HP SAN Rediscovering a fabric, Fabric services, Enabling in-bandmanagement, Deactivating a security set, Active Security data window, Enabling SNMP configuration

Deactivating a security set

Only one security set can be active at one time. To deactivate an active security set from the faceplate display:

1.Select Security > Deactivate Security Set.

2.Select a security set from the drop-down list in the Deactivate Security Set dialog.

3.Click Yes to confirm that you want to deactivate the active security set in the Deactivate Security Set dialog.

Configured Security data window

The Configured Security data window displays a graphical representation of all security sets, security groups, and security group members in the database. Click the Configured Security data window tab in

the faceplate display to open the Configured Security data window.

Active Security data window

The Active Security data window displays a graphical representation of the active security set, its groups, and members in the database. Click the Active Security data window tab in the faceplate display to open

the Active Security data window.

Fabric services

Fabric services security includes Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and in-band management. SNMP is the protocol governing network management and monitoring of network devices. SNMP security consists of a read community string and a write community string, that are basically the passwords that control read and write access to the switch. The read community string ("public") and write community string ("private") are set at the factory to these well-known defaults and should be changed if SNMP is enabled using the System Services or SNMP Properties dialogs. If SNMP is enabled (default) and the read and write community strings have not been changed from their defaults, you risk unwanted access to the switch. See ”Enabling SNMP configuration” on page 30 for more information. SNMP is enabled by default.

In-band management is the ability to manage switches across Inter-switch Links (ISL) using McDATA Web Server, SNMP, management server, or the application programming interface. The switch comes from the factory with in-band management enabled. If you disable in-band management on a particular switch, you can no longer communicate with that switch by means other than an Ethernet connection. See ”Enabling in-band management” on page 30 for more information.

Enabling SNMP configuration

To enable SNMP configuration from the faceplate display:

1.Select Switch > SNMP Properties to open the SNMP Properties dialog.

2.Select the SNMP Enabled option in the SNMP Configuration area.

3.Click OK to save the change to the database.

Enabling in-band management

To enable in-band management from the faceplate display:

1.Select Switch > Switch Properties to open the Switch Properties dialog.

2.Select the In-band Management Enable option.

3.Click OK to save the change to the database.

Rediscovering a fabric

After making changes to or deleting switches from a fabric view, it may be helpful to again view the actual fabric configuration. The Rediscover Fabric option clears out the current fabric information being displayed, and rediscovers all switch information. Select Fabric > Rediscover Fabric to rediscover a fabric. The

rediscover function is more comprehensive than the refresh function.

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