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Service Location Protocol (SLP) support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
slptool commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SLP on Linux, Solaris, and AIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SLP on Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Disable HTTP for security reasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connection monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Enable multi-homed support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Configuring IP address for switch-to-SMIAgent communication in
multi-homed systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Configuring IP address for SMI Agent client to server communication
in multi-homed systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Chapter 3 Brocade SMI Agent Configuration
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Launch the Brocade SMI-A Configuration Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Launching the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool (Linux, Solaris,
and AIX). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Launching the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool (Windows)15
Proxy connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Reloading provider.xml on fabric segmentation . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Including multiple switch connection entries from the same fabric in
the provider.xml . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Adding proxy connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Removing proxy connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Login failure status information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Access control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Mapping an SMI-A user to a switch user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting up default SMI-A user mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Limitations of SMI-A user-to-switch user mapping . . . . . . . . . . 21
SMI Agent security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Mutual authentication setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Configuring mutual authentication for clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Configuring mutual authentication for indications . . . . . . . . . .23
Configuring HTTP access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Importing client certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Exporting server certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Viewing or deleting client certificates from SMI-A server truststore27
Configuring user authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Encoding proxy connection details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
SMI Agent service configuration and removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Configuring or removing the SMI Agent as a service. . . . . . . . . 31
Port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Configure HTTP and HTTPS ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Configure ARR and eventing ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33