Installation guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- About This Document
- Brocade 5100 Introduction
- Brocade 5100 Installation and Configuration
- Brocade 5100 Operation
- Removal and Replacement of Combined Power Supply and Fan Assembly (Port-side Air Exhaust)
- Brocade 5100 Technical Specifications
- Regulatory Statements
- Cautions and Danger Notices
- Index
Managing the Brocade 5100
You can use the management functions built into the Brocade 5100 to monitor the fabric topology, port
status, physical status, and other information to help you analyze switch performance and to
accelerate system debugging.
The Brocade 5100 automatically performs power-on-self-test (POST) each time it is turned on. Any
errors are recorded in the error log. For more information about POST, see POST and boot
specifications on page 30.
For information about upgrading the version of Fabric OS installed on your switch, refer to the Fabric
OS Administrator’s Guide.
You can manage the Brocade 5100 using any of the management options listed in the following table.
Management Options for the Brocade 5100 SwitchTABLE 3
Management Tool Out-of-band Support In-band Support
Command line interface (CLI)
Up to two admin sessions and four user sessions
simultaneously. For more information, refer to the
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide and the Fabric OS
Command Reference Manual .
Ethernet or serial
connection
IP over Fibre Channel
Brocade Web Tools
For information, refer to the Web Tools Administrator’s
Guide .
Ethernet or serial
connection
IP over Fibre Channel
Standard SNMP applications
For information, refer to the MIB Reference Manual .
Ethernet or serial
connection
IP over Fibre Channel
Brocade Fabric Manager (option to purchase)
For information, refer to the Fabric Manager
Administrator’s Guide .
Ethernet or serial
connection
IP over Fibre Channel
Management Server
For information, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator’s
Guide and the Fabric OS Command Reference
Manual .
Ethernet or serial
connection
Native in-band interface(over
HBA only)
EFCM (option to purchase)
For information, refer to the EFCM documentation set.
Ethernet or serial
connection
IP over Fibre Channel
NOTE
To achieve in-band support for IP over Fibre Channel, the software must be run on both the HBA and
the switch, and it must be supported by both the HBA and HBA driver.
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