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

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Chapter 17 Configuring Standard Security Features
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Creating and maintaining user-defined accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Creating and Deleting User-Defined Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Changing Account Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Maintaining Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Configuring access control list policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Configuring SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Setting SNMP Trap Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Configuring SNMP Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Managing RADIUS service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Enabling and Disabling RADIUS Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Configuring the RADIUS Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Modifying the RADIUS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Modifying the RADIUS Server Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Removing a RADIUS Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Chapter 18 Administering FICON CUP Fabrics
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
About FICON CUP fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Enabling port-based routing on the Brocade 4100, 5000, and 48000
220
Enabling or disabling FMS mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Configuring FMS parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Displaying code page information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Displaying the control device state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Configuring CUP port connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Displaying CUP Port Connectivity Configurations . . . . . . . . . .225
Creating or Editing CUP Port Connectivity Configurations. . . .226
Activating a CUP Port Connectivity Configuration . . . . . . . . . .228
Copying a CUP Port Connectivity Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Deleting a CUP Port Connectivity Configuration . . . . . . . . . . .228
Chapter 19 Limitations
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
General Web Tools limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Platform-specific limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
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About This Document
This preface contains the following sections:
•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
•Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
How this document is organized
This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible. It provides both concepts and procedures. Because this document primarily guides you
through administrative tasks in Web Tools, it is arranged in a loosely chronological order, beginning
with prerequisites to getting started and ending with troubleshooting information.
Throughout the document the terms GbE and GigE are used interchangeably to refer to 1 Gigabit
The document contains the following topics:
•Chapter 1, “Introducing Web Tools”, provides some basic information about the Web Tools
interface, including system requirements and installation instructions.
•Chapter 2, “Using the Web Tools Interface”, describes the components of the Web Tools
interface.
•Chapter 3, “Managing Fabrics and Switches”, provides information on how to manage your
fabric and switches using the Web Tools interface.
•Chapter 4, “Maintaining Configurations and Firmware”, provides information about uploading
and downloading configuration files and downloading firmware.
•Chapter 5, “Managing Your Ports”, provides information about managing FC and GbE ports.
•Chapter 6, “Administering ISL Trunking”, provides information on managing the optionally
licensed ISL Trunking feature.
•Chapter 7, “Managing Administrative Domains”, provides information on managing Admin
Domains.
•Chapter 8, “Administering Zoning”, provides information on how to use the Brocade Advanced
Zoning feature to partition your storage area network (SAN) into logical groups of devices that
can access each other.
•Chapter 9, “Monitoring Performance”, provides information on how to use the Brocade
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•Chapter 10, “Using the FC-FC Routing Service,” provides information on using the FC-FC
Routing Service to share devices between fabrics without merging those fabrics.
•Chapter 11, “Working With Diagnostic Features,” provides information about trace dumps,
viewing switch health, and interpreting the LEDs.
•Chapter 12, “Administering Fabric Watch,” provides information on how to use the Fabric
Watch feature to monitor the performance and status of switches and alert you when problems
arise.
•Chapter 13, “Administering Extended Fabrics,” provides information on how to configure a port
for long distance.
•Chapter 14, “Administering the iSCSI Target Gateway,” provides information on how to
configure and manage the iSCSI Target Gateway.
•Chapter 15, “Using the Access Gateway,” provides information on how to configure and
manage the Brocade Access Gateway.
•Chapter 16, “Routing Traffic,” provides information on how to configure routes.
•Chapter 17, “Configuring Standard Security Features,” provides information on managing user
accounts, SNMP, and RADIUS server.
•Chapter 18, “Administering FICON CUP Fabrics,” provides information on how to administer
and manage FICON CUP fabrics. You can enable FMS mode, edit and create configurations,
and edit FMS parameters.
•Chapter 19, “Limitations,” discusses limitations of and provides workarounds for using Web
Tools.
Supported hardware and software
This document supports the following platforms:
•Brocade 200E switch
•Brocade 3250 switch
•Brocade 3850 switch
•Brocade 3900 switch
•Brocade 4012
•Brocade 4016
•Brocade 4018
•Brocade 4020
•Brocade 4024
•Brocade 4100 switch
•Brocade 5000 switch
•Brocade 4900 switch
•Brocade 7500 switch
•Brocade 7600 switch
•Brocade 24000 director
•Brocade 48000 director

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In those instances in which procedures or parts of procedures documented here apply to some
switches but not to others, this guide identifies exactly which switches are supported and which are
not.
Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for 5.3.0, documenting all possible configurations and
scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.
This document does not support all Fabric OS versions. This document is specific to Fabric OS
5.3.0. To obtain information about an OS version other than 5.3.0, refer to the documentation
specific to that OS version.
What’s new in this document
The following changes have been made since this document was last released:
•Information that was added:
-New chapter, “Using the Access Gateway,” was added to described enhanced Access
Gateway support
-Text describing managing blades
-Support for Brocade 5000, 4024, 4020, 4018, 4016, and 4012
-Support for IPv6
-Support to download firmware to an AP blade
-New IP Filter support
-New iSCSI wizard for setup
-Port Administration now supports FC Fastwrite
•Information that was changed:
-All screens showing the software have been updated to reflect the new interface
-All procedures describing the interface have been updated
-Reboot/Fastboot functionality has been moved from the SA firmware download panel to
the SA Switch panel.
-Zone views are streamlined from four to two views.
•Information that was removed:
-A chapter titled “Using the FCIP Tunneling Service” was removed because this feature was
removed from Web Tools.
-Information about Quickloops and Fabric Assist zoning
For further information, refer to the release notes.

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Document conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notices formats.
TEXT FORMATTING
The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used in this document are as follows:
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text Provides emphasis
Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles
code text Identifies CLI output
Identifies syntax examples
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed
lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all
lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case
sensitive.
NOTES, CAUTIONS, AND WARNINGS
The following notices appear in this document.
KEY TERMS
For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary.
For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online
dictionary at:
http://www.snia.org/education/dictionary
NOTE
A note provides a tip, emphasizes important information, or provides a reference to related information.
CAUTION
A caution alerts you to potential damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.
WARNING
A warning alerts you to potential danger to personnel.

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Additional information
This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find
helpful.
BROCADE RESOURCES
The following related documentation is provided on the Brocade Documentation CD-ROM and on
the Brocade Web site, through Brocade Connect.
Fabric OS
•Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
•Fabric OS Command Reference
•Fabric OS MIB Reference
•Fabric OS Message Reference
•Brocade Glossary
XPath OS
•XPath OS Administrator’s Guide
•XPath OS Command Reference
•XPath OS MIB Reference
•XPath OS System Error Message Reference
•Web Tools—AP Edition Administrator’s Guide
Fabric OS Optional Features
•EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide
•Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide
•Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide
•Secure Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
Brocade 48000
•Brocade 48000 Hardware Reference Manual
•Brocade 48000 QuickStart Guide
•FR4-18i Hardware Reference Manual
•FC4-48 Hardware Reference Manual
NOTE
Go to http://www.brocade.com and click Brocade Connect to register at no cost for a user ID and
password.

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Brocade 24000
•Brocade 24000 Hardware Reference Manual
•Brocade 24000 QuickStart Guide
Brocade 24000/48000
•Port Blade and Filler Panel Replacement Procedure
•Control Processor Blade Replacement Procedure
•Blower Assembly Replacement Procedure
•Cable Management Tray and Guide Replacement Procedure
•Chassis Door Replacement Procedure
•WWN Bezel and Card Replacement Procedure
•Power Supply and Filler Panel Replacement Procedure
•14U Rack Mount Kit Installation Procedure
•Mid-Mount Rack Kit Installation Procedure
Brocade 7500
•Brocade 7500 Hardware Reference Manual
•Brocade 7500 QuickStart Guide
•Brocade 7500 Fan Assembly Replacement Procedure
•Brocade Mid Sized Power Supply Replacement Procedure
Brocade 5000
•Brocade 5000 Hardware Reference Manual
•Fixed Rack Mount Kit Installation Procedure
•Brocade 5000 Mounting Ears Installation Procedure
•Brocade 5000 Power Supply and Fan Assembly Replacement Procedure
•Brocade 5000 QuickStart Guide
•Slide Rack Mount Kit Installation Procedure
Brocade 4900
•Brocade 4900 Hardware Reference Manual
•Brocade 4900 QuickStart Guide
•Brocade 4900 Fan Assembly Replacement Procedure
•Brocade Mid Sized Power Supply Replacement Procedure
Brocade 4100
•Brocade 4100 Hardware Reference Manual
•Brocade 4100 QuickStart Guide
Brocade 4020
•Brocade 4020 Hardware Reference Manual
•Brocade 4020 QuickStart Guide

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Brocade 4016
•Brocade 4016 Hardware Reference Manual
•Brocade 4016 QuickStart Guide
Brocade 3900
•Brocade 3900 Hardware Reference Manual (for v4.x software)
•Brocade 3900 QuickStart Guide (for v4.x software)
•Brocade 3900 Fan Assembly Replacement Procedure
•Brocade 3900 Motherboard Assembly Replacement Procedure
•Brocade 3900 Power Supply Replacement Procedure
Brocade 3250/3850
•Brocade 3250/3850 Hardware Reference Manual (for v4.x software)
•Brocade 3250/3850 QuickStart Guide (for v4.x software)
Brocade 200E
•Brocade 200E Hardware Reference Manual (for v5.x software)
Brocade Multiprotocol Router Model AP7420
•Brocade Multiprotocol Router Model AP7420 Hardware Reference Manual
•Brocade Multiprotocol Router Model AP7420 QuickStart Guide
•Brocade Multiprotocol Router Model AP7420 Power Supply Replacement Procedure
•Brocade Multiprotocol Router Model AP7420 Fan Assembly Replacement Procedure
For practical discussions about SAN design, implementation, and maintenance, you can obtain
Building SANs with Brocade Fabric Switches through:
http://www.amazon.com
For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade SAN Info Center and click the Resource
Library location:
http://www.brocade.com
Release notes are available on the Brocade Connect Web site and are also bundled with the Fabric
OS firmware.
OPTIONAL BROCADE FEATURES
Optional Brocade features include:
Advanced Performance Monitoring
Enables more effective end-to-end SAN performance analysis to enhance
performance tuning, increase productivity, optimize resource utilization, and
reduce costs.
Extended Fabrics Supports the reliable, high-speed connectivity of Brocade switches over dark
fiber or Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) equipment at distances up
to 500 kilometers to enhance business continuance operations.
Fabric Watch Continuously monitors SAN fabrics for potential faults based on thresholds
set for a variety of SAN fabric elements and events—automatically alerting
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ISL Trunking Optimizes the performance and availability of SAN fabrics while simplifying
ISL management. Two 4 Gbit/sec Brocade switches can automatically group
up to eight ISLs into a single logical trunk with a total throughput of up to
32 Gbit/sec.
Advanced Zoning Automatically groups SAN fabric-connected devices into logical zones that
restrict access to member devices in the zone. Advanced Zoning uses
hardware enforcement at both the port and WWN level to provide more
robust data protection.
Secure Fabric OS Provides a comprehensive security solution to help protect mission-critical
data. Key features include centralized policy-based security management,
management data encryption, and authentication to create a fabric-wide
trusted environment with control over all levels of fabric access and
communication.
FICON®CUP Enables IBM host-based management programs to manage FICON fabric
switches in-band by sending commands to the Fabric OS emulated control
device.
OTHER INDUSTRY RESOURCES
For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 Web site. This Web site
provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre
Channel, storage management, and other applications:
http://www.t11.org
For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association Web
site:
http://www.fibrechannel.org
Getting technical help
Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including
product repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information available:
1. General Information
-Technical Support contract number, if applicable
-Switch model
-Switch operating system version
-Error numbers and messages received
-supportSave command output
-Detailed description of the problem and specific questions
-Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and results
-Serial console and telnet session logs
-syslog message logs