Brocade EZSwitchSetup Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5.3.0 and Brocade 200E, 3250, 4100, 4900, 5000 (53-1000441-01, June 2007)

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Managing Switch Manager Sessions
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The right side of the status bar lists your user name, your role, and the IP address of the switch
to which you are connected.
Managing 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 one of the following happens:
• You log out.
• The session times out due to inactivity.
A session times out automatically if it has been inactive for longer than two hours. Inactivity does
not mean no user activity, such as keystrokes or mouse movements; it means no information was
sent to the switch (by clicking the Apply or Save buttons). For example, you can spend a lot of time
setting up a zoning scheme without actually sending information to the switch. Switch Manager
does not display a warning when the session is about to time out. If the session times out, you must
restart Switch Manager and log in again.
EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager enables sessions to both secure and nonsecure switches.
LOGGING IN
When you use EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager, you must log in before you can modify any switch
information.
Prior to displaying the login window, Switch Manager displays a security banner (if one is configured
for your switch), which you must accept before logging in. The security banner displays every time
you log in.
You can log in at the admin, switchAdmin, or user level. Each role gives you a different access level:
admin You have full access to all of the EZSwitchSetup functionality.
user You can view switch information, but cannot make any changes, including
zoning changes.
To log in
1. Click OK in the security banner window, if one appears.
The login window displays.
FIGURE 21 Login screen