6Brocade Adapters Administrator’s Guide
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HCM software launch
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Launching the application on Linux platforms
After installing the HCM software, locate Brocade HCM on the Linux platform.
•If using a GNOME shell, double-click the Host_Connectivity_Manager icon to launch the
application.
•If using a KDE shell, click the Host_Connectivity_Manager icon to launch the application.
OR
Start the application from the command prompt using the following commands:
suse116208:~ # cd /opt/brocade/adapter/client
suse116208:<installed directory>/adapter/client #
./Host_Connectivity_Manager
Remember password
The Login dialog has a check box to remember the password. If you check the Remember password
check box, you do not need to enter the password the next time you launch the application.
Skip login
Take one of the following actions to manage the Skip Login feature.
•Enable Skip Login by checking the Skip Login Dialog check box.
If the Skip Login check box is checked, it automatically disables the Remember password
option.
•Disable Skip Login by setting hba-application.skip-login=false in the
/data/HBAApplication.properties file.
•Select the Skip Login check box if you do not want the Login dialog box to appear the next time
the application is started.
Changing an HCM application password
You can change the default password of the application to a different password using the Change
HCM Password dialog box.
Note the following when you change a password:
•You must valid ate your us er identi ty by supp lying you r old pass word before you can ch ange to a
new password. The new password must be different than the old password.
•The password can begin with an alphabetic, numeric, or special character.
•The default minimum and maximum length of the password is 8 and 64 characters. You can
configure the password length in the HBAApplication.properties file:
# min chars for the application password
password_min=8
#max chars for the application password
password_max=64
•The password is encrypted and stored in the noitacitnehtua.properties file.