Section |
Page |
Contents |
5 |
Figures |
17 |
Tables |
23 |
About This Document |
25 |
In this chapter |
25 |
How this document is organized |
25 |
Supported hardware and software |
26 |
What’s new in this document |
27 |
Document conventions |
28 |
Text formatting |
28 |
Notes, cautions, and warnings |
28 |
Key terms |
29 |
Notice to the reader |
29 |
Additional information |
29 |
Brocade resources |
29 |
Other industry resources |
30 |
Getting technical help |
30 |
Document feedback |
31 |
Introducing Web Tools |
33 |
In this chapter |
33 |
Web Tools overview |
33 |
Web Tools, the EGM license, and DCFM |
33 |
Web Tools features enabled by the EGM license |
34 |
Web Tools functionality moved to DCFM |
35 |
System requirements |
36 |
Setting refresh frequency for Internet Explorer |
37 |
Deleting temporary internet files used by Java applications |
38 |
Java installation on the workstation |
39 |
Installing the JRE on your Solaris or Linux client workstation |
39 |
Installing patches on Solaris |
39 |
Installing the Java plug-in on Windows |
40 |
Java plug-in configuration |
40 |
Configuring the Java plug-in for Windows |
40 |
Configuring the Java plug-in for Mozilla family browsers |
41 |
Value line licenses |
42 |
Opening Web Tools |
43 |
Logging in |
44 |
Logging out |
48 |
Role-Based Access Control |
48 |
Session management |
49 |
Ending a Web Tools session |
49 |
Requirements for IPv6 support |
50 |
Using the Web Tools Interface |
51 |
In this chapter |
51 |
Viewing Switch Explorer |
51 |
Changes for consistency with DCFM |
54 |
Tasks |
56 |
Fabric Tree |
57 |
Changing the Admin Domain context |
57 |
Switch View buttons |
60 |
Switch View |
60 |
Switch Events and Switch Information |
64 |
Free Professional Management Tool |
65 |
Displaying tool tips |
66 |
Right-click options |
66 |
Refresh rates |
67 |
Displaying switches in the fabric |
67 |
Working with Web Tools: recommendations |
68 |
Opening a Telnet or SSH client window |
69 |
Collecting logs for troubleshooting |
69 |
Managing Fabrics and Switches |
71 |
In this chapter |
71 |
Fabric and switch management overview |
71 |
Opening the Switch Administration window |
73 |
Refreshing the Switch Administration window |
73 |
Configuring IP and netmask information |
74 |
Netstat Performance |
75 |
Configuring a syslog IP address |
75 |
Removing a syslog IP address |
76 |
Setting up IP Filtering |
76 |
Blade management |
77 |
Enabling or disabling a blade |
77 |
Setting a slot-level IP address |
78 |
Viewing IP addresses |
78 |
Switch configuration |
79 |
Enabling and disabling a switch |
79 |
Changing the switch name |
79 |
Changing the switch domain ID |
79 |
Viewing and printing a switch report |
80 |
Switch restart |
80 |
Performing a fast boot |
80 |
Performing a reboot |
80 |
System configuration parameters |
81 |
Configuring fabric settings |
81 |
Enabling insistent domain ID mode |
82 |
Configuring virtual channel settings |
83 |
Configuring arbitrated loop parameters |
83 |
Configuring system services |
84 |
Configuring signed firmware |
84 |
Licensed feature management |
84 |
Activating a license on a switch |
85 |
Assigning slots for a license key |
86 |
Removing a license from a switch |
86 |
Universal time based licensing |
87 |
High Availability overview |
87 |
Admin Domain considerations |
87 |
Launching the High Availability window |
87 |
Synchronizing Services on the CP |
89 |
Initiating a CP Failover |
89 |
Event monitoring |
90 |
Displaying Switch Events |
90 |
Filtering Switch Events |
91 |
Filtering events by event severity levels |
92 |
Filtering events by message ID |
93 |
Filtering events by service component |
93 |
Displaying the Name Server entries |
93 |
Printing the Name Server entries |
94 |
Displaying Name Server information for a particular device |
94 |
Displaying zone members for a particular device |
95 |
Physically locating a switch using beaconing |
95 |
Locating logical switches using chassis beaconing |
96 |
Virtual Fabrics overview |
97 |
Selecting a logical switch from the Switch View |
98 |
Viewing Logical ports |
100 |
Maintaining Configurations and Firmware |
101 |
In this chapter |
101 |
Creating a configuration backup file |
101 |
Restoring a configuration |
103 |
Admin Domain configuration maintenance |
105 |
Uploading and downloading from USB storage |
106 |
Performing a firmware download |
107 |
SAS and SA firmware download |
109 |
Switch configurations for mixed fabrics |
110 |
Enabling interoperability |
111 |
Managing Administrative Domains |
113 |
In this chapter |
113 |
Administrative domain overview |
113 |
Requirements for Admin Domains |
113 |
User-defined Admin Domains |
114 |
System-defined Admin Domains |
114 |
Admin Domain membership |
115 |
Enabling administrative domains |
115 |
Admin Domain window |
116 |
Opening the Admin Domain window |
119 |
Refreshing fabric information |
119 |
Refreshing Admin Domain information |
120 |
Saving local Admin Domain changes |
120 |
Closing the Admin Domain window |
120 |
Creating and populating domains |
121 |
Creating an Admin Domain |
121 |
Adding ports or switches to the fabric |
123 |
Activating or deactivating an Admin Domain |
124 |
Modifying Admin Domain members |
124 |
Renaming Admin Domains |
126 |
Deleting Admin Domains |
126 |
Clearing the Admin Domain configuration |
126 |
Managing Your Ports |
127 |
In this chapter |
127 |
Port management overview |
127 |
Opening the Port Administration window |
127 |
Port Administration window components |
130 |
Controllable ports |
132 |
Configuring FC ports |
133 |
Allowed Port Types |
135 |
Long distance mode |
135 |
Ingress rate limit |
136 |
FC Fastwrite |
136 |
Assigning a name to a port |
136 |
Enabling and disabling a port |
137 |
Considerations for port enable and disable |
137 |
Persistent enabling and disabling ports |
138 |
Enabling and disabling NPIV ports |
138 |
Port activation |
139 |
Enabling Ports on Demand |
140 |
Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand |
140 |
Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand |
141 |
Reserving and releasing licenses on a port basis |
141 |
Port swapping index |
142 |
Port swapping |
142 |
Determining if a port index was swapped with another switch port |
142 |
Configuring BB credits on an F_Port |
143 |
Enabling ISL Trunking |
145 |
In this chapter |
145 |
ISL trunking overview |
145 |
Disabling or enabling ISL trunking |
146 |
Admin Domain considerations |
146 |
Viewing trunk group information |
147 |
F_Port trunk groups |
148 |
Creating and maintaining F_Port trunk groups |
148 |
Monitoring Performance |
151 |
In this chapter |
151 |
Performance Monitor overview |
151 |
Admin Domain considerations |
152 |
Predefined performance graphs |
152 |
User-defined graphs |
155 |
Canvas configurations |
155 |
Opening the Performance Monitoring window |
156 |
Creating basic performance monitor graphs |
156 |
Customizing basic monitoring graphs |
157 |
Advanced performance monitoring graphs |
159 |
Creating SID-DID Performance Graphs |
159 |
Creating a SCSI vs. IP Traffic Graph |
161 |
Creating SCSI command graphs |
161 |
Tunnel and TCP performance monitoring graphs |
162 |
Saving graphs to a canvas |
164 |
Adding graphs to an existing canvas |
164 |
Printing graphs |
165 |
Modifying graphs |
165 |
Administering Zoning |
167 |
In this chapter |
167 |
Zoning overview |
167 |
Basic Zones |
168 |
Traffic Isolation zones |
168 |
LSAN zone requirements |
168 |
QoS zone requirements |
168 |
Zoning configurations |
169 |
Opening the Zone Administration window |
169 |
Setting the default zoning mode |
169 |
Zoning management |
169 |
Refreshing fabric information |
171 |
Refreshing Zone Administration window information |
172 |
Saving local zoning changes |
172 |
Select a zoning view |
173 |
Creating and populating zone aliases |
173 |
Adding and removing members of a zone alias |
174 |
Renaming zone aliases |
174 |
Deleting zone aliases |
175 |
Creating and populating zones |
176 |
Adding and removing members of a zone |
176 |
Renaming zones |
177 |
Cloning zones |
177 |
Deleting zones |
178 |
Creating and populating traffic isolation zones |
178 |
Zone configuration and zoning database management |
179 |
Creating zone configurations |
179 |
Adding or removing zone configuration members |
180 |
Renaming zone configurations |
180 |
Cloning zone configurations |
181 |
Deleting zone configurations |
181 |
Enabling zone configurations |
181 |
Disabling zone configurations |
182 |
Displaying enabled zone configurations |
182 |
Viewing the enabled zone configuration name without opening the Zone Administration window |
183 |
Viewing detailed information about the enabled zone configuration |
183 |
Adding a WWN to multiple aliases and zones |
184 |
Removing a WWN from multiple aliases and zones |
184 |
Replacing a WWN in Multiple Aliases and Zones |
185 |
Searching for zone members |
185 |
Clearing the Zoning Database |
186 |
Zone configuration analysis |
186 |
Best practices for zoning |
186 |
Working With Diagnostic Features |
187 |
In this chapter |
187 |
Trace dumps |
187 |
How a trace dump is used |
188 |
Setting up automatic trace dump transfers |
188 |
Specifying a remote server |
189 |
Enabling automatic transfer of trace dumps |
189 |
Disabling automatic trace uploads |
189 |
Displaying switch information |
190 |
Viewing detailed fan hardware status |
190 |
Viewing the temperature status |
191 |
Viewing the power supply status |
191 |
Checking the physical health of a switch |
192 |
Port LED interpretation |
194 |
Port icon colors |
195 |
LED representations |
195 |
Brocade 48000 Director LEDs |
196 |
Using the FC-FC Routing Service |
197 |
In this chapter |
197 |
Fibre Channel Routing overview |
197 |
Supported switches for Fibre Channel Routing |
198 |
Setting up FC-FC routing |
198 |
FC-FC routing management |
199 |
Opening the FC Routing module |
199 |
Viewing and managing LSAN fabrics |
200 |
Viewing EX_Ports |
201 |
Configuring an EX_Port |
203 |
Editing the configuration of an EX_Port |
203 |
Configuring FCR router port cost |
203 |
Viewing LSAN zones |
204 |
Viewing LSAN Devices |
204 |
Configuring the backbone fabric ID |
205 |
Using the Access Gateway |
207 |
In this chapter |
207 |
Access Gateway overview |
207 |
Viewing switch explorer for Access Gateway mode |
208 |
Access Gateway mode on Brocade Encryption switch |
209 |
Restricted access on Port Administration |
209 |
Enabling Access Gateway mode |
211 |
Disabling Access Gateway mode |
212 |
Viewing the Access Gateway settings |
212 |
Port configuration |
213 |
Creating port groups |
213 |
Editing or Viewing port groups |
215 |
Deleting port groups |
216 |
Defining custom primary and secondary mapping |
216 |
Access Gateway policy modification |
217 |
Path Failover and Failback policies |
218 |
Modifying Path Failover and Failback policies |
218 |
Enabling the Automatic Port Configuration policy |
218 |
Administering Fabric Watch |
221 |
In this chapter |
221 |
Fabric Watch overview |
221 |
Using Fabric Watch with Web Tools |
222 |
Opening the Fabric Watch window |
223 |
Fabric Watch threshold configuration |
223 |
Configuring threshold traits |
223 |
Configuring threshold alarms |
225 |
Enabling or disabling threshold alarms for individual elements |
225 |
Configuring alarms for FRUs |
226 |
Fabric Watch alarm information |
227 |
Viewing an alarm configuration report |
227 |
Displaying alarms |
227 |
E-mail notification |
228 |
Configuring the e-mail server on a switch |
228 |
Configuring the e-mail alert |
228 |
Administering Extended Fabrics |
231 |
In this chapter |
231 |
Extended link buffer allocation overview |
231 |
Configuring a port for long distance |
233 |
Administering the iSCSI Target Gateway |
235 |
In this chapter |
235 |
iSCSI service overview |
235 |
Supported platforms for iSCSI |
236 |
Common iSCSI Target Gateway Admin functions |
236 |
Terminology |
237 |
Saving Changes |
238 |
Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services |
238 |
Launching the iSCSI Target Gateway Admin Module |
238 |
Launching the iSCSI setup wizard |
240 |
Activating the iSCSI feature |
240 |
Encryption Services for the iSCSI Gateway |
240 |
Configuring the IP interface |
241 |
Editing an IP Address |
242 |
Configuring the IP route (optional) |
243 |
Editing the IP route |
243 |
Creating iSCSI virtual targets |
244 |
Using Easy Create to create iSCSI virtual targets |
245 |
Editing an iSCSI Target |
245 |
Searching for a specific Fibre Channel target |
246 |
Viewing iSCSI Initiators |
246 |
Discovery Domain management |
246 |
About Discovery Domains (DD) |
247 |
Creating a discovery domain |
248 |
Editing a discovery domain |
249 |
Discovery domain sets (DDSet) |
249 |
Creating a discovery domain set |
249 |
Editing a Discovery Domain Set |
250 |
CHAP Configuration |
250 |
Creating a CHAP user |
251 |
Editing a CHAP secret |
251 |
Binding or Removing CHAP users |
252 |
Connection redirection |
252 |
Enabling or disabling connection redirection |
252 |
iSCSI Fibre Channel Zone configuration |
253 |
Creating an iSCSI Fibre Channel zone with no effective zone configuration |
254 |
Creating an iSCSI Fibre Channel zone with an effective zone configuration |
255 |
Managing and Troubleshooting Accessibility |
255 |
Routing Traffic |
257 |
In this chapter |
257 |
Routing overview |
257 |
Viewing Fabric Shortest Path First routing |
258 |
Configuring dynamic load sharing |
258 |
Specifying frame order delivery |
259 |
Configuring the link cost for a port |
260 |
Configuring Standard Security Features |
261 |
In this chapter |
261 |
User-defined accounts |
261 |
Virtual Fabrics considerations |
262 |
Admin Domain considerations |
262 |
Viewing user account information |
263 |
Creating user-defined accounts |
263 |
Deleting user-defined accounts |
266 |
Changing user account parameters |
266 |
Maintaining passwords |
267 |
Access control list policy configuration |
271 |
Virtual Fabrics considerations |
271 |
Admin Domain considerations |
272 |
Creating an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy |
272 |
Editing an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy |
273 |
Deleting all SCC, DCC, FCS policies |
274 |
Activating all SCC, DCC, FCS policies |
274 |
Distributing an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy |
274 |
Moving an FCS policy switch position |
274 |
Fabric-Wide Consistency Policy configuration |
275 |
Authentication policy configuration |
276 |
Configuring authentication policies for E_Ports |
276 |
Configuring authentication policies for F_Ports |
277 |
Distributing authentication policies |
277 |
Re-authenticating policies |
278 |
Setting a shared secret key pair |
278 |
Modifying a shared secret key pair |
279 |
Setting the Switch Policy Authentication Mode |
279 |
SNMP configuration |
279 |
Setting SNMP Trap Levels |
279 |
Changing the systemGroup configuration parameters |
280 |
Setting SNMPv1 configuration parameters |
281 |
Setting SNMPv3 configuration parameters |
281 |
Changing the access control configuration |
281 |
RADIUS service management |
282 |
Enabling and Disabling RADIUS Service |
283 |
Configuring the RADIUS Service |
284 |
Modifying the RADIUS Server |
284 |
Modifying the RADIUS Server Order |
285 |
Removing a RADIUS Server |
285 |
Active Directory service management |
285 |
Enabling Active Directory service |
285 |
Modifying Active Directory service |
286 |
Removing Active Directory service |
286 |
IPSec Concepts |
287 |
Transport mode and tunnel mode |
288 |
IPSec header options |
289 |
Basic IPSec configurations |
290 |
Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Concepts |
291 |
IPSec over FCIP |
294 |
Accessing the IPSec Policies dialog box |
294 |
Establishing an IKE policy for an FCIP tunnel |
295 |
Establishing an IPSec policy for an FCIP tunnel |
296 |
IPSec over management ports |
297 |
Accessing the Ethernet IPSec Policies dialog box |
297 |
Enabling IPSec |
298 |
Establishing an IKE policy |
298 |
Creating a security association (SA) |
299 |
Creating an SA proposal |
300 |
Adding an IPSec transform policy |
301 |
Adding an IPSec selector |
304 |
Manually creating an SA |
306 |
Editing an IKE or IPSec policy |
307 |
Deleting an IKE or IPSec policy |
307 |
Establishing authentication policies for HBAs |
308 |
Administering FICON CUP Fabrics |
311 |
In this chapter |
311 |
FICON CUP fabrics overview |
311 |
Enabling port-based routing |
312 |
Enabling or disabling FICON Management Server mode |
313 |
FMS parameter configuration |
314 |
Configuring FMS mode parameters |
315 |
Displaying code page information |
315 |
Viewing the control device state |
316 |
CUP port connectivity configuration |
317 |
Viewing CUP Port Connectivity Configurations |
317 |
Creating or Editing CUP Port Connectivity Configurations |
317 |
Activating a CUP Port Connectivity Configuration |
319 |
Copying a CUP Port Connectivity Configuration |
319 |
Deleting a CUP Port Connectivity Configuration |
320 |
Displaying Request Node Identification Data (RNID) |
321 |
Configuring FCoE features |
323 |
In this chapter |
323 |
FCoE overview |
324 |
Port information that is unique to FCoE |
324 |
Switch Administration panel tab for FC0E |
325 |
The CEE tab |
326 |
Port Administration panel tabs for FCoE |
327 |
FC0E configuration tasks |
329 |
Quality of Service (QoS) configuration |
330 |
Adding a CEE map |
330 |
Adding a traffic class map |
332 |
LLDP-DCBX configuration |
334 |
Configuring global LLDP characteristics |
334 |
Adding an LLDP profile |
335 |
Configuring CEE interfaces |
338 |
Configuring a link aggregation group (LAG) |
340 |
Configuring VLANs |
342 |
Configuring FCoE login groups |
344 |
Displaying FCoE Port Information |
346 |
Displaying LAG information |
348 |
Displaying VLAN information |
349 |
Displaying FCoE login groups |
349 |
Displaying QoS information |
349 |
Displaying LLDP-DCBX information |
350 |
Displaying CEE interface statistics |
351 |
Enabling and disabling a CEE interface |
355 |
Enabling and disabling a LAG |
355 |
Enabling and disabling LLDP |
356 |
Enabling and disabling QoS priority-based flow control |
356 |
Enabling and disabling FCoE ports |
356 |
Limitations |
359 |
In this chapter |
359 |
General Web Tools limitations |
359 |