HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.x Administrator Guide (AA-RUQSF-TE, September 2005)

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HP recommends that the shared secret contain at least 22 characters with mixed-case letters,
numerals, and symbol or punctuation characters.
• Timeout. The number of seconds the client waits for the RADIUS server to reply.
• Retry. The number of attempts to connect to the RADIUS server before giving up.
b. Click Add.
c. Optional: You can add multiple RADIUS servers by entering their configuration information and
clicking Add. To edit the information already entered, select it from the list, make your changes, and
then click Update.
d. Click Next.
The SAN size selection window opens.
• For switch authentication: Enter the IP addresses of the switches, separating the addresses with
semicolons, and then click Next. When using switch authentication, enter multiple switch IP
addresses. If you do not, Fabric Manager access is not available when the switch is down.
The SAN size selection window opens.
15.Select the size of the SAN that Fabric Manager is to manage (see Table 5 on page 27 for a list of the
polling rates for each SAN size).
16.Click Next.
The Important Information window opens.
17. Read the information and then click Next.
The Get User Input window opens.
18.Select Install Now if you do not already have the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 installed. The .NET
Framework is required for generating Excel reports.
19. Click Next.
The Install Complete window opens.
20.Optional: Click the View ReadMe check box to open the ReadMe file after exiting the installation
wizard.
21.Click Done to exit the install wizard.
Installing Fabric Manager client and server (for Solaris)
You must have root access to install the Fabric Manager server on a Solaris system. You do not have to
have root access to install and run the Fabric Manager client.
NOTE: Before installing, ensure that all NFS mount points are up. Fabric Manager uses the df -k
command to check disk space. If the NFS mount points are down, the df command can take a long time
to respond and the Fabric Manager installation may stop responding.
To install the Fabric Manager client and server:
1. Click install.bin from the File Manager window that opens when you insert the Fabric Manager
Installation CD-ROM.
2. Double-click the Install icon.
The Get User Input window opens.
3. Click Yes if you have a previous version of Fabric Manager installed; otherwise, click No and then click
Next.
If you selected Yes:
a. Select whether you have client, server, or both installed and then click Next.
b. Identify the location where the previous Fabric Manager client is installed and then click Next.
c. Identify the location where the previous Fabric Manager server is installed and then click Next.
The install wizard provides you the choice of migrating your existing database or removing it.
d. Click Yes if you want to update to the new database and save your existing data, or click No to
remove your current data and create the new database.