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

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Simultaneous login to multiple switches
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You are prompted to log in to the seed switch of each fabric you discover.
7. Click Close to close the Subnet scan dialog box.
Simultaneous login to multiple switches
You can use Fabric Manager to log in to multiple switches at the same time. With multiple logins,
you do not need to log in to each switch individually to administer your fabric. After you log in to a
switch, Fabric Manager stores your login information and automatically logs you in to the switches.
By default, Fabric Manager stores switch passwords on the server. You can disable switch
passwords from being saved on the server. See “Enabling and disabling switch passwords” on
page 184 for additional information.
You must log in to a switch to perform most of the Fabric Manager administrative tasks.
For switches running Fabric OS v5.2.0 or later in admin domain-unaware mode, you can provide
credentials for any role on the switch. For Admin Domain-aware switches, you must have access to
at least AD0 and the physical fabric.
For switches running firmware versions earlier than Fabric OS v5.2.0, you must provide admin-level
credentials.
If the Persist switch passwords option is set (from the Edit > Preferences menu), then all
credentials are persisted immediately, after successful authentication.
NOTE
You cannot log in to Fabric OS v4.0 through v4.2 switches with the factory user account in Fabric
Manager (although you can from the CLI or Web Tools). You must use an account with administrative
privileges (such as admin) to gain access.
Logging in to multiple switches
1. Select Discovery > Switch Login.
The Switch Login window displays (see Figure 42).