Administrative domain-enabled fabric support, Ad-enabled fabric discovery – Brocade Network Advisor IP User Manual v12.1.0 User Manual

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The Deployment Results contains the following parameters:

Configuration Name — Name of the deployment.

For example, Decommission/Recommission - switch_name, Decommission/Recommission -
switch_name - blade, or Decommission/Recommission - switch_name - Ports.

Product — The product name.

Status — The status of the deployment. For example, Allowed or Failed.

Reason — The port level status of the decommission or recommission.

Administrative Domain-enabled fabric support

The Management application provides limited support for AD-enabled fabrics.

An Administrative Domain (Admin Domain or AD) is a logical grouping of fabric elements that
defines which switches, ports, and devices you can view and modify. An Admin Domain is a filtered
administrative view of the fabric.

NOTE

If you do not implement Admin Domains, the feature has no impact on users and you can ignore this
section.

For more information about Admin Domains, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.

AD-enabled fabric discovery

The Management application enables you to discover AD-enabled fabrics using SAN fabric
discovery. To discover AD-enabled fabrics, you must be a physical fabric administrator. A physical
fabric administrator is a user with admin permissions and access to all Admin Domains (AD0
through AD255). Only a physical fabric administrator can perform AD-enabled fabric discovery and
management.

Discovery collects asset information using the AD255 (physical fabric) context. However, the
Management application does not collect AD membership information. Instructions for discovering
AD-enabled fabrics are detailed in

“Discovery”

on page 41.

Management application behavior for AD-enabled fabrics

Note the following considerations and interactions that apply for AD-enabled fabrics.

Does not display provisioned AD’s in AD-enabled environments in the Product List. Provisioned
AD’s are available through Web Tools.

Does not filter by AD membership in the Topology Map (for example, the Topology Map always
displays the physical fabric connectivity and membership).

Does not support zone Management (including LSAN management).

Performs firmware management in a physical fabric context.

Performs configuration upload and download in physical fabric context (per Virtual Fabrics
capability is available in Virtual Fabrics environments).

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