Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c User manual

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Brocade Network Advisor
SAN User Manual
Supporting Network Advisor 11.1.X

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Title Publication number Summary of changes Date
Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual 53-1002044-01 New document November 2010
Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual 53-1002167-01 Updated for Network
Advisor 11.1.
May 2011

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Contents
Contents
About This Document
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxv
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxv
Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvii
What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xl
Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xli
Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xli
Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xli
Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xli
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xlii
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xlii
Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xlii
Other industry resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xliii
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xliii
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xliv
Chapter 1 Getting Started
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
User interface components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Dashboard tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SAN tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Icon legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SAN product icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Host product icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SAN group icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Host group icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SAN port icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
SAN product status icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Event icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Management server and client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Logging into a server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Launching a remote client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Clearing previous versions of the remote client . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Launching the Configuration Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Changing the database user password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Viewing active sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Disconnecting users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Viewing server properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Viewing port status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Supported open source software products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
SAN feature-to-firmware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Accessibility features for the Management application . . . . . . . . . .40
Keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Look and Feel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 2 Licenses
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Managed count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Managed SAN port count calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Entering the license key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Upgrading the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Chapter 3 Discovery
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SAN discovery overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
FCS policy and seed switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Discovering fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Editing the password for multiple devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Configuring SNMP credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Reverting to a default SNMP community string. . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Removing a fabric from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rediscovering a previously discovered fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Deleting a fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Viewing the fabric discovery state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Troubleshooting fabric discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
M-EOSn discovery troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Virtual Fabric discovery troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
SAN Fabric monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Monitoring discovered fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Stop monitoring of a discovered fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SAN Seed switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

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Seed switch requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Seed switch failover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Changing the seed switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Host discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Discovering Hosts by Network address or host name . . . . . . . 66
Importing Hosts from a CSV file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Importing Hosts from a Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Importing Hosts from a VM manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Editing Host adapter credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Removing a host from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Rediscovering a previously discovered fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Deleting a host adapter from discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Viewing the host discovery state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Troubleshooting host discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
VM Manager Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Discovering a VM manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Editing a VM manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Excluding a host from VM manager discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Including a host in VM manager discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Removing a VM manager from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Rediscovering a previously discovered VM manager . . . . . . . .78
Deleting a VM manager from discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Viewing the VM manager discovery state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Troubleshooting VM manager discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Chapter 4 Application Configuration
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Server Data backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
What is backed up? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Management server backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Configuring backup to a writable CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Configuring backup to a hard drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Configuring backup to a network drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Enabling backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Disabling backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Viewing the backup status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Changing the backup interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Starting immediate backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Reviewing backup events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Server Data restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Restoring data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Restoring data to a new server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
SAN Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Setting your FICON display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Resetting your display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
SAN End node display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Displaying end nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SAN Ethernet loss events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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Enabling SAN Ethernet loss events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Disabling SAN Ethernet loss events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Event storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Configuring event storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Storing historical events purged from repository. . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Flyovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Configuring flyovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Turning flyovers on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Viewing flyovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
SAN Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Setting names to be unique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Setting names to be non-unique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Fixing duplicate names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Viewing names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Adding a name to an existing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Adding a name to a new device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Applying a name to a detached WWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Removing a name from a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Editing names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Exporting names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Importing Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Searching for a device by name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Searching for a device by WWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Configuring the server name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Setting the CHAP secret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Configuring login security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Configuring the login banner display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Disabling the login banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Syslog Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Registering a server as a Syslog recipient automatically . . . .110
Configuring the Syslog listing port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
SNMP Trap Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Registering a server as a SNMP trap recipient automatically 111
Configuring the SNMP trap listing port number. . . . . . . . . . . .111
SNMP Trap Forwarding Credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Configuring SNMP v1 and v2c credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Configuring SNMP v3 credentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Software Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Client export port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Client/Server IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Memory allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Product communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
FTP/SCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Server port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Support mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Fabric tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Enabling fabric tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

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Disabling fabric tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Accepting changes for a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Accepting changes for all fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Accepting changes for a switch, access gateway, or phantom domain
132
Chapter 5 User Account Management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Users overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Configuration requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
User accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Creating a new user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Copying a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Editing a user account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Assigning roles and areas of responsibility to a user account139
Removing roles and areas of responsibility to a user account139
Disabling a user account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Enabling a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Deleting a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Unlocking a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Password policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Configuring a password policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Viewing password policy violators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
User profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Viewing your user profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Editing your user profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Changing your password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Viewing your password policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Resetting optional messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Configuring e-mail notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Creating a new role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Adding privileges to a role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Removing privileges from a role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Copying a role. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Editing a role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Deleting a role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Areas of responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Creating an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Assigning products to an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Removing products from an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Copying an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Editing an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Deleting an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

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LDAP authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Loading an Active Directory group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Assigning roles and AORs to an Active Directory group. . . . . .155
Removing roles and AORs from an Active Directory group . . .155
Deleting an Active Directory group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Chapter 6 Call Home
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
About call home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Showing a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Hiding a call home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Editing a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Editing the Brocade International or IBM call home center . .161
Editing the Brocade North America call home center . . . . . . .163
Editing an E-mail call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Editing the EMC call home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Editing the HP LAN call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Enabling a call home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Enabling support save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Testing the call home center connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Disabling a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Viewing Call Home status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Assigning a device to the call home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Removing a device from a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Removing all devices and filters from a call home center . . . . . . . 171
Defining an event filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Call Home for virtual switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
Assigning an event filter to a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Assigning an event filter to a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Overwriting an assigned event filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Removing an event filter from a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Removing an event filter from a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Removing an event filter from the Call Home Event Filters table . 174
Searching for an assigned Event Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Chapter 7 View Management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
View management overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Creating a customized view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Editing a customized view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

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Deleting a customized view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Copying a view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
SAN topology layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Customizing the layout of devices on the topology. . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Customizing the layout of connections on the topology . . . . . . . . .182
Changing a group background color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182
Reverting to the default background color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Changing the product label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Changing the port label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Changing the port display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Grouping on the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Collapsing groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Expanding groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Viewing connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Configuring custom connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Saving a custom connection configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Deleting a custom connection configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Customizing the main window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Zooming in and out of the Connectivity Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Showing levels of detail on the Connectivity Map . . . . . . . . . .188
Exporting the topology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Customizing application tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Searching for a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Restricting a search by node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Searching for an exact match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Clearing search results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Chapter 8 Third-party tools
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
About third-party tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Starting third-party tools from the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Launching a Telnet session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Launching an Telnet session from the SAN tab . . . . . . . . . . .196
Launching an Element Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Launching Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
Launching FCR configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Launching Name Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Launching HCM Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Launching Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Adding a tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Entering the server IP address of a tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

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Adding an option to the Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Changing an option on the Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Removing an option from the Tools menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Adding an option to a device’s shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Changing an option on a device’s shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Removing an option from a device’s shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . .209
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) plug-in. . .209
Registering a SCOM server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Editing a SCOM server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Removing a SCOM server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Chapter 9 Server Management Console
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Server Management Console overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Launching the SMC on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Launching the SMC on Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Monitoring and managing Management application services 214
Refreshing the server status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Stopping all services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Stopping the CIMOM services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Starting all services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Restarting all services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Changing server port numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
AAA Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Configuring a Radius server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Configuring an LDAP server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Configuring a TACACS+ server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Configuring switch authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Configuring Windows authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Configuring local database authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Displaying the client authentication audit trail . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Restoring the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Capturing technical support information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Upgrading HCM on the Management server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Defining the performance data aging interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
SMI Agent configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
Launching the SMIA configuration tool on Windows . . . . . . .230

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Launching the SMIA configuration tool on Unix . . . . . . . . . . .231
Launching a remote SMIA configuration tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Service Location Protocol (SLP) support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Home tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
CIMOM configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
Certificate management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
Viewing the configuration summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Chapter 10 SAN Device Configuration
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Configuration repository management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Saving switch configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
Restoring a switch configuration for a selected device. . . . . .251
Backing up a switch configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Restoring a configuration from the repository . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
Viewing configuration file content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
Searching the configuration file content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
Deleting a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
Exporting a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
Importing a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
Keeping a copy past the defined age limit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Replicating configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Replicating security configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Enhanced group management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
Firmware management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
Displaying the firmware repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260
Importing a firmware file and release notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
Deleting a firmware file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
Download firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262
Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264
Viewing Fabric properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264
Viewing device properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
Adding a property label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
Editing a property label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
Deleting a property label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Editing a property field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270
Viewing port connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270
Refreshing the port connectivity view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
Enabling a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273

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Disabling a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
Filtering port connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Viewing port details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
Viewing ports and port properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Port types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
Showing connected ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
Viewing port connection properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280
Determining inactive iSCSI devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283
Determining port status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283
Viewing port optics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284
Port Auto Disable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
Viewing the port auto disable status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287
Configuring port auto disable triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
Enabling port auto disable on individual ports . . . . . . . . . . . .289
Enabling port auto disable on all ports on a device . . . . . . . .290
Disabling port auto disable on individual ports . . . . . . . . . . . .290
Disabling port auto disable on all ports on a device . . . . . . . .291
Unblocking ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
Chapter 11 Host Port Mapping
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
Host port mapping overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
Creating a new Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Renaming an HBA Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Deleting an HBA Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Viewing Host properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Associating an HBA with a Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Importing HBA-to-Host mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
Removing an HBA from a Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
Exporting Host port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
Chapter 12 Storage Port Mapping
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
Storage port mapping overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
Creating a storage array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
Adding storage ports to a storage array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
Unassigning a storage port from a storage array . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
Reassigning mapped storage ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
Editing storage array properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
Deleting a storage array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
Viewing storage port properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
Viewing storage array properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303

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Importing storage port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
Exporting storage port mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Chapter 13 Host management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Host management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
HCM software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
HCM features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Host bus adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Converged network adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Fabric adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Host adapter discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Connectivity map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
View management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Host port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312
Adapter software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
Driver repository. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Boot Image Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Role-based access control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
Host adapter management privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
Host adapter administrator privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
Host performance management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
Host security authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
Configuring security authentication using the Management applica-
tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
supportSave on adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
Host fault management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
Adapter events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
Event actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
Filtering event notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
Syslog forwarding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324
Backup support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324
Configuring backup to a hard drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324
Enabling backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
Disabling backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
Adapter port WWN virtualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
Configuring fabric-assigned port WWNs on switch ports . . . .326
Configuring Fabric Assigned WWNs on attached AG ports . . .329
VM Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331
Adding a VM Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331
Editing VM Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332
Deleting VM Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332

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Chapter 14 Fibre Channel over Ethernet
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
FCoE overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
DCB exchange protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
Enhanced Ethernet features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
Enhanced transmission selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
Priority-based flow control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
Ethernet jumbo frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
FCoE protocols supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
Ethernet link layer protocols supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
FCoE protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
FCoE Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336
Save running to startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336
Copying switch configurations to selected switches . . . . . . . .336
DCB configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
Switch policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
DCB map and Traffic Class map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
LLDP profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
802.1x policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
Opening the DCB Configuration dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339
Minimum DCB configuration for FCoE traffic. . . . . . . . . . . . . .339
Adding a LAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344
Editing a DCB switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
Editing a DCB port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
Editing a LAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
Enabling a DCB port or LAG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Deleting a LAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
QoS configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
Enhanced Transmission Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
Priority-based flow control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
Creating a DCB map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
Editing a DCB map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .354
Deleting a DCB map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355
Assigning a DCB map to a port or link aggregation group . . .356
Creating a traffic class map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
Editing a traffic class map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
Deleting a traffic class map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
Assigning a traffic class map to a port or link aggregation group358
FCoE provisioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
Changing the VLAN ID on the default FCoE map . . . . . . . . . . .360
Enabling or disabling the FCoE map on the port . . . . . . . . . . .361
VLAN classifier configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
Adding a VLAN classifier rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
Editing a VLAN classifier rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364
Deleting a VLAN classifier rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364
Creating a VLAN classifier group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
Deleting a VLAN classifier group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365

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LLDP-DCBX configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366
Configuring LLDP for FCoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366
Adding an LLDP profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367
Editing an LLDP profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368
Deleting an LLDP profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369
Assigning an LLDP profile to a port or ports in a LAG . . . . . . .369
802.1x authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Enabling 802.1x authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Disabling 802.1x authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Setting 802.1x parameters for a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372
Product, Port, and LAG Deployment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
Deploying DCB product, port, and LAG configurations . . . . . .373
Source to target switch FOS version compatibility for deployment377
DCB Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378
Real Time Performance Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378
Historical Performance Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
Historical Performance Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
FCoE login groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380
Adding an FCoE login group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381
Editing an FCoE login group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382
Deleting one or more FCoE login groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383
Disabling the FCoE login management feature on a switch . .384
Enabling the FCoE login management feature on a switch . .384
Virtual FCoE port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385
Viewing virtual FCoE ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385
Clearing a stale entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386
Chapter 15 Security Management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
Layer 2 access control list management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
Fabric OS L2 ACL configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388
Creating a L2 ACL from a saved configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . .398
Deleting a L2 ACL configuration from the application. . . . . . .398
Deleting a L2 ACL configuration from the switch. . . . . . . . . . .399
Security configuration deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400
Deploying a security configuration on demand . . . . . . . . . . . .401
Saving a security configuration deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402
Scheduling a security configuration deployment. . . . . . . . . . .403
Chapter 16 FC-FC Routing Service Management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407
Devices that support Fibre Channel routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407
Fibre Channel routing overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408
Guidelines for setting up Fibre Channel routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409
Connecting edge fabrics to a backbone fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

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Configuring routing domain IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412
Chapter 17 Virtual Fabrics
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413
Virtual Fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414
Virtual Fabrics requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415
Configuring Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Enabling Virtual Fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Disabling Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .417
Creating a logical switch or base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .418
Finding the physical chassis for a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . .420
Finding the logical switch from a physical chassis . . . . . . . . .420
Assigning ports to a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420
Removing ports from a logical switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421
Deleting a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422
Configuring fabric-wide parameters for a logical fabric. . . . . .423
Applying logical fabric settings to all associated logical switches424
Moving a logical switch to a different fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425
Changing a logical switch to a base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .426
Chapter 18 SAN Encryption configuration
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427
Encryption Center features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428
Encryption user privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429
Smart card usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .431
Registering authentication cards from a card reader . . . . . . .431
Registering authentication cards from the database . . . . . . .433
Deregistering an authentication card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434
Using authentication cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .435
Enabling or disabling the system card requirement . . . . . . . .435
Registering system cards from a card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . .436
Deregistering a system card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437
Tracking smart cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437
Editing smart cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438
Network connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439
Configuring blade processor links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .440
Encryption node initialization and certificate generation. . . . . . . .441
Supported encryption key manager appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442
Steps for connecting to an RKM appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
Exporting the KAC certificate signing request (CSR) . . . . . . . .443
Submitting the CSR to a certificate authority . . . . . . . . . . . . .444
Importing the signed KAC certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444
Uploading the KAC and CA certificates onto the RKM appliance444
RKM key vault high availability deployment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446
Loading the CA certificate onto the encryption group leader .446

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Steps for connecting to an LKM appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .448
Launching the NetApp DataFort Management Console . . . . .448
Establishing the trusted link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .448
Obtaining and importing the LKM certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . .449
Exporting and registering the switch KAC certificates on LKM450
LKM key vault high availability deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451
Disk keys and tape pool keys (Brocade native mode support)451
Tape LUN and DF -compatible tape pool support . . . . . . . . . .452
LKM Key Vault Deregistration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .452
Steps for connecting to an SKM appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .453
Configuring a Brocade group on SKM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .453
Registering the SKM Brocade group user name and password454
Setting up the local Certificate Authority (CA) on SKM . . . . . .455
Downloading the local CA certificate from SKM . . . . . . . . . . .457
Creating and installing the SKM server certificate . . . . . . . . .457
Enabling SSL on the Key Management System (KMS) Server458
Creating an SKM High Availability cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .459
Copying the local CA certificate for a clustered SKM appliance459
Adding SKM appliances to the cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .460
Signing the Brocade encryption node KAC certificates. . . . . .461
Importing a signed KAC certificate into a switch . . . . . . . . . . .461
SKM key vault high availability deployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .462
Steps for connecting to a TEMS appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464
Setting up TEMS network connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464
Creating a client on TEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .466
Establishing TEMS key vault credentials on the switch . . . . .467
Signing the Brocade encryption node KAC CSR on TEMS. . . .467
Importing a signed KAC certificate into a switch . . . . . . . . . . .468
Steps for connecting to a TKLM appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .469
Exporting the Fabric OS node self-signed KAC certificates. . .469
Converting the KAC certificate format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .470
Establishing a default key store and device group on TKLM .470
Adding a device to the device group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .470
Creating a self-signed certificate for TKLM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Importing the Fabric OS encryption node KAC certificates to TKLM
471
Exporting the TKLM self-signed server certificate. . . . . . . . . . 471
Importing the TKLM certificate into the group leader . . . . . . .472
Encryption preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .473
Creating a new encryption group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Configuring key vault settings for RSA Key Manager (RKM) . .477
Configuring key vault settings for NetApp Link Key Manager (LKM)
482
Configuring key vault settings for HP Secure Key Manager (SKM)487
Configuring key vault settings for Thales Key Manager (TEMS)492
Configuring key vault settings for IBM Tivoli Key Lifetime Manager
(TKLM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497
Understanding configuration status results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503
Adding a switch to an encryption group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504

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Replacing an encryption engine in an encryption group . . . . . . . .509
Creating high availability (HA) clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510
Removing engines from an HA cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .511
Swapping engines in an HA cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512
Failback option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512
Invoking failback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512
Adding encryption targets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513
Configuring hosts for encryption targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .520
Adding target disk LUNs for encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .522
Configuring Storage Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .525
Remote replication LUNs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .525
SRDF pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526
Metadata requirements and remote replication . . . . . . . . . . .527
Adding target tape LUNs for encryption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .529
Configuring encrypted tape storage in a multi-path environment .532
Tape LUN write early and read ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533
Enabling and disabling tape LUN write early and read ahead533
Tape LUN statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .535
Viewing and clearing tape container statistics . . . . . . . . . . . .535
Viewing and clearing tape LUN statistics for specific tape LUNs536
Viewing and clearing statistics for tape LUNs in a container .537
Re-balancing the encryption engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .539
Master keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .540
Active master key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .540
Alternate master key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .540
Master key actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541
Reasons master keys can be disabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541
Saving the master key to a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .541
Saving a master key to a key vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .542
Saving a master key to a smart card set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .543
Restoring a master key from a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .545
Restoring a master key from a key vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .546
Restoring a master key from a smart card set. . . . . . . . . . . . .547
Creating a new master key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .548
Viewing Master Key IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .549
Zeroizing an encryption engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .550
Using the Encryption Targets dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .552
Redirection zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .552
Disk device decommissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .554
Decommissioning LUNs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .554
Displaying and deleting decommissioned key IDs. . . . . . . . . .555
Re-keying all disk LUNs manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .557
Viewing the progress of manual re-key operations . . . . . . . . .559
Viewing time left for auto re-key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .560

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Viewing and editing switch encryption properties . . . . . . . . . . . . .561
Exporting the public key certificate signing request (CSR) from
Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .563
Importing a signed public key certificate from Properties . . .564
Enabling and disabling the encryption engine state from Properties
564
Viewing and editing group properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .565
General tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .566
Members tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567
Consequences of removing an encryption switch . . . . . . . . . .568
Security tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .569
HA Clusters tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
Link Keys tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
Tape Pools tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .572
Engine Operations tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .575
Encryption-related acronyms in log messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .577
Chapter 19 Zoning
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .579
Zoning overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .579
Types of zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .579
Online zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .580
Offline zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .580
Accessing zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581
Zoning naming conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581
Administrator zoning privileges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .582
Zone database size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .583
Zoning configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .583

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Configuring zoning for the SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .583
Creating a new zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .584
Viewing zone properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .585
Adding members to a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .586
Creating a new member in a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .587
Customizing the zone member display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .588
Enabling or disabling the default zone for fabrics. . . . . . . . . .588
Enabling or disabling safe zoning mode for fabrics. . . . . . . . .589
Creating a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .590
Editing a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .590
Removing an object from a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .591
Exporting zone aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .591
Renaming a zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .592
Creating a zone configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .592
Viewing zone configuration properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .593
Adding zones to a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .593
Activating a zone configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .594
Deactivating a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .596
Creating an offline zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .597
Refreshing a zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .598
Merging two zone databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .598
Saving a zone database to a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600
Exporting an offline zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .601
Importing an offline zone database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .601
Rolling back changes to the offline zone database . . . . . . . .601
LSAN zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .602
Configuring LSAN zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .602
Creating a new LSAN zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .603
Adding members to the LSAN zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .604
Creating a new member in an LSAN zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .605
Activating LSAN zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .606
Traffic isolation zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .606
Enhanced TI zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .607
Configuring traffic isolation zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .608
Creating a traffic isolation zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .608
Adding members to a traffic isolation zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .609
Enabling a traffic isolation zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .610
Disabling a traffic isolation zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .610
Enabling failover on a traffic isolation zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .611
Disabling failover on a traffic isolation zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . .611