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Brocade Communications Systems Configuring zones on the switch, Specifying devices

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18 EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide

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Configuring the switch

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FIGURE 14 Select Zoning wizard

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 page41.

Configuring zones on the switch

1. On the Select Zoning wizard, select Typical Zoning.

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

page42 for instructions on configuring Custom zoning; see the Web Tools Administrator’s

Guide for information on Advanced zoning.

2. Click Next.

The Specify Devices screen is displayed.

Specifying devices

On the Specify Devices screen (Figure15), do the following.

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 Page 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 ATTENTION Notes, Cautions, and Warnings Key terms Notice to the reader Additional Information Brocade resources Other industry resources Getting technical help Page Introducing EZSwitchSetup Overview of EZSwitchSetup EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirements Configuring Internet Explorer TABLE 1 FIGURE 2 Supported switches Language support for EZSwitchSetup 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 Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard 2 Switch discovery failure TABLE 2 Symptom Correction For serial connections: For Ethernet connections: Configuring the switch 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 Switch Information tab Port information tab Changing switch information Add port license Managing devices Page Device connections FIGURE 36 Assigning and renaming device aliases FIGURE 37 FIGURE 38 Page Zoning management Viewing the zone access map FIGURE 40 Editing the zoning configuration FIGURE 41 FIGURE 42 Validating zoning configuration Restoring Typical Zoning Accessing Web Tools for advanced management Making EZSwitchSetup your default switch manager Page Appendix A EZSwitchSetup Limitations General limitations Table 3 lists general EZSwitchSetup limitations, which apply to all browsers and switch platforms. TABLE 3 Page Index A B C D L M O P R Z