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Fabric Manager
Administrator’s Guide
Supporting Fabric Manager 5.4.0
Supporting Fabric OS 6.0.0

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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 Gbit/sec 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
feautres in v5.4 features such as ICL support,
IPv6 support, VLAN Tag support, FICON
Emulation parameters support, and updated
screens.
October 2007
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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 Introducing Fabric Manager
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Overview of Fabric Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Browser and platform requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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
Upgrading Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
License keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Upgrading from the evaluation version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing the Fabric Manager server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installing Fabric Manager server on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installing Fabric Manager server on Solaris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Installing Fabric Manager server on Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Copying an installation from server to server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Uninstalling the Fabric Manager server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Client
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Launching Fabric Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Notes on logging in to a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Uninstalling the Fabric Manager client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Understanding the Fabric Manager layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Scope panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
View panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Task panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Information panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Refreshing the window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Selecting elements and accessing modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Customizing Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Displaying fabrics by IP address, domain ID, WWN, and name 52
Customizing tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Filtering elements in a table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Customizing tool tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Resizing panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Resetting to Default Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Configuring SSH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Configuring Event Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 4 Discovering and Customizing Fabrics
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Discovering a fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
About FCS Policy and seed switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Discovering a single fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Discovering multiple fabrics (subnet scan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Logging in to multiple switches simultaneously . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Monitoring fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Changing the seed switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Deleting a fabric from Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

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Renaming fabric components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Renaming a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Renaming a switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Renaming a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Renaming a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Importing device names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Working with switch and port groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Understanding the groups view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Creating and populating switch groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Editing a switch group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Creating port groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Editing a port group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Deleting a switch or port group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Chapter 5 Viewing Fabric Topologies
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Understanding the View panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
View panel toolbar items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Viewing tool tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Selecting items in the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Changing the layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Saving view preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Topology views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Displaying monitored fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Displaying backbone and edge fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Displaying switch interconnectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Displaying attached devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Displaying zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Viewing link information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Chapter 6 Displaying Name Server Information
Chapter 7 Monitoring Alerts and Events
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

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Monitoring Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Viewing alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Identifying alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Filtering alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Acknowledging alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Resolving alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Deleting alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Configuring alert display options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Monitoring fabric events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Viewing fabric events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Viewing all events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Filtering fabric events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Configuring notification parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Chapter 8 Using Performance Monitoring
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Overview of performance monitoring in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . .111
Performance monitoring components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Configuring port data collection and alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Enabling end-to-end monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Disabling performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Generating custom reports and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Creating custom reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Creating real time graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Creating and using report templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Creating templates for reports and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Generating reports and graphs from templates . . . . . . . . . . .129
Saving Performance Monitor reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Printing Performance Monitor reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Exporting reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Displaying saved reports and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Deleting reports and graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Editing End-to-End Monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Displaying End-to-End Monitor reports in external applications . .133
Chapter 9 Change Management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

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Overview of change management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Using change management profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Creating a profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Cloning a profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Editing a profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Deleting a profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Using snapshots and change reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Displaying a change report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Creating snapshots on demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Comparing snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Exporting snapshot and change reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Exporting switch configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Displaying change reports in external applications. . . . . . . . .144
Printing snapshot and change reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Changing baseline snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Chapter 10 Call Home Support
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
About call home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Call home e-mail messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Call home external executable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Call home modem support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Configuring call home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Editing configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Enabling or disabling call home globally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Monitoring call home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Chapter 11 Switch Configuration and Management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Viewing switch information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Viewing port information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Synchronizing date and time across a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Opening a Telnet session for a nonsecure switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Enabling and disabling switches and ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Configuring SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Configuring ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Swapping ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

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Administering ISL trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Administering license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Exporting license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Importing and restoring license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Removing license keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Using configuration management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Switch configuration backup and restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Viewing the configuration repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Replicating configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Replicating a switch SNMP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Replicating a switch Fabric Watch configuration. . . . . . . . . . . 174
Replicating an entire switch configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Saving switch configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Checking the physical health of a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Replacing a switch in the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Configuring Asset Polling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Configuring a Domain ID on a phantom switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Chapter 12 Managing Access Gateway-moded Switches
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Introduction to Access Gateway Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Supported Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Showing Access Gateway-moded switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Discovering an Access Gateway switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Viewing Access Gateway moded switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Backing up Access Gateway-moded switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Configuring an access gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Performing a Firmware Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Chapter 13 Configuring Standard Security Features
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
A note about security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Managing passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Enabling and disabling switch passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Changing admin password on multiple switches . . . . . . . . . .188
Enabling secure communication over HTTPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Managing the truststore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

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Managing Administrative Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
Requirements for Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Launching the Admin Domain module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Managing Access Control Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Propagating RADIUS configuration across switches. . . . . . . . . . . .193
Chapter 14 Managing the iSCSI Target Gateway
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
About the iSCSI Target Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Viewing iSCSI information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
iSCSI summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
iSCSI ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
iSCSI initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
iSCSI targets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Virtual initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
iSCSI FC targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
iSCSI sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Setting up iSCSI Target Gateway services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Chapter 15 Firmware Management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Determining availability of firmware-specific features . . . . . . . . . .205
Using built-in FTP server and firmware repository . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Viewing the firmware repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Importing and removing firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Defining a fabric profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Viewing SAN firmware versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Configuring file transfer options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Downloading firmware to multiple switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Downloading firmware with firmware repository support . . . .215
Downloading firmware using an external FTP server . . . . . . .216
Controlling firmware download reboots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Downloading firmware to HBAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Downloading firmware to XPath OS switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Accessing firmware when changing the FTP server . . . . . . . . . . . .221
Collecting FDMI device information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

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Rebooting switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Creating a reboot group with multiple switches . . . . . . . . . . .222
Creating single-switch reboot groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Assigning switches to a reboot group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Performing a sequenced reboot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
Chapter 16 Managing Zones
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Introduction to zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Managing zoning offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Use cases for offline zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
Requirements for offline zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
Offline zone editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
Managing zoning with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
Chapter 17 Fabric Watch
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Introduction to Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Launching Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Using Fabric Watch with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Chapter 18 Managing Secure Fabrics
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Enabling secure mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Using the Policy Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
Configuring FCS policy options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Configuring SCC policy options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
Configuring Telnet, RSNMP, WSNMP, HTTP, and API policy options
255
Configuring DCC policy options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
Configuring SES and MS policy options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
Configuring Serial and Front Panel policy options. . . . . . . . . .261
Changing the admin security password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
Configuring No-Node WWN Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
Adding a switch to a secure fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265
Merging secure fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266
Using Telnet on a secure fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

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Chapter 19 FICON and CUP
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Introducing FICON and CUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Identifying switches with FMS mode enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270
Editing the current port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . . .270
Editing a stored port connectivity configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
Identifying port zone conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Configuring Insistent Domain ID mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Identifying ports that completed the RNID exchange. . . . . . . . . . . 276
Monitoring link incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Cascaded FICON setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Configure a fabric for cascaded FICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Merge two fabrics for cascaded FICON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279
Chapter 20 Managing the FC-FC Routing Service
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
Requirements for Fibre Channel routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
About Fibre Channel routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
Setting Up FC-FC routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283
Connecting edge fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284
Diagnosing fabric device sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285
Sharing devices between fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
Displaying logical SANs and imported/exported devices. . . . . . . .288
Displaying virtual devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
Displaying FC Router information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
Translate domains and virtual device status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
FC-FC routing and secure fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
FC-FC routing and AD-enabled fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
Chapter 21 Using the FCIP Tunneling Service
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
About FCIP Tunneling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
Viewing FCIP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
Configuring an FCIP tunnel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298

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Managing FCIP tunnels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Viewing FCIP tunnel Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Modifying FCIP tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Disabling and re-enabling FCIP tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Deleting FCIP tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Chapter 22 Configuring SYSLOG Fault Management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
About Fault Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Configuring the SYSLOG destination registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Configuring the Registration Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Viewing SYSLOG status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Chapter 23 Third-Party and Foreign Device Management
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Accessing third-party management applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Adding third-party management applications . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Editing third-party management applications . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Running third-party management applications . . . . . . . . . . . .316
Examples of launching applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316
Importing device WWNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319
Chapter 24 Creating Reports
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
Generating the SAN health report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
Displaying the switch health report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
Generating the fabric summary report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
Generating the physical inventory report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328
Chapter 25 Storing Data and Performing Backups
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Data persistence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Performing backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Full backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Incremental backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330
Chapter 26 Server Management Console
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333

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Introduction to Server Management Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
Launching the Server Management Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
Managing Fabric Manager services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
Changing authentication information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
Backing up and restoring the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
Capturing technical support information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
Creating a login banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339
Changing secure communication settings (HTTP or HTTPS) . . . . .340
Changing the Web Server port numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342
Changing the SYSLOG listening port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
Chapter 27 Fabric Troubleshooting Tools
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
General device diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
Fabric merge check. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
Merge Resolve Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
Between non-secure fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
Between secure and nonsecure fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Event message severity level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
Trace route. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
Appendix A Troubleshooting
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
Capturing Fabric Manager support information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
Checking the client side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
Authentication issues (unable to log in) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
Client access to switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
Client-side CPU usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
Capturing/reporting client-side issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
Client log overwritten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
Checking client/server interaction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
No client/server interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361
Client/server version mismatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
Determine whether client or server problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
Switch connection failure when firmware download is performed with
SSL enabled in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

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Checking the server side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
Server cannot access switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363
Server-side CPU usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363
Statistics not collected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363
Capturing/reporting server-side issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363
Server IP interface configuration in a multihome server environment
363
Checking fabric discovery problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364
Capturing supportShow and supportSave output . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366
Nodes swapped with another switch node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367
Lettering in legend unreadable when printed . . . . . . . . . . . . .367
Links do not reconfigure after disruptive failover . . . . . . . . . .367
Nodes Overlap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367
Pinpointing additional problem areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367
Locating Fabric Manager license key and serial number . . . .368
Switches and hosts do not recognize HBA after firmware download to
HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368
503 Service Unavailable/Overloaded error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368
Installation wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368
Services not starting after upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368
Uninstallation of an upgraded Fabric Manager installation hangs369
Fabric Manager client does not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369
Web Tools pages do not launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370
Wizard hangs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370
Performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370
Fabric Manager database file is too large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Sequenced reboot does not show correct status . . . . . . . . . . 371
Stopping Fabric Manager server on Solaris and Linux . . . . . . 371
Changing printers in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Changing the time in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
ODBC driver installer error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372
fmsupportshow output file is empty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372
Failed to connect to database error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372
Fabric Manager server restarts when IP interface is changed372
Appendix B CIM Representations of Fabric Elements
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373

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About CIM and the CIM tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
SAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
Switch port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Device port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378
Zone_config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378
Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378
Zone membership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
Zone alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
Appendix C Licenses for Third-Party Products
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381
Third-party products included in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381
ABA License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382
Apache License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .384
AXL License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386
Jason Hunter & Brett McLaughlin License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
LGPL License 2.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388
LGPL License 2.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393
MIT License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401
ONC RPC License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401
Open SSL License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402
Open Symphony License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405
Public Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406
RXTX License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406
Reusable Objects/NetComponents License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407
Sun Java License. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408
Sun Binary Code License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
Wolf Paulus License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
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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 5.4.0 and all switches running Brocade Fabric OS version 6.0.0. 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, “Introducing Fabric Manager” 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, “Viewing Fabric Topologies” describes Fabric Manager’s Topology View.
•Chapter 6, “Displaying Name Server Information” includes information in the Name Server
table.
•Chapter 7, “Monitoring Alerts and Events” provides information about different types of Fabric
Manager alerts and switch events, and how to manage and monitor them using Fabric
Manager.
•Chapter 8, “Using Performance Monitoring” provides information about the Performance
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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, “Managing Access Gateway-moded Switches” provides information specific to
Access Gateway mode switches and how to use Fabric Manager to view them.
•Chapter 13, “Configuring Standard Security Features” provides information about standard
security features, such as enabling secure communication, managing Admin Domains, and
managing ACLS.
•Chapter 14, “Managing 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, “Managing Zones” 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, “Managing Secure Fabrics” 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, “Managing the FC-FC Routing Service” provides information on how to use Fabric
Manager to work with Fibre Channel routers.
•Chapter 21, “Using the FCIP Tunneling Service” provides information on how to configure an
FCIP tunnel.
•Chapter 22, “Configuring SYSLOG Fault Management” 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, “Creating Reports” provides information on creating Excel reports.
•Chapter 25, “Storing Data and Performing Backups” 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.