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EZSwitchSetup
Administrator’s Guide
Supporting Fabric OS v6.0
Supporting Brocade 200E, 4100, 4900, 5000

Copyright © 2007 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Document History
The following table lists all versions of the EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide.
Corporate Headquarters
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
1745 Technology Drive
San Jose, CA 95110
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Asia-Pacific Headquarters
Brocade Communications Singapore Pte. Ltd.
9 Raffles Place
#59-02 Republic Plaza 1
Singapore 048619
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected]
European and Latin American Headquarters
Brocade Communications Switzerland Sàrl
Centre Swissair
Tour A - 2ème étage
29, Route de l'Aéroport
Case Postale 105
CH-1215 Genève 15
Switzerland
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected]
Document Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Publication Date
EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1000121-01 First release January 2006
EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1000195-01 Changes to support Fabric OS
v5.2.0, including zoning and port
activation
September 2006
EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1000195-02 Added Brocade 5000 switch
support
February 2007
EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1000441-01 Added Brocade 4900 switch
support; Added DHCP and IPv6
support
June 2007
EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1000607-01 Added enhanced switch setup October 2007

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Contents
About This Document
How This Document Is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Supported Hardware and Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
What’s New in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Document Feedback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Chapter 1 Introducing EZSwitchSetup
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Overview of EZSwitchSetup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Requirements, installation, and support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Switch and setup computer support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Language support for EZSwitchSetup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2 Setting Up Your Switch
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Install and run the EZSwitchSetup wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Power up and connect cables to the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Set the switch IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Switch discovery failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Configure the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Select zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connect devices and complete the setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Chapter 3 Managing Your Switch
Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

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About the Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Task panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Switch view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Content page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Managing Switch Manager sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Logging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Logging out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Managing the switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Switch view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Port status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Detailed switch information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Changing switch information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Enable inactive ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Managing devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Device connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Assigning device aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Managing zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Choosing a zoning configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Editing zoning configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Validating zoning configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Restoring Typical Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Accessing Web Tools for Advanced Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Appendix A EZSwitchSetup Limitations
General limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Index

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About This Document
This document is an administrator’s guide designed to help fabric administrators set up a switch
and monitor it from a Web-based user interface.
“About This Document” contains the following sections:
•How This Document Is Organized. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
•Supported Hardware and Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
•What’s New in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
•Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
•Additional Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
•Document Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
How This Document Is Organized
This document is organized to help you find the particular information that you want as quickly and
easily as possible.
The document contains the following components:
•Chapter 1, “Introducing EZSwitchSetup”, provides some basic information about the
EZSwitchSetup interface, including system requirements and installation instructions.
•Chapter 2, “Setting Up Your Switch”, describes how to set up your switch for the first time.
•Chapter 3, “Managing Your Switch”, describes how to monitor and manage your switch using
the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager.
•Appendix A, “EZSwitchSetup Limitations”, discusses the limitations of and provides
workarounds for using EZSwitchSetup.
Supported Hardware and Software
This document supports the following platforms:
•Brocade 200E switch
•Brocade 4100 switch
•Brocade 4900 switch
•Brocade 5000 switch

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In those instances in which procedures or parts of procedures documented here apply to some
switches but not to others, this guide identifies exactly which switches are supported and which are
not.
Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for Fabric OS 6.0, documenting all possible configurations
and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document; however, this document does specify when
procedures or parts of procedures apply only to specific switches.
This document does not support all Fabric OS versions. This document is specific to Fabric OS 6.0.
To obtain information about an OS version other than 6.0, see the documentation specific to that
OS version.
What’s New in This Document
The following changes have been made since this document was last released:
•Enhanced support for switch IP address setup using the switch and the host computer in the
same subnet
•Discovering and configuring switch information using serial cable
Document Conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notices formats.
Text Formatting
The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used in this document are as follows:
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text Provides emphasis
Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles
code text Identifies CLI output
Identifies syntax examples
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed
lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all
lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case
sensitive.
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
The following notices appear in this document.

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NOTE
A note provides a tip, emphasizes important information, or provides a reference to related
information.A note provides a tip, guidance or advice, emphasizes important information, or
provides a reference to related information.
ATTENTION
An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.
CAUTION
A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you.
DANGER
A Danger statement indicates conditions or situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely
hazardous to you. Safety labels are also attached directly to products to warn of these conditions
or situations.
Key terms
For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary.
For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online
dictionary at http://www.snia.org/education/dictionary.
Additional Information
This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find
helpful.
Brocade resources
To get up-to-the-minute information, join Brocade Connect. It’s free! Go to http://www.brocade.com
and click Brocade Connect to register at no cost for a user ID and password.
For practical discussions about SAN design, implementation, and maintenance, you can obtain
Building SANs with Brocade Fabric Switches through:
http://www.amazon.com
For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade SAN Info Center and click the Resource
Library location:
http://www.brocade.com
Release notes are available on the Brocade Connect Web site and are also bundled with the Fabric
OS firmware.

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Other industry resources
•White papers, online demos, and data sheets are available through the Brocade Web site at
http://www.brocade.com/products/software.jhtml.
•Best practice guides, white papers, data sheets, and other documentation is available through
the Brocade Partner Web site.
For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 Web site. This Web site
provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre
Channel, storage management, and other applications:
http://www.t11.org
For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association Web
site:
http://www.fibrechannel.org
Getting technical help
Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including
product repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information available:
1. General Information
•Switch model
•Fabric OS version
•Browser and Java Plug-in version
•Error numbers and messages received
•Java console window messages
•Screen shots
•supportSave command output
•Detailed description of the problem, switch or fabric behavior immediately following
problem, and specific questions
•Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and results
2. Switch Serial Number
The switch serial number and corresponding bar code are provided on the serial number label,
as shown here:
:
The serial number label is located as follows:
•Brocade 200E switches: On the nonport side of the chassis
•Brocade 4100, 4900 and 5000 switches: On the switch ID pull-out tab located on the
bottom of the port side of the switch.
*FT00X0054E9*
FT00X0054E9

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3. World Wide Name (WWN)
•Brocade 200E switches: On the nonport side of the chassis
•Brocade 4100, 4900, and 5000 switches: On the switch ID pull-out tab located on the
bottom of the port side of the switch.
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