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Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 1-1
Publication Number: 53-0000522-09
Chapter
1
Introducing Web Tools
Brocade Web Tools is a graphical user interface (GUI) that enables administrators to monitor and
manage single or small fabrics, switches, and ports from a standard workstation. It is an optionally
licensed product that runs on Brocade Fabric OS.
Web Tools provides the administrative control point for Brocade Advanced Fabric Services, including
Advanced Zoning, ISL Trunking, Advanced Performance Monitoring, and Fabric Watch. Web Tools
also provides an interface to telnet commands to perform special switch functions and diagnostics that
are available only through the telnet interface.
For some switch models, Web Tools provides a simplified interface, Web Tools EZ, that allows less-
experienced users to perform basic management tasks.
This chapter contains the following sections:
“Requirements, Installation, and Support,” next
“Launching Web Tools” on page 1-7
“Logging In” on page 1-10
“Logging Out” on page 1-12
“Session Management” on page 1-12
Requirements, Installation, and Support
Before you install Web Tools on your workstation, verify that your switches and workstation meet the
Web Tools requirements listed in this chapter.
This section contains the following subsections:
“Requirements,” next
“Installing a Web Tools License” on page 1-4
“Value Line Licenses” on page 1-6
“Switch Support” on page 1-6
“Language Support for Web Tools EZ” on page 1-6
Requirements
Web Tools requires any browser that conforms to HTML version 4.0, JavaScript version 1.0, and Java
Plug-in 1.4.2_06 or higher.