Importing a Nicknames File, Zoning a Fabric | Sun Microsystems 5602

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3 – Managing Fabrics
Zoning a Fabric

3.6.3.5

Importing a Nicknames File

Importing a nicknames file copies its contents into and replaces the contents of the Nicknames.xml file which is used by SANsurfer Switch Manager. To import a nickname file, do the following:

1.Open the File menu and select Nicknames to open the Nicknames dialog.

2.Open the File menu in the Nicknames dialog, and select Import.

3.Select an XML nickname file in the Open dialog and click Open. When prompted to overwrite existing nicknames, click Yes.

3.7

Zoning a Fabric

Zoning enables you to divide the ports and devices of the fabric into zones for more efficient and secure communication among functionally grouped nodes. This subsection addresses the following topics:

Zoning Concepts

Using the Zoning Wizard

Managing the Zoning Database

Managing Zone Sets

Managing Zones

Managing Aliases

Merging Fabrics and Zoning

3.7.1

Zoning Concepts

The following zoning concepts provide some context for the zoning tasks described in this section:

Zones

Aliases

Zone Sets

Zoning Database

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Contents

SANbox 5602 Switch Management User’s Guide SANbox 5602 Switch Management User’s Guide Document Revision History Table of Contents Section Managing Fabrics 11.612.1 12.2 5.1 5.24.1 3.1 Section Managing Switches Devices Data Window Switch Data Window 2.4 2.52.6 14.1 Appendix a Command Line Interface Section Managing Ports Backing up and Restoring Switch Configurations 106109 112 Glossary Index Port Threshold Alarm Configuration Dialog Tables 134 Intended Audience Related MaterialsJdom License Technical Support Availability TrainingContact Information Introduction Technical Support 59097-01 a Using SANsurfer Switch Manager Installing the Management Application Workstation RequirementsWorkstation Requirements SANsurfer Switch Manager For a Windows platformFor a Linux platform For a Solaris platform SMS Installation for Windows SANsurfer Management SuiteFor a Mac OS X platform Chglax.bat SMS Installation for Linux Chmod +x sansurferswitchmgrlinux5.02.xx.bin SMS Installation for Solaris Install the new SANsurfer Switch Manager package Change directories to the package locationLocate and execute the file sbmoversms.sh Starting SANsurfer Switch Manager ‰ For Linux or Solaris enter the SANsurfer command Initial Startup Dialog Exiting SANsurfer Switch Manager SANsurfer Switch Manager Window Uninstalling SANsurfer Switch Manager View file upon exit future SANsurfer Switch Manager sessions SMS Uninstall Installdirectory/UninstallData/SANsurferUninstaller Standalone Uninstall Changing the Encryption Key for the Default Fabric View File Setting SANsurfer Switch Manager Preferences Saving and Opening Fabric View Files Preferences Dialog SANsurfer Switch Manager Using Online Help Viewing Software Version and Copyright Information SANsurfer Switch Manager User Interface Topology DisplayFaceplate Display Menu Bars Topology Display Menu Faceplate Display Menu Shortcut Keys Tool Bar Tool Bar Buttons Fabric Tree Fabric Tree Working Status Indicator Graphic WindowData Window and Tabs Using the Topology Display Switch and Link Status Working with Switches and Links Selecting Switches and LinksArranging Switches in the Display Opening the Faceplate and Topology Display Popup Menus Topology Data Windows Using the Faceplate Display Port Views and Status Working with Ports Selecting PortsOpening the Faceplate Popup Menu Faceplate Data Windows Managing Fabrics Radius Servers Adding a Radius Server Add Radius Server Managing Fabrics Removing a Radius Server Remove Radius Server Editing Radius Server Information Edit Radius Server Information Modifying Authentication Order Radius Server Information Modify Authentication Order Radius Server Information Securing a Fabric Connection SecurityFabric security consists of the following Security Consistency Checklist User Account Security Device Security Edit Security Dialog Edit Security Dialog Creating a Security Set Create Security Group Dialog Create Security Group Dialog Creating a Security Group Create Security Group Member Dialog Create a Security Group Member Dialog Creating a Security Group Member Editing the Security Configuration on a Switch Using the Security Config Dialog Viewing Properties of a Security Set, Group, or Member Archiving a Security Configuration to a File Activating a Security SetDeactivating a Security Set Configured Security Data Window Fabric ServicesActive Security Data Window Enabling Snmp Configuration Click the In-band Management Enable buttonEnabling In-band Management Tracking Fabric Firmware and Software Versions Viewing and Comparing Version Snapshots Exporting Version Snapshots to a File Managing the Fabric Database Adding a Fabric Removing a Fabric Opening a Fabric View File Deleting Switches and Links Saving a Fabric View FileRediscovering a Fabric Adding a New Switch to a Fabric Replacing a Failed Switch Displaying Fabric Information Fabric Status Topology Display Switch and Status Icons Switch Icon Description Displaying the Event Browser 11. Events Browser Severity Levels Description Icon Filtering the Event Browser 12. Filter Events Dialog Sorting the Event Browser Saving the Event Browser to a File Devices Data Window Devices Data Window Entries Active Zone Set Data Window 13. Active Zone Set Data Window SANsurfer Switch Manager enables you to do the following Link Data WindowWorking with Device Information and Nicknames Displaying Detailed Device Information Exporting Device Information to a File Managing Device Port NicknamesCreating a Nickname Editing a Nickname Deleting a NicknameExporting Nicknames to a File Importing a Nicknames File Zoning a FabricZoning Concepts Zones Soft Zones Access Control List Hard Zones AliasesZone Sets Zoning Database Using the Zoning Wizard Managing the Zoning DatabaseManaging the zoning database consists of the following Editing the Zoning Database 15. Edit Zoning Dialog Managing Fabrics Zoning a Fabric Edit Zoning Dialog Tool Bar Buttons and Icons Configuring the Zoning Database Interop Auto Save Default Visibility Discard InactiveSaving the Zoning Database to a File Restoring the Zoning Database from a File Restoring the Default Zoning Database Removing All Zoning Definitions Managing Zone Sets Creating a Zone Set Activating and Deactivating a Zone Set Copying a Zone to a Zone Set Removing a Zone from a Zone Set or from All Zone Sets Removing a Zone Set Managing Zones Managing zones involves the following Creating a Zone in a Zone Set Adding Zone Members Renaming a Zone or a Zone Set Removing a Zone MemberRemoving a Zone from a Zone Set Removing a Zone from All Zone Sets Changing Zone Types Managing AliasesCreating an Alias Adding a Member to an Alias Removing an Alias from All Zones Zone Merge Failure Recovery Merging Fabrics and ZoningZone Merge Failure Managing Switches Managing User Accounts Factory User Accounts User Account Administration Dialog Add Account Creating User Accounts User Account Administration Dialog Remove Account Removing a User Account Changing a User Account Password User Account Administration Dialog Change Password User Account Administration Dialog Modify Account Modifying a User Account Displaying Switch Information 5shows the faceplate display for the SANbox 5602 switch Switch Data Window Switch Data Window Entries Ratov Switch Data Window Entries Displaying Detailed Device Information on page 3-35for Port Statistics Data Window Port Information Data Window Configured Zonesets Data Window Configured Zonesets Data Window Configuring Port Threshold Alarms Port Threshold Alarm Configuration Dialog Paging a Switch EventCount Sample Window Setting the Date/Time and Enabling NTP Client Resetting a Switch Switch Resets Type Description Configuring a Switch Using the Configuration Wizard Switch Properties Symbolic Name Switch Administrative States Switch Administrative States Domain ID and Domain ID Lock Fabric Device Management Interface Broadcast Support In-band Management Advanced Switch Properties Interop Mode for Zoning Timeout Values Timeout ValuesLegacy Port Address Format System Services Dialog 11. System Services Dialog Security Consistency Checklist Dialog Network Properties 12. Network Properties Dialog IP Configuration IP Configuration Parameters Remote Logging NTP Client Snmp Properties 13. Snmp Properties Dialog Snmp Configuration Snmp Configuration Parameters Snmp Trap Configuration Snmp Trap Configuration Parameters Managing Switch Stacks 14. Switch Stacks Managing Switches Managing Switch Stacks Syslog Select Source DialogInformation Archiving a Switch Restoring a Switch 16. Restore Dialogs Full and Selective Managing Switches Restoring a Switch Restoring the Factory Default Configuration Factory Default Configuration Settings Factory Default Configuration Settings Upgrading the Switch Using License Keys Downloading a Support File Installing Firmware 17. Features License Key Dialog Managing Switches Displaying Hardware Status 19. Hardware Status LEDs Managing Ports Displaying Port Information Monitoring Port Status Displaying Port TypesPort Types Displaying Port Operational States Displaying Port SpeedsPort Operational States Port Speeds Displaying Transceiver Media Status Port Transceiver Media View Port Statistics Data Window Entries LIP ALPD,ALPS Port Statistics Data Window Entries Port Information Data Window Entries Port Information Data Window Entries Configuring Ports Port Properties Dialog Changing Port Administrative States Port Administrative States Changing Port Speeds Changing Port Types Stream Guard Changing Port Symbolic Name Using the Extended Credits WizardDevice Scan Resetting a Port Designate Donor Ports Testing Ports Port Loopback Test Dialog Managing Ports Graphing Port Performance Fabric View Graphs This section describes how to do the following Starting SANsurfer Performance ViewerExiting SANsurfer Performance Viewer Save Default Performance View File Dialog Changing the Default Performance View File Encryption Key Saving and Opening Performance View Files Setting SANsurfer Performance Viewer Preferences Setting the Polling Frequency Displaying Graphs for a Switch Displaying Graphs for a Stack Arranging Graphs in the Display Customizing Graphs Managing Ports Setting Global Graph Type Rescaling a Selected GraphPrinting Graphs Saving Graph Statistics to a File Command Line Interface Logging On to a Switch Working with Switch Configurations User Accounts Modifying a Configuration Backing up and Restoring Switch Configurations Ftp ipaddress Commands Command syntax is as followsCommand keyword keyword value Table A-1. Command-Line Completion Table A-2. Commands Listed by Authority Level Admin Session Commands Admin Command AuthoritySyntax Keywords Alias Command Syntax alias Members alias Remove alias memberlistRename aliasold aliasnew CIM Command CIMListener Command Table A-3. CIM Listener Configuration Parameters Following is an example of the CIMListener Create command Enter CIMSubscription Command Table A-4. CIM Subscription Configuration Parameters # cimsubscription create subscription1 Config Command Syntax configKeywords activate configname Edit configname Restore Manager Archive function are not compatible with the ConfigRestore command Save configname #ftp symbolicname or ipaddress user images Create Command CreateCertificate Support Command Line Interface Create Command Following is an example of the Create Certificate command Date Command Syntax dateKeywords MMDDhhmmCCYY Feature Command Syntax featureAuthority Admin Command Line Interface Firmware Install Command Group Command Syntax group Keywords add group Table A-5. ISL Group Member Attributes Table A-6. Port Group Member Attributes Copy groupsource groupdestination Create group type Edit group member Table A-8. Group Member Attributes Members group Remove group memberlistRename groupold groupnew Securitysets group Following is an example of the Group Edit command ISL Following is an example of the Group List command Following is an example of the Group Members command Hardreset Command Syntax Help Command Keywords commandSyntax help command keyword Authority None History Command Authority None Syntax history Hotreset Command Hotreset Image Command Ftp Ftp switchname SANbox Manager admin # image install Wait for the unpack to complete Lip Command Following is an example of the Lip commandReinitializes the specified loop port Lip portnumber Passwd Command Syntax passwd accountname Keywords accountname Ping Command Syntax ping ipaddress Keywords ipaddress Ps Command Following is an example of the Ps commandSyntax Examples Displays current system process information Quit Command Closes the Telnet sessionSyntax quit, exit, or logout Reset Command Config configname Services SwitchSecurity Snmp Table A-9. Switch Configuration Defaults Values Table A-10. Port Configuration Defaults Parameter Gbps/2-Gbps Port Gbps Port Defaults Table A-11. Port Threshold Alarm Configuration Defaults Table A-12. Zoning Configuration Defaults Table A-13. Snmp Configuration Defaults Table A-14. Radius Configuration Defaults Table A-15. Services Configuration Defaults Table A-16. System Configuration Defaults Table A-17. Security Configuration Defaults Security Command Keywords active History MD5 Following is an example of the Security History command Following is an example of the Security Limits command Following is an example of the Security List command Securityset Command Delete securityset Groups securitysetRemove securityset group Rename securitysetold securitysetnew Set Command Syntax set Setup option Switch statePagebreak state Port option Set Config Command Set configTable A-18. Set Config Port Parameters Port portnumber Command Line Interface Set Config Command Table A-18. Set Config Port Parameters Table A-19. Security Configuration Parameters Table A-20. Set Config Switch Parameters Table A-20. Set Config Switch Parameters Table A-21. Set Config Threshold Parameters Threshold Table A-22. Set Config Zoning Parameters Arbff Enter key to do so Configuring Port Number AdminState Following is an example of the Set Config Security command Following is an example of the Set Config Switch command # set config switch Following is an example of the Set Config Threshold command Following is an example of the Set Config Zoning command Set Log Command Set logArchive Component filterlist Snmp Display filter Level filter Port portlistStart Stop Alarms are always logged and always displayed on the screen Set Port Command State state Set Setup Command Set setupRadius Services Snmp System Configuration fields Command Line Interface Set Setup Command Table A-24. Switch Services Settings Table A-24. Switch Services Settings Table A-25. Snmp Configuration Settings Table A-26. System Configuration Settings Table A-26. System Configuration Settings Following is an example of the Set Setup Services command Current value Following is an example of the Set Setup Snmp command Following is an example of the Set Setup System command Setup system Show Command Keywords about Alarm option Cimlistener listenernameCimsubscription subscriptionname Fdmi portwwn Log option LsdbNs option Pagebreak Table A-27. Show Port Parameters Tbuf LIPF8ALPS Post log Steering domainid Table A-28. Switch Operational Parameters WhoamiZoneset Active, List „ Zoning History, Limits, List Displays the current time zone setting TopologyDisplays all connected devices Users Following is an example of the Show Domains command Following is an example of the Show Fabric commandFollowing is an example of the Show Fdmi command Following is an example of the Show Fdmi WWN command Following is an example of the Show NS local domain command Following is an example of the Show NS domainID command Following is an example of the Show NS portID commandFollowing is an example of the Show Interface command Following is an example of the Show Port command PL-XPL-VC-SG3-22 Following is an example of the Show Switch command Following is an example of the Show Topology command 104 59097-01 a Following is an example of the Show Version command Show Config Command Show config Following is an example of the Show Config Switch command Following is an example of the Show Config Threshold command Following is an example of the Show Config Zoning command Show Log Command NoneShow log Keywords numberofevents Settings Zoning Monitors zoning conflict eventsLevel Options Following is an example of the Show Log Level command Following is an example of the Show Log Options commandFollowing is an example of the Show Log command Show Perf Command Show perfPortnumber Stop the display Following is an example of the Show Perf command Following is an example of the Show Perf Byte command Show Setup Command Show setupMfg Following is an example of the Show Setup Radius command Following is an example of the Show Setup Snmp command Following is an example of the Show Setup System command Shutdown Command Power from the switchShutdown Test Command TestPort portnumber testtype Status Admin start Test port x online Uptime Command Examples The following is an example of the Uptime commandAuthority None Syntax uptime User Command UserAccounts Add Following is an example of the User Add command Following is an example of the User Edit command Following is an example of the User Delete command Following is an example of the User List command Whoami Command Following is an example of the Whoami commandWhoami Zone Command Syntax zone Members zone Remove zone memberlistRename zoneold zonenew Type zone zonetype Following is an example of the Zone Members command Following is an example of the Zone Zonesets command Zoneset Command Syntax zoneset Following is an example of the Zoneset List command Following is an example of the Zoneset Zones commandRemove zoneset zonelist Rename zonesetold zonesetnew Zoning Command Opens a Zoning Edit session Table A-29. Zoning Database Limits Limit Description Following is an example of the Zoning Limits command E1JBOD1 E2JBOD2 Following is an example of the Zoning List command Access Control List Zone Administrative StateAlarm BootP Class 3 Service Configured Zone SetsDefault Visibility Fabric Management Switch Input Power LED Inter-Switch LinkMaintenance Button Maintenance Mode Zoning Database Small Form-Factor PluggableSoft Zone Target Index Index-2 59097-01 a 59097-01 a Index-3 Index-4 59097-01 a 59097-01 a Index-5 Index-6 59097-01 a 59097-01 a Index-7 Index-8 59097-01 a 59097-01 a Index-9 Index-10 59097-01 a