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

Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide 2-17
Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP
Installing the Fabric Manager Server
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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.
b. Click Add.
c. Optional: You can add multiple RADIUS servers by entering their configuration
information and clicking Add. To edit the information you have already entered, select it
from the list, make your changes, and then click Update.
For password file authentication:
No additional information is required.
17. Click Next.
The SAN size selection window appears.
18. Select the size of the SAN that Fabric Manager will be managing (Table 2-1 lists the polling rates
for each SAN size).
19. Click Next.
When the Fabric Manager installation finishes, the Install Complete window appears.
20. Click Done to exit the install wizard.
Installing Fabric Manager Server on Linux
This section describes how to install the Fabric Manager server on a Linux platform.
You must have root access to install Fabric Manager server on a Linux system. You do not need root
access to install and run the Fabric Manager client.
To install Fabric Manager server on Linux
1. Click install.bin from the File Manager window that displays when you insert the Fabric Manager
Installation for Linux CD-ROM (disk 2).
2. Double-click the Install icon.
Note
Before installing, ensure that all NFS mount points are up. Fabric Manager uses the df -k command to
check disk space. If the NFS mount points are down, the df command can take a long time to respond
and the Fabric Manager installation might stop responding.