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Brocade Communications Systems 6505, 6520, 8000 Configuring zones on the switch, Specifying devices

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Zoning selection options

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FIGURE 14 Select Zoning wizard window

Typic al Zo ning is the default and the following procedure directs you to select Typica l Zon ing . When

you select Typic al Zo nin g, the wizard automatically configures the zones for you and shows you how

to connect the devices to the switch. You can change the zoning configuration later, as described in

“Zoning management” on page43.

Configuring zones on the switch

1. On the Select Zoning wizard, select Typica l Zon ing .

If you want to use one of the other zone settings, refer to “Editing the zoning configuration” on

page45 for instructions on configuring Custom Zoning; refer to the Web Tools Administrator’s

Guide for information on Advanced Zoning.

2. Click Next.

The Specify Devices window is displayed.

Specifying devices

On the Specify Devices window (Figure15), complete the following steps.

1. Enter the number of HBA connections that you want to attach to the switch. Be sure to include

existing HBA connections, and any additional HBA connections you plan to make i n the current

setup session. You can change this setting later if you want to add or remove HBA connections.

2. Enter the number of storage connections you want to attach to the switch. Be sure to include

existing storage connections, and any additional storage connections you plan to make in the

current setup session. You can change this setting later if you want to add or remove storage

connections.

Contents

Main Brocade Communications Systems, Incorporated Document History Title Publication number Summary of changes Date EZSwitchSetup Administrators Guide 53-1001344-02 Added support for the BrocadeVA-40FC. Contents About This Document Chapter 1 Introducing EZSwitchSetup Chapter 2 Setting Up Your Switch Chapter 3 Managing Your Switch Appendix A EZSwitchSetup Limitations Index 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 Document Feedback Page Introducing EZSwitchSetup Overview of EZSwitchSetup EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirements TABLE 1 Configuring Internet Explorer FIGURE 2 Supported switches Language support for EZSwitchSetup Page Page Setting Up Your Switch Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard FIGURE 3 Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard FIGURE 4 Connecting cables Page FIGURE 6 6 C 1 Discovering the switch FIGURE 8 FIGURE 9 Confirming IP addresses FIGURE 10 FIGURE 11 Configuring the switch 2 Switch discovery failure Configuring the switch TABLE 2 Symptom Correction For serial connections: For Ethernet connections: Setting switch parameters Zoning selection options FIGURE 14 Configuring zones on the switch Specifying devices FIGURE 15 Connecting devices and completing the setup FIGURE 16 Page FIGURE 18 FIGURE 19 Page Managing Your Switch Switch Manager overview FIGURE 20 Task panel Switch View Content page FIGURE 21 Status bar Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager Logging in Switch Manager sessions Logging out Viewing switch information Viewing the status indicator legend Viewing fan, temperature, and power supply status FIGURE 25 FIGURE 26 Port status FIGURE 27 FIGURE 28 FIGURE 29 FIGURE 30 Switch Information tab FIGURE 31 Port Information tab Changing switch information Adding a port license Managing devices FIGURE 34 FIGURE 35 FIGURE 36 Device connections FIGURE 37 Assigning and renaming device aliases FIGURE 38 FIGURE 39 FIGURE 40 Zoning management FIGURE 41 Viewing the zone access map Editing the zoning configuration FIGURE 42 FIGURE 43 Validating zoning configuration Restoring Typical Zoning Accessing Web Tools for advanced management Making EZSwitchSetup your default switch manager Appendix A EZSwitchSetup Limitations In this appendix General limitations Table 3 lists general EZSwitchSetup limitations, which apply to all browsers and switch platforms. Page Index A B C D L M O P R Z