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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General Limitations
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Loss of Connection Occasionally, you might see the following message when you try to retrieve data from
the switch or send a request to the switch:
Switch Status Checking
The switch is not currently accessible.
The dialog title may vary, because it indicates which module is having the problem.
This is caused by the loss of HTTP connection with the switch, due to a variety of
possible problems. Switch Manager will automatically try to regain the connection.
While Switch Manager is trying to regain the connection, check if your ethernet
connection is still functioning. If the problem is not with the ethernet connection, wait
for Switch Manager to recover the connection and display the following message:
You will have to resubmit your request after closing this message.
If the temporary switch connection loss is caused by switch hot code load, or other
similar operation, the Switch Explorer you are currently running can be downloaded
from a different firmware version than the new one. In this case the following message
displays:
Switch connection is restored. The firmware version you are running is not in sync with
the version currently on switch. Close your browser and re-launch Webtools.
You must close Switch Manager and relaunch it to reopen the connection.
Switch Name Change If you change the switch name using EZSwitchSetup or SNMP and then open a telnet
window to verify the name change, the CLI prompt (for example, switch:admin>)
displays the previous name. The telnet prompt cannot pick up the new switch name
until the switch is fastbooted.
Workaround: To display the correct switch name in the CLI prompt after a switch name
update using EZSwitchSetup or SNMP, fastboot the switch.
TABLE 1 EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager Limitations (Continued)
Problem Area Details