3 – Planning
Fabric Management
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3.5
Fabric Management
SANbox Manager and the CLI execute on a management workstation that
provides for the configuration, control, maintenance of the fabric. Supported
platforms include Windows, Solaris, and Linux. SANbox Manager can manage
multiple fabrics. Consider how many fabrics will be managed, how many
management workstations are needed, and whether the fabrics will be managed
with the CLI or SANbox Manager.
The switch supports a combined maximum of 15 switch logins. This includes
SANbox Manager inband or out-of-band logins, Telnet out-of-band logins, and
SNMP out-of-band logins.
3.6
Fabric Security
You manage fabric security on a switch basis through the creation of user
accounts. Each account consists of an account name, a password, and an
authority level. There are two authority levels: User and Admin. These authority
levels apply to SANbox Manager and to the CLI. User authority permits only
monitoring and display tasks. Admin authority permits all management tasks
including user administration. Consider your fabric security needs, who the
system administrators will be, and authority levels they should have.
■Refer to ”Commands” on page B-3 for more information about authority
levels.
■Refer to the ”User Command” on page B-59 for information about creating
user accounts.
■Refer to the ”Set Setup Command” on page B-34 and the System keyword
for information about fabric security and the enforcement of user accounts.