About The Cli; Tom - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

There are several methods that you can use to configure a switch. These are listed with their respective
documents:
• Command Line Interface (CLI)
• A telnet session into logical switches
• A telnet session into active and standby CPs for Director class switches
• A serial console, including active and standby CPs for Director class switches
• An optional modem, which behaves like a serial console port
For CLI details, refer to the
• Web Tools
For Web Tools procedures, refer to the
• Fabric Manager (optional management application, purchase separately)
For Fabric Manager procedures, refer to the
• A third-party application using the API
For third-party application procedures, refer to the third-party API documentation.

About the CLI

Fabric OS CLI is the complete fabric management tool for HP StorageWorks SANs that enables you to:
• Access the full range of Fabric OS features, based on license keys.
• Configure, monitor, dynamically provision, and manage every aspect of the SAN.
• Configure and manage the fabric on multiple efficient levels.
• Identify, isolate, and manage SAN events across every switch in the fabric.
• Manage switch licenses.
• Perform fabric stamping.
To manage a switch using telnet, SSH2 session into SNMP, or Web Tools, the switch must be connected to
a network through the switch Ethernet port (out of band) or from the Fibre Channel (in band). The switch
must be configured with an IP address to allow for the network connection. Refer to the installation guide
for your specific switch for information on physically connecting to the switch.
You can access switches from different connections, such as Web Tools, CLI, and API. When these
connections are simultaneous, changes from one connection might not be updated to the other, and some
modifications might be lost. When simultaneous connections are used, make sure that you do not overwrite
the work of another connection.
A number of management tasks are designed to make fabric-level changes; for example, zoning
commands make changes that affect the entire fabric. When executing fabric-wide configuration tasks,
allow time for the changes to propagate across the fabric before executing any subsequent tasks. For a
large fabric, it might take a few minutes.
In a mixed fabric containing switches running various Fabric OS versions, you should use the latest-model
switches running the most recent release as the primary Fabric Configuration Server switch (FCS) in your
SAN. The primary FCS is the switch that actively manages security and configurations for all switches. In
addition, the FCS performs zoning and time server tasks.
The principal management access should be set to the core switches in the fabric. For example, to run
versions of Fabric OS prior to 5.3.0, that are in secure mode (requires separately purchased Secure Fabric
OS option), use the latest-model switch as the primary FCS.
22 Introducing Fabric OS CLI procedures
Fabric OS Command Reference Manual
Web Tools Administrator's Guide
Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide
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