Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide (53-10000196-01-HP, November 2006)

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Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP
Supported Hardware and Software
This document supports the following platforms:
• Brocade SilkWorm 200E switch
• Brocade SilkWorm 3250 switch
• Brocade SilkWorm 3850 switch
• Brocade SilkWorm 3900 switch
• Brocade SilkWorm 4100 switch
• Brocade SilkWorm 4900 switch
• Brocade SilkWorm 7500 switch
• Brocade SilkWorm 24000 director
• Brocade SilkWorm 48000 director
• Brocade SilkWorm Multiprotocol Router Model AP7420
Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by Brocade
Communications Systems, Inc. for the Brocade Fabric Manager 5.2.0 release, documenting all possible
configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document; however, this document does
specify when procedures or steps of procedures apply only to specific switches.
Some Fabric Manager tasks launch Brocade Web Tools. This document provides procedures based on
Web Tools v5.2.0 for procedures during which Fabric Manager launches Web Tools. If your switch is
running a firmware version other than v5.2.0, refer to the version of Web Tools documentation for that
firmware version.
This document does not support all Fabric Manager versions. This document is specific to Fabric
Manager 5.2.0 and Brocade Fabric OS v5.2.0. To obtain information about an OS version other than
v5.2.0, refer to the documentation specific to your OS version.
What’s New in This Document
The following changes have been made since this document was last released:
• Information that was added:
- Support for the FC4-16IP and FC4-48 port blades
- ACL support
- Offline zoning
- Administrative Domains
- Role-Based Access Control
- iSCSI management
- Call home XML file format options and supportSave capture
- Trace Route
- Cascaded FICON
- Secure communication: HTTPS and truststore management
- SMTP server authentication