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

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Fabric Manager Upgrade
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If you launch the Fabric Manager installation wizard on a Windows XP or 2003 machine and an
After the Installation dialog box displays, click Cancel to exit. The After Installation dialog box
provides access to a Windows program that exists only on a few Windows XP or 2003 machines
(depending on your Windows image). If you do not cancel this program, your Fabric Manager
shortcut is moved to the All Users folder after the installation is complete. Also, if you subsequently
uninstall Fabric Manager, the uninstall wizard is unable to remove the Fabric Manager menu item
from the Start > Programs menu.
To find the name of the Windows authentication domain that must be specified during installation,
open a DOS window and type set. The alias USERDOMAIN indicates the active domain. If the client
and server reside on different Microsoft domains, both domains must have trusts established
between them or Fabric Manager will not be able to authenticate the client.
NOTE
The domain name required is not the internet domain (such as corp.mycompany.com); it is the
Domain name Microsoft uses for authentication.
If you are installing Fabric Manager server on a Windows host that has anti-virus software, you
must disable the anti-virus software during the installation.
Fabric Manager Upgrade
You can upgrade to Fabric Manager 5.5.0 from versions 5.3.x or 5.4.x. If you have earlier versions
of Fabric Manager, you must first upgrade them to at least 5.3.x and then upgrade to 5.5.0.
The first time you launch Fabric Manager after upgrading it, the Switch Groups and Port Groups do
not appear. In subsequent launches, Switch Groups and Port Groups display correctly.
Note that the Web server port is not updated when performing an upgrade.
The following information cannot be migrated to Fabric Manager 5.5.0:
• Topology settings
• View customization
• At-a-Glance window customization
NOTE
After you upgrade to Fabric Manager 5.5.0, you cannot discover a fabric with a seed switch running
Fabric OS v2.x or earlier. If, prior to the upgrade, you had discovered a fabric with the seed switch
running Fabric OS v2.x, this fabric is available for monitoring after the Fabric Manager upgrade.
License keys
If you are upgrading to Fabric Manager 5.5.0 from a version earlier than 5.0.0, you need a new
license key. License keys for versions prior to 5.0.0 can no longer be used. Upgrading from Fabric
Manager 5.0.0 or 5.1.0 does not require a new Fabric Manager license.
Fabric Manager has the following license types:
• 4 Domain Limit
• 10 Domain Limit
• Unlimited Upgrade (4 domain to unlimited)