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53-1002 7 44-0 1 1 4 December 2012 ® EZSwitchSe tup Administrat or’s Guide Suppor ting Brocade 300, 4 100, 4900, 5000, 5 100, 5300, 6505, 65 10, 6520, 7800, 8000, and V A -40FC[...]

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EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide iii 53-1002744-01 Contents About This Document How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Suppor ted har dware and sof tware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

iv EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Chapter 3 Managing Your Switch Switch Manager ov er view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 T ask panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Switch View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide v 53-1002744-01 About This Document In this chapter • How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v • Suppor ted har dware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v • What’s new in this document . . . . . .[...]

vi EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 • Brocade 5000 switch • Brocade 5 1 00 switch • Brocade 5300 switch • Brocade 6505 switch • Brocade 65 10 switch • Brocade 6520 switch • Brocade 7800 Exte nsion Switch • Brocade 8000 FCoE Switch • Brocade V A -40FC switch What’s new in this document The f ollowing change ha[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide vii 53-1002744-01 NOTE A note pr ovides a tip, guidance, or advice, em phasizes important information, or pro vides a ref erence to relat ed information. ATTENTION An Att ention statement indic ates pot ential damage to hardware or data. CAUTION A Caution stat ement aler ts you to situations that can be potent[...]

viii EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Additional information This section lists additional Br ocade and industr y-specific docu mentation that you might find helpful. Brocade resources T o get up-t o-the-minute inf ormation, go to http://my .brocade.com to r e g i s t e r a t n o c o s t fo r a u s e r I D and passwor d. White p[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide ix 53-1002744-01 • Detailed description of the pr oblem, switch or fabric beha vior immediately f ollowing the problem, and specific questions • Description of any troubleshooting st eps already per formed and results 2. Switch Serial N umber The switch serial number and corresponding bar co de are pr ovid[...]

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EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 1 53-1002744-01 Chapter 1 Introducing EZSwitchSetup In this chapter • Overview of EZSwitchSe tup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 • EZSwitchSetup software and hard ware require ments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 • Suppor ted switches . . . . . . . .[...]

2 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 EZSwitchSetup software an d hardware requirements 1 NOTE Although your switch ma y have adv anced capabiliti es, EZSwitchSetup is f or a single-switch fabric with FC port s only . T o configure and manage othe r f eatures on your swit ch, use the command line interface, W eb T ools, or Br ocade[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 3 53-1002744-01 Supported switches 1 Configuring Internet Explorer Correct operation of EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager with Int ernet Explorer requires specifying the appropriat e settings for bro wser refresh frequenc y and pr ocess model. Browser pages should be refreshed frequently t o ensure the correct oper[...]

4 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Language support for EZSwitchSetup 1 • It must be in a single-switch fabric. If your sw itch connects to ano ther switch (if there is an E_Port on the switch), you cannot manage the switch using EZSwitchSetup until you disconnect the sw itch connection. NOTE If there is an E_P or t on the swi[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 5 53-1002744-01 Language support for EZSwitchSetup 1 • System files (such as the summar y file, setti ng file, an d log file)[...]

6 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Language support for EZSwitchSetup 1[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 7 53-1002744-01 Chapter 2 Setting Up Your Switch In this chapter • Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizar d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 • Configuring the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 • Zoning selection options .[...]

8 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 FIGURE 3 EZSwitch Setup Inst aller On Windows, EZSwitchSetup star ts automatically after it is installed. If it does not, see “Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard” to launch the wizar d manually. On Linux, follo w the procedure in “Launchin[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 9 53-1002744-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 FIGURE 4 EZSwitchSetup introduction window Connecting cables 1. Choose the me thod of connec ting t o your LAN . Y ou hav e the choice of using a serial connection or an Ethernet connection to y our LAN to set the IP address f or the switch. The[...]

10 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 FIGURE 5 Connect Cables window (Ethernet ver sion, without serial cable) Figure 6 on page 11 show s the cables connecting t o the Br ocade Fibre Channel switch, setup computer , Ethernet hub or switch, and netw ork. NOTE Not all switches ha ve [...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 11 53-1002744-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 FIGURE 6 Cable connections 3. Connect the power cor d to the switch and plug in to a po wer source. The switch pow er and status LEDs display ambe r and then change t o green, which usually takes fr om one to three minutes. S ee your switch har[...]

12 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 If you are using an Ethernet LAN connection, a Discover Switch wind ow is display ed ( Figure 7 ). Proceed t o “Discovering the switch .” FIGURE 7 Fir s t Discover Switch window Discovering the switch 1. Loc ate t he WW N for your sw itc h [...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 13 53-1002744-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 FIGURE 8 Seco nd Discover Sw itch window 4. Select a n option for assign ing the IP address and click Ne xt . The options var y depending on the configuration of your switch: • K eep the current switch IP configuration This option is availabl[...]

14 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 FIGURE 9 Se t Switch IP Address window NOTE Beginning at step 5 , the steps are the same fo r both serial and Ethernet connections. 5. If you are setting up the switch f or the first time, the addresses shown are no t valid. If y ou click Next [...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 15 53-1002744-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 FIGURE 1 0 EZSwitchSet up Confirm IP Address window 1. Check the display ed addresses carefully to be sure they are correct, then click Next . The Continue Configuration? window is displa yed ( Figure 11 ). 2. Select one of the f ollowing conti[...]

16 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 FIGURE 1 1 Continue Configuration window 3. Click Continue . Depending on the option select ed, one of the follo w ing outcomes occurs: • If you select ed Continue setting up your target switch w ith EZManager , a dialog box displays w arning[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 17 53-1002744-01 Configuring the swit ch 2 Switch discovery failure During the setup of y our switch, the switch disco ver y may f ail. There ma y be sev eral reasons why switch discovery fails. Ta b l e 2 lists sy mpt oms and related suggestions to reco ver the switch. Configuring the switch The configuration[...]

18 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Configuring the switch 2 FIGURE 12 Swit ch configur ation welcome window 1. Cli ck Next to b egi n . The Set Parameters window is displa yed. FIGURE 13 EZSwitchSetup Setup Parameter s window Setting switch parameters 1. Follow the onscreen direc tions to set a new admin password f or the switc[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 19 53-1002744-01 Zoning selection options 2 3. Click Next . The Select Zoning window is displaye d. NOTE For the Brocade 8000, if you do not ha ve a Ports on Demand license, none of the por ts are usable, so the wizar d displays a message an d exits. Y o u must add the Ports on Demand license using the EZSwitc[...]

20 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Zoning se lection option s 2 . FIGURE 1 4 Select Zoning wiz ard window Ty p i c a l Z o n i n g is the default and the f ollowing pr ocedure directs you t o select Ty p i c a l Z o n i n g . When you select Ty p i c a l Z o n i n g , the wizard automatically configures the zones for y ou and s[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 21 53-1002744-01 Connecting devices and completing the setup 2 EZSwitchSetup uses these values to v erify th at all y our current and planned de vices are properly co nnected f or the zoning scheme that will be created. Not e that T ypical Zoning ensures that e very connected host device will be ab le to commu[...]

22 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Connecting devices and completing the setup 2 If yo u c ha nge you r m ind ab ou t t he n u mbe r o f d evic es you wa nt to co nn ec t, you can cl ick th e Previous butt on and adjust the value s you ha ve select ed in the device type lists on the Specify Devices windo w. Y ou must alw ays se[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 23 53-1002744-01 Connecting devices and completing the setup 2 FIGURE 1 7 Inst alling SFPs 2. Connect Fibre Chann el cables from the switch to your host and storage de vices. Ensure that the physic al connections are exactly as indicated on the Conf igure Por ts and Connect Devices window . a. Remo ve any plas[...]

24 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Connecting devices and completing the setup 2 The Configure Ports and Connect Devices windo w pro vides visual feedback as y ou cable the switch. A green line indicat e s that the co nnection is correct, a red line indicates an inv alid connection , and a blue line indicates a missing connecti[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 25 53-1002744-01 Connecting devices and completing the setup 2 FIGURE 19 EZSwitchSetup Conf igur ation Finish wind ow 5. Click Finish to complete the switch setup. Y ou are now ready t o configure the sto rage component of the SAN using the documentation that came with the storage ser ver . If you w ant to mon[...]

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EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 27 53-1002744-01 Chapter 3 Managing Your Switch In this chapter • Switch Manager ov er view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 • Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 • Viewing switch inf ormation . . . .[...]

28 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Switch Manager overview 3 FIGURE 20 EZSwitchSet up Switch Manager components Task panel The left pane of the Switch Manager is the task panel, which displa ys all tasks. The tasks are categorized b y Switch, Device s, Zoning, and Miscellaneous. The Switch ta sks enable you to view the por t in[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 29 53-1002744-01 Switch Manage r overview 3 Switch View The Switch View displa ys the switch and status buttons across the t op. The status buttons enable access to each element list ed. Click the re fresh icon und er the Miscellaneous T ask s to update the inf ormation on the screen with the current switch in[...]

30 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager 3 Status bar The status bar , at the bott om of the wind ow , is divided into the follo w ing sections: • Progress indicator This is on the lef t side of the status bar . When Switch Manager is sending data to or retrieving data from the switch, thi[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 31 53-1002744-01 Launching the EZSwitch Setup Switch Manager 3 The Login dialog bo x is display ed. If there ar e other applications open when EZSwitchSetup manager launches, the login dialog ma y be hidd en. T o vie w the login dialog, press Alt+T a b. Logging in When you log in, the EZSwitchSetup Switch Mana[...]

32 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Viewing switch information 3 Viewing switch information Using EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager , you can vie w the follo wing: • Switch status, includin g por t status. • T emperature, fan, and pow er supply status. • HBA and st orage connections to the switch. • Informatio n about devices[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 33 53-1002744-01 Viewing switch inform ation 3 • Status and type of each port The Fan, T emp, and Powe r buttons indicat e ov erall status as follo ws: • Green circle (healthy) • Y ellow triangle (marginal) • Red diamond (critical) • Black and yellow striped sq uare (unmonitored) Viewing the status i[...]

34 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Viewing switch information 3 Figure 25 shows the Te m p e r a t u r e view. The t emperature view displays the number of temperature sensors, their status, and the temperat ure in both Celsius and F ahrenheit. FIGURE 25 T emperature s tatus Figure 26 shows the Powe r S up pl y view . The power[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 35 53-1002744-01 Viewing switch inform ation 3 If the entire por t icon is blue, the por t is buf fer -limited. (A port is operating in buf fer-limit ed mode when the number of buffers allocat ed to the por t is less than the number of buffers needed by the por t to utilize the por t at full bandwidth.) If a g[...]

36 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Viewing switch information 3 FIGURE 30 Por t icon toggling Switch Information tab The Switch Information tab is the default inf ormation tab under Port Information, Switch Inf ormation on the Swi tc h Vi ew ( Figure 3 1 on page 36). Detailed switch information is display ed as a list of pr ope[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 37 53-1002744-01 Changing switch inform ation 3 FIGURE 32 Port Information t ab The information page displays the f ollowing for each por t: • Por t nu mb er. • Por t na me . • State of the por t. • Por t ty pe . • Status (health) of the port. • Indication of whether the port is licensed. Changing [...]

38 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Adding a port license 3 Adding a port license EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager allo ws you to enab le P or ts On Demand (POD) if you ha ve a license a vailable. F or the Broc ade 7800, you can add the 7 800 Upgrade License t o activat e por ts 4–25. This option is n ot av ailable if all por ts a[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 39 53-1002744-01 Managing devices 3 1. Cli ck View under Devices in the task panel to displa y a table of inf ormation for all of the connecte d devices ( Figure 34 ). The entries in the table are bas ed on the de vice WWNs, so a single physical device can ha ve more than one entr y in the table. The device in[...]

40 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Managing devices 3 FIGURE 36 Detailed Device information Device connections EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager displa ys a graphica l representation of the switch and the de vices that are connect ed to eac h por t. Click Display Connections under D evices in the task panel. A graphical representati[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 41 53-1002744-01 Managing devices 3 FIGURE 3 7 Display Connections window Assigning and renaming device aliases Every device has a device name and an alias name . Alias names mak e it easier to ref erence the devic es. Alias names are display ed in the zone access map on the Zoning page. Y ou can assign or ren[...]

42 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Managing devices 3 FIGURE 38 De f ine Device Aliases wizard window 2. Double-click a field in the Ne w Alias colu mn to edit that alias. 3. Click OK when you are done. A “Zone commit succeeded” message is display e d. This message c onfirms that the devic e alias changes hav e been sav ed [...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 43 53-1002744-01 Zoning managemen t 3 Af ter y ou ha ve defined the device alia ses, the aliases are display ed under Device Alias when yo u select View under Devices (as in Figure 34 ). The de vice aliases are also displa yed in the Zone Access Map for Device s when you select Vie w under Zoning ( Figu re 40 [...]

44 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Zoning managemen t 3 EZSwitchSetup creat es zones for y o u automatically, based on y our configuration choices in Setup. • If you chose T ypical Zoning, a por t-based zoning scheme was creat ed. This zoning scheme creates a tw o member zone for e ver y possible pairing of H and S ports conn[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 45 53-1002744-01 Zoning managemen t 3 Some HBAs and st orage devices can be configured wi th dual initiator and target capability . Such devic es are displa yed as bo th HBA and storage d evices in the matr ix. Editing the zoning configuration Y ou can customize which HB As can access which storage devices b y[...]

46 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Zoning managemen t 3 FIGURE 42 Edit HBA/S tor age Accessibility Matrix window 5. Clear the check box e s selectiv ely until you ha ve defined the access gro ups and accessibility re lat ion sh ip s you wa nt i n yo ur zo nin g s ch em e. 6. When you are done making ch anges, click Next and the[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 47 53-1002744-01 Zoning managemen t 3 FIGURE 43 Zoning summary information Validating zoning configuration Y ou can validat e the current zoning co nfiguration against the follo wing rules: • Every HBA has access to at least on e storage de vice. • Every storage device is acce ssible b y at least one HBA .[...]

48 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 Accessing Web Tools for advanced management 3 Accessing Web Tools for advanced management F rom the Switch Manager , you can launch Web T ools, which pro vides more extensiv e switch management functions for more experienced users. Se e the W eb T ools Adminis trato r’s Guide for information[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 49 53-1002744-01 Appendix A EZSwitchSetup Limitations In this appendix • General limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 General limitations Ta b l e 3 lists general EZSwitchSetup li mitations, which apply to all browsers and switch platf orms.[...]

50 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 General limitation s A[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 51 53-1002744-01 Index A accessing Web Tools from EZSwitchSetup , 48 admin password, changing , 37 aliases, assigning to devices , 41 B browsers limitations , 49 refresh frequency, setting , 3 supported , 2 C changing switch inform ation , 37 CIDR block , 14 closing sessions , 31 COM port is busy. setup comput[...]

52 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002744-01 L languages su pported , 4 launching EZSwitchSetup , 30 LEDs , 34 limitations , 49 localization support , 4 logging in , 31 logging out , 31 M monitoring th e switch , 32 O operating systems, supported , 2 P passwords, changing , 37 platforms, supported , 2 port informatio n, displaying , 34 ,[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53 53-1002744-01 Z zoning about , 43 advanced zoning , 19 , 44 changing configuration , 37 configure zones , 20 custom zon ing , 19 , 44 editing , 45 restoring default typical zoning , 47 specify devices , 20 typical zoning , 19 , 44 validating zone configuration , 47[...]

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