Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide v6.1.0 (53-10000610-02, June 2008)

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Work with the configuration repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Viewing a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Deleting a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Exporting a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Importing a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Restoring a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Keeping a copy past the defined age limit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Replicating configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Replicating a switch SNMP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Replicating a switch Fabric Watch configuration. . . . . . . . . . .170
Replicating an entire switch configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Switch configuration files backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Saving the switch configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Physical health of a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Switch replacement in the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Replacing a switch in the fabric (non-seed switch) . . . . . . . . . 174
Replacing a seed switch in the fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Asset polling configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Configuring asset polling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Domain ID configuration on a phantom switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Configuring the domain ID on a phantom switch . . . . . . . . . . 176
Chapter 12 Manage Access Gateway-moded Switches
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Introduction to Access Gateway Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Supported Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Access Gateway-moded switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Discovering an Access Gateway switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Viewing Access Gateway moded switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Backing up Access Gateway-moded switches . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Performing a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Chapter 13 Configure Standard Security Features
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
A note about security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Password management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Enabling and disabling switch passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Changing admin password on multiple switches . . . . . . . . . .184
Secure communication over HTTPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Truststore management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Administrative Domain management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Requirements for Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Launching the Admin Domain module from Fabric Manager .187