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30 March 2010

Brocade SMI Agent

User’s Guide

Supporting SMI Agent 120.11.0

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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 chapter Supported hardware and software Document conventions What’s new in this documentText formatting Key terms Identifies command syntax examples Brocade resources Additional informationOther industry resources FT00X0054E9 Getting technical help Support@brocade.com Brocade SMI Agent support Document feedback Common Information Model CIM Overview Brocade SMI Agent Brocade SMI-S Initiative Brocade SMI Agent Brocade SMI Agent User’s Guide Starting the SMI-A Brocade SMI Agent Stop 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 support SLP on Linux, Solaris, and AIX Slptool commands Stopping SLP on Linux, Solaris, and AIX Starting SLP on Linux, Solaris, and AIX SLP on Windows Installing SLP on WindowsStarting SLP on Windows Connection monitoring Disable Http for security reasons For example Enable multi-homed support About the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Apply Launching the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool Windows Launch the Brocade SMI-A Configuration Tool Reloading provider.xml on fabric segmentation Proxy connectionsAdding proxy connections Removing proxy connections Login failure status information Access control Login failure status messages Access control Mapping 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 mapping Configuring mutual authentication for clients Mutual authentication setup Configuring mutual authentication for indications Mutual authentication for indications Configuring Http access Importing client certificates Http access Exporting server certificates SMI Agent security Configuring user authentication User authentication Encode proxy details Encoding proxy connection details Configuring or removing the SMI Agent as a service SMI Agent service configuration and removal Configure Http and Https ports Port configurationConfiguring the Http and Https ports Configuring the ARR and eventing ports Configure ARR and eventing ports Configure ARR and eventing ports Fabric Manager database server configuration Configuring software locations for firmware download Firmware download software locations configuration File Path Configuring debugging options for Cimom Debugging and logging options configurationDebugging options for Cimom Debugging options for the provider Configure debugging options for Cimom Dynamic Update Configuring debugging options for the provider Logging options for the provider Configuring logging options for provider Log file examples Configure logging options Capturing information from the provider cache Capture provider cache information Collect support information Support information collection Collecting support information XML dumpRunning an XML dump Configuring the Cimom server Cimom server configuration Uncomment the following lines Configuring log file options Introduction Mutual authentication for clients Client configuration to use client certificates Mutual authentication for indicationsEnabling mutual authentication for clients Enabling mutual authentication for indications Client.ind.truststore Clientind.cer Java -classpath SMIAgent/agent/wbem.jar Xmlerror Troubleshooting Xmlerror General questions Frequently Asked Questions How 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-A Source Code License Sun Industry Standards Source License Distribution 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 Castle Sun Binary Code License Agreement Public Domain Brocade 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