Brocade Network Advisor Migration Guide - Supporting Network Advisor 11.1.X (53-1002321-01, May 2011)

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Network Advisor migration
Network Advisor migration
The following migration paths are supported:
• Network Advisor 11.X.X Professional to Network Advisor 11.1.X Professional
• Network Advisor 11.X.X Professional to Network Advisor 11.1.X Trial
• Network Advisor 11.X.X Professional to Network Advisor 11.1.X Licensed Version
• Network Advisor 11.X.X SMI Agent Only to Network Advisor 11.1.X SMI Agent Only
• Network Advisor 11.X.X Trial to Network Advisor 11.1.X Trial
• Network Advisor 11.X.X Trial to Network Advisor 11.1.X Licensed Version
• Network Advisor 11.X.X Licensed Version to Network Advisor 11.1.X Licensed Version
Both Trial and Licensed Version software include the following two packages:
• Professional Plus—Support for 2560 switch ports, 4 fabrics and 4096 devices
• Enterprise—Support for 9000 switch ports, 24 fabrics and 10,000 devices. Required for evaluation of DCX
Backbone and FICON management.
Use the following to migrate data from Network Advisor software.
•Upgrading the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
•Network Advisor Professional migration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
•Network Advisor Trial migration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
•Migrating from Licensed Version to Licensed Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
•Network Advisor SMI Agent migration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
•Unsupported server migration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Pre-migration requirements
If you are migrating within the same release, you must perform a partial uninstall of the current release. For
step-by-step instructions, refer to “Uninstallation” on page 81.