Brocade Communications Systems 5000 Service Manual

53-1001193-02December 5, 2008EZSwitchSetupAdministrator’s GuideSupporting Fabric OS v6.2.0Supporting Brocade 200E, 300, 4100, 4900, 5000, 5100, 5300

x EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02 Key terms For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary.For defin

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide xi53-1001193-02 Getting technical helpContact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software su

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EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 153-1001193-02 Chapter1Introducing EZSwitchSetupIn this chapter•Overview of EZSwitchSetup . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirements1 EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirementsYo

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 353-1001193-02Supported switches1 FIGURE 2 Configuring Internet Explorer 5. Click OK to save the changes.Supported

4 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Language support for EZSwitchSetup1 Language support for EZSwitchSetupThe EZSwitchSetup wizard and t

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 553-1001193-02 Chapter2Setting Up Your SwitchIn this chapter•Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard. . .

6 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard2 FIGURE 3 EZSwitchSetup Installer Launching the EZSw

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 753-1001193-02Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard2 The EZSwitchSetup wizard starts, as shown in Figure

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8 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard2 FIGURE 5 Connect Cables screen (Ethernet version, w

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 953-1001193-02Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard2 FIGURE 6 Cable connections3. Connect the power cord

10 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard2 If you are using the serial connection, the Set Sw

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 1153-1001193-02Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard2 NOTEIf you see a caution message saying the IP add

12 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard2 Confirming IP addressesThe Confirm IP Address scre

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 1353-1001193-02Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard2 3. At this point, you can do either of the followi

14 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard2 If you click Continue with EZManager, A warning di

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 1553-1001193-02Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard2 TABLE 2 Discovery recoverySymptom CorrectionThe se

16 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Configuring the switch2 Configuring the switchThe configuration wizard steps you through the proces

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 1753-1001193-02Configuring the switch2 Setting switch parameters1. Follow the onscreen directions to set a new adm

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02 Document HistoryThe following table lists all versions of the EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide.Doc

18 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Configuring the switch2 Typical Zoning is the default and the following procedure directs you to se

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 1953-1001193-02Connecting devices and completing the setup2 FIGURE 16 Specify Devices screenConnecting devices and

20 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Connecting devices and completing the setup2 additional currently unoccupied ports for future HBA o

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 2153-1001193-02Connecting devices and completing the setup2 FIGURE 18 Installing SFPs2. Connect Fibre Channel cabl

22 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Connecting devices and completing the setup2 The Configure Ports and Connect Devices screen provide

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 2353-1001193-02Connecting devices and completing the setup2 FIGURE 20 EZSwitchSetup Configuration Finish screen5.

24 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Connecting devices and completing the setup2

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 2553-1001193-02 Chapter3Managing Your SwitchIn this chapter•Switch manager overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

26 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Switch manager overview3 FIGURE 21 EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager ComponentsTask panelThe left pane o

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 2753-1001193-02Switch manager overview3 Switch ViewThe Switch View displays the switch and status buttons across t

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28 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager3 Status barThe status bar, at the bottom of the window,

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 2953-1001193-02Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager3 The Login dialog box is displayed. If there are other a

30 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Viewing switch information3 Viewing switch informationUsing EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager, you can v

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 3153-1001193-02Viewing switch information3 Viewing the status indicator legendTo view the legend for the status in

32 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Viewing switch information3 Figure 26 shows the Temperature view. The temperature view displays the

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 3353-1001193-02Viewing switch information3 Port statusThe Switch View displays port graphics with blinking LEDs, s

34 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Viewing switch information3 Hover the cursor over the LEDs to view details about the port state and

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 3553-1001193-02Viewing switch information3 Port information tabSelect the Port Information tab to view the port in

36 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Changing switch information3 Changing switch informationFrom the Switch Manager, you can relaunch t

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 3753-1001193-02Managing devices3 Managing devicesThe Devices page displays the following information:• Whether the

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide v53-1001193-02 ContentsAbout This DocumentIn this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

38 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Managing devices3 2. Select a row in the table to display additional information about the device.3

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 3953-1001193-02Managing devices3 FIGURE 37 Display Connections screenAssigning and renaming device aliasesEvery de

40 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Managing devices3 2. Double-click a field in the New Alias column to edit that alias.3. Click OK wh

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 4153-1001193-02Zoning management3 Zoning managementZoning enables you to partition your fabric into logical groups

42 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Zoning management3 Viewing the zone access mapClick View under Zoning in the task panel to view the

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 4353-1001193-02Zoning management3 If no devices are connected to the switch, or if only storage devices or only HB

44 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Zoning management3 FIGURE 43 Zoning summary informationValidating zoning configurationYou can valid

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 4553-1001193-02Accessing Web Tools for advanced management3 Accessing Web Tools for advanced managementFrom the Sw

46 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02Accessing Web Tools for advanced management3 Using DHCP to assign switch IP addressesIf your switch

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 4753-1001193-02 AppendixAEZSwitchSetup LimitationsIn this appendix•General limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . .

vi EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02 Chapter 3 Managing Your SwitchIn this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

48 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02General limitationsA Loss of Connection Occasionally, you may see the following message when you tr

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 4953-1001193-02 IndexAaccessing Web Tools from EZSwitchSetup, 42admin password, changing, 34aliases, assigning

50 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02 JJava Plug-ins, supported, 2Llanguages supported, 4launching EZSwitchSetup, 27LEDs, 32limitatio

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 5153-1001193-02 Zzoningabout, 38advanced zoning, 18, 40changing configuration, 34configuration, displaying, 38c

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EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide vii53-1001193-02 About This DocumentIn this chapter•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

viii EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide53-1001193-02 Supported Hardware and SoftwareThis document supports the following platforms:• Brocade 200E swi

EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide ix53-1001193-02 Document ConventionsThis section describes text formatting conventions and important notices forma