Deployment Guide

Predefined Web Tools roles (Continued)TABLE 5
Role Description
zoneadmin You can only create and modify zones.
fabricadmin You can do everything the Admin role can do except create new users.
basicswitchadmin You have a subset of Admin level access.
user You have nonadministrative access and can perform tasks such as monitoring system activity.
Session management
A Web Tools session is the connection between the Web Tools client and its managed switch. A
session is established when you log in to a switch through Web Tools. When you close Switch Explorer,
Web Tools ends the session.
A session remains in effect until one of the following happens:
• You exit
• You close the Switch Explorer window
• The session ends due to inactivity (time out)
A session automatically ends if no information was sent to the switch for more than two hours. Because
user keystrokes are not sent to the switch until you apply or save the information, it is possible for your
session to end while you are entering information in the interface. For example, entering a zoning
scheme in the Zoning module does not require you to send information to the switch until you save the
scheme.
Web Tools does not display a warning when the session is about to time out. If your session ends due
to inactivity, all Web Tools windows become invalid and you must restart Web Tools and log in again.
Web Tools enables sessions to both secure and nonsecure switches.
Access rights for your session are determined by your role-based access rights and by the contents of
your selected Admin Domain. After you log in, you can change to a different Admin Domain at any time.
However, you cannot change your role-based permissions.
Ending a Web Tools session
To end a Web Tools session, perform one of the following actions:
• Select Manage > Exit.
• Click the X in the upper-right corner of the Switch Explorer window to close it.
• Close all open Web Tools windows.
Web Tools system logs
Web Tools uses the log4j framework to write the logs into a file.
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