Displaying Switches In The Fabric; Working With Web Tools: Recommendations - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

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Displaying switches in the fabric

For these reasons, the time displayed in the port statistics tab might not be refreshed as expected.
The counter time indicates only that "this statistics data is retrieved from the switch in this time
period." To ensure the correct information, the time field is updated along with the port statistics
data after every refresh.
The refresh rates are different for each module.
rates are sample rates, they correctly illustrate variance in the refresh rates throughout Web Tools.
TABLE 6
Module
Name Server
Zoning Database
Fabric Watch
Performance Monitor
(This feature requires the EGM license.)
Port Management
FC Routing

Displaying switches in the fabric

If your fabric has more than one switch, you can open Web Tools from one switch and then access
other switches. You can also launch Web Tools from the Brocade Network Advisor client as Element
Manager. This lets you manage Web Tool requests where the fabric is in a private network.
Launch Web Tools from Brocade Network Advisor if you need to access the fabric from a host that is
not in the same network and does not have direct access to the fabric.
NOTE
If you open switches, running Fabric OS v4.4.x or later, from a Fabric Tree displayed for a version
earlier than a v4.4.x switch, some of the features might be disabled.
To display switches in the fabric, perform the following steps.
1. Open Web Tools as described in
2. If the Fabric Tree is not expanded, click the plus sign (+) in the Fabric Tree to view all the
3. Click a switch in the Fabric Tree.

Working with Web Tools: recommendations

Brocades makes the following recommendations for working with Web Tools:
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Polling rates
switches in the fabric.
A separate browser dialog box displays the selected switch. (If the launch switch is running a
Fabric OS version earlier than v5.0.1, the selected switch displays in the same browser
window.)
The graphic of the selected switch displays in Switch View. Additional switch information
displays in the Switch Events and Switch Information tabs.
Table 6 lists polling rates by module. Though these
Polling rate
User-defined; 15 sec minimum
60 sec
45 sec
30 sec
60 sec
45–90 sec, depending on network traffic
"Opening Web Tools" on page 10 and log in to the switch.
Web Tools Administrator's Guide
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