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EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide v

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About This Document

In this chapter

•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

•What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

•Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

•Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

•Document Feedback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

How this document is organized

This document contains the following components:

•Chapter 1, “Introducing EZSwitchSetup”, provides basic information about the EZSwitchSetup

interface, including system requirements and installation instructions.

•Chapter 2, “Setting Up Your Switch”, describes how to set up your switch for the first time.

•Chapter 3, “Managing Your Switch”, describes how to monitor and manage your switch using

the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager.

•Appendix A, “EZSwitchSetup Limitations”, discusses the limitations of and provides

workarounds for using EZSwitchSetup.

Supported hardware and software

In those instances in which procedures or parts of procedures documented here apply to some

switches but not to others, this guide identifies exactly which switches are supported and which are

not.

Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., documenting all possible configurations and scenarios is

beyond the scope of this document.

The following platforms are supported by this release of EZSwitchSetup:

•Brocade 300 switch

•Brocade 4100 switch

•Brocade 4900 switch

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