Using The Web Tools Interface; Viewing Switch Explorer - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

Using the Web Tools Interface

In this chapter

Viewing Switch Explorer

The first thing you see when you log in to a switch with Web Tools is Switch Explorer, shown in
Figure 5
information about the switch and fabric. The Switch Explorer areas are:
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Viewing Switch Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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Displaying tool tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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Right-click options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Refresh rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Displaying switches in the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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Working with Web Tools: recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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Opening a Telnet or SSH client window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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Collecting logs for troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
on page 19. Switch Explorer is divided into tabs and areas that provide access to, and
Three tabs - Switch View, Port Admin, and Name Server.
If Access Gateway is enabled, Access Gateway Devices tab displays instead of Name Server.
For more information, refer to
The Fabric Tree under Switch View displays a list of all the switches in the fabric.
The menu bar, at the top of the window, provides access to the following tasks:
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Viewing tasks, such as the switch view, port administration, and name server.
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Configuration tasks, such as switch administration, zone administration, fabric watch, and
switch status policy.
NOTE
You can manage basic zoning and Traffic Isolation zoning using Web Tools and Web Tools
with the Enhanced Group Management (EGM) license. To perform clone operations for
zoning, the EGM license must be installed on the switch; otherwise, access to this feature
is denied and an error message displays.
You must use Brocade Network Advisor to print the zone database summary configuration
and to analyze zone configurations. For more information on zoning management, refer to
"Zone configuration and zoning database management"
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Monitoring tasks, such as performance monitoring, system monitoring, and viewing the
power, temperature, or fan status.
Chapter 11, "Using the Access
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Gateway".
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