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Limitations
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General Web Tools limitations
Table 21 lists general Web Tools limitations that apply to all browsers and switch platforms.
TABLE 21 Web Tools limitations
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 Explore 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.