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EZSwitchSetup

Administrator’s Guide

Supporting Fabric OS v6.2.0

Supporting Brocade 200E, 300, 4100, 4900, 5000, 5100, 5300

Brocade, Fabric OS, File Lifecycle Manager, MyView, and StorageX are registered trademarks and the Brocade B-wing symbol,

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Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated

Corporate and Latin American Headquarters

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

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Tel: 1-408-333-8000

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Email: info@brocade.com

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Brocade Communications Singapore Pte. Ltd.

30 Cecil Street

#19-01 Prudential Tower

Singapore 049712

Singapore

Tel: +65-6538-4700

Fax: +65-6538-0302

Email: [email protected]

European Headquarters

Brocade Communications Switzerland Sàrl

Centre Swissair

Tour B - 4ème étage

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Tel: +41 22 799 5640

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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

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