Brocade Network Advisor SAN Installation and Migration Guide v12.0.0 (53-1002801-01, March 2013)

Network Advisor SAN Installation and Migration Guide 9

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Installing the application

6. Make sure the Launch Configuration check box is selected (default) on the Installation

Complete screen, and click Done.

If the localhost is not mapped to the loopback address, an error message displays. You must

map the loopback address to the localhost (refer to

“Mapping the loopback address to the

localhost” on page 9) before you configure the application.

If the localhost is mapped to the loopback address, the configuration wizard displays. To

configure the application, refer to one of the following sections:

• If this is a fresh installation, refer to “Network Advisor Configuration” on page 17.

• If you are upgrading from a previous version and need to migrate data, refer to “Data

Migration” on page 33.

Mapping the loopback address to the localhost

To map the loopback address to the localhost, complete the following steps.

1. Open the hosts file.

For Windows, the hosts file is located in the WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc directory.

For Linux, the hosts file is located in the /etc directory

2. Add the following entries:

# For IPV4 machine

127.0.0.1 localhost

# For IPV6 enabled machine

127.0.0.1 localhost

::1 localhost

3. Save and close the file.

To configure the application, refer to one of the following sections:

• If this is a fresh installation, refer to “Network Advisor Configuration” on page 17.

• If you are upgrading from a previous version and need to migrate data, refer to “Data

Migration” on page 33.