select the level at which you want to view the Product list, Options include: All Levels,
Products and Ports, Products Only, or Ports Only.

5. View_Name. Any additional views that you create. Select which view you want to display in the
main window.

6. View All. Select to display the default view of the main window.

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Port Display buttons

The Port Display buttons (Figure 4) are located at the top right of the Product List and enable you to
configure how ports display. You have the option of viewing connected (or occupied) product ports,
unoccupied product ports, or attached ports. Does not display until you discover a fabric.

Occupied/connected ports are those that originate from a device, such as a switch. Attached ports
are ports of the target devices that are connected to the originating device.

FIGURE 4 Port Display buttons

1. Occupied Product Ports. Displays the ports of the devices in the fabrics (present in the
connectivity map) that are connected to other devices.

2. Unoccupied Product Ports. Displays the ports of the devices (shown in the connectivity map)
that are not connected to any other device.

3. Attached Ports. Displays the attached ports of the target devices.

Product List

The Product List, located on the SAN tab, displays an inventory of all discovered devices and ports.
The Product List is a quick way to look up product and port information, including serial numbers
and IP addresses.

To display the Product List, select View > Show Panels > Product List or press F9.

You can edit information in the Product List by double-clicking in a field marked with a green
triangle. You can sort the Product List by clicking a column heading.

The following columns (presented here in alphabetical order) are included in the Product List.

• Additional Port Info. Displays additional port information.

• All Levels. Displays all discovered fabrics, groups, devices, and ports as both text and icons.

Also, displays the status of the fabrics, groups, devices, and ports. For a list of icons that
display in the All Levels column, refer to the following tables:

- “Product icons” on page 11

- “Group icons” on page 12

- “Port icons” on page 12

- “Product status icons” on page 12

• Attached Port #. Displays the number of the attached port.

• BB Credit. Displays the BB Credit of the port.

• Class. Displays the class value of the FICON device port.

• Contact. Displays the name of the person or group you should contact about the product. This

field is editable at the fabric level.

• Description. Displays the description of the product. This field is editable at the fabric level.

• Device Type. Displays the type of device.

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• Domain ID. Displays the Domain ID for the product in the format xx(yy), where xx is the

normalized value and yy is the actual value on the wire.

• FC Address. Displays the Fibre Channel address of the port.

• Firmware. Displays the firmware version of the product.

• IP Address. Displays the IP address (IPv4 or IPv6 format) of the product.

• Location. Displays the physical location of the product. This field is editable at the fabric level.

• Model. Displays the model number of the product.

• Name. Displays the name of the product. This field is editable at the fabric, device, and port

level.

• Port #. Displays the number of the port.

• Port Count. Displays the number of ports on the product.

• Port Type. Displays the type of port (for example, expansion port, node port, or NL_port).

• Protocol. Displays the protocol for the port.

• Serial #. Displays the serial number of the product.

• Speed Configured (Gbps). Displays the actual speed of the port in Gigabits per second.

• State. Displays the state for the product and the port.

• Status. Displays the status for the product and the port.

• Symbolic Name. Displays the symbolic name for the port.

• TAG. Displays the tag number of the product.

• Vendor. Displays the name of the product’s vendor.

• WWN. Displays the world wide name of the product or port.

Connectivity Map

The Connectivity Map, which displays in the upper right area of the main widow, is a grouped map
that shows physical and logical connectivity of SAN components, including discovered and
monitored devices and connections. These components display as icons in the Connectivity Map.
For a list of icons that display in the Connectivity Map, refer to the following tables:

• “Product icons” on page 11

• “Group icons” on page 12

• “Product status icons” on page 12

The Management application displays all discovered fabrics in the Connectivity Map by default. To
display a discovered Host in the Connectivity Map, you must select the Host in the Product List. You
can only view one Host and physical and logical connections at a time.

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Toolbox

The toolbox (Figure 5) is located at the top right side of the View window and provides tools to
export the topology, to zoom in and out of the Connectivity Map, collapse and expand groups, and
fit the topology to the window. Does not display until you discover a fabric.

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FIGURE 5 The Toolbox

1. Export. Use to export the topology to a PNG file.

2. Zoom In. Use to zoom in on the Connectivity Map

3. Zoom Out. Use to zoom out on the Connectivity Map.

4. Fit in View. Use to scale the map to fit within the Connectivity Map area.

5. Expand. Use to expand the map to show all ports in use on a device.

6. Collapse. Use to collapse the map to show only devices (hides ports).

Master Log

The Master Log, which displays in the lower left area of the main window, lists the events and alerts
that have occurred on the SAN. If you do not see the Master Log, select View > Show Panels > All
Panels or press F5.

You can sort the Master Log by clicking a column heading. By default, the Master Log is sorted by
the Last Event Server Time column. To filter information in the Master Log, refer to “Filtering events

in the Master Log” on page 251.

The following fields and columns are included in the Master Log:

• Level. The severity of the event. When the same event (Warning or Error) occurs repeatedly, the

Management application automatically eliminates the additional occurrences. For more
information about events, refer to “Fault Management” on page 245. For a list of the event
icons, refer to “Event icons” on page 13.

• Source Name. The product on which the event occurred.

• Source Address. The IP address (IPv4 or IPv6 format) of the product on which the event

occurred.

• Type. The type of event that occurred (for example, client/server communication events).

• Description. A description of the event.

• First Event Server Time. The time and date the event first occurred on the server.

• Last Event Server Time. The time and date the event last occurred on the server.

• First Event Product Time. The time and date the event first occurred on the product.

• Last Event Product Time. The time and date the event last occurred on the product.

• Operational Status. The operational status (such as, unknown, healthy, marginal, or down) of

the product on which the event occurred.

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• Count. The number of times the event occurred.

• Module Name. The name of the module on which the event occurred.

• Message ID. The message ID of the event.

• Contributor. The name of the contributor on which the event occurred.

• Node WWN. The world wide name of the node on which the event occurred.

• Fabric Name. The name of the fabric on which the event occurred.

Utilization Legend

The Utilization Legend, which displays in the lower right corner of the main window, indicates the
percentage ranges represented by the colored, dashed lines on the Connectivity Map. It only
displays when you select Monitor > Performance > View Utilization or click the Utilization icon on
the toolbar.

FIGURE 6 Utilization Legend

The colors and their meanings are outlined in the following table.

Line Color Utilization Defaults

Red line 80% to 100% utilization

Yellow line 40% to 80% utilization

Blue line 1% to 40% utilization

Gray line 0% to 1% utilization

Black line Utilization disabled

For more information about the utilization legend, refer to “Connection utilization” on page 313.

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Minimap

The Minimap, which displays in the lower right corner of the main window, is useful for getting a
bird’s-eye view of the SAN, or to quickly jump to a specific place on the Connectivity Map. To jump to
a specific location on the Connectivity Map, click that area on the Minimap. A close-up view of the
selected location displays on the Connectivity Map.

Use the Minimap to view the entire SAN and to navigate more detailed map views. This feature is
especially useful if you have a large SAN. Does not display until you discover a fabric.

FIGURE 7 Minimap

Anchoring or floating the Minimap

You can anchor or float the Minimap to customize your main window.

• To float the Minimap and view it in a separate window, click the Detach icon ( ) in the upper

right corner of the Minimap.

• To anchor the Minimap and return the Minimap to its original location on the main window, do

one of the following steps:

- Click the Attach icon ( ) in the upper right corner of the Minimap.

- Click the Close icon ( ) in the upper right corner of the Minimap.

- Double-click the logo in the upper left corner of the Minimap.

- Click the logo in the upper left corner of the Minimap and select Close (ALT + F4).

Resizing the Minimap

On an anchored Minimap, place the cursor on the left border of the Minimap until a double-pointed
arrow displays. Click and drag the adjoining divider.

On a floating Minimap, place the cursor on a border of the Minimap until a double-pointed arrow
displays. Click and drag to change the window size.

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Status bar

The status bar (Figure 8) displays at the bottom of the main window. The status bar provides a
variety of information about the SAN and the application. The icons on the status bar change to
reflect different information, such as the current status of products, fabrics, and backup.

FIGURE 8 Status Bar

The icons on your status bar will vary based on the licensed features on your system.

1. Connection Status. Displays the Server-Client connection status.

2. Port Status. Displays port status for the following ports: SNMP, Syslog, FTP, and Web Server.

3. Product Status. Displays the status of the most degraded device in the SAN. For example, if all
devices are operational except one (which is degraded), the Product Status displays as
degraded. Click this icon to open the Product Status Log.

4. Fabric Status. Displays the state of the fabric that is least operational, based on ISL status. The
possible states are: operational, unknown, degraded or failed. Select a product or fabric from
the Connectivity Map or Product List and click this icon to open the related Fabric Log (only
available for persisted fabrics).

5. Call-Home Status. (Enterprise edition only) Displays a call home status icon when one or more
fabrics are discovered, which allows you to determine the current call home status. For more
information about Advanced Call Home status and icons, refer to “Viewing Call Home status”
on page 117.

6. Backup Status. Displays a backup status icon, which allows you to determine the current
backup status. Let the pointer pause on the backup status icon to display the following
information in a tooltip.

• Backup in Progress icon. Backup started at hh:mm:ss, in progress... XX files in

Directory_Name are backed up.

• Countdown to Next Scheduled Backup icon. Waiting for next backup to start.

• Backup Disabled icon. Backup is disabled.

• Backup Failed icon. Backup failed at hh:mm:ss mm/dd/yyyy.

7. Server Name. Displays the name of the Server to which you are connected.

8. Tota l U s er s . Displays the number of clients logged into the server.

9. User’s ID. Displays the user ID of the logged in user.

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Icon legend

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Various icons are used to illustrate devices and connections in a SAN. The following tables list icons
that display on the Connectivity Map and Product List.

Product icons

The following table lists the manageable SAN product icons that display on the topology. Fabric OS
manageable devices display with blue icons and M-EOS manageable devices display with green
icons. If a device is unmanageable it displays with gray icons. Some of the icons shown display
when certain features are licensed.

Icon Description Icon Description

Fabric Fabric OS Switch and Blade Switch

Fabric OS Director Fabric OS CEE Switch

Fabric OS Router Storage

Fabric OS FC Switch in Access Gateway
mode (single-fabric connected)

Fabric OS CEE Switch in Access Gateway
mode (single-fabric connected)

M-EOS Switch M-EOS Director

iSCSI Target iSCSI Initiator

HBA HBA Mezzanine Card

CNA HBA CNA Mezzanine Card

Unmanaged HBA Host

VM Host Unmanaged Host

Ethernet Cloud

Fabric OS FC Switch in Access Gateway
mode (multiple-fabric connected)

Fabric OS CEE Switch in Access Gateway
mode (multiple-fabric connected)

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Group icons

The following table lists the manageable SAN product group icons that display on the topology.

Icon Description Icon Description

Switch Group Host Group

Storage Group Unknown Fabric Group

Unmanaged Fabric Group Chassis Group

Port icons

The following table lists the port status icons that display in the Product List.

Icon Description

Occupied FC Port

Unoccupied FC Port

Attached FC Port

Trunk (port group)

IP and 10 GE Port

Attached IP and 10 GE Port

Attached-to-Cloud 10 GE Port

Virtual Port

Virtual FCoE Port

Attached FCoE Port

Pre-boot Virtual Port

Product status icons

The following table lists the product status icons that display on the topology.

Icon Status

No icon Healthy/Operational

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Device Removed/Missing

Down/Failed

Routed In

Routed Out

Unknown/Link Down

Event icons

The following table lists the event icons that display on the topology and Master Log. For more
information about events, refer to “Fault Management” on page 245.

Event Icon Description

Informational

1

Warning

Error

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Management server and client

The Management application has two parts: the Server and the Client. The Server is installed on
one machine and stores SAN-related information; it does not have a user interface. To view SAN
information through a user interface, you must log in to the Server through a Client. The Server and
Clients may reside on the same machine, or on separate machines.

In some cases, a network may utilize virtual private network (VPN) or firewall technology, which can
prohibit communication between Servers and Clients. In other words, a Client can find a Server,
appear to log in, but is immediately logged out because the Server cannot reach the Client. To
resolve this issue, check to determine if the ports in the table below need to be opened up in the
firewall.

TABLE 2 Ports

Port Number Ports Transport Description Communication Path Open in Firewall

1

20

1, 2

21

1

22

1

23

25 SMTP Server port TCP SMTP Server port for E-mail

80 jboss.web.http.port TCP Non-SSL HTTP/1.1 connector

3, 4

80

1

161

3

162

389 LDAP Server Port TCP LDAP server port for

3, 4, 5

443

6

514

1, 7

1024

1812 RADIUS Server Port UDP RADIUS server port for

1, 9

2048

1,5,7,9

2049

FTP Port (Control) TCP FTP Control port for internal

FTP server

FTP Port (Data) TCP FTP Data port for internal

FTP server

SSH or Secure Telnet TCP Sectelnet port from server to

switch/client to switch

Telnet TCP Telnet port from server/client

to switch

communication

port

Switch http TCP Switch non-SSL http port for

http and CAL communication

SNMP Port UDP Default SNMP port Server–Switch Yes

snmp.trap.port UDP Default SNMP trap port Switch–Server Yes

authentication if LDAP is
chosen as an external
authentication

Switch https TCP Switch SSL http port for https

and CAL communication

Syslog Port UDP Default Syslog Port Switch–Server Yes

MPI TCP MPI trap recipient port Switch–Server Yes

authentication if RADIUS is
chosen as an external
authentication

MPI TCP MPI discovery NMRU port Server–Switch Yes

MPI TCP MPI discovery NMRU port for

SSL

Client–Server
Switch–Server

Client–Server
Switch–Server

Server–Switch
Client–Switch

Server–Switch
Client–Switch

Server–SMTP
Server

Client–Server Yes

Server–Switch
Client–Switch

Server–LDAP
Server

Server–Switch
Client–Switch

Server–RADIUS
Server

Server–Switch Yes

Yes
Yes

Yes
Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Port Number Ports Transport Description Communication Path Open in Firewall

8

2638

1, 5, 7

4430

1, 7

8080

24600

24601 jboss.connector.ejb3.port - port 1 TCP EJB3 connector port Client–Server Yes

24602 jboss.connector.bisocket.port - port 2 TCP Bisocket connector port Client–Server Yes

24603 jboss.connector.bisocket.secondary.port

24604

24605

24606 smp.registry.port - port 6 TCP RMI registry port Client–Server Yes

24607 smp.server.export.port - port 7 TCP RMI export port Client–Server Yes

24608 smp.server.cliProxyListening port - port 8TCP CLI proxy telnet port Client–Server Yes

Database port (Enforced during install) TCP Port used by database Server–Database

Remote ODBC–
Database

MPI TCP XML-RCP port for SSL Server–Switch Yes

MPI TCP XML-RCP port/HTTP port Server–Switch Yes

10

jboss.naming.jnp.port - port 0 TCP Bootstrap JNP service port Client–Server Yes

TCP Bisocket connector secondary

- port 3

5

jboss.connector.sslbisocket.port - port 4 TCP SSL Bisocket connector port Client–Server Yes

5

jboss.connector.sslbisocket.secondary.p

TCP SSL Bisocket connector

ort - port 5

port

secondary port

Client–Server Yes

Client–Server Yes

Yes

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24609 jboss.naming.rmi.port - port 9 TCP RMI naming service port Client–Server Yes

24610 jboss.jrmp.invoker.port - port 10 TCP RMI/JRMP invoker port Client–Server Yes

24611 jboss.pooled.invoker.port - port 11 TCP Pooled invoker port Client–Server Yes

24612 jboss.connector.socket.port - port 12 TCP Socket invoker port Server No

24613 jboss.web.ajp.port - port 13 TCP AJP 1.3 connector port Server No

24614 jboss.web.service.port – port 14 TCP Web service port Server No

24615 connector.bind.port – port 15 TCP Port to listen for requests on Server No

55555

10

Client Export Port TCP Client port to which server

Server–Client Yes
pushes the M-EOS device
Element Manager updates

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TABLE 2 Ports (Continued)

Port Number Ports Transport Description Communication Path Open in Firewall

55556 Launch in Context (LIC) client hand

shaking port

TCP Client port used to check if a

Management application client

Client No

opened using LIC is running on
the same host

NOTE: If this port is in use, the

application uses the
next available port.

1 Port is not configurable (either in the switch or the Management server).
2 Every FTP session requires an additional port which is randomly picked. If the firewall is enabled then FTP operation (used for firmware

download, technical support, firmware import (from client-server) and so on.) will fail.

3 Ports configurable in the switch and the Management server. Port must be the same for all switches managed by the Management

server.

4 Ports used to launch the Web Tools application for Fabric OS switches from the Management client. This is applicable only when the

Fabric OS version is earlier than 6.1.1.

5 Port used for SSL communication. If SSL is enabled, you must open 443*, 24604, and 24605 in the firewall. If SSL is not enabled, port

80* must be open in the firewall and 443*, 24604, and 24605 can be closed. An asterisk (*) denotes the default web server port number.
If you set the web server port number to a port other than the default, you must open that port in the firewall.

6 The Syslog listening port is configurable in the Management server. The switch always sends syslog messages to port 514. If you have

any other syslog daemon on the Management server machine already listening to 514, then the Management Server can be configured
to listen to a different port. You must manually configure relay in existing syslogd to forward the syslog messages to the Management
Server listening on the configured port.

7 Ports used for communicating with M-EOSn (M-i10K) directors. M-i10K always uses NMRU over SSL (2049). M-i10K always uses 8080

for http requests (firmware download, configuration backup/ restore, data collection). If M-EOSn firmware version is less than 9.1 the
Management application uses 8080 for XML-RPC requests (discovery and asset collection). If the M-EOSn firmware version is more
than 9.1 then it always uses SSL port (4430) for XML-RPC.

8 Port must be opened in firewall for the server when the remote ODBC client needs to talk to the Management database server (Only for

EE). The same port is used by the Management server to database server (local). This is not used by the Management client.

9 Ports used for communicating with M-EOS (excluding M-i10K) switches (only required when the Management server manages M-EOS

switches).

10 Port should be opened in firewall in the Management client to allow communication between server and client (only applicable for

M-EOS switches). If this port is not opened in the firewall, then the M-EOS element manager does not receive updates. Also if multiple
clients are opened, it will try to use the next available port (55556). So if there are n clients opened in the same machine then you must
open 55555 (configurable) to 55555 + n ports in the firewall.

11 The Management server tries to find a contiguous block of 16 ports from the starting port configured (for example, 24600); if any port in

this range is not available for the Management application, then you must provide a new starting port. Note that Port 1 to Port 15 in
“Ports” column of the table above are not separately configurable and those ports vary based on the starting port number configuration
(specified as Port 0 in the above table). The port numbers mentioned in the table above are the default ports (for example, when 24600
is selected as the starting port number).

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Logging into a server

NOTE

You must log into a Server to monitor a SAN.

You must have an established user account on the Server to log in.

To log into a server, complete the following steps.

1. Double-click the desktop icon or open the application from the Start menu.

The Log In dialog box displays (Figure 9).

FIGURE 9 Log In dialog box

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2. Enter your user name and password.

The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively. If you migrated from a previous
release, your username and password do not change.

3. Select or clear the Save password check box to choose whether you want the application to
remember your password the next time you log in.

4. Click Login.

5. Click OK on the Login Banner dialog box.

The Management application displays.

Launching a remote client

To launch a remote client, complete the following steps.

1. Open a web browser and enter the IP address of the Management application server in the
Address bar.

If the web server port number does not use the default (443 if is SSL Enabled; otherwise, the
default is 80), you must enter the web server port number in addition to the IP address. For
example, IP_Address:Port_Number.

The Management application web start screen displays.

2. Click the Management application web start link.

The Log In dialog box displays.

3. Enter your user name and password.

The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively. If you migrated from a previous
release, your username and password do not change.

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NOTE

4. Select or clear the Save password check box to choose whether you want the application to
remember your password the next time you log in.

5. Click Login.

6. Click OK on the Login Banner dialog box.

The Management application displays.

Clearing previous versions of the remote client

The remote client link in the Start menu does not automatically upgrade when you upgrade the
Management application. You must clear the previous version from the Java cache.

To clear the Java cache, complete the following steps.

1. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Java.

The Java Control Panel dialog box displays.

2. Click View on the General tab.

The Java Cache Viewer dialog box displays.

3. Right-click the application and select Delete.

4. Click Close on the Java Cache Viewer dialog box.

5. Click OK on the Java Control Panel dialog box.

To create a remote client link in the Start menu, refer to “Launching a remote client” on
page 17.

Launching the Configuration Wizard

You can re-launch the Configuration wizard to change the following configurations:

• FTP server

• Server IP

• Server Ports

• SMI Agent

Changes to these configuration require a server restart.

1. Choose one of the following options:

• On Windows systems, select Start > Programs > Management_Application_Name 10.X.X >

Management_Application_Name Configuration.

• On UNIX systems, execute sh Install_Home/bin/configwizard on the terminal.

2. Click Next on the Welcome screen.

3. Click Yes on the confirmation message.

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4. Select Internal FTP Server or External FTP Server on the FTP Server screen and click Next.

NOTE

If port 21 is busy, a message displays. Click OK to close the message and continue. Once the
Management application is configured make sure port 21 is free and restart the Server to start
the FTP service.

If you use an FTP Server which is not configured on the same machine as the Management
application, the Firmware Repository feature will not be available.

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FIGURE 10 FTP Server screen

5. Complete the following steps on the Server IP Configuration screen.

FIGURE 11 Server IP Configuration screen

a. Select an address from the Server IP Configuration list.

b. Select an address from the Switch - Server IP Configuration Preferred Address list.

If DNS is not configured for your network, do not select the ‘hostname’ option from either
the Server IP Configuration or Switch - Server IP Configuration Preferred Address list.
Selecting the ‘hostname’ option prevents clients and devices from communicating with
the Server.

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NOTE

NOTE

NOTE

If you select a specific IP address from the Server IP Configuration screen and the selected
IP address changes, you will not be able to connect to the server. To change the IP
address, refer to “Configuring an explicit server IP address” on page 93.

c. Click Next.

6. Complete the following steps on the Server Configuration screen.

Do not use port 2638 for any of these port numbers. Port 2638 is used internally by the server.

FIGURE 12 Server Configuration screen

a. Enter a port number in the Syslog Port Number field (default is 514).

If the default syslog port number is already in use, you will not receive any syslog
messages from the device.

b. Enable SSL by selecting the SSL Enabled check box.

c. Enter a port number in the Web Server Port Number field (default is 443 if SSL Enabled is

selected; otherwise, the default is 80).

d. Enter a port number in the SNMP Port Number field (default is 162).

e. Enter a port number in the Starting Port Number field (default is 24600).

The server requires 16 consecutive free ports beginning with the starting port number.

f. Click Next.

If you enter a syslog port number already in use, a message displays. Click No on the
message to remain on the Server Configuration screen and edit the syslog port number
(return to step 6a). Click Yes to close the message and continue with step 7.

If you enter a port number already in use, a Warning displays next to the associated port
number field. Edit that port number and click Next.

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7. Complete the following steps on the SMI Agent Configuration screen.

FIGURE 13 SMI Agent Configuration screen

a. Enable the SMI Agent by selecting the Enable SMI Agent check box.

b. Enable the SLP by selecting the Enable SLP check box.

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c. Enable the SSL by selecting the Enable SSL check box.

d. Enter the SMI Agent port number in the SMI Agent Port # field (default is 5989).

e. Click Next.

8. Verify your configuration information on the Server Configuration Summary screen and click
Next.

9. Complete the following steps on the Start Server screen:

a. Select the Start SMI Agent check box, if necessary.

b. Select the Start SLP check box, if necessary.

c. Select the Start Client check box, if necessary.

d. Click Finish.

After all of the services (Server, SLP, SMI Agent and Client) are started, the Log In dialog
box displays.

10. Click Yes on the restart server confirmation message.

11. Enter your user name and password.

The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively. If you migrated from a previous
release, your user name and password do not change.

12. Click Login.

13. Click OK on the Login Banner.

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Changing your password

To change your password, complete the following steps.

1. Double-click the desktop icon or open from the Start menu.

The Log In dialog box displays.

FIGURE 14 Log In dialog box

2. Enter your user name and password.

The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively. If you migrated from a previous
release, your username and password do not change.

3. Click Change.

The Change Password dialog box displays.

4. Enter your new password in the Secure Password and Retype Password fields and click OK.

5. Click Login.

6. Click OK on the Login Banner dialog box.

The Management application displays.

Changing the database user password

To change the database password, complete the following steps in the Install_Home/bin directory.

1. Open a command window.

2. Type dbpassword

Where

User_Name is your user name, Password is your current password, and New_Password

and

Confirm_Password are your new password. The user name and password defaults are

dcfm and passw0rd (zero), respectively.

If the password changed successfully, the following message displays:
Password changed successfully.

If an error occurs and the password did not change, the following message displays:
Error while updating password. Please try again.
Press any key to continue.

User_Name Password New_Password Confirm_Password and press Enter.

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If the current password and new password are the same, the following message displays:
Old and New passwords cannot be same. Use different password and try again.
Press any key to continue.

If the new password and confirm password do not match, the following message displays:
New password and confirm password do not match. Please try again.
Press any key to continue.

Viewing active sessions

To view the Management application active sessions, complete the following steps.

1. Select Server > Active Sessions.

The Active Sessions dialog box displays (Figure 16).

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FIGURE 15 Active Sessions dialog box

2. Review the active session information.

The following information displays:

• ID—Displays the name of the user (for example, Administrator).

• Description—Displays the description of the user (for example, Operator).

• Network Address—Displays the network address of the user.

• Client Type—Displays the type of Management application client.

• Connected—Displays the date and time the user connected to the server.

3. Click Close.

Disconnecting users

To disconnect a user, complete the following steps.

1. Select Server > Active Sessions.

The Active Sessions dialog box displays.

2. Select the user you want to disconnect and click Disconnect.

3. Click Yes on the confirmation message.

4. The user you disconnected receives a ‘you have been disconnected’ message.

5. Click Close.

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Viewing server properties

To view the Management application server properties, complete the following steps.

1. Select Server > Server Properties.

The Server Properties dialog box displays (Figure 16).

FIGURE 16 Server Properties dialog box

2. Click Close.

Viewing port status

You can view the port status for the following ports:

• SNMP

• Syslog

• FTP

• Web Server

To view the port status, complete the following steps.

1. Click the port status icon ().

The Port Status dialog box displays (Figure 16).

FIGURE 17 Port Status dialog box

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The status options are as follows:

• Success—The port is listening or bound to the server.

• Failed—The port fails to listen or bind to the server.

• Disabled (FTP port only)—only displays when the FTP server is external. This is considered

a normal status.

2. Click Close.

If your installation does not require a license key, the License dialog box does not display.

License keys are unique strings of alphanumeric characters that verify ownership of the
Management application software as well as determine the maximum port count allowed or any
additional features (such as Event Management) that you receive as part of the license.

Enterprise edition can manage up to 9000 ports.

Professional Plus edtion can manage up to 2560 ports.

Managed port count calculation

The managed port count is calculated using the following rules:

If you exceed the maximum port count for your edition, software functionality is impacted and you
must reduce the port count using the Discovery Setup dialog box or contact your storage vendor to
purchase additional ports.

1. The switch port must be licensed.

2. The ports must belong to a currently monitored fabric.

3. ICL ports are not counted.

4. The port must be a physical port (for example, VE Ports are not counted the 4 Gbps Router,
Extension Switch; however, the Gbit ports are counted.

5. Access Gateway ports are counted.

6. The ports from discovered Virtual Fabrics are counted.

7. The ports from managed Fabric OS and M-EOS switches are counted.

8. The ports from ‘missing switches’ are not counted.

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Entering the license key

A license key is required to run the application. The key specifies the expiration date of a trial
license, as well as the number of ports allowed.

You are not required to enter a license key for a trial license. If you do not enter the license key during
installation of Professional Plus or Enterprise editions, you can use the application, including all of
its features, for a trial period of 75 days. At the termination of the trial period, a License dialog
displays, where you must enter a license key.

You are not required to enter a license key for SMI Agent only installation. If you choose to the SMI
Agent only option, when you open the Management application client, a License dialog displays,
where you must enter a license key.

Before you enter the license key you must install the application. For step-by-step instructions, refer
to “Installing the Application” in the DCFM Installation Guide.

1. Select Help > License.

The License dialog box displays

2. Choose from one of the following options:

• Enter the license key in the License Key field.

The License Key field is not case-sensitive.

• Browse to the license file.

3. Click Update to extract the new license information.

Review the new information in the License dialog box fields.

4. Click OK to set the new license on the Server.

A message displays. Click OK to close the message and log off the client. To see the changes to
the client, open the application and log in using the instructions in “Logging into a server” on
page 17.

Upgrading the application

The quickest and simplest method of moving from one edition to another is to enter the new
license information on the License dialog box. The following table list the available upgrade paths:

Current Software Release To Software Release

Professional Plus trial

Professional Plus edition Enterprise edition

Enterprise trial Enterprise edition

Professional Plus edition
Enterprise edition

1. Select Help > License.

The License dialog box displays.

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2. Enter the license key (on the Key Certificate) in the License Key field and click Update.

3. Click OK on the message.

The Client closes after updating the license successfully. Restart the Server, Client and Server
Management Console for the changes to take effect.

4. Open the application (double-click the desktop icon or open from the Start menu).

The Log In dialog box displays.

5. Enter your user name and password.

The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively. If you migrated from a previous
release, your username and password do not change.

6. Select or clear the Save password check box to choose whether you want the application to
remember your password the next time you log in.

7. C l ic k Login.

8. Click OK on the Login Banner.

Installing a patch

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The patch installer enables you to update the Management application between releases. Each
patch installer includes the previous patches within a specific release. For example, patch F
(10.4.0f) includes the upgrades in the patch installers for A (10.4.0a) through E (10.4.0e).

To install a patch, complete the following steps.

1. Stop all services by completing the following steps.

a. Launch the Server Console.

b. Click the Services tab.

c. Click Stop to stop all services.

2. Go to the

3. Execute the patch file for your operating system:

patch.bat (Windows)

patch.sh (UNIX)

The Upgrade dialog box displays.

Install_Home/bin directory.

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4. Browse to the patch file.

The patch zip file uses the following naming convention:

Management_Application_Name-Major_Version-Minor_Version-Revision_Number-patch-Patch
_Version.zip (for example Management_Application_Name-10-4-0-patch-a.zip).

5. Click Upgrade.

If the patch process is interrupted (for example, loss of power), you must restart the patch
process.

The patch installer performs the following functions:

• Extracts patch files to the Install_Home folder.

• Creates a back up (zip) of the original files to be updated and copies the zip file to the

Install_Home\patch-backup directory. For example,
Install_Home\patch-backup\Management_Application_Name-10-4-0-patch-a.zip.

• Generates a patch log.

• Updates the conf file (Install_Home\conf\patch.conf) to include the patch version applied

and patch created date.

• Updates the patch version in the About dialog box (Select Help > About in the main

window).

6. Start all services by completing the following steps.

a. Launch the Server Console.

b. Click the Services tab.

c. Click Start to start all services.

Uninstalling a patch

Note that only one set of back up files are retained which enables you revert back to the previous
version. You can only revert back one version. For example:

• If you upgrade from patch A to patch B, you can revert back to patch A.

• If you upgrade from patch A to patch B to patch C then to patch F, you can only revert back to

patch C.

To uninstall a patch, complete the following steps.

1. Stop all services by completing the following steps.

a. Launch the Server Console.

b. Click the Services tab.

c. Click Stop to stop all services.

2. Go to the Install_Home/patch-backup directory.

3. Extract the patch zip file (for example, Management_Application_Name-10-4-0-patch-a.zip).

4. Open the restore.xml file from the extracted files.

The artifacts (jar files, war files, and so on) you need to replace display as separate file tags in
the restore.xml file. The location of each artifact in the extracted folder is detailed in the src
value under each file tag.

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5. Go to the location of the first artifact (as shown in the src value under the file tag).

6. Copy the artifact from the extracted folder to the source folder in the
Install_Home/patch-backup directory.

7. Repeat step 5 and 6 for all artifacts listed in the restore.xml folder.

8. Go to the Install_Home/conf directory.

9. Open the version.properties file in a text editor.

10. Change the patch version (patch.version) value to the reverted patch (for example, if you are
reverting from patch F to patch C then

If the previous version is the initial version (no patches), change the patch version value to
none (for example,

patch.version = None).

11. Go to the Install_Home/patch-backup/conf directory.

12. Copy the patch.conf file in this directory to the Install_Home/conf directory.

If the previous version is the initial version (no patches), delete the patch.conf file in the
Install_Home/conf directory.

13. Start all services by completing the following steps.

patch.version = c).

a. Launch the Server Console.

b. Click the Services tab.

c. Click Start to start all services.

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Feature-to-firmware requirements

Use the following table to determine whether the Management application features are only
available with a specific version of the Fabric OS firmware, M-EOS firmware, or both, as well as if
there are specific licensing requirements.

Feature Fabric OS M-EOS

Access Gateway (AG) AG connected to Fabric OS devices requires

firmware 6.1.1 or later.

Call Home Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later for supportSave.

Requires Fabric Watch license for SNMP traps.

Discovery Requires Fabric OS 5.0 or later for the seed switch

in a pure Fabric OS fabric.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later for the seed switch
in a mixed Fabric OS and M-EOS fabric.

Encryption Requires Fabric OS 6.1.1_enc. Not available.

Enhanced Group Management Requires Enhanced Group Management license. Not available.

Fault Management Requires Fabric OS 4.4 or later for SNMP traps Requires M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.6.X or later.

Fabric Binding Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later in a pure Fabric OS

fabric.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later in a mixed

Fabric OS and M-EOS fabric.

FCIP Management Requires Fabric OS 5.1 or later to modify.

Requires Fabric OS 5.3 or later for FCIP tunnels.
Requires FCIP license.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later to enable the
FICON Emulation tab on the FCIP Tunnel
Advanced Settings dialog box.

FICON Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later for cascaded

FICON.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later for advanced

FICON.
Requires Fabric OS 6.1.1 or later to configure
multiple Prohibit Dynamic Connectivity Mask
(PDCM) matrices.
Requires FICON CUP license to allow CUP
management features.

Firmware Management Requires Fabric OS 5.0 or later.

Requires Fabric OS 6.1.1 or later on 8G devices.
Requires Enhanced Group Management license to
perform group actions.

High Integrity Fabric Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later in a pure Fabric OS

fabric.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later in a mixed

Fabric OS and M-EOS fabric.

Meta SAN Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later for FC router and

router domain ID configuration.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later in a mixed Fabric

OS and M-EOS fabric.
Requires Integrated Routing license.

AG connected to M-EOS devices requires firmware

9.9.2 or later.

Requires M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.6.X or later.

Requires M-EOS 9.9.2 or later for the seed switch
in a pure M-EOS fabric.
Requires M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.6.X or later for
discovery.

Requires M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.6.X or later.

Not available.

Only supports cascaded FICON configuration for
mixed fabrics.

Firmware download is only available through the
Element Manager.

Requires M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.6.X or later.

Not available.

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Performance Requires Fabric OS 5.0 or later for FC_ports,

end-to-end monitors, and marching ants.
Requires Fabric OS 5.3 or later for GE_ports and

FCIP tunnels.
Requires Fabric OS 6.2 or later for Top Talkers.
Requires Advanced Performance Monitoring

(APM) license for End-to-end Monitoring and Top
Tal kers.
Requires Enhanced Group Management license
for HIstorical graphs and tables.

Requires Fabric Watch license for Performance
thresholds.

Port Fencing Requires Fabric OS 6.2 or later. Requires M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.6.X or later.

Security Management Requires Fabric OS 5.2 and later for SCC Policy.

Requires Fabric OS 5.2 and later for DCC Policy.
Requires Fabric OS 5.3 and later for IP Filter
Policy.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 and later for AD/LDAP
Server Configuration.
Requires Fabric OS 5.0 and later for RADIUS
Server Configuration.

Technical Support Data Collection Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later. Data collection support is only available through

Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Requires Fabric OS 5.2 or later. Not available.

Virtual Fabrics Requires at least one Virtual Fabrics-enabled

physical chassis running Fabric OS 6.2 or later.

Zoning Requires Fabric OS 5.0 or later for pure Fabric OS

fabrics.
Requires Fabric OS 6.0 or later for McDATA Fabric
Mode.
Requires Adaptive Networking license for Quality
of Service zones.

Requires M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.6.X or later for
FC_ports and marching ants.

Not available.

the Element Manager.

Virtual Fabric configuration is only available
through the Element Manager.

Requires M-EOS and M-EOSn 9.6.X or later for a
pure M-EOS fabric and Mixed Fabrics in
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Accessibility features for the Management application

Accessibility features help users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision,
to use information technology products successfully.

The following list includes the major accessibility features in the Management application:

• Keyboard shortcuts

• Look and Feel

Keyboard shortcuts

You can use the keystrokes shown in the table below to perform common functions.

To open a menu using keystrokes, press ALT plus the underlined letter. To open a submenu, open
the menu, then press the key for the underlined letter (SHIFT plus letter for capitals) of the submenu
option.

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Menu Item or Function Keyboard Shortcut

All Panels F12

Collapse CTRL + L

Command Tool SHIFT + F4

Connectivity Map F7

Copy CTRL + C

Cut CTRL + X

Delete Delete

Delete All CTRL +Delete

Help F1

Internet Explorer SHIFT + F2

Master Log F5

FireFox SHIFT + F1

Paste CTRL + V

Product List F9

Properties Alt-Enter

Select All CTRL + A

Show Ports F4

SSH Shift-F5

View Utilization CTRL + U

Zoom In CTRL + NumPad+

Zoom Out CTRL + NumPad-

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Look and Feel

You can configure the Management application to mimic your system settings as well as define the
size of the font.

‘Look’ refers to the appearance of graphical user interface widgets and ‘feel’ refers to the way the
widgets behave.

The Management application currently uses the ‘Management_Application Default Look and Feel’
for some of the components (for example, Layout, Minimap, and so on) and the “Java Metal Look
and Feel” for others.

Setting the look and feel

Setting the look and feel is only supported on Windows systems.

The following table details the Management application components that change when you set the
look and feel as well as those components that do not change.

Components Affected Components Not Affected

All Java native components with Metal Look And
Feel are affected.

The Menu bar, Tool bar, Status bar, as well as all
tables and dialog boxes are affected.

Layout is affected only when it is empty. The Minimap is not affected.

1. Select Server > Options.

The Options dialog box displays.

2. Select Look and Feel in the Category list.

3. Choose from one of the following options:

The Connectivity map does not change when devices
are present. You must change the theme using the map
display settings (View > Map Display).

All icons and images are not affected.

• Select Default to configure the look and feel back to the Management application

defaults.

• Select System to configure the Management application to have the look and feel of your

system.

This changes the look and feel for the components that use ‘Java Metal Look and Feel’.
For example, if you have your system display color scheme set to ‘High Contrast #1’, then
the Management application will be set to ‘High Contrast #1’. Font size of the components
is not affected by theme changes.

4. Click Apply or OK to save your work.

5. Click OK on the message.

Changes do not take affect until after you restart the client.

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Changing the font size

The Options dialog box enables you to change the font size for all components including the
Connectivity map of the Management application interface.

Font size changes proportionately in relation to the system resolution. For example, if the system
resolution is 1024 x 768, the default font size would be 8 and large font size would be 10.

1. Select Server > Options.

The Options dialog box displays.

2. Select Look and Feel in the Category list.

3. Select one of the following options from the Font Size list:

• Select Default to return to the default font size.

• Select Small to change the font to a smaller font size.

• Select Large to change the font to a larger font size.

Changing the font size to Large may cause the interface components (for example, text
and button labels) to display incorrectly.

4. Click Apply or OK to save your work.

5. Click OK on the message.

Changes do not take affect until after you restart the client.

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Discovery

In this chapter

•Fabric discovery overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

•Host discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

•Viewing the discovery state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

•Fabric monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

•Seed switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Fabric discovery overview

Discovery is the process by which the Management application contacts the devices in your SAN.
When you configure discovery, the application discovers products connected to the SAN. The
application illustrates each product and its connections on the Connectivity Map (topology).

When you discover a fabric, the Management application checks to confirm that the seed switch is
running a supported Fabric OS or M-EOS version in the fabric, and if it is not, the Management
application prompts you to select a new seed switch.

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Discovery of a Secure Fabric OS fabric in strict mode is not supported.

For a Fabric OS fabric, the seed switch must be the primary Fabric Configuration Server (FCS). If
you use a non-primary FCS to discover the fabric, the Management application displays an error
and will not allow the discovery to proceed. If the Management application has already discovered
the fabric, but afterward you create the FCS policy and the seed switch is not a primary FCS, an
event is generated during the next poll.

The Management application cannot discover a fabric that is in the process of actively configuring
to form a fabric. Wait until the fabric is formed and stable, then re-attempt the fabric discovery.

After fabric discovery successfully completes, all clients are updated to display the newly
discovered fabric.

During fabric discovery, if you have defined IPv6 IP addresses for the switch, the Management
application remembers the IP address only. If the switch has a DNS name that you have defined,
the Management application can remember the DNS name and use that.

Professional Plus edition can discover up to 4 fabrics.

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Professional Plus edition can discover, but not manage the Backbone chassis.Use the device’s
Element Manager, which can be launched from the Connectivity Map, to manage the device. This
device cannot be used as a Seed switch.

FCS policy and seed switches

The Management application requires that the seed switch is the primary Fabric Content Service
(FCS) switch at the time of discovery.

Setting time on the fabric will set the time on the primary FCS switch, which will then distribute the
changes to other switches.

When FCS Policy is defined, ConfigDownload is allowed only from the primary FCS switch, but
Management application does not check at the time of download that the switch is the primary FCS
Switch.

Switches running in Access Gateway mode cannot be used as the seed switch.

The Backbone Chassis cannot be used as a seed switch.

Discovering fabrics

Fa bric OS devices must be running Fabric OS 5.0 or later. M-EOS devices must be runn ing M-EOS 9.6
or later.

Only one copy of the application should be used to monitor and manage the same devices in a
subnet.

To discover specific IP addresses or subnets, complete the following steps.

1. Select Discover > Setup.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.

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FIGURE 18 Discover Setup dialog box

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2. Click Add Fabric to specify the IP addresses of the devices you want to discover.

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The Address Properties dialog box displays.

FIGURE 19 Address Properties dialog box (IP Address tab)

3. Enter a name for the fabric in the Fabric Name field.

4. Enter an IP address for a device in the IP Address field.

For seed switch requirements, refer to “Seed switch requirements” on page 54.

The Backbone Chassis cannot be used as a seed switch.

Professional and Professional Plus editions cannot manage the Backbone Chassis.
Professional edition cannot manage pure M-EOS fabrics.

Professional Plus edition can discover up to 4 fabrics.

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For M-EOS devices, the Management application accepts IP addresses in IPv4 and IPv6
formats. The IPv4 format is valid when the Operating System has IPv4 mode only or dual stack
mode. The IPv6 format is valid when the Operating System has IPv6 mode only or dual stack
mode.

If the firmware version is between M-EOS 9.6.X and 9.9.2, only the domain ID, WWN, and
topology are obtained for fabric members. To manage other fabric members, you must enter
specific IP addresses in the Discover Setup dialog box.

For Admin Domain (AD) discovery, Fabric OS switch must have Physical AD visibility.

For Virtual Fabric discovery device requirements, refer to “Virtual Fabrics requirements” on
page 554.

To discover a Virtual Fabric device, you must have the following permissions:

• Switch user account with Chassis Admin role permission on the physical chassis.

• Switch and SNMP v3 user account with access rights to all logical switches (all Fabric IDs

(1 - 128).

For information about configuring permissions on a Fabric OS device, refer to the
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.:

5. (Fabric OS devices only) Enter the user ID and password for the switch in the User ID and
Password fields.

6. Click the SNMP tab (Figure 20).

FIGURE 20 Address Properties dialog box (SNMP - v1 tab)

7. Enter the duration (in seconds) after which the application times out in the Time-out (sec) field.

8. Enter the number of times to retry the process in the Retries field.

9. Select the SNMP version from the SNMP Version list.

• If you selected v1, continue with step 10.

• If you select v3, the SNMP tab displays the v3 required parameters. Go to step 14.

To discover a Fabric OS device (not virtual fabric-capable), you must provide the existing
SNMP v3 username present in the switch.

To discover a Virtual Fabric device, you must configure SNMP v3 and your SNMP v3 user
account must be defined as a Fabric OS switch user.

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When you discovers Virtual Fabric-enabled switch with the SNMP v3 username “admin”,
which is the same as the Fabric OS switch user, the Management application
automatically creates an SNMP username “admin” in the switch by replacing the sixth
username.

10. Specify the Read option by selecting Default ‘public’ or Custom.

11. If you selected Custom, enter the community string in the Custom and Confirm Custom fields.

12. Specify the Write option by selecting Default ‘private’ or Custom.

13. If you selected Custom, enter the community string in the Custom and Confirm Custom fields.

Go to step 21.

14. If you are configuring a 256-port director, select the Configure for 256-Port_Director_Name
check box.

• If you selected Configure for 256-Port_Director_Name, go to step 18.

• If you did not select Configure for 256-Port_Director_Name, continue with step 15.

FIGURE 21 Address Properties dialog box (SNMP Tab - v3)

15. Enter a user name in the User Name field.

16. Enter a context name In the Context Name field.

17. Select the authorization protocol in the Auth Protocol field.

18. Enter the authorization password in the Auth Password field.

• If you selected Configure for 256-Port_Director_Name, go to step 21.

• If you did not select Configure for 256-Port_Director_Name, continue with step 19.

19. Select the privacy protocol in the Priv Protocol field.

20. Enter the privacy password in the Priv Password field.

21. Click OK on the Address Properties dialog box.

If the seed switch is partitioned, the Undiscovered Seed Switches dialog box displays.

a. Select the Select check box for each undiscovered seed switch to discover their fabrics.

b. Click OK on the Undiscovered Seed Switches dialog box.

22. Repeat step 2 through step 21 for each fabric you want to discover.

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23. Click OK on the Discover Setup dialog box.

Configuring SNMP credentials

1. Select Discover > Setup.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.

2. Select an IP address from the Available Addresses table.

3. Click Edit.

The Address Properties dialog box displays.

4. Click the SNMP tab.

5. Select the SNMP version from the SNMP Version list.

• If you selected v1, continue with step 6.

• If you select v3, the SNMP tab displays the v3 required parameters. Go to step 10.

To discover a Virtual Fabric device, you must configure SNMP v3 and your SNMP v3 user
account must be defined as a Fabric OS switch user.

6. Specify the Read option by selecting Default ‘public’ or Custom.

7. If you selected Custom, enter the community string in the Custom and Confirm Custom fields.

8. Specify the Write option by selecting Default ‘private’ or Custom.

9. If you selected Custom, enter the community string in the Custom and Confirm Custom fields.

Go to step 21.

10. If you are configuring a 256-Port director, select the Configure for 256-Port_Director_Name
check box.

• If you selected Configure for 256-Port_Director_Name, go to step 14.

• If you did not select Configure for 256-Port_Director_Name, continue with step 11.

FIGURE 22 Address Properties dialog box (SNMP Tab - v3)

11. Enter a user name in the User Name field.

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12. Enter a context name In the Context Name field.

13. Select the authorization protocol in the Auth Protocol field.

14. Enter the authorization password in the Auth Password field.

• If you selected Configure for 256-Port_Director_Name, go to step 17.

• If you did not select Configure for 256-Port_Director_Name, continue with step 15.

15. Select the privacy protocol in the Priv Protocol field.

16. Enter the privacy password in the Priv Password field.

17. Click OK on the Address Properties dialog box.

If the seed switch is not partitioned, continue with step 18.

If the seed switch is partitioned, the Undiscovered Seed Switches dialog box displays.

a. Select the Select check box for each undiscovered seed switch to discover their fabrics.

b. Click OK on the Undiscovered Seed Switches dialog box.

18. Click OK on the Discover Setup dialog box.

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1. Select Discover > Setup.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.

2. Select an IP address from the Available Addresses table.

3. Click Edit.

The Address Properties dialog box displays.

4. Click the SNMP tab.

5. Click Default ‘public’ and Default ‘private.’

6. Click OK on the Address Properties dialog box.

7. C l ic k OK on the Discover Setup dialog box.

Deleting a fabric

If you decide you no longer want the Management application to discover and monitor a specific
fabric, you can delete it. Deleting a fabric also deletes the fabric data on the server (both system
collected and user-defined data) except for user-assigned names for the device port, device node,
and device enclosure information.

To delete a fabric, complete the following steps.

1. Select Discovery > Setup.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.

2. Select the fabric for which you want to delete from the Discovered Addresses table.

3. Click Delete.

You are prompted to confirm that you want to delete the fabric.

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Host discovery

The Management application enables you to discover individual hosts, import a group of Host from
a comma separated values (CSV) file, or import all hosts from discovered fabrics.

Host discovery requires HCM Agent 2.0 or later.

SMI and WMI discovery are not supported.

Discovering Hosts by IP address or hostname

To discover a Host by IP address or hostname, complete the following steps.

1. Select Discover > Setup.

2. Click Add Host.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.

The Add Host Discovery dialog box displays.

FIGURE 23 Add Host Discovery dialog box - Host tab

3. Enter a discovery request name (such as, Manual 06/12/2009) in the Name field.

4. Select Network Address from the list.

5. Enter the IP address (IPv4 or IPv6 formats) or hostname in the Network Address field.

6. Click Add.

The IP address or hostname of the Host displays in the text box.

7. Configure Host credentials, if necessary.

To configure host credentials, refer to “Configuring Brocade HBA credentials” on page 45 or

“Configuring virtual machine credentials” on page 46.

8. Repeat step 5 through step 7 for each Host you want to discover.

9. Click OK on the Add Host Discovery dialog box.

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If an error occurs, a message displays. Click OK to close the error message and fix the
problem.

A Host Group displays in Discovered Addresses table with pending status. To update the status
from pending you must close and reopen the Discover Setup dialog box.

10. Click Close on the Discover Setup dialog box.

Importing Hosts from a CSV file

To discover Hosts by importing a CSV file, complete the following steps.

1. Select Discover > Setup.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.

2. Click Add Host.

The Add Host Discovery dialog box displays.

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FIGURE 24 Add Host Discovery dialog box - Host tab

3. Click Import.

The Open dialog box displays.

4. Browse to the CSV file location.

The CSV file must meet the following requirements:

• Comma separated IP address or host names

• No commas within the values

• No escaping supported

For example, XX.XX.XXX.XXX, XX.XX.X.XXX, computername.company.com

5. Click Open.

The CSV file is imported to the Add Host dialog box. During import, duplicate values are
automatically dropped. When import is complete, the imported values display in the Host list
text box. If the file cannot be imported, an error displays.

6. Verify the imported values in the Host List text box.

7. Configure Host credentials, if necessary.

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To configure host credentials, refer to “Configuring Brocade HBA credentials” on page 45 or

“Configuring virtual machine credentials” on page 46.

8. Click OK on the Add Host Discovery dialog box.

If an error occurs, a message displays. Click OK to close the error message and fix the problem.

A Host Group displays in Discovered Addresses table with pending status. To update the status
from pending you must close and reopen the Discover Setup dialog box.

9. Click Close on the Discover Setup dialog box.

Importing Hosts from a Fabric

To discover a Host from a discovered fabric, complete the following steps.

1. Select Discover > Setup.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.

2. Click Add Host.

The Add Host Discovery dialog box displays.

FIGURE 25 Add Host Discovery dialog box - Host tab

3. Enter a discovery request name (such as, MyFabric) in the Name field.

4. Select Hosts in Fabric from the list.

5. Select All fabrics or an individual fabric from the list.

6. Click Add.

All hosts which are part of a managed fabric and have a registered host name display in the
text box. If no host with a registered host name exists, an error message displays. Click OK to
close the error message.

7. Configure Host credentials, if necessary.

To configure host credentials, refer to “Configuring Brocade HBA credentials” on page 45 or

“Configuring virtual machine credentials” on page 46.

8. Click OK on the Add Host Discovery dialog box.

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If an error occurs, a message displays. Click OK to close the error message and fix the problem.

A Host Group displays in Discovered Addresses table with pending status. To update the status
from pending you must close and reopen the Discover Setup dialog box.

9. Click Close on the Discover Setup dialog box.

Configuring Brocade HBA credentials

To configure credentials for a Brocade HBA, complete the following steps.

1. Select Discover > Setup.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.

2. Click Add Host.

The Add Host Discovery dialog box displays.

3. Discover a host.

To discover a host, refer to “Discovering Hosts by IP address or hostname” on page 42,

“Importing Hosts from a CSV file” on page 43, or “Importing Hosts from a Fabric” on page 44.

4. Click the Host Credentials tab.

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FIGURE 26 Add Host Discovery dialog box - Host Credentials tab

5. Select the Discover Brocade HBAs in the hosts check box, if necessary.

6. Enter the HCM Agent port number in the Brocade HBAs - Port field if necessary.

7. Enter your username and password in the appropriate fields.

8. Click OK on the Add Host Discovery dialog box.

If an error occurs, a message displays. Click OK to close the error message and fix the problem.

A Host Group displays in Discovered Addresses table with pending status. To update the status
from pending you must close and reopen the Discover Setup dialog box.

9. Click Close on the Discover Setup dialog box.

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Configuring virtual machine credentials

To configure credentials for a virtual machine, complete the following steps.

1. Select Discover > Setup.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.

2. Click Add Host.

The Add Host Discovery dialog box displays.

3. Discover a host.

To discover a host, refer to “Discovering Hosts by IP address or hostname” on page 42,

“Importing Hosts from a CSV file” on page 43, or “Importing Hosts from a Fabric” on page 44.

4. Click the Host Credentials tab.

FIGURE 27 Add Host Discovery dialog box - Host Credentials tab

5. Select the Discover Brocade HBAs in the hosts check box, if necessary.

6. Enter the HCM Agent port number in the Brocade HBAs - Port field if necessary.

7. Enter your username and password in the appropriate fields.

8. Select the Discover virtual machine information in the hosts check box.

9. Enter the virtual machine port number in the Brocade HBAs - Port field if necessary.

10. Enter your username and password in the appropriate fields.

11. Click OK on the Add Host Discovery dialog box.

If an error occurs, a message displays. Click OK to close the error message and fix the problem.

A Host Group displays in Discovered Addresses table with pending status. To update the status
from pending you must close and reopen the Discover Setup dialog box.

12. Click Close on the Discover Setup dialog box.

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Editing Host credentials

To edit Host credentials, complete the following steps.

1. Select Discover > Setup.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.

2. Select the Host and click Edit.

The Edit Host Discovery dialog box displays.

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FIGURE 28 Edit Host Discovery dialog box

3. To edit Brocade HBA credentials, select the Discover Brocade HBAs in the hosts check box, if
necessary, and complete the following steps.

a. Enter the HCM Agent port number in the Brocade HBAs - Port field if necessary.

b. Enter your username and password in the appropriate fields.

4. To edit virtual machine credentials, select the Discover virtual machine information in the
hosts check box, if necessary, and complete the following steps.

a. Enter the virtual machine port number in the Brocade HBAs - Port field if necessary.

b. Enter your username and password in the appropriate fields.

5. Click OK on the Edit Host Discovery dialog box.

If an error occurs, a message displays. Click OK to close the error message and fix the problem.

6. Click Close on the Discover Setup dialog box.

Removing a Host from Discovery

To remove a Host from discovery, complete the following steps.

1. Select Discover > Setup.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.

2. Select the Host you want to remove from discovery.

3. Click Delete.

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4. Click OK on the confirmation message.

The deleted host displays in the Previously Discovered Addresses table.

5. Click Close on the Discover Setup dialog box.

Viewing the discovery state

The Management application enables you to view device status through the Discover Setup dialog
box.

To view the discovery status of a device, complete the following steps.

1. Select Discover > Setup.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.

2. Right-click a fabric and select Expand All to show all devices in the fabric.

The Name field displays the discovery status icons in front of the device name. The following
table illustrates and describes the icons that indicate the current status of the discovered
devices.

TABLE 3 Discovery Status Icons

Icon Description

Displays when the fabric or host is managed and the management status is okay.

Displays when the fabric is managed and the switch management status is not okay.

Displays when the fabric or host is not managed.

The Discovery Status field details the actual status message text, which varies depending on
the situation. The following are samples of actual status messages:

• Discovered: Seed Switch: Not registered for SNMP Traps

• Discovered: Seed Switch: Not Manageable: Not registered for SNMP Traps

• Discovered: Current seed switch is not recommended. Change Seed Switch. : Seed Switch:

Not registered for SNMP Traps

• New Discovery Pending

• Created host structure differs from discovered host; Discovery ignored

• Brocade HBA Discovery Failed: HCM Agent connection failed

• HCM Agent collection failed

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Troubleshooting discovery

If you encounter discovery problems, complete the following checklist to ensure that discovery was
set up correctly.

1. Verify IP connectivity by issuing a ping command to the switch.

a. Open the command prompt.

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b. From the Server, type

2. Enter the IP address of the device in a browser to verify the SNMP settings.

For example, http://10.1.1.11.

ping Switch_IP_Address.

M-EOSn discovery troubleshooting

The following section states a possible issue and the recommended solution for M-EOSn discovery
errors.

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Problem Resolution

M-EOS seed switch discovery is not supported
using SNMPv3 on the following devices:

• 32-Port, 2 Gbps Switch

• 16-Port, 4 Gbps Fabric Switch

• 24-Port Fabric Switch

• 32-Port, 4 Gbps Switch

• 140-Port Director

If a fabric is formed with a M-EOSn 256-Port
Director in dual IP address mode and then dual
mode is disabled, the Management application
cannot discover the 256-Port Director.

Discover the device using SNMP v1.
To configure SNMP v3 and manage the device, complete the following steps.
1Select Discover > Setup.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.
2 Select an IP address from the Available Addresses table.
3Click Edit.

The Address Properties dialog box displays.
4Click the SNMP tab.
5 Select the v3 from the SNMP Version list.
6 If you are configuring a 256-Port director, select the Configure for

256-Port_Director_Name check box.

• If you selected Configure for 256-Port_Director_Name, go to step 10.

• If you did not select Configure for 256-Port_Director_Name, continue with step

7.
7 Enter a user name in the User Name field.
8 Enter a context name In the Context Name field.
9 Select the authorization protocol in the Auth Protocol field.
10 Enter the authorization password in the Auth Password field.

• If you selected Configure for 256-Port_Director_Name, go to step 13.

• If you did not select Configure for 256-Port_Director_Name, continue with step

11.
11 Select the privacy protocol in the Priv Protocol field.
12 Enter the privacy password in the Priv Password field.
13 Click OK on the Address Properties dialog box.

If the seed switch is not partitioned, continue with step 14.
If the seed switch is partitioned, the Undiscovered Seed Switches dialog box
displays.
a. Select the Select check box for each undiscovered seed switch to discover their
fabrics.
b. Click OK on the Undiscovered Seed Switches dialog box.

14 Click OK on the Discover Setup dialog box.

Rediscover the fabric.

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Virtual Fabric discovery troubleshooting

The following section state possible issues and the recommended solutions for Virtual Fabric
discovery errors.

TABLE 5

Problem Resolution

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At the time of discovery, the seed switch is Virtual Fabric-enabled; however, the user does not have
Chassis Admin role for the seed switch.
At the time of discovery, the user does not have the Chassis Admin role for all other switches in the
fabric.

After discovery, a device is upgraded to Fabric OS 6.2 or later and is Virtual Fabric-enabled;
however, the user does not have Chassis Admin role.

At the time of discovery, the seed switch is Virtual Fabric-enabled; however, the user does not have
access to all possible logical switches (access to all possible Fabric IDs 1 - 128).

At the time of discovery, the user does not have access to all possible logical switches for all other
devices in the fabric.
After discovery, a device is upgraded to Fabric OS 6.2 or later and is Virtual Fabric-enabled;
however, the user does not have access to all possible logical switches.

At the time of discovery, SNMP v3 is not configured.
At the time of discovery, SNMP v3 is not configured for all other switches in the fabric.
After discovery, a device is upgraded to Fabric OS 6.2 or later and is Virtual Fabric-enabled;

however, SNMP v3 is not configured

At the time of discovery or fabric refresh, the SNMP v3 user account does not have the Chassis
Admin role.

At the time of discovery or refresh, the SNMP v3 user account does not have access to all possible
logical switches (access to all possible Fabric IDs 1 - 128).
This access is required to obtain performance statistics from all logical switches.

At the time of discovery or fabric refresh, the SNMP v3 user account does not have a matching
Fabric OS switch user account.
This is required to obtain performance statistics from all logical switches.

At the time of fabric refresh, the physical chassis is reachable; however, a previously discovered
logical switch is not reachable.

Make sure the user account has
Chassis Admin role on the Fabric OS
device.

Make sure the user account has
access rights to all logical switches
(access to all possible Fabric IDs 1 -

128) on the Fabric OS device.

Configure the SNMP v3 information
for the Virtual Fabric-enabled device.

Make sure the SNMP v3 user account
has the Chassis Admin role on the
Fabric OS device.

Make sure the SNMP v3 user account
has access rights to all logical
switches (access to all possible Fabric
IDs 1 - 128) on the Fabric OS device.

Make sure the SNMP v3 user account
is also defined as a Fabric OS switch
user.

The logical switch has been deleted
or the Fabric ID was changed.

To find a logical switch, right-click the
physical chassis within the Chassis
Group in the Product List and select
Logical Switches.

All logical switches on the selected
physical chassis display in a list.

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Fabric monitoring

Monitoring is not supported on Hosts. The upper limit to the number of HBA and CNA ports that can
be monitored at the same time is 32. The same upper limit applies if switch ports and HBA ports are
combined. You can select switch ports and adapter ports from a maximum of ten devices.

Fabric monitoring enables discovery of and data collection for the specified fabric and all
associated devices. The Management application enables you to view fabric monitoring status
through the Discover Setup dialog box. The following table illustrates and describes the icons that
indicate the current status of the discovered fabrics.

TABLE 6 Monitor Icons

Icon Description

Displays when the fabric is managed and the switch management status is okay.

Displays when the fabric is managed and the switch management status is not okay.

Displays when the fabric is not managed.

Table 6 details the default and minimum monitoring intervals used to query the monitored
switches:

TABLE 7 Monitor Intervals

SAN Size Default Minimum

Small 120 seconds (2 minutes) 60 seconds (1 minute)

Medium 900 seconds (15 minutes) 120 seconds (2 minutes)

Large 1800 seconds (30 minutes) 180 seconds (3 minutes)

To change the monitoring interval, refer to “Configuring asset polling” on page 98.

Monitoring discovered fabrics

Monitoring is not supported on Hosts.

To monitor a fabric and all associated devices, complete the following steps.

1. Select Discovery > Setup.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.

2. Select the fabric you want to monitor from the Discovered Addresses table.

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3. Click Monitor.

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ATTENTION

The monitor function fails if the fabric has user-defined Admin Domains created or if the fabric
is merged with another fabric already in the monitored state.

4. Click OK.

Stop monitoring of a discovered fabric

Monitoring is not supported on Hosts.

When you stop monitoring of a fabric, you stop discovery of and data collection for the specified
fabric and all associated devices.

To stop monitoring a fabric and all associated devices, complete the following steps.

1. Select Discovery > Setup.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.

2. Select the fabric you want to stop monitoring from the Discovered Addresses table.

3. Click Unmonitor.

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Seed switch

4. Click OK.

The seed switch must be running a supported Fabric OS or M-EOS version and must be
HTTP-reachable.

Sometimes, the seed switch is auto-selected, such as when a fabric segments or when two fabrics
merge. Other times, you are prompted (an event is triggered) to change the seed switch, such as in
the following cases:

• If, during fabric discovery, the Management application detects that the seed switch is not

running a supported version, you are prompted to change the seed switch.

• When one or more switches join the fabric or if the switch firmware is changed on any of the

switches in the fabric, the Management application checks to make sure that the seed switch
is still running a supported version. If it is not, then you are prompted to either upgrade the
firmware on the seed switch or to change the seed switch to a switch running a supported
firmware.

If a fabric of switches running only Fabric OS 5.X or later is created due to segmentation, the
Management application continues to monitor that fabric, but if any switch with a later Fabric OS
version joins the fabric, an event is triggered informing you that the seed switch is not running the
latest firmware and you should change to the seed switch running the highest firmware.

If a seed switch is segmented or merged, historical data such as offline zone DB, profile and reports,
and Firmware Download Profile can be lost. Segmentation of a seed switch does not result in
formation of a new fabric. If a merge occurs, the historical data is lost only from the second fabric.

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You can change the seed switch as long as the following conditions are met:

• The new seed switch is HTTP-reachable from the Management application.

• The new seed switch is a primary FCS.

• The new seed switch is running the latest Fabric OS or M-EOS version in the fabric.

This operation preserves historical and configuration data, such as performance monitoring and
user-customized data for the selected fabric.

If the seed switch firmware is downgraded from Fabric OS 5.2.X to an earlier version, then all
RBAC-related data is discarded from the Management application.

If, during the seed switch change, the fabric is deleted, but the rediscovery operation fails (for
example, if the new seed switch becomes unreachable using HTTP), then you must rediscover the
fabric again. If you rediscover the fabric using a switch that was present in the fabric before the
change seed switch operation was performed, then all of the historical and configuration data is
restored to the rediscovered fabric. If you rediscover the fabric using a switch that was added to
the fabric after the fabric was deleted, then the historical and configuration data is lost.

If multiple users try to change the seed switch of the same fabric simultaneously, only the first
change seed switch request is executed; subsequent requests that are initiated before the first
request completes will fail.

If another user changes the seed switch of a fabric you are monitoring, and if you have provided
login credentials for only that seed switch in the fabric, then you lose connection to the seed
switch.

Seed switch requirements

Depending on your environment, you must meet the following hardware and firmware version
requirements for seed switches.

Fabric OS devices:

• For Fabric OS only fabrics, the seed switch must be running Fabric OS 5.0 or later.

• For mixed fabrics (Fabric OS and M-EOS), the seed switch must be running Fabric OS 6.0 or

later.

For a complete list of all supported Fabric OS hardware, refer to “Supported hardware and

software” on page xxvi.

M-EOS devices:

• For pure M-EOS fabrics, the seed switch must be running M-EOS 9.6.X or later.

If the firmware version is between M-EOS 9.6.X and 9.9.2, only the domain ID, WWN, and
topology are obtained for fabric members. To manage other fabric members, you must enter
specific IP addresses in the Discover Setup dialog box.

If the firmware version is M-EOS 9.9.2 or later, discovery obtains all fabric member information
for all fabric members. Fabric member information includes Domain ID, WWN, IP address (IPv4
and IPv6), Firmware Version, Model, and Vendor Name. The following M-EOS devices are both
seed switch-capable and allow fabric member information collection:

• 32-Port, 4 Gbps Switch

• 16-Port, 4 Gbps Switch

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• 140-Por t Director

• 256-Port Director

The following M-EOS devices are seed switch-capable; however, they do not obtain fabric
member information:

• 16-Port, 1 Gbps and 2 Gbps Switch

• 32-Port, 1 Gbps and 2 Gbps Switch

• 24-Port, 2 Gbps Switch

• 64-Port Director

Seed switch failover

The Management application collects fabric-wide data (such as, fabric membership, connectivity,
name server information, zoning, and so on) using the seed switch. Therefore when a seed switch
becomes unreachable or there is no valid seed switch, the fabric becomes unmanageable.

When the seed switch cannot be reached for three consecutive fabric refresh cycles, the
Management application looks for another valid seed switch in the fabric, verifies that it can be
reached, and has valid credentials. If the seed switch meets this criteria, the Management
application automatically fails over to the recommended seed switch.

Note that it is possible that auto-failover may occur to a seed switch not running the latest firmware
version. In this instance, any functionality which has a direct dependency on the firmware version
of the seed switch is affected and restricted by the failover seed switch capabilities.

Seed switch failover to a M-EOS switch is supported in a Mixed fabric with following restrictions:

• In Interop Mode 2 Fabrics, Defined Zone information is lost and the Management application

cannot push the defined zone configuration to the switch because the M-EOS device is a seed
switch.

• Dynamic updates do not occur when an end device is connected or removed from Fabric OS

switch. Updates only occur during the asset polling cycle. The asset polling cycle defaults are
baed on SAN size (Small – 2 minutes, Medium – 15 minutes, Large – 30 minutes).

• If the firmware version is M-EOS 9.9.2 or later, discovery obtains all fabric member information

for all fabric members. Fabric member information includes Domain ID, WWN, IP address (IPv4
and IPv6), Firmware Version, Model, and Vendor Name. The following M-EOS devices are both
seed switch-capable and allow fabric member information collection:

• 32-Port, 4 Gbps Switch

• 16-Port, 4 Gbps Switch

• 140-Por t Director

• 256-Port Director

The following M-EOS devices are seed switch-capable; however, they do not obtain fabric
member information:

• 16-Port, 1 Gbps and 2 Gbps Switch

• 32-Port, 1 Gbps and 2 Gbps Switch

• 24-Port, 2 Gbps Switch

• 64-Port Director

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• Updates to Fabric OS switches (such as, Virtual Fabrics, FCR, Admin Domain, Switch Name and

so on) do not occur.

• If the M-EOS switch is not seed switch capable and a switch joins the fabric, the IP address

displays as ‘0.0.0.0’. You must manually edit the IP Address from the Discover Setup dialog
box to manage the switch.

• Updates to firmware version and IP address of existing members do not occur.

• After failover to M-EOS switch occurs, if the Fabric OS switch becomes reachable again the

Management application does not failover automatically to the Fabric OS switch. The seed
switch status updates to “Current Seed switch is not recommended” in Discover Setup dialog
box. You must manually change the seed switch to the Fabric OS switch using the Change
Seed Switch dialog box. For more information, refer to “Changing the seed switch” on page 56.

Changing the seed switch

When you change the seed switch for a fabric, the Management application performs the following
checks in the order they are listed:

• Identifies all switches and removes those running unsupported firmware version.

• Identifies which of the remaining switches are running the latest firmware versions.

• Filters out those switches that are not reachable.

• Identifies which switches are Virtual Fabric-enabled switches (Fabric OS only).

If there are Virtual Fabric-enabled switches, the Management application only uses these
switches as recommended seed switches. If there are no Virtual Fabric-enabled switches,
continue with the next check.

• Identifies which switches are Virtual Fabric-capable devices (Fabric OS only).

If there are Virtual Fabric-capable switches, the Management application only uses these
switches as recommended seed switches. If there are no Virtual Fabric-capable switches, the
Management application uses the list from the second check.

To change the seed switch, complete the following steps.

1. Select Discovery > Setup.

The Discover Setup dialog box displays.

2. Select the fabric for which you want to change the seed switch from the Discovered Addresses
table.

If a device joins or merges with a fabric and fabric tracking is active, you must accept changes
to the fabric before the new devices display in the Change Seed Switch dialog box. For more
information about fabric tracking, refer to “Fabric tracking” on page 101.

3. Click Change Seed Switch.

If the fabric contains other switches that are running the latest version and are also
HTTP-reachable from the Management application, the Change Seed Switch dialog box
appears. Otherwise, a message displays that you cannot change the seed switch.

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4. Select a switch to be the new seed switch from the Change Seed Switch dialog box.

You can select only one switch. Only switches that are running the latest Fabric OS version in
the fabric are displayed. The current seed switch is not displayed in this list.

5. Click OK.

If you are not already logged in to the seed switch, the Fabric Login dialog box displays.

If you are successfully authenticated, the fabric is deleted from the Management application
without purging historical data, and the same fabric is rediscovered with the new seed switch.

6. Click OK.

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Application Configuration

In this chapter

•Data backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

•Data restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

•Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

•End node display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

•Ethernet events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

•Event storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

•Flyovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

•Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

•Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

•Software Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

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Data backup

The Management application helps you to protect your data by backing it up automatically. The
data can then be restored, as necessary.

Backing up data takes some time. It is possible that, in a disaster recovery situation, configuration
changes made after the last backup interval will be missing from the backup.

The Management application allows you to view the backup status at a glance, initiate immediate
backup, enable or disable automatic backup, reconfigure the backup directory, interval, and start
time, and retrieve backup events.

What is backed up?

The data is backed up to the following directories:

• Backup\databases — contains database and log files.

• Backup\data — contains M-EOS switches Element Manager data files (including Dump files,

Data collection progress files, Director/Switch firmware files FAF files, Switch technical
supportSave, and Switch backup files) and Fabric OS miscellaneous files.

• Backup\conf – contains the Management application configuration files.

• Backup\cimom – contains the SMIA configuration files.

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Management server backup

There are three options for backing up data to the management server:

• Configuring backup to a writable CD

• Configuring backup to a hard drive

• Configuring backup to a network drive

The Management Server is backed up to a rewritable (CD-RW) compact disk by default. Make sure
you have a CD-RW disk in the CD recorder drive to ensure that backup can occur. Critical
information from the Management application is automatically backed up to the CD-RW when the
data directory contents change or when you restart the Management application.

Note that backing up to CD is not the recommended method. The usable capacity of a CD is
approximately 700 MB and needs to be replaced when full. Also, CD media has a limited number of
re-writes before the medium is exhausted, and write errors occur. It is recommended that you
configure the backup system to target a hard drive or a network drive as described in the
procedures below.

Back up directory structure overview

The Management server backs up data to two alternate folders. For example, if the backup
directory location is D:\Backup, the backup service alternates between two backup directories,
D:\Backup and D:\BackupAlt. The current backup is always D:\Backup and contains a complete
backup of the system. The older backup is always D:\BackupAlt.

If a backup cycle fails, the cause is usually a full CD-RW. When the backup cycle fails, there may
only be one directory, D:\Backup. There may also be a D:\BackupTemp directory. Ignore this
directory because it may be incomplete.

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Configuring backup to a writable CD

This is not recommended on a permanent basis. CDs have a limited life, and may only last a month.
An error message occurs if your Management application can no longer back up to the disc.

To configure the backup function to a writable CD, complete the following steps.

1. Select Server > Options.

The Options dialog box displays (Figure 29).

FIGURE 29 Options dialog box (Backup option)

2. Select Backup in the Category list.

The currently defined directory displays in the Backup Output Directory field.

3. Select the Enable Backup check box, if necessary.

4. Choose one or more of the following options:

• Select the Include FTP Root Directory check box.

If you select the FTP Root directory, the FTP Root sub-directories, Technical Support and
Trace Dump, are selected automatically and you cannot clear the sub-directory selections.
If you do not select the FTP Root directory, the sub-directories can be selected individually.

• Select the Include Technical Support Directory check box, if necessary.

• Select the Include Upload Failure Data Capture Directory check box, if necessary.

5. Enter the time (using a 24-hour clock) you want the backup process to begin in the Next
Backup Start Time Hours and Minutes fields.

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6. Select an interval from the Backup Interval drop-down list to set how often backup occurs.

7. Verify that the CD backup directory is correct (default directory is D:\Backup).

It is assumed that drive D is a CD-RW drive.

You can change the directory or use the Browse button to select another directory.

8. Install the formatted disc into the CD drive.

To back up to a writable CD, you must have CD-writing software installed. The disc must be
formatted by the CD-writing software so that it behaves like a drive.

9. Click Apply or OK.

The application verifies that the backup device exists and that the server can write to it. If the
device does not exist or is not writable, an error message displays that says you have entered
an invalid device. Click OK to go back to the Options dialog box and fix the error.

Backup occurs, if needed, at the interval you specified.

Configuring backup to a hard drive

This requires a hard drive. The drive should not be the same physical drive on which your Operating
System or the Management application is installed.

To configure the backup function to a hard drive, complete the following steps.

1. Select Server > Options.

The Options dialog box displays.

2. Select Backup in the Category list.

The currently defined directory displays in the Backup Output Directory field.

3. Select the Enable Backup check box, if necessary.

4. Choose one or more of the following options:

• Select the Include FTP Root Directory check box.

If you select the FTP Root directory, the FTP Root sub-directories, Technical Support and
Trace Dump, are selected automatically and you cannot clear the sub-directory selections.
If you do not select the FTP Root directory, the sub-directories can be selected individually.

• Select the Include Technical Support Directory check box, if necessary.

• Select the Include Upload Failure Data Capture Directory check box, if necessary.

5. Enter the time (using a 24-hour clock) you want the backup process to begin in the Next
Backup Start Time Hours and Minutes fields.

6. Select an interval from the Backup Interval drop-down list to set how often backup occurs.

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7. Browse to the hard drive and directory to which you want to back up your data.

8. Click Apply or OK.

The application verifies that the backup device exists and that the server can write to it.

If the device does not exist or is not writable, an error message displays that states you have
entered an invalid device. Click OK to go back to the Options dialog box and fix the error.

Backup occurs, if needed, at the interval you specified.

Configuring backup to a network drive

To back up to a network drive, your workstation can be either in the same domain or in the same
workgroup. However, you must have rights to copy files for the network drive.

The Management application should not directly access local or network resources through mapped
drive letters. When the Management application must access a remote resource (or any process
that is running in a different security context), you should use the Universal Naming Convention
(UNC) name to access the resource. For more information about services and redirected drives, refer
to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/180362/en-us.

Configuring backup to a network drive is not supported on UNIX systems.

It is recommended that this configuration be completed on the Local client (the client application
running on the Server) so that the backup path and location can be confirmed.

To configure the backup function to a network drive, complete the following steps.

1. Select Server > Options.

The Options dialog box displays.

2. Select Backup in the Category list.

The currently defined directory displays in the Backup Output Directory field.

3. Select the Enable Backup check box, if necessary.

4. Choose one or more of the following options:

• Select the Include FTP Root Directory check box.

If you select the FTP Root directory, the FTP Root sub-directories, Technical Support and
Trace Dump, are selected automatically and you cannot clear the sub-directory selections.
If you do not select the FTP Root directory, the sub-directories can be selected individually.

• Select the Include Technical Support Directory check box, if necessary.

• Select the Include Upload Failure Data Capture Directory check box, if necessary.

5. Enter the time (using a 24-hour clock) you want the backup process to begin in the Next
Backup Start Time Hours and Minutes fields.

6. Select an interval from the Backup Interval drop-down list to set how often backup occurs.

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7. C l ic k Browse to choose the network share and directory to which you want to back up your
data, or enter the network share and directory path.

You must specify the directory in a network share format (for example,
\\network-name\share-name\directory). Do not use the drive letter format (C:\directory).

8. If you want to configure backup to a network drive on a Windows system, complete the
following steps.

a. Enter the name of the Windows domain or workgroup in which you are defined in the

Domain Workgroup field.

You must be authorized to write to the network device.

b. Enter your Windows login name in the User Name field.

c. Enter your Windows password in the Password field.

9. Click Apply or OK.

The application verifies that the device is accessible and that the server can write to it.

If the device does not exist or you are not authorized to write to the network drive, an error
message displays that states you have entered an invalid device path or invalid network
credentials. Click OK to go back to the Options dialog box and fix the error.

Backup occurs, if needed, at the interval you specified.

Enabling backup

Backup is enabled by default. However, if it has been disabled, complete the following steps to
enable the function.

1. Select Server > Options.

The Options dialog box displays.

2. Select Backup in the Category list.

3. Select the Enable Backup check box.

4. Click Apply or OK.

Disabling backup

Backup is enabled by default. If you want to stop the backup process, you need to disable backup.
To disable the backup function, complete the following steps.

1. Select Server > Options.

The Options dialog box displays.

2. Select Backup in the Category list.

3. Clear the Enable Backup check box.

4. Click Apply or OK.

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Viewing the backup status

The Management application enables you to view the backup status at a glance by providing a
backup status icon on the Status Bar. The following table illustrates and describes the icons that
indicate the current status of the backup function.

Icon Description

Backup in Progress—displays the following tooltip: “Backup started at hh:mm:ss, in progress...
XX directories are backed up.”

Countdown to Next Scheduled Backup—displays the following tooltip: “Next backup scheduled
at hh:mm:ss.”

Backup Disabled—displays the following tooltip: “Backup is disabled.”

Backup Failed—displays the following tooltip: “Backup failed at hh:mm:ss mm/dd/yyyy.”

Changing the backup interval

When the backup feature is enabled, your SAN is protected by automatic backups. The backups
occur every 24 hours by default. However, you can change the interval at which backup occurs.

Do NOT modify the backup.properties file.

To change the backup interval, complete the following steps.

1. Select Server > Options.

The Options dialog box displays.

2. Select Backup in the Category list.

3. Select an interval from the Backup Interval drop-down list to set how often backup occurs.

4. Click Apply or OK.

The minimum value is 6 hours and the maximum value is 24 hours.

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Starting immediate backup

You must have backup privileges to use the Backup Now function.

To start the backup process immediately, complete one of the following procedures:

Using the Backup Icon, right-click the Backup icon and select Backup Now.

OR

1. Select Server > Options.

The Options dialog box displays.

2. Select Backup in the Category list.

3. Click Backup Now.

The backup process begins immediately. There is no confirmation message.

4. Click Apply or OK.

Reviewing backup events

The Master Log, which displays in the lower left area of the main window, lists the events that occur
on the Fabric.

If you do not see the Master Log, select View > All Panels.

The following backup events appear in the Master Log:

• Backup started

• Backup error

• Backup Enabled

• Backup Disabled

• Backup Now

• Backup destination change

• Backup interval change

• Backup start time change

• Domain workgroup change

• User name change

• User password change

• Number of files backed up on completion

• Network share access problem when backup starts or during backup (not when the backup

configuration is changed)

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