Brocade Communications Systems AE370A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch 4/12 Administrator's Manual

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12 Mar 2008

Fabric Manager

Administrator’s Guide

Supporting Fabric Manager 5.5.0

Supporting Fabric OS 6.1.0

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Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

Brocade Fabric Manager User’s

Guide, v3.0

53-0000204-01 N/A October 2001

Brocade Fabric Manager User’s

Guide, v4.0

53-0000823-02 N/A April 2003

Brocade Fabric Manager User’s

Guide, v4.1.0

53-0000823-04 N/A September

2003

Brocade Fabric Manager User’s

Guide, v4.1.1

53-0000823-05 Editorial & structural changes, aligned

information with online help information,

updated Call Home feature information,

updated link icons, additional troubleshooting

information.

December

2003

Fabric Manager User’s Guide 53-0000823-06 Updated to include switch specific information. March 2004

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Fabric Manager User’s Guide 53-0000823-07 Editorial & structural changes, included new

feature support since Fabric Manager 4.1.1,

updated graphics, updated troubleshooting

information.

May 2004

Fabric Manager User’s Guide 53-0000823-08 Editorial & structural changes, device node

and device port name support, and minor

adjustment for database change.

July 2004

Fabric Manager User’s Guide 53-0000823-09 Editorial & structural changes, added support

for SilkWorm 4100, 4 Gbps support, and end-

to-end performance monitoring; also revised

installation, firmware download, fabric merge,

admin password on multiple switches, and

enable security sections.

October 2004

Fabric Manager Administrator’s

Guide

53-0000823-10 Editorial & structural changes, including new

feature support; also revised installation and

overview sections and book title.

April 2005

Fabric Manager Administrator’s

Guide

53-1000042-01 Added support for SilkWorm 4900, 7500, and

FR4-18i port blade; added support for Fabric

OS v5.1.0 features, such as FCIP Tunneling

and FC-FC Routing Service.

February 2006

Fabric Manager Administrator’s

Guide

53-1000196-01 Added support for FR4-16IP port blade; added

support for Fabric OS v5.2.0 features, such as

Admin Domains and iSCSI; added offline

zoning. Revised Fabric Manager client

information throughout.

October 2006

Fabric Manager Administrator’s

Guide

53-1000443-01 Rebranded; added new features for 5.3.0

release such as Access Gateway visibility,

MetaSAN View, FCIP tunneling; improved

scalability, updated screens.

March 2007

Fabric Manager Administrator’s

Guide

53-1000610-01, Added information for newly supported

features in v5.4 features such as ICL support,

IPv6 support, VLAN Tag support, FICON

Emulation parameters support, and updated

screens.

October 2007

Fabric Manager Administrator’s

Guide

53-1000610-02, Added information for newly supported

features in v5.5 such as user-configurable IOD

Delay.

March 2008

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Contents

About This Document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

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

Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxii

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii

Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxv

Chapter 1 Fabric Manager Introduction

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Overview of Fabric Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Browser and platform requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Configuring Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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

Fabric and switch access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Administrative Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Role-Based Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 2 Installation

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Planning for the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installation and troubleshooting information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Fabric Manager Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

License keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Evaluation version upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Fabric Manager server installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Installing Fabric Manager server on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Solaris installation of Fabric Manager server . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Linux installation of Fabric Manager server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

How to copy an installation from server to server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Copying a Fabric Manager server installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Upgrading the Fabric Manager server installation on Host2 . .30

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Fabric Manager server uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Uninstalling the Fabric Manager server from Windows. . . . . . . 31

Uninstalling the Fabric Manager server from Solaris . . . . . . . .32

Uninstalling the Fabric Manager server from Linux. . . . . . . . . .32

Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Client

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Fabric Manager Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Launching Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Notes on logging in to a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Fabric Manager client uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Uninstalling the Fabric Manager client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Fabric Manager layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Scope panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

View panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Task panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Information panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Refreshing the window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Selecting elements and accessing modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Fabric Manager Customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Displaying fabrics by IP address, domain ID, WWN, and name 50

Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Table element filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Table tool tip customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Resizing panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Default values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

SSH configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Event Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Configuring event options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Chapter 4 Discovering and Customizing Fabrics

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Fabric Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

About FCS Policy and seed switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Single fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Multiple fabric discovery (subnet scan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Simultaneous login to multiple switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Logging in to multiple switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Fabric monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Monitoring already discovered fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Seed switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Changing the seed switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Fabric removal from Fabric Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Deleting a fabric from Fabric Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

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Fabric component renaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Device name import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Work with switch groups and port groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

The groups view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Switch group creation and population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Editing a switch group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Port group creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Editing a port group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Deleting a switch or port group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Chapter 5 Fabric Topologies

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

The View panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

View panel toolbar items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Tool tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Item selection in the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Layout changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

View preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Topology views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Displaying monitored fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Displaying backbone and edge fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Displaying switch interconnectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Displaying attached devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Displaying zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Link information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Chapter 6 Name Server Information

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Displaying Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Chapter 7 Alert and Event Monitoring

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Alert monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Viewing all alerts for all monitored fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Viewing alerts for switch groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Alert identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Alert filtering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Alert acknowledgment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Alert resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Alert removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Alert display options configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

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Fabric event monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Fabric event viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Fabric event filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Viewing event details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Notification parameter configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Configuring notification parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Chapter 8 Performance Monitoring

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Overview of performance monitoring in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . .109

Performance monitoring components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Port statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

End-to-end monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Granularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Port data collection and alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Enabling port data collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Setting different thresholds for the selected fabric. . . . . . . . .114

End-to-end monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Enabling end-to-end performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Disabling performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Disabling port data performance monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Custom reports and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Creating custom Performance Monitor reports . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Creating a real time Performance Monitor graph . . . . . . . . . .121

Report templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Saving Performance Monitor reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Printing Performance Monitor reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Report export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Display of saved reports and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Deleting reports and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

End-to-End Monitoring graph changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

End-to-End Monitor reports in external applications . . . . . . . .128

Chapter 9 Change Management

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Overview of change management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Change management profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Creating a change management profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Cloning a change management profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Editing a change management profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Deleting a change management profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

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Snapshots and change reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Displaying a change report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Creating snapshots on demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Comparing snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Exporting snapshot and change reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Displaying change reports in external applications. . . . . . . . .140

Exporting switch configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Printing snapshot and change reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Changing the baseline snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Chapter 10 Call Home Support

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

About call home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Call home e-mail messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Call home external script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Call home modem support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Call home configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Setting up a call home configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Editing an existing call home configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Enabling or disabling call home globally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Call home monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Monitoring call home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Chapter 11 Switch Configuration and Management

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

View switch information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

View port information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Launching the FC Port Connectivity View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Viewing details about the port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Synchronize date and time across a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Synchronizing the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Open a Telnet session for a nonsecure switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Enable and disable switches and ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Enabling or disabling elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

SNMP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Port swapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Administer ISL trunking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Administer license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

License key export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Import and restore license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Remove license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Configuration management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Switch configuration backup and restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Scheduling a backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

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Work with the configuration repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Viewing a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Deleting a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Exporting a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Importing a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Restoring a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Keeping a copy past the defined age limit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Replicating configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Replicating a switch SNMP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Replicating a switch Fabric Watch configuration. . . . . . . . . . .170

Replicating an entire switch configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Switch configuration files backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Saving the switch configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Physical health of a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Switch replacement in the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Replacing a switch in the fabric (non-seed switch) . . . . . . . . . 174

Replacing a seed switch in the fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Asset polling configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Configuring asset polling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Domain ID configuration on a phantom switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Configuring the domain ID on a phantom switch . . . . . . . . . . 176

Chapter 12 Manage Access Gateway-moded Switches

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Introduction to Access Gateway Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Supported Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Access Gateway-moded switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Discovering an Access Gateway switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Viewing Access Gateway moded switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Backing up Access Gateway-moded switches . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Performing a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Chapter 13 Configure Standard Security Features

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

A note about security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Password management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Enabling and disabling switch passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Changing admin password on multiple switches . . . . . . . . . .184

Secure communication over HTTPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Truststore management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Administrative Domain management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Requirements for Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Launching the Admin Domain module from Fabric Manager .187

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Access Control List management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Managing ACL policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Propagation of RADIUS configuration across switches . . . . . . . . .189

Replicating RADIUS configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Chapter 14 Manage the iSCSI Target Gateway

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

About the iSCSI Target Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Work with iSCSI information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

iSCSI summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

iSCSI ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

iSCSI initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

iSCSI targets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Virtual initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

iSCSI FC targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

iSCSI sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Set up iSCSI Target Gateway services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Configuring the iSCSI Target Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Chapter 15 Firmware Management

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Determine the availability of firmware-specific features . . . . . . . .199

Built-in FTP server and firmware repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Viewing the firmware repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Firmware import and removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Fabric profile definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

SAN firmware versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

File transfer options configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Configuring file transfer options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Firmware download for multiple switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Firmware download with firmware repository support . . . . . .209

Firmware download using an external FTP server . . . . . . . . . .210

Firmware download to HBAs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Downloading firmware to one or more HBAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Prepare for firmware download to XPath OS switches . . . . . . . . . .215

Configuring a user account for external purposes in the

built-in FTP server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Firmware access when changing the FTP server . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Moving the firmware files to the new FTP server. . . . . . . . . . .215

FDMI device information collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Switch reboot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Creating a reboot group with multiple switches . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Creating single-switch reboot groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

Assigning switches to an existing reboot group. . . . . . . . . . . .219

Performing a sequenced reboot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

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Chapter 16 Zone Management

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Introduction to zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Offline zone management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Use cases for offline zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Requirements for offline zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Offline zone editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Zone management with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236

Launching the Web Tools Zone Administration module . . . . .236

Chapter 17 Fabric Watch

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Work with Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Launching Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Fabric Watch activities in Web Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240

Chapter 18 Secure Fabric Management

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241

Create a secure fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Launching the Secure Fabric wizard to create a secure

fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

Security policy settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

Using the Policy Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

FCS policy options configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

SCC policy options configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Telnet, RSNMP, WSNMP, HTTP, and API policy options

configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

DCC policy options configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250

SES and MS policy options configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

Serial and Front Panel policy options configuration . . . . . . . .254

Admin security password change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256

No-Node WWN Zoning Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

Add a switch to a secure fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

Adding a switch to a secure fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

Secure fabric merge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

Merging secure fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

Telnet on a secure fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260

Opening a Telnet session for a secure fabric (Windows or

Solaris) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260

Chapter 19 FICON and CUP

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261

Introduction to FICON and CUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261

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Identification of switches with FMS mode enabled . . . . . . . . . . . .262

Identifying switches with FMS mode enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . .262

Current port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262

Editing the current port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . .263

Stored port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265

Editing a stored port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . .265

Port zone conflicts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266

Identifying port zone conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

Insistent Domain ID mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

Identifying switches that have Insistent Domain ID (IDID)

enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

Configuring IDID mode on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

Ports that completed the RNID exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268

Identifying ports that have completed the RNID exchange. . .268

Link incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

Monitoring link and implicit link incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

Cascaded FICON setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

Cascaded FICON configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

Fabric merge for cascaded FICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272

Chapter 20 FC-FC Routing Service Management

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275

Requirements for Fibre Channel routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275

About Fibre Channel routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276

Setting Up FC-FC routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

Connect edge fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

Connecting edge fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

Fabric device sharing diagnosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

Diagnosing fabric device sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

Device sharing between fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280

Sharing devices between fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280

Logical SANs and imported/exported devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Displaying the LSAN Zone Information and modify LSANs . . .282

Displaying virtual devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283

FC Router information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283

Displaying the FCR Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Translate domains and virtual device status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

FC-FC routing and secure fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

FC-FC routing and AD-enabled fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286

Chapter 21 FCIP Tunneling Service

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

About FCIP Tunneling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

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Work with FCIP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

Viewing all FCIP Tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

FCIP tunnel configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291

Configuring an FCIP tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291

FCIP tunnel management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298

Viewing FCIP tunnel Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298

Modifying FCIP tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

Disabling FCIP tunnels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

Re-enabling disabled FCIP tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

Deleting FCIP tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

Chapter 22 SYSLOG Fault Management Configuration

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303

About Fault Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303

SYSLOG destination registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303

Setting the SYSLOG server destination manually . . . . . . . . . .304

De-registering the SYSLOG destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304

SYSLOG registration policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304

Configuring the SYSLOG registration policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304

Removing the autoselect SYSLOG registration policy . . . . . . .305

Viewing the SYSLOG status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305

Chapter 23 Third-Party and Foreign Device Management

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

Third-party management applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

Adding applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308

Adding an application to multiple fabrics or nodes . . . . . . . . .310

Editing third-party management applications . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

Launching third-party management applications . . . . . . . . . .310

Foreign fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

Importing foreign fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

Chapter 24 Fabric Manager Reports

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317

Switch health report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Displaying the switch health report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Fabric summary report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319

Displaying the fabric summary report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319

Physical inventory report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320

Displaying the physical inventory report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320

Chapter 25 Data Storage and Backup

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

Data persistence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

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Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

Performing backups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

Chapter 26 Server Management Console

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325

Introduction to the Server Management Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . .325

Launching the SMC on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326

Launching the SMC on Linux and Solaris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326

Fabric Manager services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326

Monitoring and managing Fabric Manager services . . . . . . . .327

Authentication information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327

Changing authentication information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328

Database backup and restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329

Backing up the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329

Restoring the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330

Technical support information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330

Capturing supportShow information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330

Login banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331

Creating or editing the login banner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332

Secure communication settings (HTTP or HTTPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . .332

Changing the connection settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333

Web Server port numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334

Changing the Web Server port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335

SYSLOG listening port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335

Changing the SYSLOG listening port number. . . . . . . . . . . . . .335

Chapter 27 Fabric Troubleshooting Tools

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337

General device diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337

Using the device diagnostic wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337

Fabric merge check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338

Performing a fabric merge check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339

Merge failure resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341

Between non-secure fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341

Between secure and nonsecure fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342

Event message severity level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343

Configuring the severity level of logged event messages . . . .343

Trace route. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343

Capturing trace route information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344

Appendix A Troubleshooting

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

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Fabric Manager support information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

Capturing Fabric Manager support information . . . . . . . . . . .348

Client issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349

Checking for authentication issues (unable to log in). . . . . . .349

Client access to switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351

Client CPU usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351

Capturing/reporting client issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351

Client log overwritten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351

Client/server interaction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351

Checking for no client/server interaction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352

Installing a compatible client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352

Determining whether the problem is on the client or the

server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352

Firmware download failure with downgraded OS version . . . .352

Server issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352

Checking switch access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353

Checking server CPU usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353

Checking statistics collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353

Capturing/reporting server-side issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353

Checking server IP interface configuration in a multihome

server environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353

Fabric discovery problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .354

supportShow and supportSave output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355

Capturing the supportShow and supportSave command

output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356

Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356

Nodes swapped with another switch node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357

Lettering in legend unreadable when printed . . . . . . . . . . . . .357

Links do not reconfigure after disruptive failover . . . . . . . . . .357

Nodes Overlap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357

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Additional problem areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357

Fabric Manager license key and serial number. . . . . . . . . . . .358

Switches and hosts do not recognize HBA after firmware

download to HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358

503 Service Unavailable/Overloaded error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358

Installation wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358

Services not starting after upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359

Uninstallation of an upgraded Fabric Manager installation

hangs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359

Fabric Manager client does not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359

Web Tools pages do not launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360

Wizard hangs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360

Performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361

Fabric Manager database file is too large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361

Sequenced reboot does not show correct status . . . . . . . . . .361

Stopping Fabric Manager server on Solaris and Linux . . . . . .361

Changing printers in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

Changing the time in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

ODBC driver installer error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

fmsupportshow output file is empty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

Failed to connect to database error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

Fabric Manager server restarts when IP interface is changed363

Appendix B CIM Representations of Fabric Elements

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365

About CIM and the CIM tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365

SAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366

Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366

Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367

Switch port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368

Device port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370

Zone_config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370

Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370

Zone membership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Appendix C Licenses for Third-Party Products

In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373

Third-party products included in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373

ABA License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Apache License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

AXL License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378

Jason Hunter & Brett McLaughlin License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379

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LGPL License 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380

LGPL License 2.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385

MIT License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393

ONC RPC License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393

Open SSL License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394

Open Symphony License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397

Public Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398

RXTX License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398

Reusable Objects/NetComponents License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399

Sun Java License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400

Sun Binary Code License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403

Wolf Paulus License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406

Index

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About This Document

In this chapter

•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

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

•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii

•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii

•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv

•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv

How this document is organized

The Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide is written to help you, the storage area network (SAN)

administrator, to monitor, configure, and manage your SAN. This document is specific to Fabric

Manager version 5.5.0 and all switches running Brocade Fabric OS version 6.1.0. For a detailed list

of the firmware and hardware versions that are supported with specific versions of Fabric Manager,

refer to the Fabric Manager release notes.

In those instances in which procedures or parts of procedures documented here apply to some

switches but not to others, this guide identifies exactly which switches are supported and which are

not.

The document contains the following components:

• Chapter 1, “Fabric Manager Introduction” provides an overview of Fabric Manager and lists the

supported operating systems.

• Chapter 2, “Installation” provides information and instructions on installing the Fabric Manager

server on supported operating systems.

• Chapter 3, “Fabric Manager Client” introduces you to the graphical user interface.

• Chapter 4, “Discovering and Customizing Fabrics” includes common tasks that fabric

administrators perform.

• Chapter 5, “Fabric Topologies” describes Fabric Manager’s Topology View.

• Chapter 6, “Name Server Information” includes information in the Name Server table.

• Chapter 7, “Alert and Event Monitoring” provides information about different types of Fabric

Manager alerts and switch events, and how to manage and monitor them using Fabric

Manager.

• Chapter 8, “Performance Monitoring” provides information about the Performance Monitoring

feature of Fabric Manager.

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• Chapter 9, “Change Management” describes how the Change Management feature works and

can be set up to create reports and alerts based on defined changes.

• Chapter 10, “Call Home Support” provides information on how to enable, configure, and

disable the Fabric Manager Call Home feature.

• Chapter 11, “Switch Configuration and Management” provides information saving baselines

and comparing switches against them. It also includes information on creating custom

templates.

• Chapter 12, “Manage Access Gateway-moded Switches” provides information specific to

Access Gateway mode switches and how to use Fabric Manager to view them.

• Chapter 13, “Configure Standard Security Features” provides information about standard

security features, such as enabling secure communication, managing Admin Domains, and

managing ACLS.

• Chapter 14, “Manage the iSCSI Target Gateway” provides information about iSCSI

management in Fabric Manager.

• Chapter 15, “Firmware Management” provides information on downloading firmware to single

and multiple switches simultaneously. It also provides information about performing an

FDMI-capable HBA firmware download.

• Chapter 16, “Zone Management” provides information on how to create and manage zones,

aliases, and configurations in Fabric Manager.

• Chapter 17, “Fabric Watch” provides information on how Fabric Watch works and how to

configure alarms and thresholds.

• Chapter 18, “Secure Fabric Management” provides information on using the Security feature

on switches and fabrics, including configuring policies, managing secure fabrics, and changing

secure passwords.

• Chapter 19, “FICON and CUP” provides information on how to manage FICON and FICON CUP

using Fabric Manager.

• Chapter 20, “FC-FC Routing Service Management” provides information on how to use Fabric

Manager to work with Fibre Channel routers.

• Chapter 21, “FCIP Tunneling Service” provides information on how to configure an FCIP tunnel.

• Chapter 22, “SYSLOG Fault Management Configuration” describes how to configure fault

management.

• Chapter 23, “Third-Party and Foreign Device Management” provides information on launching

third-party applications and importing foreign devices.

• Chapter 24, “Fabric Manager Reports” provides information on creating Excel reports.

• Chapter 25, “Data Storage and Backup” provides information on storing user settings and

performing backups.

• Chapter 26, “Server Management Console” provides information on using the Server

Management Console to stop and start Fabric Manager services, backup the Fabric Manager

database, and capture technical support information.

• Chapter 27, “Fabric Troubleshooting Tools” provides information on the Device Diagnostics

wizard.

• Appendix A, “Troubleshooting” provides information on troubleshooting client and server

issues.

• Appendix B, “CIM Representations of Fabric Elements” provides information on the database

views of elements within Fabric Manager so that they can be accessed by a CIM model.

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