Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.0 (53-1002152-01, March 2012)

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Viewing Switch Explorer
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• Switch administration
• Port administration
• Admin Domain administration
• FCR (present only on the base switch when the Virtual Fabrics capability is enabled.)
• Fabric Watch
NOTE
Some of these functions require a license key to activate them.
The Monitor section of the Tasks menu provides access to the following options:
• Performance monitoring—You must use Web Tools with the EGM license to perform
performance monitoring operations; otherwise, access to this feature is denied and an error
message displays.
• Name Server information—This feature is available with Web Tools and Web Tools with the EGM
license. Name Server information is collected from the selected switch. Refer to “Displaying the
Name Server entries” on page 51 for more information.
The Other section of the Tasks menu provides access to Telnet tools.
Fabric Tree
Fabric Tree displays all switches in the fabric, even those that do not have a Web Tools license and
that are not owned by your selected Admin Domain. Switches that are not owned by the Admin
Domain are shown in the Fabric Tree with switch status. Fabric Tree does not display switches
segmented before you opened Web Tools.
Only two types of switch icons display in Fabric Tree; one for a pizza box and one for a chassis. No
platform based icons are supported.
Use the drop-down menu at the top of the Fabric Tree area to view switches in the Fabric Tree by
switch name, IP address, or WWN. You can rest on the cursor over a switch to display the IP
address and current status. To manually refresh the status of a switch within the fabric, right-click
the switch in the Fabric Tree and select Refresh.
Although Fabric Tree displays all the switches in the fabric, you can manage switches that support
Fabric OS v6.1 and later versions because it does not requires Web Tools license. If a switch is
launched from Fabric Tree, preference will be given to IPV4, even though both IPV4 and IPV6 are
configured for that particular switch.
The versions earlier than Fabric OS v6.1 requires a Web Tools license and, if applicable, an EGM
license installed. Other switches must be managed through the Fabric OS command line interface
(CLI), another management application, or by using Brocade Network Advisor.
Changing the Admin Domain context
The Admin Domain field displays the currently selected Admin Domain and allows you to change to
a different one. The ability to change Admin Domain context requires that the EGM license is
enabled on the switch. Otherwise, an error message displays.
If you are logged in to Web Tools without the EGM license, you must log in again using a specific
Admin Domain.