Proxy connections

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The configuration values for the new fabric are displayed in the content pane. The value in the Status column is Not Connected, which means that the proxy entry is configured but the SMI-A is not connected to the fabric.

FIGURE 5 Proxy Configuration dialog box

5.Click Apply.

You are prompted to start the SMI-A if it is not already started. Click Start Server in the lower left corner of the window.

The SMI-A attempts to log in to the fabric. The Status field in the content pane displays the status of the login attempt. When login is successful, the Status field displays Connected.

NOTE

The proxy that is added during installation cannot be removed from the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool if the status is “Login Failed”.

Removing proxy connections

1.Launch the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool.

2.Click Proxies in the menu tree (see Figure 4 on page 15).

3.Select the proxy in the content pane and click Remove.

The value in the Status column for this fabric changes to Marked for Delete, which means that the proxy entry is configured but the SMI-A is not connected to the fabric.

4.Click Apply.

The SMI-A attempts to log out of the fabric. If the logout is successful, the proxy entry is removed from the content pane.

Login failure status information

If the login fails, the SMI-A displays a message in the Status column of the Proxies panel (see Figure 4 on page 15). You can see the full message as a tool tip or by expanding the Status column. Table 1 lists the status messages and corresponding descriptions, as well as the return code from the LoginAsUser extrinsic method.

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