Brocade Communications Systems 53-1001778-01 manual Encoding proxy connection details

3 SMI Agent security

Encoding proxy connection details

For additional security you can encode the contents of the provider.xml file.

1.Launch the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool.

2.Click Encode Proxy Details in the menu tree (see Figure 16).

The content pane displays the current setting, which is selected and dimmed.

3.Click the Stop Server to stop the SMI-A, if it is running. This button is unavailable if the server is already stopped.

4.To change the encoding setting, click the button of the available option.

If encoding is already enabled, the Disable Proxy Connection Details Encoding option is available.

If user authentication is already disabled, the Enable Proxy Connection Details Encoding option is available.

5.Click Apply.

If you enabled encoding, the proxy connection entries are removed from the provider.xml file are copied to the provider.ser binary file. New proxy entries are also written to the provider.ser file.

If you disabled encoding, the proxy connection entries are removed from the provider.ser binary file and copied to the provider.xml file. New proxy entries are also written to the provider.xml file.

FIGURE 16 Encode proxy details

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