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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If the default starting port number is not a free port number, the server cannot start up
correctly. If you enter a new port number, you must ensure that it and the next nine port
numbers represent free ports.
NOTE
If you are upgrading or migrating from a previous version of Fabric Manager, you might receive
a message indicating that the ports are unavailable. This can occur when the ports have yet to
be released by the previous uninstall. You should wait a few minutes and try again.
14. Click Next.
The Please select authentication method dialog box displays.
15. Select your authentication method and click Next.
This is the method that is used to authenticate users when they try to log in to the Fabric
Manager server.
16. Provide additional information depending on the type of authentication method selected.
For NIS authentication:
Enter your NIS host name or IP address and NIS domain name. You can omit the NIS host
name to force the Fabric Manager server to use broadcast to locate a valid NIS server or
NIS slave.
For switch-based authentication:
Enter the IP addresses of the switches, separating each IP address with a semicolon.
When using switch-based authentication, you should enter multiple switch IP addresses. If
you enter only a single switch IP address, you cannot access Fabric Manager if that switch
is down.
For RADIUS server authentication:
You should configure at least two RADIUS servers so that if one fails, the other assumes
service. You can configure up to three RADIUS servers.
a. Enter values for the following:
- RADIUS server IP address or DNS name.
- RADIUS authentication port number.
- Authentication type. The authentication type should match the setting on your
RADIUS server.
- Shared secret and confirm shared secret. The shared secret is a password for the
RADIUS client and server. It is used in an encryption process to obscure details in
RADIUS messages like user passwords.
It is recommended that the shared secret should be at least 22 characters
containing mixed case letters with numeric and symbol or punctuation characters.
- Timeout. The number of seconds the client waits for the RADIUS server to reply.
- Retry. The number of attempts to connect to the RADIUS server before giving up.