53-1003129-01 27 June 2014 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide Supporting Brocade 300, 5100, 5300, 6505, 6510, 6520, 7800, 7840, and VA-40FC
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Contents Preface..................................................................................................................................... 3 Document conventions......................................................................................3 Text formatting conventions.................................................................. 3 Command syntax conventions.............................................................. 3 Notes, cautions, and warnings....................................
Viewing fan, temperature, and power supply status......................... 42 Port status......................................................................................... 43 Switch Information tab.......................................................................45 Port Information tab...........................................................................46 Changing switch information......................................................................... 46 Adding a port license...........
Preface ● Document conventions......................................................................................................3 ● Brocade resources............................................................................................................ 5 ● Contacting Brocade Technical Support.............................................................................5 ● Document feedback..........................................................................................................
Notes, cautions, and warnings Convention Description value In Fibre Channel products, a fixed value provided as input to a command option is printed in plain text, for example, --show WWN. [] Syntax components displayed within square brackets are optional. Default responses to system prompts are enclosed in square brackets. {x|y|z} A choice of required parameters is enclosed in curly brackets separated by vertical bars. You must select one of the options.
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About This Document ● Supported hardware and software.................................................................................... 7 ● What’s new in this document............................................................................................ 7 Supported hardware and software In those instances in which procedures or parts of procedures documented here apply to some switches but not to others, this guide identifies exactly which switches are supported and which are not.
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Introducing EZSwitchSetup ● Overview of EZSwitchSetup..............................................................................................9 ● EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirements.................................................... 10 ● Supported switches.........................................................................................................12 ● Language support for EZSwitchSetup............................................................................
EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirements EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirements You can run EZSwitchSetup on a SAN host computer or you can use a different computer that is not part of the SAN, such as a laptop. EZSwitchSetup requires a browser that conforms to HTML version 4.0 and JavaScript version 1.0. The EZSwitchSetup installation CD automatically installs the correct Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for the disk-based installation wizard.
Configuring Internet Explorer TABLE 2 Supported platforms (Continued) Operating System Browser JRE version Solaris 10 Firefox 19 Oracle JRE 1.7.0_55 RH AS4 Firefox 19 Oracle JRE 1.7.0_55 RH AS3 Firefox 19 Oracle JRE 1.7.0_55 Windows 2008 Standard Firefox 19 Oracle JRE 1.7.0_55 Internet Explorer 8.
Supported switches 4. Click Every time I visit the webpage in the Temporary Internet Files and History Settings dialog box, as shown in following figure. 5. Click OK to save the changes. FIGURE 2 Configuring Internet Explorer Supported switches You can use EZSwitchSetup with the switches listed in Supported hardware and software on page 7. Your switch must meet the following requirements: • • • The switch must be connected to an Ethernet LAN that is accessible by the host.
Language support for EZSwitchSetup • • • Virtual Fabrics with non-default logical switches Access Gateway User-defined Admin Domains You can, however, use the EZSwitchSetup wizard to discover these switches and set their IP addresses. The Brocade VA-40FC switch comes preconfigured in Access Gateway mode. If you use the EZSwitchSetup wizard to discover the Brocade VA-40FC switch and set the IP address, Web Tools will launch automatically for you to manage the Access Gateway features.
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Setting Up Your Switch ● Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard........................................................... 15 ● Configuring the switch.....................................................................................................26 ● Zoning selection options................................................................................................. 27 ● Connecting devices and completing the setup................................................................
Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard Installation will take a few minutes after you click OK. 3. Click Done on the last window (shown in the following figure) to exit the installer. FIGURE 3 EZSwitchSetup Installer window On Windows, EZSwitchSetup starts automatically after it is installed. If it does not, refer to Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard on page 16 to launch the EZSwitchSetup wizard manually.
Connecting cables The EZSwitchSetup wizard starts, as shown in the following figure. FIGURE 4 EZSwitchSetup introduction window Connecting cables 1. Choose the method of connecting to your LAN. You have the choice of using a serial connection or an Ethernet connection to your LAN to set the IP address for the switch. The Ethernet connection is generally more convenient and preferred. Use the serial connection if it is not possible or not convenient to connect the host on the same subnet as the switch.
Setting Up Your Switch The Connect Cables window is displayed as shown in the following figure. FIGURE 5 Connect Cables window (Ethernet version, without serial cable) The following figure shows the cables connecting to the Brocade Fibre Channel switch, setup computer, Ethernet hub or switch, and network. NOTE Not all switches have their serial and Ethernet connectors in the same place as in the following figure.
Setting Up Your Switch 1 2 3 4 5 Brocade switch Power cable Ethernet hub or switch Serial cable Setup computer 6 7 Ethernet cable from hub to Brocade switch Ethernet cable from setup computer to Ethernet hub or switch FIGURE 6 Cable connections 3. Connect the power cord to the switch and plug in to a power source. The switch power and status LEDs display amber and then change to green, which usually takes from one to three minutes. Refer to your switch hardware manual for the location of the LEDs. 4.
Discovering the switch EZSwitchSetup attempts to discover the switch. If your switch discovery fails, refer to Table 3 on page 25 for details on how to recover your switch. If you are using the serial connection, the Set Switch IP Address window is displayed, and you can go to step 5. You can now remove the serial cable from the switch, but keep it available in case you lose your network connection and need to revise any of the information you entered.
Setting Up Your Switch If you are setting up the switch for the first time, the IP addresses are placeholder addresses that were assigned at the factory and you must provide valid addresses. FIGURE 8 Second Discover Switch window 4. Select an option for assigning the IP address and click Next. The options vary depending on the configuration of your switch: • Keep the current switch IP configuration This option is available only if EZSwitchSetup detected a valid IP address.
Setting Up Your Switch Select this option only if a DHCP server is available on your network. When you click Next, an IP address is automatically obtained from the DHCP server and the Confirm IP Address window is displayed. Skip to Confirming IP addresses on page 23. FIGURE 9 Set Switch IP Address window NOTE Beginning at Step 5 , the steps are the same for both serial and Ethernet connections. 5. If you are setting up the switch for the first time, the addresses shown are not valid.
Confirming IP addresses Confirming IP addresses The Confirm IP Address window as shown in the following figure is displayed after you have assigned IP addresses, using either a serial connection or an Ethernet connection. FIGURE 10 Confirm IP Address window 1. Check the displayed addresses carefully to be sure they are correct, then click Next. 2. Select one of the following continuation options: The Continue Configuration? window is displayed as shown in the following figure.
Setting Up Your Switch management tool for this switch, you must discover it again with EZSwitchSetup and select the first continuation option. • Exit EZSwitchSetup Select this option if you want to use EZSwitchSetup as an IP configuration tool, but do not want to use EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager as a management tool for the switch. FIGURE 11 Continue Configuration window 3. Click Continue.
Switch discovery failure If the switch discovery fails, refer to Switch discovery failure on page 25 for details on how to recover your switch. • • If you selected Discover another switch on the same subnet for IP assignment only, the Discover Switch window displays (Figure 7 on page 20). Go to Discovering the switch on page 20 and provide the WWN for the next switch. If you selected Exit EZSwitchSetup, the EZSwitchSetup switch configuration wizard closes.
Configuring the switch TABLE 3 Discovery recovery (Continued) Symptom Correction You have requested automatic Use the serial connection to set a reachable address. address assignment in an environment where a DHCP server is not available. Configuring the switch The EZSwitchSetup switch configuration wizard steps you through the process of changing your administrative password and zoning. You begin at the Welcome to Switch Configuration window.
Setting switch parameters The Set Parameters window is displayed. FIGURE 13 EZSwitchSetup Set Parameters window Setting switch parameters 1. Follow the onscreen directions to set a new admin password for the switch. Make sure to record your password and keep it in a secure location for future reference. 2. Optional: Enter a new name for the switch and set the correct date and time. 3. Click Next. The Select Zoning window is displayed.
Setting Up Your Switch NOTE You can use Typical Zoning for dual-capable devices (devices that are configured to function both as initiators and targets), but in Typical Zoning mode, these devices are recognized as targets by EZSwitchSetup and are rejected if attached to a host port. • • Custom Zoning allows you to customize which initiators access which targets, and creates a device-based zoning scheme based on your choices. The HBAs and storage devices should already be connected to the switch.
Configuring zones on the switch Configuring zones on the switch 1. On the Select Zoning window (Figure 14 on page 28), select Typical Zoning. If you want to use one of the other zone settings, refer to Editing the zoning configuration on page 55 for instructions on configuring Custom Zoning; refer to the Web Tools Administrator's Guide for information on Advanced Zoning. 2. Click Next. The Specify Devices window is displayed.
Connecting devices and completing the setup EZSwitchSetup uses these values to verify that all your current and planned devices are properly connected for the zoning scheme that will be created. Note that Typical Zoning ensures that every connected host device will be able to communicate with every connected storage device. 3. Click Next. The Configure Ports and Connect Devices window is displayed.
Setting Up Your Switch disappear, and be replaced by a single solid green line to indicate the correct connection. For connected devices, you can also view details of the device by pausing on the host or storage icon. The Next button for this window is not enabled until all non-matching or missing connection issues (indicated by solid red and dotted blue lines) have been resolved.
Setting Up Your Switch a) b) c) Remove any protector plugs from the SFP transceivers to be used. Position and insert each SFP transceiver as required (right-side up in the top row of ports and upside down in the bottom row of ports) until it is firmly seated. Close the latching bale.
Setting Up Your Switch 3 4 Position SFP and insert until firmly seated Close the latching bale FIGURE 17 Installing SFP transceivers 2. Connect Fibre Channel cables from the switch to your host and storage devices. Ensure that the physical connections are exactly as indicated on the Configure Ports and Connect Devices window. a) b) Remove any plastic protectors from the Fibre Channel cable ends, and position the cable connector so that it is oriented correctly.
Setting Up Your Switch The EZSwitchSetup Configuration Finish window is displayed. FIGURE 19 EZSwitchSetup Configuration Finish window 5. Click Finish to complete the switch setup. You are now ready to configure the storage component of the SAN using the documentation that came with the storage server. If you want to monitor the switch, then you need to launch the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager. Refer to Managing Your Switch on page 35 for instructions on using this interface.
Managing Your Switch ● Switch Manager overview............................................................................................... 35 ● Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager............................................................. 38 ● Viewing switch information..............................................................................................40 ● Changing switch information...........................................................................................
Tasks panel 1 2 3 Tasks panel Content page Status bar 4 5 Progress indicator User name, IP address, and user role Tasks panel The left pane of the Switch Manager is the Tasks panel, which displays all tasks: • • • • Switch tasks enable you to view the port information or switch information, enter into switch setup, or add port licenses. Devices tasks enable you to view the devices attached to the switch, display the device connections, and modify a device alias.
Content page Click Refresh under Miscellaneous to update the information on the window with the current switch information. The display refreshes automatically each time you select a different task in the Tasks panel. Content page When you select a task in the Tasks panel, the content for that task displays in the content page of the window. A content page may contain tabs, display information, launch a wizard, or display a dialog box.
Status bar Status bar The status bar that appears at the bottom of the window is divided into the following sections: • Progress indicator When Switch Manager is sending data to or retrieving data from the switch, this indicator is animated. • User name and IP address The status bar displays your user name, role, and the IP address of the switch to which you are connected. Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager You can launch Switch Manager on any workstation with a compatible browser installed.
Logging in If this is the first time the application has been started, a Warning - Security dialog box is also displayed. FIGURE 23 Warning - Security dialog box 2. If the Warning - Security dialog box is displayed, select Always trust content from this publisher and click Run. The Login dialog box is displayed. FIGURE 24 Login dialog box Logging in If the switch is set up and configured with EZSwitchSetup, the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager launches when you log in to EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager.
Switch Manager sessions 1. Type your user name and password. 2. Click OK. A Switch Manager session is established, and the Switch View is displayed. Switch Manager sessions A session is defined as the connection between the Switch Manager client and its managed switch. A session is established when you log in to a switch through EZSwitchSetup. A session remains in effect until you log out or the session times out due to inactivity.
Viewing the status indicator legend Figure 25 displays the Switch View for a Brocade 6520 switch. FIGURE 25 Graphical view of switch The Switch View is a real-time view of switch and port status. The display is updated approximately once every 15 seconds.
Viewing fan, temperature, and power supply status The legend view opens. The following figure shows the status indicators that can appear on the Fan, Temp, and Power buttons. FIGURE 26 Fan, temperature, and power supply legend Viewing fan, temperature, and power supply status To view fan, temperature, or power supply status, click the Fan, Temp, or Power button. The following figure shows the Fan view. The Fan view shows the number of fans and their operating states.
Port status The following figure shows the Temperature view. The Temperature view displays the number of temperature sensors, their status, and the temperature in Centigrade and Fahrenheit. FIGURE 28 Temperature status The following figure shows the Power Supply view. The Power Supply view displays the number of power supplies in the switch and their status.
Managing Your Switch NOTE All of the 8 Gbps and 16 Gbps Brocade switches do not have port speed LEDs, but only port status LEDs. The background color of the port icon indicates the port status: • • • • Green (healthy) Yellow (marginal) Red (critical) Gray (unmonitored) If the entire port icon is blue, the port is buffer-limited.
Switch Information tab The following figure shows the port icon toggling effect. When you pause the pointer over a port icon, the icon is highlighted with a yellow border. FIGURE 33 Port icon toggling Switch Information tab The Switch Information tab is the default information tab under Port Information, Switch Information on the Switch View. Detailed switch information is displayed as a list of properties, which may be viewed, copied, or exported by category.
Port Information tab Port Information tab Select the Port Information tab to view the port information. Detailed port information is displayed as a categorized list of properties, which may be viewed, copied, or exported by category.
Adding a port license The EZSwitchSetup switch configuration wizard launches. 2. Follow the instructions in the wizard. You can optionally change the switch name, switch time, and admin password. When prompted, you must select a zoning configuration. Adding a port license EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager allows you to enable Ports on Demand (POD) if you have a license available. For example, for the Brocade 7800, you can add the 7800 Upgrade License to activate ports 4-25.
Managing Your Switch • • • • • • Whether the device is an HBA, an HBA plus storage, or a storage-only device Device alias name, if one exists Vendor name Device name WWN of the device port Switch and port to which the device is connected 1. Click View under Devices in the Tasks panel to display a table of information for all of the connected devices. The entries in the table are based on the device WWNs, so a single physical device can have more than one entry in the table.
Managing Your Switch The table can be sorted by device type, port number, or vendor. You can refine sorting by using the Ctrl key while selecting column headers. For example, if you press Ctrl and select Device Type, the Port# column shows port numbers associated with the device types. FIGURE 38 Device table sorting example 2. Select a row in the table to display additional information about the device. 3. Click View Details. The following figure shows an example of a Device Details dialog box.
Device connections Device connections Click Display Connections under Devices in the Tasks panel. EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager displays a graphical representation of the switch and the devices that are connected to each port, as shown in the following figure. This is a real-time display; the connections are updated automatically as you connect and disconnect HBAs and storage.
Managing Your Switch NOTE If an alias is not assigned, the device is identified by WWN only. A good alias makes it much easier to identify devices. If you want to edit the alias, go on to Step 2 . FIGURE 41 Define Device Aliases wizard window 2. Double-click a field in the New Alias column and edit the alias. 3. Click OK when you are done. A “Zone commit succeeded” message is displayed. This message confirms that the device alias changes have been saved to the zoning database.
Managing Your Switch The next time you select Modify Alias, the Current Alias column is populated with the New Alias names. FIGURE 42 Device aliases moved under Current Aliases column After you have defined the device aliases, the aliases are displayed in the Device Alias column when you select View under Devices in the Tasks panel (as in Figure 37 on page 48).
Zoning management device aliases are also displayed in the Zone Access Map for Devices when you select View under Zoning in the Tasks panel. FIGURE 43 Device alias in Zone Access Map for Devices Zoning management Zoning enables you to partition your fabric into logical groups of devices that can access each other. For example, you can partition your fabric into two zones, winzone and unixzone, so that your Windows servers and storage do not interact with your UNIX servers and storage.
Viewing the Zone Access Map for Devices all devices that are connected to ports that are in the same zone can communicate with each other, and a device can join a zone simply by being connected to a member port. In device-based zoning, devices are explicitly specified as members of the same zone. These devices can communicate with each other regardless of where they are located in the fabric.
Editing the zoning configuration assigned, devices are identified by WWN. When aliases are assigned, you can see the WWN by pausing the pointer over the alias in the matrix. FIGURE 44 Zone Access Map for Devices Some HBAs and storage devices can be configured with dual initiator and target capability. Such devices are displayed as both HBA and storage devices in the matrix.
Managing Your Switch 4. Click Next. The Edit HBA/Storage Accessibility Matrix window is displayed. If no devices are connected to the switch, or if only storage devices or only HBAs are connected, then the Switch Manager displays a message and the Edit HBA/Storage Accessibility Matrix window does not appear. FIGURE 45 Edit HBA/Storage Accessibility Matrix window 56 5.
Validating zoning configuration If you click Finish, allow time for the new scheme to be created. The Zone Access Map for Devices is updated with any new aliases, and a Zone commit succeeded confirmation dialog box is displayed. 8. Dismiss the confirmation dialog box. The Zone Access Map for Devices is updated to show the new accessibility relationships.
Restoring Typical Zoning Restoring Typical Zoning If you have modified your zoning configuration and want to reset the configuration back to the default Typical Zoning configuration, use the following procedure. 1. Click Restore Default Typical Zoning under Zoning in the Tasks panel. 2. Click Yes in the confirmation window. When this task is complete, the matrix in the Zone Access Map for Devices page is automatically updated to reflect the changes.
EZSwitchSetup Limitations ● General limitations.......................................................................................................... 59 General limitations The following table lists general EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager limitations, which apply to all browsers and switch platforms.
EZSwitchSetup Limitations TABLE 4 EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager limitations (Continued) Problem area Details Java Plug-in Launching EZSwitchSetup manager from the browser is performed using the Java Web Start technology. This requires the local system web browser to be able to run Java web start applications. This setting may have been turned off in the wake of recent Java zero-day vulnerabilities. To turn on Java content in the browser, perform the following steps: 1. 2.
Index A F accessing Web Tools from EZSwitchSetup 58 admin password, changing 46 Fan, Temperature, and Power Supply Legend 41 fan status 40 Fibre Channel cables, connecting 30 B browsers limitations 59 refresh frequency, setting 11 supported 10 H hardware, supported 12 HTTPS protocol 38 I C changing switch information 46 CIDR block 20 closing sessions 40 COM port is busy.
P passwords, changing 46 platforms, supported 10 port information, displaying 43, 46 port license 47 ports LEDs 43 status 43 Ports on Demand, adding ports 47 power supply status 40 Power Supply status 42 R refresh frequency, setting 11 removing offline devices 57 requirements for EZSwitchSetup 10 restoring default fixed zoning 58 S security banner 39 session management 40 sessions, ending 40 setting refresh frequency 11 supported languages 13 supported switches 12 Switch discovery failure 25 switch does
