53-1000606-02 March 12, 2008 Web Tools Administrator’s Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.1.
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Document History The following table lists all versions of the Web Tools Administrator’s Guide. Document Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Publication Date Web Tools User’s Guide v2.0 53-0001536-01 N/A September 1999 Web Tools User’s Guide v2.2 53-0001558-02 N/A May 2000 Web Tools User’s Guide v2.3 53-0000067-02 N/A December 2000 Web Tools User’s Guide v3.0 53-0000130-03 N/A July 2001 Web Tools User’s Guide v2.6 53-0000197-02 N/A December 2001 Advanced Web Tools User’s Guide v3.
Document Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Publication Date Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1000049-01 Updates to support new switch types (4900, 7500) and Fabric OS v5.1.0, including FCR, FCIP, and the FR4-18i port blade. Web Tools EZ information is moved to a separate book. January 2006 Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1000049-02 Updates to the FCIP chapter to clarify how to configure tunnels. April 2006 Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1000194-01 Updates for Fabric OS v5.2.
Contents About This Document In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Admin Domains and login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Admin Domains and switch WWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Admin Domains and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Role-Based Access Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Session management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Configuring a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Enabling and disabling a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Changing the switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Changing the switch domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Viewing and printing a switch report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Rebooting the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 4 Maintaining Configurations and Firmware In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Maintaining configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Creating a backup of a configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Restoring a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Performing a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
About administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Requirements for Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 User-defined Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 System-defined Admin Domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Admin Domain membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Enabling administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Creating advanced performance monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . .104 Creating SID-DID Performance Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Creating an SCSI vs. IP Traffic Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Creating SCSI Command Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 Creating AL_PA Error Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Managing performance graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Saving graphs to a canvas. . . .
Managing zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Creating zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122 Adding or removing zone configuration members. . . . . . . . . .123 Renaming zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 Cloning zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 Deleting zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interpreting port LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142 Port icon colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 LED representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 Brocade 48000 Director LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 Chapter 11 Using the FC-FC Routing Service In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 13 Administering Extended Fabrics In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 About extended link buffer allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 Configuring a port for long distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167 Chapter 14 Administering the iSCSI Target Gateway In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169 Supported platforms for iSCSI . . .
Chapter 16 Routing Traffic In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195 About routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195 Viewing FSPF routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196 Configuring dynamic load sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196 Specifying frame order delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Configuring access control list policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219 Creating an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219 Editing an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220 Deleting an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220 Activating an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 Distributing an FCS policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Displaying code page information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236 Viewing the control device state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237 Configuring CUP port connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238 Viewing CUP Port Connectivity Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . .238 Creating or Editing CUP Port Connectivity Configurations. . . .239 Activating a CUP Port Connectivity Configuration . . . . . . . . . .
About This Document In this chapter • Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi • What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii • Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii • Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii • Document feedback . . . . . . . . . .
• Chapter 12, “Administering Fabric Watch,” provides information on how to use the Fabric Watch feature to monitor the performance and status of switches and alert you when problems arise. • Chapter 13, “Administering Extended Fabrics,” provides information on how to configure a port for long distance. • Chapter 14, “Administering the iSCSI Target Gateway,” provides information on how to configure and manage the iSCSI Target Gateway.
• Brocade 7600 switch • Brocade 48000 director • Brocade DCX What’s new in this document The following changes have been made since this document was last released: • Information that was added: - The Access Gateway chapter was updated to provide information about Web Tools support of Port Group Policy configurations. - Support for Active Directory (LDAP) security. • Information that was changed: - Screens and procedures were changed to reflect the changes to the interface.
Notes, cautions, and warnings The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of increasing severity of potential hazards. NOTE A note provides a tip, guidance or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a reference to related information. ATTENTION An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data. CAUTION A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you.
http://www.brocade.com Release notes are available on the Brocade Connect Web site and are also bundled with the Fabric OS firmware. Other industry resources • White papers, online demos, and data sheets are available through the Brocade Web site at http://www.brocade.com/products/software.jhtml. • Best practice guides, white papers, data sheets, and other documentation is available through the Brocade Partner Web site. For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 Web site.
• Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5100, 5300, and 7500—On the switch ID pull-out tab located inside the chassis on the port side on the left • Brocade 5000—On the switch ID pull-out tab located on the bottom of the port side of the switch • Brocade 7600—On the bottom of the chassis • Brocade 48000—Inside the chassis next to the power supply bays • Brocade DCX—On the bottom right on the port side of the chassis 3. World Wide Name (WWN) Use the wwn command to display the switch WWN.
Chapter 1 Introducing Web Tools Brocade Web Tools is a graphical user interface (GUI) that enables administrators to monitor and manage single or small fabrics, switches, and ports from a standard workstation. It is an optionally-licensed product that runs on Brocade Fabric OS. Web Tools provides the administrative control point for Brocade Advanced Fabric Services, including Advanced Zoning, ISL Trunking, Advanced Performance Monitoring, and Fabric Watch.
1 System requirements TABLE 1 Certified and tested platforms (Continued) Operating System Browser Java Plug-In Windows 2003 Server, SP1 Internet Explorer 7.0 1.6.0 Windows XP, SP2 Internet Explorer 7.0 1.6.0 Operating System Browser Java Plug-In RH Enterprise Linux AS3 Firefox 2.0 1.6.0 Windows 2000, SP4 Firefox 2.0, Internet Explorer 6.0 1.6.0 Windows 2003 Server, SP1 Firefox 2.0, Internet Explorer 6.0 1.6.0 Windows XP, SP2 Firefox 2.0, Internet Explorer 6.0 1.6.
System requirements 1 Configure your browser to check for newer versions of stored pages every visit to the page. FIGURE 1 Configuring Internet Explorer Deleting temporary internet files used by Java applications For Web Tools so operate correctly, you must delete the temporary internet files used by Java applications. 1. From the Control Panel, open Java. 2. Click the General tab and click Settings. FIGURE 2 Temporary Internet Settings dialog box 3.
1 Installing Java on the workstation 5. Click OK. 6. On the Java Control Panel, click the View button to review the files that are in the Java cache. If you have deleted all the temporary files, the list is empty. Installing Java on the workstation Java Plug-in must be installed on the workstation. If you try to open Web Tools without any Java Plug-in installed: • Internet Explorer automatically prompts and downloads the proper Java Plug-in. • Firefox downloads the most recently released Java Plug-in.
Configuring the Java plug-in 1 Installing the Java plug-in on Windows 1. Click Start Menu > Settings > Control Panel and select the Java Plug-in Control Panel. 2. Click the About tab. 3. Determine whether the correct Java Plug-in version is installed: • If the correct version is installed, Web Tools is ready to use. • If no Java Plug-in is installed, point the browser to a switch running Fabric OS 5.2.0 or later to install JRE 1.6.0.
1 Configuring the Java plug-in FIGURE 3 Java Control Panel 3. In the section Java Applet Runtime Settings, click View The Java Runtime Settings dialog box appears. FIGURE 4 Java Runtime Settings 4. Double-click in the Java Runtime Parameters field and type the following information to set the minimum and maximum heap size: -Xms256m -Xmx256m In this example, the minimum and maximum sizes are both 256 MB. 5. Click Apply to apply your settings and close the Java Control Panel.
Value line licenses FIGURE 5 1 Default Java for browsers option 3. Select Mozilla family and click OK. 4. Click Apply to apply your settings and close the Java Control Panel. Value line licenses If your fabric includes a switch with a limited switch license and you are opening Web Tools using that switch, if the fabric exceeds the switch limit indicated in the license, Web Tools allows a 30-day “grace period” in which you can still monitor the switch through Web Tools.
1 Opening Web Tools Opening Web Tools You can open Web Tools on any workstation with a compatible Web browser installed. For a list of Web browsers compatible with Fabric OS 6.1.0, see Table 1. Web Tools also supports HTTPS protocol, if that protocol is enabled for the switch. For more information on enabling the HTTPS protocol on your switch, see the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide. 1. Open the Web browser and type the IP address of the licensed switch in the Address field: http://10.77.77.
Opening Web Tools FIGURE 6 1 Web Tools interface Logging in When you use Web Tools, you must log in before you can view or modify any switch information. This section describes the login process. Prior to displaying the login window, Web Tools 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 access the switch. When you are presented with the login screen you must provide a user name and a password.
1 Opening Web Tools FIGURE 7 Signed applet certificate 2. Click OK in the security banner window, if one appears. FIGURE 8 Login dialog box 3. On the login dialog box, type your user name. 4. Type the password. If your current password has expired, you must also provide a new password and confirm the new password. Optional: Click Options to select an Admin Domain other than your default home domain. The Login dialog box displays the Admin Domain options.
Opening Web Tools FIGURE 9 1 Login dialog box with Admin Domain options 5. Click OK. If the user name or password is incorrect, a dialog box displays indicating an authentication failure. If you entered valid credentials, but specified an invalid Admin Domain, a dialog box displays from which you can choose a valid Admin Domain or click Cancel to log in to your home domain.
1 Administrative domains Logging out You can end a Web Tools session either by logging out or by closing Switch Explorer window. You might be logged out of a session involuntarily, without explicitly clicking the Logout button, under the following conditions: • • • • A physical fabric administrator changes the contents of your currently selected Admin Domain. Your currently selected Admin Domain is removed or invalidated. Your currently selected Admin Domain is removed from your Admin Domain list.
Administrative domains 1 Admin Domains and login You are always logged in to an Admin Domain, and you can view and modify only the devices in that Admin Domain. You can log in to only one Admin Domain at a time. When you log in, you select the Admin Domain that you want to manage. You can later change the Admin Domain to which you are logged in. If you have more than one Admin Domain, one of them will have been specified as your “home Admin Domain.
1 Role-Based Access Control Before you implement Admin Domains, you must set the default zoning mode. See “Enabling administrative domains” on page 81 for additional information. You cannot perform any zoning operations from AD255. Role-Based Access Control Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) defines the capabilities that a user account has based on the role the account has been assigned.
Requirements for IPv6 support 1 Web Tools does not display a warning when the session is about to time out. If your session ends due to inactivity, all Web Tools windows become invalid and you must restart Web Tools and log in again. Web Tools enables sessions to both secure and nonsecure switches. Access rights for your session are determined by your role-based access rights and by the contents of your selected Admin Domain.
Chapter 2 Using the Web Tools Interface In this chapter This chapter contains the following information: • Viewing Switch Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Displaying tool tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Refresh rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Displaying switches in the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 Viewing Switch Explorer • Switch View displays an interactive graphic of the switch. • Switch Events and Switch Information are tabs that allow you to view event information and switch information, including connectivity, port, zone and other information. • An indicator bar in the lower-right corner of every module window contains the Admin Domain you are currently in, the user name with which you logged in to the switch, and the role associated with your user account.
Viewing Switch Explorer 2 Tasks The Tasks menu lets you manage, monitor, and perform other tasks. Management section provides access to: • Zone administration Zone information is collected from the selected switch. The icon is displayed only if a Brocade Advanced Zoning license is installed on the switch. If an ACL-based FCS policy is in effect, zoning can be administered only from the primary fabric configuration server (FCS) switch.
2 Viewing Switch Explorer Use the drop-down menu at the top of the Fabric Tree area to view switches in the Fabric Tree by switch name, IP address, or WWN. The background color of the switch icon indicates the current status of the switch. You can hover the cursor over a switch to display the IP address and current status. To manually refresh the status of a switch within the fabric, right-click the switch in the Fabric Tree and choose Refresh.
Viewing Switch Explorer 2 Switch View buttons The Switch View buttons let you access the following switch information: • • • • • • Status - click the button to view the status of the switch. Temperature - click the button to view temperature monitors. Power - click the button to view power supply information. Fan - click the button to view the status of the switch fans. Beaconing - click this button to view beaconing status. Legend - click the button to view the legend for the Switch View.
2 Viewing Switch Explorer If the selected Admin Domain does not include ownership of some ports that are physically present on the switch, these ports are represented as black rectangles with horizontal gray bars indicating they are not accessible. E_Ports are visible in all domains. You cannot open the Port Administration window by clicking these ports.
Displaying tool tips 2 Switch View refresh rates The Switch View display is refreshed at 15 second intervals. However, the initial display of Switch Explorer might take from 30 to 60 seconds after the switch is booted. Refresh rates are fabric-size dependent. The larger the fabric, the longer it takes to poll the fabric and refresh the view. F_Port and L_Port connection changes refresh immediately. Autorefresh intervals may be not be exactly 15 seconds.
2 Right-click options Right-click options You can right-click a port to quickly perform some basic port administration tasks, as shown in Figure 15. FIGURE 15 Right-click menu for ports (from Switch Explorer) • The Port Admin option opens the Port Administration window • The Port Details option displays read-only information about a port, without opening the Port Administration window. You can export and copy the information from the Port Details window.
Refresh rates 2 Refresh rates Different panels of Web Tools refresh at different rates. The refresh, or polling, rates listed in this section and throughout the book indicate the time between the end of one polling and the start of the next, and not how often the screen is refreshed. A refresh rate of 15 seconds does not ensure that a refresh occurs every 15 seconds. It ensures that the time between each refresh activity is no more than 15 seconds. Autorefresh intervals might be not be exactly 15 seconds.
2 Displaying switches in the fabric Displaying switches in the fabric If your fabric has more than one switch, you can open Web Tools from one switch and then access other switches. If you open switches running Fabric OS v4.4.x or higher from a fabric tree displayed for a pre-v4.4.x switch, some features might be disabled. 1. Open Web Tools as described in “Opening Web Tools” on page 8 and log in to the switch. Switch Explorer is displayed for the switch you logged in to. 2.
Opening a Telnet or SSH client window 2 Opening a Telnet or SSH client window When you open a Telnet or SSH client window, the connection is to the IP interface of the switch. You cannot connect to a CP blade on a director switch through a Telnet or SSH client window opened from Web Tools, even when the blade has an IP address and supports telnet sessions. See the Fabric OS Command Reference for information about the telnet commands. NOTE Internet Explorer 7.
Chapter 3 Managing Fabrics and Switches In this chapter This chapter contains the following sections: • Managing fabrics and switches using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Configuring IP and netmask information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Configuring a syslog IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Managing blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 Managing fabrics and switches using Web Tools FIGURE 16 Switch Administration window, Switch tab With the exception of switch time, information displayed in the Switch Administration window is not updated automatically by Web Tools. To update the information displayed in the Switch Administration window, see “Refreshing the Switch Administration window” on page 31.
Configuring IP and netmask information 3 Opening the Switch Administration window Most of the management procedures in this chapter are performed from the Switch Administration window. 1. Select a switch in Fabric Tree. The switch is displayed in Switch View. 2. Click Switch Admin in the Manage section of the Tasks menu. The Switch Administration window opens in basic mode, as shown in Figure 16 on page 30. The basic mode displays the “basic” tabs and options. 3.
3 Configuring a syslog IP address 2. Click the Network tab. FIGURE 17 Network tab 3. In the appropriate IP address section, enter the IP address you want to use for the IP interface. Use the IPv4 Address section and/or the IPv6 Address section to specify IP addresses. 4. For the Brocade 48000 directors and Brocade DCX: In the Advanced Configuration area, enter IP addresses for the Ethernet IP and subnet mask for CP0 and CP1.
Removing a syslog IP address 3 3. In the New IP field, enter an IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format, or enter a DNS name. 4. Click Add. The new IP address is displayed in the Syslog IP area. 5. Click Apply. Removing a syslog IP address 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Click the Network tab. 3. Select a syslog IP in the table and click Remove. You can click Clear All to remove all of the syslog IP addresses from the table. 4. Click Apply.
3 Managing blades Managing blades Web Tools provides the ability to enable and disable blades, and to set slot-level IP addresses for blades. The procedure in this section applies only to the Brocade 48000 and Brocade DCX. Enabling or disabling a blade 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Click the Blade tab. The Firmware Version columns display the firmware loaded onto each blade. A blade can have more than one firmware image loaded onto it.
Configuring a switch 3 4. Select a slot number from the drop-down list. 5. Enter the IP address, subnet mask, and Gateway IP address. 6. Select a type from the drop-down list. 7. Click Add to add the new entry to the table. When you click the Add button, the values remain in the fields. The Clear Gateway and Clear IP buttons are available for clearing fields in the table. To delete a configuration, select a row in the table and click the Delete button. 8.
3 Configuring a switch Enabling and disabling a switch You can identify if a switch is enabled or disabled in the Switch Administration window by looking at the lower-right corner: the icon means that the switch is enabled, and the icon means that the switch is disabled. If you hover the cursor over the icon, the system displays text that indicates the status of the switch. 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Click the Switch tab. 3.
Rebooting the switch 3 Viewing and printing a switch report The switch report includes the following information: • • • • • • A list of switches in the fabric Switch configuration parameters A list of ISLs and ports Name Server information Zoning information SFP serial ID information To view or print a report: 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Click the Switch tab. 3. Click View Report. 4.
3 Changing system configuration parameters Changing system configuration parameters You must disable the switch before you can configure fabric parameters. You can change the following system configuration parameters: • • • • • Switch fabric settings Virtual channel settings Arbitrated loop parameters System services Signed firmware Configuring fabric settings 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2.
Changing system configuration parameters 3 Fabric settings Configure the following fabric settings on the Fabric subtab of the Configure tab: BB Credit The buffer-to-buffer credit is the number of buffers available to attached devices for frame receipt. The default BB Credit is 16. The range is 1–27. R_A_TOV Resource allocation timeout value (in milliseconds). This variable works with the E_D_TOV to determine switch actions when presented with an error condition. The default is 10000.
3 Changing system configuration parameters ATTENTION The default virtual channel settings have already been optimized for switch performance. Changing the default values can improve switch performance but can also degrade performance. Do not change these settings without fully understanding the effects of the changes. VC Priority specifies the class of frame traffic given priority for a virtual channel. 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2.
Managing licensed features 3 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Disable the switch as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 36. 3. Click the Configure tab and click the System subtab. 4. Select the Disable RLS Probing check box to disable RLS probing. Clear the check box to enable RLS probing. 5. Click Apply. 6. Enable the switch as described in “Enabling and disabling a switch” on page 36.
3 Managing licensed features FIGURE 21 License tab Use the links above the table to export data, copy data, or search the table. Activating a license on a switch Before you can unlock a licensed feature, you must obtain a license key. You can either use the license key provided in the paperpack document supplied with switch software or see the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide for instructions on how to obtain a license key at the Brocade Web site (www.brocade.com).
Administering High Availability 3 Removing a license from a switch You can remove a license from a switch in the Switch Administration window. ATTENTION Use care when removing licenses. If you remove a license for a feature, that feature will no longer work. Removing the Web Tools license from a switch makes that switch unavailable from Web Tools. 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Click the License tab. 3. Click the license you want to remove. 4. Click Remove.
3 Administering High Availability FIGURE 22 High Availability window, CP tab Note that the highlight color of the HA Status at the top of the module is the same as the background color of the HA button. The High Availability window contains two tabs: • The Service tab displays information about the switch. When the hardware is configured as a dual switch, the Service tab displays information about both switches. • The CP tab displays information about slot 5 and slot 6.
Administering High Availability 3 1. Open the High Availability window as described in “Launching the High Availability Window” on page 43. 2. Verify that HA Summary field displays Non-Disruptive Failover Ready. If the HA Status field displays Non-Disruptive Failover Ready, you are done. If the HA Status field displays Disruptive Failover Ready, continue with step 3. 3. Click the Synchronize Services button. The Warning dialog box displays. 4.
3 Monitoring events Monitoring events Web Tools displays fabric-wide and switch-wide events.
Monitoring events 3 Fabric Events can be collected only for switches that have the same security level (http or https) as the launch switch. For switches with a different level of security from the launch switch, a message at the top of the window indicates how many switches have no events reported from the last polling. 1. Click a fabric in the Fabric Tree. 2. Click Fabric Events in the Monitor area under Tasks. The Fabric Events window opens.
3 Monitoring events FIGURE 24 Switch Events tab You can click the column head to sort the events by a particular column, and drag the column divider to resize a column. You can also right-click a column heading to resize one or all columns, sort the information in ascending or descending order, or choose which columns are displayed. Filtering Fabric and Switch Events You can filter the fabric and switch events by time, severity, message ID, and service.
Monitoring events FIGURE 25 3 Event Filter dialog box 3. To filter events within a certain time period: a. Select the From check box and enter the start time and date in the fields. b. Select the To check box and enter the finish time and date in the fields. 4. To filter events beginning at a certain date and time, select the From check box and enter the start time and date. 5. To filter events up until a certain date and time, select the To check box and enter the finish time and date. 6. Click OK.
3 Displaying a fabric summary report Filtering events by message ID 1. Open the Fabric Events window or the Switch Events tab as described in “Displaying Fabric Events” on page 46 or “Displaying Switch Events” on page 47. 2. Click Filter. The Event Filter dialog box appears. 3. Select Message ID. 4. Type the message IDs in the associated field. You can enter multiple message IDs as long as you separate them by commas.
Displaying the Name Server entries FIGURE 26 3 Fabric Summary report Displaying the Name Server entries Web Tools displays Name Server entries listed in the Simple Name Server database (see Figure 27 on page 52). This includes all Name Server entries for the fabric, not only those related to the local domain. Each row in the table represents a different device. Admin Domain considerations: The Name Server table is filtered based on Admin Domain membership of the fabric devices.
3 Displaying the Name Server entries FIGURE 27 Name Server window You can click the column head to sort the events by a particular column, and drag the column divider to resize a column. You can also right-click a column heading to resize one or all columns, sort the information in ascending or descending order, or choose which columns are displayed. 2. To set an autorefresh rate, select the Auto Refresh check box in the Name Server window, and type an auto-refresh interval (in seconds).
Physically locating a switch using beaconing 3 Displaying detailed Name Server information for a particular device 1. Click Name Server in the Monitor section of the Tasks menu. The Name Server window appears. 2. Click a device from the Domain column. 3. Click Detail View. The Name Server Information dialog box displays the information specific to that device. Displaying the zone members of a particular device 1. Click Name Server in the Monitor section of the Tasks menu. The Name Server window appears.
Chapter Maintaining Configurations and Firmware 4 In this chapter This chapter contains the following information: • Maintaining configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 • Performing a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 • Interoperability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 Maintaining configurations NOTE USB download is an option on the Brocade DCX, and on the Brocade 300, 5100, and 5300 switches. Admin Domain considerations When you log in to the switch as a physical fabric administrator and back up a configuration, all local switch configuration parameters are saved, as well as all Admin Domain membership information and Admin Domain zone databases.
Maintaining configurations 4 When you select the USB radio button, you can specify a firmware path. The USB radio button is available if the USB is present on the switch. 6. If you selected the network as the configuration file source, type the host IP, user name, file name, and password. You can enter the IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format. 7. Type the configuration file with a fully-qualified path. 8. Select a protocol to use to transfer the file. 9. Click Apply.
4 Performing a firmware download Performing a firmware download During a firmware download, the switch reboots and the browser temporarily loses connection with the switch. When the connection is restored, the version of the software running in the browser is different from the new software version that has been installed and activated on the switch. You will need to close all of the Web Tools windows and log in again to avoid a firmware version mismatch.
Performing a firmware download 4 When you select the USB radio button, you can specify only a firmware path or directory name. No other fields on the tab are available. The USB radio button is available if the USB is present on the switch. 5. Type the host name or IP address, user name, password, and fully qualified path to the file release.plist. You can enter the IP address in either IPv4 or IPv6 format. The path name should follow the structure below: ////release.
4 Interoperability FIGURE 30 Firmware Download tab for bladed switches Interoperability You can use Web Tools configure interoperability. When you turn on interoperability modes, Zone DB is cleared. When you turn on McDATA Fabric Mode: • Switch View displays McDATA Fabric in the Interoperability Mode field.
Interoperability 4 Configuring interoperability When you configure interoperability, Web Tools verifies that the domain ID of the switch fits in the range for the interoperability mode you choose. The domain ranges are: • • • • The normal domain ID range is 1-239. The McDATA Fabric Mode supports domain ID range is 1-31. The Open Fabric Mode range is 97-131. Before making change to the Interoperability mode, Web Tools will check to see if the switch's domain ID does in fit in the range.
Chapter 5 Managing Your Ports This chapter describes how to manage FC and gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports. See “Viewing and configuring EX_Ports” on page 149 for information on how to view and configure EX_Ports. In this chapter This chapter contains the following sections: • Viewing and managing ports using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Configuring ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Assigning a name to a port .
5 Viewing and managing ports using Web Tools Click here to display either FC Ports or GbE Ports FIGURE 32 Click here to display either Basic or Advanced Mode Port Administration window, FC Ports, Basic mode The Port Administration window displays information about the ports on the switch. Click the Show Advanced Mode button in the upper-right corner of the window to see more port management options (see Figure 32).
Viewing and managing ports using Web Tools 5 Admin Domain considerations In fabrics where there are user-defined Admin Domains, the Port Administration window is filtered to show only ports that are direct or indirect members of the currently selected Admin Domain. • Direct members are ports that have been directly added to the Admin Domain as members.
5 Viewing and managing ports using Web Tools • Persistent Enable/Persistent Disable (port) - SFP—Physical ports only (FC and GbE) • Basic information about the port equipment - Port Statistics—All ports • Basic port information and statistics • Advanced port information Note that on the Port Statistics subtab, you can view either absolute values or deltas for port statistics. Viewing the deltas is useful if you want to view current port trends. To reset the counters on the port statistics.
Configuring ports 5 Ports on a non-owned switch that are not E_Ports and are neither direct nor indirect members of the current Admin Domain are inaccessible and are not displayed in the Port Administration window. FIGURE 34 Port Administration window, Table view Configuring ports Web Tools provides wizards to assist you in configuring ports. This section describes how you can configure FC ports, logical FCIP ports, GbE ports, ICL ports, and NPIV ports.
5 Configuring ports FIGURE 35 FC Port Configuration Wizard, FC ports 3. From the tree on the left, select the port you want to configure. 4. Click the General subtab. 5. Click the Edit Configuration button. The FC Port Configuration wizard opens. The fields are populated with the current configuration values. 6. Follow the steps in the wizard. If you configure a disabled port as an EX_Port, the wizard displays the Enable Port after configuration check box.
Configuring ports 5 When the wizard prompts you to select allowed port types, if all of these boxes are selected, there are no constraints on port type. The port will negotiate to its preferred type when the switch comes up, depending on what type of device or switch it is connected to. Clearing a check box guarantees that the port will not attempt to function as a port of the unchecked type. At least one type must remain selected. L-Port and F-Port cannot both be cleared.
5 Assigning a name to a port If you configure a disabled port as a VEX_Port, the wizard provides the Enable Port after configuration check box. If you select this check box, the disabled port is automatically enabled after configuration. If you leave this check box cleared, the port remains in the same state after configuration. Configuring GbE ports With the GigE Port Configuration wizard, you can configure IP interfaces and IP routes.
Enabling and disabling a port 5 To delete the existing port name, leave the field blank and click Rename. Enabling and disabling a port Use the following procedure to enable or disable a port. 1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window. 2. Click the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab. 3. From the tree on the left, click the switch or slot that contains the port you want to enable or disable. 4. From the table, select one or more ports.
5 Persistent enabling and disabling ports Persistent enabling and disabling ports Use the following procedure to enable or disable an FC port so that it remains enabled or disabled across switch reboots. NOTE Ports cannot be persistently enabled or disabled when FMS is enabled. 1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window. 2. Click the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab. 3. From the tree on the left, click the switch or slot that contains the port. 4.
Activating ports 5 Disabling NPIV ports 1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window. 2. Click the FC Ports tab. 3. From the tree on the left, select the logical port you want to disable. 4. Click the Disable NPIV button. The button is unavailable if NPIV is already disabled on the port. Activating ports Brocade switches come with a preset number of ports enabled.
5 Activating ports In the Port Administration window, the Licensed attribute indicates whether a port is licensed (yes), whether it can be license (possible) because there are free licenses available (only applicable with the Dynamic POD feature), or whether it is not licensed and cannot be licensed because there is no available license. After the license keys are installed, you must enable the ports.
Swapping port index 5 Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand NOTE Disabling DPODs causes traffic disruption. Any prior port associations and assignments are lost the next time the switch is rebooted. You must be logged in as Admin to enable or disable the Dynamic PODs feature. 1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window. 2. Click the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab. 3. From the tree on the left, click the switch or the slot that contains the port. 4.
5 Swapping port index When you perform a port swap, Web Tools automatically disables the two ports, swaps the area IDs, and enables the ports. Swapping ports 1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window. 2. Click the FC Ports tab. 3. Click the Advanced button. 4. From the tree on the left, select the port you want to swap. 5. Click the Port Swap button. 6. Type the number of the port with which you want to swap the current port.
Swapping port index FIGURE 36 Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 53-1000606-02 5 Swapping a Port Index 77
Chapter 6 Managing Administrative Domains In this chapter This chapter contains the following information: • About administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Enabling administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Using the Admin Domain window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Creating and populating domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6 About administrative domains User-defined Admin Domains AD1 through AD254 are user-defined Admin Domains. These user-defined Admin Domains can be created only by a physical fabric administrator in AD255. System-defined Admin Domains AD0 and AD255 are special Admin Domains and are present in every AD-capable fabric.
Enabling administrative domains 6 You can use AD255 to: • • • • Manage other Admin Domains. Get an unfiltered view of the fabric. Manage ACL and distribution (can be managed in AD0 if no other Admin Domains are present). Advanced Performance Monitoring (can be managed in AD0 if no other Admin Domains are present). You cannot manage zones with AD255, because AD255 does not have a zone database associated with it. Admin Domain membership Switches, ports, and devices can be members of an Admin Domain.
6 Using the Admin Domain window FIGURE 37 Admin Domain window, summary view The Admin Domain window displays information about the Admin Domains defined in the fabric. If you launch the Admin Domain window from AD255 (physical fabric), the window contains information about the current content of all Admin Domains. If you launch the Admin Domain window from any other Admin Domain, the module displays the current Admin Domain only. To manage Admin Domains, you must be logged in with the role of Admin.
Using the Admin Domain window FIGURE 38 6 Admin Domain window, single Admin Domain detail The Admin Domain window has buttons in a task bar at the top of the window: • • • • • • New lets you create a new Admin Domain. Print lets you print the current or effective configuration. Refresh lets you refresh the information for the entire fabric or a specific Admin Domain. Apply lets you apply a configuration. Save lets you save a configuration. Clear lets you clear the configuration.
6 Using the Admin Domain window In the pop-up box, type the text string and press Enter. This is an incremental search and allows 24 maximum characters including the wildcards question mark (?) and asterisk (*). The first row containing the text string is highlighted. To find the next match, press the down arrow. To find the previous match, press the up arrow. If the text is not found in the table, the text turns red.
Using the Admin Domain window 6 You can refresh the Admin Domain information at any time to reflect changes that might have been made by other users or to back out of current, unsaved work and start again. ATTENTION When you refresh the buffered information in the Admin Domain window, any Admin Domain configuration changes you have made and not yet saved are erased from the buffer and replaced with the currently enabled Admin Domain information that is saved on the switch.
6 Creating and populating domains Creating and populating domains Setting up an Admin Domain involves the following steps: 1. Create and activate an Admin Domain. 2. Assign one or more administrators to the Admin Domain. The Admin account always has access to administer the Admin Domains, even if no other users are assigned (see “Changing account parameters” on page 215). When you create an Admin Domain, you can activate the Admin Domain after you finish creating it.
Creating and populating domains 6 4. In the ID area, assign an Admin Domain ID. You can specify an ID or let the system assign the ID for you. 5. In the State area. select the Active check box to activate the Admin Domain when you finish creating it. This is the default setting. Clear the Active check box if you want the Admin Domain deactivated when you finish creating it. 6. Click Next. 7.
6 Creating and populating domains FIGURE 42 Summary view 9. Click Finish to close the wizard. 10. Click Save to save the new Admin Domain configuration to persistent storage. 11. Click Apply to enforce the new Admin Domain configuration as the effective configuration. Activating or deactivating an Admin Domain 1. Open the Admin Domain window. 2. From the tree on the left, select the Admin Domain you want to activate or deactivate. 3. Click the Activate button to activate the Admin Domain.
Managing administrative domains 6 Managing administrative domains This section provide information on how to manage Admin Domains after they have been created. Adding and removing members Use the following procedure to add or remove members from an Admin Domain. 1. Open the Admin Domain window. 2. From the tree on the left, select the Admin Domain you want to modify. 3. Click Modify. The Modify Admin Domain wizard opens on the Membership step. FIGURE 43 Modify Admin Domain wizard 4.
6 Managing administrative domains 5. Remove members from the Admin Domain by selecting them in the Selected Members section and clicking Remove. Alternatively, you can press the Delete key to remove selected items. 6. Click Next. Use the summary to verify that the Admin Domain setup is correct. 7. Click Finish. 8. Click Actions> Save AD Configuration to save the new Admin Domain configuration to persistent storage. 9.
Managing administrative domains 6 6. Click Actions> Apply AD Configuration to enforce the new Admin Domain configuration as the effective configuration. Clearing the Admin Domain configuration When you clear the Admin Domain configuration, all user-defined Admin Domains are deleted and all fabric resources (switches, ports, and devices) are returned to AD0. You cannot clear the Admin Domain configuration if zone configurations exist in any of the user-defined Admin Domains. 1.
Chapter 7 Administering ISL Trunking In this chapter This chapter contains the following information: • About ISL trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • F_port trunk groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Disabling or reenabling trunking mode on a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Viewing trunk group information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 F_port trunk groups Creating and maintaining F_port trunk groups User this procedure to create an F_Port trunk group, and to add or remove member ports. 1. Select the Port Administration view. 2. Select the Advanced Mode view. 3. Select any port in the octet group in which you want to create the trunk group. 4. Select F_Port Trunking. The F_Port Trunking dialog box displays (see Figure 44) FIGURE 44 F_port trunking dialog box 5. Select one or more ports in the Ports for trunking pane.
Disabling or reenabling trunking mode on a port 7 Disabling or reenabling trunking mode on a port When the trunking license is activated, trunks are automatically established on eligible ISLs and trunking capability is enabled by default on all ports. Use the following procedure to disable trunking on a port or to reenable trunking if it has been disabled. Trunking is not supported on logical ports, GbE ports, or EX_Ports. 1.
7 Viewing trunk group information Viewing trunk group information Use the Trunking tab of the Switch Administration window to view trunk group information (see Figure 45). FIGURE 45 Trunking tab The following trunking attributes can be displayed from the Port Administration view by selecting Show Advanced Mode. • Trunk port state, either master or slave. • Trunk master port (does not apply to F_port trunking). • Trunk index (applies only to F_port trunking).
Chapter Monitoring Performance 8 In this chapter This chapter contains the following sections: • Monitoring performance using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 • Opening the Performance Monitoring window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 • Creating basic performance monitor graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 • Customizing basic monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8 Monitoring performance using Web Tools Graphs within the Performance Monitoring window are updated every 30 seconds. When you first display the graph or if you modify the graph (such as to add additional ports), you might have to wait up to 30 seconds before the new values are shown. When you have multiple graphs open in the Performance Monitoring window, you can: • Click Window> Tile to view all graphs at once, tiled in the Performance Monitoring window.
Monitoring performance using Web Tools TABLE 6 8 Basic performance graphs (Continued) Graph Type Displays Switch Percent Utilization The percentage utilization for each port in a switch. For the Brocade 48000 and Brocade DCX, this graph displays the percent utilization for each slot. You can customize this graph to display information for particular ports. Port Snapshot Error The CRC error count between sampling periods for all the ports on a switch.
8 Monitoring performance using Web Tools 2. ALPA Error graph is not supported on the Brocade 7500, Brocade 7600, Brocade 48000 director, or DCX with an FC4-18i, FC4-16IP, or FC4-18, FC4-48 blade. The labeling of axes in the graphs depends on the switch type. • For the Brocade 48000 directors and DCX, slot numbers are displayed with expansion arrows next to them, as shown in Figure 46 on page 100. Click the arrows to expand and contract the list of ports per slot.
Opening the Performance Monitoring window 8 User-defined graphs You can modify the predefined graphs to create your own customized graphs (see “Customizing basic monitoring graphs” on page 102 for more information). These user-defined graphs can be added and saved to canvas configurations. Canvas configurations A “canvas” is a saved configuration of graphs. The graphs can be either the Web Tools predefined graphs or user-defined graphs.
8 Creating basic performance monitor graphs Creating basic performance monitor graphs Use the following procedure to create the basic performance monitor graphs listed in Table 6 on page 98. 1. Open the Performance Monitor window. 2. Click Performance Graphs> Basic Monitoring> Graph Type. Depending on the type of graph you select, you might be prompted to select a slot or port for which to create a graph (see Figure 49). FIGURE 48 Creating a basic performance monitor graph 3.
Customizing basic monitoring graphs 8 The following procedure assumes that you have already created one of these customizable graphs. 1. Create or access the graph you want to customize. See “Creating basic performance monitor graphs” on page 102 for instructions on creating a graph. 2. For Brocade 48000 directors and Brocade DCX, to display detailed port throughput utilization rates for each port in a slot, click the arrows next to a slot. Port information for that slot is displayed in the graph.
8 Creating advanced performance monitoring graphs c. Click Add to move the selected ports to the Selected Ports list. d. Optional: Click ADD ALL Ports to add all of the ports in the Port Selection List to the Selected Ports list. e. Optional: Click Search to open the Search Port Selection List dialog box, from which you can search for all E_Ports, all F_Ports, or all port names with a defined string. Select the ports you want to add and click Search in the Search Port Selection List dialog box. f.
Creating advanced performance monitoring graphs FIGURE 50 8 Creating an SID/DID performance graph 3. Click a port from the Slot/Port or Sid/Did Selection List. a. Drag the selected port into the Enter/drag slot, port number field. b. Click Retrieve preset EE monitors. The current end-to-end monitors for that port are displayed in the “Current EE monitors set for selected port” table. c.
8 Creating advanced performance monitoring graphs 1. Open the Performance Monitoring window. 2. Click Performance Graphs> Advanced Monitoring> SCSI vs. IP Traffic. The SCSI vs. IP Traffic Setup dialog box opens. This dialog box is similar to that shown in Figure 49 on page 103. 3. Double-click the domain to expand the slot/port list. For Brocade 48000 directors and Brocade DCX, click the + signs to expand the ports under each slot, as shown in Figure 49. 4.
Managing performance graphs 8 For the Brocade 4100 or 5000 switch, you can enter up to eight LUN masks. For the Brocade 48000 director, you can enter up to four LUN masks. For all other switches running Fabric OS 4.x or v5.x, you can enter up to two LUN masks. For switches running Fabric OS 3.x, you can enter up to three LUN masks. 6. Click OK. The selected graph is displayed in the canvas. Creating AL_PA Error Graphs The AL_PA Error graph displays CRC errors for a given port and a given AL_PA.
8 Managing performance graphs 1. Open the Performance Monitoring window. 2. Create basic or advanced Performance Monitor graphs, as described in “Creating basic performance monitor graphs” on page 102 and “Creating advanced performance monitoring graphs” on page 104. The graphs are displayed in the Performance Monitor window. 3. Click File> Save Current Canvas Configuration. The Save Canvas Configuration dialog box opens. 4. Type a name and description for the configuration and click Save Canvas.
Managing performance graphs 8 Printing all graphs in a canvas 1. Open the Performance Monitoring window. 2. Click File> Print All Graphs. 3. In the print dialog box, click OK. Modifying graphs Use the following procedure to modify an existing graph that is saved in a canvas. 1. Open the Performance Monitoring window. 2. Click File> Display Canvas Configurations. The Canvas Configuration List opens. A message “No Canvas configuration to display” opens if there are no saved canvas configurations. 3.
Chapter 9 Administering Zoning This chapter briefly describes zoning and provides the procedures for managing zoning using Brocade Web Tools. In this chapter This chapter contains the following information: • Introducing zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Configuring zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Managing zoning with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9 Configuring zoning Configuring zoning When using a mixed fabric—that is, a fabric containing two or more switches running different fabric operating systems—you should use the switch with the highest Fabric OS level to perform zoning tasks. See “Best practices for zoning” on page 133 for more recommendations about zoning. The basic steps for configuring zoning listed below.
Managing zoning with Web Tools 9 Managing zoning with Web Tools You can monitor and manage zoning through the Web Tools Zone Administration. Click Zone Admin to access the Zone Administration window, shown in Figure 52. The information in the Zone Administration window is collected from the selected switch. If FCS policy is activated in the fabric, zoning can be administered only from the primary FCS switch.
9 Managing zoning with Web Tools ATTENTION Any changes you make in the Zone Administration window are held in a buffered environment and are not updated in the zoning database until you save the changes. If you close the Zone Administration window without saving your changes, your changes are lost. To save the buffered changes you make in the Zone Administration window to the zoning database on the switch, see “Saving local zoning changes” on page 115.
Managing zoning with Web Tools 9 NOTE Depending on the role associated with your user name or if the switch is owned by the current Admin Domain you are logged in to, you may not be able to modify zones or ports in other Admin Domains. Refreshing Zone Administration window information The information displayed in the Zone Administration window is initially a snapshot of the contents of the fabric zoning database at the time the window is launched.
9 Managing zoning with Web Tools If the zoning database size exceeds the maximum allowed, you cannot save the changes. The zoning database summary displays the maximum zoning database size (see “Displaying zone configuration summaries” on page 126). This action updates the entire contents of the Zone Administration window, not just the selected zone, alias, or configuration. You can save your changes at any time during the Zone Administration session. 1.
Managing zoning with Web Tools 9 Creating and populating zone aliases An alias is a logical group of port index numbers and WWNs. Specifying groups of ports or devices as an alias makes zone configuration easier, by enabling you to configure zones using an alias rather than inputting a long string of individual members. You can specify members of an alias using the following methods: • Identifying members by switch domain and port index number pair, for example, 2, 20.
9 Managing zoning with Web Tools 6. Click Zoning Actions> Save Config to save the configuration changes. To enable the configuration, see “Enabling zone configurations” on page 124. Renaming zone aliases The new alias name cannot exceed 64 characters and can contain alphabetic, numeric, and underscore characters. Use the following procedure to change the name of a zone alias. 1. Open the Zone Administration window as described on page 112. 2.
Managing zoning with Web Tools 9 Creating and populating zones A zone is a region within the fabric in which specified switches and devices can communicate. A device can communicate only with other devices connected to the fabric within its specified zone. Use the following procedure to create a zone. 1. Open the Zone Administration window as described on page 112. 2. Select a format to display zoning members in the Member Selection List as described in “Select a zoning view” on page 116. 3.
9 Managing zoning with Web Tools The zone is modified in the Zone Admin buffer. At this point you can either save your changes or save and enable your changes. 6. Click Zoning Actions> Save Config to save the configuration changes. To enable the configuration, see “Enabling zone configurations” on page 124. Renaming zones Use the following procedure to change the name of a zone. 1. Open the Zone Administration window as described on page 112. 2. Click the Zone tab. 3.
Managing zone configurations 9 The selected zone is deleted from the Zone Admin buffer. At this point you can either save your changes or save and enable your changes. 5. Click Zoning Actions> Save Config to save the configuration changes. To enable the configuration, see “Enabling zone configurations” on page 124. Creating and populating traffic isolation zones A traffic isolation zone (TI zone) is a special zone that creates a dedicated path for a specific traffic flow.
9 Managing zone configurations Zone Configuration: myconfig Zone A Alias 1 Alias 2 WWN 1; WWN 2; WWN 3 WWN 4; Other Elements Zone B Alias 3 Alias 4 WWN 5 WWW 5; WWN 6; WWN7 Other Elements WWW 9 FIGURE 53 Sample zoning database Creating zone configurations Use the following procedure to create a zone configuration. After creating a zone configuration, you must explicitly enable it for it to take effect.
Managing zone configurations 7. 9 Click Add Member to add configuration members. Selected members are moved to the Config Members Window. 8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 to add more elements to your configuration. 9. Click Zoning Actions> Save Config to save the configuration changes. To enable the configuration, see “Enabling zone configurations” on page 124. Adding or removing zone configuration members Use the following procedure to add or remove members of a zone configuration.
9 Managing zone configurations Cloning zone configurations Use the following procedure to clone a zone configuration. 1. Open the Zone Administration window as described on page 112. 2. Click the Zone Config tab. 3. Select the zone configuration you want to clone from the Name drop-down list. 4. Click Copy. 5. On Copy An Existing Zone Config, enter a name for the copied zone and click OK. The selected zone is copied from the Zone Admin buffer. 6.
Managing zone configurations 9 Disabling zone configurations When you disable the active configuration, the Advanced Zoning feature is disabled on the fabric, and all devices within the fabric can communicate with all other devices. This does not mean that the zoning database is deleted, however, only that there is no configuration active on the fabric.
9 Managing zone configurations Viewing the enabled zone configuration name without opening the Zone Administration window 1. Select a switch from the Fabric Tree. The selected switch appears in the Switch View. The current zone configuration name (if one is enabled) is displayed in the lower portion of the Switch Events and Switch Information. If no zone configuration is enabled, the field displays “No configuration in effect”. Viewing detailed information about the enabled zone configuration 1.
Managing zone configurations 9 The summary displays the information based on the changes just made. If current session changes have not yet been saved to the fabric, the information displayed here is different from what is seen from the switch. 3. Optional: Click Print to print the zone configuration summary.
9 Managing zone configurations The configuration analysis window displays. FIGURE 56 Configuration Analysis window Displaying zones Initiator/Target accessibility The Initiator/Target Accessibility Matrix shows a list of initiators and a list of targets and indicates which initiator can access which target. 1. Open the Zone Administration window as described on page 112. 2. Click the Zone Config tab. 3. Select a configuration to be analyzed for device accessibility from the Name drop-down list. 4.
Managing the zoning database 9 Managing the zoning database This section contains the following procedures for managing the zoning database: • • • • • • • • • “Adding a WWN to multiple aliases and zones,” next “Removing a WWN from multiple aliases and zones” on page 129 “Replacing a WWN in Multiple Aliases and Zones” on page 130 “Searching for zone members” on page 130 “Clearing the Zoning Database” on page 130 “Adding Unzoned Online Devices to a Zone or Alias” on page 131 “Removing offline or inaccessi
9 Managing the zoning database Replacing a WWN in Multiple Aliases and Zones This procedure enables you to replace a WWN throughout the Zone Admin buffer. This is helpful when exchanging devices in your fabric and helps you to maintain your current configuration. 1. Launch the Zone Administration window as described on page 112. 2. Click Edit> Replace WWN. The Replace WWN dialog box opens. 3. Type the WWN to be replaced in the Replace field. 4. Type the new WWN in the By field and click OK.
Managing the zoning database 9 ATTENTION This action not only disables zoning on the fabric but also deletes the entire zoning database. This results in all devices being able to communicate with each other. 1. Open the Zone Administration window as described on page 112. 2. Click Actions> Clear All. The Disable Config warning opens. 3. Click Yes to do all of the following: • Disable the current configuration. • Clear the entire contents of the current Web Tools Zone Admin buffer.
9 Managing the zoning database FIGURE 57 Add Unzoned Devices wizard 3. Follow the steps outlined in the wizard. The wizard displays unzoned devices and prompts you to select them and add them to an alias or a zone. When you have finished the steps for adding a device to a zone or alias, if there are any more unzoned devices, you can either continue to add those unzoned devices or exit the wizard. If there are no more unzoned devices, you must exit the wizard.
Best practices for zoning 9 3. Follow the steps outlined in the wizard. The wizard allows you to view all devices that are no longer online, and replace all or selected offline devices with new ones (WWNs) in the zoning database. Defining device aliases Use the following procedure to define zone alias names for devices in a single process. This procedure is especially useful if you use one unique zone alias to name each device port.
Chapter Working With Diagnostic Features 10 In this chapter This chapter contains the following information: • Managing trace dumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 • Displaying switch information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 • Interpreting port LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10 Managing trace dumps Using the Trace tab of the Switch Administration window, you can view and configure the trace FTP host target and enable or disable automatic trace uploads. FIGURE 58 Trace tab How a trace dump is used The generation of a trace dump causes a CRITICAL message to be logged to the system error log. When a trace dump is detected, issue the supportSave command on the affected switch.
Managing trace dumps 10 Setting up for automatic transfer of diagnostic files involves the following tasks: • Specify a remote server to store the files. • Enable the automatic transfer of trace dumps to the server. (Trace dumps overwrite each other by default; sending them to a server preserves information that would otherwise be lost.) You should also set up a periodic checking of the remote server so that you are alerted if the server becomes unavailable and you can correct the problem.
10 Displaying switch information Displaying switch information This section describes how to display information about the physical components of the switch (such as fan, temperature, and power supply) as well as how to display other detailed switch information (such as firmware and IP address). The Fan, Temperature, and Power Status windows have Export, Copy, and Search options at the top of the tables. These options are not available if the table does not have any content.
Displaying switch information FIGURE 60 10 Fan States window The Fan No. column indicates either the fan number or the fan FRU number, depending on the switch model. A fan FRU can contain one or more fans. • For Brocade DCX, Brocade 48000 directors and Brocade 4100, 4900, 5000, 5100, 5300, and 7500 switches, the Fan No. column indicates the fan FRU number. • The Brocade 200E, 300, 4012, 4016, 4018, 4020, and 4024 switches do not contain fan FRUs, so for these switch models, the Fan No.
10 Displaying switch information FIGURE 61 Temperature Sensor States window Viewing the power supply status The icon on the Power button indicates the overall status of the power supply status. For more information regarding switch power modules, refer to the appropriate hardware documentation. 1. Select a switch from the Fabric Tree. The selected switch appears in the Switch View. The icon on the Power button indicates the overall status of the power supply. 2.
Displaying switch information 10 Click the Status button to display a detailed, customizable switch status report, shown in Figure 63. Note that this is a static report and not a dynamic view of the switch. FIGURE 63 Switch Report window 1. Select a switch from the Fabric Tree. The selected switch appears in the Switch View. The icon on the Status button indicates the overall status of the switch. 2. Click the Status button on the Switch View.
10 Interpreting port LEDs • View the style sheet for the report • View the XML schema for the report FIGURE 64 Switch Report Action menu Interpreting port LEDs The Switch View displays port graphics with blinking LEDs, simulating the physical appearance of the ports. One of the LEDs indicates port status; the other indicates port speed. For LED information, refer to the hardware documentation for the switch you are viewing.
Interpreting port LEDs 10 Port icon colors The background color of the port icon indicates the port status, as follows: • • • • • • Green (healthy) Yellow (marginal) Red (critical) Gray (unmonitored) If the entire port icon is blue, the port is buffer-limited. If a group of port icons appears dimmed, those ports are not licensed. LED representations The port icons are different for different switch models. Figure 65 shows E_Port port icons and associated LEDs from a Brocade 4100 switch.
10 Interpreting port LEDs Web Tools Representation Physical Port Card 3 1 ! 2 1 ! 2 4 3 4 FC4 32 1. Port Speed LED for the right port 2. Port Status LED for the right port 3. Port Speed LED for the left port 4.
Chapter Using the FC-FC Routing Service 11 In this chapter This chapter describes how to use the FC-FC Routing Service to share devices between fabrics without merging the fabrics.
11 Setting up FC-FC routing Descriptions of Fibre Channel routing includes some specific terminology: backbone fabric An FC Router can connect two edge fabrics; a backbone fabric connects FC Routers. The backbone fabric is the fabric to which the FC Router switch belongs. A backbone fabric consists of at least one FC Router and possibly a number of Fabric OS-based Fibre Channel switches. Initiators and targets in the edge fabric can communicate with devices in the backbone fabric through the FC Router.
Managing FC-FC routing with Web Tools 11 Managing FC-FC routing with Web Tools You manage FC-FC routing through the FC Routing module, shown in Figure 67 on page 148. The FC Routing module has tabbed panes that display EX_Ports, LSAN fabrics, LSAN zones, LSAN devices, and general FCR information. The FC Routing module provides a dynamic display. Any changes in the FCR configuration on the switch are automatically updated in the FC Routing module within 30 to 90 seconds, depending on the network traffic.
11 Managing FC-FC routing with Web Tools FIGURE 67 FC Routing module in Disabled mode with General tab selected Viewing and managing LSAN fabrics The LSAN Fabric tab (see Figure 68 on page 149) displays all the LSAN fabrics visible to your switch, in both a tabular and tree form. (If FC-FC Routing is disabled, the tables and tree nodes in this tab are empty and the tree displays only the backbone switch.
Viewing and configuring EX_Ports 11 For Brocade switches, this launches Web Tools. For non-Brocade fabrics, this launches the element manager for that switch. FIGURE 68 FC Routing module with LSAN Fabrics tab selected Viewing and configuring EX_Ports The EX_Ports tab (see Figure 69 on page 150) displays all of the EX_Ports on the switch, including configuration and status information. The ports are sorted by slot number, and then by row number within each slot.
11 Viewing and configuring EX_Ports • • • • Enable or disable an EX_Port Persistently enable or disable an EX_Port Enable or disable trunking Configure router port cost ATTENTION During EX_Port configuration, the port is automatically disabled, and then reenabled when the changes are applied. Be sure that you do not physically connect a port to a remote fabric before configuring it as an EX_Port; otherwise, the two fabrics merge and you lose the benefit of Fibre Channel routing.
Configuring FCR router port cost 11 You will need to specify the Fabric ID and, if configuring an FC port, the speed and long distance mode. You can choose any unique fabric ID as long as it is consistent for all EX_Ports that connect to the same edge fabric. Editing the configuration of an EX_Port 1. Opens the FC Routing module. 2. Click the EX_Ports tab. 3. Select a port to configure, by clicking in the row. 4. Click Edit Configuration in the task bar.
11 Configuring the backbone fabric ID Follow the procedure described in “Creating and populating zones” on page 119 to create LSAN zones. Viewing LSAN Devices The LSAN Devices tab displays information about the physical and proxy devices and displays these devices in a tree on the left side of the window. (If FC-FC Routing is disabled, the tables and tree nodes in this tab are empty.) Click the LSAN Devices element in the tree to display a count of all the physical and proxy LSAN devices.
Configuring the backbone fabric ID 11 Make sure that all switches in the backbone fabric have the same fabric ID. 1. Open the Switch View window. 2. Click FCR in the Manage section of the Tasks menu. 3. Click the EX-Ports tab. 4. Disable all of the EX_Ports by selecting all of the ports in the table and then clicking Disable. 5. Click the General tab. 6. Click Set Fabric ID in the task bar. The Configure Backbone Fabric ID window appears. 7. Select a fabric ID from the drop-down menu.
Chapter 12 Administering Fabric Watch In this chapter This chapter contains the following sections: • Introduction to Fabric Watch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Using Fabric Watch with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Configuring Fabric Watch thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Configuring alarms for FRUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12 Using Fabric Watch with Web Tools Using Fabric Watch with Web Tools To administer Fabric Watch operations through the Web Tools Fabric Watch feature, click the Fabric Watch link in the Manage section of the Tasks menu. NOTE Unless the switch is a member of the current Admin Domain context, Fabric Watch is view-only. FIGURE 71 The Fabric Watch window Fabric Watch Explorer, on the left side of the window, displays the available classes. Not all classes are available for all switches.
Configuring Fabric Watch thresholds 12 Opening the Fabric Watch window 1. Select a switch from the Fabric Tree and log in if necessary. 2. Click Fabric Watch in the Manage section of the Tasks menu. The Fabric Watch window opens, as shown in Figure 71. Configuring Fabric Watch thresholds The Threshold Configuration tab enables you to configure event conditions. From this tab, you configure threshold traits, alarms, and email configuration.
12 Configuring Fabric Watch thresholds FIGURE 72 Threshold configuration in Fabric Watch 3. Click the Trait Configuration subtab. 4. In Fabric Watch Explorer, click a class. 5. Under Area Selection, choose an area from drop-down list. This sets the units in the Units field. The module displays two columns of trait information, labeled System Default and Custom Defined. You cannot modify the information in the System Default column. 6.
Configuring Fabric Watch thresholds 12 Configuring threshold alarms After you update the threshold information, use the Alarm Configuration subtab to customize the notification settings for each event setting. 1. Open the Fabric Watch window. 2. Click the Threshold Configuration tab. 3. Click the Alarm Configuration subtab. 4. In Fabric Watch Explorer, click a class. 5. Under Area Selection, choose an area from drop-down list.
12 Configuring alarms for FRUs 8. Select a behavior type for the threshold alarms: • Click Triggered to receive threshold alarms only when they are triggered by events that you have defined. • Click Continuous to receive threshold alarms at a continuous interval. Select a time interval in which to receive the threshold alarms from the Time Interval menu. 9. Click Apply. 10. Optional: Apply the selections on this panel to multiple elements simultaneously. a. Click Apply More.
Displaying Fabric Watch alarm information 12 Displaying Fabric Watch alarm information From Fabric Watch, you can view two types of reports: • Alarm notifications—Displays the alarms that have occurred for a selected class/area • Alarm configuration—Displays threshold and alarm configurations for a selected class/area Viewing an alarm configuration Report Use the Threshold Configuration tab, Configuration Report subtab to display a report of the configuration for a selected class/area with the following
12 Configuring email notifications 1. Open the Fabric Watch window. 2. In Fabric Watch Explorer, select the class that you want to check for alarms. 3. Click the Alarm Notification tab. 4. In Area Selection, select the area that you want to check for alarms from the drop-down list. All alarms for that area display. For troubleshooting responses to alarms, see the Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide. Configuring email notifications You can be notified of an alarm condition through an email alert.
Configuring email notifications 12 NOTE Email addresses must not exceed 128 characters. 5. Click Apply. 6. Optional: Click Send Test Email to receive a test email so you can verify the email notification is working correctly. You can send a test email only after you have applied your settings.
Chapter Administering Extended Fabrics 13 In this chapter This chapter contains the following information: • “About extended link buffer allocation,” next • “Configuring a port for long distance” on page 167 About extended link buffer allocation The Extended Fabric tab of the Switch Administration window displays information about the port speed, long-distance setting, and buffer credits, as shown in Figure 74 on page 166. Use this tab to configure the long-distance setting of a port.
13 About extended link buffer allocation • Desired Distance (km)—Required for a port configured in LD or LS mode (see Table 10 on page 166), the desired distance, in kilometers, for the link. For an LD-mode link, the desired distance is used as the upper limit of the link distance to calculate buffer availability for other ports in the same port group. If the measured distance is more than the desired distance, the desired distance is used to allocate the buffers.
Configuring a port for long distance TABLE 10 13 Long-distance settings and license requirements (Continued) Value Description Extended Fabrics License Required? LD Dynamic setting is enabled. Buffer credits for the given E_Port are dynamically configured based on the actual link distance, as long as this is less than the desired distance. If the actual link distance exceeds the desired distance, the desired distance is used to allocate the buffers.
13 Configuring a port for long distance This value is the upper limit for calculating buffer availability for other ports in the same port group. If the actual distance is more than the desired distance, the port operates in buffer-limited mode. c. Press Enter or click another port entry for the value to be accepted. 5. Click Apply.
Chapter Administering the iSCSI Target Gateway 14 This chapter describes how to use the iSCSI Target Gateway. The gateway is an intermediate device in the network, allowing iSCSI initiators in an IP SAN to access and utilize storage in a Fibre Channel SAN. In this chapter • Supported platforms for iSCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 • About the iSCSI service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14 About the iSCSI service • For Fibre Channel ports on the FC4-16IP blade, the range of ports will be 0 through 7. • For GbE ports on the FC4-16IP blade, the port numbers shall range from ge0 through ge7. The FC4-16IP blade does not support FCIP functionality. The iSCSI standard defines several naming conventions to enable location-independent device identification of storage resources. The FC4-16IP blade recognizes the IQN (iSCSI Qualified Name) formatted iSCSI initiator node name.
About the iSCSI service 14 Terminology iSCSI target gateway services requires you to understand some additional terminology. Following are terms that will be used in this document to explain how the iSCSI target gateway is implemented. TABLE 11 iSCSI gateway services terminology Term Definition iSCSI Internet-SCSI. A transport carrier of the SCSI protocol over IP.
14 Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services Saving Changes There are several ways to save changes on the switch and apply them to the fabric (applies to the iSCSI Target Gateway Admin module only): • Apply—Click Apply and your changes will be transfered from the Web Tools database to the switches database and distributed throughout the fabric. • Abort—Click Abort to cancel the changes before saving them. The configuration is restored to the last saved data point.
Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services 14 Launching the iSCSI Target Gateway Admin Module When you click iSCSI in the Manage section of the Tasks menu, the iSCSI Administration window opens. This option is available on all Brocade 48000 switches with option 5 configured and with a FC4-16IP blade. NOTE Since the entire fabric is scanned when you open the iSCSI Administration window, larger fabrics may take longer to load.
14 Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services iSCSI Administration window opens. NOTE If the iSCSI Target Gateway Services is disabled, you must click the Enable iSCSI button at the top of the window to enable the services. Launching the iSCSI Setup wizard 1. Select a switch from the Fabric Tree and log in, if necessary. The selected switch appears in Switch View. Make sure that your Admin Domain Context is either AD0 or AD255. Generally, the default user Admin Domain is AD0.
Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services 14 When you select one of the GbE ports, you can perform the same tasks listed previously: view and capture statistics related to the port, add or delete IP addresses, add or delete IP routes, view current sessions, and view the iSCSI statistics in brief. FIGURE 77 iSCSI Port tab If an IP address or IP route is already configured on the GbE port, then it will not be editable as any edits will disrupt any iSCSI traffic.
14 Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services 4. Select the IP Interface subtab and select the item on the tab. 5. Click Edit. 6. Click OK when you receive the Warning dialog box. FIGURE 78 7. Edit IP Interface dialog box Enter the subnet mask. 8. Enter the MTU size or accept the default MTU size and click OK. NOTE To change the IP address, delete the current IP address and re-create it.
Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services 14 Editing the IP route 1. Open iSCSI Target Gateway Admin as described on page 173. 2. Select the iSCSI Port tab. 3. From the left pane, select the GbE port that will be used. 4. Select the IP Routes tab. 5. Click Edit. A warning dialog box appears. 6. Click OK. 7. Enter a new value for the metric. 8. Click OK. If you want to change a value other than the metric, you will need to delete this route and create another in its place.
14 Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services FIGURE 80 VT Configuration Wizard 4. Enter an IQN. The text field will display the value “iqn” and you need to enter the remaining data. 5. Click Add LUNs. 6. On LUN Addition Dialog, select LUNs to add. You will need to expand each unit until you get to the actual LUN. 7. Click Add LUN(s). This will add the selected LUNs to your virtual target. 8. Click Next and click Finish. Using Easy Create 1. Open iSCSI Target Gateway Admin as described on page 173. 2.
Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services FIGURE 81 14 Easy VT Creation Dialog 4. Follow the instructions in the wizard to create a virtual target in iSCSI. The wizard is self-explanatory, so the individual steps are not described in this document. NOTE When you click Add in the Easy VT Creation dialog, virtual targets are created for all the available physical targets in a 1:1 combination.
14 Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services Searching for a specific Fibre Channel target in the Creation wizard 1. Click the Search link. 2. Input the , partial WWN, or vendor name, or a combination of these values. 3. Click Next. The search result will be shown as selected nodes in the Fibre Channel target tree. No changes will be made if search criteria do not match.
Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services FIGURE 83 14 Discovery Domain group About Discovery Domains (DD) In the Create DD wizard you can configure the DD, add DDs to DDSets, and view the confirmation report. NOTE When you create new DDs, you specify a DD name, but you cannot edit or change the name when you edit the DDs. When you launch the DD or DDSet wizard, you can add or remove virtual targets to the selected DD or DDSet.
14 Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services In the wizard: • You can configure the DD. You specify the DD name, and then you can add or remove initiators and targets. You can also add any offline device(s) by entering the IQN name in the IQN name field and clicking Add Offline Devices under the list on the right. The offline device name will be added to the Selected List. • You can also filter out initiator and targets from the tree in the Selection List by using the Filter button.
Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services 14 3. Select a DD in the left pane and click Edit. 4. Select virtual targets and use the buttons to add or remove them from the DD. 5. Click Next. The opening screen with a list of virtual targets that you added to your DDs is displayed. 6. Click Next. You can verify the virtual targets that you added to your DDs. 7. Click Finish. You can confirm the changes that you made before committing them.
14 Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services FIGURE 85 Create DDSet wizard 4. Follow the instructions in the wizard to create an iSCSI discovery domain set The wizard is self-explanatory, so the individual steps are not described in this document. Editing a Discovery Domain Set 1. Launch the iSCSI Target Gateway Admin module as described on page 173. 2. Select the Discovery Domains tab. 3. Select a DDSet in the left pane and click Edit. 4. Select the discovery domains to add to or remove from the DDSet.
Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services 14 Configuring CHAP This view allows you to define access to login to that virtual target through the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator. You can create, view, and change CHAP users and their associated secrets. Once a CHAP user is created, you can modify only the CHAP secret. The CHAP module pane lists CHAP secrets in a table with the user name and chap secret in encrypted format (*). You can add, delete, or modify CHAP entries.
14 Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services Editing a CHAP secret 1. Launch the iSCSI Target Gateway Admin module as described on page 173. 2. Select the CHAP tab. 3. Click Change CHAP Secret. You can edit the CHAP secret but not the CHAP user name. 4. Fill in the fields in the dialog box to edit a CHAP secret. Binding or Removing CHAP users 1. Launch the iSCSI Target Gateway Admin module as described on page 173. 2. Select the CHAP tab. 3. Click Bind/Remove Chap(s). 4. Select a virtual target 5.
Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services 14 Use the Zone Admin module to create zoning or remove or add zone members to reflect your iSCSI devices. For more information about configuring zones, see “Configuring zoning” on page 112. Creating an iSCSI Fibre Channel zone with no effective zone configuration 1. Open iSCSI Target Gateway Admin as described on page 173. 2. Click Create iSCSI Zone. The following dialog box is displayed. FIGURE 87 Create an iSCSI FC zone dialog box 3. Click Yes.
14 Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services ATTENTION Schedule your changes during a maintenance cycle if you decide to add the iSCSI Fibre Channel zoning members to an effective configuration. Reenabling the effective configuration will affect the entire fabric. 5. Click OK. The effective configuration is modified and reenabled. Managing and Troubleshooting Accessibility The Web Tool iSCSI accessibility feature helps you: • • • • • 188 Verify that both host and target are online.
Chapter 15 Using the Access Gateway In this chapter This chapter contains the following information: • Introduction to Access Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Enabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Disabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Viewing the Access Gateway settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15 Disabling Access Gateway mode NOTE You cannot enable Access Gateway mode if Management Server is enabled. To disable Management Server, use the MsplmgmtDeactivate command. 1. Select a switch. 2. Click Switch Admin in the Manage section under Tasks. The Switch Administration window opens. 3. Save the switch configuration. 4. Click the Enable radio button in the Access Gateway Mode section. 5. Click Apply. 6. Click Yes to restart the switch in Access Gateway mode. Disabling Access Gateway mode 1.
Modifying the port configuration FIGURE 88 15 Access Gateway Device Display Modifying the port configuration You can configure the port types (N_Port, F_Port) on each individual port on an Access Gateway enabled module. When you configure ports, you can specify a global configuration policy using the Port Configuration Policy button. By default, Advanced is selected and sets the initial defaults for port types, groups, and the F-port to N-port mappings.
15 Modifying the port configuration NOTE If you want to distribute F-ports among groups, you can leave all ports in the default port group 0, or you can disable N-Port grouping. 1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window. 2. Click the Configure N-Port Groups button. FIGURE 89 Port Group Configuration dialog box 3. On Port Group Configuration, you can: • • • • Disable N-port grouping Add a port group Edit a port group Delete a port group 4.
Changing Access Gateway policies FIGURE 90 15 F-N Port Mapping Configuration dialog box 4. In the Primary Mappings area, select ports and use the Add button to map F-Ports or U-Ports to N-Ports. Use the Remove button to remove an F-Port mapping from an N-Port. 5. To define a Secondary N_port in the Secondary Failover Mappings area, select the ports and use the Add and Remove buttons to set up the secondary mappings.
15 Changing Access Gateway policies Path Failover and failback policies The Path Failover and failback policies determine the behavior of the F_Port if the primary mapped N_Port they are mapped to goes offline or is disabled. The Path Failover and failback policies are attributes of N_Port. By default, the Path Failover and failback policies are enabled for all N_Ports. Modifying Path Failover and failback policies 1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window. 2.
Chapter 16 Routing Traffic In this chapter This chapter contains the following information: • About routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Viewing FSPF routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Configuring dynamic load sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Specifying frame order delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16 Viewing FSPF routing FIGURE 93 Routing tab Viewing FSPF routing The Routing tab of the Switch Administration window displays information about routing paths. 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Click the Routing tab. 3. This step is switch-type specific: For the Brocade 48000 director and Brocade DCX, click a slot number under the FSPF Route category in the navigation tree.
Specifying frame order delivery 16 For more information regarding DLS, see the dlsset command in the Fabric OS Command Reference. 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Click the Routing tab. 3. Click On in the Dynamic Load Sharing (DLS) area to enable dynamic load sharing or click Off to disable dynamic load sharing. When the exchange-based routing policy is in effect, the DLS radio buttons appear on the Routing tab 4. Click Apply.
16 Configuring the link cost for a port Configuring the link cost for a port This section describes how to set the cost of an interswitch link (ISL). The cost of a link is a dimensionless positive number. The fabric shortest path first (FSPF) protocol compares the cost of various paths between a source switch and a destination switch by adding the costs of all the ISLs along each path. FSPF chooses the path with minimum cost.
Chapter Using the FCIP Tunneling Service 17 In this chapter This chapter describes how to set up Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol (FCIP) Tunneling Service through Web Tools. It contains the following information: • “Understanding the FCIP Tunneling Service” on page 199 • “Configuring an FCIP interswitch/interfabric link” on page 201 • “Managing the FCIP tunneling service” on page 205 For detailed information about the FCIP Tunneling Service, see the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.
17 Understanding the FCIP Tunneling Service FCIP-related features Web Tools provides or supports these related features: • A per-tunnel compression feature that allows the Fibre Channel data frames to be compressed before they are sent over the tunnel as FCIP frames. • Fastwrite, which is a feature that reduces the number of round-trip times required to complete a SCSI write I/O and increases performance.
Configuring an FCIP interswitch/interfabric link TABLE 12 17 IKE/IPSec Configuration Choices (Continued) Field Description Choices Diffie-Hellman (D-H) Diffie-Hellman key exchange is a cryptographic protocol that allows two parties that have no prior knowledge of each other to jointly establish a shared secret key over an insecure communications channel.
17 Configuring an FCIP interswitch/interfabric link 4. Select IKE or IPSEC subtab and click Create. 5. Select a policy type from the drop-down menu. FIGURE 94 Create an IKE/IPSec policy 6. Choose a policy number. 7. Select an Encryption Algorithm. 8. Select an Authentication Algorithm. 9. (IKE only) Select a Perfect Forward Secrecy. 10. (IKE only) Select a Diffie-Hellman Group. 11. Enter a value for the Security Association Lifetime in number of seconds.
Configuring an FCIP interswitch/interfabric link 17 Note that when you come to the step in the wizard where you select tunnels (see Figure 95 on page 204), you must select tunnels that correspond to the VE_Ports or VEX_Ports that you configured earlier. Tunnels 0–7 correspond to logical ports 16–23 on GbE port 0 and to logical ports 24–31 on GbE port 1, as shown in Table 13.
17 Configuring an FCIP interswitch/interfabric link FIGURE 95 GigE Port Configuration wizard Configuring the FCIP interfaces, routes, and tunnels The buttons and options you need to perform configuration tasks are available in Advanced Mode. 1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window. 2. Click the GigE Ports tab. 3. From the tree on the left, select the port you want to configure. 4. Click the General subtab. 5. Click the Edit Configuration button.
Managing the FCIP tunneling service 17 9. Enable the ports on both ends of the tunnel to use the link. Enabling Persistently Disabled Ports Ports on the Brocade 7500 and FR4-18i are, by default, persistently disabled. Before you can successfully configure FCIP interswitch links, you must enable the ports. VEX_Port Users: If the fabric is already connected, leave the ports disabled until after you have configured the VEX_Port; this will prevent unintentional merging of the two fabrics.
17 Managing the FCIP tunneling service FIGURE 96 IP Interfaces tab for GbE ports 5. Click Add. 6. Type the IP address, subnet mask, and MTU size for the new IP interface. 7. Click Add. Editing an IP interface 1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window. 2. Click the GigE Ports subtab. 3. From the tree on the left, select the port you want to modify. 4. Click the IP Interfaces subtab. 5. From the table, select the IP interface. 6. Click Edit.
Managing the FCIP tunneling service 17 4. Select the IP interface to delete in the table on the right side of the window. Use Shift-click and Ctrl-click to select multiple IP interfaces. 5. Click Delete. NOTE You cannot delete an IP interface associated with an active tunnel. 6. Click Yes in the confirmation window.
17 Managing the FCIP tunneling service ATTENTION If IPSec is enabled, you are allowed only one static route per GbE port. Editing an IP route 1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window. 2. Click the GigE Ports subtab. 3. From the tree on the left, select the port you want to modify. 4. Click the IP Routes subtab. 5. From the table, select the IP route you want to modify. 6. Click Edit. The Edit IP Route dialog box opens with the current configuration values.
Managing the FCIP tunneling service 17 ATTENTION Both ends of the tunnel must be identically configured. Compression, fastwrite, tape pipelining, or IKE/IPSec needs to be either enabled or disabled at both ends of the tunnel. In the case of a mismatch, the tunnel will not be established. See “Interfaces, Routes, and Tunnels” on page 202 for additional information on configuring the tunnels. Adding a new FCIP tunnel 1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window. 2.
17 Managing the FCIP tunneling service 4. Click the FCIP Tunnels subtab. 5. Select the tunnel to edit in the table on the right side of the window. 6. Click Edit Configuration. The GigE Port Configuration wizard opens with the current configuration values. 7. Follow the steps in the wizard. NOTE You can observe the tunnel state transition from “inactive” to “tunnel establishment in progress” to “active” at the bottom of the FCIP Tunnels tab. Resize the column to view the full message.
Chapter 18 Configuring Standard Security Features In this chapter This chapter contains the following information: • Creating and maintaining user-defined accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Configuring access control list policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Configuring an authentication policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Configuring SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18 Creating and maintaining user-defined accounts TABLE 14 User role and permissions (Continued) Role Permissions zoneadmin Change your own password and cannot create, modify, or view predefined or user-defined accounts fabricadmin Change your own password and cannot create, modify, or view predefined or user-defined accounts basicswitchadmin Change your own password and cannot create, modify, or view predefined or user-defined accounts user Change your own password and cannot create, modify, o
Creating and maintaining user-defined accounts FIGURE 99 18 User tab Viewing account information 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Click the User tab. A list of the default and user-defined accounts appears. If you are logged in using the switchadmin role, only your account information is displayed. Creating user-defined accounts 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Click the User tab. 3. Click Add.
18 Creating and maintaining user-defined accounts FIGURE 100 Add User Account dialog box 4. Type the user name, which must begin with an alphabetic character. The name can be up to 40 characters long. It is case-sensitive and can contain alphabetic and numeric characters, the dot (.) and the underscore ( _ ). It must be different from all other account names on the logical switch. 5. Select a role from the drop-down menu. (See “Role-Based Access Control” on page 14 for information about these roles.) 6.
Creating and maintaining user-defined accounts 18 The All option does not mean all of the listed Admin Domains; it means all Admin Domains from AD0 through AD255, regardless of whether they have been created yet. The All radio button is disabled unless the following conditions are met: • The selected role for the target user must be admin or securityadmin. • You must be a physical fabric administrator. Selecting All makes the target user account a physical fabric administrator. 11.
18 Creating and maintaining user-defined accounts You can change the description only on user-level accounts. You cannot change the description of the default accounts. You cannot change the description of your own account. 7. Click the Enabled or Disabled radio button to enable or disable the account. You can enable and disable user- and admin-level accounts except for your own account. You cannot enable or disable your own account or the factory account. Only the root account can disable itself.
Creating and maintaining user-defined accounts 18 If you are logged in as admin, you can change the password of your own account, peer admin accounts, switchadmin accounts, and user accounts. You can also change the root or factory account passwords. If you are logged in as a switchadmin, you can only change the password of your own account. 4. Click Change Password. The Set User Account Password dialog box displays.
18 Creating and maintaining user-defined accounts If you choose to disable the lockout administration, the user is never locked out of the system. 6. Click OK to close the dialog box. 7. Click Apply to save your changes. FIGURE 101 Configure Password Rules dialog box Setting a password as expired 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Click the User tab. 3. Select the account. 4. Click Expire Password.
Configuring access control list policies 18 Configuring access control list policies Support for the Access Control List (ACL) policies is currently defined in the Switch Connection Control (SCC) and Device Connection Control (DCC) policies. SCC and DCC policy configuration in base Fabric OS is performed on a switch-local basis. FCS Policy can be created only once. While creating the FCS policy, the local switch WWN is automatically included in the list.
18 Configuring access control list policies 4. Click Edit. This launches the ACL Policy Configuration wizard. 5. Select the policy type you want to edit. 6. Click Next and click Create. 7. SCC Option: Select a switch or highlight multiple switches to add to an DCC policy by clicking Add or Add All. To add an offline switch, click Add other Switch and enter the WWN. 8. DCC Option: Select the ports to add to an DCC policy by clicking Add or Add All. 9. Click Finish to confirm the changes to the switch.
Configuring an authentication policy 18 Activating an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Click the Security Policies tab. 3. Select a policy by clicking on the appropriate tab. 4. Click Activate. Activating the policy moves it into the Activate Policy Set window. Once a policy has been created or modified you can distribute it to the rest of the fabric: To deactivate a policy, you must activate a new or empty policy.
18 Configuring an authentication policy Configuring authentication policies for E-Ports 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Click the Security Policies tab. 3. Click Authentication on the Security Policies menu. 4. In the Authentication Type field, choose FCAP or DHCHAP. 5. Select the switch authentication policy mode: On Strict authentication is enforced on all E-Ports. Active The switches can be connected to a switch with any type of policy.
Configuring an authentication policy 18 5. Select the switches or click the radio button to distribute to all. 6. Click OK. Authentication policies are distributed only if all the selected switches accept the distribution. Only the policy mode is distributed to the selected switches. The switch initiating the distribution must accept distribution. Re-authenticating policies A user who has changed authentication policy parameters or a shared secret key pair can re-initialize the authentication. 1.
18 Configuring SNMP 6. Enter the Switch WWN, name, or domain ID. You can also use the Browse button to locate and select a switch. 7. In the Peer Secret and Confirm Peer Secret fields, enter the peer secret value. 8. In the Local Secret and Confirm Local Secret fields, enter the local secret value. 9. Click Add. 10. When you are done adding secret key pairs for switches, click Apply. Modifying a shared secret key pair You can edit and modify the secret key pairs by switch. 1.
Configuring SNMP 18 FIGURE 104 SNMP tab 3. Select a trap level for a recipient from the corresponding Trap Level drop-down menu in the SNMPv1 and SNMPv3 sections. The level you select identifies the minimum event level that will prompt a trap. 4. Click Apply. Changing the systemGroup configuration parameters 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Click the SNMP tab (see Figure 104). 3. Type a contact name, description, and location in the SNMP Information section. 4.
18 Managing RADIUS service Setting SNMPv1 configuration parameters 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Click the SNMP tab (see Figure 104). 3. Double-click a community string in the SNMPv1 section and type a new community string. 4. Double-click a recipient IP address in the SNMPv1 section and type a new IP address. 5. Click Apply. Setting SNMPv3 configuration parameters 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2.
Managing RADIUS service 18 The three choices in the drop-down menu when RADIUS is selected as the primary service are: • Switch Database when RADIUS Authentication Fails—When selected, the switch user login database will be checked whenever RADIUS authentication fails. • Switch Database When RADIUS Times Out—Switch user login database is checked only if the physical connection to the RADIUS server fails. • None—Switch user login database is never checked.
18 Managing RADIUS service FIGURE 106 AAA Service tab Enabling and Disabling RADIUS Service At least one RADIUS server must be configured before you can enable RADIUS service. 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Click the AAA Service tab. 3. To enable RADIUS service, select RADIUS from the Primary AAA Service drop-down menu. 4. Select None, Switch Database when RADIUS Login Failed, or Switch Database when RADIUS Login Timeout from the Secondary AAA Service drop-down menu.
Managing RADIUS service 18 Configuring the RADIUS Service The configuration is chassis-based, so it applies to all logical switches (domains) on the switch and replicates itself on a standby CP, if one is present. It is saved in a configuration upload, and so it can be applied to other switches in a configuration download. You should configure at least two RADIUS servers so that if one fails, the other will assume service. You can configure the RADIUS service even if it is disabled.
18 Managing Active Directory service Modifying the RADIUS Server Order The RADIUS servers are contacted in the order they are listed, starting from the top of the list and moving to the bottom. 1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 31. 2. Click the AAA Service tab. 3. Click a RADIUS server from the RADIUS Configuration list. 4. Click the up and down arrows to rearrange the order of the RADIUS servers. 5. Click Apply.
Managing Active Directory service 18 4. Select None, Switch Database when Active Directory authentication failed, or Switch Database when Active Directory timeout from the Secondary AAA Service drop-down menu. To disable Active Directory service, select Switch Database from the Primary AAA Service drop-down menu and select None from the Secondary AAA Service drop-down menu. 5. Click Apply.
Chapter 19 Administering FICON CUP Fabrics In this chapter This chapter contains the following sections: • About FICON CUP fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Enabling port-based routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Enabling or disabling FMS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • Configuring FMS parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19 Enabling port-based routing Enabling port-based routing Port-based path selection is a routing policy in which paths are chosen based on ingress port and destination only. This also includes user-configured paths. All ports with FICON devices attached must have port-based routing policy enabled. Port-based routing is a per-switch routing policy. After port-based routing is enabled, you can continue with the rest of the FICON implementation. 1.
Enabling or disabling FMS mode 19 Enabling or disabling FMS mode FICON Management Server (FMS) is used to support switch management using CUP. To be able to use the CUP functionality, all switches in the fabric must have FICON Management Server mode (FMS mode) enabled. FMS mode is a per-switch setting. After FMS mode is enabled, you can activate a CUP license without rebooting the director. You can use Web Tools to install a CUP license.
19 Displaying code page information TABLE 15 FMS Mode Parameter Descriptions (Continued) Parameter Description Alternate Control Prohibited Determines whether alternate managers are allowed to modify port connectivity. Enabling this mode prohibits alternate manager control of port connectivity; otherwise, alternate managers can manage port connectivity. This parameter is set as enabled by the hardware after system installation, and can be reset by Web Tools.
Viewing the control device state 19 3. Click the FICON CUP tab. The FICON CUP tabbed page displays, with the FICON Management Server subtabbed page in front (see Figure 107 on page 234). All attributes on this tab are read-only until FMS mode is enabled.
19 Configuring CUP port connectivity The FICON CUP tabbed page displays, with the FICON Management Server subtabbed page in front (see Figure 107 on page 234). All attributes on this tab are read-only until FMS Mode is enabled. The control device state is displayed as neutral or switched in the Control Device Allegiance field. If FMS mode is enabled, and the control device state is unavailable, the FICON CUP Busy Error is displayed.
Configuring CUP port connectivity 19 4. Click the CUP Port Connectivity subtab. Creating or Editing CUP Port Connectivity Configurations Use the following procedure to create a new CUP port connectivity configuration or to edit an existing configuration. 1. Display the CUP port connectivity configuration list. 2. You can either create a new configuration or edit an existing configuration. • To create a new configuration, click New.
19 Configuring CUP port connectivity FIGURE 109 Port CUP Connectivity Configuration dialog box Activating a CUP Port Connectivity Configuration When you activate a saved CUP port connectivity configuration on the switch, the preceding configuration (currently activated) is overwritten. 1. Open the CUP port connectivity configuration list. 2. Click the saved configuration from the list. 3. Click Activate. The Activate CUP Port Connectivity Configuration confirmation dialog box opens.
Displaying Request Node Identification Data (RNID) 19 3. Click Copy. The Copy CUP Port Connectivity Configuration dialog box displays. 4. In the dialog box, type a name and description for the new configuration and click OK to save the configuration to the target file; click Cancel to cancel copying the configuration. The file name must be in alphanumeric characters and can contain only dashes or underscores as special characters.
19 Displaying Request Node Identification Data (RNID) RNID information for attached FICON devices and channel paths displays on the Name Server view. To view this information, Click Name Server to display the Name Server view. Ports that have completed an RNID exchange display FICON in the Capability column.
Chapter 20 Limitations In this chapter This section provides the following information: • General Web Tools limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 General Web Tools limitations Table 16 lists general Web Tools limitations that apply to all browsers and switch platforms. TABLE 16 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.
20 General Web Tools limitations TABLE 16 244 Web Tools limitations (Continued) Area Details Firmware download There are multiple phases to firmware download and activation. When Web Tools reports that firmware download has completed successfully, this indicates that a basic sanity check, package retrieval, package unloading, and verification was successful. Web Tools forces a full package install. A reboot is required to activate the newly downloaded firmware.
General Web Tools limitations TABLE 16 20 Web Tools limitations (Continued) Area Details 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.
20 General Web Tools limitations TABLE 16 246 Web Tools limitations (Continued) Area Details Refresh option in browsers Web Tools must be restarted when the Ethernet IP address is changed using the NetworkConfig View command. Web Tools appears to hang if it is not restarted after this operation is executed. Workaround: Restart the browser.
Index Numerics 2 domain/4 domain fabric licenses, 7 A About Discovery Domains (DD), 181 Access Control List. See ACL access control. See RBAC. Access Gateway mode configuration, 189 enable, 189 enable, Web Tools, 190 accessing switch event report, 47 activating CUP port connectivity configuration, 240 licenses, 42 Ports on Demand, 73 AD. See Admin Domains.
chassis name, changing, 36 class F traffic, 39 clearing temporary internet files, 3 clearing the zoning database, 130 closing Admin Domain window, 85 sessions, 12 code page, displaying, 236 configuration Access Gateway mode, 189 upload, 189 configuration file Admin Domain considerations, 56 backing up, 56 restoring, 57 configuring arbitrated loop parameters, 40 backbone fabric ID, 152 CUP port connectivity, 238 default heap size, 5 email notifications, 162 ethernet IP, 31 EX_Ports, 149 fabric parameters, 38
D datafield size, 39 DDSet, creating, 183 DDSet, editing, 184 default zoning, 112 defining device aliases, 133 deleting Admin Domains, 90 CUP port connectivity configuration, 241 user accounts, 215 zone aliases, 118 zone configurations, 124 zones, 120 device aliases, defining, 133 device probing, 39 devices only view, 116 devices only zoning, 116 direct port membership in Admin Domains, 65 disabling automatic trace uploads, 137 blades, 34 dynamic load sharing, 196 Fabric Watch threshold alarms, 159 FICON Ma
F G fabric events, 46 fabric ID, configuring, 152 fabric information, refreshing, 84, 114 fabric parameters, configuring, 38 fabric topology report, 50 Fabric Tree, 19 fabric view, 116 fabric view zoning, 116 Fabric Watch about, 155 alarms, 159 thresholds, 157 failover, initiating, 45 FAN frame notification parameters, configuring, 40 fan status, 138 fast boot, 37 FC ports, configuring, 67 FC Routing module, 147 FC targets, searching for iSCSI Target Gateway, 180 FC-FC routing about, 145 setting up, 146 s
iSCSI Target Gateway about, 169 activating the service, 174 CHAP authentication, 171 CHAP secrets, editing, 186 CHAP user, creating, 185 CHAP, about, 185 clear all, 172 configure IP route, 176 configure the IP interface, 174 creating virtual targets, 177, 178 DDSet, creating, 183 DDSet, editing, 184 Discover Domain Set, 171 Discovery Domain, 171 discovery domain sets (DDSet), about, 183 discovery domains (DD), 180 discovery domains (DD), about, 181 discovery domains, creating, 182 discovery domains, editing
mouse over information, 23 N name server entries, displaying, 51 naming ports, 70 netmask and IP, configuring, 31 no access zoning, 112 NPIV about, 72 ports, disabling, 73 ports, enabling, 72 O opening Performance Monitoring window, 101 Switch Administration window, 31 P passwords changing, 216 expiring, 218 rules, 217 unlocking, 218 PDU, 171 performance graphs adding to a canvas, 108 modifying, 109 printing, 108 types of, 98 Performance Monitoring window, 101 per-frame routing priority, 39 persistently
renaming zone aliases, 118 zone configurations, 123 zones, 120 replacing offline devices in zones, 132 WWN in zoning database, 130 requirements, Web Tools, 1 restoring configuration file, 57 right-click menu, 24 RLS probing enabling and disabling, 40 Role-Based Access Control. See RBAC router cost path, 151 routes, configuring, 195 S saving performance graphs, 107 zoning changes, 85, 115 SCC/DCC policy activate, 221 create, 219 deactivate, 221 delete, 220 edit, 220 SCSI command graph, 106 SCSI vs.
viewing EX_Ports, 149 LSAN devices, 152 LSAN fabrics, 148 LSAN zones, 151 swapped ports, 76 Switch Explorer, 17 switch status, 140 viewing FCR router cost, 151 virtual channel settings, configuring, 39 virtual targets, creating for iSCSI Target Gateway, 177, 178 W Web Tools Access Gateway mode, enable, 189 Web Tools, launching, 8 WWN adding to zones, 129 removing from zones, 129 replacing in zones, 130 Z Zone Admin module saving changes, 85 Zone Administration window about, 113 refreshing, 115 saving chan
