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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