Brocade Communications Systems A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Service manual

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EZSwitchSetup
Administrator’s Guide
Supporting Fabric OS v6.2.0
Supporting Brocade 200E, 300, 4100, 4900, 5000, 5100, 5300

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Document History
The following table lists all versions of the EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide.
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
EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1000607-02 Added support for new hardware:
Brocade 300, Brocade 5100, and
Brocade 5300.
March 2008
EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1000607-03 Added new wizards:
- Introduction wizard
- Connect Cables wizard
- Set Switch IP Address wizard
- Confirm IP Address wizard
- Set Parameters wizard
- Select Zoning wizard
- Specify Devices wizard
- Configure Ports and Connect
- Devices wizard
July 2008
EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1001193-01 Change to EZManager wizard November 2008
EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1001193-02 Added additional information that
was received after the Fabric OS
version 6.2.0 RC date.
December 2008

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Contents
About This Document
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Supported Hardware and Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
What’s New in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Document Feedback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 1 Introducing EZSwitchSetup
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Overview of EZSwitchSetup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Configuring Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Supported switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Language support for EZSwitchSetup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 2 Setting Up Your Switch
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Confirming IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Switch discovery failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Configuring the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Setting switch parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Zoning selection options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Configuring zones on the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Specifying devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Connecting devices and completing the setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Chapter 3 Managing Your Switch
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Switch manager overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Task panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Switch View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Content page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Status bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Logging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Switch Manager sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Logging out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Viewing switch information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Viewing the status indicator legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Viewing fan, temperature, and power supply status . . . . . . . . . 31
Port status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Switch Information tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Port information tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Changing switch information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Enable inactive ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Managing devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Device connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Assigning and renaming device aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Zoning management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Viewing the zone access map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Editing the zoning configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Validating zoning configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Restoring Typical Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Accessing Web Tools for advanced management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Making EZSwitchSetup your default switch manager . . . . . . . .45
Using DHCP to assign switch IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Appendix A EZSwitchSetup Limitations
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
General limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Index

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About This Document
In this chapter
•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
•Supported Hardware and Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
•What’s New in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
•Document Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
•Additional Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
•Document Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
How this document is organized
This document contains the following components:
•Chapter 1, “Introducing EZSwitchSetup”, provides 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.

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Supported Hardware and Software
This document supports the following platforms:
•Brocade 200E switch
•Brocade 300 switch
•Brocade 4100 switch
•Brocade 4900 switch
•Brocade 5000 switch
•Brocade 5100 switch
•Brocade 5300 switch
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 6.2.0, 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
6.2.0. To obtain information about an OS version other than 6.2.0, 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:
•Updated IP address confirm procedure.
•Updated IP address confirm screen captures.
•Added a procedure for setting up DHCP.
•Added a procedure for making EZSwitchSetup manager launch as the default management
tool instead of Web Tools.

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Document Conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notices formats.
Text Formatting
The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used in this document are as follows:
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text Provides emphasis
Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles
code text Identifies CLI output
Identifies syntax examples
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed
lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all
lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case
sensitive.
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
The following notices appear in this document.
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 or cause
damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.
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.

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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.
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