Brocade Communications Systems Access Point Ip250 Users Manual Network Advisor IP User Manual, 12.2.0

2015-02-02

• Cover
• Contents
• About This Document
  • In this chapter
  • How this document is organized
  • Supported hardware and software
    • Fabric OS hardware and software support
    • IronWare hardware and software support
    • Network OS hardware and software support
  • What’s new in this document
  • Document conventions
    • Text formatting
    • Notes, cautions, and warnings
    • Key terms
  • Notice to the reader
  • Additional information
    • Brocade resources
    • Other industry resources
  • Getting technical help
  • Document feedback
• Getting Started
  • User interface components
  • Management server and client
    • Launching a remote client
    • Clearing previous versions of the remote client
    • Launching the Configuration Wizard
    • Viewing active sessions
    • Disconnecting users
    • Viewing server properties
    • Viewing port status
    • Server and client ports
  • Accessibility features for the Management application
    • Keyboard shortcuts
    • Look and feel customization
      • Changing the font size
  • PostgreSQL database
    • Connecting to the database using the ODBC client (Windows systems)
    • Connecting to the database using the ODBC client (Linux systems)
      • Adding the Datasourse on Linux systems
      • Testing the connection on Linux systems
      • Executing SQL queries from the CLI
    • Changing the database user password
  • Supported open source software products
• Patches
  • Installing a patch
  • Uninstalling a patch
• Discovery
  • IP discovery overview
    • Configuration requirements
    • Discovery of IPv6 addresses
      • MIB support
  • VDX/VCS discovery
    • Network OS discovery IP address format
    • VCS in-band management interface discovery
      • Mapping VCS in-band management
    • Standalone discovery
    • VCS fabric discovery
    • VCS fabric rediscovery
    • Seed switch failover
    • VCS fabric split and merge
    • Network OS 2.0 device limitations
  • Logical chassis cluster mode discovery
    • Administratively removing a node from a logical chassis cluster
    • How the Management application handles a cluster mode change
  • HyperEdge stack discovery
  • Configuring IP profile discovery
  • Configuring IP simple discovery
  • IP SNMP credentials
    • Adding SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c credentials
    • Adding SNMPv3 credentials
    • Editing SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c credentials
    • Editing SNMPv3 credentials
    • Reordering SNMP credentials in the list
    • Deleting SNMP credentials from the list
  • Default IP user credentials
    • Adding user credentials
    • Editing login prompt user credentials
    • Editing enable prompt user credentials
    • Editing enable super user credentials
    • Reordering user credentials in the list
    • Deleting user credentials from the list
  • IP Object identifier filters
    • Including product types
    • Excluding product types
    • Deleting product types from the list
  • Defining global setting preferences
  • Configuring event-based collection
  • IP discovery profiles
    • Configuring a discovery profile
    • Duplicating a discovery profile
    • Configuring address ranges
      • Adding CIDR subnet addresses
      • Adding subnet addresses
      • Adding IP addresses
      • Excluding CIDR subnet addresses
      • Excluding subnet addresses
      • Excluding IP addresses
    • Editing address ranges
      • Editing CIDR subnet addresses
      • Editing subnet addresses
      • Editing IP addresses
    • Scheduling discovery
      • Configuring a one-time discovery schedule
      • Configuring an hourly discovery schedule
      • Configuring a daily discovery schedule
      • Configuring a weekly discovery schedule
      • Configuring a monthly discovery schedule
      • Configuring a yearly discovery schedule
    • Suspending a discovery schedule
    • Editing a discovery schedule
      • Editing a one-time discovery schedule
      • Editing an hourly discovery schedule
      • Editing a daily discovery schedule
      • Editing a weekly discovery schedule
      • Editing a monthly discovery schedule
      • Editing a yearly discovery schedule
    • Configuring advanced discovery profile preferences
    • Deleting a discovery profile
    • Creating a discovery address file
    • Starting discovery manually
    • Starting discovery automatically
    • Stopping discovery
    • Viewing discovery status
    • Viewing discovery reports
    • E-mailing discovery reports
    • Exporting discovery reports
    • Viewing the discovery log
  • Individual IP device discovery
    • Adding an IP device to discovery
    • Editing IP device discovery
    • Deleting IP devices from discovery
  • Host discovery
    • Discovering Hosts by Network address or host name
    • Importing Hosts from a CSV file
    • Importing Hosts from a Fabric
    • Importing Hosts from a VM manager
    • Editing Host adapter credentials
    • Removing a host from active discovery
    • Rediscovering a previously discovered fabric
    • Deleting a host adapter from discovery
    • Viewing the host discovery state
    • Troubleshooting host discovery
  • VM Manager discovery
    • VM Manager discovery requirements
    • Discovering a VM manager
    • Editing a VM manager
    • Excluding a host from VM manager discovery
    • Including a host in VM manager discovery
    • Removing a VM manager from active discovery
    • Rediscovering a previously discovered VM manager
    • Deleting a VM manager from discovery
    • Viewing the VM manager discovery state
    • Troubleshooting VM manager discovery
  • IP Rediscovery
    • Rediscovering IP devices
    • Rediscovering IP devices from the Product List
    • Rediscovering a group
    • Enabling password validation on rediscovery
• Management Groups
  • Management groups overview
    • Displaying Network Object view
  • Product group overview
    • Static product groups
      • Creating a static product group
      • Editing a static product group
      • Duplicating a static product group
    • Dynamic product groups
      • Creating a dynamic product group
      • Editing a dynamic product group
      • Duplicating a dynamic product group
      • Viewing test results
    • Viewing product group properties
    • Deleting a product group
  • Port Groups
    • Creating a port group
    • Editing a port group
    • Duplicating a port group
    • Viewing port group properties
    • Deleting a port group
• Application Configuration
  • Configurable preferences
  • Server Data backup
    • What is backed up?
    • Management server backup
      • Back up directory structure overview
    • Configuring backup
    • Enabling backup
    • Disabling backup
    • Viewing the backup status
    • Changing the backup interval
    • Starting immediate backup
    • Reviewing backup events
  • Server Data restore
    • Restoring data
    • Restoring data to a new server
  • SAN data collection
  • Product communication protocols
  • Event storage settings
    • Configuring event storage
    • Storing historical events purged from repository
  • Flyover settings
    • Configuring flyovers
    • Turning flyovers on or off
    • Viewing flyovers
  • Name settings
    • Fixing duplicate names
    • Viewing names
    • Adding a name to an existing device
    • Adding a name to a new device
    • Applying a name to a detached WWN
    • Removing a name from a device
    • Editing names
    • Exporting names
    • Importing Names
    • Searching for a device by name
    • Searching for a device by WWN
  • Miscellaneous security settings
    • Configuring the server name
    • Configuring login security
    • Configuring the login banner display
    • Disabling the login banner
  • Syslog Registration settings
    • Registering a server as a Syslog recipient automatically
    • Configuring the Syslog listing port number
  • SNMP Trap Registration settings
    • Registering a server as a SNMP trap recipient automatically
    • Configuring the SNMP trap listing port number
  • SNMP Trap forwarding credential settings
    • Configuring SNMP v1 and v2c credentials
    • Configuring SNMP v3 credentials
  • Software Configuration
    • Client/Server IP
      • Configuring the server IP address
      • Configuring an explicit server IP address
      • Configuring the application to use dual network cards
    • IP preferences
      • Configuring change manager preferences
      • Configuring custom report preferences
      • Configuring deployment preferences
      • Configuring deployment report preferences
      • Configuring IP device manager preferences
      • Configuring image repository preferences
      • Configuring MPLS management preferences
      • Configuring MPLS polling service preferences
      • Configuring name service preferences
      • Configuring polling service preferences
      • Configuring sFlow accounting preferences
      • Configuring sFlow data collector preferences
      • Configuring sFlow monitoring preferences
      • Configuring SSL certificates preferences
      • Configuring SNMP preferences
      • Configuring syslog file reader preferences
      • Configuring TFTP preferences
    • Memory allocation settings
      • Configuring memory allocation settings
      • Configuring asset polling
      • Viewing the network size status
    • Product communication settings
      • Configuring SAN communication
      • Configuring the preferred IP format
      • Configuring IP communication
    • FTP/SCP/SFTP server settings
      • Accessing the FTP server folder
      • Configuring an internal FTP server
      • Configuring an internal SCP or SFTP server
      • Configuring an external FTP, SCP, or SFTP server
      • Testing the FTP, SCP, and SFTP server
    • Server port settings
      • Configuring the server port
    • Support mode settings
      • Configuring support mode settings
      • Configuring the server log file purge limit
  • FIPS Support
• User Account Management
  • Users overview
    • Configuration requirements
    • Viewing configured users
  • User accounts
    • Creating a new user account
    • Editing a user account
    • Copying a user account
    • Copying and pasting user preferences
    • Assigning roles and areas of responsibility to a user account
    • Removing roles and areas of responsibility from a user account
    • Disabling a user account
    • Enabling a user account
    • Deleting a user account
    • Unlocking a user account
  • Roles
    • Creating a new role
    • Editing a role
    • Copying a role
    • Deleting a role
    • Adding privileges to a role
    • Removing privileges from a role
  • Areas of responsibility
    • Creating an AOR
    • Editing an AOR
    • Copying an AOR
    • Deleting an AOR
    • Assigning products to an AOR
    • Removing products from an AOR
  • Password policies
    • Configuring a password policy
    • Viewing password policy violators
  • Authentication Server Groups on the Management server
    • Assigning roles and AORs to an AD group
    • Removing roles and AORs from an AD group
    • Loading an AD group
    • Deleting an AD group
    • Creating an AD user account
    • Assigning an AD user to an AD group
    • Defining user accounts on the external LDAP server
      • Configuring authorization details on the external LDAP server
  • User profiles
    • Viewing your user profile
    • Editing your user profile
    • Changing your password
    • Viewing your password policy
    • Resetting optional messages
    • Configuring e-mail notification
    • Configuring CLI credentials
    • Configuring the CLI credential policy
• Dashboard Management
  • Dashboard overview
    • Dashboard toolbar
    • Dashboard messages
    • Dashboards expand navigation bar
    • General dashboard functions
    • Accessing a dashboard
    • Filtering the dashboards list
    • Creating a user-defined dashboard
    • Deleting a user-defined dashboard
    • Setting the dashboard display
    • Customizing the dashboard widgets and monitors
    • Exporting the dashboard display
    • Printing the dashboard display
    • Attaching and detaching the Dashboard tab
    • Setting the network scope
    • Creating a customized network scope
    • Editing a user-defined network scope
    • Deleting a user-defined network scope
    • Setting the data display time frame
  • Default dashboards
    • Product Status and Traffic dashboard
    • IP Port Health
  • Status widgets
    • Access Point Status widget
      • Customizing the Access Point Status widget
      • Accessing additional data from the Access Point Status widget
    • Events widget
      • Customizing the Events widget
      • Accessing additional data from the Events widget
    • Host Adapter Inventory widget
      • Customizing the Host Adapter Inventory widget
      • Accessing additional data from the Host Adapter Inventory widget
    • IP Inventory widget
      • Customizing the IP Inventory widget
      • Accessing additional data from the IP Inventory widget
    • IP Status widget
      • Accessing additional data from the IP Status widget
    • Viewing additional IP product data
    • Status widget
  • Fabric Watch widgets
    • Out of Range Violations widget
      • Customizing the Out of Range Violations widget
    • Port Health Violations widget
      • Customizing the Port Health Violations widget
      • Accessing additional data from the widget
  • Performance monitors
    • Displaying monitors on the Performance Dashboard
    • Top Port Alignment Errors monitor
      • Accessing additional data from top or bottom port monitors
    • Top Port C3 Discards monitor
      • Accessing additional data from the Top Port C3 Discards monitor
    • Top Port C3 Discards RX TO monitor
      • Accessing additional data from the Top Port C3 Discards RX TO monitor
    • Top Port CRC Errors monitor
      • Accessing additional data from the Top Port CRC Errors monitor
    • Top Port Discards monitor
      • Accessing additional data from the Top Port Discards monitor
    • Top Port Encode Error Out monitor
      • Accessing additional data from the Top Port Encode Out Errors monitor
    • Top Port Errors monitor
      • Accessing additional data from the Top Port Errors monitor
    • Top Port Overflow Errors monitor
    • Top Port Receive EOF monitor
    • Top Port Runtime Errors monitor
    • Top Port Sync Losses monitor
      • Accessing additional data from the Top Port Link Resets monitor
    • Top Port Too Long Errors monitor
    • Top Port Traffic monitor
      • Accessing additional data from the Top Port Traffic monitor
    • Top Port Underflow Errors monitor
    • Top Port Utilization Percentage monitor
      • Accessing additional data from the Top Port Utilization monitor
    • Bottom Port Utilization Percentage monitor
      • Accessing additional data from the Top Port Utilization monitor
    • Top Product CPU Utilization monitor
      • Accessing additional data from the Top Product CPU Utilization monitor
    • Top Product Memory Utilization monitor
      • Accessing additional data from the Top Product Memory Utilization monitor
    • Top Product Response Time monitor
      • Accessing additional data from the Top Product Response Time monitor
    • Top Product Temperature monitor
      • Accessing additional data from the Top Product Temperature monitor
    • Top Products with Unused Ports monitor
      • Accessing additional data from the Top Product CPU Utilization monitor
    • Editing a preconfigured performance monitor
  • User-defined performance monitors
    • Monitor types
    • Measures
    • Top or bottom product performance monitors
      • Accessing additional data from top or bottom product monitors
    • Top or bottom port performance monitors
      • Accessing additional data from top or bottom port monitors
    • Distribution performance monitors
      • Accessing additional data from the Distribution monitors
    • Time series performance monitors
    • Top sFlows performance monitors
      • Accessing additional data from the sFlow monitors
    • Configuring a user-defined product performance monitor
      • Accessing additional data from user-defined product performance monitors
    • Adding targets to a user-defined performance monitor
    • Configuring a user-defined port performance monitor
      • Accessing additional data from user-defined port performance monitors
    • Configuring a user-defined sFlow performance monitor
      • Accessing additional data from user-defined sFlow performance monitors
    • Viewing product distribution data details
    • Viewing port distribution data details
    • Configuring a monitor from a performance graph
• View Management
  • IP tab overview
    • IP main toolbar
    • Product List toolbar
    • Host Product List toolbar
    • Topology Map toolbar
    • Host topology map toolbar
    • IP Product List
      • Product List functions
    • Topology Map
      • Topology Map functions
      • Topology map keyboard shortcuts
    • Master Log
    • Minimap
      • Anchoring or floating the Minimap
      • Resizing the Minimap
    • Status bar
  • Icon legend
    • IP product icons
    • Host product icons
    • IP group icons
    • IP port icons
    • IP product status icons
    • Event icons
  • Customizing the main window
    • Zooming in and out of the Connectivity Map
      • Zooming in
      • Zooming out
    • Exporting the topology
    • Customizing application tables
      • Displaying columns
      • Changing the order of columns
      • Resizing the columns
      • Sorting table information
      • Copying table information
      • Exporting table information
      • Searching for information in a table
      • Expanding and collapsing tables
  • Product List customization
    • Adding a property label
    • Editing a property label
    • Deleting a property label
  • Search
    • Searching for a device
    • Restricting a search by node
    • Searching for an exact match
    • Clearing search results
  • Address Finder
    • Finding IP addresses
    • Finding MAC addresses
  • IP topology view manager
    • Displaying topology views
  • Network Objects view
    • Network Object view functions
    • Filtering devices in the Network Objects Product List
    • Clearing the Network Objects Product List filter
  • IP Topology view
  • L2 Topology view
  • Ethernet Fabrics view
  • VLAN Topology view
    • STP/RSTP topology
      • Viewing STP/RSTP topology
      • Generating an STP/RSTP Report
      • Exporting an STP/RSTP Report
      • E-mailing an STP/RSTP Report
  • Host Topology view
  • IP topology map components
    • Topology map elements
    • Viewing flyovers on the topology map
    • Topology map layout
      • Organic
      • Orthogonal
      • Orthogonal (Merge Lines)
      • Hierarchical
      • Circular
      • Free Form
    • Selecting a topology map layout
    • Creating a customized layout
    • Creating customized topology links
    • Customizing the Topology Map
    • Adding a background image to a map
    • Deleting a background image from the library
    • Exporting the topology
    • Printing a map
  • Port actions
    • Enabling port actions
    • Disabling port actions
    • Displaying port properties for an attached device
    • Accessing performance monitoring
• MRP Topology
  • MRP Topology overview
  • Viewing a MRP Topology map
  • Viewing a MRP ring
  • Configuring the application to show a dashed line
  • Selecting a topology map layout
  • Creating a customized layout
  • Customizing the MRP Topology map
  • Refreshing MRP Topology data
  • Viewing MRP properties
• Call Home
  • Call Home overview
    • System requirements
  • Viewing Call Home configurations
  • Showing a Call Home center
  • Hiding a Call Home center
  • Editing a Call Home center
    • Editing the IBM Call Home center
    • Editing an e-mail Call Home center
      • Call Home alert e-mail messages
    • Editing the EMC Call Home center
    • Editing the HP LAN Call Home center
  • Enabling a Call Home center
  • Enabling supportSave
  • Testing the Call Home center connection
  • Disabling a Call Home center
  • Viewing Call Home status
  • Assigning a device to the Call Home center
  • Removing a device from a Call Home center
  • Removing all devices and filters from a Call Home center
  • Defining an event filter
  • Assigning an event filter to a Call Home center
  • Assigning an event filter to a device
  • Overwriting an assigned event filter
  • Removing all event filter from a Call Home center
  • Removing an event filter from a device
  • Removing an event filter from the Call Home Event Filters list
  • Searching for an assigned event filter
• Third-party tools
  • About third-party tools
  • Starting third-party tools from the application
  • Launching a Telnet session
    • Launching an Telnet session from the IP tab
  • Launching an Element Manager
  • Launching HCM Agent
  • Adding a tool
  • Entering the server IP address of a tool
  • Adding an option to the Tools menu
  • Changing an option on the Tools menu
  • Removing an option from the Tools menu
  • Adding an option to a device’s shortcut menu
  • Changing an option on a device’s shortcut menu
  • Removing an option from a device’s shortcut menu
• Server Management Console
  • Server Management Console overview
    • Launching the SMC on Windows
    • Launching the SMC on Linux
  • Services tab
    • Monitoring and managing Management application services
    • Refreshing the server status
    • Stopping all services
    • Stopping the CIMOM services
    • Starting all services
    • Restarting all services
    • Changing the database password
  • Ports tab
    • Viewing server port numbers
  • AAA Settings tab
    • Configuring Radius server authentication
      • Configuring a Radius server
    • Configuring LDAP server authentication
      • Configuring an LDAP server
    • Configuring TACACS+ server authentication
      • Configuring a TACACS+ server
    • Configuring Common Access Card authentication
    • Configuring switch authentication
    • Configuring Windows authentication
    • Configuring local database authentication
    • Displaying the client authentication audit trail
  • Restore tab
    • Restoring the database
  • Technical Support Information tab
    • Capturing technical support information
  • HCM Upgrade tab
    • Upgrading HCM on the Management server
  • SMI Agent Configuration Tool
    • Launching the SMIA configuration tool on Windows
    • Launching the SMIA configuration tool on Unix
    • Launching a remote SMIA configuration tool
    • Service Location Protocol (SLP) support
      • SLP support includes the following components:
      • slptool commands
      • SLP on UNIX systems
      • SLP on Windows systems
    • Home tab
      • Accessing Management application features
    • Authentication tab
      • Enabling or disabling CIM client and indication mutual authentication
      • Configuring CIMOM server authentication
    • CIMOM tab
      • Configuring the SMI Agent port number
      • Configuring the CIMOM Bind Network Address
      • Configuring the CIMOM log
    • Certificate Management tab
      • Importing a certificate
      • Viewing a certificate
      • Exporting a certificate
      • Deleting a certificate
    • Summary tab
      • Viewing the configuration summary
• Wireless Management
  • Wireless management overview
  • Wireless devices
  • Wireless device discovery
  • Wireless devices on the dashboard
  • Port groups
  • View management
  • Wireless device properties
  • Element Manager
    • Browser and system requirements
    • Launching the Element Manager
    • Launching a Telnet session
  • Configuration repository and backup management
  • CLI configuration management
  • Cluster mode
  • VLAN management
  • Performance management
  • Policy Monitors
  • Fault management
  • AP Products report
• VCS Management
  • VCS
    • VCS mode types
    • Ethernet Fabrics view management
  • Logical chassis cluster operations
    • Logical chassis cluster mode discovery
    • Administratively removing a node from a logical chassis cluster
    • How the Management application handles a cluster mode change
  • Serial firmware update and activation for Network OS devices
  • Support for Network OS VDX 2740 embedded switch
  • Network OS
  • VCS product groups
    • Static product group
    • Dynamic product group
  • Port profiles
    • AMPP characteristics
    • Life of a port profile
    • AMPP events and behavior
    • Port profile configuration using the management application
    • Assigning MAC addresses to a port profile
    • Managing offline MAC addresses
    • Comparing port profiles
    • Deploying port profiles
  • System Monitor support on Network OS VDX platforms
    • FRU monitoring
    • System thresholds
    • Alert notifications
    • Resource monitoring
    • SFP parameter monitoring
    • Security monitoring
    • Port statistics monitoring
    • Interface error types
  • Ethernet fabric traceroute
    • Tracing Ethernet fabric routes
    • Exporting diagnostic data
• Host Management
  • Host management
  • Brocade adapters
    • Host Bus Adapters
    • Converged Network Adapters
    • Fabric Adapters
    • AnyIOTM technology
  • HCM software
    • HCM features
  • Host adapter discovery
  • VM Manager
    • Adding a VM Manager
    • Editing a VM Manager
    • Deleting a VM Manager
  • HCM and Management application support on ESXi systems
    • ESXi CIM listener ports
      • Adding host adapter credentials for ESXi
  • Adapter software
    • Driver repository
      • Importing a driver into the repository
      • Deleting a driver file from the repository
    • Boot image repository
      • Importing a boot image into the repository
      • Downloading a boot image to a selected host
      • Deleting a boot image from the repository
      • Backing up boot image files
  • Bulk port configuration
    • Configuring host adapter ports
      • Adding a port configuration
      • Editing a port configuration
      • Duplicating a port configuration
      • Deleting a port configuration
  • Adapter port WWN virtualization
    • Configuring FAWWNs on switch ports
      • Enabling the FAWWN feature on a switch or AG ports
      • Disabling the FAWWN feature on a switch or AG ports
      • Auto-assigning a FAWWN to a switch or AG port
      • Manually assigning a FAWWN to a switch or AG port
      • Modifying a FAWWN on a switch or AG port
      • Deleting a FAWWN from a switch or AG port
    • FAWWNs on attached AG ports
      • Adding AG port FAWWNs
      • Deleting AG port FAWWNs
      • Moving an AG port FAWWN across switches
  • Role-based access control
    • Host adapter management privileges
    • Host adapter administrator privileges
  • Host performance management
  • Host security authentication
    • Configuring security authentication using the Management application
  • supportSave on adapters
  • Host fault management
    • Adapter events
    • Filtering event notifications
    • Syslog forwarding
  • Backup support
    • Configuring backup to a hard drive
    • Enabling backup
    • Disabling backup
• Fibre Channel over Ethernet
  • In this chapter
  • FCoE overview
    • DCBX protocol
  • Enhanced Ethernet features
    • Enhanced Transmission Selection
    • Priority-based flow control
    • Ethernet jumbo frames
  • FCoE protocols supported
    • Ethernet link layer protocols supported
    • FCoE protocols
  • FCoE licensing
  • Saving running configurations
    • Copying switch configurations to selected switches
  • DCB configuration management
  • Switch policies
    • DCB map and Traffic Class map
    • LLDP profiles
    • 802.1x policy
  • DCB configuration
    • Minimum DCB configuration for FCoE traffic
      • Creating a DCB map to carry the LAN and SAN traffic
      • Configuring LLDP
      • Configuring the DCB interface with the DCB map and global LLDP profile
      • Creating the FCoE VLAN to carry FCoE traffic
      • Creating and activating VLAN classifiers on the DCB interface
    • Adding a LAG
    • Editing a DCB switch
    • Editing a DCB port
    • Editing a LAG
    • Enabling a DCB port or LAG
    • Deleting a LAG
  • QoS configuration
    • Priority-based flow control
    • Creating a DCB map
    • Editing a DCB map
    • Deleting a DCB map
    • Assigning a DCB map to a port or link aggregation group
    • Creating a Traffic Class map
    • Editing a Traffic Class map
    • Deleting a Traffic Class map
    • Assigning a Traffic Class map to a port or link aggregation group
  • FCoE provisioning
    • Changing the VLAN ID on the default FCoE map
    • Enabling or disabling the FCoE map on the port
  • VLAN classifier configuration
    • Adding a VLAN classifier rule
    • Editing a VLAN classifier rule
    • Deleting a VLAN classifier rule
    • Creating a VLAN classifier group
    • Deleting a VLAN classifier group
  • LLDP-DCBX configuration
    • Configuring LLDP for FCoE
    • Adding an LLDP profile
    • Editing an LLDP profile
    • Deleting an LLDP profile
    • Assigning an LLDP profile to a port or ports in a LAG
  • 802.1x authentication
    • Enabling 802.1x authentication
    • Disabling 802.1x authentication
    • Setting 802.1x parameters for a port
  • Switch, port, and LAG deployment
    • Deploying DCB product, port, and LAG configurations
    • Source to target switch Fabric OS version compatibility for deployment
  • Network OS switches in VCS mode
    • Supported VCS platforms
    • Viewing switches in VCS mode
      • Viewing QoS parameters on the Network OS switch
      • Viewing FCoE parameters on the Network OS switch
      • Viewing VLAN classifiers and rules parameters on the Network OS switch
      • Viewing LLDP-DCBX parameters on the Network OS switch
      • Viewing the 802.1x parameter on the Network OS switch
    • Viewing ports in VCS mode
      • Viewing port parameters on the Network OS switch port
      • Viewing QoS parameters on the Network OS switch port
      • Viewing FCoE parameters on the Network OS switch port
      • Viewing LLDP-DCBX parameters on the Network OS switch port
      • Viewing the 802.1x parameter on the Network OS switch port
    • Viewing LAGs in VCS mode
      • Viewing LAG parameters on the Network OS switch LAG
      • Viewing QoS parameters on the Network OS switch LAG
      • Viewing FCoE parameters on the Network OS switch LAG
      • Viewing LLDP-DCBX parameters on the Network OS switch LAG
  • DCB performance
    • Real-time performance graph
      • Generating a real-time performance graph from the SAN tab
      • Generating a real-time performance graph from the IP tab
    • Historical performance graph
      • Generating a historical performance graph
    • Historical performance report
      • Generating a historical performance report
  • FCoE login groups
    • Adding an FCoE login group
    • Editing an FCoE login group
    • Deleting one or more FCoE login groups
    • Disabling the FCoE login management feature on a switch
    • Enabling the FCoE login management feature on a switch
  • Virtual FCoE port configuration
    • Viewing virtual FCoE ports
    • Clearing a stale entry
• Telemetry
  • Telemetry overview
  • Policy-based routing
    • Viewing existing PBR policies
    • Adding a new policy
    • Adding rules to a policy
    • Adding policies from saved configurations
    • Editing a policy
    • Editing a rule
    • Deleting a policy or rule
    • Deploying a PBR policy on demand
    • Saving a PBR policy deployment
    • Scheduling a PBR policy deployment
      • Configuring a one-time deployment schedule
      • Configuring an hourly deployment schedule
      • Configuring a daily deployment schedule
      • Configuring a weekly deployment schedule
      • Configuring a monthly deployment schedule
  • ACL Accounting
    • Enabling or disabling ACL accounting
    • Resetting ACL counters
    • Viewing ACL counters
• Security Management
  • Security overview
  • Layer 2 access control list management
    • IronWare Layer 2 ACL configuration
      • Creating a Layer 2 ACL configuration (IronWare)
      • Editing a Layer 2 ACL configuration (IronWare)
      • Copying a Layer 2 ACL configuration (IronWare)
      • Assigning a Layer 2 ACL configuration to an interface (IronWare)
      • Clearing Layer 2 ACL assignments (IronWare)
    • Fabric OS Layer 2 ACL configuration
      • Creating a standard Layer 2 ACL configuration (Fabric OS)
      • Editing a standard Layer 2 ACL configuration (Fabric OS)
      • Copying a standard Layer 2 ACL configuration (Fabric OS)
      • Creating an extended Layer 2 ACL configuration (Fabric OS)
      • Editing an extended Layer 2 ACL configuration (Fabric OS)
      • Copying an extended Layer 2 ACL configuration (Fabric OS)
      • Assigning a Layer 2 ACL configuration to an interface (Fabric OS)
      • Clearing Layer 2 ACL assignments (Fabric OS)
    • Creating a Layer 2 ACL from a saved configuration
    • Deleting a Layer 2 ACL configuration from the application
    • Deleting a Layer 2 ACL configuration from the switch
    • Network OS Layer 2 ACL configuration
      • Viewing Layer 2 ACL configuration on a fabric (Network OS)
      • Viewing Layer 2 ACL configuration on a device (Network OS)
      • Viewing Layer 2 ACL configuration on an interface (Network OS)
  • Layer 3 access control list policy
    • Creating a standard L3 ACL configuration
    • Creating a L3 ACL from a saved configuration
    • Editing a standard L3 ACL configuration
    • Copying a standard L3 ACL configuration
    • Creating an extended L3 ACL configuration
    • Editing an extended L3 ACL configuration
    • Copying an extended L3 ACL configuration
    • Creating an IPv6 L3 ACL configuration
    • Editing an IPv6 L3 ACL configuration
    • Copying an IPv6 L3 ACL configuration
    • Deleting a L3 ACL configuration
    • Assigning a L3 ACL configuration to an interface
    • Clearing L3 ACL assignments
    • Configuring the ACL configuration type and operations
    • Configuring hit statistics
    • Configuring L3 ACL advanced settings
    • Network configuration
      • Viewing existing networks
      • Creating a network
      • Editing a network
      • Copying a network
      • Deleting a network
    • Network group configuration
      • Viewing existing network groups
      • Creating a network group
      • Editing a network group
      • Copying a network group
      • Deleting a network group
    • Service configuration
      • Viewing existing services
      • Creating a service
      • Editing a service
      • Copying a service
      • Deleting a service
    • Service group configuration
      • Viewing existing service groups
      • Creating a service group
      • Editing a service group
      • Copying a service group
      • Deleting a service group
  • Media Access Control (MAC) filter management
    • Creating a MAC filter configuration
    • Creating a MAC filter from a saved configuration
    • Editing a MAC filter
    • Copying a MAC filter
    • Deleting a MAC filter
    • Assigning MAC filters
    • Clearing MAC filter assignments
    • Adding a MAC filter configuration to an interface
  • Security configuration deployment
    • Deploying a security configuration on demand
    • Saving a security configuration deployment
    • Scheduling a security configuration deployment
      • Configuring a one-time deployment schedule
      • Configuring an hourly deployment schedule
      • Configuring a daily deployment schedule
      • Configuring a weekly deployment schedule
      • Configuring a monthly deployment schedule
• Zoning
  • Zoning overview
    • Online zoning
    • Offline zoning
    • Zoning naming conventions
  • Zone database size
  • Zoning configuration
    • Configuring zoning
    • Creating a zone
    • Viewing zone properties
    • Adding members to a zone
    • Creating a member in a zone
    • Removing a member from a zone
    • Renaming a zone
    • Deleting a zone
    • Duplicating a zone
    • Customizing the zone member display
    • Enabling or disabling the default zone for fabrics
    • Creating a zone alias
    • Editing a zone alias
    • Removing an object from a zone alias
    • Exporting zone aliases
    • Renaming a zone alias
    • Deleting a zone alias
    • Duplicating a zone alias
    • Creating a zone configuration
    • Viewing zone configuration properties
    • Adding zones to a zone configuration
    • Removing a zone from a zone configuration
    • Activating a zone configuration
    • Deactivating a zone configuration
    • Renaming a zone configuration
    • Deleting a zone configuration
    • Duplicating a zone configuration
    • Creating an offline zone database
    • Deleting an offline zone database
    • Refreshing a zone database
    • Merging fabrics
    • Merging two zone databases
    • Creating a common active zone configuration in two fabrics
    • Saving a zone database to a switch
    • Exporting an offline zone database
    • Importing an offline zone database
    • Rolling back changes to the offline zone database
  • Zoning administration
    • Comparing zone databases
    • Managing zone configuration comparison alerts
    • Setting change limits on zoning activation
    • Clearing the fabric zone database
    • Removing all user names from a zone database
    • Finding a member in one or more zones
    • Finding a zone member in the potential member list
    • Finding zones in a zone configuration
    • Finding a zone configuration member in the zones list
    • Listing zone members
    • Listing un-zoned members
    • Removing an offline device
    • Replacing zone members
    • Replacing an offline device by WWN
    • Replacing an offline device by name
• Port Fencing
  • In this chapter
  • About port fencing
    • Viewing port fencing configurations
  • Thresholds
    • C3 Discard Frames threshold
    • Invalid CRCs threshold
    • Invalid words threshold
    • Link Reset threshold
    • Protocol error threshold
    • State Change threshold
  • Adding thresholds
    • Adding a C3 Discard Frames threshold
    • Adding an Invalid CRCs threshold
    • Adding an Invalid Words threshold
    • Adding a Link Reset threshold
    • Adding a Protocol Error threshold
    • Adding a State Change threshold
    • Assigning thresholds
    • Unblocking a port
    • Avoiding port fencing inheritance
  • Editing thresholds
    • Editing a C3 Discard Frames threshold
    • Editing an Invalid CRCs threshold
    • Editing an Invalid Words threshold
    • Editing a Link Reset threshold
    • Editing a Protocol Error threshold
    • Editing a State Change threshold
    • Finding assigned thresholds
    • Viewing thresholds
    • Viewing all thresholds on a specific Fabric OS device
  • Removing thresholds
    • Removing thresholds from individual objects
    • Removing thresholds from the thresholds table
• FICON Environments
  • FICON configurations
  • Configuring a switch for FICON operation
    • Planning the configuration
    • Configuring the switch
  • Configuring FICON display
  • Configuring an Allow/Prohibit Matrix
  • Configuring an Allow/Prohibit Matrix manually
  • Saving or copying Allow/Prohibit Matrix configurations to another device
    • Copying an Allow/Prohibit Matrix configuration
    • Saving an Allow/Prohibit Matrix configuration to another device
  • Activating an Allow/Prohibit Matrix configuration
  • Deleting an Allow/Prohibit Matrix configuration
  • Changing the Allow/Prohibit Matrix display
    • Changing window arrangement
    • Clearing port names
  • Cascaded FICON fabric
    • Configuring a cascaded FICON fabric
      • Enabling DLS
  • Cascaded FICON fabric merge
    • Merging two cascaded FICON fabrics
    • Resolving merge conflicts
  • Port groups
    • Creating a port group
    • Viewing port groups
    • Editing a port group
    • Deleting a port group
  • Swapping blades
• IP Element Manager
  • In this chapter
  • Element Manager overview
  • Element Manager CLI
    • Accessing the IP Element Manager CLI
  • Element Manager interface overview
    • Accessing the Element Manager interface
    • Switch properties
    • Element Manager toolbar
    • Displaying port properties
      • Comparing physical port properties
      • Comparing physical and virtual port properties
    • Status indicator icons
    • Search
    • Table capabilities
    • Performance data
      • Real-time performance monitoring
      • Historical performance monitoring
  • Configure dialog box
    • Configuring VLAN
    • Resetting port counters
    • Enable or Disable
  • Management Module switchover
    • Changing the standby Management Module to active
  • Switch Fabric Module
  • Port mirroring
    • Configuring port mirroring
    • Adding a port to port mirroring
    • Editing a port in port mirroring
    • Deleting a port from port mirroring
  • sFlow
    • Configuring sFlow in Element Manager
  • Web Management interface
    • Accessing the Web Management interface
    • Accessing the IP device front panel
  • Web Management interface troubleshooting
• Configuration Repository and Backup
  • In this chapter
  • Configuration repository
    • Saving the configuration status
    • Viewing the configuration
    • Comparing product configurations
    • Restoring a configuration
    • Searching the configuration repository
    • Exporting a configuration to a text file
  • Configuration deviation
    • Viewing configuration deviation status
  • Change tracking
  • Configuration snapshots
    • Comparing configuration snapshots
    • Generating a configuration snapshot report
    • Viewing the pre- and post-configuration snapshot
    • Saving a configuration snapshot
    • Searching the configuration snaphots
  • Schedule backup
    • Scheduling a configuration backup
    • Disabling a backup schedule
• IP Configuration Wizard
  • Configuration requirements
  • Payloads
  • Creating a payload configuration
  • Duplicating a payload configuration
  • Modifying a payload configuration
  • Deploying a payload configuration
  • Deleting a payload configuration
• CLI Configuration Management
  • In this chapter
  • CLI configuration overview
    • Configuration requirements
  • Viewing existing templates
  • Product configuration templates
    • Creating a new product configuration
  • Changing product credentials
  • Importing parameter values into a configuration
  • Previewing CLI commands
  • CLI command guidelines
    • Copying a product configuration
    • Editing a product configuration
  • Testing a configuration
  • Valid and invalid responses from devices
    • Editing the CLI responses properties file
    • Editing the Network OS CLI responses properties file
    • Editing the Motorola Controller CLI responses properties file
    • Configuration command response validation
    • Using a dash character in CLI Configuration manager
    • Configuration error checking
  • Deleting a configuration
  • CLI configuration deployment
    • Deploying a configuration on demand
  • Monitoring configurations
    • Creating a monitoring configuration
    • Copying a monitoring configuration
    • Editing a monitoring configuration
  • CLI deployment reports
    • Viewing CLI deployment reports
  • CLI configuration scheduling
    • Configuring a one-time deployment schedule
    • Configuring an hourly deployment schedule
    • Configuring a daily deployment schedule
    • Configuring a weekly deployment schedule
    • Configuring a monthly deployment schedule
    • Configuring a yearly deployment schedule
• Image Repository for IP Products
  • In this chapter
  • Obtaining software files
  • Products supporting the image import
  • Boot image management
    • Viewing the list of boot images
    • Manually importing boot images
    • Deploying boot images to products
    • Deleting boot images from the Management application
  • Software image management
    • Viewing the list of software images
    • Manually importing software images
    • Automatically retrieving software images from products
    • Deploying software images to products
    • Deleting software images from the Management application
  • Unified image management
    • Viewing the list of unified images
    • Importing unified images into the Management application
    • Updating unified images
    • Deploying unified images to products
    • Deleting unified images from the Management application
  • Serial firmware update and activation for NOS devices
• VLAN Management
  • VLAN Manager
    • Default VLAN
    • Super-aggregated VLAN
    • Private VLAN
    • Remote Switched Port Analyzer
    • Transparent LAN Support
    • Configuration requirements for VLAN Manager
    • Displaying a list of VLANs
    • VLAN management in a VCS environment
    • VLAN Manager tabs
    • Displaying VLANs in the VLAN view
    • Displaying VLANs by products
  • Port VLANs
    • Adding or modifying port VLANs
    • Adding or modifying dual mode ports
    • Assigning DCB ports to a VLAN
    • Adding VLAN properties
    • Modifying port VLAN properties
    • Deleting port VLANs from products
      • Deleting a port VLAN in VLAN view
      • Deleting a port VLAN in Product view
    • Deploying VLAN configurations
  • Spanning Tree Protocol configuration
    • Configuring STP or RSTP on a port VLAN
    • Deploying an STP configuration on a port VLAN
    • Configuring MSTP on a product
      • Assigning an MSTP instance to a VLAN
      • Adding an MSTP instance
  • VLAN routing
    • Managing IP addresses on an SVI
• MPLS Management
  • In this chapter
  • MPLS pre-configuration
  • MPLS licensing
  • MPLS overview
    • Configuring LDP
  • LSP
    • Viewing LSP Admin Group information
    • Viewing LSP path information
    • Viewing RSVP LSP information
    • Viewing saved LSP configurations
    • Adding an LSP admin group
    • Editing an LSP admin group
    • Duplicating an LSP admin group
    • Deleting an LSP admin group
    • Adding an LSP path
    • Editing an LSP path
    • Duplicating an LSP path
    • Deleting an LSP path
    • Configuring advanced RSVP LSP settings
    • Editing an RSVP LSP
    • Duplicating an RSVP LSP
    • Deleting an RSVP LSP
    • Editing a saved LSP configuration
    • Duplicating a saved LSP configuration
    • Deleting a saved LSP configuration
    • Displaying LSP Topologies
  • MPLS Virtual Leased Line (VLL) overview
  • VLL manager
    • Viewing VLL instances
    • Viewing Saved VLL configurations
    • Adding or editing a VLL instance
    • Configuring devices using the VLL Manager
    • Deploying target actions using the VLL Manager
    • Deploying VLL properties using the VLL Manager
    • Scheduling deployment using the VLL Manager
    • Reviewing the VLL Manager summary
    • Reviewing the VLL Manager configuration
    • Creating a new VLL instance using duplicate
    • Editing a VLL instance
    • Deleting VLL instances
    • Filtering VLL traffic monitoring
  • Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS) overview
  • VPLS Manager
    • Viewing VPLS instances and peer topologies
    • Viewing Saved VPLS configurations
    • Adding or editing a VPLS instance
    • Configuring devices using the VPLS Manager
    • Configuring endpoint settings
    • Deploying target actions using VPLS Manager
    • Deploying VPLS properties using VPLS Manager
    • Scheduling deployment using VPLS Manager
    • Reviewing the VPLS Manager summary
    • Creating a new VPLS instance from a duplicate
    • Editing a VPLS instance
    • Deleting a VPLS instance
    • Filtering for VPLS traffic monitoring
  • VCID pools
    • Viewing, creating, and deleting VCID pools
  • 802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management
    • Configuring a maintenance association
    • Editing a maintenance association
    • Adding a MEP to a maintenance association
    • Editing a MEP
    • Viewing the MEPs in a maintenance association
    • Deleting a maintenance association
    • Checking the connectivity status of remote MEPs
    • Sending a loopback message
    • Sending a linktrace message
    • Configuring frame delay
• VIP Servers
  • In this chapter
  • VIP Servers overview
    • VIP Server functions
  • Viewing the VIP Servers
  • Viewing VIP Server information
  • Enabling or disabling servers or server ports
    • Enabling servers or server ports
    • Disabling servers or server ports
  • Server port statistics
    • Deleting a row from the Server Port Statistics list
• Global Server Load Balancing
  • In this chapter
  • GSLB Manager
    • Configuration requirements
    • Viewing the GSLB Manager
  • GSLB policy management
    • Creating a GSLB policy
      • Applying metrics on the Metrics tab
      • Adding a prefix on the Prefix tab
      • Deleting a prefix from the Prefix list
      • Importing IP addresses from a file
  • GSLB site management
    • Adding a site configuration
      • Adding ServerIron ADX products to the site
  • GSLB zone configuration
    • Managing zones
    • Adding a zone configuration
    • Adding a host to a zone
      • Deleting a zone configuration
    • Editing the list of IP addresses and weights
  • Controller configuration
    • Creating a new GSLB controller configuration
    • Deploying a controller configuration
    • Scheduling a deployment
• SSL Certificates for ServerIron Products
  • In this chapter
  • SSL certificates
  • SSL certificate configuration
    • Accessing SSL certificates on the Certificate View tab
    • Accessing SSL certificates on the Product View tab
  • Generating a certificate signing request
  • Adding an SSL certificate and key file
  • Editing an SSL certificate and key file
  • Duplicating an SSL certificate and key file
  • Viewing SSL certificate details
  • Importing certificates and keys from file locations
  • Importing certificates and keys from products
  • Exporting certificates and keys
  • Deploying certificates and keys
  • Creating key passwords
  • Appending SSL certificates
  • Chaining SSL certificates
  • Deleting SSL certificates
• Deployment Manager
  • Introduction to the Deployment Manager
  • Editing a deployment configuration
  • Duplicating a deployment configuration
  • Deleting a deployment configuration
  • Deploying a configuration
  • Viewing deployment logs
  • Generating a deployment report
  • Generating a deployment configuration snapshot report
  • Searching the configuration snapshots
• Performance Data
  • SAN performance overview
    • SAN performance measures
    • SAN performance management requirements
  • SAN real-time performance data
    • Generating a real-time performance graph
    • Filtering real-time performance data
      • Graph display
    • Exporting real-time performance data
    • Performance statistics counters
  • IP performance monitoring and traffic analysis
  • IP configuration requirements
  • IP real-time performance monitoring
    • Monitoring real-time performance
    • Adding products and ports to real-time performance
    • Removing products and ports from real-time performance
    • Adding measures to products
    • Removing measures from products
    • Adding measures to ports
    • Removing measures from ports
    • Adding collectibles to monitoring
    • The graph and table are populated with the collectible performance values. The selected collectibles displays beneath the graph.
    • Removing collectibles from monitoring
    • Configuring the performance graph
      • Configuring the performance graph display
      • Configuring graph options
    • Exporting a graph
    • Printing a graph
  • IP historical performance monitoring
    • Editing system collectors
    • Displaying historical data collectors
    • Enabling a historical data collector
    • Adding or editing a historical data collector
    • Adding third-party device MIB objects manually
    • Configuring a MIB walk instance
    • Duplicating a historical data collector
      • Duplicating system data collectors
    • Deleting a historical data collector
    • Adding, editing, or duplicating a user-defined expression
    • Deleting an expression
    • Viewing Historical Graphs/Tables
    • Mouse functions for graphs
  • MIB data collectors
    • Mapping a MIB object to a unit name
  • IP Custom performance reports
    • Creating a custom report
    • Interpreting the SNMP Monitor report
    • Exporting an SNMP Monitor report
  • IP sFlow configuration
    • Configuring sFlow
    • Creating custom sFlow reports
    • Scheduling custom sFlow reports
    • Suspending a custom sFlow report schedule
  • IP Traffic analyzer monitoring and sFlow reports
    • Device-level configuration requirements
    • 802.1X configuration requirements
    • Displaying sFlow monitoring reports
    • Selecting a report
      • Report list
      • Direction list
      • Graph list
      • End Date/Time list
      • Span list
      • How End Date/Time and Span works:
      • Measure list
      • Refresh list
      • 2D or 3D button
      • Graph check box
      • Table check box
      • Show DNS Name
      • Include Remaining Talkers
      • Report Title and Device Group Name or Device Name and Device IP Address
      • Date and time
    • Changing the number of records gathered for sFlow accounting
    • Interpreting an sFlow traffic report
    • Viewing top MAC talkers
    • Viewing top VLAN talkers
    • Viewing all Layer 3 and Layer 4 traffic
    • Viewing all IPv4 Layer 3 or Layer 4 Top Talkers
    • Viewing IPv4 – top TCP talkers
    • Viewing IPv4 – top UDP talkers
    • Viewing IPv4 – top ICMP talkers
    • Viewing IPv4 – Others
    • Viewing IPv6 Top Talkers
    • Viewing other Layer 3 or Layer 4 Top Talkers
    • Enabling and viewing TCP reports
      • Defining invalid TCP packet combinations
      • Displaying the invalid TCP Flags report
      • Valid TCP flags report
    • Viewing BGP paths report
    • Viewing VCS fabric Top Talker reports
    • Troubleshooting sFlow reports
  • IP traffic accounting
    • Changing the number of records displayed in a sFlow accounting report
• Frame Monitor
  • Frame Monitor
    • Frame types
      • Pre-defined frame types
      • Custom frame types
    • Frame Monitoring requirements
  • Creating a custom frame monitor
  • Editing a frame monitor
  • Assigning a frame monitor to a port
  • Finding frame monitor assignments
  • Removing a frame monitor from a port
  • Removing a frame monitor from a switch
• Power Center
  • In this chapter
  • Power center overview
  • Data monitoring
    • Viewing PoE data for products
    • Viewing PoE data for ports
    • Filtering port details
    • Viewing attached device properties
    • Viewing PoE charts
    • Refreshing PoE data
    • Configuring automatic data refresh
  • PoE power on demand
    • Powering up PoE-capable ports on demand
    • Powering down PoE-capable ports on demand
  • Schedule PoE power deployment
    • Scheduling an power up deployment
      • Configuring a one-time deployment schedule
      • Configuring an hourly deployment schedule
      • Configuring a daily deployment schedule
      • Configuring a weekly deployment schedule
      • Configuring a monthly deployment schedule
      • Configuring a yearly deployment schedule
    • Scheduling a power down deployment
    • Updating a power deployment schedule
    • Viewing the configured ports for a power deployment schedule
    • Deleting a power deployment schedule
  • PoE thresholds
    • Adding a PoE product threshold
    • Adding a PoE port threshold
    • Viewing PoE thresholds
    • Updating a PoE threshold
    • Enabling PoE thresholds
    • Disabling PoE thresholds
    • Deleting PoE thresholds
  • Viewing PoE performance
    • Monitoring real time power performance on products
    • Monitoring real time power performance on ports
• Policy Monitor
  • Policy monitor overview
    • Fabric policy monitors
    • Switch and router policy monitors
    • Host policy monitors
    • Management policy monitor
  • Preconfigured policy monitors
  • Viewing policy monitor status
  • Viewing existing policy monitors
  • Adding a policy monitor
  • Policy monitor scheduling
    • Configuring a one-time policy monitor schedule
    • Configuring an hourly policy monitor schedule
    • Configuring a daily policy monitor schedule
    • Configuring a weekly policy monitor schedule
    • Configuring a monthly policy monitor schedule
  • Editing a policy monitor
  • Deleting a policy monitor
  • Configuration rules
    • Viewing configuration rule details
    • Adding a configuration rule
    • Duplicating a configuration rule
    • Editing a configuration rule
    • Exporting a configuration rule
    • Importing a configuration rule
    • Deleting a configuration rule
    • Viewing predefined configuration conditions
    • Adding a configuration condition
    • Selecting a product
    • Duplicating a configuration condition
    • Editing a user-defined configuration condition
    • Predefined conditions
    • Viewing a predefined configuration block
    • Adding a configuration block
    • Duplicating a configuration block
    • Editing a user-defined configuration block
    • Deleting conditions and blocks
    • Predefined blocks
  • Running a policy monitor
  • Viewing a policy monitor report
    • Exporting a policy monitor report
  • Viewing historical reports for all policy monitors
  • Viewing historical reports for a policy monitor
• Fault Management
  • Fault management overview
    • Restrictions
      • Supported IP address types
      • Event Purging
      • Event Archiving
  • Event notification
    • Configuring e-mail notification
  • Defining filters
    • Setting up basic event filtering
    • Setting up advanced event filtering
  • SNMP traps
    • Adding a trap recipient to one or more switches
    • Removing a trap recipient from one or more switches
    • SNMP trap forwarding
      • Adding a trap destination
      • Adding a new trap filter
    • Event reception
    • Adding an SNMP v3 credential
    • Adding an SNMP v1 or v2c community string
    • Importing a new MIB into the Management application
    • Trap customization
      • Registering traps
      • Unregistering a registered trap
      • Customizing a registered trap definition
      • Reverting the customization of a registered trap to default
  • SNMP informs
    • Enabling or disabling SNMP informs
  • Syslogs
    • Adding a syslog recipient
    • Removing a syslog recipient
    • Syslog forwarding
      • Adding a syslog forwarding destination
    • Adding a syslog filter
    • Snort message forwarding
  • Event action definitions
    • Creating an event action definition
      • Selecting an event for an event action
      • Configuring varbind filters
      • Selecting source address products and ports
      • Configuring event action policies
      • Editing event actions
      • Special events handling
      • Acknowledging special events
      • Configuring event action e-mail settings
    • Creating a new event action definition by copying an existing definition
    • Modifying an event action definition
    • Deleting an event action definition
    • Configuring event actions for Snort messages
  • Pseudo events
    • Displaying pseudo event definitions
    • Creating pseudo event definitions
    • Setting pseudo event policies
    • Filtering pseudo event traps
    • Creating a pseudo event definition by copying an existing definition
    • Editing a pseudo event definition
    • Deleting a pseudo event definition
    • Adding a pseudo event on the escalation policy
    • Creating an event action with a pseudo event on the escalation policy
    • Adding a pseudo event on the resolving policy
    • Creating an event action with a pseudo event on the resolving policy
    • Adding a pseudo event on the flapping policy
    • Creating an event action with a pseudo event on the flapping policy
  • Event custom reports
    • Defining report settings
    • Defining the report identity
    • Filtering a report definition
    • Filtering report events by date and time
    • Creating a new report definition by copying an existing definition
    • Editing a report definition
    • Deleting a report definition
  • Event custom report schedules
    • Adding or editing an event report schedule
  • Event logs
    • Viewing event logs
    • Copying part of a log entry
    • Copying an entire log entry
    • Exporting the entire log
    • E-mailing all event details from the Master Log
    • E-mailing selected event details from the Master Log
    • Displaying event properties from the Master Log
    • Copying part of the Master Log
    • Copying the entire Master Log
    • Exporting the Master Log
    • Filtering events in the Master Log
      • The ‘unnamed’ filter
      • The ‘none’ filter
      • Editing a Filter
      • Duplicating a Filter
      • Deleting a Filter
      • Notes on filters
• Packet Capture (Pcap)
  • In this chapter
  • Configuring packet captures
• Technical Support
  • In this chapter
  • Server and client support save
    • Capturing Server and Client support save data
    • Capturing Server support save data
    • Capturing Client support save data
    • Client support save using a command line interface
      • Capturing client support save using the CLI (Windows)
      • Capture client support save using the CLI (Linux)
  • Device technical support
    • Scheduling technical support information collection
    • Starting immediate technical support information collection
    • Viewing the technical support repository
    • Saving technical support information to another location
    • E-mailing technical support information
    • Copying technical support information to an external FTP server
    • Deleting technical support files from the repository
• Reports
  • In this chapter
  • Reports overview
    • Browser requirements
  • Viewing IP reports
  • Exporting and saving IP reports to a file
  • Exporting IP reports to e-mail recipients
  • IP report contents
  • IP Wired Products report
    • Detailed Product Report
    • Detailed Cluster Report
  • IP Module report
  • IP Port VLANs report
  • IP Layer 3 VLAN report
  • IP Subnet report
  • IP Address report
  • MAC Address report
  • IP Physical Ports - Realtime report
  • IP Stacking Ports - Realtime report
  • IP Physical Media - Realtime report
  • IP Deployment reports
    • Viewing a deployment report
  • Reports Template Manager overview
    • Preconfigured reports
    • User-defined reports
    • Accessing the Report Template Manager
    • Viewing a report
    • Importing a report template
    • Exporting a report template
    • Deleting reports
    • Report content and functions
    • Products List report
    • Detailed Product Report
    • Detailed Cluster Report
    • Ports Tx/Rx Ratio report
    • Low Traffic Ports report
    • Exporting data from the report
• Application menus
  • Dashboard main menus
  • IP main menus
  • IP shortcut menus
• Call Home Event Tables
• Event Categories
  • Link incident events
  • Product status events
  • Product audit events
  • Security events
    • Security events for FC devices
    • Security events for IP devices
  • User action events
  • Management server events
  • Product events
  • IP Performance monitoring events
• User Privileges
  • About user privileges
  • About Roles and Access Levels
• Device Properties
  • Viewing SAN device properties
    • Viewing Fabric properties
    • Viewing SAN device properties
    • Viewing Storage properties
    • Viewing iSCSI Properties dialog box
    • Viewing port properties
  • IP device properties
    • Viewing IP device and port properties
    • Viewing VCS fabric properties
  • Host properties
    • Viewing adapter port properties
  • Properties customization
    • Adding a property field
    • Editing a property field
    • Deleting a property field
    • Editing a property field directly
• Regular Expressions
• CLI Templates
• Troubleshooting
  • In this chapter
  • Application Configuration Wizard troubleshooting
  • Browser troubleshooting
  • Client browser troubleshooting
  • Configuration backup and restore troubleshooting
  • Element Manager troubleshooting
  • Firmware download troubleshooting
  • Launch Client troubleshooting
  • Master Log and Switch Console troubleshooting
  • Patch troubleshooting
  • Professional edition login troubleshooting
  • Server troubleshooting
  • Server Management Console troubleshooting
  • Supportsave troubleshooting
  • Technical support data collection troubleshooting
  • Wireless troubleshooting
  • Zoning troubleshooting
• Database Fields
  • In this appendix
  • Database tables and fields
  • Views
    • ADAPTER_PORT_CONFIG_INFO
    • AG_CONNECTION_INFO
    • BOOT_IMAGE_FILE_DETAILS_INFO
    • CNA_ETH_PORT_CONFIG_INFO
    • CNA_PORT_DETAILS_INFO
    • CNA_PORT_INFO
    • CORE_SWITCH_DETAILS_INFO
    • CRYPTO_HOST_LUN_INFO
    • CRYPTO_TARGET_ENGINE_INFO
    • DASHBOARD_PREFERENCES_INFO
    • DEPLOYMENT_INFO
    • DEPLOYMENT_LOG
    • DEVICE_CONNECTION_INFO
    • EE_MONITOR_STATS_5MIN_INFO
    • EE_MONITOR_STATS_30MIN_INFO
    • EE_MONITOR_STATS_2HOUR_INFO
    • EE_MONITOR_STATS_1DAY_INFO
    • TE_PORT_STATS_5MIN_INFO
    • TE_PORT_STATS_30MIN_INFO
    • TE_PORT_STATS_2HOUR_INFO
    • TE_PORT_STATS_1DAY_INFO
    • SWITCH_INFO
    • DEVICE_INFO
    • N2F_PORT_MAP_INFO
    • DEVICE_NODE_INFO
    • DEVICE_PORT_INFO
    • DEV_PORT_GIGE_PORT_LINK_INFO
    • DEV_PORT_MAC_ADDR_MAP_INFO
    • ISL_CONNECTION_INFO
    • ISL_INFO
    • ETHERNET_ISL_INFO
    • EVENT_DETAILS_INFO
    • EVENT_INFO
    • FABRIC_INFO
    • FCIP_TUNNEL_CIRCUIT_INFO
    • FCIP_TUNNEL_INFO
    • FCOE_DEVICE_INFO
    • FRU_INFO
    • GIGE_PORT_ECLOUD_LINK_INFO
    • GIGE_PORT_INFO
    • HBA_PORT_DETAILS_INFO
    • HBA_TARGET_INFO
    • HEALTH_STATUS_INFO
    • HOST_DISCOVERY_REQUEST_INFO
    • IFL_INFO
    • ISL_INFO
    • ISL_TRILL_INFO
    • ISL_TRUNK_GROUP_MEMBER_INFO
    • ISL_TRUNK_INFO
    • L2_NEIGHBOR_INFO
    • MAPS_EVENT_DETAILS_INFO
    • MODULE_INFO
    • NPORT_WWN_MAP_INFO
    • PHANTOM_PORT_INFO
    • PRODUCT_INFO
    • PORT_BOTTLENECK_CONF_INFO
    • PORT_BOTTLENECK_STAT_INFO
    • PORT_GROUP_INFO
    • ROLE_PRIVILEGE_INFO
    • PORT_PROFILE_INFO
    • PORT_PROFILE_INTERFACE_INFO
    • PORT_PROFILE_MAC_INFO
    • PORT_VLAN_INFO
    • PROTOCOL_VLAN_INFO
    • SFLOW
    • SFLOW_MINUTE_L3_VIEW
    • SFLOW_MINUTE_MAC_VIEW
    • SCOM_EE_MONITOR_INFO
    • SENSOR_INFO
    • SMART_CARD_USAGE_INFO
    • SWITCH_CONFIG_INFO
    • SWITCH_DETAILS_INFO
    • SWITCH_DISCOVERED_MAC_INFO
    • SWITCH_PORT_INFO
    • SWITCH_SNMP_INFO
    • TIME_SERIES_DATA_INFO
    • TIME_SERIES_DATA_VIEW
    • TRILL_INFO
    • TRILL_TRUNK_INFO
    • USER_ROLE_RESOURCE_INFO
    • VIRTUAL_FCOE_PORT_INFO
    • VIRTUAL_PORT_WWN_DETAILS_INFO
    • VM_ADDRESS_INFO
    • VLAN_INT_CLASSIFIER_INFO
    • VM_CONNECTIVITY_INFO
    • VM_NETWORK_CONNECTIVITY_INFO
    • VM_DATASTORE_DETAILS_INFO
    • VM_EE_MONITOR_INFO
    • VM_HOST_INFO
    • VM_LUN_INFO
    • VM_STATISTICS_INFO
    • VR_CONN_MODULE_INFO
    • VR_CONN_MODULE_PORT_INFO
    • VR_CONN_NPIV_INFO
    • VMM_DISCOVERED_MAC_INFO
    • VM_VIRTUAL_ETHERNET_ADAPTER_INFO
    • ZONE_DB_INFO
    • AP_USAGE
    • EVENTS
    • SFLOW_MINUTE_BGP_VIEW
    • SFLOW_MINUTE_VLAN_VIEW
    • PHYSICAL_DEVICE_INFO
    • SLOT_INFO
    • MANAGED_ELEMENT_INFO
    • SNMP_DATA_INFO
    • SNMP_EXPR_DATA_INFO
    • SNMP_DATA_VIEW
    • VM_VNETWORK_INFO
    • VCS_CLUSTER_MEMBER_INFO
    • RESET_VCS_LICENSED
    • TRILL_TRUNK_INFO
    • WIRELESS_INTERFACE
    • WIRED_INTERFACE
    • CEE_PORT_INFO
• Index