53-1002940-01 26 July 2013 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide Supporting Brocade 300, 5100, 5300, 6505, 6510, 6520, 7800, and VA-40FC
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Contents Preface...................................................................................................................................... 3 Document conventions.................................................................................................................. 3 Brocade Resources....................................................................................................................... 5 Getting technical help............................................................
Port Information tab....................................................................................................... 42 Changing switch information......................................................................................................43 Adding a port license................................................................................................................. 43 Managing devices...................................................................................................
Preface ● Document conventions.............................................................................................. 3 ● Brocade Resources....................................................................................................5 ● Getting technical help................................................................................................ 5 ● Document feedback...................................................................................................
Preface Convention Description {x|y|z} A choice of required parameters is enclosed in curly brackets separated by vertical bars. You must select one. In Fibre Channel products, square brackets may be used instead for this purpose. x|y A vertical bar separates mutually exclusive elements. <> Nonprinting characters, for example, passwords, are enclosed in angle brackets. ... Repeat the previous element. For example, member[member...] \ Indicates a “soft” line break in command examples.
Preface Brocade Resources Related publications You can download additional publications supporting your product from the Brocade website at www.brocade.com. • • Adapter documentation is available on the Downloads and Documentation for Brocade Adapters page. Select your platform and scroll down to the documentation section. For all other products, select the Brocade product to open the individual product page, click the Brocade product name or image to open the individual product page.
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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.
Introducing EZSwitchSetup Introducing EZSwitchSetup ● Overview of EZSwitchSetup.................................................................................... 8 ● EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirements.............................................8 ● Supported switches................................................................................................10 ● Language support for EZSwitchSetup...................................................................
Introducing EZSwitchSetup 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. This does not affect any pre-installed JREs, but other program components launched from the switch require Oracle JRE 1.7.0_25 or later installed on the host. EZSwitchSetup is supported on the platforms shown in TABLE 1 on page 9.
Introducing EZSwitchSetup Supported switches You can use EZSwitchSetup with the switches listed in “Supported hardware and software” on page v. Your switch must meet the following requirements: • • • 10 The switch must be connected to an Ethernet LAN that is accessible by the host. If it is not, the system issues the message “Page not Found.” The switch must have licensed FC ports.
Introducing EZSwitchSetup NOTE If there is an E_Port on the switch and if there is a zone conflict, then the fabric is segmented; in this case, the switch is in a fabric by itself and EZSwitchSetup treats it as a single-switch fabric.
Setting Up Your Switch Setting Up Your Switch ● Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard..................................................12 ● Configuring the switch............................................................................................23 ● Zoning selection options........................................................................................ 24 ● Connecting devices and completing the setup......................................................
Setting Up Your Switch On Windows, EZSwitchSetup starts automatically after it is installed. If it does not, refer to Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard on page 13 to launch the EZSwitchSetup wizard manually. On Linux, follow the procedure in Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard on page 13 to launch the EZSwitchSetup wizard. Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard Perform the following, depending on your operating system: • • On Windows: EZSwitchSetup starts automatically after it is installed.
Setting Up Your Switch 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. 2. Click Next. The Connect Cables window is displayed (FIGURE 5 on page 14).
Setting Up Your Switch FIGURE 6 on page 16 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 FIGURE 6 on page 16. Refer to the hardware documentation to determine the correct placement of the serial and Ethernet connections.
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.
Setting Up Your Switch EZSwitchSetup attempts to discover the switch. If your switch discovery fails, refer to TABLE 2 on page 22 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 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. Skip to Confirming IP addresses on page 19. • Manually assign a new static IP address If you select this option and click Next, the Set Switch IP Address window is displayed (FIGURE 9 on page 18).
Setting Up Your Switch NOTE Beginning at 5 on page 19, 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. If you click Next with these addresses in place, EZSwitchSetup returns an error message. To set up IPv4 addresses, edit the address information on the Set Switch IP Address window to create static addresses appropriate for your LAN connection.
Setting Up Your Switch 1. Check the displayed addresses carefully to be sure they are correct, then click Next. The Continue Configuration? window is displayed (FIGURE 11 on page 20). 2. Select one of the following continuation options: • Continue setting up your target switch with EZManager Select this option if you intend to use EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager as your primary management program for this switch.
Setting Up Your Switch 3. Click Continue. Depending on the option selected, one of the following outcomes occurs: • If you selected Continue setting up your target switch with EZManager, a dialog box displays warning you that EZSwitchSetup supports only single-switch fabrics. Click OK to start the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager. A browser window opens, and the Switch Configuration Welcome window is displayed (FIGURE 12 on page 23). This may take a few minutes.
Setting Up Your Switch Switch discovery failure During the setup of your switch, the switch discovery may fail. There may be several reasons why switch discovery fails. TABLE 2 on page 22 lists symptoms and related suggestions to recover the switch. TABLE 2 Discovery recovery Symptom Correction For serial connections: The setup computer COM port is busy. The port is being controlled by another communications program. Stop all other third-party communications programs.
Setting Up Your Switch 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. FIGURE 12 Welcome to Switch Configuration window Click Next to begin. The Set Parameters window is displayed.
Setting Up Your Switch 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. Zoning selection options The next step in configuring your switch is to select zoning.
Setting Up Your Switch • • 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. Custom Zoning provides a device accessibility matrix for you to modify; it then automatically creates zones based on that matrix. Custom Zoning supports only single-switch fabrics.
Setting Up Your Switch The Specify Devices window is displayed. Specifying devices On the Specify Devices window, complete the following steps. 1. Enter the number of HBA connections that you want to attach to the switch. Be sure to include existing HBA connections, and any additional HBA connections you plan to make in the current setup session. You can change this setting later if you want to add or remove HBA connections. 2. Enter the number of storage connections you want to attach to the switch.
Setting Up Your Switch graphic that is displayed on the Configure Ports and Connect Devices window, these connection reservations are shown by the letters H or S against a blue or green background on the ports, and will automatically match the types of the devices that have already been connected, with existing connections shown as green lines that connect the ports with icons representing the devices.
Setting Up Your Switch When you click Next on the Configure Ports and Connect Devices window, if Typical Zoning is used, the final set of connection reservations shown on the window is translated internally into a zoning scheme that ensures that every correctly connected host device can communicate separately with every correctly connected storage device.
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Setting Up Your Switch 1 2 Brocade switch Open the SFP latching bale 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.
Setting Up Your Switch 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 32 for instructions on using this interface.
Managing Your Switch Managing Your Switch ● Switch Manager overview...................................................................................... 32 ● Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager.................................................... 35 ● Viewing switch information.....................................................................................37 ● Changing switch information..................................................................................43 ● Adding a port license.
Managing Your Switch 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.
Managing Your Switch 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.
Managing Your Switch Status bar The status bar 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.
Managing Your Switch 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. If not, Web Tools launches. Switch Manager supports only single-switch fabrics.
Managing Your Switch 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. Logging out You can end your Switch Manager session either by selecting Log Out under Miscellaneous in the Tasks panel, or by closing the browser window.
Managing Your Switch The Switch View is a real-time view of switch and port status. The display is updated approximately once every 15 seconds.
Managing Your Switch Viewing fan, temperature, and power supply status To view fan, temperature, or power supply status, click the Fan, Temp, or Power button. FIGURE 27 on page 39 shows the Fan view. The Fan view shows the number of fans and their operating states. FIGURE 27 Fan status FIGURE 28 on page 39 shows the Temperature view. The Temperature view displays the number of temperature sensors, their status, and the temperature in Centigrade and Fahrenheit.
Managing Your Switch FIGURE 29 on page 40 shows the Power Supply view. The Power Supply view displays the number of power supplies in the switch and their status. FIGURE 29 Power supply status Port status The Switch View displays port graphics with blinking LEDs, simulating the physical appearance of the ports. One or two LEDs are associated with each port, depending on the switch model. One of the LEDs indicates port status, while the other indicates port speed.
Managing Your Switch • • Red (critical) Gray (unmonitored) If the entire port icon is blue, the port is buffer-limited. A port is operating in buffer-limited mode when the number of buffers allocated to the port is less than the number of buffers needed by the port to utilize the port at full bandwidth. If a group of port icons is gray (unmonitored), those ports are not licensed. FIGURE 30 on page 41 shows port icons and associated LEDs from a Brocade 6520 switch.
Managing Your Switch Switch Information tab The Switch Information tab is the default information tab under Port Information, Switch Information on the Switch View (FIGURE 34 on page 42). Detailed switch information is displayed as a list of properties, which may be viewed, copied, or exported by category. FIGURE 34 Switch Information tab Port Information tab Select the Port Information tab to view the port information (FIGURE 35 on page 42).
Managing Your Switch Changing switch information From the Switch Manager, you can relaunch the EZSwitchSetup switch configuration wizard to perform the following tasks: • • • • Change the switch name. Change the switch time. Change the admin password. Change the zoning configuration type. EZSwitchSetup switch configuration wizard was launched the first time you set up the switch. 1. Click Setup under Switch in the Tasks panel. The EZSwitchSetup switch configuration wizard launches. 2.
Managing Your Switch 2. Enter the license key to add the additional ports. 3. Click Add License. The ports can now be enabled. 4. Enable the ports using one of the following methods: • Reboot or power cycle the switch. When the switch is rebooted, the newly licensed ports come up as enabled. • Use the Advanced Management tool. Refer to Accessing Web Tools for advanced management on page 55 for information on launching Web Tools. • Use the command line interface.
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 on page 45). FIGURE 38 Device table sorting example 2. Select a row in the table to display additional information about the device. 3. Click View Details.
Managing Your Switch 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 FIGURE 40 on page 46. This is a real-time display; the connections are updated automatically as you connect and disconnect HBAs and storage.
Managing Your Switch Assigning and renaming device aliases Every device has a device name and an alias. Aliases make it easier to reference the devices. Aliases are displayed in the zone access map on the Zoning page. You can assign or rename the alias using the following procedure. 1. Select Modify Alias under Devices in the Tasks panel. The Define Device Aliases wizard is displayed. The first time the Define Device Aliases wizard is started, the New Alias column is populated with default aliases.
Managing Your Switch 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. The Define Device Aliases wizard also prompts you to delete the aliases of any offline devices. The next time you select Modify Alias, the Current Alias column is populated with the New Alias names (FIGURE 42 on page 48).
Managing Your Switch 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 44). The device aliases are also displayed in the Zone Access Map for Devices when you select View under Zoning in the Tasks panel (FIGURE 43 on page 49).
Managing Your Switch 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. Zones can be configured dynamically. They can vary in size, depending on the number of fabricconnected devices, and devices can belong to more than one zone.
Managing Your Switch EZSwitchSetup creates zones for you automatically, based on your configuration choices during setup in the EZSwitchSetup switch configuration wizard. • • • If you choose Typical Zoning, a port-based zoning scheme is created. This zoning scheme creates a two-member zone for every possible pairing of H and S ports connected on the Configure Ports and Connect Devices window.
Managing Your Switch 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. Editing the zoning configuration You can customize which HBAs can access which storage devices by clicking Edit under Zoning in the Tasks panel. This starts a wizard that creates a new Custom Zoning scheme based on your device accessibility choices.
Managing Your Switch 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 5. Clear the check boxes selectively until you have defined the access groups and accessibility relationships you want in your zoning scheme. 6.
Managing Your Switch 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 is updated to show the new accessibility relationships.
Managing Your Switch 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 EZSwitchSetup Limitations ● General limitations................................................................................................. 56 General limitations TABLE 3 on page 56 lists general EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager limitations, which apply to all browsers and switch platforms.
Index A F accessing Web Tools from EZSwitchSetup 55 admin password, changing 43 Fan, Temperature, and Power Supply Legend 38 fan status 37 Fibre Channel cables, connecting 26 B browsers limitations 56 refresh frequency, setting 9 supported 8 H hardware, supported 10 HTTPS protocol 35 I C changing switch information 43 CIDR block 17 closing sessions 37 COM port is busy.
P passwords, changing 43 platforms, supported 8 port information, displaying 40, 42 port license 43 ports LEDs 40 status 40 Ports on Demand, adding ports 43 power supply status 37 Power Supply status 39 R refresh frequency, setting 9 removing offline devices 54 requirements for EZSwitchSetup 8 restoring default fixed zoning 55 S security banner 36 session management 37 sessions, ending 37 setting refresh frequency 9 supported languages 11 supported switches 10 Switch discovery failure 22 switch does not
