Document Outline

• Contents
• About this guide
  • 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/Element Manager
  • Workstation requirements
    • Table 2 Workstation requirements
  • Starting McDATA Web Server
  • Starting Element Manager in HAFM
    • Figure 1 Element Manager window
  • Exiting McDATA Web Server or Element Manager
  • Setting preferences
    • Figure 2 Preferences dialog
  • Using online help
  • Viewing software version and copyright information
  • Enabling call home
  • Enabling e-mail support
  • User interface
    • Figure 3 McDATA Web Server interface
    • Menu bar
      • Table 3 Menu Bar Options
      • Popup menus
      • Shortcut keys
    • McDATA Web Server Fabric tree
      • Figure 4 McDATA Web Server fabric tree
    • Graphic window
    • Data windows and tabs
    • Selecting switches
    • Selecting ports
• Managing Fabrics
  • Securing a fabric
    • Security consistency checklist
    • Connection security
    • User account security
    • Remote authentication
    • Device security
      • Edit Security dialog
        • Figure 5 Edit Security dialog
      • Create Security Set dialog
        • Figure 6 Create Security Set dialog
      • Create Security Group dialog
        • Figure 7 Create Security Group dialog
      • Create Security Group Member dialog
        • Figure 8 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 9 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
  • Rediscovering a fabric
  • Displaying the event browser
    • Figure 10 Events browser
    • Table 4 Severity levels
    • Sorting the event browser
    • Filtering the event browser
      • Figure 11 Filter events dialog
    • Saving the event browser to a file
  • Working with device information and nicknames
    • Devices data window
      • Figure 12 Devices data window
      • Table 5 Devices Data Window Entries
    • Displaying detailed device information
      • Figure 13 Detailed devices display dialog
    • 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
      • Zone sets
      • Zoning database
      • Zoning limits and properties
    • Managing the zoning database
      • Editing the zoning database
        • Figure 14 Edit zoning dialog
        • Table 6 Edit zoning dialog tool bar buttons and icons
      • Configuring the zoning database
        • Figure 15 Zoning Config dialog (McDATA Fabric Mode)
        • Interop auto save
        • Default zone
      • Saving the zoning database to a file
      • Restoring the zoning database from a file
      • Restoring the default zoning database
      • Removing all zoning definitions
    • Managing the active zone set
      • Displaying the configured and active zone sets
        • Figure 16 Configured zonesets data window
        • Figure 17 Active zone set data window
      • Creating a zone set
      • Activating and deactivating a zone set
      • Removing a zone from a zone set
      • 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
    • Merging fabrics and zoning
      • Zone merge failure
      • Zone merge failure recovery
• Managing switches
  • Managing user accounts
    • Table 7 Factory user accounts
    • Creating user accounts
      • Figure 18 User Account Administration dialog - Add Account tab page
    • Removing a user account
      • Figure 19 User Account Administration Dialog - Remove Account tab page
    • Changing a user account password
      • Figure 20 User Account Administration dialog - Change Password tab page
    • Modifying a user account
      • Figure 21 User Account Administration dialog - Modify Account tab page
  • Configuring RADIUS servers
    • Adding a RADIUS server
      • Figure 22 RADIUS Server Information dialog-Add Server tab page
    • Removing a RADIUS server
      • Figure 23 RADIUS Server Information dialog-Remove Server tab page
    • Editing RADIUS server information
      • Figure 24 RADIUS Server Information dialog-Edit Server tab page
    • Modifying RADIUS server authentication order
      • Figure 25 RADIUS Server Information dialog-Modify Authentication Order tab page
  • Displaying switch information
    • Switch event log
    • Device and Host Bus Adapter information
    • Switch status and operational information
      • Figure 26 Switch data window
      • Table 8 Switch data window entries
    • Port performance statistics
    • Port status and operational information
    • McDATA Web Server Configured Zonesets data window
      • Figure 27 McDATA Web Server Configured Zonesets data window
  • Configuring port threshold alarms
    • Figure 28 Port Threshold Alarm Configuration dialog
    • Figure 29 Port threshold alarm example
  • Paging a switch
  • Setting the date/time and enabling NTP client
  • Resetting a switch
    • Table 9 Switch resets
  • Configuring a switch
    • Switch properties
      • Figure 30 Switch properties dialog
      • Domain ID and domain ID lock
        • Table 10 Corresponding domain ID values by interop mode
      • Syslog
      • Symbolic name
      • Switch administrative states
        • Table 11 Switch Administrative States
      • Broadcast support
      • In-band management
      • Fabric Device Management Interface
    • Advanced switch properties
      • Figure 31 Advanced switch properties dialog
      • Timeout values
        • Table 12 Timeout values
      • Interop mode
    • System services
      • Figure 32 System services dialog
    • Network properties
      • Figure 33 Network properties dialog
      • Table 13 Network IP configuration parameters
    • SNMP properties
      • Figure 34 SNMP Properties dialog
      • SNMP configuration
        • Table 14 SNMP configuration parameters
      • SNMP trap configuration
        • Table 15 SNMP trap configuration parameters
  • Archiving a switch
  • Switch binding
  • Restoring a switch
    • Figure 35 Restore Dialogs - Full Restore and Selective Restore tab pages
  • Restoring the factory default configuration
    • Table 16 Factory default configuration settings
  • Downloading a support file
  • Installing Product Feature Enablement keys
    • Figure 36 Features Licenses dialog
    • Figure 37 Add License Key dialog
  • Installing firmware
  • Displaying hardware status
    • Figure 38 Hardware status LEDs
• Managing ports
  • Port information data window
    • Figure 39 Port Information data window
    • Table 17 Port information data window entries
  • Port statistics data window
    • Figure 40 Port Statistics data window
    • Table 18 Port statistics data window entries
  • Viewing and configuring ports
    • Figure 41 Port Properties dialog
    • Port symbolic name
    • Port states
      • Table 19 Port administrative and operational states
    • Port types
      • Table 20 Port types
    • Port speeds
      • Table 21 Port speeds
    • Port transceiver media status
      • Table 22 Port Transceiver media view
    • Device scan
  • Port binding
  • Resetting a port
  • Testing ports
    • Figure 42 Port Diagnostics dialog
• Glossary
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