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

2-2 Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide

Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP

Planning for the Installation

Uninstalling or Upgrading Fabric Manager

Fabric Manager stores user-specific information, such as username and server port number, for each

user in a FabricManager.Properties file. This file is not removed when you uninstall Fabric Manager.

You must manually delete it. FabricManager.Properties is located in your home directory on the file

system. For example:

C:\Documents and Settings\userA\Fabric Manager\<Server_IP>\client\FabricManager.Properties

Single Server Monitoring a Fabric

You should have only one Fabric Manager server configured to monitor a fabric. If multiple Fabric

Manager servers monitor the same fabric, switches in that fabric are subject to duplicate requests, which

might result in performance degradation.

Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

The JRE used by Fabric Manager is embedded in the Fabric Manager install image (a separate Java

installation is not required). During the Fabric Manager installation, the JRE included in the Fabric

Manager install image is installed in the directory where Fabric Manager is installed. This JRE is

available only for Fabric Manager. The Fabric Manager JRE installation does not modify any Java-

related environment variables. This JRE does not replace or conflict with any other JRE installed on the

system (for example, this JRE is not used by Web Tools). You can install or run any other application

(such as Web Tools) using a different JRE and the two JREs will not conflict with each other. See the

Fabric Manager release notes to determine the JRE version included in Fabric Manager.

Video Drivers

Ensure that your system has the latest video drivers installed prior to installing Fabric Manager. As an

added precaution, you should also upgrade to the latest Microsoft DirectX drivers. This should fix any

interaction problems among the JRE, the DirectX drivers, and the video drivers.

Install Wizard

If the install wizard does not appear during the installation, run the DOS command dxdiag and ensure

that the graphics tests run without error. If any Microsoft DirectX files are missing or any diagnostics

fail, go to the Microsoft Web site and upgrade to the latest version of DirectX.

Web Tools Java Plug-in and Web Browser

Fabric Manager launches Web Tools to process some requests. Web Tools requires a Java Plug-in and a

compatible Web browser. See the Web Tools Administrator’s Guide to determine the Java Plug-in and

Web browser requirements.

Fabric Manager Server

If you try to install the Fabric Manager server immediately after closing a Fabric Manager client, the

install wizard indicates that the port is in currently in use. You need to wait approximately five minutes

after closing all clients before you can install the Fabric Manager server. This allows the Fabric

Manager server enough time to free the connection port.