Brocade Communications Systems 53-1001778-01 Index

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Index

A

access control, 18

ARR ports, configuring, 33

B

Brocade SMI Agent. See SMI-A

C

CIM defined, 1

client certificates, 48, 50

common schema, 1

Configuration Tool

about, 13

launching, 15

configuring

ARR ports, 33

debugging options, 37

eventing ports, 33

Fabric Manager Database server, 34

firmware download software location, 35

HTTP ports, 32

HTTPS ports, 32

logging options, 40

proxy connections, 16

security, 21

SMI-A as a service, 31

SMI-A server, 45

core schema, 1

D

debugging options, configuring, 37

decoding proxy connection entries, 30

default user mapping, 20

disabling

HTTP, 11

HTTP access, 24

user authentication, 28

Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), xiii

E

enabling

HTTP access, 24

multi-homed support, 12

mutual authentication for clients, 47

mutual authentication for indications, 48

SLP support, 7

user authentication, 28

encoding proxy connection entries, 30

eventing ports, configuring, 33

extension schema, 1

F

fabric connections, configuring, 16

Fabric Manager Database server, configuring, 34

features list, 3

Fibre Channel Association, xiv

firmware download, configuring software location, 35

frequently asked questions (FAQs), 53

H

help, SMI agent support, xv

HTTP access, enabling and disabling, 24

HTTP ports, configuring, 32

HTTPS ports, configuring, 32

L

launching Configuration Tool, 15

Contents

Main Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated Document History Title Publication number Summary of changes Date Page Contents About This Document Chapter 1 Overview Chapter 2 Brocade SMI Agent Chapter 3 Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Chapter 4 Mutual Authentication for Clients and Indications Chapter 5 Frequently Asked Questions Page About This Document How this document is organized Supported hardware and software Whats new in this document Document conventions Text formatting Notes, cautions, and warnings ATTENTION Notice to the reader Additional information Brocade resources Other industry resources Getting technical help Brocade SMI Agent support Page Overview Common Information Model (CIM) C I M SMI Page Page Brocade SMI Agent Start the Brocade SMI Agent Starting the SMI-A Starting the SMI-A as a service Stop the Brocade SMI Agent Stopping the SMI-A Stopping the SMI-A when mutual authentication for clients is enabled Stopping the SMI-A as a service Service Location Protocol (SLP) support slptool commands SLP on Linux, Solaris, and AIX Starting SLP on Linux, Solaris, and AIX Stopping SLP on Linux, Solaris, and AIX Verifying that the SLP service is correctly installed and operating SLP on Windows Installing SLP on Windows Starting SLP on Windows Verifying that the SLP service is correctly installed and operating Disable HTTP for security reasons Connection monitoring Enable multi-homed support Configuring IP address for switch-to-SMIAgent communication in multi-homed systems Configuring IP address for SMI Agent client to server communication in multi-homed systems Brocade SMI Agent Configuration About the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool FIGURE 3 Launch the Brocade SMI-A Configuration Tool Launching the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool (Linux, Solaris, and AIX) FIGURE 4 Launching the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool (Windows) Proxy connections Reloading provider.xml on fabric segmentation Including multiple switch connection entries from the same fabric in the provider.xml Adding proxy connections FIGURE 5 Removing proxy connections Login failure status information Access control TABLE 1 Mapping an SMI-A user to a switch user FIGURE 6 FIGURE 7 Setting up default SMI-A user mapping FIGURE 8 Limitations of SMI-A user-to-switch user mapping SMI Agent security Mutual authentication setup Configuring mutual authentication for clients Configuring mutual authentication for indications FIGURE 10 Configuring HTTP access FIGURE 11 Importing client certificates FIGURE 12 Exporting server certificates FIGURE 13 Viewing or deleting client certificates from SMI-A server truststore FIGURE 14 Configuring user authentication FIGURE 15 Encoding proxy connection details FIGURE 16 SMI Agent service configuration and removal Configuring or removing the SMI Agent as a service FIGURE 17 Port configuration Configure HTTP and HTTPS ports Configuring the HTTP and HTTPS ports Configure ARR and eventing ports Configuring the ARR and eventing ports FIGURE 19 Fabric Manager database server configuration Configuring the Fabric Manager database server connection parameters FIGURE 20 Firmware download software locations configuration Configuring software locations for firmware download FIGURE 21 FIGURE 22 Debugging and logging options configuration Debugging options for CIMOM Configuring debugging options for CIMOM Debugging options for the provider Configuring debugging options for the provider FIGURE 24 Logging options for the provider Configuring logging options for provider FIGURE 25 Log file examples Capture provider cache information Capturing information from the provider cache Support information collection Collect support information Collecting support information FIGURE 27 XML dump Running an XML dump FIGURE 28 CIMOM server configuration Configuring the CIMOM server FIGURE 29 Configuring log file options Mutual Authentication for Clients and Indications Introduction Mutual authentication for clients Enabling mutual authentication for clients Mutual authentication for indications Enabling mutual authentication for indications Client configuration to use client certificates Configuring a client to use client certificates using a property file Configuring a client to use client certificates using system property values Client configuration to use client certificates for default SSL indications Configuring a client for default SSL indications using a property file Configuring a client for default SSL indications using system property values Configuring a client for default SSL indications using client listener program Troubleshooting Page Frequently Asked Questions General questions Page Troubleshooting Appendix A Licenses and Attributions Open source software used in SMI-A Sun Industry Standards Source License Page Page Page IBM Common Public License Page Page OpenSLP License Bouncy Castle GNU Library General Public License Public Domain Sun Binary Code License Agreement Page Page Page Page Page 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