Brocade Communications Systems IP250 user manual Web Management interface troubleshooting

22 Web Management interface troubleshooting

Accessing the IP device front panel

To display the Element Manager front panel, choose one of the following options:

•Select Configure > Element Manager > Front Panel.

•Right-click a device on the Network Objects list or the IP or L2 Topology views and select

Element Manager > Front Panel.

The Web Management interface - Front Panel displays (Figure 282). You can use the Front Panel to manage port configuration.

FIGURE 282 Web Management Interface - Front Panel

If the device does not have a supported web interface, an error message displays: “Failed to connect to the web management interface. The product might not support web interface.”

Web Management interface troubleshooting

Table 77 lists a possible issue and the recommended solution for launching the Web Management interface.

TABLE 77	Troubleshooting
Problem		Resolution
The Web Management interface does not launch even		Workaround 1 — Editing the Java security file
when you configure both the IronWare OS products and		1	Open the java.security file located in the Install_Home\jre\lib\security\
the Management application server to use HTTPS to			directory in a text editor.
launch the Web Management interface. You should still			Install_Home is the directory where the Management application is
be able to launch the product Web Management			installed.
interface directly by entering the URL in a web browser.		2	Comment out the following attributes:

Failure is due to insecure SSL certificates (MD2, MD5,	#jdk.certpath.disabledAlgorithms=MD2
DES, 3DES, and RC2) deployed in the IronWare OS
	#jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms=MD5, DES, 3DES, RC2
products.
	3 Save and close the file.
To configure IronWare OS products to use HTTPS, use
	4 Restart the Management application service (“Stopping all services” on
the web-management https command to enable HTTPS
	page 377).
in the device for web-based communication.
	Workaround 2 — Removing and replacing SSL certificates
To configure the Management server to use HTTPS,
	Remove the insecure certificates using the MD2, MD5, DES, 3DES, or RC2
refer to “Configuring IP communication” on page 171.
	signature algorithms from the IronWare OS products and replace with more
	secure ciphers such as SHA1.

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