Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual, v11.1.0

1301 Pages·2011·9.47 MB·English

by  Brocade Technical Publications

53-1002167-01 ®
13 May 2011
Brocade Network Advisor
SAN User Manual
Supporting Network Advisor 11.1.X
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Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual 53-1002044-01 New document November 2010
Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual 53-1002167-01 Updated for Network May 2011
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Contents
Contents
About This Document
In this chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxxv
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxxv
Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxxvii
What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xl
Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xli
Text formatting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xli
Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xli
Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xli
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xlii
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xlii
Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xlii
Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xliii
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xliii
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xliv
Chapter 1 Getting Started
In this chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
User interface components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Dashboard tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
SAN tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Icon legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
SAN product icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Host product icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
SAN group icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Host group icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
SAN port icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
SAN product status icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Event icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
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Management server and client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Logging into a server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Launching a remote client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Clearing previous versions of the remote client . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Launching the Configuration Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Changing the database user password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Viewing active sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Disconnecting users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Viewing server properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Viewing port status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Supported open source software products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
SAN feature-to-firmware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Accessibility features for the Management application. . . . . . . . . .40
Keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Look and Feel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Chapter 2 Licenses
In this chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Managed count. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Managed SAN port count calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Entering the license key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Upgrading the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Chapter 3 Discovery
In this chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
SAN discovery overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
FCS policy and seed switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Discovering fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Editing the password for multiple devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Configuring SNMP credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Reverting to a default SNMP community string. . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Removing a fabric from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Rediscovering a previously discovered fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Deleting a fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Viewing the fabric discovery state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Troubleshooting fabric discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
M-EOSn discovery troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Virtual Fabric discovery troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
SAN Fabric monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Monitoring discovered fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Stop monitoring of a discovered fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
SAN Seed switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
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Seed switch requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Seed switch failover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Changing the seed switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Host discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Discovering Hosts by Network address or host name . . . . . . .66
Importing Hosts from a CSV file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Importing Hosts from a Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Importing Hosts from a VM manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Editing Host adapter credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Removing a host from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Rediscovering a previously discovered fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Deleting a host adapter from discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Viewing the host discovery state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Troubleshooting host discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
VM Manager Discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Discovering a VM manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Editing a VM manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Excluding a host from VM manager discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Including a host in VM manager discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Removing a VM manager from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Rediscovering a previously discovered VM manager . . . . . . . .78
Deleting a VM manager from discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Viewing the VM manager discovery state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Troubleshooting VM manager discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Chapter 4 Application Configuration
In this chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Server Data backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
What is backed up? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Management server backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Configuring backup to a writable CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Configuring backup to a hard drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Configuring backup to a network drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Enabling backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Disabling backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Viewing the backup status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Changing the backup interval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Starting immediate backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Reviewing backup events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Server Data restore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Restoring data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Restoring data to a new server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
SAN Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Setting your FICON display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Resetting your display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
SAN End node display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Displaying end nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
SAN Ethernet loss events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
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Enabling SAN Ethernet loss events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Disabling SAN Ethernet loss events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Event storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Configuring event storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Storing historical events purged from repository. . . . . . . . . . . .96
Flyovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Configuring flyovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Turning flyovers on or off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Viewing flyovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
SAN Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Setting names to be unique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Setting names to be non-unique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Fixing duplicate names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Viewing names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Adding a name to an existing device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Adding a name to a new device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Applying a name to a detached WWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Removing a name from a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Editing names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Exporting names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Importing Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Searching for a device by name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Searching for a device by WWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Configuring the server name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Setting the CHAP secret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Configuring login security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Configuring the login banner display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Disabling the login banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Syslog Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Registering a server as a Syslog recipient automatically . . . .110
Configuring the Syslog listing port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
SNMP Trap Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Registering a server as a SNMP trap recipient automatically 111
Configuring the SNMP trap listing port number. . . . . . . . . . . .111
SNMP Trap Forwarding Credentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Configuring SNMP v1 and v2c credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Configuring SNMP v3 credentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Software Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Client export port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Client/Server IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Memory allocation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Product communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
FTP/SCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Server port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Support mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Fabric tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Enabling fabric tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
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Disabling fabric tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Accepting changes for a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Accepting changes for all fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Accepting changes for a switch, access gateway, or phantom domain
132
Chapter 5 User Account Management
In this chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Users overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Configuration requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
User accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Creating a new user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Copying a user account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Editing a user account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Assigning roles and areas of responsibility to a user account139
Removing roles and areas of responsibility to a user account139
Disabling a user account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Enabling a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Deleting a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Unlocking a user account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Password policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Configuring a password policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Viewing password policy violators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
User profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Viewing your user profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Editing your user profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Changing your password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Viewing your password policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Resetting optional messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Configuring e-mail notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Creating a new role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Adding privileges to a role. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Removing privileges from a role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Copying a role. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Editing a role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Deleting a role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Areas of responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Creating an AOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Assigning products to an AOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Removing products from an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
Copying an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Editing an AOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Deleting an AOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
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LDAP authorization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Loading an Active Directory group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Assigning roles and AORs to an Active Directory group. . . . . .155
Removing roles and AORs from an Active Directory group . . .155
Deleting an Active Directory group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Chapter 6 Call Home
In this chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
About call home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
Showing a call home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Hiding a call home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Editing a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Editing the Brocade International or IBM call home center . .161
Editing the Brocade North America call home center. . . . . . .163
Editing an E-mail call home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Editing the EMC call home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
Editing the HP LAN call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Enabling a call home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Enabling support save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Testing the call home center connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Disabling a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
Viewing Call Home status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Assigning a device to the call home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Removing a device from a call home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Removing all devices and filters from a call home center. . . . . . .171
Defining an event filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
Call Home for virtual switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
Assigning an event filter to a call home center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Assigning an event filter to a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172
Overwriting an assigned event filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Removing an event filter from a call home center . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Removing an event filter from a device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
Removing an event filter from the Call Home Event Filters table .174
Searching for an assigned Event Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
Chapter 7 View Management
In this chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
View management overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Creating a customized view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176
Editing a customized view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
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Deleting a customized view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Copying a view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
SAN topology layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Customizing the layout of devices on the topology. . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Customizing the layout of connections on the topology. . . . . . . . .182
Changing a group background color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182
Reverting to the default background color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Changing the product label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Changing the port label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Changing the port display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Grouping on the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Collapsing groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Expanding groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Viewing connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Configuring custom connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Saving a custom connection configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Deleting a custom connection configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Customizing the main window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Zooming in and out of the Connectivity Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Showing levels of detail on the Connectivity Map. . . . . . . . . .188
Exporting the topology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Customizing application tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Searching for a device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Restricting a search by node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Searching for an exact match. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Clearing search results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Chapter 8 Third-party tools
In this chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
About third-party tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Starting third-party tools from the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Launching a Telnet session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Launching an Telnet session from the SAN tab . . . . . . . . . . .196
Launching an Element Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Launching Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198
Launching FCR configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Launching Name Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Launching HCM Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Launching Fabric Watch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Adding a tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Entering the server IP address of a tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
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Adding an option to the Tools menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Changing an option on the Tools menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Removing an option from the Tools menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Adding an option to a device’s shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Changing an option on a device’s shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Removing an option from a device’s shortcut menu . . . . . . . . . . .209
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) plug-in. . .209
Registering a SCOM server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Editing a SCOM server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Removing a SCOM server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Chapter 9 Server Management Console
In this chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Server Management Console overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Launching the SMC on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Launching the SMC on Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Monitoring and managing Management application services 214
Refreshing the server status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Stopping all services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Stopping the CIMOM services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Starting all services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Restarting all services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Changing server port numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
AAA Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Configuring a Radius server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217
Configuring an LDAP server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Configuring a TACACS+ server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Configuring switch authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Configuring Windows authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Configuring local database authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Displaying the client authentication audit trail . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Restoring the database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Capturing technical support information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
Upgrading HCM on the Management server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Defining the performance data aging interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
SMI Agent configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
Launching the SMIA configuration tool on Windows . . . . . . .230
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