Brocade EZSwitchSetup Administrator’s Guide (Supporting 300, 5100, 5300, 6505, 6510, 6520, 7800, 7840, and VA-40FC) User Manual

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Contents

Preface.....................................................................................................................................3

Document conventions......................................................................................3

Text formatting conventions.................................................................. 3
Command syntax conventions.............................................................. 3
Notes, cautions, and warnings.............................................................. 4

Brocade resources............................................................................................ 5
Contacting Brocade Technical Support.............................................................5
Document feedback.......................................................................................... 6

About This Document................................................................................................................ 7

Supported hardware and software.................................................................... 7
What’s new in this document............................................................................ 7

Introducing EZSwitchSetup....................................................................................................... 9

Overview of EZSwitchSetup..............................................................................9
EZSwitchSetup software and hardware requirements.................................... 10

Configuring Internet Explorer.............................................................. 11

Supported switches.........................................................................................12
Language support for EZSwitchSetup............................................................ 13

Setting Up Your Switch............................................................................................................15

Installing and running the EZSwitchSetup wizard........................................... 15

Launching the EZSwitchSetup wizard.................................................16
Connecting cables...............................................................................17
Discovering the switch........................................................................ 20
Confirming IP addresses.....................................................................23
Switch discovery failure.......................................................................25

Configuring the switch.....................................................................................26

Setting switch parameters...................................................................27

Zoning selection options................................................................................. 27

Configuring zones on the switch......................................................... 29
Specifying devices.............................................................................. 29

Connecting devices and completing the setup................................................30

Managing Your Switch.............................................................................................................35

Switch Manager overview............................................................................... 35

Tasks panel.........................................................................................36
Switch View.........................................................................................36
Content page.......................................................................................37
Status bar............................................................................................38

Launching the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager............................................. 38

Logging in............................................................................................39
Switch Manager sessions................................................................... 40
Logging out......................................................................................... 40

Viewing switch information..............................................................................40

Viewing the status indicator legend.....................................................41

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