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•Port type.

•Status (health) of the port.

•Indication of whether the port is licensed.

Changing switch information

From the Switch Manager, you can relaunch the EZSwitchSetup Switch Configuration to perform

the following tasks:

•Change the switch name.

•Change the switch time.

•Change the admin password.

•Change the zoning configuration type.

This is the same wizard that was launched the first time you set up the switch.

1. Click Setup under Switch in the task panel.

The Switch Configuration launches.

2. Follow the instructions in the wizard.

You can optionally change the switch name, switch time, and admin password. When

prompted, you must select a zoning configuration.

Add port license

EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager allows you to enable Ports On Demand (POD) if you have a license

available. For the Brocade 7800, you can add the 7800 Upgrade License to activate ports 4–25.

This option is not available if all ports are already licensed.

1. Click Add Port License under Switch in the task panel.

A dialog box is displayed.

FIGURE 32 Add Port License dialog box

2. Enter the license key to add the additional ports.

3. Click Add License.

The ports can now be enabled.

4. Enable the ports using one of the following methods:

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