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Using Enterprise Fabric Management Suite
The installation process prompts you to enter the following information:
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Installation folder
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An 8/20q or SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch serial number and the Enterprise Fabric Management
Suite license key. To use the 30-day trial license, only the switch serial number is needed.
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Shortcut location
Starting Enterprise Fabric Management Suite
To start Enterprise Fabric Management Suite for the first time:
1.
Double-click the Enterprise Fabric Management Suite shortcut, or select Enterprise Fabric Management
Suite from the Start menu, depending on what you selected when you installed the application. From a
command line, enter the following command:
<install_directory>\HP_Enterprise_Fabric_Management_Suite.exe
2.
The application prompts if you did not enter a license key when you installed Enterprise Fabric
Management Suite. If you are using the 30-day trial version, click OK. Otherwise, click Enter, provide a
switch serial number and license key, and click Save.
NOTE:
To update the current serial number or license key, select Help > License Info. In the dialog
box, click Enter Key, provide a switch serial number and license key, and click Save.
3.
When you start Enterprise Fabric Management Suite for the first time, the application opens with the
Initial Start dialog box (
). Select the Open existing fabric option, and click Proceed.
Figure 2
Initial Start dialog box
The other options are as follows:
• Select the Open Configuration Wizard option to configure a switch, add a new switch,
replace/restore a switch, or recover or edit an IP configuration of an existing switch.
• Select the Open existing fabric view file option to open the Open View dialog box, which prompts
you to specify a fabric view file that you saved earlier.
• Select the Start application without specifying a fabric option to open the Enterprise Fabric
Management Suite initial window.
Selecting the Don’t show this dialog again option has the same effect as disabling the Initial Start
dialog box. For information about setting preferences, see ”