Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide (53-0000194-01, November 2006)

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 1-1

Publication Number: 53-0000194-01

Chapter

Introducing Web Tools

Brocade Web Tools is a graphical user interface (GUI) that enables administrators to monitor and

manage single or small fabrics, switches, and ports from a standard workstation. It is an optionally

licensed product that runs on Brocade Fabric OS.

Web Tools provides the administrative control point for Brocade Advanced Fabric Services, including

Advanced Zoning, ISL Trunking, Advanced Performance Monitoring, and Fabric Watch. Web Tools

also provides an interface to telnet commands to perform special switch functions and diagnostics that

are available only through the telnet interface.

For some switch models, Web Tools provides a simplified interface, EZSwitchSetup, that allows less-

experienced users to perform basic management tasks. See the EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide

for information about the EZSwitchSetup interface.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• “Requirements, Installation, and Support” on page 1-1

• “Launching Web Tools” on page 1-8

• “Administrative Domains” on page 1-10

• “Role-Based Access Control” on page 1-12

• “Session Management” on page 1-13

Requirements, Installation, and Support

Before you install Web Tools on your workstation, verify that your switches and workstation meet the

Web Tools requirements listed in this chapter.

This section contains the following subsections:

• “Requirements,” next

• “Installing a Web Tools License” on page 1-6

• “Value Line Licenses” on page 1-7