Removing A Fabric From Active Discovery; Rediscovering A Previously Discovered Fabric; Deleting A Fabric - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B User Manual

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SAN discovery overview

Removing a fabric from active discovery

If you decide you no longer want the Management application to discover and monitor a specific
fabric, you can delete it from active discovery. Deleting a fabric also deletes the fabric data on the
server (both system collected and user-defined data) except for user-assigned names for the device
port, device node, and device enclosure information.
To delete a fabric from active discovery, complete the following steps.
1. Select Discover > Fabrics.
2. Select the fabric you want to delete from active discovery in the Discovered Fabrics table.
3. Click Delete.
4. Click OK on the confirmation message.
5. Click Close on the Discover Fabrics dialog box.

Rediscovering a previously discovered fabric

To return a fabric to active discovery, complete the following steps.
1. Select Discover > Fabrics.
2. Select the fabric you want to return to active discovery in the Previously Discovered Addresses
3. Click Discover.
4. Click OK on the confirmation message.
5. Click Close on the Discover Fabrics dialog box.

Deleting a fabric

To delete a fabric permanently from discovery, complete the following steps.
1. Select Discover > Fabrics.
2. Select one or more switches that you want to delete permanently from discovery in the
3. Click Delete.
4. Click OK on the confirmation message.
5. Click Close on the Discover Fabrics dialog box.
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The Discover Fabrics dialog box displays.
The deleted fabric displays in the Previously Discovered Addresses table.
The Discover Fabrics dialog box displays.
table.
The rediscovered fabric displays in the Discovered Fabrics table.
The Discover Fabrics dialog box displays.
Previously Discovered Addresses table.
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