Document Outline

• Contents
  • Intended audience
  • Prerequisites
  • Related documentation
  • Document conventions and symbols
    • Table 1 Document conventions
  • JDOM license
  • HP technical support
    • HP-authorized reseller
    • Helpful web sites
• Using McDATA Web Server
  • Workstation requirements
    • Table 2 Workstation requirements
    • Starting McDATA Web Server
      • Figure 1 Initial Startup Dialog
      • Figure 2 McDATA Web Server window
    • Exiting McDATA Web Server
    • Setting McDATA Web Server preferences
      • Figure 3 Preferences dialog - McDATA Web Server
    • Using online help
  • Viewing software version and copyright information
  • McDATA Web Server user interface
    • Figure 4 McDATA Web Server display elements
    • Menu bars
    • Topology display menu
      • Figure 5 Topology display menu
    • Faceplate display menu
      • Figure 6 Faceplate display menu
      • Shortcut keys
    • Tool bar
      • Table 3 Tool bar buttons
    • Fabric tree
      • Figure 7 Fabric tree
    • Graphic window
    • Data window and tabs
    • Working status Indicator
  • Using the topology display
    • Figure 8 Topology display
    • Switch and link status
    • Working with switches and links
      • Selecting switches and links
      • Arranging switches in the display
      • Opening the faceplate and topology display popup menus
      • Topology data windows
  • Using the faceplate display
    • Figure 9 Faceplate display
    • Port views and status
    • Working with ports
      • Selecting ports
      • Opening the faceplate popup menu
    • Faceplate data windows
• Managing fabrics
  • RADIUS servers
    • Adding a RADIUS server
      • Figure 10 RADIUS Server Information dialog - Add Server tab page
    • Removing a RADIUS server
      • Figure 11 RADIUS Server Information dialog - Remove Server tab page
    • Editing RADIUS server information
      • Figure 12 RADIUS Server Information dialog - Edit Server tab page
    • Modifying authentication order RADIUS server information
      • Figure 13 RADIUS Server Information dialog - Modify Authentication Order tab page
  • Securing a fabric
    • Connection security
    • User account security
    • Security consistency checklist
    • Device security
      • Edit Security dialog
        • Figure 14 Edit Security dialog
      • Create Security Set dialog
        • Figure 15 Create Security Set dialog
      • Create Security Group dialog
        • Figure 16 Create Security Group dialog
      • Create Security Group Member dialog
        • Figure 17 Create a Security Group Member dialog
      • Editing the security configuration on a switch
      • Viewing properties of a security set, group, or member
      • Security Config dialog
        • Figure 18 Security Config dialog
      • Archiving a security configuration to a file
      • Activating a security set
      • Deactivating a security set
      • Configured Security data window
      • Active Security data window
    • Fabric services
      • Enabling SNMP configuration
      • Enabling in-band management
  • Tracking fabric firmware and software versions
    • Figure 19 Fabric Snapshot Analysis dialog
    • Saving a version snapshot
    • Viewing and comparing version snapshots
    • Exporting version snapshots to a file
  • Managing the fabric database
    • Adding a fabric
      • Figure 20 Add a New Fabric dialog
    • Removing a fabric
    • Opening a fabric view file
    • Rediscovering a fabric
    • Deleting switches and links
    • Adding a new switch to a fabric
    • Replacing a failed switch
  • Displaying fabric information
    • Fabric status
      • Table 4 Topology display switch and status icons
    • Displaying the Event Browser
      • Figure 21 Event Browser
      • Table 5 Severity levels
      • Sorting the Event Browser
      • Filtering the Event Browser
        • Figure 22 Filter Events dialog
      • Saving the Event Browser to a file
    • Devices data window
      • Table 6 Devices data window entries
    • Active Zone Set data window
      • Figure 23 Active Zone Set data window
    • Link data window
  • Working with device information and nicknames
    • Displaying detailed device information
      • Figure 24 Detailed Device Display dialog
    • Exporting device information to a file
    • Managing device port nicknames
      • Creating a nickname
      • Editing a nickname
      • Deleting a nickname
      • Exporting nicknames to a file
      • Importing a nicknames file
  • Zoning a fabric
    • Zoning concepts
      • Zones
      • Aliases
      • Zone sets
      • Zoning database
        • Viewing zoning limits and properties
    • Managing the zoning database
      • Editing the zoning database
        • Figure 25 Edit Zoning dialog
        • Table 7 Edit Zoning dialog tool bar buttons and icons
      • Configuring the zoning database
        • Figure 26 Zoning Config dialog
        • Interop Auto Save
        • Default Visibility
        • Default Zone
        • Discard Inactive
      • Saving the zoning database to a file
      • Restoring the zoning database from a file
      • Restoring the default zoning database
      • Removing all zoning definitions
    • Managing zone sets
      • Creating a zone set
      • Activating and deactivating a zone set
      • Copying a zone to a zone set
      • Removing a zone from a zone set or from all zone sets
      • Removing a zone set
    • Managing zones
      • Creating a zone in a zone set
      • Adding zone members
      • Renaming a zone or a zone set
      • Removing a zone member
      • Removing a zone from a zone Set
      • Removing a zone from all zone sets
    • Managing aliases
      • Creating an alias
      • Adding a member to an alias
      • Removing an alias from all zones
    • Merging fabrics and zoning
      • Zone merge failure
      • Zone merge failure recovery
• Managing switches
  • Managing user accounts
    • Table 8 Factory user accounts
    • Creating user accounts
      • Figure 27 User Account Administration dialog - Add Account tab page
    • Removing a user account
      • Figure 28 User Account Administration dialog - Remove Account tab page
    • Changing a user account password
      • Figure 29 User Account Administration dialog - Change Password tab page
    • Modifying a user account
      • Figure 30 User Account Administration dialog - Modify Account tab page
  • Displaying switch information
    • Figure 31 Faceplate display - switch information
    • Devices data window
    • Switch data window
      • Table 9 Switch data window entries
    • Port Statistics data window
    • Port Information data window
    • Configured Zonesets data windows
      • Figure 32 Configured Zonesets data window
  • Configuring port threshold alarms
    • Figure 33 Port Threshold Alarm Configuration dialog
    • Figure 34 Port threshold alarm example
  • Paging a switch
  • Setting the date/time and enabling NTP client
  • Resetting a switch
    • Table 10 Switch resets
  • Configuring a switch
    • Using the configuration wizard
    • Switch properties
      • Figure 35 Switch Properties dialog
      • Symbolic name
      • Switch administrative states
        • Table 11 Switch administrative states
      • Domain ID and domain ID lock
        • Table 12 Corresponding domain ID values by interop mode
      • Fabric Device Management Interface
      • Broadcast support
      • In-band management
    • Advanced switch properties
      • Figure 36 Advanced Switch Properties dialog
      • Timeout values
        • Table 13 Timeout values
      • Interop mode for zoning
    • System Services dialog
      • Figure 37 System Services dialog
    • Security Consistency Checklist dialog
    • Network properties
      • Figure 38 Network Properties dialog
      • IP configuration
        • Table 14 IP configuration parameters
      • Remote logging
      • NTP client
    • SNMP properties
      • Figure 39 SNMP Properties dialog
      • SNMP configuration
        • Table 15 SNMP configuration parameters
      • SNMP trap configuration
        • Table 16 SNMP trap configuration parameters
  • Archiving a switch
  • Restoring a switch
    • Figure 40 Restore dialogs - Full Restore and Selective Restore tab pages
  • Restoring the factory default configuration
    • Table 17 Factory default configuration settings
  • Downloading a support file
  • Installing Product Feature Enablement (PFE) keys
    • Figure 41 Features Licenses dialog
    • Figure 42 Add License Key dialog
  • Installing firmware
    • Using McDATA Web Server to install firmware
    • Using the CLI to install firmware
  • Displaying hardware status
    • Figure 43 Hardware status LEDs
• Managing ports
  • Displaying port information
    • Figure 44 Faceplate display - port information
    • Monitoring port status
      • Displaying port types
        • Table 18 Port types
      • Displaying port operational states
        • Table 19 Port operational states
      • Displaying port speeds
        • Table 20 Port speeds
      • Displaying transceiver media status
        • Table 21 Port transceiver media view
    • Port Statistics data window
      • Table 22 Port Statistics data window entries
    • Port Information data window
      • Table 23 Port Information data window entries
  • Configuring ports
    • Figure 45 Port Properties dialog
    • Changing port administrative states
      • Table 24 Port administrative states
    • Changing port speeds
      • Table 25 Port speeds
    • Changing port types
      • Table 26 Port types
    • Device scan
    • Changing port symbolic name
  • Resetting a port
    • Testing ports
      • Figure 46 Port Loopback Test dialog
• Command Line Interface
  • Logging on to a 4Gb SAN Switch
  • User accounts
  • Working with switch configurations
    • Modifying a configuration
    • Backing up and restoring switch configurations
  • Commands
  • Admin command
  • Alias command
  • CIM command
  • CIMListener command
  • CIMSubscription command
  • Config command
  • Create command
  • Date command
  • Feature command
  • Firmware Install command
  • Group command
  • Hardreset command
  • Help command
  • History command
  • Hotreset command
  • Image command
  • Lip command
  • Passwd command
  • Ping command
  • Ps command
  • Quit command
  • Reset command
  • Security command
  • Securityset command
  • Set command
  • Set Config command
  • Set Log command
  • Set Port command
  • Set Setup command
  • Show command
  • Show Config command
  • Show Log command
  • Show Perf command
  • Show Setup command
  • Shutdown command
  • Test command
  • Uptime command
  • User command
  • Whoami command
  • Zone command
  • Zoneset command
  • Zoning command
• Glossary
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