Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) Manual

Limitations
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General Web Tools limitations
The following table lists general Web Tools limitations that apply to all browsers and switch platforms.
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Area Details
Blade Failure If a blade fails on the switch, the Web Tools interface can still display slot and ports as healthy.
In this case, the failure might not be visible in Web Tools until the Web Tools window is
reopened.
Browser For Internet Explorer 7.0, the default setting is to disable Telnet functionality. You must make
the appropriate changes in the registry to enable Telnet functionality if you want to use it.
Launching the default Telnet is not supported in Windows Vista and Windows 2008 server.
Browser Fabric Watch, Switch Admin, HA, Name Server, and Zone Admin are separate applets
embedded in HTML pages. The successful launch of the applet depends on whether the
browser can successfully load the HTML page. Very occasionally, a blank browser window
displays with the message "loading pages..." that is stuck. This is likely caused by a sudden
loss of switch Web server (either by normal HA failover, restart, or other causes).
Workaround: If Fabric Watch, Switch Admin, HA, Name Server, or Zone Admin hang, close
this window and relaunch the module.
Browser A Web Tools browser window might stop responding following an HA failover immediately after
a zoning configuration was enabled or disabled. It is likely that the Web daemon was
terminated by the HA failover before the HTTP request was sent back.
Workaround: If one of the Web Tools modules is hanging, close the window and relaunch the
module. If the module is locked, shut down and relaunch the Web Tools application.
Browser When you launch Fabric Watch, Switch Admin, Name Server, and Topology from Switch
Explorer through Internet Explorer, the applet windows cannot be resized and the Maximize
button is disabled.
Chassis not
ready for
management
If the switch is still in the process of booting and you try to launch the Web Tools by entering
the IP address, this message displays in the browser. You should wait for the switch to finish
the startup sequence.
Configuration Web Tools does not support NAT router configurations and does not function correctly with
switches behind a NAT router.
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