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Performing Basic Configuration Tasks

In this chapter
•Fabric OS overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
•Fabric OS command line interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
•Password modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
•The Ethernet interface on your switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
•Date and time settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
•Domain IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
•Switch names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
•Chassis names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
•Switch activation and deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
•Switch and enterprise-class platform shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
•Basic connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Fabric OS overview

This chapter describes how to configure your Brocade SAN using the Fabric OS command line
interface (CLI). Before you can configure a storage area network (SAN), you must power up the
enterprise-class platform or switch and blades, and then set the IP addresses of those devices.
Although this chapter focuses on configuring a SAN using the CLI, you can also use the following
methods to configure a SAN:
•Web Tools
For Web Tools procedures, see the Web Tools Administrator’s Guide.
•Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM)
For DCFM procedures, see the Data Center Fabric Manager Professional User Manual or Data
Center Fabric Manager Enterprise User Manual depending on the version you have.
•A third-party application using the API
For third-party application procedures, refer to the third-party API documentation.
Because of the differences between fixed-port and variable-port devices, procedures sometimes
differ among Brocade models. As new Brocade models are introduced, new features sometimes
apply only to those models.
When procedures or parts of procedures apply to some models but not others, this guide identifies
the specifics for each model. For example, a number of procedures that apply only to variable-port
devices are found in “Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks” on page 35.