View All List Troubleshooting; Zoning Troubleshooting - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c User Manual

View All list troubleshooting

The following section states a possible issue and the recommended solution for View All list errors.
Problem
View All list does not display.
View All list does not display and there are
discovered fabrics.
Example
If you create a new view 'V1' that has one
fabric 'F1' and you display the new view in the
SAN tab (select V1 from the View All list). Then
you delete the fabric F1 from Discovery, the
View All list no longer displays and the following
messages displays:
View loaded, no devices present in the current
view. Refer to the Troubleshooting Guide in
Help (F1) for assistance.

Zoning troubleshooting

The following section states some possible issues and recommended solutions for zoning errors.
Problem
Cannot perform zoning on a new switch.
When configuring a large zone configuration a
switch displays offline during discovery.
When activating a large zone configuration on
a two-switch fabric on UNIX platforms, an error
message displays stating "Failed to perform
the requested zoning action: Failed to zone due
to exception."
Zoning activation message displays for a long
time, but zone configuration is not activated.
Out of memory error caused by running a
zoning report for a large zone configuration
(1 MB) in a medium-sized SAN due to a third
party tool.
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Resolution
The View All list does not display until you discover a fabric. To discover a fabric, refer to
"Discovering fabrics" on page 49.
To select another view, select View > Manage View > Display View > View_Name.
Resolution
You must use telnet (or the Product Type and Access tab in the Add Properties dialog box)
to change the default password on the new switch before you can use the Management
application to perform zoning.
If a large zone configuration is configured in a fabric, switches may temporarily display as
being offline during discovery.
Wait for the next discovery cycle and click the Refresh button on the toolbar.
Although the error message states that the requested zoning action failed, the zone
configuration will be correctly activated. Wait for the next zoning polling to occur.
This issue only occurs on UNIX systems.
Telnet zoning can take a long time. To improve speed, open the Discover Setup dialog box
(Discover > Setup) and add the IP address for the device to the Selected Individual
Addresses list.
You must increase the client memory allocation by completing
allocation settings" on page 119.
View All list troubleshooting
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