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

64 Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide
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Simultaneous login to multiple switches
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FIGURE 42 Switch login
2. Select the switches or fabrics you want from the SAN Elements tab and click the right arrow to
move them to the Selected Switches panel.
You can also drag fabric or switch names from the SAN Elements tab directly into the Selected
Switches panel.
3. Type your user name in the User ID field.
4. Type your password in the Password field.
5. Optional: Click the Overwrite discovery credentials checkbox if you want only admin-level (for
Fabric OS versions earlier than 5.2.x) or physical fabric admin-level (for Fabric OS versions
5.2.x or later) credentials to be authenticated. Any other user-level credentials will fail with the
message “Invalid Role.”
6. Click Apply.
The success or failure of the login displays in the Status column of the Selected Switches table.
The Messages column provides additional information if the login fails.
The background of the status field changes colors to display its status:
• Green indicates a successful login.
The user ID and password are saved for performing administrative operations until the
session is terminated. When the session is terminated, this user ID and corresponding
password are persisted to the database. The saved information is used for successive
Fabric Manager sessions when administrative operations are initiated from Fabric
Manager.
• Red indicates that the login failed.
• Yellow indicates one of the following conditions:
• The switch login is being applied; the Status column text changes to Testing.