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Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 300 Administrator's Manual

Supporting brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5000, 5100, 5300, 6505, 6510, 6520, 7800, 8000, and va-40fc switches
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14 December 2012
EZSwitchSetup
Administrator's Guide
Supporting Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5000, 5100, 5300, 6505, 6510, 6520,
7800, 8000, and VA-40FC

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  • Page 1 53-1002744-01 ® 14 December 2012 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide Supporting Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5000, 5100, 5300, 6505, 6510, 6520, 7800, 8000, and VA-40FC...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2009-2012 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Brocade, Brocade Assurance, the B-wing symbol, BigIron, DCX, Fabric OS, FastIron, MLX, NetIron, SAN Health, ServerIron, TurboIron, VCS, and VDX are registered trademarks, and AnyIO, Brocade One, CloudPlex, Effortless Networking, ICX, NET Health, OpenScript, and The Effortless Network are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents About This Document How this document is organized ......v Supported hardware and software ......v What’s new in this document .
  • Page 4 Chapter 3 Managing Your Switch Switch Manager overview ........27 Task panel .

  • Page 5: About This Document

    Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., documenting all possible configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document. The following platforms are supported by this release of EZSwitchSetup: • Brocade 300 switch • Brocade 4100 switch • Brocade 4900 switch EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide...

  • Page 6: What's New In This Document

    • Brocade 5000 switch • Brocade 5100 switch • Brocade 5300 switch • Brocade 6505 switch • Brocade 6510 switch • Brocade 6520 switch • Brocade 7800 Extension Switch • Brocade 8000 FCoE Switch • Brocade VA-40FC switch What’s new in this document The following change has been made since this document was last released: •...

  • Page 7: Notice To The Reader

    NOTE A note provides a tip, guidance, or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a reference to related information. ATTENTION An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data. CAUTION A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.

  • Page 8: Additional Information

    Additional information This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find helpful. Brocade resources To get up-to-the-minute information, go to http://my.brocade.com to register at no cost for a user ID and password. White papers, online demonstrations, and data sheets are available through the Brocade website http://www.brocade.com/products-solutions/products/index.page For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade website: http://www.brocade.com...

  • Page 9: Document Feedback

    FT00X0054E9 The serial number label is located as follows: • Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5000, 5100, 5300, 7800, 8000, and VA-40FC switches: On the switch ID pull-out tab located on the bottom of the port side of the switch. •...
  • Page 10 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1002744-01...

  • Page 11: Introducing Ezswitchsetup

    Chapter Introducing EZSwitchSetup In this chapter • Overview of EZSwitchSetup ........1 •...

  • Page 12: Ezswitchsetup Software And Hardware Requirements

    EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirements NOTE Although your switch may have advanced capabilities, EZSwitchSetup is for a single-switch fabric with FC ports only. To configure and manage other features on your switch, use the command line interface, Web Tools, or Brocade Network Advisor. EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirements You can run EZSwitchSetup on a SAN host computer or you can use a different computer that is not part of the SAN, such as a laptop.

  • Page 13: Configuring Internet Explorer

    Supported switches Configuring Internet Explorer Correct operation of EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager with Internet Explorer requires specifying the appropriate settings for browser refresh frequency and process model. Browser pages should be refreshed frequently to ensure the correct operation of Switch Manager. 1.

  • Page 14: Language Support For Ezswitchsetup

    Language support for EZSwitchSetup • It must be in a single-switch fabric. If your switch connects to another switch (if there is an E_Port on the switch), you cannot manage the switch using EZSwitchSetup until you disconnect the switch connection. NOTE If there is an E_Port on the switch and if there is a zone conflict, then the fabric is segmented;...
  • Page 15 Language support for EZSwitchSetup • System files (such as the summary file, setting file, and log file) EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1002744-01...
  • Page 16 Language support for EZSwitchSetup EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1002744-01...

  • Page 17: Setting Up Your Switch

    Chapter Setting Up Your Switch In this chapter • Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard ..... . 7 • Configuring the switch......... . . 17 •...

  • Page 18: Launching The Ezswitchsetup Wizard

    Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard FIGURE 3 EZSwitchSetup Installer On Windows, EZSwitchSetup starts automatically after it is installed. If it does not, see “Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard” to launch the wizard manually. On Linux, follow the procedure in “Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard” to launch the wizard.

  • Page 19: Connecting Cables

    Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard FIGURE 4 EZSwitchSetup introduction window Connecting cables 1. Choose the method of connecting to your LAN. You have the choice of using a serial connection or an Ethernet connection to your LAN to set the IP address for the switch.
  • Page 20 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard FIGURE 5 Connect Cables window (Ethernet version, without serial cable) Figure 6 on page 11 shows the cables connecting to the Brocade Fibre Channel switch, setup computer, Ethernet hub or switch, and network. NOTE Not all switches have their serial and Ethernet connectors in the same place as in Figure Refer to the hardware documentation to determine the correct placement of the serial and...
  • Page 21 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard Brocade switch Setup computer Power cable Ethernet cable from hub to Brocade switch Ethernet hub or switch Ethernet cable from setup computer to Ethernet hub or switch Serial cable FIGURE 6 Cable connections 3. Connect the power cord to the switch and plug in to a power source. The switch power and status LEDs display amber and then change to green, which usually takes from one to three minutes.

  • Page 22: Discovering The Switch

    Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard If you are using an Ethernet LAN connection, a Discover Switch window is displayed (Figure Proceed to “Discovering the switch.” FIGURE 7 First Discover Switch window Discovering the switch 1. Locate the WWN for your switch on the switch ID pull-out tab located on the bottom of the port side of the switch.
  • Page 23 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard FIGURE 8 Second Discover Switch window 4. Select an option for assigning the IP address and click Next. The options vary depending on the configuration of your switch: • Keep the current switch IP configuration This option is available only if EZSwitchSetup detected a valid IP address.

  • Page 24: Confirming Ip Addresses

    Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard FIGURE 9 Set Switch IP Address window NOTE Beginning at step 5, the steps are the same for both serial and Ethernet connections. 5. If you are setting up the switch for the first time, the addresses shown are not valid. If you click Next with these addresses in place, EZSwitchSetup returns an error window.
  • Page 25 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard FIGURE 10 EZSwitchSetup Confirm IP Address window 1. Check the displayed addresses carefully to be sure they are correct, then click Next. The Continue Configuration? window is displayed (Figure 11). 2. Select one of the following continuation options: •...
  • Page 26 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard FIGURE 11 Continue Configuration window 3. Click Continue. Depending on the option selected, one of the following outcomes occurs: • If you selected Continue setting up your target switch with EZManager, a dialog box displays warning you that EZSwitchSetup supports only single switch fabrics.

  • Page 27: Switch Discovery Failure

    Configuring the switch Switch discovery failure During the setup of your switch, the switch discovery may fail. There may be several reasons why switch discovery fails. Table 2 lists symptoms and related suggestions to recover the switch. TABLE 2 Discovery recovery Symptom Correction For serial connections:...

  • Page 28: Setting Switch Parameters

    Configuring the switch FIGURE 12 Switch configuration welcome window 1. Click Next to begin. The Set Parameters window is displayed. FIGURE 13 EZSwitchSetup Setup Parameters window Setting switch parameters 1. Follow the onscreen directions to set a new admin password for the switch. Make sure to record your password and keep it in a secure location for future reference.

  • Page 29: Zoning Selection Options

    Zoning selection options 3. Click Next. The Select Zoning window is displayed. NOTE For the Brocade 8000, if you do not have a Ports on Demand license, none of the ports are usable, so the wizard displays a message and exits. You must add the Ports on Demand license using the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager or the command line interface.

  • Page 30: Configuring Zones On The Switch

    Zoning selection options FIGURE 14 Select Zoning wizard window Typical Zoning is the default and the following procedure directs you to select Typical Zoning. When you select Typical Zoning, the wizard automatically configures the zones for you and shows you how to connect the devices to the switch.

  • Page 31: Connecting Devices And Completing The Setup

    Connecting devices and completing the setup EZSwitchSetup uses these values to verify that all your current and planned devices are properly connected for the zoning scheme that will be created. Note that Typical Zoning ensures that every connected host device will be able to communicate with every connected storage device.
  • Page 32 Connecting devices and completing the setup If you change your mind about the number of devices you want to connect, you can click the Previous button and adjust the values you have selected in the device type lists on the Specify Devices window.
  • Page 33 Connecting devices and completing the setup scale: 1/2" = 1" Brocade switch Position SFP and insert until firmly seated Open the SFP latching bale Close the latching bale FIGURE 17 Installing SFPs 2. Connect Fibre Channel cables from the switch to your host and storage devices. Ensure that the physical connections are exactly as indicated on the Configure Ports and Connect Devices window.
  • Page 34 Connecting devices and completing the setup The Configure Ports and Connect Devices window provides visual feedback as you cable the switch. A green line indicates that the connection is correct, a red line indicates an invalid connection, and a blue line indicates a missing connection. scale: 1/8"...
  • Page 35 Connecting devices and completing the setup FIGURE 19 EZSwitchSetup Configuration Finish window 5. Click Finish to complete the switch setup. You are now ready to configure the storage component of the SAN using the documentation that came with the storage server. If you want to monitor the switch, then you need to launch the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager.
  • Page 36 Connecting devices and completing the setup EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1002744-01...

  • Page 37: Switch Manager Overview

    Chapter Managing Your Switch In this chapter • Switch Manager overview ........27 •...

  • Page 38: Task Panel

    Switch Manager overview Task panel 3A Progress indicator Content Page 3B User name, IP address, and user role Status bar FIGURE 20 EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager components Task panel The left pane of the Switch Manager is the task panel, which displays all tasks. The tasks are categorized by Switch, Devices, Zoning, and Miscellaneous.

  • Page 39: Switch View

    Switch Manager overview Switch View The Switch View displays the switch and status buttons across the top. The status buttons enable access to each element listed. Click the refresh icon under the Miscellaneous Tasks to update the information on the screen with the current switch information.

  • Page 40: Status Bar

    Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager Status bar The status bar, at the bottom of the window, is divided into the following sections: • Progress indicator This is on the left side of the status bar. When Switch Manager is sending data to or retrieving data from the switch, this indicator is animated.

  • Page 41: Logging In

    Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager The Login dialog box is displayed. If there are other applications open when EZSwitchSetup manager launches, the login dialog may be hidden. To view the login dialog, press Alt+Tab. Logging in When you log in, the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager interface is launched if the switch is set up and configured with EZSwitchSetup.

  • Page 42: Viewing Switch Information

    Viewing switch information Viewing switch information Using EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager, you can view the following: • Switch status, including port status. • Temperature, fan, and power supply status. • HBA and storage connections to the switch. • Information about devices connected to the switch. •...

  • Page 43: Viewing The Status Indicator Legend

    Viewing switch information • Status and type of each port The Fan, Temp, and Power buttons indicate overall status as follows: • Green circle (healthy) • Yellow triangle (marginal) • Red diamond (critical) • Black and yellow striped square (unmonitored) Viewing the status indicator legend To view the legend for the status indicators, click the Legend button.

  • Page 44: Port Status

    Viewing switch information Figure 25 shows the Temperature view. The temperature view displays the number of temperature sensors, their status, and the temperature in both Celsius and Fahrenheit. FIGURE 25 Temperature status Figure 26 shows the Power Supply view. The power supply view displays the number of power supplies in the switch and their status.
  • Page 45 Viewing switch information If the entire port icon is blue, the port is buffer-limited. (A port is operating in buffer-limited mode when the number of buffers allocated to the port is less than the number of buffers needed by the port to utilize the port at full bandwidth.) If a group of port icons is gray (unavailable), those ports are not licensed.

  • Page 46: Switch Information Tab

    Viewing switch information FIGURE 30 Port icon toggling Switch Information tab The Switch Information tab is the default information tab under Port Information, Switch Information on the Switch View (Figure 31 on page 36). Detailed switch information is displayed as a list of properties, which may be viewed, copied, or exported by category.

  • Page 47: Changing Switch Information

    Changing switch information FIGURE 32 Port Information tab The information page displays the following for each port: • Port number. • Port name. • State of the port. • Port type. • Status (health) of the port. • Indication of whether the port is licensed. Changing switch information From the Switch Manager, you can relaunch the EZSwitchSetup Switch Configuration to perform the following tasks:...

  • Page 48: Adding A Port License

    Adding a port license Adding a port license EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager allows you to enable Ports On Demand (POD) if you have a license available. For the Brocade 7800, you can add the 7800 Upgrade License to activate ports 4–25. This option is not available if all ports are already licensed.
  • Page 49 Managing devices 1. Click View under Devices in the task panel to display a table of information for all of the connected devices (Figure 34). The entries in the table are based on the device WWNs, so a single physical device can have more than one entry in the table.

  • Page 50: Device Connections

    Managing devices FIGURE 36 Detailed Device information Device connections EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager displays a graphical representation of the switch and the devices that are connected to each port. Click Display Connections under Devices in the task panel. A graphical representation of the switch and connections displays, as shown in Figure 37.

  • Page 51: Assigning And Renaming Device Aliases

    Managing devices FIGURE 37 Display Connections window Assigning and renaming device aliases Every device has a device name and an alias name. Alias names make it easier to reference the devices. Alias names are displayed in the zone access map on the Zoning page. You can assign or rename the alias names using the following procedure.
  • Page 52 Managing devices FIGURE 38 Define Device Aliases wizard window 2. Double-click a field in the New Alias column to edit that alias. 3. Click OK when you are done. A “Zone commit succeeded” message is displayed. This message confirms that the device alias changes have been saved to the zoning database.

  • Page 53: Zoning Management

    Zoning management After you have defined the device aliases, the aliases are displayed under Device Alias when you select View under Devices (as in Figure 34). The device aliases are also displayed in the Zone Access Map for Devices when you select View under Zoning (Figure 40).

  • Page 54: Viewing The Zone Access Map

    Zoning management EZSwitchSetup creates zones for you automatically, based on your configuration choices in Setup. • If you chose Typical Zoning, a port-based zoning scheme was created. This zoning scheme creates a two member zone for every possible pairing of H and S ports connected on the Configure Ports and Connect Devices screen.

  • Page 55: Editing The Zoning Configuration

    Zoning management Some HBAs and storage devices can be configured with dual initiator and target capability. Such devices are displayed as both HBA and storage devices in the matrix. Editing the zoning configuration You can customize which HBAs can access which storage devices by clicking Edit in the Zoning task panel.
  • Page 56 Zoning management FIGURE 42 Edit HBA/Storage Accessibility Matrix window 5. Clear the check boxes selectively until you have defined the access groups and accessibility relationships you want in your zoning scheme. 6. When you are done making changes, click Next and the zoning Summary and Confirmation screen is displayed (Figure 43).

  • Page 57: Validating Zoning Configuration

    Zoning management FIGURE 43 Zoning summary information Validating zoning configuration You can validate the current zoning configuration against the following rules: • Every HBA has access to at least one storage device. • Every storage device is accessible by at least one HBA. •...

  • Page 58: Accessing Web Tools For Advanced Management

    Accessing Web Tools for advanced management Accessing Web Tools for advanced management From the Switch Manager, you can launch Web Tools, which provides more extensive switch management functions for more experienced users. See the Web Tools Administrator’s Guide for information on the Web Tools interface. To launch Web Tools, ensure that you have completed all Switch Manager tasks and then click Advanced Management in the Miscellaneous category of the task panel.

  • Page 59: Ezswitchsetup Limitations

    Appendix EZSwitchSetup Limitations In this appendix • General limitations ..........49 General limitations Table 3 lists general EZSwitchSetup limitations, which apply to all browsers and switch platforms.
  • Page 60 General limitations EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1002744-01...
  • Page 61 Index ending sessions EZSwitchSetup about accessing Web Tools from EZSwitchSetup installing admin password, changing launching aliases, assigning to devices fan status browsers Fan, Temperature, and Power Supply Legend limitations Fibre Channel Association viii refresh frequency, setting Fibre Channel cables, connecting supported getting help viii...
  • Page 62 setting refresh frequency support, contacting technical viii supported languages languages supported supported switches launching EZSwitchSetup Switch discovery failure LEDs switch does not power up limitations switch does not respond to commands localization support Switch Manager logging in about logging out launching switch monitoring switch name, changing...
  • Page 63 zoning about advanced zoning changing configuration configure zones custom zoning editing restoring default typical zoning specify devices typical zoning validating zone configuration EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1002744-01...
  • Page 64 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide 53-1002744-01...

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