Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.0.0 (53-1000606-01, April 2008)

34 Web Tools Administrator’s Guide
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Configuring a switch
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1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.
2. Click the Blade tab.
3. Click the Show IP Address button.
FIGURE 20 Show IP Address dialog box
4. Scroll through the list to view all the information.
5. When you are done, click Close.
Configuring a switch
Use the Switch tab of the Switch Administration window to perform basic switch configuration.
Figure 16 on page 28 shows an example of the Switch tab.
Enabling and disabling a switch
You can identify if a switch is enabled or disabled in the Switch Administration window by looking at
the lower-right corner: the icon means that the switch is enabled, and the icon means that
the switch is disabled. If you hover the cursor over the icon, the system displays text that indicates
the status of the switch.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.
2. Click the Switch tab.
3. In the Switch Status section, click the Enable radio button to enable the switch or click the
Disable radio button to disable the switch.
4. Click Apply.
The system displays a confirmation window that asks if you want to save the changes to the
switch. You must click Yes to save the changes.
Changing the switch name
Switches can be identified by IP address, domain ID, World Wide Name (WWN), or customized
switch names that are unique and meaningful.
Switch names can be a maximum of 15 characters for Fabric OS v6.0.0. Names must begin with an
alphabetic character, but otherwise can consist of alphanumeric, hyphen, and underscore
characters.