Brocade Communications Systems VA-40FC manual

53-1002 15 7-0 1 29 April 20 11 ® EZSwitchSe tup Administrat or’s Guide Suppor ting Brocade 300, 4 1 00, 4900, 5000, 51 00, 5300, 65 10, 7800, 8000, and V A -40FC[...]

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EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide iii 53-1002157-01 EZSwitchSetup Administrat or’s Guide 53-1 00060 7-03 Added new wizar ds: - Intr oduction wizard - Connect Cables wizard - Set Swi tch IP Address wizar d - Confirm I P Address wizard - Set Parameters wizard - Select Zoning wizar d - Specify Devices wizard - Configure Ports and Connect - Devi[...]

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EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide v 53-1002157-01 Contents About This Document In this chapt er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Suppor ted har dware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

vi EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Chapter 3 Managing Your Switch In this chapt er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Switch manager ov er view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 T ask panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide vii 53-1002157-01 About This Document In this chapter • How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii • Suppor ted har dware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii • What’s new in this document . . . . [...]

viii EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Supported hardware and software In those instance s in which procedures or par t s of procedures document ed here apply to some switches but no t to others, this guide identifies exactly which sw itch es are supported and which are not. Although many diffe rent sof tware and hardw are config[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide ix 53-1002157-01 Document conventions This section describes te xt formatting con venti ons and important notice f ormats used in this document. Text formatting The narrative-t ext formatting con ventions that are used in this document are as f ollows: bold tex t Identifies command names Identifies the names o[...]

x EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Key terms For definitions specific t o Brocade and Fibre Chan nel, see the t echnical glossaries on MyBr ocade. See “Brocade resour ces” on page x f or instructio ns on accessing MyBrocade. For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the St orage Networking Industr y Association online dic[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide xi 53-1002157-01 Other industry resources For additional resource information, visit the T echnical Committee T11 W eb site. This Web sit e pro vides interface standards f or high-per forman ce and mass st orage applications for Fibre Channel, storage management , and other applications: http://www .t11.org Fo[...]

xii EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Document Feedback Quality is our first concern at Brocade and we ha ve made e ver y ef fort to ensure the accuracy and complet eness of this document. How ever , if you find an error or an omission, or y ou think that a topic need s fur ther deve lopment, we want t o hear fr om you. Forward y[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 1 53-1002157-01 Chapter 1 Introducing EZSwitchSetup In this chapter • Overview of EZSwitchSe tup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 • EZSwitchSetup software and hard ware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 • Suppor ted switches . . . . . . . . [...]

2 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 EZSwitchSetup software an d hardware requirements 1 EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirements Y ou can run EZSwitchSetup on a SAN host computer or you can use a dif fere nt computer that is not par t of the SAN, such as a lapt op. EZSwitchSetup requires a br owser that conf orms to HTML [...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 3 53-1002157-01 Supported switches 1 FIGURE 2 Configuring Inte rnet Explorer Supported switches Y ou can use EZSwitchSetup wi th the switches listed in “Suppor ted har dware and sof tware” on page viii. Y our switch must mee t the follo wing requirements: • It must be connected t o an Ethernet LAN that i[...]

4 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Language support for EZSwitchSetup 1 Y ou can, ho wev er , use the EZSwitchSetup wizar d to disco ver these switches and set their IP address. The Brocade V A-40FC switch comes pre- configured in A ccess Gatew ay mode. If y ou use the EZSwitchSetup wizard to discov er the Broca de VA-40FC switc[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 5 53-1002157-01 Chapter 2 Setting Up Your Switch In this chapter • Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizar d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 • Configuring the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6 • Zoning selection options .[...]

6 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 FIGURE 3 EZSwitchSetup Installer On Windows, EZSwitchSetup star ts automatically after it is installed. If it do es not, see “Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard” to launch the wizar d manually . On Linux, follo w the procedure “Launching t[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 7 53-1002157-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 FIGURE 4 EZSwitchSetup introduction screen Connecting cables 1. Choose the me thod of connecting to your LA N. Y ou ha ve 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 E[...]

8 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 FIGURE 5 Connect Cables screen (Ethernet version, without serial cable) Figure 6 on page 9 shows the cables conne cting to the Br ocade Fibre Channel switch, setup computer , Ethernet hub or switch, and netw ork. NOTE Not all switches ha ve thei[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 9 53-1002157-01 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 pow er source. The switch pow er and status LEDs di splay ambe r and then c hange to green, which usually takes fr om one to three minut es. See your switch har[...]

10 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 If you are using an Ethernet LAN connection, a Discov er Switch screen is displayed ( Figure 7 ). Go on t o “Discovering the switch.” FIGURE 7 First Discov er Switch screen Discovering the switch 1. Lo ca te th e W WN for you r s wit ch on [...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 11 53-1002157-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 FIGURE 8 Second Discover Switch screen 4. Select a n option for assign ing the IP address and click Ne xt . The options vary depending on the configuration of your switch: • K eep the current switch IP configuration. This option is available [...]

12 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 FIGURE 9 Set Switch IP Address screen 5. Beginning at this step, the st eps are the same f or both serial and Ethernet connections. If you are setting up the switch f or the firs t time, the addresses shown are not valid. If you click Next with[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 13 53-1002157-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 Confirming IP addresses The Confirm IP A ddress screen ( Figure 1 0 ) is displayed after you ha ve assigned IP addresses, using either a serial connection or an Ethernet connection. 1. Check the display ed addresses carefully to be sure they ar[...]

14 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 • Exit EZSwitchSetup Select this option if yo u want to use EZSwitch Setup as an IP configuration tool, but do not want to use EZSwitchSetup Manager as a management tool for the switch. FIGURE 1 1 Continue Configuration screen 4. Click Contin[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 15 53-1002157-01 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 Switch discovery failure During the setup of y our switch, the switch discov er y may fail. There may be se veral reasons wh y switch discovery fails. Ta b l e 2 li sts symptoms and relat ed suggestions to recov er the switch. TA B L E 2 Discov[...]

16 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Configuring the switch 2 Configuring the switch The configuration wi zard steps you through the proc ess of changing your administrative password and zoning. Y ou begin at the Welcome t o Switch Configuration screen ( Figure 12 ). FIGURE 12 Switch configuration welcome screen 1. Cli ck Next to[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 17 53-1002157-01 Configuring the swit ch 2 Setting switch parameters 1. Follow the onscreen direc tions to set a new adm in passwor d for the switch. Make sure to record y our password and k eep it in a secure location f or future reference. 2. Optional : Ent er a ne w name for the switch and se t the correct [...]

18 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Configuring the switch 2 . FIGURE 1 4 Select Zoning wizard Ty p i c a l Z o n i n g is the default and the f ollowing procedure directs y ou to 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 yo u and shows you how [...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 19 53-1002157-01 Connecting devices and completing the setup 2 EZSwitchSetup uses these values to v erify th at all your current and planned devices are properly co nnected f or the zoning scheme that will be created. Not e that T ypical zoning ensures that e ver y connected host de vice will be able to commun[...]

20 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Connecting devices and completing the setup 2 If yo u c ha ng e you r min d a bo ut th e nu mb er of dev ic es yo u wa nt to co nn ec t, you ca n c lic k t he Previous button and adjust the values you hav e select ed in the dr opdown de vice type lists on the Specify Devices screen. Y ou must [...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 21 53-1002157-01 Connecting devices and completing the setup 2 FIGURE 1 7 Installing SFPs 2. Connect Fibre Chann el cables from the switch to y our host and storage devices. Ensure that the physic al connections are exactly as indicat ed on the Configure Por ts and Connect Devices screen. a. Remo ve an y plast[...]

22 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Connecting devices and completing the setup 2 The Configure Ports and Connect Devices screen pr ovides visual f eedback as you cable the switch. A green line indicat es that the co nnection is correct, a red line indicates an inv alid conn ection, and a blue line indi cates a missing connectio[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 23 53-1002157-01 Connecting devices and completing the setup 2 FIGURE 1 9 EZSwitchSetup Configuration Finish screen 5. Click Finish to complete the switch setup. Y ou are no w ready to configure the stor age component of the SAN using the documentation that came with the storage ser ver . If you w ant to monit[...]

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EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 25 53-1002157-01 Chapter 3 Managing Your Switch In this chapter • Switch manager ov er view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 • Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 • Viewing switch inf ormation . . . . [...]

26 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Switch manager overview 3 FIGURE 20 EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager components Task panel The left pane of the Switch Manager is the task panel, which displa ys all tas ks. 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 27 53-1002157-01 Switch manager overview 3 Switch View The Switch View displa ys the switch and status buttons acr oss the top. 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 inf[...]

28 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager 3 Status bar The status bar , at th e bottom of the wind ow , is divided int o the follo wing 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 29 53-1002157-01 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 view the login dialog, press Alt+T ab. Logging in When you log in, the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manage[...]

30 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Viewing switch information 3 Viewing switch information Using EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager , y ou can view the follo wing: • Switch status, includin g por t status. • T em pera ture, fan, and pow er supply status. • HBA and st orage connections to the switch. • Informatio n about devic[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 31 53-1002157-01 Viewing switch inform ation 3 The Fan, T emp, and Po wer buttons indicat e overall status as f ollows: • Green circle (healthy) • Y ellow triangle (marginal) • Red diamond (critical) • Black and yellow striped sq uare (unmonitored) Viewing the status indicator legend T o vie w the lege[...]

32 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Viewing switch information 3 Figure 25 shows the Te m p e r a t u r e view . The temperature view displays the numbe r of temperature sensors, their status, and the temperat ure in both Celsius and F ahrenheit. FIGURE 25 T emperature status Figure 26 shows the Powe r S up pl y view . The pow e[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 33 53-1002157-01 Viewing switch inform ation 3 If the entire por t icon is blue, the por t is buf fer -limited. (A por t is operating in buf fer -limited mode when the number of buffers allocat ed to the port is less than the number of buffers needed b y the por t to utilize the por t at full bandwidth.) If a [...]

34 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Viewing switch information 3 FIGURE 30 Switch Information tab Port information tab Select the Por t I nfor ma ti on tab to view the por t information ( Figure 3 1 ). Detailed port information is displayed as a categorized list of properties , which may be viewed , copied, or exported by catego[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 35 53-1002157-01 Changing switch inform ation 3 • Por t t ype . • Status (health) of the port. • Indication of whether the port is licensed. Changing switch information F rom the Switch Manager , you can relaunch the EZS witchSetup Switch Configuration to perform the fo llowing tasks: • Change the swit[...]

36 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Managing devices 3 • Reboot or power cycle the switch When the switch is reboot ed, the newl y licensed por ts come up as enabled. • Use the Advanced Management t ool See “ Accessing W eb T ools f or advanced management” o n p ag e 4 5 fo r i nfo r m a t i o n o n launching W eb T ools[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 37 53-1002157-01 Managing devices 3 Th e t ab l e c an b e s or te d by d evi ce ty pe , po r t n u mb er, or ven do r . Y ou c an re f in e so r t i ng by u s in g the Ctrl k ey while selecting column headers. F or e xample, if hold down the Ctrl k ey and select Device T ype and Por t# shows por t numbers ass[...]

38 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Managing devices 3 Device connections EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager displa ys a graphica l representation of the switch and the de vices that are connect ed to each port. Click Display Connections under D evices in the task panel. A graphical representation of the switch and connections display[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 39 53-1002157-01 Managing devices 3 FIGURE 3 7 Define Device Aliases wizard 2. Double-click a field in the Ne w A lias column to edit that alias. 3. Click OK when you are done. A “Zone commit succeeded” message is displaye d. This message confirms that the de vice alias changes hav e been saved t o the zon[...]

40 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Managing devices 3 Af ter y ou have defined the de vice aliases, the aliases are displa yed under De vice Alias when you select View under Devices (as in Figure 33 ). The device aliases are also displayed in the Zone Access Map for Devic es when you select Vie w under Zoning ( Figure 3 9 ). FI[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 41 53-1002157-01 Zoning managemen t 3 Zoning management Zoning enables y ou to par tition your fabric int o logical groups of devices that can access each other . F or example, you can par tition your fabric into two zones, winzone and unixzone , so that your Windows servers and sto rage do not interact with y[...]

42 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Zoning managemen t 3 Viewing the zone access map Click View under Zoni ng in t he task panel to v iew t he Zone Access Map f or Devices ( Figure 40 ). If you ha ve no de vices or if you ha ve only one devic e, the zoning map does not displa y . The HBA and st orage device names displa yed in t[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 43 53-1002157-01 Zoning managemen t 3 A Re view Device Connections screen displa ys device connections, over the Zone Access Map fo r De v i c e s . Check to be sure all connec ted devices are prese nt and recognized by the switch. 2. Click Next . The Define Device Aliases scr een is displayed. 3. Add or modif[...]

44 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 Zoning managemen t 3 8. Dismiss the confirmation dialog box. The Zone Access Map is updated t o show the new accessibility relationships. FIGURE 42 Zoning summary information Validating zoning configuration Y ou can v alidate the current zoning co nf iguration against the following rules: • [...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 45 53-1002157-01 Accessing Web To ols for advanced management 3 Accessing Web Tools for advanced management F rom the Switch Manager , you can launch Web T o ols, which pro vides more ext ensive switch management functions for more experienced users. Se e the W eb T ools Adminis trator’s Guide for informatio[...]

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EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 47 53-1002157-01 Appendix A EZSwitchSetup Limitations General limitations Ta b l e 3 lists general EZSwitchSetup li mitations, which apply to all br owsers and switch platforms. TA B L E 3 EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager limitations Problem Area Details HTTP timeout V er y of ten, y ou may see the f ollowing mes [...]

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EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 49 53-1002157-01 Index A accessing Web Tools from EZSwitchSetup , 45 admin password, changing , 35 aliases, assigning to devices , 38 B browsers limitations , 47 refresh frequency, setting , 2 supported , 2 C changing switch inform ation , 35 CIDR block , 12 closing sessions , 29 COM port is busy. setup comput[...]

50 EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 53-1002157-01 L languages su pported , 4 launching EZSwitchSetup , 28 LEDs , 32 limitations , 47 localization support , 4 logging in , 29 logging out , 29 M monitoring th e switch , 30 O operating systems, supported , 2 P passwords, changing , 35 platforms, supported , 2 port informatio n, displaying , 32 ,[...]

EZSwitchSetup Administrator ’s Guide 51 53-1002157-01 Z zoning about , 41 advanced zoning , 17 , 41 changing configuration , 35 configure zones , 18 custom zon ing , 17 , 41 editing , 42 restoring default typical zoning , 44 specify devices , 18 typical zoning , 17 , 41 validating zone configuration , 44[...]

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