Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.1.0 User Manual

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Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual

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Supported open source software products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

SAN feature-to-firmware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Chapter 2

Licenses

Licenses overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Managed count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Managed SAN port count calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Managed IP port count calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Managed IP product count calculation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Managed MPLS product count calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Managed Ethernet Fabric count calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Entering the license key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Upgrading the Management application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

License downgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Downgrading the edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Downgrading the package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Downgrading the MPLS product count. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Downgrading to a license without Ethernet fabrics. . . . . . . . . .40
IP product count downgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Chapter 3

Patches

Installing a patch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Uninstalling a patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Chapter 4

Discovery

SAN discovery overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

FCS policy and seed switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Backbone Chassis discovery requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
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Discovering fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Editing the password for multiple devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Configuring SNMP credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Reverting to a default SNMP community string. . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Rediscovering a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Removing a fabric from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Rediscovering a previously discovered fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Deleting a fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

DCB discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Viewing the fabric discovery state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Troubleshooting fabric discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Managed count exceeded troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Virtual Fabric discovery troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

SAN Fabric monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Stop monitoring of discovered fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Stop monitoring of discovered switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Resume monitoring of discovered fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

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