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Brocade Network Advisor
IP User Manual
Supporting Network Advisor 12.2.0
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Contents
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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