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Dcfm migration guide v6.4.0 (53-1001776-01, june 2010)
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53-1001776-01
14 April 2010
DCFM Migration Guide
Supporting DCFM 10.4.X
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  • Page 1 53-1001776-01 ® 14 April 2010 DCFM Migration Guide Supporting DCFM 10.4.X...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2006-2010, Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated. Brocade, the B-wing symbol, BigIron, DCX, Fabric OS, FastIron, IronPoint, IronShield, IronView, IronWare, JetCore, NetIron, SecureIron, ServerIron, StorageX, and TurboIron are registered trademarks, and DCFM, Extraordinary Networks, and SAN Health are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    In this guide In this guide • Professional, Professional Plus, and Enterprise edition feature support ....3 • System requirements ............. 7 •...

  • Page 4: Professional, Professional Plus, And Enterprise Edition Feature Support

    Professional, Professional Plus, and Enterprise edition feature support TABLE 1 Features supported (Continued) Feature Description Professional Professional Enterprise Edition Plus Edition Edition Fabric Binding Fabric Binding Fabric Watch All Fabric Watch features Element Element Element Manager Manager Manager Fault Management Show switch events Show fabric events Syslog forwarding...
  • Page 5 Professional, Professional Plus, and Enterprise edition feature support TABLE 1 Features supported (Continued) Feature Description Professional Professional Enterprise Edition Plus Edition Edition Migration Migration from legacy EFCM and Fabric Manager Name Server Collection and Views Open Trunking Support Display trunks on the topology Display trunks properties Display marching ants Display connections properties...
  • Page 6 Professional, Professional Plus, and Enterprise edition feature support TABLE 1 Features supported (Continued) Feature Description Professional Professional Enterprise Edition Plus Edition Edition SMI Agent Server Profile Fabric Profile Indications Zone Control Enhanced Zoning Enhanced Zoning Control FDMI (Fabric Device Management Interface) Profile Virtual Fabrics Sub Profile Topology View Sub Profile...

  • Page 7: System Requirements

    System requirements TABLE 1 Features supported (Continued) Feature Description Professional Professional Enterprise Edition Plus Edition Edition TI Zones Device to Zone / zoneset participation analysis LSAN Zones Rolling back to an activated zone database Import or export a zone database System requirements Use the following to determine if you have met the requirements for this application.
  • Page 8 System requirements TABLE 2 System requirements (Continued) Professional Professional Enterprise Plus Operating Version Installation Small Medium Large System Type Solaris Solaris 10 Server plus Sun Fire/Sun Sun SPARC Sun SPARC Sun SPARC Sun SPARC 1 local SPARC Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise Enterprise client Enterprise...

  • Page 9: Memory Requirements

    System requirements Memory requirements Table 3 summarizes the minimum recommended system memory requirements for running DCFM plus SMI Agent on Windows, Linux, and Solaris systems. Table 4 summarizes the minimum recommended system memory requirements for running SMI Agent only on Windows, Linux, and Solaris systems. NOTE These requirements are only applicable when no other applications are running on DCFM.

  • Page 10: Browser Requirements

    System requirements Browser requirements The launch of DCFM and the launch of Element Manager (Web Tools) from the application are supported from the following browsers with a Java plug-in: • Browsers Windows Internet Explorer under Windows Firefox under Windows, Solaris, or Linux •...
  • Page 11 System requirements TABLE 7 Professional Plus-supported limits by SAN size for pure Fabric OS fabrics Values Limits Number of Fabrics Number of Domains Number of Switch Ports 2560 Number of Device Ports 4096 Number of Access Gateways Performance Monitoring Polling 5 minutes TABLE 8 Professional-supported limits by SAN size for pure Fabric OS fabrics...

  • Page 12: Installing The Application

    Installing the application Installing the application To install the new application version, complete the following steps. 1. Insert the installation DVD into the DVD-ROM drive. • For Windows systems, if autorun is enabled, the DVD Index page launches automatically. Click the Install link.
  • Page 13 Professional edition migration Professional pre-migration requirements on Windows systems Before you migrate from Professional, complete the following: • Make sure that you fully back up your current Management application data on your management server. • Make sure you close all instances of the application before upgrading. Professional pre-migration requirements on UNIX systems Before you migrate from Professional edition, complete the following: •...
  • Page 14 Professional edition migration Migrating from Professional 10.1.X or 10.3.X NOTE Remote migration is not supported for Professional edition. Use the following procedure to migrate from Professional edition 10.1.X or 10.3.X software to Professional edition 10.4.X software on a Windows management server. 1.
  • Page 15 Professional edition migration FIGURE 1 Server IP Configuration screen 8. Complete the following steps on the Server Configuration screen. NOTE Do not use port 1527 for any of these port numbers. Port 1527 is used internally by the server. FIGURE 2 Server Configuration screen a.
  • Page 16 Professional edition migration e. Click Next. If you enter a Syslog port number already in use, a message displays. Click OK to close the message. Edit the Syslog port number and click Next. If you enter a port number already in use, a Warning displays beneath the associated port number field. Edit that port number and click Next.
  • Page 17 Professional edition migration 1. Click Next on the Welcome screen. 2. Choose one of the following options to migrate data from a previous version. To migrate data from a previous management application, you must do so now. • To migrate data from the previous version installed (automatically detected), select Yes, from DCFM in the following location.
  • Page 18 Professional edition migration 8. Select Internal FTP Server or External FTP Server on the FTP Server screen and click Next. The default selection reflects the previous Professional edition configuration. If port 21 is busy, a message displays. Click OK to close the message and continue. Once the Management application is configured make sure port 21 is free and restart the Server to start the FTP service.
  • Page 19 Professional edition migration 10. Complete the following steps on the Server Configuration screen. NOTE Do not use port 2638 for any of these port numbers. Port 2638 is used internally by the server. FIGURE 4 Server Configuration screen a. Enter a port number in the Syslog Port # field (default is 514). NOTE If the default syslog port number is already in use, you will not receive any syslog messages from the device.
  • Page 20 Professional edition migration 11. Complete the following steps on the SMI Agent Configuration screen. FIGURE 5 SMI Agent Configuration screen a. Enable the SMI Agent by selecting the Enable SMI Agent check box. b. Enable the SLP by selecting the Enable SLP check box, if necessary. Enable the SSL by selecting the Enable SSL check box, if necessary.
  • Page 21 Professional edition migration 16. Complete the following steps on the Start Server screen: FIGURE 6 Start Server screen a. Select the Start SMI Agent check box, if necessary. b. Select the Start SLP check box, if necessary. Select the Start DCFM Client check box, if necessary. d.

  • Page 22: Upgrading The Application

    Upgrading the application Upgrading the application The quickest and simplest method of moving from one edition to another is to enter the new license information on the DCFM License dialog box. The following table list the available upgrade paths: Current Software Release To Software Release Professional Plus trial Professional Plus edition...

  • Page 23: Professional Plus And Enterprise Edition Pre-Migration Requirements

    Professional Plus and Enterprise edition pre-migration requirements Professional Plus and Enterprise edition pre-migration requirements The following pre-migration requirements are applicable to Professional Plus and Enterprise trial and full editions. NOTE Cross flavor migration is supported within the 10.4.X release for Professional Plus and Enterprise Edition. For example, you can migrate from one flavor of Enterprise 10.4.X to another flavor of Enterprise 10.4.X.

  • Page 24: Professional Plus Trial Requirements

    Professional Plus migration • Make sure that an X Server is available for display and is configured to permit X Client applications to display from the host on which they are installing the DCFM Server (typically, this simply requires that the systems console be present and running with a logged in user on the X Server-based desktop session, such as KDE, GNOME, and so on).
  • Page 25 Professional Plus migration Migrating from Professional Plus to Professional Plus or Enterprise 10.4.X NOTE Professional Plus full edition to Professional Plus trial edition migration is not supported. NOTE When migrating to Professional Plus or Enterprise 10.4.X, an SMI Agent only option displays in Edition Page. If you choose the SMI Agent only option during migration, you must enter a valid Enterprise license to launch the DCFM client.
  • Page 26 Professional Plus migration 5. Select Professional Plus with SMI Agent, Enterprise with SMI Agent, or SMI Agent only on the Editions screen and click Next. NOTE If you choose Enterprise with SMI Agent, you will not be able to migrate to Professional Plus in the future. NOTE If you choose to install only the SMI Agent, when you open the DCFM client, a License dialog displays, where you must enter a license key.
  • Page 27 Professional Plus migration Click Next. If DNS is not configured for your network, do not select the ‘hostname’ option from either the Server IP Configuration or Switch - Server IP Configuration Preferred Address list. Selecting the ‘hostname’ option prevents clients and devices from communicating with the Server. If you select a specific IP address from the Server IP Configuration screen and the selected IP address changes, you will not be able to connect to the server.
  • Page 28 Professional Plus migration Click Next. If you enter a Syslog port number already in use, a message displays. Click OK to close the message. Edit the Syslog port number and click Next. If you enter a port number already in use, a Warning displays beneath the associated port number field. Edit that port number and click Next.
  • Page 29 Professional Plus migration 13. Complete the following steps on the Start Server screen. FIGURE 10 Start Server screen a. Select the Start SMI Agent check box, if necessary. b. Select the Start SLP check box, if necessary. Select the Start DCFM Client check box, if necessary. d.

  • Page 30: Enterprise Trial Requirements

    Enterprise migration Enterprise migration NOTE Enterprise trial to Professional or Professional Plus edition migration is not supported. Enterprise trial requirements • Professional or Professional Plus edition and Enterprise trial cannot reside on the same host unless there are two guest Operating Systems on the same host. •...

  • Page 31: Enterprise Migration

    Enterprise migration 2. Choose one of the following options: • If data is detected on your system, one of the following screens display: A message displays. Click Yes on the message and click Next on the Partial Data Migration screen. Go ...

  • Page 32: Enterprise Migration

    Enterprise migration Complete the following steps on the Server IP Configuration screen. FIGURE 11 Server IP Configuration screen a. Select an address from the Server IP Configuration list. b. Select an address from the Switch - Server IP Configuration Preferred Address list. Click Next.
  • Page 33 Enterprise migration a. Enter a port number in the Syslog Port Number field (default is 514). NOTE If the default syslog port number is already in use, you will not receive any syslog messages from the device. To find and stop the process currently running on the default Syslog port number, refer to “Syslog troubleshooting”...
  • Page 34 Enterprise migration 10. Select one of the following options on the SAN Size screen (for Pure Fabric OS fabrics only) and click Next: NOTE Port count is equal to the total number of switch ports across all fabrics. • Small (managing up to 2000 ports, 1-20 domains) •...

  • Page 35: Configuring An Explicit Server Ip Address

    Configuring an explicit server IP address Configuring an explicit server IP address If you selected a specific IP address from the Server IP Configuration screen during installation and the selected IP address changes, you will not be able to connect to the server. To connect to the new IP address, you must manually update the IP address information.

  • Page 36: Syslog Troubleshooting

    Syslog troubleshooting 12. Click Login. 13. Click OK on the Login Banner. Syslog troubleshooting If the default syslog port number is already in use, you will not receive any syslog messages from the device. Use one of the following procedures (depending on your operating system), to determine which process is running on the syslog port and to stop the process.
  • Page 37 Syslog troubleshooting Solaris operating system Finding the process 1. Open a command window. 2. Type ps –ef | grep syslog and press Enter. The process running on port 514 displays. Example output: root 27154 13:49:14 ?. Stopping the process Type kill -9 “<PID>” and press Enter. For example, kill -9 “<27154>”.
  • Page 38 Syslog troubleshooting 38 of 38 DCFM Migration Guide 53-1001776-01...

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