Brocade Communications Systems WFT-2D User manual

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Brocade Network Advisor
SAN User Manual
Supporting Network Advisor 12.3.0

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Contents
About This Document
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xliii
Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xlv
What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xlviii
Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xlix
Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xlix
Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xlix
Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .l
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l
Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .l
Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . li
Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . li
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lii
Chapter 1 Getting Started
User interface components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Management server and client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Launching a remote client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Clearing previous versions of the remote client . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Logging into the web client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Launching the Configuration Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Viewing active sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Disconnecting users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Viewing server properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Viewing port status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Server and client ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Accessibility features for the Management application . . . . . . . . . . 17
Keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Look and feel customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Product improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Enabling product improvement data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Disabling product improvement data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
PostgreSQL database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting to the database using pgAdmin III . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting to the database using the ODBC
client (Windows systems) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Connecting to the database using the ODBC
client (Linux systems) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Changing the database user password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Supported open source software products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
SAN feature-to-firmware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 2 Patches
Installing a patch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Uninstalling a patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Chapter 3 Discovery
SAN discovery overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
FCS policy and seed switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Backbone Chassis discovery requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Discovering fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Editing the password for multiple devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Configuring SNMP credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Reverting to a default SNMP community string. . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Rediscovering a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Removing a fabric from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Rediscovering a previously discovered fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Deleting a fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Viewing the fabric discovery state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Troubleshooting fabric discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Managed count exceeded troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Virtual Fabric discovery troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
SAN Fabric monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Stop monitoring of discovered fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Stop monitoring of discovered switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Resume monitoring of discovered fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Resume monitoring of discovered switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
SAN Seed switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Seed switch requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Seed switch failover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Changing the seed switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Host discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
CIM and WMI host discovery requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Discovering Hosts by network address or host name . . . . . . . 56
Importing Hosts from a CSV file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Importing Hosts from a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Importing Hosts from a VM Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Editing host adapter credentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Removing a host from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Rediscovering a host to active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rediscovering a previously discovered host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Deleting a host from discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Viewing the host discovery state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

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Troubleshooting host discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
VM Manager discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
VM Manager discovery requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Discovering a VM manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Editing a VM manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Excluding a host from VM manager discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Including a host in VM manager discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Removing a VM manager from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Rediscovering a previously discovered VM manager . . . . . . . . 71
Deleting a VM manager from discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Viewing the VM manager discovery state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Troubleshooting VM manager discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Chapter 4 Application Configuration
Configurable preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Server Data backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
What is backed up? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Management server backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Configuring backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Enabling backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Disabling backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Viewing the backup status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Changing the backup interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Starting immediate backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Reviewing backup events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Server Data restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Restoring data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Restoring data to a new server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
SAN data collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Product communication protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
SAN display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Setting your FICON display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Resetting your display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Importing OUI and editing product type mapping . . . . . . . . . . .86
SAN End node display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Displaying end nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
SAN Ethernet loss events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Enabling SAN Ethernet loss events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Disabling SAN Ethernet loss events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Event storage settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Configuring event storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Storing historical events purged from repository. . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Flyover settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Configuring flyovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Turning flyovers on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Viewing flyovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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Name settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Setting names to be unique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Setting names to be non-unique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Fixing duplicate names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Viewing names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Adding a name to an existing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Adding a name to a new device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Applying a name to a detached WWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Removing a name from a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Editing names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Exporting names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Importing Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Searching for a device by name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Searching for a device by WWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Miscellaneous security settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Configuring the server name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Enforcing MD5 file during import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Configuring login security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Configuring the login banner display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Disabling the login banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Syslog Registration settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Registering a server as a Syslog recipient automatically . . . .105
Configuring the Syslog listing port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
SNMP Trap Registration settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Registering a server as a SNMP trap
recipient automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Configuring the SNMP trap listing port number . . . . . . . . . . .106
SNMP Trap forwarding credential settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Configuring SNMP v1 and v2c credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Configuring SNMP v3 credentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Software Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Client export port settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Client/Server IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Memory allocation settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Product communication settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
FTP/SCP/SFTP server settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Server port settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Support mode settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
FIPS Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Fabric tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Enabling fabric tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Disabling fabric tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Accepting changes for a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Accepting changes for all fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Accepting changes for a switch, access gateway,
or phantom domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

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Chapter 5 User Account Management
Users overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Configuration requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Viewing configured users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
User accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Creating a new user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Editing a user account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Copying a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Copying and pasting user preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Exporting a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Importing a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Assigning roles and areas of responsibility to
a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Removing roles and areas of responsibility from
a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Disabling a user account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Enabling a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Deleting a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Unlocking a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Creating a new role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Editing a role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Copying a role. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Deleting a role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Adding privileges to a role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Removing privileges from a role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Areas of responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Creating an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Editing an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Copying an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Deleting an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Assigning products to an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Removing products from an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Password policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Configuring a password policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Viewing password policy violators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
User profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Viewing your user profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Editing your user profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Changing your password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Viewing your password policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Resetting optional messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Configuring e-mail notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

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Web client overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Dashboard expand navigation bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Dashboard toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
General dashboard functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Accessing a dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Dashboard customization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Setting the time interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Configuring the dashboard display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Default dashboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Status widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite widgets. . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Performance monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Inventory expand navigation bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Fabric summary view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Product summary view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Port summary view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Table functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
Reports expand navigation bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Reports toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Generating a report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Generated reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
Report schedules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
Report templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Default reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Chapter 7 Dashboard Management
Dashboard overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
Dashboard toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
Dashboard messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Dashboards expand navigation bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
General dashboard functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Dashboard Privileges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Accessing a dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
Filtering the dashboards list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
Creating a user-defined dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Editing a user-defined dashboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Deleting a user-defined dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Sharing a user-defined dashboard definition . . . . . . . . . . . . .270
Unsharing a user-defined dashboard definition . . . . . . . . . . .270
Exporting a user-defined dashboard definition . . . . . . . . . . . .270
Importing a user-defined dashboard definition . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Setting the dashboard display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Customizing the dashboard widgets and monitors . . . . . . . . . 271