Enabling Platform Services; Disabling Platform Services; Accessing The Management Server Database; Displaying The Management Server Acl - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Enabling platform services

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Issue the msplMgmtActivate command:
switch:admin> msplmgmtactivate
Request to activate MS Platform Service in progress......
*Completed activating MS Platform Service in the fabric!
switch:admin>

Disabling platform services

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Issue the msplMgmtDeactivate command.
3. Enter y to confirm the deactivation:
switch:admin> msplmgmtdeactivate
MS Platform Service is currently enabled.
This will erase MS Platform Service configuration
information as well as database in the entire fabric.
Would you like to continue this operation? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
Request to deactivate MS Platform Service in progress......
*Completed deactivating MS Platform Service in the fabric!
switch:admin>

Accessing the Management Server database

You can use the msConfigure command to control access to the Management Server database.
An access control list (ACL) of WWN addresses determines which systems have access to the
Management Server database. The ACL typically contains those WWNs of host systems that are running
management applications.
If the list is empty (the default), the Management Server is accessible to all systems connected in-band to
the fabric. For more access security, you can specify WWNs in the ACL so that access to the Management
Server is restricted to only those WWNs listed.
The ACL is switch-based. Therefore, only hosts that are connected directly to the switch are affected by the
ACL. A host that is somewhere else in the fabric and is connected to a switch with an empty ACL is allowed
to access the Management Server.

Displaying the management server ACL

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Issue the msConfigure command.
The command becomes interactive.
3. At the select prompt, enter 1 to display the access list.
A list of WWNs that have access to the Management Server is displayed.
In the following example, the list is empty:
switch:admin> msconfigure
0 Done
1 Display the access list
2 Add member based on its Port/Node WWN
3 Delete member based on its Port/Node WWN
select : (0..3) [1] 1
MS Access list is empty.
0 Done
1 Display the access list
2 Add member based on its Port/Node WWN
3 Delete member based on its Port/Node WWN
select : (0..3) [1] 0
done ...
248 Configuring the Distributed Management Server