Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide v6.1.0 (53-10000610-02, June 2008)
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Fabric Manager server installation
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b. Click Add.
c. Optional: You can add multiple RADIUS servers by entering their configuration
information and clicking Add. To edit the information you have already entered, select
it from the list, make your changes, and then click Update.
For password file authentication:
No additional information is required.
17. Click Next.
The Please select the size of the SAN dialog box displays.
18. Select the size of the SAN that Fabric Manager will be managing (Table 4 on page 14 lists the
polling rates for each SAN size).
19. Click Next.
When the Fabric Manager installation finishes, the Install Complete dialog box displays.
20. Click Done to exit the installation wizard.
Linux installation of Fabric Manager server
You must have root access to install Fabric Manager server on a Linux system. You do not need root
access to install and run the Fabric Manager client.
NOTE
Before installing, ensure that all NFS mount points are up. Fabric Manager uses the df -k command
to check disk space. If the NFS mount points are down, the df command can take a long time to
respond and the Fabric Manager installation might stop responding.
Installing Fabric Manager server on Linux
1. Click install.bin from the File Manager window that displays when you insert the Fabric
Manager Installation for Linux CD-ROM (disk 2).
2. Double-click the Install icon.
The Get User Input dialog box displays.
3. Click Yes if you have a previous version of Fabric Manager installed; otherwise, click No and
then click Next.
If you selected Yes:
a. Select whether you have client, server, or both installed and click Next.
b. Identify the location where the previous Fabric Manager client is installed and click Next.
c. Identify the location where the previous Fabric Manager server is installed and click Next.
The installation wizard provides you the choice of migrating your existing database
automatically, or removing it.
d. Click Yes if you want to update to the new database and automatically save your existing
data, or click No to remove your current data and create the new database.
e. Click Next.