Brocade Communications Systems IP250 User manual

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Brocade Network Advisor

IP User Manual

Supporting Network Advisor 12.2.0

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Contents

About This Document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xliii

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xliii

Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xlv

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

Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lii

Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .lii

Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .lii

Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .lii

Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lii

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . liii

Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . liii

Other industry resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . liii

Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . liv

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . liv

Chapter 1 Getting Started

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

Management server and client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Logging into a server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Launching a remote client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Clearing previous versions of the remote client . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Launching the Configuration Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Viewing active sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Disconnecting users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Viewing server properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Viewing port status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Server and client ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Accessibility features for the Management application . . . . . . . . . .15

Keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Look and feel customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

PostgreSQL database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting to the database using pgAdmin III . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Connecting to the database using the ODBC client (Windows

systems) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

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Connecting to the database using the ODBC client

(Linux systems) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

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

Supported open source software products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Chapter 2 Patches

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

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

Chapter 3 Discovery

IP discovery overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Configuration requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Discovery of IPv6 addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

VDX/VCS discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Network OS discovery IP address format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

VCS in-band management interface discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Standalone discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

VCS fabric discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

VCS fabric rediscovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Seed switch failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

VCS fabric split and merge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Network OS 2.0 device limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Logical chassis cluster mode discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Administratively removing a node from a logical chassis cluster42

How the Management application handles a cluster

mode change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

HyperEdge stack discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Configuring IP profile discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Configuring IP simple discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

IP SNMP credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Adding SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c credentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Adding SNMPv3 credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Editing SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c credentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Editing SNMPv3 credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Reordering SNMP credentials in the list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Deleting SNMP credentials from the list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Default IP user credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Adding user credentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Editing login prompt user credentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Editing enable prompt user credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Editing enable super user credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Reordering user credentials in the list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Deleting user credentials from the list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

IP Object identifier filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Including product types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Excluding product types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

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Deleting product types from the list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Defining global setting preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Configuring event-based collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

IP discovery profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Configuring a discovery profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Duplicating a discovery profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Configuring address ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Editing address ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Scheduling discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Suspending a discovery schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Editing a discovery schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Configuring advanced discovery profile preferences . . . . . . . .78

Deleting a discovery profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Creating a discovery address file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Starting discovery manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Starting discovery automatically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Stopping discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Viewing discovery status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Viewing discovery reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

E-mailing discovery reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Exporting discovery reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Viewing the discovery log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Individual IP device discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Adding an IP device to discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Editing IP device discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Deleting IP devices from discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Host discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Discovering Hosts by Network address or host name . . . . . . .93

Importing Hosts from a CSV file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Importing Hosts from a Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Importing Hosts from a VM manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Editing Host adapter credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Removing a host from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Rediscovering a previously discovered fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Deleting a host adapter from discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Viewing the host discovery state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Troubleshooting host discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

VM Manager discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

VM Manager discovery requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Discovering a VM manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Editing a VM manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Excluding a host from VM manager discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Including a host in VM manager discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Removing a VM manager from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . .106

Rediscovering a previously discovered VM manager . . . . . . .106

Deleting a VM manager from discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Viewing the VM manager discovery state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Troubleshooting VM manager discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

IP Rediscovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

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Rediscovering IP devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Rediscovering IP devices from the Product List. . . . . . . . . . . .109

Rediscovering a group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Enabling password validation on rediscovery . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Chapter 4 Management Groups

Management groups overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Displaying Network Object view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Product group overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Static product groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Dynamic product groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Viewing product group properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Deleting a product group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Port Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Creating a port group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Editing a port group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Duplicating a port group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Viewing port group properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Deleting a port group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Chapter 5 Application Configuration

Configurable preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Server Data backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

What is backed up? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Management server backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Configuring backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Enabling backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Disabling backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Viewing the backup status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Changing the backup interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Starting immediate backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Reviewing backup events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Server Data restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Restoring data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Restoring data to a new server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

SAN data collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Product communication protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Event storage settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Configuring event storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Storing historical events purged from repository. . . . . . . . . . .140

Flyover settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Configuring flyovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Turning flyovers on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Viewing flyovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Name settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Fixing duplicate names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Viewing names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

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Adding a name to an existing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Adding a name to a new device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Applying a name to a detached WWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Removing a name from a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Editing names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Exporting names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Importing Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Searching for a device by name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Searching for a device by WWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Miscellaneous security settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Configuring the server name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Configuring login security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Configuring the login banner display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Disabling the login banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Syslog Registration settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Registering a server as a Syslog recipient automatically . . . .151

Configuring the Syslog listing port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

SNMP Trap Registration settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Registering a server as a SNMP trap recipient automatically 152

Configuring the SNMP trap listing port number . . . . . . . . . . .153

SNMP Trap forwarding credential settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Configuring SNMP v1 and v2c credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Configuring SNMP v3 credentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Software Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Client/Server IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

IP preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Memory allocation settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Product communication settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

FTP/SCP/SFTP server settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Server port settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Support mode settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

FIPS Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Chapter 6 User Account Management

Users overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Configuration requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Viewing configured users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

User accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Creating a new user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Editing a user account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Copying a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Copying and pasting user preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Assigning roles and areas of responsibility to a user account188

Removing roles and areas of responsibility from a

user account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Disabling a user account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Enabling a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Deleting a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

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Unlocking a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Creating a new role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Editing a role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Copying a role. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Deleting a role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Adding privileges to a role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Removing privileges from a role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Areas of responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Creating an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Editing an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Copying an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Deleting an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Assigning products to an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Removing products from an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Password policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Configuring a password policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Viewing password policy violators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Authentication Server Groups on the Management server . . . . . .201

Assigning roles and AORs to an AD group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Removing roles and AORs from an AD group . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Loading an AD group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Deleting an AD group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Creating an AD user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Assigning an AD user to an AD group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Defining user accounts on the external LDAP server . . . . . . .204

User profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Viewing your user profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Editing your user profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Changing your password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Viewing your password policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Resetting optional messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Configuring e-mail notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Configuring CLI credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Configuring the CLI credential policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Chapter 7 Dashboard Management

Dashboard overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Dashboard toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Dashboard messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Dashboards expand navigation bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

General dashboard functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Accessing a dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Filtering the dashboards list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Creating a user-defined dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Deleting a user-defined dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Setting the dashboard display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Customizing the dashboard widgets and monitors . . . . . . . . . 217

Exporting the dashboard display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

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Printing the dashboard display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Attaching and detaching the Dashboard tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Setting the network scope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Creating a customized network scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Editing a user-defined network scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Deleting a user-defined network scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Setting the data display time frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Default dashboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Product Status and Traffic dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

IP Port Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Status widgets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Access Point Status widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Events widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Host Adapter Inventory widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

IP Inventory widget. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

IP Status widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

Viewing additional IP product data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Status widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Fabric Watch widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Out of Range Violations widget. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

Port Health Violations widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

Performance monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

Displaying monitors on the Performance Dashboard . . . . . . .238

Top Port Alignment Errors monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Top Port C3 Discards monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240

Top Port C3 Discards RX TO monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Top Port CRC Errors monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

Top Port Discards monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Top Port Encode Error Out monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Top Port Errors monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Top Port Overflow Errors monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Top Port Receive EOF monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Top Port Runtime Errors monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Top Port Sync Losses monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250

Top Port Too Long Errors monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251

Top Port Traffic monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

Top Port Underflow Errors monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253

Top Port Utilization Percentage monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254

Bottom Port Utilization Percentage monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256

Top Product CPU Utilization monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257

Top Product Memory Utilization monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

Top Product Response Time monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

Top Product Temperature monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260

Top Products with Unused Ports monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262

Editing a preconfigured performance monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . .263

User-defined performance monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264

Monitor types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264

Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264

Top or bottom product performance monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . .265

Top or bottom port performance monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266

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Distribution performance monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

Time series performance monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

Top sFlows performance monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270

Configuring a user-defined product performance monitor . . .270

Adding targets to a user-defined performance monitor . . . . .272

Configuring a user-defined port performance monitor . . . . . .273

Configuring a user-defined sFlow performance monitor. . . . .275

Viewing product distribution data details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Viewing port distribution data details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

Configuring a monitor from a performance graph. . . . . . . . . .278

Chapter 8 View Management

IP tab overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280

IP main toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

Product List toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Host Product List toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283

Topology Map toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283

Host topology map toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

IP Product List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Topology Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

Master Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

Minimap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288

Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

Icon legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

IP product icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

Host product icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291

IP group icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292

IP port icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292

IP product status icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292

Event icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292

Customizing the main window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293

Zooming in and out of the Connectivity Map . . . . . . . . . . . . .293

Exporting the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294

Customizing application tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294

Product List customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297

Adding a property label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297

Editing a property label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298

Deleting a property label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298

Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

Searching for a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

Restricting a search by node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

Searching for an exact match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301

Clearing search results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301

Address Finder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301

Finding IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302

Finding MAC addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304

IP topology view manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

Displaying topology views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

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Network Objects view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

Network Object view functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

Filtering devices in the Network Objects Product List . . . . . . .308

Clearing the Network Objects Product List filter . . . . . . . . . . .308

IP Topology view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

L2 Topology view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

Ethernet Fabrics view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

VLAN Topology view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

STP/RSTP topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

Host Topology view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

IP topology map components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315

Topology map elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315

Viewing flyovers on the topology map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317

Topology map layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Selecting a topology map layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320

Creating a customized layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321

Creating customized topology links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

Customizing the Topology Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

Adding a background image to a map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324

Deleting a background image from the library . . . . . . . . . . . .325

Exporting the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325

Printing a map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326

Port actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327

Enabling port actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327

Disabling port actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328

Displaying port properties for an attached device. . . . . . . . . .328

Accessing performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329

Chapter 9 MRP Topology

MRP Topology overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331

Viewing a MRP Topology map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332

Viewing a MRP ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333

Configuring the application to show a dashed line. . . . . . . . . . . . .335

Selecting a topology map layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335

Creating a customized layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338

Customizing the MRP Topology map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339

Refreshing MRP Topology data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

Viewing MRP properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

Chapter 10 Call Home

Call Home overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345

Viewing Call Home configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345

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Showing a Call Home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348

Hiding a Call Home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348

Editing a Call Home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349

Editing the IBM Call Home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349

Editing an e-mail Call Home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350

Editing the EMC Call Home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .354

Editing the HP LAN Call Home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355

Enabling a Call Home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356

Enabling supportSave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356

Testing the Call Home center connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357

Disabling a Call Home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357

Viewing Call Home status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358

Assigning a device to the Call Home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359

Removing a device from a Call Home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359

Removing all devices and filters from a Call Home center. . . . . . .359

Defining an event filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360

Assigning an event filter to a Call Home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361

Assigning an event filter to a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361

Overwriting an assigned event filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

Removing all event filter from a Call Home center . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

Removing an event filter from a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363

Removing an event filter from the Call Home Event Filters list . . .363

Searching for an assigned event filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363

Chapter 11 Third-party tools

About third-party tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365

Starting third-party tools from the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365

Launching a Telnet session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366

Launching an Telnet session from the IP tab . . . . . . . . . . . . .366

Launching an Element Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366

Launching HCM Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367

Adding a tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367

Entering the server IP address of a tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368

Adding an option to the Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369

Changing an option on the Tools menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370

Removing an option from the Tools menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370

Adding an option to a device’s shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Changing an option on a device’s shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . .372

Removing an option from a device’s shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . .373

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Chapter 12 Server Management Console

Server Management Console overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

Launching the SMC on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

Launching the SMC on Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .376

Services tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .376

Monitoring and managing Management application services 376

Refreshing the server status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377

Stopping all services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377

Stopping the CIMOM services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377

Starting all services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378

Restarting all services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378

Changing the database password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378

Ports tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379

Viewing server port numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379

AAA Settings tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380

Configuring Radius server authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380

Configuring LDAP server authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382

Configuring TACACS+ server authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385

Configuring Common Access Card authentication . . . . . . . . .387

Configuring switch authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389

Configuring Windows authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390

Configuring local database authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391

Displaying the client authentication audit trail . . . . . . . . . . . .391

Restore tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392

Restoring the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392

Technical Support Information tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392

Capturing technical support information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392

HCM Upgrade tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393

Upgrading HCM on the Management server . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393

SMI Agent Configuration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394

Launching the SMIA configuration tool on Windows . . . . . . . .395

Launching the SMIA configuration tool on Unix . . . . . . . . . . . .396

Launching a remote SMIA configuration tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . .397

Service Location Protocol (SLP) support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397

Home tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401

Authentication tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401

CIMOM tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404

Certificate Management tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407

Summary tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409

Chapter 13 Wireless Management

Wireless management overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413

Wireless devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Wireless device discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Wireless devices on the dashboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415

Port groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415

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View management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416

Wireless device properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416

Element Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416

Browser and system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417

Launching the Element Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Launching a Telnet session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .418

Configuration repository and backup management . . . . . . . . . . . .418

CLI configuration management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419

Cluster mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420

VLAN management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420

Performance management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421

Policy Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421

Fault management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421

AP Products report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422

Chapter 14 VCS Management

VCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425

VCS mode types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .426

Ethernet Fabrics view management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427

Logical chassis cluster operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427

Logical chassis cluster mode discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427

Administratively removing a node from a logical chassis cluster428

How the Management application handles a cluster

mode change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429

Serial firmware update and activation for Network OS devices. . .430

Support for Network OS VDX 2740 embedded switch . . . . . . . . . .431

Network OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .431

VCS product groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432

Static product group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432

Dynamic product group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432

Port profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432

AMPP characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433

Life of a port profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433

AMPP events and behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434

Port profile configuration using the management application435

Assigning MAC addresses to a port profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .435

Managing offline MAC addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436

Comparing port profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437

Deploying port profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .440

System Monitor support on Network OS VDX platforms. . . . . . . . .441

FRU monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441

System thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442

Alert notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442

Resource monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442

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SFP parameter monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443

Security monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443

Port statistics monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443

Interface error types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444

Ethernet fabric traceroute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445

Tracing Ethernet fabric routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445

Exporting diagnostic data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .449

Chapter 15 Host Management

Host management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451

Brocade adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .452

Host Bus Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .452

Converged Network Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .453

Fabric Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .453

AnyIO

TM

technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .454

HCM software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .454

HCM features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .455

Host adapter discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .456

VM Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .456

Adding a VM Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .456

Editing a VM Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457

Deleting a VM Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457

HCM and Management application support on ESXi systems. . . .457

ESXi CIM listener ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457

Adapter software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .459

Driver repository. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .460

Boot image repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .461

Bulk port configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464

Configuring host adapter ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464

Adapter port WWN virtualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468

Configuring FAWWNs on switch ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468

FAWWNs on attached AG ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Role-based access control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .473

Host adapter management privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .473

Host adapter administrator privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .473

Host performance management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Host security authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .475

Configuring security authentication using the Management applica-

tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .475

supportSave on adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .477

Host fault management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Adapter events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .477

Filtering event notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .478

Syslog forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .478

Backup support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .479

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Configuring backup to a hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .479

Enabling backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .480

Disabling backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .480

Chapter 16 Fibre Channel over Ethernet

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481

FCoE overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481

DCBX protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .482

Enhanced Ethernet features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .482

Enhanced Transmission Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .482

Priority-based flow control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .482

Ethernet jumbo frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483

FCoE protocols supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483

Ethernet link layer protocols supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483

FCoE protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483

FCoE licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .484

Saving running configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .484

Copying switch configurations to selected switches . . . . . . . .484

DCB configuration management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486

Switch policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .487

DCB map and Traffic Class map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .487

LLDP profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .487

802.1x policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .487

DCB configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .488

Minimum DCB configuration for FCoE traffic. . . . . . . . . . . . . .488

Adding a LAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493

Editing a DCB switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .495

Editing a DCB port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .496

Editing a LAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .498

Enabling a DCB port or LAG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500

Deleting a LAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501

QoS configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501

Priority-based flow control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501

Creating a DCB map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .502

Editing a DCB map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504

Deleting a DCB map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504

Assigning a DCB map to a port or link aggregation group . . .505

Creating a Traffic Class map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506

Editing a Traffic Class map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506

Deleting a Traffic Class map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507

Assigning a Traffic Class map to a port or link

aggregation group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507

FCoE provisioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508

Changing the VLAN ID on the default FCoE map . . . . . . . . . . .508

Enabling or disabling the FCoE map on the port . . . . . . . . . . .509

VLAN classifier configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510

Adding a VLAN classifier rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510

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Editing a VLAN classifier rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512

Deleting a VLAN classifier rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512

Creating a VLAN classifier group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513

Deleting a VLAN classifier group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513

LLDP-DCBX configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514

Configuring LLDP for FCoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .514

Adding an LLDP profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515

Editing an LLDP profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .516

Deleting an LLDP profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

Assigning an LLDP profile to a port or ports in a LAG . . . . . . . 517

802.1x authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Enabling 802.1x authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .518

Disabling 802.1x authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .518

Setting 802.1x parameters for a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .518

Switch, port, and LAG deployment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .520

Deploying DCB product, port, and LAG configurations . . . . . .520

Source to target switch Fabric OS version compatibility for

deployment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .523

Network OS switches in VCS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .524

Supported VCS platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .525

Viewing switches in VCS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .525

Viewing ports in VCS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .528

Viewing LAGs in VCS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532

DCB performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .536

Real-time performance graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .536

Historical performance graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .537

Historical performance report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .538

FCoE login groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .538

Adding an FCoE login group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .540

Editing an FCoE login group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541

Deleting one or more FCoE login groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .542

Disabling the FCoE login management feature on a switch . .542

Enabling the FCoE login management feature on a switch . .543

Virtual FCoE port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .543

Viewing virtual FCoE ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .543

Clearing a stale entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .544

Chapter 17 Telemetry

Telemetry overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .547

Policy-based routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .547

Viewing existing PBR policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .548

Adding a new policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .550

Adding rules to a policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .550

Adding policies from saved configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .552

Editing a policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .552

Editing a rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .552

Deleting a policy or rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553

Deploying a PBR policy on demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553

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Saving a PBR policy deployment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .554

Scheduling a PBR policy deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .555

ACL Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558

Enabling or disabling ACL accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558

Resetting ACL counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .558

Viewing ACL counters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .559

Chapter 18 Security Management

Security overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .561

Layer 2 access control list management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .561

IronWare Layer 2 ACL configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .562

Fabric OS Layer 2 ACL configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .569

Creating a Layer 2 ACL from a saved configuration. . . . . . . . . 576

Deleting a Layer 2 ACL configuration from the application. . . 576

Deleting a Layer 2 ACL configuration from the switch. . . . . . . 576

Network OS Layer 2 ACL configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .577

Layer 3 access control list policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .580

Creating a standard L3 ACL configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581

Creating a L3 ACL from a saved configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . .583

Editing a standard L3 ACL configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .584

Copying a standard L3 ACL configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .585

Creating an extended L3 ACL configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .585

Editing an extended L3 ACL configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .587

Copying an extended L3 ACL configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .588

Creating an IPv6 L3 ACL configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .590

Editing an IPv6 L3 ACL configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .592

Copying an IPv6 L3 ACL configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .593

Deleting a L3 ACL configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .594

Assigning a L3 ACL configuration to an interface . . . . . . . . . .594

Clearing L3 ACL assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .596

Configuring the ACL configuration type and operations . . . . .597

Configuring hit statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .597

Configuring L3 ACL advanced settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .598

Network configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .602

Network group configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .606

Service configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .611

Service group configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .616

Media Access Control (MAC) filter management . . . . . . . . . . . . . .620

Creating a MAC filter configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .621

Creating a MAC filter from a saved configuration . . . . . . . . . .623

Editing a MAC filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .624

Copying a MAC filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .625

Deleting a MAC filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .627

Assigning MAC filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .627

Clearing MAC filter assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .628

Adding a MAC filter configuration to an interface . . . . . . . . . .628

Security configuration deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .629

Deploying a security configuration on demand . . . . . . . . . . . .630

Saving a security configuration deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .631

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