Brocade Communications Systems A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Service manual

Publication Number: 53-1000435-01
15 June 2007
Web Tools
Administrator’s Guide
Supporting Fabric OS v5.3.0

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Document History
The following table lists all versions of the Web Tools Administrator’s Guide.
Document Title Publication
Number Summary of Changes Publication Date
Web Tools User’s Guide v2.0 53-0001536-01 N/A September 1999
Web Tools User’s Guide v2.2 53-0001558-02 N/A May 2000
Web Tools User’s Guide v2.3 53-0000067-02 N/A December 2000
Web Tools User’s Guide v3.0 53-0000130-03 N/A July 2001
Web Tools User’s Guide v2.6 53-0000197-02 N/A December 2001
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide
v3.0 / v4.0
53-0000185-02 N/A March 2002
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v4.0.2
53-0000185-03 N/A September 2002
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v3.1.0
53-0000503-02 N/A April 2003
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v4.1.0
53-0000522-02 N/A April 2003
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v4.1.2
53-0000522-04 Insistent Domain ID Mode.
Port Swapping information. Minor
editorial changes
October 2003
Advanced Web Tools
Administrator’s Guide,
v4.2.0
53-0000522-05 Updates to support new switch
types: Brocade 3250, 3850,
24000. Structural changes,
Support changes, Installation
changes.
December 2003
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide
53-0000522-06 Clarifications on software and
hardware support, minor
enhancements in procedure text,
minor rearranging of content.
March 2004
Advanced Web Tools
Administrator’s Guide
53-0000522-07 Updates to support new switch
types (3016, 4100) and Fabric OS
v4.4.0, including Ports on
Demand, user administration,
and zoning wizards.
September 2004
Web Tools Administrator’s
Guide
53-0000522-08 Updates to support new switch
types (200E, 48000) and Fabric
OS v5.0.1, including switchAdmin
role, upfront login, and Web Tools
EZ.
April 2005
Web Tools Administrator’s
Guide
53-0000522-09 Updates to add additional
information about refresh and
polling rates.
July 2005

Web Tools Administrator’s
Guide
53-1000049-01 Updates to support new switch
types (4900, 7500) and Fabric
OS v5.1.0, including FCR, FCIP,
and the FR4-18i port blade. Web
Tools EZ information is moved to
a separate book.
January 2006
Web Tools Administrator’s
Guide
53-1000049-02 Updates to the FCIP chapter to
clarify how to configure tunnels.
April 2006
Web Tools Administrator’s
Guide
53-1000194-01 Updates for Fabric OS v5.2.0 and
the FC4-16IP blade. Also new
security for Web Tools, including
Role-Based Access Control and
administrative domains.
September 2006
Web Tools Administrator’s
Guide
53-1000194-01 Updates to reflect interface
enhancements, support for new
switch types, IPv6 support, and
other enhancements.
June 2007
Document Title Publication
Number Summary of Changes Publication Date

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Contents
About This Document
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Brocade resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Optional Brocade features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii
Chapter 1 Introducing Web Tools
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Requirements, installation, and support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Installing a Web Tools license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Value line licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Launching Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Admin domains and login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Admin Domains and switch WWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Admin domains and zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Role-Based access control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Session management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Logging In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Logging out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Requirements for IPv6 support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 2 Using the Web Tools Interface
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Viewing Switch Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Fabric Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Admin Domain Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Switch View buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Switch View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Switch Events and Switch Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Displaying tool tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

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Refresh rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Displaying switches in the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using Web Tools and secure mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Web Tools Access and HTTP_POLICY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Opening modules in a secure fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Primary-FCS-only functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Disabled functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Working with Web Tools: recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Chapter 3 Managing Fabrics and Switches
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Managing fabrics and switches using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Opening the Switch Administration window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Refreshing the Switch Administration window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Opening the telnet window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Configuring IP and netmask information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Configuring a syslog IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Filtering IP Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Managing blades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Enable or disable a blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Configuring a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Enabling and disabling a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing the Switch Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing the Switch Domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Viewing and printing a switch report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Rebooting the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Performing a fast boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Performing a reboot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Changing system configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Configuring fabric parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Enabling insistent domain ID mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Configuring virtual channel settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Configuring arbitrated loop parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Configuring system services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Managing licensed features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Activating a license on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Removing a license from a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Administering High Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Launching the High Availability Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Synchronizing Services on the CP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Initiating a CP Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Monitoring events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Displaying Fabric Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Displaying Switch Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Filtering Fabric and Switch Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Displaying a fabric summary report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Displaying the Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Physically locating a switch using beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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Chapter 4 Maintaining Configurations and Firmware
Maintaining configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Backing Up a configuration file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Restoring a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Performing a firmware download. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Chapter 5 Managing Your Ports
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Viewing and managing ports using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Port Administration window components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Identifying controllable ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Configuring ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Configuring FC ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Configuring FCIP ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Configuring GbE ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Assigning a name to a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Enabling and disabling a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Persistent enabling and disabling ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Enabling and disabling NPIV ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Activating ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Swapping port index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Chapter 6 Administering ISL Trunking
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
About Interswitch Link Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Displaying trunk group information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Disabling or reenabling trunking mode on a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Chapter 7 Managing Administrative Domains
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
About administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Requirements for admin domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
User-defined admin domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
System-defined admin domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Admin domain membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Implementing administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Using the Admin Domain window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Opening the Admin Domain window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Refreshing fabric information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Refreshing admin domain information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Saving local admin domain changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Closing the Admin Domain window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Creating and populating domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Managing administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Adding and removing members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Renaming admin domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Deleting admin domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

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Chapter 8 Administering Zoning
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Introducing zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Zoning and admin domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Configuring zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Opening the Zone Administration window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Setting the default zoning mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Managing zoning with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Refreshing fabric iNFOrmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Refreshing Zone Administration window Information . . . . . . . .99
Saving local zoning changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Closing the Zone Administration window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Zoning views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Managing zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Creating and populating zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Adding and removing members of a zone alias. . . . . . . . . . . .103
Renaming zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Deleting zone aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Managing zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Creating and populating zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Adding and removing members of a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Renaming zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Copying zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Deleting zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Managing zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Creating zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Adding or removing zone configuration members. . . . . . . . . .108
Renaming zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Copying zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Deleting zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Enabling zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Disabling zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Displaying enabled zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Displaying zone configuration summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Creating configuration analysis reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Displaying zones Initiator/Target accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Managing the zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Adding a WWN to multiple aliases and zones . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Removing a WWN from multiple aliases and zones . . . . . . . .115
Replacing a WWN in Multiple Aliases and Zones . . . . . . . . . .115
Searching for zone members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Clearing the Zoning Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Using Zoning Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Best practices for zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Chapter 9 Monitoring Performance
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Monitoring performance using Web Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Predefined performance graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
User-defined graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Canvas configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

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Opening the Performance Monitoring window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Creating basic performance monitor graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Customizing basic monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Creating advanced performance monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . .129
Creating SID-DID Performance Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Creating an SCSI vs. IP Traffic Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Creating SCSI Command Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Creating AL_PA Error Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Managing performance graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Saving graphs to a canvas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Adding graphs to a canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Printing graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Modifying graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Chapter 10 Using the FC-FC Routing Service
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Supported switches for fibre channel routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
About fibre channel routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
McData interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Setting up FC-FC routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Managing FC-FC routing with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Launching the FC Routing module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Viewing and managing LSAN fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Viewing and configuring EX_Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Viewing and configuring FCR router port cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Viewing and configuring LSAN zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Viewing LSAN Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Configuring the backbone fabric ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Chapter 11 Working With Diagnostic Features
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Managing trace dumps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
How a trace dump Is used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Setting up automatic trace dump transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Disabling automatic trace uploads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Displaying switch information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Displaying detailed fan hardware status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Displaying the temperature status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Displaying the power supply status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Checking the physical health of a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Interpreting port LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Port icon colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
LED representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Brocade 48000 Director LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Chapter 12 Administering Fabric Watch
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Introduction to Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Using Fabric Watch with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

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Configuring Fabric Watch thresholds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Configuring threshold traits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Configuring threshold alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Enabling or disabling threshold alarms for individual elements161
Configuring alarms for FRUs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Displaying Fabric Watch alarm information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Displaying an alarm configuration Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Displaying alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Configuring email notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Configuring the email server on a switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Configuring the email alert recipient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Chapter 13 Administering Extended Fabrics
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
About extended link buffer allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Configuring a port for long distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Chapter 14 Administering the iSCSI Target Gateway
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Supported platforms for iSCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
About the iSCSI service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Common Functions in the iSCSI Target Gateway Admin module172
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Saving Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Launching the iSCSI Target Gateway Admin Module . . . . . . . .175
Activating the iSCSI Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Configuring the IP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Managing the iSCSI Virtual Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Viewing iSCSI Initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Managing Discovery Domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182
Configuring CHAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Configuring an iSCSI Fibre Channel Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Managing and Troubleshooting Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Chapter 15 Using the Access Gateway
Enabling Access Gateway mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Displaying the port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Configuring port maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Enabling failover and failback policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Converting ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Chapter 16 Routing Traffic
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
About routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Displaying FSPF routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
Enabling and disabling dynamic load sharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Specifying frame order delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Configuring link cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200