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Fabric Manager
Administrator’s Guide
Supporting Fabric Manager 5.5.0
Supporting Fabric OS 6.1.0

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Title Publication number Summary of changes Date
Brocade Fabric Manager User’s
Guide, v3.0
53-0000204-01 N/A October 2001
Brocade Fabric Manager User’s
Guide, v4.0
53-0000823-02 N/A April 2003
Brocade Fabric Manager User’s
Guide, v4.1.0
53-0000823-04 N/A September
2003
Brocade Fabric Manager User’s
Guide, v4.1.1
53-0000823-05 Editorial & structural changes, aligned
information with online help information,
updated Call Home feature information,
updated link icons, additional troubleshooting
information.
December
2003
Fabric Manager User’s Guide 53-0000823-06 Updated to include switch specific information. March 2004

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Fabric Manager User’s Guide 53-0000823-07 Editorial & structural changes, included new
feature support since Fabric Manager 4.1.1,
updated graphics, updated troubleshooting
information.
May 2004
Fabric Manager User’s Guide 53-0000823-08 Editorial & structural changes, device node
and device port name support, and minor
adjustment for database change.
July 2004
Fabric Manager User’s Guide 53-0000823-09 Editorial & structural changes, added support
for SilkWorm 4100, 4 Gbps support, and end-
to-end performance monitoring; also revised
installation, firmware download, fabric merge,
admin password on multiple switches, and
enable security sections.
October 2004
Fabric Manager Administrator’s
Guide
53-0000823-10 Editorial & structural changes, including new
feature support; also revised installation and
overview sections and book title.
April 2005
Fabric Manager Administrator’s
Guide
53-1000042-01 Added support for SilkWorm 4900, 7500, and
FR4-18i port blade; added support for Fabric
OS v5.1.0 features, such as FCIP Tunneling
and FC-FC Routing Service.
February 2006
Fabric Manager Administrator’s
Guide
53-1000196-01 Added support for FR4-16IP port blade; added
support for Fabric OS v5.2.0 features, such as
Admin Domains and iSCSI; added offline
zoning. Revised Fabric Manager client
information throughout.
October 2006
Fabric Manager Administrator’s
Guide
53-1000443-01 Rebranded; added new features for 5.3.0
release such as Access Gateway visibility,
MetaSAN View, FCIP tunneling; improved
scalability, updated screens.
March 2007
Fabric Manager Administrator’s
Guide
53-1000610-01, Added information for newly supported
features in v5.4 features such as ICL support,
IPv6 support, VLAN Tag support, FICON
Emulation parameters support, and updated
screens.
October 2007
Fabric Manager Administrator’s
Guide
53-1000610-02, Added information for newly supported
features in v5.5 such as user-configurable IOD
Delay.
March 2008
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Contents
About This Document
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxii
Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxii
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxv
Chapter 1 Fabric Manager Introduction
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Overview of Fabric Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Browser and platform requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Configuring Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Fabric and switch access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Administrative Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Role-Based Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2 Installation
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Planning for the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installation and troubleshooting information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fabric Manager Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
License keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Evaluation version upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Fabric Manager server installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installing Fabric Manager server on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Solaris installation of Fabric Manager server . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Linux installation of Fabric Manager server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
How to copy an installation from server to server . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Copying a Fabric Manager server installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Upgrading the Fabric Manager server installation on Host2 . .30

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Fabric Manager server uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Uninstalling the Fabric Manager server from Windows. . . . . . . 31
Uninstalling the Fabric Manager server from Solaris . . . . . . . .32
Uninstalling the Fabric Manager server from Linux. . . . . . . . . .32
Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Client
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Fabric Manager Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Launching Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Notes on logging in to a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Fabric Manager client uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Uninstalling the Fabric Manager client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fabric Manager layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Scope panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
View panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Task panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Information panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Refreshing the window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Selecting elements and accessing modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fabric Manager Customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Displaying fabrics by IP address, domain ID, WWN, and name 50
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Table element filtering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Table tool tip customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Resizing panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Default values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
SSH configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Event Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Configuring event options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Chapter 4 Discovering and Customizing Fabrics
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Fabric Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
About FCS Policy and seed switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Single fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Multiple fabric discovery (subnet scan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Simultaneous login to multiple switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Logging in to multiple switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fabric monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Monitoring already discovered fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Seed switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Changing the seed switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Fabric removal from Fabric Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Deleting a fabric from Fabric Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

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Fabric component renaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Device name import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Work with switch groups and port groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
The groups view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Switch group creation and population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Editing a switch group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Port group creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Editing a port group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Deleting a switch or port group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Chapter 5 Fabric Topologies
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
The View panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
View panel toolbar items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Tool tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Item selection in the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Layout changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
View preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Topology views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Displaying monitored fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Displaying backbone and edge fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Displaying switch interconnectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Displaying attached devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Displaying zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Link information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Chapter 6 Name Server Information
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Displaying Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Chapter 7 Alert and Event Monitoring
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Alert monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Viewing all alerts for all monitored fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Viewing alerts for switch groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Alert identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Alert filtering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Alert acknowledgment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Alert resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Alert removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Alert display options configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

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Fabric event monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Fabric event viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Fabric event filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Viewing event details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Notification parameter configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Configuring notification parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Chapter 8 Performance Monitoring
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Overview of performance monitoring in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . .109
Performance monitoring components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Port statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
End-to-end monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Granularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Port data collection and alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Enabling port data collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Setting different thresholds for the selected fabric. . . . . . . . .114
End-to-end monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Enabling end-to-end performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Disabling performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Disabling port data performance monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Custom reports and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Creating custom Performance Monitor reports . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Creating a real time Performance Monitor graph . . . . . . . . . .121
Report templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Saving Performance Monitor reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Printing Performance Monitor reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Report export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Display of saved reports and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Deleting reports and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
End-to-End Monitoring graph changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
End-to-End Monitor reports in external applications. . . . . . . .128
Chapter 9 Change Management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Overview of change management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Change management profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Creating a change management profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Cloning a change management profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Editing a change management profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Deleting a change management profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

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Snapshots and change reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Displaying a change report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Creating snapshots on demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Comparing snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Exporting snapshot and change reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Displaying change reports in external applications. . . . . . . . .140
Exporting switch configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Printing snapshot and change reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Changing the baseline snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Chapter 10 Call Home Support
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
About call home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Call home e-mail messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Call home external script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Call home modem support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Call home configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Setting up a call home configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Editing an existing call home configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Enabling or disabling call home globally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Call home monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Monitoring call home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Chapter 11 Switch Configuration and Management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
View switch information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
View port information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
Launching the FC Port Connectivity View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Viewing details about the port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Synchronize date and time across a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Synchronizing the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Open a Telnet session for a nonsecure switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Enable and disable switches and ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Enabling or disabling elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
SNMP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Port swapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Administer ISL trunking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Administer license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
License key export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Import and restore license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Remove license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Configuration management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Switch configuration backup and restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Scheduling a backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

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Work with the configuration repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Viewing a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Deleting a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Exporting a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Importing a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Restoring a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Keeping a copy past the defined age limit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Replicating configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Replicating a switch SNMP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Replicating a switch Fabric Watch configuration. . . . . . . . . . .170
Replicating an entire switch configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Switch configuration files backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Saving the switch configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Physical health of a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Switch replacement in the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Replacing a switch in the fabric (non-seed switch) . . . . . . . . . 174
Replacing a seed switch in the fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Asset polling configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Configuring asset polling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Domain ID configuration on a phantom switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Configuring the domain ID on a phantom switch . . . . . . . . . . 176
Chapter 12 Manage Access Gateway-moded Switches
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Introduction to Access Gateway Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Supported Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Access Gateway-moded switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Discovering an Access Gateway switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Viewing Access Gateway moded switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Backing up Access Gateway-moded switches . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Performing a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Chapter 13 Configure Standard Security Features
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
A note about security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Password management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Enabling and disabling switch passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Changing admin password on multiple switches . . . . . . . . . .184
Secure communication over HTTPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Truststore management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Administrative Domain management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Requirements for Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Launching the Admin Domain module from Fabric Manager .187

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Access Control List management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Managing ACL policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Propagation of RADIUS configuration across switches . . . . . . . . .189
Replicating RADIUS configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
Chapter 14 Manage the iSCSI Target Gateway
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
About the iSCSI Target Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Work with iSCSI information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
iSCSI summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
iSCSI ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
iSCSI initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
iSCSI targets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Virtual initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
iSCSI FC targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
iSCSI sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Set up iSCSI Target Gateway services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Configuring the iSCSI Target Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
Chapter 15 Firmware Management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Determine the availability of firmware-specific features . . . . . . . .199
Built-in FTP server and firmware repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Viewing the firmware repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Firmware import and removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Fabric profile definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
SAN firmware versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
File transfer options configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Configuring file transfer options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Firmware download for multiple switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Firmware download with firmware repository support . . . . . .209
Firmware download using an external FTP server . . . . . . . . . .210
Firmware download to HBAs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Downloading firmware to one or more HBAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Prepare for firmware download to XPath OS switches . . . . . . . . . .215
Configuring a user account for external purposes in the
built-in FTP server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Firmware access when changing the FTP server . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Moving the firmware files to the new FTP server. . . . . . . . . . .215
FDMI device information collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Switch reboot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Creating a reboot group with multiple switches . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Creating single-switch reboot groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Assigning switches to an existing reboot group. . . . . . . . . . . .219
Performing a sequenced reboot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

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Chapter 16 Zone Management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Introduction to zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Offline zone management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Use cases for offline zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Requirements for offline zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Offline zone editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Zone management with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
Launching the Web Tools Zone Administration module . . . . .236
Chapter 17 Fabric Watch
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
Work with Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
Launching Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
Fabric Watch activities in Web Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
Chapter 18 Secure Fabric Management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Create a secure fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Launching the Secure Fabric wizard to create a secure
fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
Security policy settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
Using the Policy Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
FCS policy options configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
SCC policy options configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Telnet, RSNMP, WSNMP, HTTP, and API policy options
configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
DCC policy options configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
SES and MS policy options configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Serial and Front Panel policy options configuration . . . . . . . .254
Admin security password change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
No-Node WWN Zoning Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Add a switch to a secure fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Adding a switch to a secure fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Secure fabric merge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
Merging secure fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
Telnet on a secure fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260
Opening a Telnet session for a secure fabric (Windows or
Solaris) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260
Chapter 19 FICON and CUP
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
Introduction to FICON and CUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261

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Identification of switches with FMS mode enabled . . . . . . . . . . . .262
Identifying switches with FMS mode enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . .262
Current port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262
Editing the current port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . .263
Stored port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
Editing a stored port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . .265
Port zone conflicts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Identifying port zone conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Insistent Domain ID mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Identifying switches that have Insistent Domain ID (IDID)
enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Configuring IDID mode on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Ports that completed the RNID exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
Identifying ports that have completed the RNID exchange. . .268
Link incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Monitoring link and implicit link incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Cascaded FICON setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Cascaded FICON configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Fabric merge for cascaded FICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
Chapter 20 FC-FC Routing Service Management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
Requirements for Fibre Channel routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
About Fibre Channel routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Setting Up FC-FC routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Connect edge fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
Connecting edge fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
Fabric device sharing diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
Diagnosing fabric device sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
Device sharing between fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280
Sharing devices between fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280
Logical SANs and imported/exported devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
Displaying the LSAN Zone Information and modify LSANs . . .282
Displaying virtual devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283
FC Router information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283
Displaying the FCR Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284
Translate domains and virtual device status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285
FC-FC routing and secure fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285
FC-FC routing and AD-enabled fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
Chapter 21 FCIP Tunneling Service
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287
About FCIP Tunneling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

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Work with FCIP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
Viewing all FCIP Tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
FCIP tunnel configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
Configuring an FCIP tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
FCIP tunnel management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298
Viewing FCIP tunnel Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298
Modifying FCIP tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
Disabling FCIP tunnels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
Re-enabling disabled FCIP tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
Deleting FCIP tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
Chapter 22 SYSLOG Fault Management Configuration
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
About Fault Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
SYSLOG destination registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
Setting the SYSLOG server destination manually . . . . . . . . . .304
De-registering the SYSLOG destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
SYSLOG registration policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
Configuring the SYSLOG registration policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
Removing the autoselect SYSLOG registration policy . . . . . . .305
Viewing the SYSLOG status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Chapter 23 Third-Party and Foreign Device Management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Third-party management applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Adding applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Adding an application to multiple fabrics or nodes . . . . . . . . .310
Editing third-party management applications . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Launching third-party management applications . . . . . . . . . .310
Foreign fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Importing foreign fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Chapter 24 Fabric Manager Reports
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Switch health report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Displaying the switch health report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Fabric summary report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
Displaying the fabric summary report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
Physical inventory report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
Displaying the physical inventory report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320
Chapter 25 Data Storage and Backup
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
Data persistence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

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Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
Performing backups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
Chapter 26 Server Management Console
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
Introduction to the Server Management Console. . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
Launching the SMC on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
Launching the SMC on Linux and Solaris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
Fabric Manager services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
Monitoring and managing Fabric Manager services . . . . . . . .327
Authentication information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
Changing authentication information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328
Database backup and restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Backing up the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Restoring the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330
Technical support information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330
Capturing supportShow information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330
Login banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331
Creating or editing the login banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332
Secure communication settings (HTTP or HTTPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . .332
Changing the connection settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
Web Server port numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
Changing the Web Server port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
SYSLOG listening port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
Changing the SYSLOG listening port number. . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
Chapter 27 Fabric Troubleshooting Tools
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
General device diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
Using the device diagnostic wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
Fabric merge check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
Performing a fabric merge check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339
Merge failure resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
Between non-secure fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
Between secure and nonsecure fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342
Event message severity level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
Configuring the severity level of logged event messages . . . .343
Trace route. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
Capturing trace route information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344
Appendix A Troubleshooting
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

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Fabric Manager support information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
Capturing Fabric Manager support information . . . . . . . . . . .348
Client issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
Checking for authentication issues (unable to log in). . . . . . .349
Client access to switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Client CPU usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Capturing/reporting client issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Client log overwritten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Client/server interaction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Checking for no client/server interaction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
Installing a compatible client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
Determining whether the problem is on the client or the
server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
Firmware download failure with downgraded OS version . . . .352
Server issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
Checking switch access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
Checking server CPU usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
Checking statistics collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
Capturing/reporting server-side issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
Checking server IP interface configuration in a multihome
server environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
Fabric discovery problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .354
supportShow and supportSave output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355
Capturing the supportShow and supportSave command
output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356
Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356
Nodes swapped with another switch node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
Lettering in legend unreadable when printed . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
Links do not reconfigure after disruptive failover . . . . . . . . . .357
Nodes Overlap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357

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Additional problem areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
Fabric Manager license key and serial number. . . . . . . . . . . .358
Switches and hosts do not recognize HBA after firmware
download to HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
503 Service Unavailable/Overloaded error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
Installation wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
Services not starting after upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
Uninstallation of an upgraded Fabric Manager installation
hangs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
Fabric Manager client does not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
Web Tools pages do not launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
Wizard hangs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
Performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
Fabric Manager database file is too large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
Sequenced reboot does not show correct status . . . . . . . . . .361
Stopping Fabric Manager server on Solaris and Linux . . . . . .361
Changing printers in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
Changing the time in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
ODBC driver installer error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
fmsupportshow output file is empty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
Failed to connect to database error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
Fabric Manager server restarts when IP interface is changed363
Appendix B CIM Representations of Fabric Elements
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
About CIM and the CIM tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
SAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366
Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366
Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366
Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367
Switch port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368
Device port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370
Zone_config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370
Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370
Zone membership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Appendix C Licenses for Third-Party Products
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
Third-party products included in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
ABA License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Apache License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
AXL License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378
Jason Hunter & Brett McLaughlin License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379

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LGPL License 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380
LGPL License 2.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385
MIT License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393
ONC RPC License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393
Open SSL License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394
Open Symphony License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
Public Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398
RXTX License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398
Reusable Objects/NetComponents License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399
Sun Java License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400
Sun Binary Code License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403
Wolf Paulus License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406
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About This Document
In this chapter
•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii
•Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv
How this document is organized
The Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide is written to help you, the storage area network (SAN)
administrator, to monitor, configure, and manage your SAN. This document is specific to Fabric
Manager version 5.5.0 and all switches running Brocade Fabric OS version 6.1.0. For a detailed list
of the firmware and hardware versions that are supported with specific versions of Fabric Manager,
refer to the Fabric Manager release notes.
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.
The document contains the following components:
•Chapter 1, “Fabric Manager Introduction” provides an overview of Fabric Manager and lists the
supported operating systems.
•Chapter 2, “Installation” provides information and instructions on installing the Fabric Manager
server on supported operating systems.
•Chapter 3, “Fabric Manager Client” introduces you to the graphical user interface.
•Chapter 4, “Discovering and Customizing Fabrics” includes common tasks that fabric
administrators perform.
•Chapter 5, “Fabric Topologies” describes Fabric Manager’s Topology View.
•Chapter 6, “Name Server Information” includes information in the Name Server table.
•Chapter 7, “Alert and Event Monitoring” provides information about different types of Fabric
Manager alerts and switch events, and how to manage and monitor them using Fabric
Manager.
•Chapter 8, “Performance Monitoring” provides information about the Performance Monitoring
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•Chapter 9, “Change Management” describes how the Change Management feature works and
can be set up to create reports and alerts based on defined changes.
•Chapter 10, “Call Home Support” provides information on how to enable, configure, and
disable the Fabric Manager Call Home feature.
•Chapter 11, “Switch Configuration and Management” provides information saving baselines
and comparing switches against them. It also includes information on creating custom
templates.
•Chapter 12, “Manage Access Gateway-moded Switches” provides information specific to
Access Gateway mode switches and how to use Fabric Manager to view them.
•Chapter 13, “Configure Standard Security Features” provides information about standard
security features, such as enabling secure communication, managing Admin Domains, and
managing ACLS.
•Chapter 14, “Manage the iSCSI Target Gateway” provides information about iSCSI
management in Fabric Manager.
•Chapter 15, “Firmware Management” provides information on downloading firmware to single
and multiple switches simultaneously. It also provides information about performing an
FDMI-capable HBA firmware download.
•Chapter 16, “Zone Management” provides information on how to create and manage zones,
aliases, and configurations in Fabric Manager.
•Chapter 17, “Fabric Watch” provides information on how Fabric Watch works and how to
configure alarms and thresholds.
•Chapter 18, “Secure Fabric Management” provides information on using the Security feature
on switches and fabrics, including configuring policies, managing secure fabrics, and changing
secure passwords.
•Chapter 19, “FICON and CUP” provides information on how to manage FICON and FICON CUP
using Fabric Manager.
•Chapter 20, “FC-FC Routing Service Management” provides information on how to use Fabric
Manager to work with Fibre Channel routers.
•Chapter 21, “FCIP Tunneling Service” provides information on how to configure an FCIP tunnel.
•Chapter 22, “SYSLOG Fault Management Configuration” describes how to configure fault
management.
•Chapter 23, “Third-Party and Foreign Device Management” provides information on launching
third-party applications and importing foreign devices.
•Chapter 24, “Fabric Manager Reports” provides information on creating Excel reports.
•Chapter 25, “Data Storage and Backup” provides information on storing user settings and
performing backups.
•Chapter 26, “Server Management Console” provides information on using the Server
Management Console to stop and start Fabric Manager services, backup the Fabric Manager
database, and capture technical support information.
•Chapter 27, “Fabric Troubleshooting Tools” provides information on the Device Diagnostics
wizard.
•Appendix A, “Troubleshooting” provides information on troubleshooting client and server
issues.
•Appendix B, “CIM Representations of Fabric Elements” provides information on the database
views of elements within Fabric Manager so that they can be accessed by a CIM model.