Broadcom Brocade SANnav Management Portal , 2.1.0x User guide

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Table of Contents

Copyright Statement.......................................................................................................................... 11

Introduction.........................................................................................................................................12

About This Document....................................................................................................................................................12

Supported Hardware and Software.............................................................................................................................. 12

Switches That Support Data Streaming...................................................................................................................... 14

Contacting Technical Support for Your Brocade

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Document Feedback...................................................................................................................................................... 14

Getting Started with SANnav Management Portal......................................................................... 16

SANnav Overview...........................................................................................................................................................16

Browser Requirements.................................................................................................................................................. 16

Launching SANnav Management Portal......................................................................................................................17

Changing Your Password..............................................................................................................................................18

Overview of the User Interface.....................................................................................................................................18

Customizing Tables................................................................................................................................................... 22

Searching for Objects............................................................................................................................................... 22

Tags........................................................................................................................................................................... 24

Tagging Objects.........................................................................................................................................................24

Filters......................................................................................................................................................................... 27

Wildcards in Filters............................................................................................................................................ 27

Rules for AND and OR Filters...........................................................................................................................28

Creating Filters...................................................................................................................................................29

Managing Filters.................................................................................................................................................31

Deleting Filters................................................................................................................................................... 32

Creating a Custom Network Scope.......................................................................................................................... 33

Setting the Date Range for Dashboards, Reports, and Events............................................................................... 35

Initial Setup and Configuration.....................................................................................................................................36

Licensing............................................................................................................................................. 37

SANnav Licensing Overview.........................................................................................................................................37

SANnav Licensing Terminology................................................................................................................................ 37

SANnav License Types............................................................................................................................................. 38

Managed Port Count.................................................................................................................................................38

How SANnav Licensing Works.....................................................................................................................................39

Obtaining the Server UID.............................................................................................................................................. 40

Generating a License.....................................................................................................................................................40

Adding a License to SANnav........................................................................................................................................42

Managing the Port Count.............................................................................................................................................. 44

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Renewing a License.......................................................................................................................................................45

Rehosting a License on a Different Server: Planned Migration............................................................................... 46

Moving a License to a Different Server: Unplanned Migration.................................................................................48

Deleting a License..........................................................................................................................................................48

Security................................................................................................................................................49

User Management...........................................................................................................................................................49

Configuring Password, Lockout, and Session Policies............................................................................................ 51

Creating Custom Roles.............................................................................................................................................52

Creating Custom AORs............................................................................................................................................ 53

Creating a User Account.......................................................................................................................................... 54

Unlocking a User Account............................................................................................................................................ 55

SANnav Management Portal User Account Privileges.............................................................................................. 56

Configuring SANnav to Use an External Server for Authentication.........................................................................58

LDAP Server Configuration...........................................................................................................................................60

Adding LDAP Servers to the Docker Container....................................................................................................... 62

Creating Role and AOR Custom Attributes in the LDAP Active Directory............................................................... 62

Assigning Roles and AORs to Users on the LDAP Server......................................................................................63

Assigning Roles and AORs to LDAP Groups in SANnav........................................................................................ 64

RADIUS Server Configuration.......................................................................................................................................65

Configuring SANnav Credentials on the RADIUS Server........................................................................................ 66

Assigning Roles and AORs to Users on the RADIUS Server..................................................................................67

Configuring Role and AOR Attributes on the RADIUS Server.................................................................................68

TACACS+ Server Configuration....................................................................................................................................69

Assigning Roles and AORs to Users on the TACACS+ Server............................................................................... 69

Managing Signed Certificates....................................................................................................................................... 70

Whitelisting Browser Access to SANnav.................................................................................................................... 71

Monitoring........................................................................................................................................... 73

Discovery.........................................................................................................................................................................73

Discovering a Fabric................................................................................................................................................. 75

Stopping and Resuming Switch Monitoring..............................................................................................................77

Stopping and Resuming Fabric Monitoring.............................................................................................................. 79

Rediscovering a Switch.............................................................................................................................................80

Rediscovering a Fabric............................................................................................................................................. 81

Changing the Seed Switch....................................................................................................................................... 81

Deleting a Fabric.......................................................................................................................................................82

Configuring Fabric Tracking......................................................................................................................................83

Updating Fabric Members.........................................................................................................................................84

Dashboards..................................................................................................................................................................... 85

Changing the Favorite Dashboard............................................................................................................................86

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Creating a Dashboard Quickly..................................................................................................................................86

Creating a Dashboard with a Customized Layout....................................................................................................89

Viewing Dashboards................................................................................................................................................. 91

Exporting Dashboard and Report Templates............................................................................................................93

Importing Dashboard and Report Templates............................................................................................................94

Sharing Dashboards and Reports with Other Users................................................................................................ 95

Health Summary Dashboard.....................................................................................................................................96

Customizing the Health Score Computation for Managed Entities................................................................... 98

Refreshing the Health Score for Managed Entities...........................................................................................99

Monitoring SAN Health and Status Daily........................................................................................................ 100

Factors Contributing to the Overall Health Score........................................................................................... 101

Network Port Traffic Conditions Dashboard........................................................................................................... 103

Analyzing Congested Ports............................................................................................................................. 106

Congestion Severity States............................................................................................................................. 108

Reports.......................................................................................................................................................................... 109

Creating a Report Template....................................................................................................................................109

Editing a Report Template...................................................................................................................................... 112

Scheduling a Report............................................................................................................................................... 114

Generating and Exporting Reports......................................................................................................................... 115

Widgets for Dashboards and Reports....................................................................................................................... 117

Date Range for Widgets......................................................................................................................................... 120

Performance Monitoring.............................................................................................................................................. 120

Launching Investigation Mode................................................................................................................................ 121

Collecting Items in the Sidebar for Investigation Mode..........................................................................................124

Using Investigation Mode........................................................................................................................................125

Scheduling High-Granularity Data Collection......................................................................................................... 132

Enabling and Disabling Historic Data Collection.................................................................................................... 134

Inventory Management................................................................................................................................................ 135

Adding Custom Fields to a Managed Object......................................................................................................... 137

Identifying Switches to Plan for an Upgrade.......................................................................................................... 140

Putting a Switch in Maintenance Mode.................................................................................................................. 142

Disabling and Enabling a Switch............................................................................................................................ 144

Disabling and Enabling a Switch Port.................................................................................................................... 144

Decommissioning Ports...........................................................................................................................................145

Registering a CIMOM Server for F_Port Decommissioning...................................................................................147

Viewing Physical Switch Properties........................................................................................................................147

Renaming Switch Ports, Switches, and Fabrics.....................................................................................................148

Managing End Devices........................................................................................................................................... 150

Creating Host and Storage Enclosures...........................................................................................................150

Manually Mapping Host and Storage Ports to Enclosures..............................................................................151

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End Device Type Mapping.............................................................................................................................. 153

Converting Initiator and Target Device Types................................................................................................. 156

Managing Trunk Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 158

Exporting Inventory Data, Names, and Mapping....................................................................................................158

Importing Inventory Names and Mapping...............................................................................................................159

Launching Web Tools..............................................................................................................................................160

Topology Visualization.................................................................................................................................................161

Viewing the Fabric Topology...................................................................................................................................163

Showing All Devices in a Fabric.............................................................................................................................168

Viewing Connectivity between Hosts and Storage.................................................................................................170

Viewing Link Utilization........................................................................................................................................... 172

Viewing a Zone Topology........................................................................................................................................174

Viewing Saved Topologies...................................................................................................................................... 175

Configuration.................................................................................................................................... 177

Policy-Based Configuration........................................................................................................................................ 177

Creating a Configuration Policy.............................................................................................................................. 177

Configuring a New Switch Before Adding It to the Fabric......................................................................................181

Configuring a New Switch After Adding It to the Fabric.........................................................................................182

Monitoring Configuration Drifts............................................................................................................................... 183

Resolving Configuration Drifts................................................................................................................................ 186

Configuration Blocks............................................................................................................................................... 187

Universal MAPS Policy........................................................................................................................................... 202

Importing the Universal MAPS Policy............................................................................................................. 203

Switch Configuration Backup and Restore...............................................................................................................204

Backing Up Switch and Logical Fabric Configurations...........................................................................................205

Restoring Chassis, Logical Fabric, and Switch Configurations.............................................................................. 207

Managing Switch Configuration Backups............................................................................................................... 209

Call Home and ESRS................................................................................................................................................... 211

Supporting the SANnav License for Call Centers.................................................................................................. 211

Call Home Email Notifications................................................................................................................................ 211

Call Home Events................................................................................................................................................... 211

Configuring Call Home Notifications....................................................................................................................... 212

Configuring the Dell EMC Call Home Support Center........................................................................................... 215

Setting Call Home Notification Policy..................................................................................................................... 217

Enabling and Disabling a Call Home Center..........................................................................................................218

Zoning............................................................................................................................................................................ 218

Zone Database Size............................................................................................................................................... 218

Naming Conventions............................................................................................................................................... 219

FOS Fabric Lock Support....................................................................................................................................... 219

Creating Zone Aliases.............................................................................................................................................220

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Creating a Single Zone Alias with Multiple Members..................................................................................... 220

Creating Multiple Zone Aliases or Zone Aliases Directly for Unaliased Devices............................................ 221

Importing Zone Aliases.................................................................................................................................... 222

Exporting Zone Aliases....................................................................................................................................224

Configuring Zones in a Fabric................................................................................................................................ 224

Creating Zones.................................................................................................................................................225

Adding Multiple Zone Aliases to a Zone......................................................................................................... 227

Creating Zone Configurations................................................................................................................................. 229

Activating a Zone Configuration...................................................................................................................... 230

Adding Multiple Zones to a Zone Configuration..............................................................................................231

Saving the Inactive Zone DB to the Offline Zone DB..................................................................................... 233

Identifying the Zones without Any Zone Configuration...........................................................................................233

Offline Zoning.......................................................................................................................................................... 234

Creating Offline Zone Configurations.............................................................................................................. 234

Importing an Offline Zone Configuration......................................................................................................... 236

Exporting an Offline Zone Configuration......................................................................................................... 237

Saving the Offline Zone Database to the Switch............................................................................................ 237

Creating Offline Zones.....................................................................................................................................238

Creating Peer Zones with a Simplified Workflow................................................................................................... 240

Configuring the Zoning Policy.................................................................................................................................243

Modifying a Zone Configuration..............................................................................................................................244

Comparing Effective and Defined (Modified) Zone Configurations........................................................................ 246

Viewing Zone and Zone Configuration Details....................................................................................................... 247

Viewing Online or Offline Zone Details........................................................................................................... 247

Viewing Online or Offline Zone Configuration Details..................................................................................... 249

Supporting Reverse Lookup for Zone Aliases........................................................................................................250

Creating a Zoning Report....................................................................................................................................... 251

Virtual Fabrics...............................................................................................................................................................252

Supported Platforms for Virtual Fabrics..................................................................................................................253

Creating a Logical Fabric........................................................................................................................................254

Adding Logical Switches to a Logical Fabric..........................................................................................................257

Activating a Logical Fabric......................................................................................................................................259

Editing Logical Fabrics and Switches.....................................................................................................................261

Deleting Logical Fabrics and Switches...................................................................................................................264

Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite.........................................................................................................................266

MAPS Structural Elements..................................................................................................................................... 266

MAPS Actions......................................................................................................................................................... 267

MAPS Categories....................................................................................................................................................268

MAPS Groups and Measures.................................................................................................................................269

MAPS Violations......................................................................................................................................................269

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Viewing MAPS Violations.................................................................................................................................270

MAPS Rules............................................................................................................................................................ 270

MAPS Conditions.................................................................................................................................................... 271

MAPS Policies.........................................................................................................................................................271

MAPS Configuration................................................................................................................................................272

Configuring a MAPS Policy and Applying It to Multiple Switches................................................................... 272

Managing MAPS Actions on a Switch.............................................................................................................275

Configuring Policy Actions on a Switch...........................................................................................................284

Configuring an Email Notification for MAPS................................................................................................... 285

Fibre Channel Routing.................................................................................................................................................286

Limitations of Fibre Channel Routing..................................................................................................................... 287

Backbone Fabric ID Conditions....................................................................................................................... 287

Configuring a Backbone Fabric.............................................................................................................................. 287

Editing a Backbone Fabric......................................................................................................................................290

Viewing the FCR Topology..................................................................................................................................... 292

vCenter Discovery........................................................................................................................................................ 295

Adding the vCenter................................................................................................................................................. 295

Monitoring or Unmonitoring ESXi Hosts.................................................................................................................296

Rediscovering ESXi Hosts...................................................................................................................................... 296

Viewing ESXi Host Properties................................................................................................................................ 296

Investigating Virtual Machines................................................................................................................................ 297

Viewing Virtual Machine Properties........................................................................................................................ 298

Viewing ESXi Hosts in Topology............................................................................................................................ 300

Creating a VM Alarms Dashboard..........................................................................................................................302

FICON.............................................................................................................................................................................303

Viewing FICON Fabrics...........................................................................................................................................303

Configuring the FICON Display.............................................................................................................................. 305

Searching in FICON................................................................................................................................................306

Launching Web Tools FICON Management........................................................................................................... 306

FICON Planning...................................................................................................................................................... 307

Planning the Configuration.............................................................................................................................. 307

FICON Fabric Configuration................................................................................................................................... 308

Configuring a Cascaded FICON Fabric...........................................................................................................309

Adding FICON Logical Switches to a Cascaded FICON Fabric..................................................................... 312

Adding Ports to a FICON Logical Switch........................................................................................................ 314

Port Address Binding....................................................................................................................................... 316

Cascaded FICON Fabric Merge............................................................................................................................. 316

Merging Two Cascaded FICON Fabrics..........................................................................................................317

Resolving Merge Conflicts............................................................................................................................... 318

Resolving Domain ID Conflicts........................................................................................................................ 318

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Activating a FICON Fabric...................................................................................................................................... 319

Deployment Behavior.......................................................................................................................................320

Post Deployment Behavior.............................................................................................................................. 322

Deleting FICON Fabrics and FICON Logical Switches.......................................................................................... 322

Deleting a FICON Fabric................................................................................................................................. 322

Deleting a FICON Logical Switch....................................................................................................................323

Connecting Cascaded FICON Fabrics over FCIP..................................................................................................323

Configuring IP Links and Merging the Fabrics................................................................................................324

Event Management...........................................................................................................................326

Event Management Overview..................................................................................................................................... 326

Functions of Event Management............................................................................................................................ 326

Types of Registration.............................................................................................................................................. 326

Registering for SNMP Traps...................................................................................................................................326

Registering for Syslog.............................................................................................................................................328

Importing the Server Syslog Certificate Using a CLI Script............................................................................ 328

Enabling or Disabling SNMP Informs..................................................................................................................... 329

Enabling Event Notifications................................................................................................................................... 330

Setting the Frequency to Receive Email Event Notifications................................................................................. 331

Configuring an Email Setup....................................................................................................................................331

Forwarding...............................................................................................................................................................333

Filtering Traps and Messages......................................................................................................................... 333

Adding a Forwarding Destination.................................................................................................................... 336

Adding Trap Forwarding Credentials............................................................................................................... 339

Managing Event Actions......................................................................................................................................... 340

Enabling Default Event Action Policy.............................................................................................................. 340

Configuring Identification and Action............................................................................................................... 343

Creating Events and Policy............................................................................................................................. 344

Creating Sources............................................................................................................................................. 348

Creating an Event Action for Critical Events...................................................................................................349

Using Event Action to Suppress Selected Events.......................................................................................... 354

Auto Acknowledging Events Based on Event Description.............................................................................. 358

Modifying Event Action Policies.......................................................................................................................361

Filtering Events........................................................................................................................................................362

Searching Events.................................................................................................................................................... 365

Filtering Violations................................................................................................................................................... 366

Viewing the Product and Fabric Details.......................................................................................................... 369

Investigating Violations.................................................................................................................................... 369

Acknowledging or Unacknowledging Events.......................................................................................................... 370

Setting Event Management Reports and Dashboard Widgets...............................................................................371

Exporting Event Management Reports............................................................................................................372

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Viewing the Port Health and FPI Violations Widgets...................................................................................... 374

Extension Tunnels and Circuits..................................................................................................... 377

Overview of Extension Tunnels..................................................................................................................................377

Viewing Extension Tunnels......................................................................................................................................... 377

Applying the Extension Dashboard........................................................................................................................... 378

Configuring IPsec Policies.......................................................................................................................................... 381

Creating an IPsec Policy........................................................................................................................................ 382

Editing an IPsec Policy........................................................................................................................................... 384

Deleting an IPsec Policy.........................................................................................................................................386

Configuring a Single-Sided Tunnel............................................................................................................................ 386

Configuring an Extension Tunnel...............................................................................................................................393

Editing an Extension Tunnel.......................................................................................................................................402

Deleting a Tunnel......................................................................................................................................................... 405

Switch Maintenance and Support.................................................................................................. 406

Firmware Management.................................................................................................................................................406

Importing Firmware Files to the Repository........................................................................................................... 406

Managing the Repository........................................................................................................................................ 407

Updating a Selected Switch from an Internal or External Location........................................................................408

Updating the Firmware for Single or Multiple Switches from an Internal or External Location...............................412

Switch SupportSave.....................................................................................................................................................415

Requirements.......................................................................................................................................................... 415

Generating SupportSave for One or More Switches..............................................................................................415

Scheduling SupportSave for One or More Switches..............................................................................................418

Configuring Trace Dump......................................................................................................................................... 421

Managing the Switch SupportSave Files................................................................................................................422

Accessing the Command-Line Interface................................................................................................................... 424

SANnav Maintenance and Support................................................................................................ 426

SANnav Backup and Restore......................................................................................................................................426

Configuring a Scheduled Backup........................................................................................................................... 427

On-demand Backup................................................................................................................................................ 429

Restoring Backup Files........................................................................................................................................... 429

Management Portal Server Support Data Collection............................................................................................... 430

Generating the Support Data Collection File..........................................................................................................430

Downloading the Support Data Collection Files.....................................................................................................432

Splitting and Merging SANnav Support Data Files................................................................................................ 432

Sending Support Data Collection Files to an External Server............................................................................... 432

Deleting the Support Data Collection Files............................................................................................................ 433

Checking the Server Health........................................................................................................................................ 433

Upgrading or Replacing Hardware on the SANnav Server..................................................................................... 434

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Changing SANnav Installation from IPv4 to IPv6.....................................................................................................434

Troubleshooting and Diagnostics.................................................................................................. 435

No Login Page.............................................................................................................................................................. 435

Unable to Discover Switches......................................................................................................................................435

Configuring the Firewalld Backend for CentOS and RHEL 8.0 or Higher..............................................................436

Dashboard Shows No Data for Switches.................................................................................................................. 436

Data Streaming Not Available after Backup and Restore........................................................................................437

High-Granularity Data Collection Schedule Option Is Unavailable.........................................................................437

Network Port Traffic Conditions Dashboard Is Blank..............................................................................................438

Repository Tab Not Available for Firmware Management or Switch SupportSave............................................... 438

Firmware Download or Switch SupportSave Fails...................................................................................................439

Upgrading the OS with SANnav Installed................................................................................................................. 439

Switch Busy Message..................................................................................................................................................439

D_Port Testing.............................................................................................................................................................. 439

Starting D_Port Testing........................................................................................................................................... 440

Scheduling D_Port Testing......................................................................................................................................442

Viewing D_Port Test Results.................................................................................................................................. 444

Deleting a Scheduled D_Port Test......................................................................................................................... 445

Exporting Select Configurations from Brocade Network Advisor to SANnav

Management Portal.......................................................................................................................... 446

Overview of Exporting Select Configurations.......................................................................................................... 446

Exporting End Device Names..................................................................................................................................... 446

Importing End Device Names as Zone Aliases........................................................................................................ 447

Exporting Host or Storage Port Mapping..................................................................................................................447

Importing Host or Storage Port Mapping..................................................................................................................448

Exporting a MAPS Policy............................................................................................................................................ 448

Importing a MAPS Policy............................................................................................................................................ 448

Revision History............................................................................................................................... 449

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Copyright Statement

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and SANnav are among the trademarks of Broadcom in the United States, the EU, and/or other countries. The term

“Broadcom” refers to Broadcom Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

Broadcom reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products or data herein to improve reliability,

function, or design. Information furnished by Broadcom is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, Broadcom does

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circuit described herein, neither does it convey any license under its patent rights nor the rights of others.

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the licensing terms applicable to the open source software, and to obtain a copy of the programming source code, please

download the open source disclosure documents in the Broadcom Customer Support Portal (CSP). If you do not have a

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Introduction

About This Document

This guide describes how to monitor and manage your storage area network (SAN) using SANnav

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Management Portal.

Within this document, SANnav Management Portal might also be referred to simply as "SANnav".

Refer to the following guides for additional information:

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Brocade SANnav Management Portal Installation and Migration Guide contains detailed steps for installing SANnav

Management Portal and for migrating from an earlier version of SANnav. The guide also includes information about

installing SANnav as an OVA appliance.

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Brocade SANnav Flow Management User Guide explains how to configure and manage flows using SANnav

Management Portal.

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Brocade SANnav Management Portal REST API and Northbound Streaming Reference Manual contains definitions

of REST APIs that you can use to access SANnav Management Portal, including streaming performance and flow

metrics to an external server.

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Brocade SANnav Global View User Guide describes how to use SANnav Global View to monitor and manage multiple

Management Portal instances. SANnav Global View is a separate product.

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Brocade SANnav Management Portal Release Notes includes a summary of the new, unsupported, and deprecated

features for this release.

Supported Hardware and Software

SANnav Management Portal 2.1.0x supports the following Fabric OS software versions and hardware platforms.

Fabric OS Software Support

The following Fabric OS

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software versions are supported by this release of SANnav.

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Fabric OS 9.0 or later

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Fabric OS 8.0 or later

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Fabric OS 7.4 or later

Brocade Gen 7 (64Gb/s) Fixed-Port Switches

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Brocade G720 Switch

Brocade Gen 7 (64Gb/s) Directors

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Brocade X7-4 Director

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Brocade X7-8 Director

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Brocade Gen 6 (32Gb/s) Fixed-Port Switches

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Brocade G610 Switch

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Brocade G620 Switch

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Brocade G630 Switch

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Brocade 7810 Extension Switch

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Brocade G648 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade MXG610 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

Brocade Gen 6 (32Gb/s) Directors

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Brocade X6-4 Director

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Brocade X6-8 Director

Brocade Gen 5 (16Gb/s) Fixed-Port Switches

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Brocade 6505 Switch

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Brocade 6510 Switch

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Brocade 6520 Switch

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Brocade M6505 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade 6542 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade 6543 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade 6545 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade 6546 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade 6547 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade 6548 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade 6558 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade 7840 Extension Switch

Brocade Gen 5 (16Gb/s) Directors

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Brocade DCX 8510-4 Director

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Brocade DCX 8510-8 Director

Brocade Gen 4 (8Gb/s) Fixed-Port Switches

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Brocade 300 Switch

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Brocade 5424 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade 5430 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade 5431 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade 5432 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade 5450 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade 5460 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade 5470 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade 5480 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade NC-5480 Blade Server SAN I/O Module

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Brocade 7800 Extension Switch

Analytics Monitoring Platform

The Analytics Monitoring Platform (AMP) is supported with the following AMP OS software versions:

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AMP OS 3.0.0 or later (includes Flow Management support)

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AMP OS 2.0.x (includes switch monitoring only)

Switches That Support Data Streaming

SANnav uses Kafka to provide real-time data streaming from switches that are running Fabric OS 8.2.1a or higher. Data

streaming provides collection of high-frequency performance statistics, FCIP performance and error statistics, and flow

statistics and violations.

The following Gen 7 platforms support data streaming:

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Brocade G720 Switch

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Brocade X7-4 and X7-8 Directors

The following Gen 6 platforms support data streaming:

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Brocade G610, G620, and G630 Switches

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Brocade 7810 Switch

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Brocade X6-4 and X6-8 Directors

Contacting Technical Support for Your Brocade

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Product

If you purchased Brocade product support from a Broadcom OEM/solution provider, contact your OEM/solution provider

for all your product support needs.

•

OEM/solution providers are trained and certified by Broadcom to support Brocade products.

•

Broadcom provides backline support for issues that cannot be resolved by the OEM/solution provider.

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Brocade Supplemental Support augments your existing OEM support contract, providing direct access to Brocade

expertise. For more information on this option, contact Broadcom or your OEM.

•

For questions regarding service levels and response times, contact your OEM/solution provider.

For product support information and the latest information on contacting the Technical Assistance Center, go to https://

www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-channel-networking/. If you have purchased Brocade

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product support directly from

Broadcom, use one of the following methods to contact the Technical Assistance Center 24x7.

Online Telephone

For nonurgent issues, the preferred method is to log in to

myBroadcom at https://www.broadcom.com/mybroadcom. (You

must initially register to gain access to the Customer Support

Portal.) Once there, select Customer Support Portal > Support

Portal. You will now be able to navigate to the following sites:

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Knowledge Search: Clicking the top-right magnifying glass

brings up a search bar.

•

Case Management: The legacy MyBrocade case

management tool (MyCases) has been replaced with the Fibre

Channel Networking case management tool.

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DocSafe: You can download software and documentation.

•

Other Resources: Licensing Portal (top), SAN Health (top and

bottom), Communities (top), Education (top).

Required for Severity 1 (critical) issues:

Please call Fibre Channel Networking Global Support at one of

the numbers listed at https://www.broadcom.com/support/fibre-

channel-networking/.

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Getting Started with SANnav Management Portal

SANnav Overview

SANnav is the next generation SAN management application suite for Brocade SAN environments.

SANnav allows you to efficiently manage your SAN infrastructure through various easy-to-use functions. SANnav

implements a highly scalable client-server architecture for SAN management. With a modern browser-based UI, SANnav

eliminates the need for a Java-based thick client. The user interface of SANnav is designed based on real-world use

cases and user workflows, providing a highly intuitive user experience. SANnav uses a micro-services-based architecture

based on Docker container technology that allows it to scale to meet the management needs of both small and large

SAN environments and those that may change over time. This scalable architecture also allows SANnav to support new

functionality in the future without causing degradation to the performance of the application.

To address the management needs of very large-scale SAN environments or those that are distributed by function or

location, SANnav supports a hierarchical management model, where a higher-level “global” application, SANnav Global

View, provides comprehensive visibility, summarization, and seamless navigation across multiple instances of the SANnav

Management Portal application.

There are two distinct SANnav product offerings:

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SANnav Management Portal

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SANnav Global View

SANnav Management Portal

SANnav Management Portal allows management of one or more SAN fabrics that are in the same or different

geographical locations, and it supports managing a maximum of 15,000 physical SAN ports. For environments that are

larger than 15,000 ports, you can deploy multiple SANnav Management Portal instances, which in turn can be managed

by SANnav Global View.

Use SANnav Management Portal to monitor and manage fabrics, switches, switch ports, and other elements of your

SAN. Dashboards provide summary status and performance information, from which you can drill down to get detailed

views. Using filters and tags, you can sort and search your inventory to find exactly the information that you want. A highly

flexible reporting infrastructure allows you to generate custom graphical or tabular reports.

SANnav Management Portal does not replace Brocade Web Tools or the Fabric OS command line interface.

SANnav Global View

You can get a comprehensive view of a SAN environment that spans multiple SANnav Management Portal instances

through the SANnav Global View product. SANnav Global View allows you to navigate seamlessly across multiple

SANnav Management Portal instances and drill down to any individual instance to perform detailed monitoring,

investigation, and troubleshooting.

Refer to the Brocade SANnav Global View User Guide for detailed information.

Browser Requirements

Any laptop or machine that launches web applications can be used to launch SANnav Management Portal. For optimal

performance, have at least 16 GB of memory.

The following browsers can be used to access the SANnav server:

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Chrome

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Firefox

Note that if you access the client from Remote Desktop, the user interface may have degraded performance.

Launching Brocade Web Tools 9.0.0 and later from a SANnav client is supported on Chrome and Firefox. Launching

Brocade Web Tools versions earlier than 9.0.0 is supported only on Firefox.

Launching SANnav Management Portal

Launch SANnav Management Portal to monitor and manage your fabrics.

1. Open your browser and enter the IP address or fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the SANnav Management

Portal server.

You can use HTTP or HTTPS, for example:

http://192.0.2.0

or

https://192.0.2.0

The SANnav Management Portal login window appears.

If the login window does not appear, try the following:

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Ping the SANnav server to ensure that it is up.

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Check if SANnav services are running. See Checking the Server Health.

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Check the firewall settings. Note that http does not work if redirection on port 80 is not enabled during installation.

Refer to the Brocade SANnav Management Portal Installation and Migration Guide for more details.

2. Enter your SANnav user name and password, and click Login.

For the first SANnav login, the default user name is Administrator and the default password is password.

SANnav launches with the default dashboard displayed.

If, instead of launching, SANnav displays the message "Login Failed. Service is not available at this time.", SANnav is

in the process of starting up. Wait a few minutes and try to log in again.

The first time you log in, you should change the default password. See Changing Your Password.

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Changing Your Password

The first time you log in to SANnav, you should change your password.

After you change your password, you are automatically logged out, and you must log in again using the new password.

1. Click the user icon in the top-right corner of the window, and then click User Preferences.

2. Click the Edit button next to Logging in.

3. Click Change on the Logging in page.

4. Fill out the Change Password fields, and click OK.

You are automatically logged out of SANnav.

5. Log in to SANnav again using your new password.

Overview of the User Interface

SANnav Management Portal allows you to manage one or more SAN fabrics in multiple locations. Once familiar with the

basic components of SANnav, you can quickly start monitoring and managing your fabrics.

The following screen capture shows the basic layout of the SANnav user interface.

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1. Navigation bar. Contains links to feature pages. The SANnav link displays the page where various settings and

configurations can be performed.

2. Search. Click the icon to display the search box, select a context on which to search from the list, and enter the search

term in the field.

3. Profile menu. Click the icon to display additional links for changing user preferences, displaying the SANnav version,

and logging out.

4. Subnavigation bar. Provides the page title and optional item count within parentheses. Also includes buttons and

menus to take actions within the page. The subnavigation bar is the main way to navigate within a feature.

5. Filter bar. Allows you to filter the display based on columns, fabrics, network scope, and customized filters.

6. Expandable sidebar. Provides an area where you can save selected inventory items for investigation later.

Detail Pages

Clicking a fabric name, switch name, or port name in a table opens a detail page for that object. The detail page displays

additional information about the object and may contain additional actions that you can perform.

The detail page is different depending on the context. For example, the detail page for a fabric on the Inventory page is

different from the detail page for the same fabric on the Discovery page.

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Figure 2: Detail Page for a Switch

Tables

In tables, if an entry is truncated (indicated by an ellipsis at the end of the entry), hover the mouse over the entry to see

the full text.

Figure 3: Hovering the Mouse over Truncated Table Text

Many tables have an action menu that you can access by clicking the down arrow in the rightmost column. Click this arrow

to display additional actions that you can perform on the associated object.

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