Brocade Communications Systems SN3000B, Web Tools Administrator's Manual

53-1002152-01

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29 April 2011

Web Tools

Administrator’s Guide

Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.0

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Document History

Document Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Publication Date

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

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

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

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

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

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

Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v4.0.2

Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v3.1.0

Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v4.1.0

Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v4.1.2

Advanced Web Tools
Administrator’s Guide, v4.2.0

Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide

Advanced Web Tools
Administrator’s Guide

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-0000522-08 Updates to support new switch types

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

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

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

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

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

53-0000185-02 N/A March 2002

53-0000185-03 N/A September 2002

53-0000503-02 N/A April 2003

53-0000522-02 N/A April 2003

53-0000522-04 Insistent Domain ID Mode.

Port Swapping information. Minor
editorial changes.

53-0000522-05 Updates to support new switch types:

Brocade 3250, 3850, 24000.
Structural changes, support changes,
installation changes.

53-0000522-06 Clarifications on software and hardware

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

53-0000522-07 Updates to support new switch types

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

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

about refresh and polling rates.

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

how to configure tunnels.

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

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

October 2003

December 2003

March 2004

September 2004

April 2005

July 2005

January 2006

April 2006

September 2006

June 2007

Document Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Publication Date

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Encryption Switch and FS8-18
Encryption Blade.

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

Fabrics, IPsec, and consistency with
Brocade Network Advisor.

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

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

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1001772-01 Updates to add suppor t for Brocade

Fabric OS 6.4.0.

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

Fabric OS 7.0.0.

October 2007

March 2008

July 2008

August 2008

November 2008

July 2009

March 2010

April 2011

Contents

About This Document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

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

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

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

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

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

Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv

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

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

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxv

Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

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

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

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

Chapter 1 Introducing Web Tools

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Java installation on the workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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

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

Installing the Java plug-in on Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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

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

Configuring the Java plug-in for Mozilla family browsers . . . . . . 9

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

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

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

Logging out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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

Session management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

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

Web Tools system logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Requirements for IPv6 support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Chapter 2 Using the Web Tools Interface

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

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

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

Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Fabric Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Changing the Admin Domain context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Switch View buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Switch View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Switch Events and Switch Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Free Professional Management tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Displaying tool tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Right-click options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Refresh rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Displaying switches in the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Working with Web Tools: recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Opening a Telnet or SSH client window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Collecting logs for troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Chapter 3 Managing Fabrics and Switches

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Fabric and switch management overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Opening the Switch Administration window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Configuring IP and subnet mask information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Configuring Netstat Auto Refresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Configuring a syslog IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Removing a syslog IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Configuring IP Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Blade management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Enabling or disabling a blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Setting a slot-level IP address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Viewing IP addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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Switch configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Enabling and disabling a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Changing the switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Changing the switch domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Viewing and printing a switch report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Switch restart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Performing a fast boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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

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

WWN-based Persistent PID assignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Configuring fabric settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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

Configuring virtual channel settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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

Configuring system services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

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

Licensed feature management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Activating a license on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

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

Removing a license from a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

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

High Availability overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Admin Domain considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Launching the High Availability window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Synchronizing services on the CP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Initiating a CP failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Event monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

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

Filtering Switch Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Filtering events by event severity levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Filtering events by message ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Filtering events by service component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Displaying the Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Printing the Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Displaying Name Server information for a particular device . .52

Displaying zone members for a particular device . . . . . . . . . . .52

Physically locating a switch using beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Locating logical switches using chassis beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Virtual Fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Selecting a logical switch from the Switch View . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Viewing logical ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Chapter 4 Maintaining Configurations and Firmware

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Creating a configuration backup file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Restoring a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

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Admin Domain configuration maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Uploading and downloading from USB storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Performing a firmware download. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Chapter 5 Managing Administrative Domains

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Administrative Domain overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Requirements for Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

User-defined Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

System-defined Admin Domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Admin Domain membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Enabling Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Admin Domain window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Opening the Admin Domain window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Refreshing fabric information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Refreshing Admin Domain information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Saving local Admin Domain changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Closing the Admin Domain window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Creating and populating domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Creating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Adding ports or switches to the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Activating or deactivating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Modifying Admin Domain members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Renaming Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Deleting Admin Domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Clearing the Admin Domain configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Chapter 6 Managing Ports

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Port management overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Opening the Port Administration window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Port Administration window components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

Controllable ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Configuring FC ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Allowed port types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Long distance mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Ingress rate limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Assigning a name to a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Port beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Enabling and disabling a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Considerations for enabling or disabling a port?. . . . . . . . . . . .84

Persistent enabling and disabling ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Configuring NPIV ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

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Port activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Enabling Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Diagnostic ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Reserving and releasing licenses on a port basis . . . . . . . . . . .89

Port swapping index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Port swapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Determining if a port index was swapped

with another switch port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Configuring BB credits on an F_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Configuring ALPA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Configuring Port Octet Speed Combination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Configuring CSCTL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Inband Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Chapter 7 Enabling ISL Trunking

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

ISL Trunking overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Disabling or enabling ISL Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Admin Domain considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Viewing trunk group information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

F_Port trunk groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Creating and maintaining F_Port trunk groups . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Chapter 8 Monitoring Performance

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Performance Monitor overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Basic monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Advanced monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Performance graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Admin Domain considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Predefined performance graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

User-defined graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Canvas configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Opening the Performance Monitoring window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Creating basic performance monitor graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Customizing basic monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Advanced performance monitoring graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Creating SID-DID Performance graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Creating the SCSI vs. IP Traffic graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Creating SCSI command graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Tunnel and TCP performance monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Tunnel and TCP graph chart properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

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Saving graphs to a canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Adding graphs to an existing canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Printing graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Modifying graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Chapter 9 Administering Zoning

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Zoning overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Basic zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Traffic Isolation zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

LSAN zone requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

QoS zone requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Zoning configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Opening the Zone Admin window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Setting the default zoning mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Zoning management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Refreshing fabric information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Refreshing Zone Admin window information . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Saving local zoning changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Selecting a zoning view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Creating and populating zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Adding and removing members of a zone alias. . . . . . . . . . . .124

Renaming zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Deleting zone aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Creating and populating zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Adding and removing members of a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Renaming zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Cloning zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Deleting zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Creating and populating enhanced traffic isolation zones . . .128

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Zone configuration and zoning database management . . . . . . . .128

Creating zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Adding or removing zone configuration members. . . . . . . . . .130

Renaming zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Cloning zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Deleting zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Enabling zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Disabling zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Displaying enabled zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Viewing the enabled zone configuration name without

opening the Zone Admin window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Viewing detailed information about the enabled

zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Adding a WWN to multiple aliases and zones . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Removing a WWN from multiple aliases and zones . . . . . . . .134

Replacing a WWN in multiple aliases and zones. . . . . . . . . . .134

Searching for zone members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Clearing the zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Zone configuration analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Best practices for zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Chapter 10 Working with Diagnostic Features

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Trace dumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

How a trace dump is used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Setting up automatic trace dump transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Specifying a remote server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Enabling automatic transfer of trace dumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Disabling automatic trace uploads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Displaying switch information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Viewing detailed fan hardware status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Viewing the temperature status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Viewing the power supply status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Checking the physical health of a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Chapter 11 Using the FC-FC Routing Service

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Defining Switch Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Port LED interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Port icon colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Fibre Channel Routing overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Supported switches for Fibre Channel Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Setting up FC-FC routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

FC-FC routing management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Opening the FC Routing module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Viewing and managing LSAN fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Viewing EX_Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Configuring an EX_Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Editing the configuration of an EX_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Configuring FCR router port cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Viewing LSAN zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Viewing LSAN devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Configuring the backbone fabric ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Chapter 12 Using the Access Gateway

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

Access Gateway overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Viewing Switch Explorer for Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Restricted access in the Port Administration window . . . . . . .155

Enabling Access Gateway mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Disabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Viewing the Access Gateway settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Creating port groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Editing or viewing port groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Deleting port groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Defining custom primary F-N port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Defining custom static F-N port mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Defining custom WWN-N port mappings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Access Gateway policy modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Path Failover and Failback policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Modifying Path Failover and Failback policies . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Enabling the Automatic Port Configuration policy . . . . . . . . . .161

Chapter 13 Administering Fabric Watch

Chapter 14 Administering Extended Fabrics

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Access Gateway limitations on the Brocade 8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

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

Fabric Watch overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Extended link buffer allocation overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Configuring a port for long distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

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Routing overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Viewing fabric shortest path first routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Configuring dynamic load sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Lossless dynamic load sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

Specifying frame order delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Configuring the link cost for a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Chapter 16 Configuring Standard Security Features

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

User-defined accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Virtual Fabrics considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Admin Domain considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Viewing user account information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Creating user-defined accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Deleting user-defined accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Changing user account parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Maintaining passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

User-defined roles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Guidelines and restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Creating a user-defined role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Editing a user-defined role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Access control list policy configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Virtual Fabrics considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Admin Domain considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Creating an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Editing an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Deleting all SCC, DCC, or FCS policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Activating all SCC, DCC, or FCS policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Distributing an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Moving an FCS policy switch position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Configuring Advanced Device Security policy . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Fabric-Wide Consistency Policy configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Authentication policy configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Configuring authentication policies for E_Ports. . . . . . . . . . . .191

Configuring authentication policies for F_Ports. . . . . . . . . . . .192

Distributing authentication policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Re-authenticating policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Setting a shared secret key pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Modifying a shared secret key pair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Setting the Switch Policy Authentication mode . . . . . . . . . . . .193

SNMP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Setting SNMP trap levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Changing the systemGroup configuration parameters . . . . . .194

Setting SNMPv1 configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Setting SNMPv3 configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Changing the access control configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

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RADIUS management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Enabling and disabling RADIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Configuring RADIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Modifying the RADIUS server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Modifying the RADIUS server order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Removing a RADIUS server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Active Directory service management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Enabling Active Directory service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Modifying Active Directory service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Removing Active Directory service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

IPsec concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Transport mode and tunnel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

IPsec header options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Basic IPsec configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Internet Key Exchange concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

IPsec over FCIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

FCIP Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Accessing the IPsec Policies dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Establishing an IKE policy for an FCIP tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Establishing an IPsec policy for an FCIP tunnel. . . . . . . . . . . .207

IPsec over management ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Enabling the Ethernet IPsec policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Establishing an IKE policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Creating a security association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Creating an SA proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Adding an IPsec transform policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Adding an IPsec selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Manually creating an SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Editing an IKE or IPsec policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Deleting an IKE or IPsec policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Establishing authentication policies for HBAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Chapter 17 Administering FICON CUP Fabrics

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

FICON CUP fabrics overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Enabling port-based routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Enabling or disabling FICON Management Server mode . . . . . . . . 217

FMS parameter configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

Configuring FMS mode parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Displaying code page information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Viewing the control device state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

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Allow / Prohibit Matrix configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Viewing Allow / Prohibit Matrix configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Modifying Allow / Prohibit Matrix configurations . . . . . . . . . . .221

Activating an Allow / Prohibit Matrix configuration . . . . . . . . .223

Copying an Allow / Prohibit Matrix configuration. . . . . . . . . . .223

Deleting an Allow / Prohibit Matrix configuration . . . . . . . . . .224

CUP logical path configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Viewing CUP logical path configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Configuring CUP logical paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Link Incident Registered Recipient configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Viewing Link Incident Registered Recipient configurations . .225

Configuring LIRRs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Displaying Request Node Identification Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Chapter 18 Configuring FCoE with Web Tools

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

Web Tools and FCoE overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Web Tools, the EGM license, and Brocade Network Advisor . . . . .228

Port information that is unique to FCoE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Switch administration and FCoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

FC0E configuration tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

Quality of Service configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230

Editing the DCB map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230

Adding a traffic class map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

LLDP-DCBX configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

Configuring global LLDP characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Adding an LLDP profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Configuring DCB interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

Configuring a link aggregation group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

Configuring VLANs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236

Configuring FCoE login groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

Displaying FCoE port information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238

Displaying LAG information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Displaying VLAN information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Displaying FCoE login groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Displaying QoS information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Displaying LLDP-DCBX information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240

Displaying DCB interface statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240

Configuring a DCB interface from the Switch View. . . . . . . . . . . . .240

Configuring a DCB interface from the Port Admin panel . . . . . . . . 241

Enabling and disabling a LAG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

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Enabling and disabling LLDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Enabling and disabling QoS priority-based flow control . . . . . . . . .242

Enabling and disabling FCoE ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

Chapter 19 Limitations

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

General Web Tools limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

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Figures

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

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

Figure 3 Web Tools interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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

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

Figure 6 USB port storage management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Figure 7 Right-click menu for ports (from Switch Explorer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Figure 8 Switch Administration window, Switch tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Figure 9 Blade tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Figure 10 High Availability window, CP tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Figure 11 Information dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Figure 12 Fabric ID selector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Figure 13 Port swapped label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Figure 14 Port swapping index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Figure 15 ALPA Map selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Figure 16 ALPA Map dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Figure 17 FC Explorer dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Figure 18 Port Octet Speed Combination dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Figure 19 Trunking tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Figure 20 Accessing performance graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Figure 21 Canvas of six performance monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Figure 22 Select Ports for customizing the Switch Throughput Utilization graph . . . . . . 110

Figure 23 Zone Admin window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Figure 24 Sample zoning database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Figure 25 Temperature Sensor States window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Figure 26 Fan States window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Figure 27 Power States window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Figure 28 Switch Report window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Figure 29 Switch Status Policy dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Figure 30 Switch Explorer view for Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Figure 31 Access Gateway Auto Rebalancing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Figure 32 Extended Fabric tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Figure 33 Routing tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Figure 34 User tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Figure 35 Add User Account dialog box (VF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Figure 36 Add User Account dialog box (AD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

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Figure 37 Switch Admin:Add User Defined Role dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Figure 38 Switch Admin:Add User Defined Role dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Figure 39 Transport mode and tunnel mode comparison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Figure 40 AH header in transport mode and tunnel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Figure 41 ESP header in transport mode and tunnel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Figure 42 Edit Allow / Prohibit Matrix dialog box swapped label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Figure 43 Allow / Prohibit Matrix Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Figure 44 Switch RNID information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Figure 45 Switch Administration DCB subtabs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Figure 46 FCoE Ports tab, Port Administration panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

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Tables

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

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

Tab le 3 Certified and tested platforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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

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

Tab le 6 Polling rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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

Tab le 8 Event severity levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Tab le 9 Ports enabled with POD licenses and DPOD feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Tab le 10 Port octet speed combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Tab le 11 Basic performance graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Tab le 12 Advanced performance monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Tab le 13 Supported port types for Brocade switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Tab le 14 QoS zone name prefixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Tab le 15 Long-distance settings and license requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Tab le 16 User role and permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Table 17 Relevant RFCs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Tab le 18 Encryption algorithm options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Tab le 19 Hash algorithm options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Tab le 20 FMS mode parameter descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Tab le 21 Web Tools limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

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About This Document

In this chapter

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

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

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

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

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

•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

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

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

How this document is organized

This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible.

The document contains the following components:

• Chapter 1, “Introducing Web Tools” provides some basic information about the Web Tools

interface, including system requirements and installation instructions.

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

interface.

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

fabric and switches using the Web Tools interface.

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

and downloading configuration files and downloading firmware.

• Chapter 5, “Managing Administrative Domains” provides information on managing Admin

Domains.

• Chapter 6, “Managing Ports” provides information about managing FC and GbE ports.

• Chapter 7, “Enabling ISL Trunking” provides information on managing the licensed ISL Trunking

feature.

• Chapter 8, “Monitoring Performance” provides information on how to use the Brocade

Advanced Performance Monitoring feature to monitor your fabric performance.

• Chapter 9, “Administering Zoning” provides information on how to use the Brocade Advanced

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

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• Chapter 10, “Working with Diagnostic Features” provides information about trace dumps,

viewing switch health, and interpreting the LEDs.

• Chapter 11, “Using the FC-FC Routing Service” provides information on using the FC-FC

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

• Chapter 12, “Using the Access Gateway” provides information on how to configure and manage

the Brocade Access Gateway.

• Chapter 13, “Administering Fabric Watch” provides information on how to use the Fabric Watch

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

• Chapter 14, “Administering Extended Fabrics” provides information on how to configure a port

for long distance.

• Chapter 15, “Routing Traffic” provides information on how to configure routes.

• Chapter 16, “Configuring Standard Security Features” provides information on managing user

accounts, SNMP, and the RADIUS server.

• Chapter 17, “Administering FICON CUP Fabrics” provides information on how to administer and

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

• Chapter 18, “Configuring FCoE with Web Tools” provides information on how to configure FCoE

features.

• Chapter 19, “Limitations” discusses limitations of and provides workarounds for using Web

Tools.

Supported hardware and software

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

Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for Fabric OS v7.0.0, documenting all possible
configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.

The following hardware platforms are supported by this release:

• Brocade 300

• Brocade 5100

• Brocade 5300

• Brocade 5410

• Brocade 5424

• Brocade 5450

• Brocade 5460

• Brocade 5470

• Brocade 5480

• Brocade NC-5480

• Brocade 6510

• Brocade 7800 Extension

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• Brocade 8000

• Brocade DCX 8510-4

• Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone

• Brocade DCX Backbone

• Brocade DCX-4S Backbone

• Brocade Encryption Switch

• Brocade VA-40FC

The following blades are supported by this release:

• Brocade CORE 8 blade

• Brocade CP8 blade

• Brocade CR16-4 blade

• Brocade CR16-8 blade

• Brocade CR4S-8 blade

• Brocade FC10-6 port blade

• Brocade FC16-32 port blade

• Brocade FC16-48 port blade

• Brocade FC8-16 port blade

• Brocade FC8-32 port blade

• Brocade FC8-48 port blade

• Brocade FC8-64 port blade

• Brocade FCOE10-24 blade

• Brocade FR4-18i router blade

• Brocade FS8-18 Encryption blade

• Brocade FX8-24 Extension blade

What’s new in this document

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

• DCFM has been changed to Brocade Network Advisor.

• CEE has been changed to DCB.

• Fabric Watch enhancements.

• User-defined roles

• Persistant user preferences

• Port octet speed combination support

• CSCTL mode support

• Inband management configuration support

• Support for port names of 128 characters.

For further information, refer to the release notes.

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Document conventions

NOTE

ATTENTION

CAUTION

DANGER

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

Text formatting

The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are:

bold text Identifies command names

italic text Provides emphasis

code text Identifies CLI output

For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed
lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all
lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case
sensitive.

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

Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles

Identifies command syntax examples

Notes, cautions, and warnings

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

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

An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.

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

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

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Key terms

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

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

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

Notice to the reader

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

These references are made for informational purposes only.

Corporation Referenced Trademarks and Products

Microsoft Corporation Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 Standard, Windows Vista

Oracle Corporation Oracle, Solaris

Netscape Communications Corporation Netscape

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

Mozilla Firefox

Business, Windows XP- SP3,Internet Explorer

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.

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

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

For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade website:

http://my.brocade.com

Release notes are available on the MyBrocade website 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 website. This website
provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre
Channel, storage management, and other applications:

http://www.t11.org

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

http://www.fibrechannel.org

Getting technical help

Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including
product repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information available:

1. General Information

• Switch model

• Switch operating system version

• Software name and software version, if applicable

• Error numbers and messages received

• supportSave command output

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

following the problem, and specific questions

• Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results

• Serial console and Telnet session logs

• syslog message logs

2. Switch Serial Number

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

*FT00X0054E9*

FT00X0054E9

The serial number label is located as follows:

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

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

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

switch.

• Brocade 7600—On the bottom of the chassis.

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

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

above the cable management comb.

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

on the left.

3. World Wide Name (WWN)

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

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

Document feedback

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

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

Introducing Web Tools

In this chapter

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

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

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

•Java installation on the workstation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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

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

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

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

•Session management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

•Web Tools system logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

•Requirements for IPv6 support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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Web Tools overview

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

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

Advisor” for more information.

Web Tools, the EGM license, and Brocade Network Advisor

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

6.1.1, this may impact how you use Web Tools.

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

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

Web Tools Adminstrator’s Guide 1
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Web Tools, the EGM license, and Brocade Network Advisor

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Web Tools features enabled by the EGM license

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

TABLE 1 Basic Web Tools features and EGM licensed features

Feature Basic Web Tools Web Tools with EGM License

Active Directory support yes yes

AD Context Switching no yes

AD filtered views yes yes

Admin Domain Management no yes

AG Management yes yes

Analyze zone config no no

Basic Zoning and TI Zoning yes yes

Blade Management yes yes

Cloning a zone no yes

Configuration upload/download yes yes

Convenience function from Tools menu no no

Device Accessibility Matrix no no

Easy to configure iSCSI wizard yes yes

Extended Fabric Management no yes

F_Port Trunk Management no yes

Fabric Events no no

Fabric Summary no no

Fabric Tree yes yes

FCIP Tunnel configuration no no

FCIP Tunnel Display yes yes

FCR Management yes yes

FCR Port Config yes yes

FICON CUP Tab no yes

FRU Monitoring yes yes

High Availability yes yes

IP Sec Policies yes yes

ISL Trunk Management no yes

ISL Trunking information yes yes

License Management yes yes

Long Distance no yes

Logical Switch Context Switching no yes

Allow/Prohibit Matrix no yes

Performance Monitoring Dialog no yes

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