Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v12.3.0 - Manual (Page 6)

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Connecting to the database using the ODBC
client (Linux systems) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Changing the database user password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Supported open source software products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
SAN feature-to-firmware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Chapter 2 Patches
Installing a patch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Uninstalling a patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Chapter 3 Discovery
SAN discovery overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
FCS policy and seed switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Backbone Chassis discovery requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Discovering fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Editing the password for multiple devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Configuring SNMP credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Reverting to a default SNMP community string. . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Rediscovering a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Removing a fabric from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Rediscovering a previously discovered fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Deleting a fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Viewing the fabric discovery state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Troubleshooting fabric discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Managed count exceeded troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Virtual Fabric discovery troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
SAN Fabric monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Stop monitoring of discovered fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Stop monitoring of discovered switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Resume monitoring of discovered fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Resume monitoring of discovered switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
SAN Seed switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Seed switch requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Seed switch failover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Changing the seed switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Host discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
CIM and WMI host discovery requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Discovering Hosts by network address or host name . . . . . . .56
Importing Hosts from a CSV file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Importing Hosts from a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Importing Hosts from a VM Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Editing host adapter credentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Removing a host from active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Rediscovering a host to active discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Rediscovering a previously discovered host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Deleting a host from discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Viewing the host discovery state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65