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Web Tools
Administrator’s Guide
Supporting Fabric OS v6.4.0
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Document History
Document Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Publication Date
Web Tools User’s Guide v2.0 53-0001536-01 N/A September 1999
Web Tools User’s Guide v2.2 53-0001558-02 N/A May 2000
Web Tools User’s Guide v2.3 53-0000067-02 N/A December 2000
Web Tools User’s Guide v3.0 53-0000130-03 N/A July 2001
Web Tools User’s Guide v2.6 53-0000197-02 N/A December 2001
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v3.0 / v4.0
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v4.0.2
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v3.1.0
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v4.1.0
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v4.1.2
Advanced Web Tools
Administrator’s Guide, v4.2.0
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide
Advanced Web Tools
Administrator’s Guide
Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-0000522-08 Updates to support new switch types
Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-0000522-09 Updates to add additional information
Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1000049-01 Updates to support new switch types
Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1000049-02 Updates to the FCIP chapter to clarify
Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1000194-01 Updates for Fabric OS v5.2.0 and the
Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1000435-01 Updates to reflect interface
53-0000185-02 N/A March 2002
53-0000185-03 N/A September 2002
53-0000503-02 N/A April 2003
53-0000522-02 N/A April 2003
53-0000522-04 Insistent Domain ID Mode.
Port Swapping information. Minor
editorial changes.
53-0000522-05 Updates to support new switch types:
Brocade 3250, 3850, 24000.
Structural changes, support changes,
installation changes.
53-0000522-06 Clarifications on software and hardware
support, minor enhancements in
procedure text, minor rearranging of
content.
53-0000522-07 Updates to support new switch types
(3016, 4100) and Fabric OS v4.4.0,
including Ports on Demand, user
administration, and zoning wizards.
(200E, 48000) and Fabric OS v5.0.1,
including switchAdmin role, upfront
login, and Web Tools EZ.
about refresh and polling rates.
(4900, 7500) and Fabric OS v5.1.0,
including FCR, FCIP, and the FR4-18i
port blade. Web Tools EZ information is
moved to a separate book.
how to configure tunnels.
FC4-16IP blade. Also new security for
Web Tools, including Role-Based Access
Control and administrative domains.
enhancements, support for new switch
types, IPv6 support, and other
enhancements.
October 2003
December 2003
March 2004
September 2004
April 2005
July 2005
January 2006
April 2006
September 2006
June 2007
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Document Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Publication Date
Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1000606-01 Updates to reflect updates to enhanced
Access Gateway support, changes to
FCIP tunneling wizard, and other
enhancements.
Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1000606-02 Updates for support for new switches,
traffic isolation zoning, F_Port trunking,
removal of enhanced Access Gateway
support, and other enhancements.
Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1001080-01 Updates to add features that require
the Enhanced Group Management
license, removal of features that are
now available from the Brocade Data
Center Fabric Manager (DCFM).
Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1001133-01 Updates to add support for Brocade
Encryption Switch and FS8-18
Encryption Blade.
Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1001194-01 Updates to add support for Virtual
Fabrics, IPsec, and consistency with
DCFM.
Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1001343-01 Updates to add support 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.
October 2007
March 2008
July 2008
August 2008
November 2008
July 2009
March 2010
Contents
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About This Document
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxii
What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxv
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxv
Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv
Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxvii
Chapter 1 Introducing Web Tools
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Web Tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Web Tools, the EGM license, and DCFM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Web Tools features enabled by the EGM license. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Web Tools functionality moved to DCFM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Setting refresh frequency for Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Deleting temporary internet files used by Java applications . . . 6
Java installation on the workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installing the JRE on your Solaris or Linux client workstation. . . 7
Installing patches on Solaris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing the Java plug-in on Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Java plug-in configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Configuring the Java plug-in for Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Configuring the Java plug-in for Mozilla family browsers . . . . . . 8
Value line licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Opening Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Logging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Logging out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Role-Based Access Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Session management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Ending a Web Tools session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Web Tools system logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Requirements for IPv6 support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Chapter 2 Using the Web Tools Interface
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Viewing Switch Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Changes for consistency with DCFM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Persisting GUI preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Fabric Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Changing the Admin Domain context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Switch View buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Switch View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Switch Events and Switch Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Free Professional Management tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Displaying tool tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Right-click options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Refresh rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Displaying switches in the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Working with Web Tools: recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Opening a Telnet or SSH client window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Collecting logs for troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Chapter 3 Managing Fabrics and Switches
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Fabric and switch management overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Opening the Switch Administration window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Configuring IP and subnet mask information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Configuring Auto Refresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Configuring a syslog IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Removing a syslog IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Configuring IP Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Blade management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Enabling or disabling a blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Setting a slot-level IP address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Viewing IP addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
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Switch configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Enabling and disabling a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Changing the switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Changing the switch domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Viewing and printing a switch report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Switch restart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Performing a fast boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Performing a reboot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
System configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
WWN-based Persistent PID assignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Configuring fabric settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Enabling insistent domain ID mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Configuring virtual channel settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Configuring arbitrated loop parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Configuring system services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Configuring signed firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Licensed feature management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Activating a license on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Assigning slots for a license key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Removing a license from a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Universal time-based licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
High Availability overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Admin Domain considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Launching the High Availability window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Synchronizing services on the CP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Initiating a CP failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Event monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Displaying Switch Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Filtering Switch Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Filtering events by event severity levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Filtering events by message ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Filtering events by service component. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Displaying the Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Printing the Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Displaying Name Server information for a particular device . .57
Displaying zone members for a particular device . . . . . . . . . . .57
Physically locating a switch using beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Locating logical switches using chassis beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Virtual Fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selecting a logical switch from the Switch View . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Viewing logical ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Chapter 4 Maintaining Configurations and Firmware
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Creating a configuration backup file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Restoring a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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Admin Domain configuration maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Uploading and downloading from USB storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Performing a firmware download. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
SAS and SA firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Switch configurations for mixed fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Enabling interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Chapter 5 Managing Administrative Domains
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Administrative Domain overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Requirements for Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
User-defined Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
System-defined Admin Domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Admin Domain membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Enabling Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Admin Domain window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Opening the Admin Domain window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Refreshing fabric information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Refreshing Admin Domain information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Saving local Admin Domain changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Closing the Admin Domain window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Creating and populating domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Creating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Adding ports or switches to the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Activating or deactivating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Modifying Admin Domain members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Renaming Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Deleting Admin Domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Clearing the Admin Domain configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Chapter 6 Managing Ports
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Port management overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Opening the Port Administration window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Port Administration window components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Controllable ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Configuring FC ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Allowed port types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Long distance mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Ingress rate limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
FC Fastwrite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Assigning a name to a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Port beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Enabling and disabling a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Considerations for enabling or disabling a port?. . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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Persistent enabling and disabling ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Enabling and disabling NPIV ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Port activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Enabling Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Reserving and releasing licenses on a port basis . . . . . . . . . . .95
Port swapping index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Port swapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Determining if a port index was swapped
with another switch port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Configuring BB credits on an F_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Chapter 7 Enabling ISL Trunking
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
ISL Trunking overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Disabling or enabling ISL Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Admin Domain considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Viewing trunk group information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
F_Port trunk groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Creating and maintaining F_Port trunk groups . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Chapter 8 Monitoring Performance
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Performance Monitor overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Basic monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Advanced monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Performance graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Admin Domain considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Predefined performance graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
User-defined graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Canvas configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Opening the Performance Monitoring window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Creating basic performance monitor graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Customizing basic monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Advanced performance monitoring graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Creating SID-DID Performance graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Creating the SCSI vs. IP Traffic graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Creating SCSI command graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Tunnel and TCP performance monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Tunnel and TCP graph chart properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Saving graphs to a canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Adding graphs to an existing canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
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Printing graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Modifying graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Chapter 9 Administering Zoning
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Zoning overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Basic zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Traffic Isolation zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
LSAN zone requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
QoS zone requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Zoning configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Opening the Zone Administration window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Setting the default zoning mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Zoning management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Refreshing fabric information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Refreshing Zone Administration window information . . . . . . .124
Saving local zoning changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Selecting a zoning view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Creating and populating zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Adding and removing members of a zone alias. . . . . . . . . . . .126
Renaming zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Deleting zone aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Creating and populating zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Adding and removing members of a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Renaming zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Cloning zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Deleting zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Creating and populating enhanced traffic isolation zones . . .130
Zone configuration and zoning database management . . . . . . . .131
Creating zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Adding or removing zone configuration members. . . . . . . . . .132
Renaming zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Cloning zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Deleting zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Enabling zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Disabling zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Displaying enabled zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Viewing the enabled zone configuration name without
opening the Zone Administration window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Viewing detailed information about the enabled
zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Adding a WWN to multiple aliases and zones . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Removing a WWN from multiple aliases and zones . . . . . . . .136
Replacing a WWN in multiple aliases and zones. . . . . . . . . . .137
Searching for zone members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Clearing the zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Zone configuration analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Best practices for zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
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Chapter 10 Working with Diagnostic Features
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Trace dumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
How a trace dump is used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Setting up automatic trace dump transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Specifying a remote server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Enabling automatic transfer of trace dumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Disabling automatic trace uploads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Displaying switch information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Viewing detailed fan hardware status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Viewing the temperature status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Viewing the power supply status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Checking the physical health of a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Defining Switch Policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Port LED interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Port icon colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
LED representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Brocade 48000 Director LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Chapter 11 Using the FC-FC Routing Service
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Fibre Channel Routing overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Supported switches for Fibre Channel Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Setting up FC-FC routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
FC-FC routing management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Opening the FC Routing module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Viewing and managing LSAN fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Viewing EX_Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Configuring an EX_Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Editing the configuration of an EX_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Configuring FCR router port cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Viewing LSAN zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Viewing LSAN devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Configuring the backbone fabric ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Chapter 12 Using the Access Gateway
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Access Gateway overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Viewing Switch Explorer for Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Restricted access in the Port Administration window . . . . . . .161
Enabling Access Gateway mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
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Disabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Viewing the Access Gateway settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Creating port groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Editing or viewing port groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Deleting port groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Defining custom F-N port mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Defining custom WWN-N port mappings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Access Gateway policy modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Path Failover and Failback policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Modifying Path Failover and Failback policies . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Enabling the Automatic Port Configuration policy . . . . . . . . . .167
Access Gateway limitations on the Brocade 8000 . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Chapter 13 Administering Fabric Watch
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Fabric Watch overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Using Fabric Watch with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Opening the Fabric Watch window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
System Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Fabric Watch threshold configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Configuring threshold traits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Configuring threshold alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Enabling or disabling threshold alarms
for individual elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Configuring alarms for FRUs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Fabric Watch alarm information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Viewing an alarm configuration report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Displaying alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
E-mail notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Configuring the e-mail server on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Configuring the e-mail alert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Chapter 14 Administering Extended Fabrics
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Extended link buffer allocation overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Configuring a port for long distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Chapter 15 Administering the iSCSI Target Gateway
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
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iSCSI service overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Supported platforms for iSCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Common iSCSI Target Gateway Admin functions. . . . . . . . . . .186
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Saving changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Launching the iSCSI Target Gateway Admin Module. . . . . . . .188
Launching the iSCSI setup wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Activating the iSCSI feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Encryption services for the iSCSI Target Gateway . . . . . . . . . .189
Configuring the IP interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Editing an IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
Configuring the IP route (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Editing the IP route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Creating iSCSI virtual targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Using Easy Create to create iSCSI virtual targets . . . . . . . . . .192
Editing an iSCSI target. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Searching for a specific Fibre Channel target . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Viewing iSCSI initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Discovery Domain management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Discovery domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Creating a discovery domain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Editing a discovery domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Discovery domain sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Creating a discovery domain set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Editing a discovery domain set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
CHAP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Creating a CHAP user. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Editing a CHAP secret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Binding or removing CHAP users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Connection redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Enabling or disabling connection redirection. . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
iSCSI Fibre Channel zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Creating an iSCSI Fibre Channel zone with no effective zone
configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
Creating an iSCSI Fibre Channel zone with an effective zone
configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
Managing and troubleshooting accessibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Chapter 16 Routing Traffic
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Routing overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Viewing fabric shortest path first routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Configuring dynamic load sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Lossless dynamic load sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Specifying frame order delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
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Configuring the link cost for a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Chapter 17 Configuring Standard Security Features
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
User-defined accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Virtual Fabrics considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Admin Domain considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Viewing user account information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Creating user-defined accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Deleting user-defined accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Changing user account parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Maintaining passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Access control list policy configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Virtual Fabrics considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Admin Domain considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Creating an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Editing an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Deleting all SCC, DCC, or FCS policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Activating all SCC, DCC, or FCS policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Distributing an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Moving an FCS policy switch position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Fabric-Wide Consistency Policy configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Authentication policy configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Configuring authentication policies for E_Ports. . . . . . . . . . . .219
Configuring authentication policies for F_Ports. . . . . . . . . . . .220
Distributing authentication policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Re-authenticating policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Setting a shared secret key pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Modifying a shared secret key pair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Setting the Switch Policy Authentication mode . . . . . . . . . . . .222
SNMP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Setting SNMP trap levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Changing the systemGroup configuration parameters . . . . . .222
Setting SNMPv1 configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Setting SNMPv3 configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Changing the access control configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
RADIUS management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Enabling and disabling RADIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Configuring RADIUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Modifying the RADIUS server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
Modifying the RADIUS server order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
Removing a RADIUS server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Active Directory service management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Enabling Active Directory service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Modifying Active Directory service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Removing Active Directory service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
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IPsec concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Transport mode and tunnel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
IPsec header options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
Basic IPsec configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Internet Key Exchange concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
IPsec over FCIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Accessing the IPsec Policies dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Establishing an IKE policy for an FCIP tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Establishing an IPsec policy for an FCIP tunnel. . . . . . . . . . . .235
IPsec over management ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
Enabling the Ethernet IPsec policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
Establishing an IKE policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
Creating a security association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
Creating an SA proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
Adding an IPsec transform policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
Adding an IPsec selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
Manually creating an SA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
Editing an IKE or IPsec policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Deleting an IKE or IPsec policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Establishing authentication policies for HBAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Chapter 18 Administering FICON CUP Fabrics
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
FICON CUP fabrics overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
Enabling port-based routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Enabling or disabling FICON Management Server mode . . . . . . . .244
FMS parameter configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Configuring FMS mode parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Displaying code page information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Viewing the control device state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
CUP port connectivity configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Viewing CUP port connectivity configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Modifying CUP port connectivity configurations . . . . . . . . . . .249
Activating a CUP port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . .250
Copying a CUP port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . . .251
Deleting a CUP port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . . .251
CUP logical path configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
Viewing CUP logical path configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
Configuring CUP logical paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Link Incident Registered Recipient configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Viewing Link Incident Registered Recipient configurations . .252
Configuring LIRRs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Displaying Request Node Identification Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
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Chapter 19 Configuring FCoE with Web Tools
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
Web Tools and FCoE overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
Web Tools, the EGM license, and DCFM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
Port information that is unique to FCoE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
Switch administration and FC0E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
FC0E configuration tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Quality of Service configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Adding a CEE map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Adding a traffic class map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
LLDP-DCBX configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
Configuring global LLDP characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
Adding an LLDP profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Configuring CEE interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262
Configuring a link aggregation group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
Configuring VLANs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
Configuring FCoE login groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264
Displaying FCoE port information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
Displaying LAG information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Displaying VLAN information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Displaying FCoE login groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Displaying QoS information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Displaying LLDP-DCBX information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Displaying CEE interface statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Configuring a CEE interface from the Switch View . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Configuring a CEE interface from the Port Admin panel . . . . . . . .267
Enabling and disabling a LAG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
Enabling and disabling LLDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
Enabling and disabling QoS priority-based flow control . . . . . . . . .268
Enabling and disabling FCoE ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Chapter 20 Limitations
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
General Web Tools limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271
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Figure 1 Configuring Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Figure 2 Default Java for browsers option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 3 Web Tools interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 4 Virtual Fabric login option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Figure 5 Login dialog box with Admin Domain options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Figure 6 Invalid Admin Domain dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Figure 7 Switch Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 8 Right-click for Copy, Export, and Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 9 Missing EGM license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 10 Login dialog box with Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure 11 Changing the Admin Domain context. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure 12 USB port storage management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 13 Right-click menu for ports (from Switch Explorer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 14 Switch Administration window, Switch tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Figure 15 Blade tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 16 License tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Figure 17 High Availability window, Service tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Figure 18 High Availability window, CP tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure 19 Logical switch selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Figure 20 USB configuration upload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 21 Information dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Figure 22 Fabric ID selector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Figure 23 USB configuration download. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Figure 24 USB information dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Figure 25 USB Port Management wizard—right-click options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Figure 26 Admin Domain window, summary view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Figure 27 Admin Domain window, single Admin Domain detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Figure 28 Searching for a text string in a table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Figure 29 Port Administration window, Table view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 30 Port swapped label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Figure 31 Port swapping index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Figure 32 F-Port BB Credit button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Figure 33 Trunking tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Figure 34 Accessing performance graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Figure 35 Canvas of six performance monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Figure 36 Select Ports for customizing the Switch Throughput Utilization graph . . . . . . 110
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Figure 37 Zone Administration window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Figure 38 Sample zoning database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Figure 39 Temperature Sensor States window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Figure 40 Fan States window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Figure 41 Power States window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Figure 42 Switch Report window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Figure 43 Switch Status Policy dialog box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Figure 44 Port and LED status color-coded display in the Port icon in Switch View . . . . 147
Figure 45 Port LEDs for the FC4-32 port blade in the Brocade 48000 Director . . . . . . . 148
Figure 46 FC Routing module in Disabled mode with General tab selected . . . . . . . . . . 152
Figure 47 FC Routing module with LSAN Fabrics tab selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Figure 48 FC Routing module with EX_Ports tab selected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Figure 49 Switch Explorer view for Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Figure 50 Port Configuration Policy disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Figure 51 Port Group Configuration—view only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Figure 52 Access Gateway Auto Rebalancing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Figure 53 Fabric Watch window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Figure 54 Extended Fabric tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Figure 55 Routing tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Figure 56 User tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Figure 57 Add User Account dialog box (VF). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Figure 58 Add User Account dialog box (AD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Figure 59 Choices in the Secondary AAA Service drop-down menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Figure 60 Transport mode and tunnel mode comparison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Figure 61 AH header in transport mode and tunnel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Figure 62 ESP header in transport mode and tunnel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Figure 63 Edit Port CUP Connectivity dialog box swapped label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Figure 64 Port CUP Connectivity Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Figure 65 Switch RNID information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Figure 66 Switch Administration CEE subtabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Figure 67 FCoE Ports tab, Port Administration panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Figure 68 FCoE Edit Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
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Tab le 1 Basic Web Tools features and EGM licensed features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Tab le 2 Web Tools functionality moved to DCFM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Tab le 3 Certified and tested platforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Tab le 4 Predefined Web Tools roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Tab le 5 Icon image changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Tab le 6 Polling rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Tab le 7 Switches that support WWN-based Persistent PID on Web Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Tab le 8 Event severity levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Tab le 9 Ports enabled with POD licenses and DPOD feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Tab le 10 Basic performance graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Tab le 11 Advanced performance monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Tab le 12 Supported port types for Brocade switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Tab le 13 Zoning features supported in DCFM Professional and Enterprise Edition . . . . 119
Tab le 14 QoS zone name prefixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Tab le 15 Alarm notification table fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Tab le 16 Long-distance settings and license requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Table 17 iSCSI target gateway services terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Tab le 18 User role and permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Tab le 19 Relevant RFCs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Tab le 20 Encryption algorithm options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Tab le 21 Hash algorithm options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Tab le 22 FMS mode parameter descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Tab le 23 Web Tools limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
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In this chapter
•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii
•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv
•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii
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How this document is organized
This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible.
The document contains the following components:
• Chapter 1, “Introducing Web Tools” provides some basic information about the Web Tools
interface, including system requirements and installation instructions.
• Chapter 2, “Using the Web Tools Interface” describes the components of the Web Tools
interface.
• Chapter 3, “Managing Fabrics and Switches” provides information on how to manage your
fabric and switches using the Web Tools interface.
• Chapter 4, “Maintaining Configurations and Firmware” provides information about uploading
and downloading configuration files and downloading firmware.
• Chapter 5, “Managing Administrative Domains” provides information on managing Admin
Domains.
• Chapter 6, “Managing Ports” provides information about managing FC and GbE ports.
• Chapter 7, “Enabling ISL Trunking” provides information on managing the licensed ISL Trunking
feature.
• Chapter 8, “Monitoring Performance” provides information on how to use the Brocade
Advanced Performance Monitoring feature to monitor your fabric performance.
• Chapter 9, “Administering Zoning” provides information on how to use the Brocade Advanced
Zoning feature to partition your storage area network (SAN) into logical groups of devices that
can access each other.
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• Chapter 10, “Working with Diagnostic Features” provides information about trace dumps,
viewing switch health, and interpreting the LEDs.
• Chapter 11, “Using the FC-FC Routing Service” provides information on using the FC-FC
Routing Service to share devices between fabrics without merging those fabrics.
• Chapter 12, “Using the Access Gateway” provides information on how to configure and manage
the Brocade Access Gateway.
• Chapter 13, “Administering Fabric Watch” provides information on how to use the Fabric Watch
feature to monitor the performance and status of switches and alert you when problems arise.
• Chapter 14, “Administering Extended Fabrics” provides information on how to configure a port
for long distance.
• Chapter 15, “Administering the iSCSI Target Gateway” provides information on how to configure
and manage the iSCSI Target Gateway.
• Chapter 16, “Routing Traffic” provides information on how to configure routes.
• Chapter 17, “Configuring Standard Security Features” provides information on managing user
accounts, SNMP, and the RADIUS server.
• Chapter 18, “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 19, “Configuring FCoE with Web Tools” provides information on how to configure FCoE
features.
• Chapter 20, “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 v6.4.0, documenting all possible
configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.
The following hardware platforms are supported by this release of Web Tools:
• Brocade 300
• Brocade 4100
• Brocade 4900
• Brocade 5000
• Brocade 5100
• Brocade 5300
• Brocade 5410
• Brocade 5480
• Brocade 5424
• Brocade 5450
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• Brocade 7500
• Brocade 7500E
• Brocade 7600
• Brocade 7800 Extension Switch
• Brocade 8000 FCoE Switch
• Brocade VA-40FC
• Brocade Encryption Switch
• Brocade DCX Backbone and Brocade DCX-4S Backbone
- FA4-18 Fibre Channel application blade
- FCOE10-24 DCX Blade
- FS8-18 Encryption Blade
- FC8-16 port blade
- FC8-32 port blade
- FC8-48 port blade
- FC8-64 port blade
- FC10-6 port blade
- FR4-18i router blade
- FX8-24 DCX Extension blade
• Brocade 48000 director
- FA4-18 Fibre Channel application blade
- FC4-16 port blade
- FC4-16IP blade
- FC4-32 port blade
- FC4-48 port blade
- FC10-6 port blade
- FR4-18i router blade
What’s new in this document
The following major additions have been made since this document was last released:
• Port beaconing
• Enhanced TI zones
• WWN-based Persistent PID
• WWN–N Port mapping
• Switch Status Policy
• Lossless DLS support
• GigE ports—Media type configuration
• FICON—CUP Logical Path and Link Incident Registered Recipient support
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• Fabric Watch—Low Above alarms and System Monitor
NOTE
ATTENTION
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
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Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles
code text Identifies CLI output
Identifies command syntax examples
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed
lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all
lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case
sensitive.
NOTES, CAUTIONS, AND WARNINGS
The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of
increasing severity of potential hazards.
A note provides a tip, guidance, or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a
reference to related information.
An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.
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CAUTION
DANGER
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, Windows NT, Internet Explorer
Oracle Corporation Oracle, Solaris
Netscape Communications Corporation Netscape
Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat, Red Hat Network, Maximum RPM, Linux Undercover
Mozilla Firefox
Additional information
This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find
helpful.
BROCADE RESOURCES
To get up-to-the-minute information, go to http://my.brocade.com and register at no cost for a user
ID and password.
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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
• 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:
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• Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5100, 5300, 7500, 7800, 8000, VA-40FC, and Brocade
Encryption Switch—On the switch ID pull-out tab located inside the chassis on the port side
on the left
• Brocade 5000—On the switch ID pull-out tab located on the bottom of the port side of the
switch
• Brocade 7600—On the bottom of the chassis
• Brocade 48000—Inside the chassis next to the power supply bays
• Brocade DCX—On the bottom right on the port side of the chassis
• Brocade DCX-4S—On the bottom right on the port side of the chassis, directly above the
cable management comb
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:
documentation@brocade.com
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 DCFM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
•System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
•Java installation on the workstation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
•Java plug-in configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
•Value line licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
•Opening Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
•Role-Based Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
•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 DCFM client.
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 DCFM” for more
information.
Web Tools, the EGM license, and DCFM
Beginning with Fabric OS version 6.1.1, Web Tools functionality is tiered and integrated with DCFM.
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 Brocade DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms, the Encryption
Switch, and the 300, 5100, and 5300 switches. For non-8 Gbps platforms, all functionalities are
available without the EGM license.
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1
Beginning with Fabric OS version 6.1.1, some Web Tools capabilities are moved from Web Tools to
DCFM. Tab le 2 summarizes these changes.
Web Tools features enabled by the EGM license
Tab le 1 describes those Web Tools features that require the EGM license.
TABLE 1 Basic Web Tools features and EGM licensed features
Feature Basic Web Tools Web Tools with EGM License
Active Directory support yes yes
AD Context Switching no yes
AD filtered views yes yes
Admin Domain Management no yes
AG Management yes yes
Analyze zone config no no
Basic Zoning and TI Zoning yes yes
Blade Management yes yes
Cloning a zone no yes
Configuration upload/download yes yes
Convenience function from Tools menu no no
Device Accessibility Matrix no no
Easy to configure iSCSI wizard yes yes
Extended Fabric Management no yes
F_Port Trunk Management no yes
Fabric Events no no
Fabric Summary no no
Fabric Tree yes yes
FCIP Tunnel configuration no no
FCIP Tunnel Display yes yes
FCR Management yes yes
FCR Port Config yes yes
FICON CUP Tab no yes
FRU Monitoring yes yes
High Availability yes yes
IP Sec Policies yes yes
ISL Trunk Management no yes
ISL Trunking information yes yes
License Management yes yes
Long Distance no yes
Logical Switch Context Switching no yes
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