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

17-14 Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide

Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP

Using the Policy Editor

Figure 17-9 Configuring the Serial Policy

3. Click Create Policy.

You have now created an empty policy, which denies Serial and Front Panel access from all hosts to

all switches in the fabric.

4. (Optional) Click Name, IP, or WWN to change how the switches and devices are displayed in the

Available Access Points list.

5. Select a switch in the Available Access Points list and click Add Switch to add it to your policy.

Repeat this step for each switch that you want to add.

6. Click the Summary tab.

7. Click Save to save your changes but not apply them, or click Activate to save and apply your

changes.

The Security Policy Review dialog displays.

8. After reviewing the Security Policy, click one of the following:

• Continue (to continue applying your changes)

• Cancel (to cancel your changes)

• Copy to File (to copy the Security Policy to a file)

Caution

If you create policies without Fabric Manager client/server IP addresses,

or...

If you create empty Serial, Telnet, HTTP, and API policies simultaneously,

then...

You will suddenly be unable to manage security and the switch.