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FIGURE 2 Brocade SMI Agent high-level architecture

The Brocade SMI Agent supports the evolving SMI-S standard and the Brocade functionality not available through the standard.

The Brocade SMI Agent provides the following features:

CIM agent compliant with SMI-S, with support for the following profiles:

Server profile (supported by the SMI-A with CIMOM vendor-supplied providers)

Fabric profile

Switch profile

Extender profile (discovery only)

FC HBA profile

The Brocade SMI Agent Developer’s Guide has additional information about the supported profiles and subprofiles.

Additional support for physical objects such as chassis, blades, fans, power supplies, temperature sensors, and transceivers

Support for the following:

Connection and account management

Port performance and error statistics

HBA and device information via FDMI

Configuration download to switches

Firmware download to switches

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Contents Brocade SMI Agent Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated Title Publication number Summary of changes Date Brocade SMI Agent User’s Guide Contents Chapter Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Chapter Mutual Authentication for Clients and Indications Index How this document is organized This chapterSupported hardware and software Document conventions What’s new in this documentText formatting Key terms Identifies command syntax examplesBrocade resources Additional informationOther industry resources FT00X0054E9 Getting technical helpSupport@brocade.com Brocade SMI Agent supportDocument feedback Common Information Model CIM OverviewBrocade SMI Agent Brocade SMI-S InitiativeBrocade SMI Agent Brocade SMI Agent User’s Guide Starting the SMI-A Brocade SMI AgentStop the Brocade SMI Agent Starting the SMI-A as a serviceStopping the SMI-A Stopping the SMI-A as a service Service Location Protocol SLP supportSLP on Linux, Solaris, and AIX Slptool commandsStopping SLP on Linux, Solaris, and AIX Starting SLP on Linux, Solaris, and AIXSLP on Windows Installing SLP on WindowsStarting SLP on Windows Connection monitoring Disable Http for security reasonsFor example Enable multi-homed supportAbout the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool Brocade SMI Agent ConfigurationApply Launching the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool Windows Launch the Brocade SMI-A Configuration ToolReloading provider.xml on fabric segmentation Proxy connectionsAdding proxy connections Removing proxy connections Login failure status informationAccess control Login failure status messages Access controlMapping an SMI-A user to a switch user Setting up default SMI-A user mapping SMI Agent security Limitations of SMI-A user-to-switch user mappingConfiguring mutual authentication for clients Mutual authentication setupConfiguring mutual authentication for indications Mutual authentication for indications Configuring Http accessImporting client certificates Http accessExporting server certificates SMI Agent security Configuring user authentication User authentication Encode proxy details Encoding proxy connection detailsConfiguring or removing the SMI Agent as a service SMI Agent service configuration and removalConfigure Http and Https ports Port configurationConfiguring the Http and Https ports Configuring the ARR and eventing ports Configure ARR and eventing portsConfigure ARR and eventing ports Fabric Manager database server configurationConfiguring software locations for firmware download Firmware download software locations configurationFile Path Configuring debugging options for Cimom Debugging and logging options configurationDebugging options for Cimom Debugging options for the provider Configure debugging options for CimomDynamic Update Configuring debugging options for the providerLogging options for the provider Configuring logging options for providerLog file examples Configure logging optionsCapturing information from the provider cache Capture provider cache informationCollect support information Support information collectionCollecting support information XML dumpRunning an XML dump Configuring the Cimom server Cimom server configurationUncomment the following lines Configuring log file optionsIntroduction Mutual authentication for clientsEnabling mutual authentication for indications Mutual authentication for indicationsClient configuration to use client certificates Enabling mutual authentication for clientsClient.ind.truststore Clientind.cer Java -classpath SMIAgent/agent/wbem.jar Xmlerror TroubleshootingXmlerror General questions Frequently Asked QuestionsHow do I collect diagnostic data from the Brocade SMI Agent? Does the SMI Agent have support for Https communication? On Linux Type the following command Appendix Open source software used in SMI-ASource Code License Sun Industry Standards Source LicenseDistribution Obligations Inability to Comply DUE to Statute or Regulation Termination IBM Common Public License Grant of Rights Commercial Distribution OpenSLP License GNU Library General Public License Bouncy CastleSun Binary Code License Agreement Public DomainBrocade SMI Agent User’s Guide Supplemental License Terms Brocade SMI Agent User’s Guide Brocade SMI Agent User’s Guide 53-1001778-01 Sun Binary Code License Agreement Index Brocade SMI Agent User’s Guide