Brocade Communications Systems A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Manual de servicio

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12 Mar 2008

Fabric Manager

Administrator’s Guide

Supporting Fabric Manager 5.5.0

Supporting Fabric OS 6.1.0

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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 Gbps 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

features in v5.4 features such as ICL support,

IPv6 support, VLAN Tag support, FICON

Emulation parameters support, and updated

screens.

October 2007

Fabric Manager Administrator’s

Guide

53-1000610-02, Added information for newly supported

features in v5.5 such as user-configurable IOD

Delay.

March 2008

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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 Fabric Manager Introduction

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Overview of Fabric Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Browser and platform requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Configuring Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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

Fabric Manager Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

License keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Evaluation version upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Fabric Manager server installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Installing Fabric Manager server on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Solaris installation of Fabric Manager server . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Linux installation of Fabric Manager server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

How to copy an installation from server to server . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Copying a Fabric Manager server installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Upgrading the Fabric Manager server installation on Host2 . .30

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Fabric Manager server uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Uninstalling the Fabric Manager server from Windows. . . . . . . 31

Uninstalling the Fabric Manager server from Solaris . . . . . . . .32

Uninstalling the Fabric Manager server from Linux. . . . . . . . . .32

Chapter 3 Fabric Manager Client

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Fabric Manager Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Launching Fabric Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Notes on logging in to a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Fabric Manager client uninstall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Uninstalling the Fabric Manager client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Fabric Manager layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Scope panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

View panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Task panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Information panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Menu bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Status indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Refreshing the window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Selecting elements and accessing modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Fabric Manager Customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Displaying fabrics by IP address, domain ID, WWN, and name 50

Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Table element filtering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Table tool tip customization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Resizing panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Default values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

SSH configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Event Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Configuring event options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Chapter 4 Discovering and Customizing Fabrics

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Fabric Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

About FCS Policy and seed switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Single fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Multiple fabric discovery (subnet scan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Simultaneous login to multiple switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Logging in to multiple switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Fabric monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Monitoring already discovered fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Seed switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Changing the seed switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Fabric removal from Fabric Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Deleting a fabric from Fabric Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

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Fabric component renaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Device name import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Work with switch groups and port groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

The groups view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Switch group creation and population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Editing a switch group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Port group creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Editing a port group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Deleting a switch or port group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Chapter 5 Fabric Topologies

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

The View panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

View panel toolbar items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Tool tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Item selection in the topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Layout changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

View preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Topology views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Displaying monitored fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Displaying backbone and edge fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Displaying switch interconnectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Displaying attached devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Displaying zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Link information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Chapter 6 Name Server Information

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Displaying Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Chapter 7 Alert and Event Monitoring

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Alert monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Viewing all alerts for all monitored fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Viewing alerts for switch groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Alert identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Alert filtering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Alert acknowledgment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Alert resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Alert removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Alert display options configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

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Fabric event monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Fabric event viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Fabric event filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Viewing event details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Notification parameter configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Configuring notification parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Chapter 8 Performance Monitoring

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Overview of performance monitoring in Fabric Manager . . . . . . . .109

Performance monitoring components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Port statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

End-to-end monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Granularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Port data collection and alerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Enabling port data collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Setting different thresholds for the selected fabric. . . . . . . . .114

End-to-end monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Enabling end-to-end performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Disabling performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Disabling port data performance monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Custom reports and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Creating custom Performance Monitor reports . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Creating a real time Performance Monitor graph . . . . . . . . . .121

Report templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Saving Performance Monitor reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Printing Performance Monitor reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Report export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Display of saved reports and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Deleting reports and graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

End-to-End Monitoring graph changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

End-to-End Monitor reports in external applications. . . . . . . .128

Chapter 9 Change Management

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Overview of change management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Change management profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Creating a change management profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Cloning a change management profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Editing a change management profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Deleting a change management profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

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Snapshots and change reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Displaying a change report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Creating snapshots on demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Comparing snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Exporting snapshot and change reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Displaying change reports in external applications. . . . . . . . .140

Exporting switch configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Printing snapshot and change reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Changing the baseline snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Chapter 10 Call Home Support

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

About call home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Call home e-mail messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Call home external script. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Call home modem support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Call home configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Setting up a call home configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Editing an existing call home configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Enabling or disabling call home globally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Call home monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Monitoring call home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Chapter 11 Switch Configuration and Management

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

View switch information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

View port information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Launching the FC Port Connectivity View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Viewing details about the port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Synchronize date and time across a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Synchronizing the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Open a Telnet session for a nonsecure switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Enable and disable switches and ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Enabling or disabling elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

SNMP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Port swapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Administer ISL trunking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Administer license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

License key export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Import and restore license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Remove license keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Configuration management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Switch configuration backup and restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Scheduling a backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

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Work with the configuration repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Viewing a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Deleting a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Exporting a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Importing a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Restoring a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Keeping a copy past the defined age limit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Replicating configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Replicating a switch SNMP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Replicating a switch Fabric Watch configuration. . . . . . . . . . .170

Replicating an entire switch configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Switch configuration files backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Saving the switch configuration files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Physical health of a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Switch replacement in the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Replacing a switch in the fabric (non-seed switch) . . . . . . . . . 174

Replacing a seed switch in the fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Asset polling configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Configuring asset polling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Domain ID configuration on a phantom switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Configuring the domain ID on a phantom switch . . . . . . . . . . 176

Chapter 12 Manage Access Gateway-moded Switches

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Introduction to Access Gateway Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Supported Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Access Gateway-moded switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Discovering an Access Gateway switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Viewing Access Gateway moded switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Backing up Access Gateway-moded switches . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Performing a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Chapter 13 Configure Standard Security Features

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

A note about security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Password management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Enabling and disabling switch passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Changing admin password on multiple switches . . . . . . . . . .184

Secure communication over HTTPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Truststore management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Administrative Domain management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Requirements for Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Launching the Admin Domain module from Fabric Manager .187

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