Dell Brocade 5300 User Manual

53-1002756-01

®

14 December 2012

Web Tools

Administrator’s Guide

Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.0

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Document History

Document Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Publication Date

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

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

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

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

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

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

Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v4.0.2

Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v3.1.0

Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v4.1.0

53-0000185-02 N/A March 2002

53-0000185-03 N/A September 2002

53-0000503-02 N/A April 2003

53-0000522-02 N/A April 2003

Document Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Publication Date

Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v4.1.2

Advanced Web Tools
Administrator’s Guide, v4.2.0

Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide

Advanced Web Tools
Administrator’s Guide

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

53-0000522-04 Insistent Domain ID Mode.

Port Swapping information. Minor
editorial changes.

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

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

53-0000522-06 Clarifications on software and

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

53-0000522-07 Updates to support new switch types

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

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

about refresh and polling rates.

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

how to configure tunnels.

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

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

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

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

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

Encryption Switch and FS8-18
Encryption Blade.

October 2003

December 2003

March 2004

September 2004

April 2005

July 2005

January 2006

April 2006

September 2006

June 2007

October 2007

March 2008

July 2008

August 2008

Document Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Publication Date

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

Fabrics, IPsec, and consistency with
Brocade Network Advisor.

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

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

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

Fabric OS 6.4.0.

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

Fabric OS 7.0.0.

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

Fabric OS 7.1.0.

November 2008

July 2009

March 2010

April 2011

December 2012

Contents

Figures

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About This Document

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 1 Introducing Web Tools

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 2 Using the Web Tools Interface

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 3 Managing Fabrics and Switches

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Displaying Name Server information for a particular device . .51

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 4 Maintaining Configurations and Firmware

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

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

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

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

Chapter 5 Managing Ports

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Determining if a port index was swapped

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 6 Enabling ISL Trunking

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 7 Monitoring Performance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 8 Administering Zoning

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Creating and populating enhanced traffic isolation zones . . .114

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Viewing the enabled zone configuration name without

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

Viewing detailed information about the enabled

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 9 Working with Diagnostic Features

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 10 Using the FC-FC Routing Service

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 11 Using the Access Gateway

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 12 Administering Fabric Watch

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

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Chapter 13 Administering Extended Fabrics

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

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

Chapter 14 Routing Traffic

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 15 Configuring Standard Security Features

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 16 Administering FICON CUP Fabrics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Viewing Link Incident Registered Recipient configurations . . 211

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

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

Chapter 17 Configuring FCoE with Web Tools

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 18 Limitations

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

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Figures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Tables

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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About This Document

In this chapter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How this document is organized

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

The document contains the following components:

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

interface, including system requirements and installation instructions.

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

interface.

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

fabric and switches using the Web Tools interface.

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

and downloading configuration files and downloading firmware.

• Chapter 5, “Managing Ports” provides information about managing FC and GbE ports.

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

feature.

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

Advanced Performance Monitoring feature to monitor your fabric performance.

• Chapter 8, “Administering Zoning” provides information on how to use the Brocade Advanced

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

• Chapter 9, “Working with Diagnostic Features” provides information about trace dumps,

viewing switch health, and interpreting the LEDs.

• Chapter 10, “Using the FC-FC Routing Service” provides information on using the FC-FC

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

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

the Brocade Access Gateway.

• Chapter 12, “Administering Fabric Watch” provides information on how to use the Fabric Watch

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

• Chapter 13, “Administering Extended Fabrics” provides information on how to configure a port

for long distance.

• Chapter 14, “Routing Traffic” provides information on how to configure routes.

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

accounts, SNMP, and the RADIUS server.

• Chapter 16, “Administering FICON CUP Fabrics” provides information on how to administer and

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

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

features.

• Chapter 18, “Limitations” discusses limitations of and provides workarounds for using Web

Tools.

Supported hardware and software

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

Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for Fabric OS v7.1.0, documenting all possible
configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.

The following hardware platforms are supported by this release:

• Brocade 300

• Brocade 5100

• Brocade 5300

• Brocade 5410

• Brocade 5424

• Brocade 5450

• Brocade 5460

• Brocade 5470

• Brocade 5480

• Brocade NC-5480

• Brocade 6505

• Brocade 6510

• Brocade 6520

• Brocade 7800 Extension

• Brocade 8000

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• Brocade DCX 8510-4

• Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone

• Brocade DCX Backbone

• Brocade DCX-4S Backbone

• Brocade Encryption Switch

• Brocade VA-40FC

The following blades are supported by this release:

• Brocade CORE 8 blade

• Brocade CP8 blade

• Brocade CR16-4 blade

• Brocade CR16-8 blade

• Brocade CR4S-8 blade

• Brocade FC16-32 port blade

• Brocade FC16-48 port blade

• Brocade FC8-16 port blade

• Brocade FC8-32 port blade

• Brocade FC8-32E port blade

• Brocade FC8-48 port blade

• Brocade FC8-48E port blade

• Brocade FC8-64 port blade

• Brocade FCOE10-24 blade

• Brocade FS8-18 Encryption blade

• Brocade FX8-24 Extension blade

What’s new in this document

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

• Support for Brocade 6520

• Support for IE 9.0

• Tabbed view of the GUI

• Technical SupportSave logs

• Compression and Encryption for FC ports

• Different icons for node WWN and port WWN

• Rate of compression across ISL

• Port icon toggling

• Dynamic BB-credit allocation and management

• Switch persistent enable/disable

• GigE port modes

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• Switching between virtual fabrics

• TACACS+ management

• Setting a principal switch

• Switch Status Policy changes

• Forward Error Correction

• Port Admin button grouping

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

• Removed support for admin domain

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

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

McData Fabric legacy mode for Ex-Ports

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

moving between the tabs

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

• Support for Device Based Routing

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

For further information, refer to the release notes.

Document conventions

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

Text formatting

The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are:

bold text Identifies command names

italic text Provides emphasis

code text Identifies CLI output

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

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

Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles

Identifies command syntax examples

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Notes, cautions, and warnings

NOTE

ATTENTION

CAUTION

DANGER

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

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

An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.

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

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

Key terms

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

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

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

Notice to the reader

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

These references are made for informational purposes only.

Corporation Referenced Trademarks and Products

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

Oracle Corporation Oracle, Solaris

Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, Red Hat Network

Mozilla Firefox

Business, Windows XP- SP3,Internet Explorer

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Additional information

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

Brocade resources

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

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

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

For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade website:

http://www.brocade.com

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

Other industry resources

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

http://www.t11.org

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

http://www.fibrechannel.org

Getting technical help

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

1. General Information

• Switch model

• Switch operating system version

• Software name and software version, if applicable

• Error numbers and messages received

• supportSave command output

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

following the problem, and specific questions

• Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results

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• Serial console and Telnet session logs

• syslog message logs

2. Switch Serial Number

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

*FT00X0054E9*

FT00X0054E9

The serial number label is located as follows:

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

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

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

switch.

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

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

above the cable management comb.

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

on the left.

3. World Wide Name (WWN)

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

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

Document feedback

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

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Provide the title and version number of the document and as much detail as possible about your
comment, including the topic heading and page number and your suggestions for improvement.

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Chapter

Introducing Web Tools

In this chapter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1

Web Tools overview

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

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

Advisor” for more information.

Web Tools, the EGM license, and Brocade Network Advisor

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

6.1.1, this may impact how you use Web Tools.

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

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

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1

Web Tools features enabled by the EGM license

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

TABLE 1 Basic Web Tools features and EGM licensed features

Feature Basic Web Tools Web Tools with EGM License

Active Directory support yes yes

AG Management yes yes

Analyze zone config no no

Basic Zoning and TI Zoning yes yes

Blade Management yes yes

Cloning a zone no yes

Configuration upload/download yes yes

Convenience function from Tools menu no no

Device Accessibility Matrix no no

Easy to configure iSCSI wizard yes yes

Extended Fabric Management no yes

F_Port Trunk Management no yes

Fabric Events no no

Fabric Summary no no

Fabric Tree yes yes

FCIP Tunnel configuration no no

FCIP Tunnel Display yes yes

FCR Management yes yes

FCR Port Config yes yes

FICON CUP Tab no yes

FRU Monitoring yes yes

High Availability yes yes

IP Sec Policies yes yes

ISL Trunk Management no yes

ISL Trunking information yes yes

License Management yes yes

Long Distance no yes

Logical Switch Context Switching no yes

Allow/Prohibit Matrix no yes

Performance Monitoring Dialog no yes

Port Administration yes yes

Print zone database summary no no

RBAC yes yes

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TABLE 1 Basic Web Tools features and EGM licensed features (Continued)

Feature Basic Web Tools Web Tools with EGM License

Routing and DLS Configuration no yes

Security Policies Tab (like ACL) yes yes

Switch Info tab yes yes

Switch Status yes yes

Switch View right-click options yes yes

Trace dump yes yes

USB Management yes yes

User Management yes yes

Verify and troubleshoot accessibility
between devices

yes yes

Web Tools functionality moved to Brocade Network Advisor

The functionality that was moved from Web Tools into Brocade Network Advisor is detailed in

Tab le 2.

1

TABLE 2 Web Tools functionality moved to Brocade Network Advisor

Function Web Tools 6.1.0 Brocade Network Advisor Comments

Add Un-Zoned
Devices

Analyze Zone
Config

Define Device
Alias

Device
Accessibility
Matrix

Fabric Events Monitor > Fabric Events Monitor > Logs > Events

Fabric
Summary

Zone Admin Configure > Zoning

Reverse Find in the Zoning dialog box
provides the view of the zoned and unzoned
devices in the fabric if all zone members are
selected for Find.

Zone Admin 1 Configure > Zoning:

Reverse Find in the Zoning dialog box
provides the view of the zoned and
unzoned devices in the fabric if all zone
members are selected for Find.

2 Device Tree and Topology:

Connected End Devices — Custom
Display from the top level in the main
frame provides the device tree and
topology view for all the zoned devices
if all zones are selected in the active
zone configuration.

Zone Admin Configure > Zoning

Zone Admin Configure > Zoning

the Compare dialog box provides the
Storage-Host and Host-Storage view in a
tree representation that is comparable to
the Device Accessibility Matrix when all
devices are selected.

Reports > Fabric
Summary

Monitor > Reports > Fabric Summary Report

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TABLE 2 Web Tools functionality moved to Brocade Network Advisor (Continued)

Function Web Tools 6.1.0 Brocade Network Advisor Comments

FCIP Tunnel
Configuration

GigE Ports
Interface

GigE Ports
Route

Non-local
switch ports
display in
zoning tree

Remove
Offline or
Inaccessible
Devices

Zone database
summary print

Port Admin Module > GigE
tab

Port Admin Module > GigE
tab

Port Admin Module > GigE
tab

Zone Admin
Switch Admin > DCC
policies
Performance Monitoring

Zone Admin Configure > Zoning

Zone Admin Configure > Zoning

Configure > FCIP Tunnel Viewing FCIP

Configure > FCIP Tunnel

Configure > FCIP Tunnel

Configure > Zoning In Web Tools,

Replace/Replace All zone members by
selecting the offline devices from the zone
tree. Offline devices have an unknown
overlay badge with good visibility.

Zoning report for both online and offline
database.

tunnels is still
supported in Web
Tools 6.1.1, but
New, Edit Config,
and delete are
only available in
Brocade Network
Advisor.

non-local switch
port id/WWN can
be added using
text box.

System requirements

Before you install Web Tools on your workstation, verify that your switches and workstation meet
the Web Tools requirements listed in this chapter.

Web Tools requires any browser that conforms to HTML version 4.0, JavaScript version 1.0, and
Java Plug-in 1.7.0_09 or later.

Brocade has certified and tested Web Tools on the platforms shown in Table 3.

TABLE 3 Certified and tested platforms

Operating System Browser

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (64-bit) Internet Explorer 8.0/9.0

Windows Server 2008 Standard Firefox 12.0, Internet Explorer 8.0/9.0

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Firefox 12.0, Internet Explorer 8.0/9.0

Red Hat Enterprise Server 5 Advanced
Platform

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Firefox 12.0

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TABLE 4 Supported platforms

Operating System Browser

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Red Hat AS 4.0 (x86 32-bit)
RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.1 Adv (32-bit)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86 32-bit)

Windows 2000 Firefox 12.0, Internet Explorer 9.0

Windows 2003 Server, SP2 Firefox 12.0, Internet Explorer 8.0/9.0

Windows XP Pro SP3 (x86 32-bit) Firefox 12.0, Internet Explorer 8.0/9.0

Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 (x86
32-bit)

Windows Server 2008 Standard Firefox 12.0, Internet Explorer 8.0/9.0

Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Firefox 12.0, Internet Explorer 8.0/9.0

Solaris 9 (SPARC only)
Solaris 10 (SPARC only)

Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.1 (x86 32-bit) Firefox 12.0

Firefox 12.0

Firefox 12.0, Internet Explorer 8.0/9.0

Firefox 12.0

For Windows systems, a minimum of 256 MB of RAM for fabrics comprising up to 15 switches, 512
MB of RAM for fabrics comprising more than 15 switches, and a minimum of 8 MB of video RAM
are recommended. Additionally, a DCX with a fully populated FC8-64 blade requires a minimum of
512 MB of RAM.

Setting refresh frequency for Internet Explorer

Correct operation of Web Tools with Internet Explorer requires specifying the appropriate settings
for browser refresh frequency and process model. Browser pages should be refreshed frequently to
ensure the correct operation of Web Tools.

To set the Internet Explorer options, perform the following steps.

1. Open your web browser and select Tools > Internet Options.

2. Select General > Browsing History > Settings.

3. Choose Every time I visit the webpage under “Check for newer versions of stored pages:” as
shown in Figure 1 on page 6.

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FIGURE 1 Configuring Internet Explorer

Deleting temporary internet files used by Java applications

For Web Tools to operate correctly, you must delete the temporary internet files used by Java
applications.

To delete these files, perform the following steps.

1. From the Control Panel, open Java.

2. Select the General tab and click Settings.

3. Click Delete Files to remove the temporary files used by Java applications.

4. Click OK on the confirmation dialog box.

You can clear the Trace and Log files check box if you want to keep those files.

5. Click OK.

6. On the Java Control Panel, click View to review the files that are in the Java cache.

If you have deleted all the temporary files, the list is empty.

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NOTE

NOTE

Java Plug-in must be installed on the workstation. If you attempt to open Web Tools without any
Java Plug-in installed:

• Internet Explorer automatically prompts and downloads the proper Java Plug-in.

• Firefox downloads the most recently released Java Plug-in.

If you attempt to open Web Tools with a later version of Java Plug-in installed:

• Internet Explorer might prompt for an upgrade, depending on the existing Java Plug-in version.

• Firefox uses the existing Java Plug-in.

Installing the JRE on your Solaris or Linux client workstation

To install JRE on your Solaris or Linux client workstation, perform the following steps.

1. Locate the JRE on the Internet, at the following URL:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/archive-139210.html

Java installation on the workstation

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This URL points to a non-Brocade website and is subject to change without notice.

2. On locating the JRE link, follow the instructions to install the JRE.

3. Create a symbolic link from this location:

$FIREFOX/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so

To this location:

$JRE/plugin/$ARCH/ns600/libjavaplugin_oji.so

Installing patches on Solaris

To install patches on Solaris, perform the following steps.

1. Search for any required patches for your current version of the JRE at the following website:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre7u9-downloads-1859586.ht
ml

This URL points to a non-Brocade website and is subject to change without notice.

2. Follow the link to download the patch.

3. Exit the browser when you have downloaded the patch.

4. Install the patch and restart the system.

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Installing the Java plug-in on Windows

To Install the Java plug-in on Windows, perform the following steps.

1. From the Start menu, select Control Panel and select the Java Plug-in Control Panel.

2. Select the About tab.

3. Determine whether the correct Java Plug-in version is installed:

• If the correct version is installed, Web Tools is ready to use.

• If no Java Plug-in is installed, point the browser to a switch running Fabric OS 5.2.0 or later

to install JRE 1.6.0. For Fabric OS 6.3.0 install JRE 1.6.0 update 13. Web Tools guides you
through the steps to download the proper Java Plug-in.

• If an outdated version is currently installed, uninstall it, restart your computer, reopen the

browser, and enter the address of a switch running Fabric OS 5.2.0 or later to install JRE

1.6.0. For Fabric OS 6.3.0 install JRE 1.6.0 update 13. Web Tools guides you through the
steps to download the proper Java Plug-in.

Java plug-in configuration

If you are managing fabrics with more than 10 switches or 1000 ports, or if you are using the iSCSI
Gateway module extensively, you should increase the default heap size to 256 MB to avoid
out-of-memory errors.

If you are using a Mozilla family browser (Firefox, Netscape), you should set the default browser in
the Java control panel.

The following procedures instruct you in increasing the default heap size in the Java Control Panel
and in setting the default browser.

Configuring the Java plug-in for Windows

To configure Java plug-in for Windows, perform the following steps.

1. From the Start menu, select Control Panel > Java.

2. Click the Java tab.

3. In the section Java Applet Runtime Settings, click View.

The Java Runtime Environment Settings dialog box displays.

4. Double-click the Runtime Parameters field and enter the following information to set the
minimum and maximum heap size:

-Xms256m -Xmx256m

In this example, the minimum and maximum sizes are both 256 MB.

5. Click Ok to apply your settings and close the Java Control Panel.

Configuring the Java Plug-in for Mozilla family browsers

To configure Java Plug-in for Mozilla family browsers, perform the following steps.

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1. From the Start menu, select Control Panel.

2. Click the Advanced tab and expand the Default Java for browsers option, as shown in Figure 2
on page 9.

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FIGURE 2 Default Java for browsers option

3. Select Mozilla family and click Apply.

4. Click OK to apply your settings and close the Java Control Panel.

Value line licenses

If you open Web Tools on a switch with a limited license, and if the fabric exceeds the switch limit
indicated in the license, then Web Tools displays a warning message. Web Tools allows a 30-day
grace period, during which you can still monitor the switch while continuing to display warning
messages periodically.

These messages warn you that your fabric size exceeds the supported switch configuration limit
and tells you how long you have before Web Tools is disabled. After the 30-day grace period, you
are no longer able to open Web Tools from the switch with the limited switch license.

Web Tools is part of the Fabric OS of a switch. When you open Web Tools on a switch, you can
manage other switches in the fabric that have lower or higher firmware versions. It is important to
note that when accessing these switches you are opening the remote switch’s version of Web
Tools, and the functionality available for those switches might vary.

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NOTE

NOTE

1

Opening Web Tools

You can open Web Tools on any workstation with a compatible Web browser installed. For a list of
Web browsers compatible with Fabric OS v7.1.0, refer to Table 3. Web Tools supports both HTTP
and HTTPS protocol.

To open Web Tools, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Web browser and enter the IP address of the device in the Address field, such as:

http://10.77.77.77

or

https://10.77.77.77

2. Press Enter.

The Web Tools login dialog box displays. Refer to “Logging in” on page 11 for more information.

If you are using Firefox, the browser window is left open. You can close it anytime after the login
dialog box displays. If you are using Internet Explorer, the browser window automatically closes
when the login dialog box displays.

If you have installed EZSwitchSetup on your workstation, the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager
displays the first time you access the device. EZSwitchSetup provides an easy to use wizard
interface that may be used to simplify the initial setup procedure for smaller switches. Refer to
EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide for information about the EZSwitchSetup interface.

If you want to use Web Tools instead of EZSwitchSetup, click Advanced Management in the
lower-left corner of the window to open the Web Tools interface. This book describes only the
Web Tools interface.

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NOTE

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FIGURE 3 Web Tools interface

Logging in

When you use Web Tools, you must log in before you can view or modify any switch information.
This section describes the login process.

Prior to displaying the login window, Web Tools displays a security banner (if one is configured for
your switch), that you must accept before logging in. The security banner displays every time you
access the switch.

When you are presented with the login screen you must provide a user name and a password.

You must login before you can view Switch Explorer (shown in Figure 3 on page 11).

Use this procedure to log in to the Admin Domain.

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1. Click Run on the signed certificate applet.

A warning dialog box may display. If you select the check box Always trust content from this
publisher, the warning dialog box is not displayed when you open Web Tools again.

2. Click OK in the security banner window, if one displays.

3. In the login dialog box, enter your user name and password.

If your current password has expired, you must provide a new password and confirm the new
password.

Logging in to a Virtual Fabric

If you are logging in to a platform that is capable of supporting Virtual Fabrics, the login dialog box
provides the option of logging in to a virtual fabric. The following platforms support virtual fabrics:

• Brocade DCX and DCX-4S

• Brocade VA-40FC

• Brocade 6510

• Brocade 6520

• Brocade DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510-4

• Brocade 5300

• Brocade 5100

To log in to a Virtual Fabric, perform the following steps.

1. Select Options to display the Virtual Fabric options.

You are given a choice between Home Logical Fabric and User Specified Logical Fabric
(Figure 4). Home Logical Fabric is the default.

FIGURE 4 Virtual Fabric login option

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2. Log in to a logical fabric.

• To log in to the home logical fabric, select Home Logical Fabric and click OK.

• To log in to a logical fabric other than the home logical fabric, select User Specified Logical

Fabric, enter the fabric ID number or the context name, and click OK.

On providing the context name, a dialog box displays with the available list of VF ID-Context
Name (role of the context). You can select the role from the list and login.

Switching between virtual fabrics

To switch between one virtual fabric to another, perform the following steps:

1. Login to Web Tools using the User Specified Logical Fabric option.

You can enter the context name to login.

2. Select the context name from the Logical Switch drop-down list, you want to access.

The base switch has Base appended in the context name.

3. Click Yes on the Switch Virtual Fabric Context confirmation dialog box.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to switch to another virtual fabric.

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Logging out

You can end a Web Tools session either by selecting Manage > Exit, or by closing the Switch
Explorer window.

You might be logged out of a session involuntarily, without explicitly selecting the Manage > Exit,
under the following conditions:

• You initiate a firmware download from Web Tool’s Switch Administration window. In this case,

you are logged out a few minutes later when the switch restarts.

• Your session times out.

Role-Based Access Control

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) defines the capabilities that a user account has based on the
assigned role. For each role, there is a set of predefined permissions on the jobs and tasks that can
be performed on a fabric and its associated fabric elements.

When you log in to a switch, your user account is associated with a predefined role. The role
determines the level of access you have on that switch and in the fabric. Table 5 describes these
roles.

For information about creating unique user account roles, refer to “User-defined accounts” on
page 163.

TABLE 5 Predefined Web Tools roles

Role Description

admin You have full access to all of the Web Tools features.

operator You can perform any actions on the switch that do not affect the stored configuration.

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TABLE 5 Predefined Web Tools roles (Continued)

Role Description

securityadmin You can perform actions that do not affect the stored configuration.

switchadmin You can perform all actions on the switch, except the following:

zoneadmin You can only create and modify zones.

fabricadmin You can do everything the Admin role can do except create new users.

basicswitchadmin You have a subset of Admin level access.

user You have nonadministrative access and can perform tasks such as monitoring

Session management

A Web Tools session is the connection between the Web Tools client and its managed switch. A
session is established when you log in to a switch through Web Tools. When you close Switch
Explorer, Web Tools ends the session.

• You cannot modify zoning configurations.

• You cannot create new accounts.

• You cannot view or change account information for any accounts. You can only

view your own account and change your account password.

system activity.

A session remains in effect until one of the following happens:

• You ex it

• You close the Switch Explorer window

• The session ends due to inactivity (time out)

A session automatically ends if no information was sent to the switch for more than two hours.
Because user key strokes are not sent to the switch until you apply or save the information, it is
possible for your session to end while you are entering information in the interface. For example,
entering a zoning scheme in the Zoning module does not require you to send information to the
switch until you save the scheme.

Web Tools does not display a warning when the session is about to time out. If your session ends
due to inactivity, all Web Tools windows become invalid and you must restart Web Tools and log in
again.

Web Tools enables sessions to both secure and nonsecure switches.

Access rights for your session are determined by your role-based access rights. You cannot change
your role-based permissions.

Ending a Web Tools session

To end a Web Tools session, perform one of the following actions:

• Select Manage > Exit.

• Click the X in the upper-right corner of the Switch Explorer window to close it.

• Close all open Web Tools windows.

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Web Tools system logs

Web Tools uses the log4j framework to write the logs into a file

When you launch Web Tools for the first time, it automatically creates the following directories.
These directories are created under Web Tools directory if they are not available:

• A <Web Tools> directory under the user home directory.

• The Web Tools Switch Support Save directory with the name format <Core Switch Name-Switch

IP Address-Switch WWN>.

The Web Tools Switch Support Save directory contains the following files:

• Log4j.xml

• WebTools.log

• SwitchInfo.txt

The SwitchInfo.txt file contains the following basic switch information:

• Switch Name

• Fabric OS version

• Switch Type

• Ethernet IPv4

• Ethernet IPv4 subnet mask

• Ethernet IPv4 gateway

Web Tools system logs

1

The maximum size of the webtools.log file is 2MB. It is rolled into new file when the 5MB file size
limit is exceeded. A backup file named webtools1.log is automatically created. Web Tools maintains
only one webtools.log backup file at a time.

The Web Tools debug dialog box can be used to enable the debug state and level for a module at
runtime.

If you are familiar with XML scripting, you can edit the configuration file (log4j.xml) to collect the
data at startup. If you edit the configuration file, Web Tools need to be restarted. Contact your
switch support supplier for assistance.

Technical SupportSave logs

From v7.1.0, WebTools allows you to log information of the switch at any given point of time.
SupportSave is a dump of the switch status that collects the following details of the switch:

• HTML files

• CAL files

• WebTools logs folder

To collect SupportSave logs, perform the following steps:

1. Click Tools > Technical SupportSave.

The Technical SupportSave dialog box displays.

2. Click Browse to select the location where the SupportSave output must be saved.

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The default path for Windows is C:\Documents and Settings\<<user>>\Webtools\<log file>.

The default path for Linux is /root/WebTools/<switch log file>.

3. Click Capture to start collecting the SupportSave logs.

A zipped-up SupportSave folder is saved in the defined location. SupportSave zip file name
format is “WT-SS-switchIP-dd-mm-yy-hh-mm-ss.zip”. The SupportSave file name will show the
VF ID if VF is enabled on the switch.

SupportSave collection is terminated if the time exceeds 20 minutes.

Requirements for IPv6 support

The following list provides requirements for Web Tools IPv6 support:

• In a pure IPv6 environment, you must configure your DNS maps to the IPv6 address of the

switch.

• The switch name is required to match the DNS name that is mapped to the IPv6 address.

• If both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are configured, Web Tools can be launched using any

configured IP address.

• Use a switch with v5.3.0 or later firmware to manage a mixed fabric of IPv4 and IPv6 switches.

• Switches running on v5.2.0 do not discover IPv6 address-only switches in the same fabric until

the IPv4 address is configured.

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NOTE

Using the Web Tools Interface

In this chapter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Viewing Switch Explorer

2

The first thing you see when you log in to a switch with Web Tools is Switch Explorer, shown in

Figure 5 on page 19. Switch Explorer is divided into tabs and areas that provide access to, and

information about the switch and fabric. The Switch Explorer areas are:

• Three tabs - Switch View, Port Admin, and Name Server.

If Access Gateway is enabled, Access Gateway Devices tab displays instead of Name Server.
For more information, refer to Chapter 11, “Using the Access Gateway”.

The Fabric Tree under Switch View displays a list of all the switches in the fabric.

• The menu bar, at the top of the window, provides access to the following tasks:

- Viewing tasks, such as the switch view, port administration, and name server.

- Configuration tasks, such as switch administration, zone administration, fabric watch, and

switch status policy.

You can manage basic zoning and Traffic Isolation zoning using Web Tools and Web Tools
with the Enhanced Group Management (EGM) license. To perform clone operations for
zoning, the EGM license must be installed on the switch; otherwise, access to this feature
is denied and an error message displays.
You must use Brocade Network Advisor to print the zone database summary configuration
and to analyze zone configurations. For more information on zoning management, refer to

“Zone configuration and zoning database management” on page 115.

- Monitoring tasks, such as performance monitoring, system monitoring, and viewing the

power, temperature, or fan status.

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To perform monitoring tasks such as performance monitoring the EGM license must be
installed on the switch; otherwise, access to this feature is denied and an error message
displays.

- Reporting tasks, such as viewing the status of a switch.

- Tools tasks, such as opening the Telnet or SSH client window, beaconing a switch or

chassis, and access to technical SupportSave.

• The buttons below the menu bar provide access to switch information: status, temperature,

power, and fan data.

Although clicking a button can open a separate dialog box or window displays the management
tasks, all access control is established when you first log in to the switch.

Buttons in Switch Explorer are unavailable because your account does not have sufficient
privileges to access this feature.

• The Switch View displays an interactive graphic of the switch.

• The Switch Events and Switch Information tabs allow you to view event information and switch

information, including connectivity, port, zone and other information.

• The small right arrow near the Switch Event tab displays the switch. When you exit Web Tools, it

remembers the last window settings the next time you log in to the application. If you display
the switch, the next time you log in to Web Tools, by default the Switch View displays.

The EGM license is required only for 8 Gbps platforms, such as the following:

• Brocade Encryption Switch

• Brocade 300, 5300, and 5100 switches

• Brocade VA-40FC

• Brocade 8000

• Brocade 7800

For non-8 Gbps platforms, all functionalities are available without EGM license.

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1

2

5

4

3

6

7

2

FIGURE 5 Switch Explorer

1 Tabs and Fabric Tree
2Menu bar
3 Switch View buttons
4 Switch Events and Switch Information
5Indicator bar
6 Professional Management Tool offering
7Switch View

Persisting GUI preferences

Web Tools persists your GUI preferences across sessions for the Switch Explorer, Port Admin,
Switch Admin, Name Server, and Zone Admin dialog boxes on all web-browser platforms.
Persistence is performed on a per host basis.

If you launch WebTools from Brocade Network Advisor (BNA), all of the Web Tools GUI persistence
data for each user name is stored in the BNA database.

The Port Admin GUI preferences that persist are:

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• Basic or Advance mode

• Last selected tab by the user

• Tab le c olu mn sorting

• Table column positions

The Switch Admin GUI preferences that persist are:

• Basic or Advance modes

• Last selected tab

• Tab le c olu mn sorting

• Table column positions

The Switch Explorer GUI preferences that persists are:

• Last selected tab

The Name Server GUI preferences that persist are:

• Tab le c olu mn sorting

• Table column positions

The Zone Admin GUI preferences that persist are:

• Basic Zones

• Tra f f ic Is olat ion Zones

• Last selected tab

• Tab le c olu mn sorting

• Table column positions

Tabs

The Switch Explorer provides access to the following three tabs:

• Switch View

• Port Admin

• Name Server—This feature is available with Web Tools and Web Tools with the EGM license.

Name Server information is collected from the selected switch. Refer to “Displaying the Name

Server entries” on page 50 for more information.

Fabric Tree

Fabric Tree under Switch View displays all switches in the fabric, even those that do not have a Web
Tools license. Fabric Tree does not display switches segmented before you opened Web Tools.

Only two types of switch icons display in Fabric Tree; one for a pizza box and one for a chassis. No
platform based icons are supported.

Use the drop-down menu at the top of the Fabric Tree area to view switches in the Fabric Tree by
switch name, IP address, or WWN. You can rest on the cursor over a switch to display the IP
address, current status, and other details of the switch. To manually refresh the status of a switch
within the fabric, right-click the switch in the Fabric Tree and select Refresh.

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Viewing Switch Explorer

NOTE

NOTE

Although Fabric Tree displays all the switches in the fabric, you can manage switches that support
Fabric OS v6.1 and later versions because it does not requires Web Tools license. If a switch is
launched from Fabric Tree, preference will be given to IPv4, even though both IPv4 and IPv6 are
configured for that particular switch.

The versions earlier than Fabric OS v6.1 require a Web Tools license and, if applicable, an EGM
license installed. Other switches must be managed through the Fabric OS command line interface
(CLI), another management application, or by using Brocade Network Advisor.

2

Switch View buttons

The Switch View buttons let you access the following switch information:

• Status—Click the button to view the status of the switch.

• Tem p—Click the button to view temperature monitors.

• Power—Click the button to view power supply information.

• Fan—Click the button to view the status of the switch fans.

For all status displays based on errors per time interval, any errors cause the status to show
faulty until the entire sample interval has passed.

Switch View

You can click the small right arrow towards the left of the Switch Event tab to display the Switch
View. The Switch View displays a graphical representation of the switch, including a real-time view
of switch and port status. Refer to area 7 in Figure 5 on page 19.

NOTE: With the upgrade license installed:

• For 7800, all FC ports and 6 GbE ports are enabled

Without the upgrade license installed:

• For 7800, 4 FC ports and 2 GbE ports are enabled

Blades are graphically represented in the Web Tools GUI. They are vertical in the DCX, and horizontal
in the DCX-4S.

The default Switch View display refresh rate is 60 seconds. However, the initial display of Switch
Explorer might take from 30 to 60 seconds after the switch is booted. Refresh rates are fabric-size
dependent. The auto refresh interval may not be less than 45 seconds. However, the refresh rate
varies depending on the activity in the fabric and on the host system you are using. The larger the
fabric, the longer it takes to poll the fabric and refresh the view. F_Port and L_Port connection
changes refresh immediately.

Port representations

The ports in the Switch View show the port type. Borders around the accessible ports indicate that
SFP modules are present. A colored border indicates the status of the port; for example, a green
border indicates that the port is connected and traffic is flowing. Ports that are not accessible do
not display the port type and do not have borders.

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NOTE

NOTE

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When you mouse over a port, a yellow color toggling effect is available to identify the selected port.

The port LEDs in the Switch View match the LEDs on the physical switch. However, the blink rate of
the LEDs in the Switch View does not necessarily match the blink rate of the LEDs on the physical
switch. Refer to “Port LED interpretation” on page 130 for more information.

Right-click a port in Switch View to get a menu that opens the Port Admin tab, allowing you to view
detailed information about the port. From Port Admin, you can access information on all other
ports. Refer to Chapter 5, “Managing Ports” for more information.

For detailed information on ISL Trunking, F_Port Trunking, and long distance, you must install the
EGM license on the switch; otherwise access to these features is denied and an error message is
displayed.

E_Ports are visible in all domains. For the Brocade DCX, the Port Admin view is launched for ICL
ports.

USB port representation

For switches with USB ports, the USB Storage Management view is launched for USB ports
(Figure 6).

FIGURE 6 USB port storage management

Click the USB port on the switch to launch the USB Storage Management window.

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Switch Events and Switch Information

Switch Events and Switch Information display as tab forms under Switch View. The information in
the Switch Information tab is polled every 60 seconds.

You can click the column head to sort the events by a particular column, and drag the column divider
to resize a column. You can also right-click a column heading to resize one or all columns, sort the
information in ascending or descending order, or select which columns are displayed.

The Switch Information tab displays information about the following items:

• Switch

- Name Name of the switch.

- Status Status of the switch.

- Fabric OS Version Fabric OS version of the switch.

- Domain ID Domain ID of the switch.

- WWN World Wide Name of the switch.

- Ty pe Ty pe o f th e sw itc h.

- Role Role of the switch.

The following information is specific to Virtual Fabrics:

- Base Switch Indicates whether or not the logical switch can act as a base

- Default Switch Indicates whether or not the logical switch is the default

- Allow XISL Use Indicates whether or not the logical switch is allowed to

• Ethernet

- Ethernet IPv4 Ethernet IPv4 address of the switch.

- Ethernet IPv4 netmask Ethernet IPv4 subnet mask address of the switch.

- Ethernet IPv4 gateway Ethernet IPv4 gateway address of the switch.

- Ethernet IPv6 Ethernet IPv6 address of the switch.

• FC

- IPFC IPv4 Fiber Channel IPv4 address.

- IPFC IPv4 net mask Fiber Channel IPv4 subnet mask address.

• Zone

- Effective Configuration Indicates whether zone configuration is enabled or not.

switch.

logical switch.

connect to other logical switches using an extended
inter-switch link (XISL).

• Other

- Manufacturer serial number Displays the serial number of the manufacturer.

- Supplier serial number Displays the serial number of the supplier.

- License ID Displays the license ID.

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• RNID

- Ty pe Type of the switc h.

- Model Model of the switch.

- Ta g Tag of the switch.

- Sequence number Sequence number of the switch.

- Insistent Domain ID

Mode

Current status of the Insistent Domain ID mode of the switch.

- Manufacturer Manufacturer of the switch.

- Manufacturer Plant Plant where the switch was manufactured.

For more information, refer to “Displaying switch information” on page 125.

Free Professional Management tool

You can use the Professional Management tool with Web Tools to view connectivity for each fabric,
to back up and restore last-known configurations, and more. You can also use it with the Enhanced
Group Management license to manage groups of switches, download firmware, manage security
settings, and deploy configurations across groups of switches. Contact your preferred storage
supplier to get a complimentary copy of the Professional Management tool.

Launch the install wizard for the free Professional Management tool through the link located at the
bottom of the Switch Explorer.

Displaying tool tips

When you rest the cursor over a Web Tools button, the system displays a brief description of the
button. If you rest the cursor over most components, the system displays tool tip information about
the component.

In the Fabric Tree you can rest the cursor over a switch to view its type, subtype, name, Ethernet
IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, IPFC, and status of the switch.

In Switch View, you can rest the cursor over a blade to view the blade ID and its status. It is easier
to use the top of the blade to display the tool tip so that you do not inadvertently display the port
tool tips. Firmware versions and IP addressing are displayed for CP blades.

When you rest the cursor over a port, you can view the:

• port name

• port ID

• port beacon

• port number

• port index

• port type (E, F, L, D, Ex, GIGe, or U_Port)

• port status (online or offline)

• port state (in-sync, no_sync, no light, or no module)

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Right-click options

You can right-click a port to quickly perform some basic port administration tasks, as shown in

Figure 7.

FIGURE 7 Right-click menu for ports (from Switch Explorer)

The tasks are:

Right-click options

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Refresh rates

• The Port Admin option displays the Port Admin tab.

• The Port Details option displays read-only information about a port, without opening the Port

Admin tab. You can right-click on the table content to export or copy the information from the
Port Details window.

• The Configure option provides another menu of options to allow you to rename, enable, and

disable ports, and to set persistent enable or disable without opening the Port Admin tab.

The refresh, or polling, rates listed in this section and throughout the book indicate the time
between the end of one polling period and the start of the next, and not how often the screen is
refreshed. A refresh rate of 15 seconds does not ensure that a refresh occurs every 15 seconds. It
ensures that the time between each refresh activity is no more than 15 seconds.

Autorefresh intervals might be not be exactly 15 seconds. The refresh rate varies depending on the
activity in the fabric and on the host system you are using. Following are some variables you should
consider when refreshing the fabric:

• Refresh Now button is disabled for 6-8 seconds on every click.

• Retrieval time increases when you are in a large fabric because there is more data to retrieve

from the switches.

• Processor speed of the system you are using may slow down the refresh rate.

• OS-Job Scheduling if you are using a host-system in the data center impacts the refresh rate.

• JVM-Performance can contribute to causing interval differences between what is on-screen

and how long it is actually taking.

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For these reasons, the time displayed in the port statistics tab might not be refreshed as expected.
The counter time indicates only that “this statistics data is retrieved from the switch in this time
period.” To ensure the correct information, the time field is updated along with the port statistics
data after every refresh.

The refresh rates are different for each module. Table 6 lists polling rates by module. Though these
rates are sample rates, they correctly illustrate variance in the refresh rates throughout Web Tools.

TABLE 6 Polling rates

Module Polling rate

Name Server User-defined; 15 sec minimum

Zoning Database 60 sec

Fabric Watch 45 sec

Performance Monitor
(This feature requires the EGM license.)

Port Management 60 sec

FC Routing 45–90 sec, depending on network traffic

30 sec

Displaying switches in the fabric

If your fabric has more than one switch, you can open Web Tools from one switch and then access
other switches. You can also launch Web Tools from the Brocade Network Advisor client as Element
Manager. This lets you manage Web Tool requests where the fabric is in a private network.

Launch Web Tools from Brocade Network Advisor if you need to access the fabric from a host that is
not in the same network and does not have direct access to the fabric.

If you open switches, running Fabric OS v4.4.x or later, from a Fabric Tree displayed for a version
earlier than a v4.4.x switch, some of the features might be disabled.

To display switches in the fabric, perform the following steps.

1. Open Web Tools as described in “Opening Web Tools” on page 10 and log in to the switch.

2. If the Fabric Tree is not expanded, click the plus sign (+) in the Fabric Tree to view all the
switches in the fabric.

3. Click a switch in the Fabric Tree.

A separate browser dialog box displays the selected switch. (If the launch switch is running a
Fabric OS version earlier than v5.0.1, the selected switch displays in the same browser
window.)

The graphic of the selected switch displays in Switch View. Additional switch information
displays in the Switch Events and Switch Information tabs.

Working with Web Tools: recommendations

Brocades makes the following recommendations for working with Web Tools:

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Opening a Telnet or SSH client window

NOTE

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• If you receive an error when saving changes in the Switch Administration window, note the

error messages, refresh the window, and make your changes again. Do not continue making
changes without refreshing the window and determining which changes were saved correctly.

• In a fabric containing switches and directors running different versions of firmware, use the

switches or directors with the latest firmware versions to control the fabric.

• If switches are accessed simultaneously from different connections (for example, Web Tools,

CLI, and API), changes from one connection might not be updated to the other, and some
modifications might be lost. Make sure that, when you connect with simultaneous multiple
connections, you do not overwrite the work of another connection.

• Several tasks in Web Tools make fabric-level changes, such as the tasks in Zone

Administration. When executing fabric-level configuration tasks, wait until you have received
confirmation that the changes are implemented before executing any subsequent tasks. For a
large fabric, this can take several minutes.

• Some data collection and processing operations in the iSCSI Gateway module might take a

long time to complete, especially in large fabrics or fabrics with large numbers of defined
Discovery Domains and Discovery Domain Sets. In most cases, progress bars are provided.
Allow the application a sufficient amount of time (30-40 seconds) to collect and display data
before taking any action or assuming the application is “hanging.”

• A maximum of five simultaneous HTTP sessions to any one switch is recommended. An HTTP

session is considered a Brocade Network Advisor or Web Tools connection to the switch.

Opening a Telnet or SSH client window

When you open a Telnet or SSH client window, it connects to the IP interface of the switch. You
cannot connect to a CP blade on a director switch through a Telnet or SSH client window opened
from Web Tools, even when the blade has an IP address and supports Telnet sessions. Refer to the
Fabric OS Command Reference for information about the Telnet commands.

Internet Explorer 7.0 default settings disable Telnet functionality. If you are using Internet Explorer

7.0, you must make the appropriate changes in the registry to open the Telnet window.

To open a Telnet or SSH client window, perform the following steps.

1. Select a switch in Fabric Tree.

You are prompted to log in if the OS is version 5.3.0 or later; otherwise, the selected switch
displays in Switch View.

2. Select Telnet/SSH Client under Too ls menu. The Preference Dialog dialog box displays.

3. Select the client by clicking Telnet or SSH.

4. Enter the Telnet or SSH path, as defined for your implementation.

To avoid the need to remember and key in the path, you can store the path on your PC and
browse to the location. Clicking the button to the right of the field initiates the browse
capability.

5. Click OK.

The Telnet or SSH window displays.

6. Enter your user credentials at the login prompt.

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7. To close the session, enter exit at the prompt and press the Enter key.

Collecting logs for troubleshooting

If you encounter problems using the Web Tools interface, collect Java logs for use in
troubleshooting. From Microsoft Windows, perform this procedure.

1. Open Control Panel and select Java.

2. Click on the Advanced tab.

3. Expand Java console.

4. Select Show console.

5. Restart Web Tools.

The Java console displays, along with the Web Tools opening page.

6. Perform the Web Tools operation that caused the problem.

7. Collect the logs shown on the Java console.

8. If you no longer want to see the Java console when you start Web Tools, go back to the Control
Panel, repeat steps 1 and 2, and then deselect Show console.

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Chapter

Managing Fabrics and Switches

In this chapter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Fabric and switch management overview

Most of the management tasks described in this chapter are accessed through the Switch
Administration window. Information in the Switch Administration window is retrieved from the
selected switch, as shown in Figure 8 on page 30.

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FIGURE 8 Switch Administration window, Switch tab, Basic mode

With the exception of switch time, information displayed in the Switch Administration window is not
updated automatically by Web Tools. To update the information displayed in the Switch
Administration window, click the Refresh button.

Most changes you make in the Switch Administration window are buffered, and are not applied to
the switch until you save the changes. If you close the Switch Administration window without saving
your changes, your changes are lost. To save the buffered changes you make in the Switch
Administration window to the switch, click Apply before closing the module or before switching to
another tab.

The License tab, Firmware Download tab, and the Security Policies tab are exceptions. The changes
you make on these tabs take effect immediately and there is no Apply button. There is an Apply
button in all the subtabs of security policies except ACL.

You can also use Telnet commands to perform management tasks. Refer to “Opening a Telnet or

SSH client window” on page 27 for information on how to launch a Telnet window using Web Tools.

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Configuring IP and subnet mask information

NOTE

Opening the Switch Administration window

Most of the management procedures in this chapter are performed from the Switch Administration
window.

To open the Switch Administration window, perform the following steps.

1. Click Configure > Switch Admin.

The Switch Administration dialog box displays in basic mode, as shown in Figure 8 on page 30.
The basic mode displays the “basic” tabs and options.

2. Click Show Advanced Mode to see all the available tabs and options.

Configuring IP and subnet mask information

Before proceeding, collect all the information you need to configure the Ethernet IP interface. This
includes the subnet mask, gateway IP address, or IPFC, and subnet mask for your system. When
you configure or change the Ethernet IP, subnet mask, gateway IP, or IPFC, and subnet mask from
Web Tools, there is a normal loss of network connection to the switch. Close all current windows
and restart Web Tools with the new IP address.

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The IPFC address is specific for each logical switch. The IPFC address is set to FC0 for switches that
do not support Virtual Fabrics.

To configure the IP and subnet mask information, perform the following steps.

1. Select the Network tab.

2. In the appropriate IP address section, enter the IP address you want to use for the IP interface.

Use the IPv4 Address section or the IPv6 Address section to specify IP addresses.

3. In the IPv4 Address section:

• In the Ethernet IP field, enter the Ethernet IP address.

• In the IPFC Net IP field, enter the IPFC net IP address.

• In the Ethernet Mask field, enter the Ethernet mask address.

• In the IPFC Net Mask field, enter the IPFC net mask address.

• In the Gateway IP field, enter the gateway IP address.

4. In the IPv6 Address section, in the Ethernet IPv6 field, enter the Ethernet IP address.

5. You can also enable automatic configuration of IPv6 addresses by selecting Enable IPv6 Auto
Configuration.

The automatically generated IPv6 addresses are displayed under Auto Configured IPv6
Addresses. Eight auto-configured addresses are created per switch, and up to 24 for a DCX, or
DCX-4S chassis (eight per chassis, and eight per each installed CP).

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Configuring Netstat Auto Refresh

The Netstat Performance window displays the details about Ethernet management port statistics
like the Interface, MTU, Met, RX-OK, RX-ERR, RX-DRP, RX-OVR, TX-OK, TX-ERR, TX-DRP, TX-OVR, and
Flag.

To configure Auto Refresh, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Select the Network tab.

3. Click Netstat Performance.

4. Select the Auto Refresh check box to automatically refresh the port details.

Clear the check box to disable auto refresh.

5. When enabled, enter the interval time in seconds in the Auto-Refresh Interval field.

The port details are automatically refreshed, based on the configured time interval. The
minimum value is 15 seconds.

Configuring a syslog IP address

The syslog IP represents the IP address of the server that is running the syslog process. The syslog
daemon reads and forwards system messages to the appropriate log files or users, depending on
the system configuration. When one or more IP addresses are configured, the switch forwards all
error log entries to the syslog on the specified servers. Up to six servers are supported. Refer to
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide for more information on configuring the syslog daemon.

To configure a syslog IP address, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Select the Network tab.

3. In the Syslog IP’s Configuration section, in the New IP field, enter an IP address in either IPv4
or IPv6 format.

4. Click Add.

The new IP address displays in the Syslog IP area.

5. Click Apply.

Removing a syslog IP address

To remove a syslog IP address, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Select the Network tab.

3. Select a syslog IP in the table and click Remove.

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You can click Clear All to remove all of the syslog IP addresses from the table.

4. Click Apply.

Configuring IP Filtering

Web Tools provides the ability to control what client IP addresses may connect to a switch or fabric.

To set up IP Filtering, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window (in Basic mode) as described in “Opening the Switch

Administration window” on page 31.

2. Click Show Advanced Mode.

3. Select the Security Policies tab.

4. Select IPFilter on the Security Policies menu.

5. Click Create Policy.

The Create IP Filter Policy dialog box displays.

6. Enter a policy name, select a policy type, and then click the Add Rule button.

Configuring IP Filtering

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7. Enter the rule order, rule type, source and destination IP addresses, and then modify the
service or destination port, protocol, and action as necessary.

Both the source and destination IP addresses are needed for the FWD rule type.

Only the source IP address is needed for the INPUT rule type, as the destination IP address
field is disabled.

8. Click OK.

After you create a policy, you can use the following controls on this tab to manage the policies:

• The Edit Policy button lets you select an existing policy and make changes to it.

• The Show Policy button lets you view the details of the policy in a read-only window.

• The Delete Policy button lets you delete a policy.

• The Clone Policy button lets you copy a policy. Use this feature when you want to create

similar policies. After you create a clone, you can edit the policy to make the appropriate
changes.

• The Activate Policy button lets you make an existing policy active.

• The Distribute Policy button lets you distribute a policy to various switches.

• The Accepts Distribution check box lets you set the policy to accept or reject distributions.

Blade management

Web Tools provides the ability to enable and disable blades, and to set slot-level IP addresses for
blades. The procedure in this section applies only to the Brocade DCX 8510-4, Brocade DCX
8510-8,or the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms.

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Enabling or disabling a blade

The Firmware Version columns display the firmware loaded onto each blade. A blade can have
more than one firmware image loaded onto it. The Blade State column in the Blade tab pane
indicates whether the blade is enabled.

The blade state is always shown as enabled, even if you perform a blade disable operation. When a
blade is set to a disable state, only the ports on the balde are disabled. The blade remains active.

To enable or disable a blade, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Select the Blade tab (Figure 9).

FIGURE 9 Blade tab

3. Select Blade Action > Enable Blade for each blade you want to enable, or Blade Action >
Disable Blade to disable a blade, and click Yes in the confirmation dialog.

Disabling a blade does not turn off the blade, it disables the ports on the blade. You cannot
enable or disable the CP blades.

Setting a slot-level IP address

To set an IP address, perform the following steps.

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Switch configuration

NOTE

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Select the Blade tab.

3. Click Set IP address.

4. Select a slot number from the list.

5. Enter the IP address, subnet mask, and Gateway IP address.

6. Select a type from the list.

7. C l ic k Add to add the new entry to the table.

When you click Add, the values remain in the fields. The Clear Gateway and Clear IP buttons
are available for clearing fields in the table.

To remove a configuration, select a row in the table and click Delete.

8. Click Apply to save the values currently shown in the table or click Cancel to close the dialog
box without saving any of your changes.

9. To update the switch with your changes, update the table using the Add and Delete buttons,
and then click Apply.

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Viewing IP addresses

If you want to view the IP addresses configured on the switch for the currently populated slots, use
the Show IP Address button.

Use this procedure to display the IP addresses.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Select the Blade tab.

3. Click Show IP Address.

4. Scroll through the list to view all the information.

5. When you are finished, click Close.

Switch configuration

Use the Switch tab of the Switch Administration window to perform basic switch configuration.

Figure 8 on page 30 displays an example of the Switch tab.

Enabling and disabling a switch

You can identify whether a switch is enabled or disabled in the Switch Administration window by
looking at the lower-right corner. If you rest the cursor over the icon, the system displays text that
indicates the status of the switch.

Use this procedure to enable or disable a switch.

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1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Select the Switch tab.

3. In the Switch Status section, click Enable to enable the switch or Disable to disable the switch.

4. Click Apply.

The system displays a confirmation window that asks if you want to save the changes to the
switch. You must click Yes to save the changes.

Enabling and disabling switch persistent

Use this procedure to enable or disable switch persistent. By default, switch persistent is disabled.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Select the Switch tab.

3. In the Switch Persistent section, do one of the following:

• Click Enable to enable the switch persistent

• Click Disable switch immediately to disable the switch persistent immediately.

• Click Disable when the switch reboots to set the switch persistent in disabled state and

disable on reboot.

The switch remains in enabled or temporarily online state until it reboots. After reboot,
switch goes to disabled state.

4. Click Apply.

The system displays a confirmation window that asks if you want to save the changes to the switch.
You must click Yes to save the changes.

Changing the switch name

Switches can be identified by IP address, domain ID, World Wide Name (WWN), or switch names.
Names must begin with an alphabetic character, but otherwise can consist of alphanumeric,
hyphen, and underscore characters. The maximum number of characters is 30, unless FICON
mode is enabled. When FICON mode is enabled, the maximum number of characters is 24.

Some system messages identify a switch service by the chassis name. If you assign meaningful
chassis names and switch names, system logs are easier to use.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Select the Switch tab.

3. Enter a new name in the Name field and click Apply.

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Changing the switch domain ID

Although domain IDs are assigned dynamically when a switch is enabled, you can request a
specific ID to resolve a domain ID conflict when you merge fabrics.

To change the switch domain ID, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Disable the switch, as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 35.

3. Select the Switch tab.

4. Enter a new domain ID in the Domain ID field.

For IM0, the range of valid values is from 1 athrough 239.

5. Click Apply.

6. Enable the switch, as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 35.

Viewing and printing a switch report

The switch report includes the following information:

• A list of switches in the fabric

• Switch configuration parameters

• A list of ISLs and ports

• Name Server information

• Zoning information

• SFP serial ID information

To view or print a report, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Select the Switch tab.

3. Click View Report.

4. In the new window that displays the report, view or print the report using your browser.

Setting a principal switch

To set the preference to a switch to become the next principal switch in the fabric, perform the
following steps:

Principal switch selection is not supported in Access Gateway mode.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Select the Switch tab.

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Switch restart

3. In the Principal Switch section, perform one of the following to set the switch as a principal
switch.

• Select Set as preferred Principal Switch - The switch is set as principal switch in the next

fabric rebuild.

• Select Set as preferred Principal Switch and then select Rebuild Fabric after setting

preferred principal switch - The switch is set as preferred principal switch with rebuild
triggered forcefully.

• Select Set as preferred Principal Switch and enter the priority value in a range from 1

through FF in the Priority field.

You can change the priority value and select Rebuild Fabric after setting preferred principal switch
option from a principal or a subordinate switch. The principal switch selection is based on the
following factors:

Priority value with force option Expected behavior

Subordinate switch Lesser than principal Fabric rebuild occurs and the switch comes up as a

principal switch.

Greater than principal Fabric rebuild occurs and the switch remains as a

subordinate switch.

Equal to principal Fabric rebuild occurs and the principal switch is selected

based on the wwn check (lower becomes principal
switch).

Principal switch Lesser than subordinate No fabric rebuild, the switch remains principal.

Greater than subordinate Fabric rebuild occurs and the switch becomes

subordinate.

Equal to subordinate Fabric rebuild occurs and the principal switch is selected

based on the wwn check (lower becomes principal
switch).

4. Click Apply.

Switch restart

When you restart the switch, the restart takes effect immediately. Ensure that there is no traffic or
other management on the switch, because traffic is interrupted during the restart; however, frames
are not dropped. Be sure to save your changes before the restart, because any changes not saved
are lost.

Performing a fast boot

A fast boot reduces boot time significantly by bypassing the power-on self test (POST).

To perform a fast boot, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Click Fastboot.

3. On the Fastboot Confirmation window, click Yes to continue.

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4. Click Apply.

Performing a reboot

To reboot the CP and execute the normal power-on booting sequence, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Click Reboot.

3. On the Reboot Confirmation window, click Yes to continue.

4. Click Apply.

System configuration parameters

You must disable the switch before you can configure fabric parameters.

You can change the following system configuration parameters:

• Switch fabric settings

• Virtual channel settings

• Arbitrated loop parameters

• System services

• Signed firmware

System configuration parameters

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WWN-based Persistent PID assignment

WWN-based PID assignment allows you to configure a PID persistently using a device’s WWN.
When the device logs into the switch, the PID is bound to the device WWN. If the device is moved to
another port in the same switch, or a new blade is hot plugged, the device receives the same PID
(area) at its next login. For information on configuring WWN-based PID assignment, refer to

“Configuring fabric settings” on page 40.

This feature is deactivated by default. When the feature is enabled, bindings are created
dynamically; as new devices log in, they automatically enter the WWN-based PID database. The
bindings exist until you explicitly unbind the mappings through the CLI or change to a different
addressing mode. If there are any existing devices when you enable the feature, you must manually
enter the WWN-based PID assignments through the CLI.

Once WWN-based PID assignment is enabled you must manually enter the WWN-based PID
assignments through the CLI for any existing devices. Any new devices logging in are automatically
entered in the WWN-based PID database. Current WWN-based PID bindings are cleared when you
change to a different addressing mode.

PID assignments are supported for a maximum of 4096 devices; this includes both point-to-point
and NPIV devices. The number of point-to-point devices supported depends directly on the areas
available. For example, 448 are available on an enterprise-class platform and 256 are available on
switches. When the number of entries in the WWN-based PID database reaches the number 4096
or areas are used up, the oldest unused entry is purged from the database to free up the reserved
area for the new FLOGI. Refer to Table 7 for complete information.

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TABLE 7 Switches that support WWN-based Persistent PID on Web Tools

Platform VF Default switch Logical switch Area mode FICON mode

0 If 8-bit dynamic

mode is
enabled, FMS is
not supported

1 Can be set

2 Not supported

Configurable

dynamic

Configurable

dynamic

DCX/DCX-4S
DCX 8510-4
DCX 8510-8

Brocade 5100
Brocade 5300
Brocade VA-40FC
Brocade 6510
Brocade 6520

Brocade 300
Brocade 5100
Brocade 5300
Brocade VA-40FC
Brocade 6510
Brocade 6520
Brocade 7800

Yes , i f d yn amic
area addressing

Enabled

Enabled Yes Yes Default-8 bit

Disabled N/A N/A Default-8bit

is enabled in the
default switch.

Yes

Configuring fabric settings

To configure the fabric settings, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Click Show Advanced Mode.

3. Select the Configure tab.

4. Select the Fabric subtab.

5. Make the fabric parameter configuration changes.

6. Click Apply.

7. En a b l e t h e s wi t c h as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 35.

Fabric settings

Configure the following fabric settings on the Fabric subtab of the Configure tab:

BB Credit The buffer-to-buffer credit is the number of buffers available to attached devices for frame

receipt. The default BB Credit is 16. The range of valid values is from 1 through 27.

R_A_TOV Resource allocation timeout value (in milliseconds). This variable works with the E_D_TOV

to determine switch actions when presented with an error condition. The default is 10000.
The possible range is (2*E_D_TOV) –120000. Values must be multiples of 1000.

E_D_TOV Error detect timeout value (in milliseconds). This timer is used to flag a potential error

condition when an expected response is not received within the set time. The valid range
is 1000 - (R_A_TOV/2)

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Datafield size The largest possible data field size (in bytes). The range of valid values is from 256

through 2112.

Address mode Displays the addressing mode present in the switch.

Sequence Level
Switching

Disable Device Probing Set this mode only if the switch N_Port discovery process (PLOGI, PRLI, INQUIRY) causes

Per-Frame Routing
Priority

Suppress Class F Traffic Applies only if VC-encoded address mode is also set. When selected, translative

Insistent Domain ID
Mode

WWN-based Persistent
PID

Select this box to enable frames of the same sequence from a particular group to be
transmitted together. When this option is not selected, frames are transmitted interleaved
among multiple sequences. Under normal circumstances, sequence-level switching
should be disabled for better performance. However, some host adapters have issues
when receiving interleaved frames among multiple sequences.

an attached device to fail. When set, devices that do not register with the Name Server are
not present in the Name Server database.

Select whether to select per-frame routing priority. When enabled, the virtual channel ID is
used in conjunction with a frame header to form the final virtual channel ID.

addressing (which allows private devices to communicate with public devices) is disabled.

Set this mode to make the current domain ID insistent across reboots, power cycles, and
failovers. This mode is required fabric wide to transmit FICON

Set this mode to configure a PID persistently using a device’s WWN. When the device logs
into the switch, the PID is bound to the device WWN. Refer to “WWN-based Persistent PID

assignment” on page 39.

data.

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Enabling insistent domain ID mode

To enable insistent domain ID mode, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Disable the switch as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 35.

3. Select the Configure tab.

4. Select the Fabric subtab.

5. Select the Insistent Domain ID Mode check box.

6. Click Apply.

7. En a b l e t h e s wi t c h as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 35.

Configuring virtual channel settings

You can configure parameters for eight virtual channels (VC) to enable fine-tuning for a specific
application. You cannot modify the first two virtual channels because these are reserved for switch
internal functions.

The default virtual channel settings are already optimized for switch performance. Changing the
default values can improve switch performance, but can also degrade performance. Do not change
these settings without fully understanding the effects of the changes.

VC Priority specifies the class of frame traffic given priority for a virtual channel.

To configure the virtual channel settings, perform the following steps.

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1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Disable the switch as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 35.

3. Select the Configure tab.

4. Select the Virtual Channel subtab.

5. Enter a value in the VC Priority field you want to change.

The only valid numeric values for all fields are either “2” or “3”.

6. Click Apply.

7. En a b l e t h e s wi t c h as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 35.

Configuring arbitrated loop parameters

To configure arbitrated loop parameters, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Disable the switch as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 35.

3. Select the Configure tab.

4. Select the Arbitrated Loop subtab.

5. Select or clear the check boxes to enable or disable the corresponding arbitrated loop
parameters.

6. Click Apply.

7. En a b l e t h e s wi t c h as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 35.

Arbitrated loop parameters

Configure the following arbitrated loop parameters on the Arbitrated Loop subtab of the Configure
tab:

Send Fan Frames Select this check box to specify that fabric address notification (FAN)

frames are sent to public loop devices to notify them of their node ID
and address.

Always Send RSCN Following the completion of loop initialization, a remote state change

notification (RSCN) is issued when FL_Ports detect the presence of
new devices or the absence of pre-existing devices. Select this check
box to issue an RSCN upon completion of loop initialization, regardless
of the presence or absence of new or pre-existing devices.

Configuring system services

You can enable or disable FCP read link status (RLS) probing for F_Ports and FL_Ports. It is
disabled by default.

To configure system services, perform the following steps.

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1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Disable the switch as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 35.

3. Select the Configure tab.

4. Select the System subtab.

5. Select the Disable RLS Probing check box to disable RLS probing.

-or-

Clear the check box to enable RLS probing.

6. Click Apply.

7. En a b l e t h e s wi t c h as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 35.

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Configuring signed firmware

When the firmware is downloaded to a device, the system can validate the firmware based on a
configuration setting. By default, the signed firmware download is not validated.

During the first download, the system ignores the signed firmware. After the first download, the
public key is downloaded and then, in subsequent downloads, you can turn on the feature.
You can view the public key on the Firmware Download tab in the Switch Administration window.

To configure the signed firmware, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Select the Configure tab.

3. Select the Firmware subtab.

4. Select the Enable Signed Firmware Download check box.

5. Click Apply.

Licensed feature management

The licensed features currently installed on the switch are listed in the License tab of the Switch
Administration window. If the feature is listed, such as the EGM license, it is installed and
immediately available. When you enable some licenses, such as ISL Trunking, you might need to
change the state of the port to enable the feature on the link. For time-based licenses, the expiry
date is included. Right-click a license key to export data, copy data, or search the table.

Activating a license on a switch

Before you can unlock a licensed feature, you must obtain a license key. You can either use the
license key provided in the paperpack document supplied with switch software or refer to the
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide for instructions on how to obtain a license key at the Brocade
website (my.brocade.com).

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To activate a license, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

2. Select the License tab and click Add.

3. Paste or enter a license key in the field.

4. Click Add License.

5. Click Refresh to display the new licenses in the License tab.

Assigning slots for a license key

This feature allows to increase the capacity without disrupting the slots that already have licensed
features running.

window” on page 31.

The Add License dialog box displays.

Some licenses, such as the Trunking or Brocade 7800 upgrade license, do not take effect until
the switch is restarted.

You can enable slot based licenses only on 10 Gigabit Ethernet (FTR_10G), Advanced Extension
(FTR_AE), and Advanced FICON Acceleration (FTR_AFA) features.

To assign slots for a license key, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Select the License tab.

3. Select the license key for which you want to assign slots from the License Administration table.

4. Click Assign Slot(s).

The Assign Slots window displays.

5. Select the slots you want to assign.

6. Click OK.

Removing a license from a switch

To remove a license from a switch in the Switch Administration window, perform the following
steps.

Use care when removing licenses. If you remove a license for a feature, that feature no longer works.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Select the License tab.

3. Select the license key you want to remove.

4. Click Remove.

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Universal time-based licensing

After v6.3.0, Web Tools supports universal time-based licensing. Each universal key is for a single
feature, and can be used on any product that supports the feature, for a defined trial period. At the
end of the trial period, the feature gets disabled. You can extend the universal key license. For
time-based licenses, the Expiry Date displays in the License Administration table.

The following features are supported for universal time-based license:

• Fabric

• Extended Fabric

• Fabric Watch

• Performance Monitor

• Tru nking

• High-Performance Extension over FCIP/FC

• Advanced Extension

• Advanced FICON Acceleration

• FICON Management Server (CUP)

• Enhanced Group Management (EGM)

• 10GbE

• Integrated Routing

• Adaptive Networking

• Server Application Optimization

• Extended Inter Chassis Link (EICL) license

High Availability overview

High-Availability (HA) features provide maximum reliability and nondisruptive replacement of key
hardware and software modules. High Availability is available only on the Brocade DCX, DCX-4S,
DCX 8510-4 and DCX 8510-8 platforms. Refer to the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide for additional
information about High Availability.

The High Availability window, as shown in Figure 10, displays information about the status of the HA
feature on each control processor (CP), and enables you to perform CP failover.

The background color of the HA button indicates the overall status of high availability on the switch.
The colors and their meanings are:

• Green—Healthy: HA Status is HA enabled, Heartbeat Up, HA State synchronized.

• Yellow—Disruptive mode: HA Status is HA enabled, Heartbeat Up, HA State not in sync.

• Red—HA is unavailable: HA Status is Non-Redundant.

Launching the High Availability window

To launch the High Availability window, perform the following steps.

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1. Select a Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-4 or DCX 8510-8 platforms from the Fabric Tree.

The Switch View displays.

2. Click the HA button in the Switch View.

The High Availability dialog box displays.

The High Availability window contains the following two tabs:

• The Service tab displays information about the switch. When the hardware is configured as a

dual switch, the Service tab displays information about both switches.

• The CP tab displays information about slots. For Brocade DCX-4S or DCX 8510-4, CP blades are

placed in slot 4 and slot 5.,For the Brocade DCX or DCX 8510-8, CP blades are placed in slot 6
and 7.

FIGURE 10 High Availability window, CP tab

The High Availability window gets refreshed automatically. You can also click Refresh to update the
information displayed in the High Availability window.

Synchronizing services on the CP

A nondisruptive CP failover is only possible when all the services are synchronized between both
CPs.

To synchronize services on the CP, perform the following steps.

1. Open the High Availability window as described in “Launching the High Availability window” on
page 45.

2. Verify that the HA Status field displays HA enabled, Heartbeat Up, HA State synchronized.

If the HA Status field displays HA enabled, Heartbeat Up, HA State synchronized, then the
services are in sync.

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If the HA Status field displays HA enabled, Heartbeat Up, HA State not in sync, continue with
step 3.

3. Click Synchronize Services.

The Warning dialog box displays.

4. Click Yes and wait for the CPs to complete a synchronization of services, so that a
nondisruptive failover is ready.

5. Click Refresh to update the HA Status field.

When the HA Status field displays HA enabled, Heartbeat Up, HA State synchronized, a failover
can be initiated without disrupting frame traffic on the fabric.

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Initiating a CP failover

A nondisruptive failover might take about 30 seconds to complete. During the failover, all of the
Web Tools windows and all associated child-windows are invalidated. You must close all Web Tools
windows and open Web Tools again.

To initiate a nondisruptive failover, perform the following steps.

1. Open the High Availability window as described in “Launching the High Availability window” on
page 45.

2. Verify that the HA Status field displays HA enabled, Heartbeat Up, HA State synchronized or HA
enabled, Heartbeat Up, HA State not in sync.

3. Click Initiate Failover.

The Warning dialog box displays.

4. Click Yes to initiate a nondisruptive failover.

5. When prompted, close the Web Tools Switch Explorer window and all associated windows, and
re-open Web Tools.

Event monitoring

Web Tools displays fabric-wide and switch-wide events. Event information includes sortable fields
for the following:

• Switch name

• Message number

• Time stamp

• Indication of whether the event is from a logical switch or a chassis

• The number of successive events of the same kind

• Severity level

• Unique message identifier (in the form moduleID-messageType)

• Detailed error message for root cause analysis

There are eight message severity levels:

• Emergency

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• Alert

• Critical

• Error

• Warning

• Marginal

• Notice

• Information

• Debug

Tab le 8 lists the event message severity levels displayed on the Switch Events tab and explains

what qualifies event messages to be certain levels.

On the Switch Events tab, you can click Filter to launch the Event Filter dialog box. The Event Filter
dialog box allows you to define which events should be displayed on the Switch Events tab. For
more information on filtering events, refer to “Filtering Switch Events” on page 49.

TABLE 8 Event severity levels

Icon and level Description

Emergency-level messages indicate a partial or complete failure of a

Emergency

subsystem.

Critical

Alert

Error

Warning

Notice

Info

Critical-level messages indicate that the software has detected serious
problems that will eventually cause a partial or complete failure of a subsystem
if not corrected immediately. For example, a power supply failure or rise in
temperature must receive immediate attention.

This event does not compromise data or prevent the use of the system;
however, the event warrants your attention.

Error-level messages represent an error condition that does not impact overall
system functionality significantly. For example, error-level messages might
indicate timeouts on certain operations, failures of certain operations after
retries, invalid parameters, or failure to perform a requested operation.

Warning-level messages highlight a current operating condition that should be
checked or it might lead to a failure in the future. For example, a power supply
failure in a redundant system relays a warning that the system is no longer
operating in redundant mode. The failed power supply must be replaced or
fixed.

Notices report important events, such as task completions or events.

Information-level messages report the current nonerror status of the system
components, such as the online and offline status of a fabric port.

Debug messages deliver status messages relating to debugging systems.

Debug

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Displaying Switch Events

The Switch Events tab displays a running log of events for the selected switch. Switch events are
polled and updated every 15 seconds; there is no refresh-on-demand option for switch events.

For two-switch configurations, all chassis-related events are displayed in the event list of each
logical switch for convenience.

To display Switch Events, perform the following steps.

1. Select the switch from the Fabric Tree.

The Switch View displays.

2. Select the Switch Events tab, if necessary.

Filtering Switch Events

You can filter the fabric and switch events by time, severity, message ID, and service. You can apply
either one type of filter at a time or multiple types of filters at the same time. When a filter is
applied, the filter information displays at the bottom of the filtered information and the Show All link
is available to allow you to view the information unfiltered.

To filter switch events, perform the following the procedure.

1. Open the Switch Events tab as described in “Displaying Switch Events” on page 49.

2. Click Filter.

The Event Filter dialog box displays.

3. To filter events within a certain time period:

• Select the From check box and enter the start time and date in the fields.

• Select the To check box and enter the finish time and date in the fields.

• To filter events beginning at a certain date and time, select only the From check box and

enter the start time and date.

• To filter events up until a certain date and time, select only the To check box and enter the

finish time and date.

4. Click OK.

The filter is enabled and the window is refreshed to show the filtered information.

Filtering events by event severity levels

To filter events by event severity levels, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Events tab as described in “Displaying Switch Events” on page 49.

2. Click Filter.

The Event Filter dialog box displays.

3. Select Level.

4. Select the event levels you want to display.

5. Click OK.

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The filter is enabled and the window is refreshed to show the filtered information.

Filtering events by message ID

To filter events by message ID, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Events tab as described in “Displaying Switch Events” on page 49.

2. Click Filter.

The Event Filter dialog box displays.

3. Select Message ID.

4. Enter the message IDs in the associated field.

You can enter multiple message IDs as long as you separate them by commas. You can enter
either the full message ID (moduleID-messageType) or a partial ID (moduleID only). The
message ID filtering is case-sensitive.

5. Click OK.

The filter is enabled and the window is refreshed to show the filtered information.

Filtering events by service component

To filter events by service component, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Events tab as described in “Displaying Switch Events” on page 49.

2. Click Filter.

The Event Filter dialog box displays.

3. Select Service. The event service menu is enabled.

4. Select either Switch or Chassis from the menu to show only those messages from the logical
switch or from the chassis.

5. Click OK.

The filter is enabled and the window is refreshed to show the filtered information.

Displaying the Name Server entries

Web Tools displays Name Server entries listed in the Simple Name Server database. This includes
all Name Server entries for the fabric, not only those related to the local domain. Each row in the
table represents a different device. You can click the column head to sort the events by a par ticular
column, and drag the column divider to resize a column. You can also right-click a column heading
to resize one or all columns, sort the information in ascending or descending order, or select which
columns are displayed.

For FICON devices: The Name Server table lists the request node identification (RNID) information.

To display the Name Servers, perform the following steps.

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1. In the Switch Explorer window, select Name Server.

The Name Server tab displays.

2. To set an autorefresh rate for the Name Server entries, select the Auto Refresh check box in
the Name Server window, and enter an auto-refresh interval (in seconds).

The minimum interval is 45 seconds and the default interval is 60 seconds.

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Printing the Name Server entries

To set up printing preferences, perform the following steps.

1. In the Switch Explorer window, select Name Server.

The Name Server tab displays.

2. Click Print.

3. On the Page Setup dialog box, set up your printing preferences and click OK.

The Print dialog box displays.

4. Select a printer and click OK.

Displaying Name Server information for a particular device

To display Name Server information for a particular device, perform the following steps.

1. In the Switch Explorer window, select Name Server.

The Name Server tab displays.

2. Select a device from the Domain column.

3. Click Detail View.

The Name Server Information dialog box displays the information specific to that device.

Displaying zone members for a particular device

To display zone members for a particular device, perform the following steps.

1. In the Switch Explorer window, select Name Server.

The Name Server tab displays.

2. Select a device from the Domain column.

3. Click Accessible Devices.

The Zone Accessible Devices window displays accessible zone member information specific to
that device.

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Physically locating a switch using beaconing

Use the Beacon button to physically locate a switch in a fabric. The beaconing function helps to
physically locate a switch by sending a signal to the specified switch, resulting in an LED light
pattern that cycles through all ports for each switch (from left to right).

You must have an RBAC role of admin to initiate switch beaconing. The LED light pattern is initiated
on the actual switch or chassis. It is not mirrored in the Switch View.

To use beaconing, perform the following steps.

1. Select a logical switch from the Logical Switch drop-down list in the top-right corner of the
Switch Explorer window.

The selected switch displays in the Switch View.

2. Select Tools > Beacon > Beacon for a switch or Chassis Beacon for a chassis-based switch.

The LED lights on the actual switch light up on the physical switch in a pattern running back
and forth across the switch itself. In chassis-based switches, the LEDs glow across all the
blades.

3. Look at the physical switches in your installation location to identify the switch.

Locating logical switches using chassis beaconing

To locate all logical switches in a chassis, perform the following steps.

1. Select a logical switch from the Logical Switch drop-down list in the top-right corner of the
Switch Explorer window.

The selected switch displays in the Switch View.

2. Select Tools > Beacon > Chassis Beacon.

The LEDs on the logical switch light up on the blades associated with the logical switch.

Virtual Fabrics overview

Virtual Fabrics is an architecture that virtualizes hardware boundaries. Traditionally, SAN design
and management is done at the granularity of a physical switch. Each switch and all the ports in
the switch act as a single fabric element that participates in a single fabric. Virtual Fabrics allows
SAN design and management to be done at the granularity of a port. This enables partitioning of a
physical switch into multiple logical switches, which may be organized into logical fabrics.

The following platforms are Virtual Fabrics-capable:

• Brocade DCX and DCX-4S

• Brocade 5300

• Brocade 5100

• Brocade 6510

• Brocade 6520

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• Brocade DCX 8510-4

• Brocade DCX 8510-8

Virtual Fabrics cannot be configured or managed from Web Tools. Configuration and management
is done from either the Brocade Network Advisor, or the Fabric OS command line interface. For
information about configuring and managing Virtual Fabrics, refer to the Brocade Network Advisor
User Manual if you are using Brocade Network Advisor, or Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide if you
are using the Fabric OS command line interface.

You can use Web Tools to view Virtual Fabrics and logical switch configurations.

Selecting a logical switch from the Switch View

You can log in to a specific logical switch, as described in Chapter 1, or you can select a logical
switch from the Switch View. If you do not log in to a specific logical switch, you are presented with
the default logical switch.

Under the Switch Information tab, Base Switch, Default Switch, and Allow XISL Use are specific to
VIrtual Fabrics. These options perform these functions:

• Base Switch indicates whether or not the logical switch can act as a base switch. A base switch

is a special logical switch that can be used for chassis interconnection. Each chassis may only
designate only one logical switch as a base switch.

• Default Switch indicates whether or not the logical switch is the default logical switch. The

default logical switch is equivalent to the normal, discovered physical switch topology. It is
automatically assigned fabric ID 128. If you do not log in to a specific logical switch using
Options on the login dialog box, the default logical switch displays in the Switch View.

• Allow XISL Use indicates whether or not the logical switch is allowed to connect to other logical

switches using an extended inter-switch link (XISL). Base switches may use XISLs. Dynamically
created logical switches can use the XISL for traffic, only if Allow XISL Use is enabled through
CLI using the configure command.

To select a logical switch, perform the following steps.

1. Use the Logical Switch drop-down list to select the fabric ID.

You must have the EGM license installed to view the Logical Switch selection on a Brocade
5100, 5300, or VA-40FC. A dialog box displays asking you to confirm your selection.

2. Click Yes to confirm.

The selected logical switch displays.

Viewing logical ports

When base switches are connected through XISLs, a base fabric is formed that includes logical
switches in different chassis. A logical link is formed dynamically among logical switches that have
the same FID to carry frames between the logical switches. Logical ports are created in the
respective switches to support the logical link.

Logical ports are software constructs, and have no corresponding hardware to represent them on
the Switch View. Logical port information is available in the Port Admin tab.

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1. Select Port Admin tab. The Port Admin tab displays. Logical ports are displayed in the FC Ports
Explorer tree structure.

2. To view logical port properties, expand the Logical Ports branch, and select a port. The General
properties are displayed.

FIGURE 11 Logical ports

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Maintaining Configurations and Firmware

In this chapter

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

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

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

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

Creating a configuration backup file

Keep a backup copy of the configuration file in case the configuration is lost or unintentional
changes are made. You should keep individual backup files for all switches in the fabric. You should
avoid copying configurations from one switch to another.

If you upload from a network, enter the host name or IP address in the Host Name or IP field, the
user ID and password required for access to the host in the User Name and Password fields, and
select the Protocol Type used for the upload. The default is FTP. If you select “Secure Copy Protocol
(SCP),” you cannot specify “anonymous” in the User Name field.

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An info

link is enabled when USB is chosen as the source of the configuration file. If you click on

info

, the following information message displays (Figure 12).

FIGURE 12 Information dialog box

To create a configuration backup file, perform the following task.

1. Select Configure > Switch Admin.

The Switch Administration window displays.

2. Select Show Advanced Mode.

3. Select the Configure tab.

4. Select the Upload/Download tab.

By default, Config Upload is chosen under Function, and Network is chosen as the source of
the configuration file.

5. Enter the configuration file with a fully-qualified path, or select the configuration file name in
the Configuration File Name field.

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If you select USB as the configuration file source, the network parameters are not needed and
are not displayed. You can skip to step 6.

6. Use the Fabric ID selector to select the fabric ID of the logical switch from which the
configuration file is to uploaded.

The selector displays all the virtual fabric IDs that have been defined, the default of 128 for the
physical switch, chassis level configuration, and all chassis and switches.

FIGURE 13 Fabric ID selector

If you are using a USB device, it must be connected and mounted before you upload or download.
Refer to “Uploading and downloading from USB storage” on page 57 for more information.

7. C l ic k Apply.

You can monitor the progress by watching the Upload/Download Progress bar.

Restoring a configuration

Restoring a configuration involves overwriting the configuration on the switch by downloading a
previously saved backup configuration file. Perform this procedure during a planned down time.

Make sure that the configuration file you are downloading is compatible with your switch model.
Configuration files from other model switches might cause your switch to fail.

If you download from a network, enter the host name or IP address in the Host Name or IP field, the
user ID and password required for access to the host in the User Name and Password fields, and
select the Protocol Type used for the upload. The default is FTP. If you select “Secure Copy Protocol
(SCP),” you cannot specify “anonymous” in the User Name field.

To restore a configuration, perform the following task.

1. Open the Switch Administration window.

2. Select Show Advanced Mode.

3. Select the Configure tab.

4. Select the Upload/Download tab.

By default, Config Upload is chosen under Function, and Network is chosen as the source of
the configuration file.

5. Under Function, select Config Download to Switch.

If you select USB as the configuration file source, the network parameters are not needed and
are not displayed, and you can skip to step 7.

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NOTE

An info link is enabled when USB is chosen as the source of the configuration file. If you click
info

, an information message displays.

6. Enter the configuration file with a fully-qualified path, or select the configuration file in the
Configuration File Name field.

7. Use the Fabric ID selector to select the fabric ID of the logical switch to which the configuration
file is to downloaded.

The selector displays all the virtual fabric IDs that have been defined, the default of 128 for the
physical switch, chassis level configuration, and all chassis and switches.

8. Enter the fabric ID of the logical switch in Template Fabric ID.

If you are using a USB device, it must be connected and mounted before you upload or download.
Refer to “Uploading and downloading from USB storage” on page 57 for more information.

9. Click Apply.

You can monitor the progress by watching the Upload/Download Progress bar.

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Uploading and downloading from USB storage

If you choose to upload or download from a USB device, you must click the USB port to launch the
USB Port Management wizard.

To update your USB storage, perform the following steps.

1. Select Mount USB Device, and select Yes at the confirmation prompt.

2. Right-click on a configuration file to access Export, Copy, and Search options.

3. Click Copy to upload and Export to download.

Performing a firmware download

During a firmware download, the switch restarts and the browser temporarily loses connection with
the switch. When the connection is restored, the version of the software running in the browser is
different from the new software version that was installed and activated on the switch. You must
close all of the Web Tools windows and log in again to avoid a firmware version mismatch. Note that
for chassis-based switches, you might get popup messages that imply the loss of connection is
temporary and will soon be resolved. You must still close all windows and re-log in.

When you request a firmware download, the system first checks the file size being downloaded. If
the compact flash does not have enough space, Web Tools displays a message and the download
does not occur. If this happens, contact your switch support supplier.

To download a new firmware version, perform the following steps.

1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration

window” on page 31.

2. Select the Firmware Download tab.

3. Choose to download either the Firmware or the Firmware key.

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NOTE

NOTE

4

The download source can be located on the Network or a USB device.

When you select the USB button, you can specify only a firmware path or directory name. No
other fields on the tab are available. The USB button is available if the USB is present on the
switch.

4. Enter the host name or IP address, user name, password, and fully-qualified path to the file
release.plist.

You can enter the IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format.

The path name should use the following structure:

//<directory>/<fos_version_directory>/release.plist

where the <directory> is the path up to the entry point of <fos_version_directory> and
<fos_version_directory> is where the unzipped version of Fabric OS is located.

Example

//directory_1/my_directory/v7.0.0/release.plist

5. Select the protocol type in the Protocol Type field.

If you select “Secure Copy Protocol (SCP),” you cannot specify “anonymous” in the User field.

6. Click Apply.

The firmware download begins. You can monitor the progress by looking at the Firmware
Download progress bar.

About halfway through the download process, after the firmware key is downloaded to the
switch, connection to the switch is lost and Web Tools invalidates the current session. Web
Tools invalidates all windows because upfront login is always enabled and cannot be disabled.

7. Close all Web Tools windows and log in again.

If the firmware download is in progress when you log in, you can continue to monitor its
progress.

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Managing Ports

In this chapter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Port management overview

This chapter describes how to manage FC and gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports. Refer to “Viewing

EX-Ports” on page 134 for information on how to view and configure EX-Ports.

The Port Admin tab is refreshed automatically every sixty seconds and is refreshed immediately
when you make any port changes through Web Tools.

To manage ports, you must be logged in with the role of switchadmin, admin, basicswitchadmin,
operator, or fabric admin. If you are logged in with a user, securityadmin, or zoneadmin role, you
can only view the port information.

For information about creating unique user account roles, refer to “User-defined accounts” on
page 163.

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Opening the Port Admin tab

Select Port Admin tab in the Switch Explorer window. The Port Admin tab displays information
about the ports on the switch. Refer to “Switch View” on page 21 for information about accessible
ports.

The Port Admin tab displays in Basic mode. To view more port management options, select View >
Advanced.

You can drag the column divider to resize a column, or drag columns to re-arrange them in a custom
order. You can also right-click a column heading to resize one or all columns, or sort the information
in ascending or descending order.

Port Admin tab components

The Port Admin tab has the following four tabs in the top left corner.

• FC Ports tab displays all of the FC ports on the switch (physical FC ports and logical ports).

• VE/VEx Ports tab displays all of the VE/VEx ports on the switch. If the switch does not have

VE/VEx ports, the VE/VEx Ports tab does not display.

• ICL Ports tab displays all of the ICL ports on the switch. If the switch does not have ICL Ports,

the ICL ports tab does not display.

• GigE Ports tab displays all of the GigE ports. If the switch does not have GigE ports, the

GigE Ports tab does not display.

The GigE Ports tab has the following subtabs:

- General—General information about the GigE Ports.

- SFP—Displays information about SFP ports.

- Port Statistics—Displays statistics about the ports.

- IP Interfaces—Lets you view interfaces

- IP Routes—Lets you view routes

- Inband IP Interfaces—Lets you configure interfaces

- Inband IP Routes—Lets you configure routes

- FCIP Tunnels—Lets you view FCIP tunnels. This tab has two buttons: Go to FCIP port and

Show Security Policies.

On selecting an FCIP tunnel, the following circuit details with the circuit properties are displayed:

• Circuit Number

• Tun nel I D

• Administrator Status

• Operational Status

• GigEPort

• Source IP

• Gateway

• VLAN ID

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• MTU Size

• Compression Mode

• Data L2COS Value

• DSCP Data

• IKE Policy Number

• IPsec Policy Enabled

• Keep Alive Timeout

• MaximumCommunicationRate

• MinimumCommunicationRate

• MaxRetransmitRate

• MinRetransmitRate

• Metric

• Pre-Shared key

• QOS Mapping

• Selective Ack

Port management overview

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Ports Explorer tree

The Ports Explorer tree displays on the left side of the window. Items in the tree are displayed as
follows:

• Switches—Switch ID, with switch name in parentheses; for example, 3(MapsSW_202)

• Blades—Slot number of the blade, with blade ID in parentheses; for example, Slot 7(24)

• Ports—Port number; for example, Port 2

• 10G SFP ports— A yellow triangle badge displays to visually distinguish the 10G SFP+ ports.

Button area

The button area contains buttons for all the tasks you can perform on the selected port. If you
select more than one port, buttons are available for only the tasks that you can perform on all of
the selected ports. Buttons are grayed (unavailable) if they are not applicable to the selected ports.

Port information displays in either a table of ports or information about a specific port, depending
on your selection. If you select a slot or switch, the system displays a table of all the ports for the
slot or switch. If you select a port, the system displays detailed information about the port.

Subtabs

You can view eit her Basic Mode or Advanced Mode, and to view the subtabs that contain additional
information about the port. The available subtabs depend on the type of port selected.

To view basic mode, select View > Basic. When viewing detailed information about a port, Basic
Mode provides these subtabs:

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• General—All ports

- View Details

- Rename

- Edit Configuration

- Enable/Disable (port)

- Persistent Enable/Persistent Disable (port)

• SFP—Physical ports only (FC, CEE, and GbE)

- Basic information about the port equipment

• QSFP—Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable ports

- Basic Information about the port.

- UnitNumber

- ChannelIndex

- DeviceTech

• Port Statistics—All ports

- Basic port information and statistics

Note that on the Port Statistics subtab, you can view either absolute values or deltas for
port statistics. Viewing the deltas is useful if you want to view current port trends. To reset
the counters on the port statistics, click the Clear Counters button.

FCIP statistics for a GbE port are the accumulated statistics of all the FCIP tunnels for that
GbE port.

• IP Interfaces—GbE ports only

• IP Routes—GbE ports only

To view advanced mode, select View > Advanced. When viewing detailed information about a port,
the Advanced Mode provides these additional subtabs:

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• General—All ports

- Rename

- Edit Configuration

- Re-Authenticate

- Port—Enable/Disable/Swap

- PID—Bind/Un-Bind

- Persistent—Enable/Disable

- F-Port—BB Credit/Trunking

- Trunking—Enable/Disable

- NPIV—Enable/Disable/Max Login

- QoS—Enable/Disable (requires Adaptive Networking License)

- CSCTL—Enable/Disable (requires Adaptive Networking License)

- Beacon—Enable/Disable

- Speed combination (applicable only to the Brocade 6520, Brocade 6510 and Brocade DCX

8510-4,8510-8 with the FC16-32 or FC16-48

- Compression—Enable/Disable

- Encryption—Enable/Disable

- Forward Error Correction—Enable/Disable

• SFP—Physical ports only (FC, CEE, and GbE)

- Basic Information about the port.

- Advanced information about the port equipment

• QSFP—Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable ports

- Basic Information about the port.

- Advanced information about the port equipment.

- UnitNumber

- ChannelIndex

- DeviceTech

- MaxCaseTemp

• Port Statistics

- Advanced port statistics

- Error details

- FCIP Tunnels—GbE ports and logical FCIP ports only (not available for the FR4-16IP).

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Controllable ports

All ports have a Controllable attribute visible from the Advanced Mode, which represents the RBAC
permission.

The Controllable attribute is No when non-owned E_Ports and indirect member ports on non-owned
switches are accessible in read-only mode and are not controllable, regardless of RBAC
permissions. Additionally, if you are logged in with read-only permission, the Controllable attribute
displays No for all por ts.

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NOTE

NOTE

NOTE

5

The Controllable attribute is Yes, if your role gives you Modify permission for ports. If a port is
controllable, all configuration functionality is enabled.

Configuring FC ports

With the FC Port Configuration wizard, you can configure allowed port types, port speed, and long
distance mode for physical ports.

You must use Web Tools with the EGM license enabled on the switch to configure long distance;
otherwise, access to this feature is denied and an error message displays.

The EGM license is required only for 8 Gbps platforms, such as the following:

• Brocade Encryption Switch

• Brocade 300, 5300, and 5100 switches

• Brocade VA-40FC

• Brocade 8000

• Brocade 7800

For non-8 Gbps platforms, all functionality is available without EGM license.

The following procedure describes how to open the FC Port Configuration wizard. The wizard is
self-explanatory, so the explicit steps are not documented here.

With Fabric OS v7.0.1 and later, Web Tools supports interoperability between a Fabric OS fabric and
a Brocade Network OS fabric through an FC router. You can select this interoperability mode in the
FC Port Configuration Wizard.

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Admin tab.

2. Select the port you want to configure from the tree on the left.

3. Click the General subtab.

Long distance does not display from the General or Tabl e subtabs if the EGM license is not
enabled on the switch.

4. Click Edit Configuration.

The FC Port Configuration wizard displays. The fields are populated with the current
configuration values.

Long distance is not displayed from the Edit Configuration window. You can view long distance
from the View tab when you display the port details.

5. Follow the steps in the wizard.

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NOTE

NOTE

If you configure a disabled port as an EX-Port, the wizard displays the Enable Port after
configuration check box. If you select the check box, the disabled port is automatically enabled
after configuration; otherwise, the port remains in the same state after configuration.

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Allowed port types

For FC ports, the Port Admin tab displays the following values relating to port type:

Port Type This is the actual or current port type. If the port is offline, this value is the

allowed types (or U_Port, if no type constraint is specified). If the port is
online, this value is the type to which the port has been configured.

Allowed Port Type The allowed or configured port type.

The allowed port types indicate any constraints on what types the port can be configured when it
comes online. For normal (that is, non-EX-Port) ports, the following are the allowed port types:

L_Port The port can be used to connect a loop device.

F_Port The port can be used to connect a non-loop device.

E_Port The port can be used to connect to another switch. On the Brocade FC8-64,

ports 56 through 63 are not available as E_Ports. This option is unavailable
for these ports.

U_Port For a physical FC port: the port can be any one of E_Port, F_Port, or L_Port.

For a logical FC port: the port can be either VE_Port or VEX-Port.

When the wizard prompts you to select allowed port types, if all of these boxes are selected, there
are no constraints on port type. The port negotiated to its preferred type when the switch comes
up, depending on what type of device or switch to which it is connected.

Clearing a check box guarantees that the port does not attempt to function as a port of the
unchecked type. At least one type must remain selected. An FC port cannot be configured as an
E_Port and L_Port.

L_Ports are not supported on the Brocade FC16-32, Brocade FC16-48, Brocade FC8-32E, Brocade
FC8-48E, Brocade 6505, Brocade 6510, and Brocade 6520.

To configure a port as an EX-Port, the switch must be capable of supporting FCR or FCIP features.
The EX-Port option is disabled in the wizard if the switch does not meet these requirements.

Long distance mode

Port long distance configurations can be performed in the Switch Admin Extended Fabric tab if the
link is used over long distances. To configure the long-distance settings, the EGM license must be
enabled on the switch. Otherwise, access to this feature is denied and an error message displays.
For information about long-distance mode settings, refer to Chapter 13, “Administering Extended

Fabrics”.

The EGM license is required only for 8 Gbps platforms, such as the following:

• Encryption Switch

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• 300, 5300, and 5100 switches

• Brocade VA-40FC

• Brocade 8000

• Brocade 7800

For non-8 Gbps platforms, all functionality is available without EGM license.

Ingress rate limit

Ingress rate limiting is a licensed feature that requires the Adaptive Networking license.

For Brocade 6520, ingress rate limit can be configured without Adaptive Networking (AN) and Server
Application Optimization (SAO) licenses. For other platforms, these licenses are required.

Ingress rate limiting restricts the speed of traffic from a particular device to the switch port,
allowing latency-sensitive applications to share the storage resources alongside
throughput-intensive applications. Ingress rate limiting delays the return of BB credits to the
external device. By limiting the throughput on the ingress side of a port, existing congestion can be
removed or avoided.

The implication is as follows:

• Ingress rate limiting is not supported if the F_Port is in AOQ.

• Ingress rate limiting is not supported if the F_Port is part of Trunk.

• Ingress rate limiting is not supported if the F_Port is not QoS enabled, but it connects to a QoS

enabled AG switch port.

Ingress rate limiting is applicable only to F_Ports and FL_Ports and is available only on the following
platforms:

• Brocade DCX

• Brocade DCX-4S

• Brocade DCX 8510

• Brocade Encryption Switch

• Brocade 300

• Brocade 5100

• Brocade 5300

• Brocade 5410

• Brocade 5424

• Brocade 5450

• Brocade 5460

• Brocade 5470

• Brocade 5480

• Brocade 6510

• Brocade 6520

• Brocade 7800

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NOTE

• Brocade VA-40FC

• Brocade 8000

To configure the ingress rate limit feature, perform the following steps.

1. Select View > Advanced.

2. In the Port Admin tab, select a port, or multiple ports, to configure.

3. Select QoS > Enable option.

This enables the QoS on the selected ports. The selected port QoS status will be displayed in
port table.

4. Click the Edit Configuration button.

The Edit Configuration dialog box displays. This dialog box sets the QoS Ingress Rate Limit on
the selected ports.

5. Configure the port using the pre-defined Ingress Rate Limits.

You can set the Ingress Rate Limit even if QoS is disabled. It does not take effect until QoS is
enabled.

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Assigning a name to a port

Port names are optional. You can assign a name to an FC or FCIP port to make port grouping easier.
You can also rename FC and FCIP ports to new names. You cannot rename GbE ports. The Port
Name column in the General tab displays the default port name.

Port names can be from 1 through 128 alphanumeric characters, unless FICON Management
Server (FMS) mode is enabled. If FMS mode is enabled, port names should be limited from 1
through 24 alphanumeric characters. The comma (,), semicolon (;), and “at” symbol (@) are not
allowed.

Although it is not required, it is recommended that port names be unique.

To assign a name to a port, perform the following steps.

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Admin tab.

2. Select the FC Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, select the switch or slot that contains the port you want to rename.

4. From the table, select the port you want to rename.

5. Click Rename.

6. Enter a name for the port and click Rename.

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NOTE

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Port beaconing

Individual FC ports can be set to beacon using the Port Admin tab. Port beaconing status displays
in the Port Beaconing column. The Switch View reflects the port beaconing status by flashing the
port amber and green for 2.5 seconds each, in an alternating pattern.

To configure beaconing for an FC port, perform the following steps.

1. Select the Port Admin tab.

2. Click View > Advanced, if the Port Admin tab is in Basic mode.

3. Select the switch in the FC Ports Explorer list.

4. Select a port from the list in the main window.

There is an optional procedure for configuring a single FC port.

The Beacon drop-down list becomes active. Select Enable or Disable from the drop-down list.

You may select all the ports on the switch, but if you select a port that is not valid for
beaconing, the Port Beacon buttons are disabled.

1. Select the Port Admin tab.

2. Click View > Advanced, if the Port Admin tab is in Basic mode.

3. Select a port from the list in the main window.

The Beacon drop-down button becomes active. Select Enable or Disable from the drop-down
button.

Enabling and disabling a port

To enable or disable a port, perform the following steps.

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Admin tab.

2. Select the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, select the switch or slot that contains the port you want to enable or
disable.

4. From the table, select one or more ports.

Use Shift+click and Ctrl+click to select multiple ports. You can select multiple ports from the
table. You cannot select multiple ports from the tree.

5. Select either Enable or Disable from the Port drop-down button.

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NOTE

NOTE

If the Enable or Disable option is gray (unavailable), the port is already in the enabled or
disabled state. For example, if the Enable option is unavailable, the port is already enabled.

If you select multiple ports in both enabled and disabled states, both options are active. When
you click either option, the action is applied to all selected ports.

6. Optional: If you are accessing a Brocade 7800 switch, you can set the media type for the GE0
and GE1 GigE ports to either copper or optical.

a. Select the GigE Ports tab.

b. Select either the GE0 or GE1 port.

c. Select either Copper or Optical from the Media Type selection list.

7. C l ic k Yes in the confirmation window.

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Considerations for enabling or disabling a port

You should understand the following limitations and conditions when enabling or disabling a port:

• On FR4-18i and FC4-16IP port blades, all ports are disabled by default. You can disable and

re-enable them as needed.

• If a port is not licensed you cannot enable it until you install the appropriate license, such as a

Ports on Demand or N_Port ID Virtualization license (refer to “Port activation” on page 71 for
more information). The Licensed field located in the General tab in the Port Admin tab
indicates whether a port is licensed.

• If you disable a principal ISL port (an ISL port that is designated by the fabric to be a part of the

path to communicate with the principal switch), the fabric automatically reconfigures.

• If you disable a port that was connected to a device, that device is no longer accessible from

the fabric. For more information, refer to Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.

Persistent enabling and disabling ports

To enable or disable a port so that it remains enabled or disabled across switch restarts, perform
the following steps.

Ports cannot be persistently enabled or disabled when FMS is enabled.

1. Select a port in the Switch View to open the Port Admin tab.

2. Select the FC Ports, VE/VEx Ports, ICL Ports, or GigE Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, select the switch or slot that contains the port.

4. From the table, select one or more ports.

Use Shift-click and Ctrl-click to select multiple ports. You can select multiple ports from the
table. You cannot select multiple ports from the tree.

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NOTE

NOTE

NOTE

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5. Select either Enable or Disable from the Persistent drop-down button.

Persistent Enable or Disable is not supported in FMS mode.

If the Enable or Disable option is gray (unavailable), the port is already in that state or FMS
mode is enabled on the switch, the port is already in the enabled or disabled state. For
example, if the Enable option is unavailable, the port is already enabled.

If you select multiple ports in both enabled and disabled states, both options are active. When
you click either option, the action is applied to all selected ports.

6. Optional: If you are accessing a Brocade 7800 switch, you can set the media type for the GE0
and GE1 GigE ports to either copper or optical.

a. Select the GigE Ports tab.

b. Select either the GE0 or GE1 port.

c. Select either Copper or Optical from the Media Type selection list.

7. C l ic k Yes in the confirmation window.

Configuring NPIV ports

The NPIV license must be installed on a switch before NPIV functionality can be enabled on any
port. For detailed information about understanding and configuring NPIV ports, refer to the Fabric
OS Administrator’s Guide.

NPIV feature cannot be disabled when Access Gateway mode is enabled.

The NPIV Max Login Limit option configures the maximum number of permitted logins per NPIV
port. Each NPIV port can support up to 255 logins. The range of valid values is from 1 through 255
logins per port. The default value is 126 logins.

This feature supports virtual switches, but not on physical switches. Each port can have a different
NPIV login limit value in each logical switch. The NPIV Max Login column displays the value
assigned to each port.

To configure an NPIV port, perform the following steps.

1. Select Port Admin tab.

1. Select View > Advanced.

2. Select the FC Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, select the logical port you want to configure.

4. If the NPIV port is not already disabled, select Disable from the NPIV drop-down button.

The NPIV login limit for a port can be set only for disabled ports.

5. Select Max Login from the NPIV drop-down button.

The Configure NPIV Max Login dialog box displays. You can configure only one port at a time.

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6. Set the number of logins to allow on the selected port and click OK.

7. C l ic k Enable to bring the port back online.

Port activation

Brocade switches come with a preset number of ports enabled. Additional ports can be enabled
using the Ports on Demand (POD) licenses and the Dynamic Ports on Demand (DPOD) feature (for
supported switches only).

Ports on Demand is ready to be unlocked in the switch firmware. The license might be part of the
licensed Paper Pack supplied with the switch software, or you can purchase the license separately
from your switch vendor, who will provide you with a key to unlock it. You can install up to two Ports
on Demand licenses on each switch.

Tab le 9 lists the ports that are enabled by default settings and the ports that can be enabled after

you install the first and second Ports on Demand licenses for each switch type, and the ports that
can be enabled with the Dynamic PODs feature.

TABLE 9 Ports enabled with POD licenses and DPOD feature

Switch name Enabled by

default

Enabled with Ports on Demand
licenses

Port activation

Enabled with the Dynamic Ports on
Demand feature

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Encryption

Brocade 8000 None 0-7 Not supported

Brocade 6505 0-11 12-23

Brocade 6510 0-23 24-35, 36-47

Brocade 6520 0-47 48-71, 72-95

Brocade VA-40FC 0-23 24-31, 32-39 Not supported

Brocade NC-5480 1-8, 17-20 0, 9-16, 21-23

Brocade 5480 1-8, 17-20 0, 9-12, 13-16, 21-23 Any available ports

Brocade 5470 0-7, 15, 16 8-14, 17-19

Brocade 5460 0-3, 6-13 4, 5, 14-25

Brocade 5450 1-10, 19-22 0, 11-18, 23-25

Brocade 5424 1-8, 17-20 0, 9-16, 21-23 Any available ports

Brocade 5300 0-47 48-63, 64-79 Not supported

Brocade 5100 0-23 24-31, 32-39 Not supported

Brocade 5000
Brocade 4100

Brocade 4900 0-31 32-47, 48-63 Not supported

Brocade 4424 1-8, 17-20 0, 9-16, 21-23

Brocade 4024 1-8, 17-20 9-12, 13-16, 21-23 Any available ports

Brocade 4020 0-7, 15, 16 8, 9, 17-19, 10-14 Any available ports

Brocade 4018 0-11 12-17 Any available ports

0-15 Not supported Not supported

0-15 16-23, 24-31 Not supported

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TABLE 9 Ports enabled with POD licenses and DPOD feature (Continued)

Switch name Enabled by

default

Brocade 4016 0-7, 10-13 8, 9, 14, 15 Any available ports

Brocade 300 0-7 8-15, 16-23 Not supported

When using the Brocade 4016, 4018, 4020, 4024, 4424, 5424, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480, 6505,
6510, 6520, and NC-5480 switches, you can enable the Dynamic Ports on Demand (DPOD)
feature, which allows you to select the ports to be enabled (instead of predefined sets of ports)
after the POD license is installed. Web Tools allows you only to enable or disable the DPOD
functionality on a port. To configure DPOD, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.

In the Port Admin tab, the Licensed attribute indicates whether a port is licensed (yes), whether it
can be licensed (possible) because there are free licenses available (only applicable with the
Dynamic POD feature), or whether it is not licensed and cannot be licensed because there is no
available license.

After the license keys are installed, you must enable the ports. You can do so without disrupting
switch operation, as described in “Enabling and disabling a port” on page 68. Alternatively, you can
disable and re-enable the switch to activate all ports as described in “Enabling and disabling a

switch” on page 35.

Enabled with Ports on Demand
licenses

Enabled with the Dynamic Ports on
Demand feature

To unlock a Ports on Demand license, you can use the supplied license key or generate a license
key. If you need to generate a key, open an Internet browser and go to the Brocade website at

www.brocade.com. Select Products > Software License Keys and follow the instructions to

generate the key.

Enabling Ports on Demand

To enable Ports on Demand, perform the following steps.

1. Install the Brocade Ports on Demand licensed product. For instructions, refer to “Activating a

license on a switch” on page 43.

2. Enable the ports as described in “Enabling and disabling a port” on page 68.

If you remove a Ports on Demand license, the licensed ports are disabled after the next platform
restart or the next port deactivation.

Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand

You must be logged in as Admin to enable the Dynamic POD feature.

The Dynamic PODs feature is supported on the Brocade 4018, 4020, 4024, 5460, and 5470
switches only. If you click the Enable DPOD button on an unsupported switch, an error message
displays.

To enable Dynamic Ports on Demand, perform the following steps.

1. Select a port in the Switch View to open the Port Admin tab.

2. Select the FC Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, select the switch or the slot that contains the port.

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