This product supports the Brocade VDX series.
The following is a description of the items required to be preconfigured directly to the device side to manage the Brocade VDX series with this product. Refer to the manual provided with the device for details of those items.
Make the required settings for the Brocade VDX series which you use to connect to a network, and then connect to the network.
Refer to the manuals provided with the respective devices for details on the setting method.
For Fibre Channel switch control, this software is used to log in using SSH to the device. Control requires a user name and password of the administrator security level. The factory default settings of user name and password are "admin" and "password", respectively.
If the password has been changed on the device side, when perform [Reload Conf.] for the relevant device with the Web Console, this software recognizes the change and the device status becomes a Warning display.
In order for the setting to match the changed device setting, perform a change to the account information for device management using the Web Console.
Register a host name for Fibre Channel switch control. This software uses this host name as SysName. SysName should be a name that is not identical to any other name registered with this software.
Refer to the manuals provided with the respective devices for details on the setting method.
Zoning is recommended.
No zoning may be set for Fibre Channel switches. When Fibre Channel switches that are not set the zoning are connected to server nodes or storage devices, they are placed in a state where their security levels are undefined (which makes all of the Fibre Channel switches accessible from every server node).
To prevent inadvertent access from destroying data on the storage side, recommend to set the temporary zone as follows.
By this setting, it is able to stop all access paths of the Fibre Channel switches. After defining this setting, connect the server node and storage device to the Fibre Channel switch, and set up an access path using this software.
When setting up a cascade connection between the Fibre Channel switch and another Fibre Channel switch for which zoning is already set, you need not define this setting because zoning information is copied.
The setting is also not necessary if the default of zoning mode is set to "No Access" on the Default Zone function of the Fibre Channel switch.
VDX-Sw# configure terminal Entering configuration mode terminal VDX-Sw(config)# zoning defined-configuration zone SNM_0001 VDX-Sw(config-zone- SNM_0001)# member-entry 00:0B:00:00:0E:00:00:00 VDX-Sw(config-zone-SNM_0001)# member-entry 00:0C:00:00:0E:00:00:00 VDX-Sw(config-zone-SNM_0001)# exit VDX-Sw(config)# zoning defined-configuration cfg SNM_BCSI VDX-Sw(config-cfg-SNM_BCSI)# member-zone SNM_0001 VDX-Sw(config-cfg-SNM_BCSI)# exit VDX-Sw(config)# zoning enabled-configuration cfg-name SNM_BCSI VDX-Sw Updating flash ... VDX-Sw(config)# end VDX-Sw#
If the Fibre Channel switches are to be cascaded for operation, cascade the switches before executing the above command.
Note
If the temporary zone has been created, all accesses will be blocked. For this reason, do not implement this measure while the target Fibre Channel switch environment is operating. Implement this measure either immediately after the Fibre Channel switch environment has been installed and before operations have started (or while operations are paused).
The storageadm zone command cannot be used for the following Fibre Channel switches. In this cases, set the temporary zone.
Fibre Channel switches that the temporary zone is not set
Fibre Channel switches that default of zoning mode is not set to "No Access" on the Default Zone function
Although SNMP Trap is used in fault monitoring, the SNMP Trap send destination address automatic settings function is not supported for Brocade VDX series.
In order for SNMP Trap to be sent to the Management Server, log in to the device, execute the following commands in the given sequence, and then set the SNMP Trap send destination address.
If the Management Server is defined as a cluster, the logical IP address of the cluster needs to be set.
switch# configure terminal switch(config)# snmp-server host [SNMP Trap send destination address] public version 1 udp-port 162 severity-level Warning switch(config)# exit
Refer to the manuals provided with the respective devices for details on the setting method.
If the SNMP Community settings are at their defaults, this software communicates by using "public" for the SNMP Community name.
To change the SNMP Community name, change the device side, and then change the SNMP Community name in this software. It is possible to change the settings of this software from the Web Console.
This software uses the one-to-one WWPN zoning of the Fibre Channel switch as the basis for setting up and removing access paths (logicalpaths). However, it also supports other types of zoning settings at their respective levels. The functions that it supports for the different types of zoning are as follows:
This is a state that has no zoning setting.
In this situation, if the default zoning mode is set to All Access, access is permitted across all the ports of the fibre channel switch. (This product refers to this situation as No Security status)
If the default zoning mode is set to No Access, access is blocked across all the ports of the Fibre Channel switch.
In the case of "No Access" or "All Access", if a Fibre Channel switch is connected in cascade to another Fibre Channel switch with a zoning setting, the zoning setting information is copied when cascade connection communication is established.
This software can perform management normally for the Fibre Channel switches without a zoning setting. Also, when registering a Fibre Channel switch with this software, you can specify whether to set zoning in response to a subsequent software attempt to set up an access path. With no zoning setting, the Fibre Channel switch operates with security management delegated to the binding and affinity capabilities of server nodes and storage devices.
The WWPN zoning setting is a method by which zoning is defined based on the WWPN of a Fibre Channel port.
A WWPN value that is unique throughout the world is defined for each port. As a result, no wrong access path is created even if the port connection place of the Fibre Channel switch is changed.
All access path control functions of this software are effective for access paths defined in the one-to-one WWPN zoning setting. For other defined access paths, this software can read access and display path information, but it cannot delete and inherit the access paths.
However, it is possible to delete only zoning setup.
The WWNN zoning setting is a method by which zoning is defined based on the WWNN of a Fibre Channel port. Though a WWNN can be shared by several Fibre Channel ports, its definition differs from company to company.
As for the access path control functions, this software cannot display or delete access paths for which WWNN zoning is set.
Point
In Brocade VDX series, the WWNN zoning can be set. To allow this software to provide complete zoning security, however, changing the existing zoning setting to the one-to-one WWPN zoning setting is recommended.
Check whether the SNMP Community settings on the device side agree with the settings of this software. Refer to "SNMP Community Setting" for details.
Check whether the Ethernet port communication speed has been set correctly.
Check whether a hardware error (FC port, FAN, power supply, temperature, etc.) has occurred.
Confirm whether or not the password is changed on the device side. If the password is changed on the device side, refer to "User Name and Password for Fibre Channel Switch Control" and change the registration information of this software.
When the device is powered on or rebooted, initialization is performed in the device. perform [Reload Conf.] for the relevant device with the Web Console while the initialization is being performed, a Warning message for the device may appear. If no error occurs on the device, perform [Reload Conf.] for the relevant device using the Web Console after device initialization. The display then becomes Normal.
There is no zoning setting for configuring the access path.
If a Warning is displayed on the screen, refer to "Warning for Device Is Displayed".
Check whether all the Fibre Channel switches connected in cascade are registered in this software. Register all the Fibre Channel switches that have not been registered.
Make sure that the device in an access path is powered on and there is no problem with the LAN connection. Furthermore, check whether the SNMP Community settings on the device side agree with the settings of this software. Refer to "SNMP Community Setting" for details.
At the registration process, check whether the device user name and password is changed or not. For more information, refer to "User Name and Password for Fibre Channel Switch Control".
If network communication is disabled due to the maintenance of device replacement, this error occurs.
Refer to "SNMP Community Setting".
Note
The connecting information is not displayed if connection type not supported by the device.
This product manages the device with the use of SNMP protocol version 1, NETCONF. For fault monitoring by SNMP Trap, SNMP protocol version 1 is also used.
This product supports only the operation mode in VCS modes. The standalone mode is not supported.
The switches managed by this product are all managed as a Fibre Channel switch.
This product manages RBridgeID as a domain ID.
It is recommended of Fibre Channel switch redundancy (cascading).
At present, the Fibre Channel switch zoning information cannot be restored from the database of this software. Therefore, multiple Fibre Channel switches must be connected in cascade to prevent the zoning information stored on the Fibre Channel switches from being erased. The zoning information is stored separately on each of the Fibre Channel switches connected in cascade. Even if one of the Fibre Channel switches fails, the zoning information is stored by the other switches.
The Fibre Channel switch zoning information is changed using the access path setting. When cascade connection is not used, be sure to save the device configuration information after making changes in the settings. Refer to the manuals that come with the device for details on storing configuration information.
To manage Fibre Channel switches with this software, all the Fibre Channel switches that are connected in cascade must be registered with this software. If any Fibre Channel switch is connected in cascade but not registered with this software, the connection cannot be correctly managed.
The beacon function is not supported.
If the user is logged on to the Fibre Channel switch using telnet or ssh, the Fibre Channel switch information cannot properly be obtained nor configured.
The FC routing function is not supported.
If a cascade is connected using the FC routing function, the cascade connection line is not displayed in the Web Console.
For this reason, an error is displayed for the access path that goes through the cascade connection line, and a Warning is displayed for the server node that is used to configure the access path.
If the transfer speed of FC port is configured by the Auto Negotiation function, this product displays the maximum transfer speed of FC port configured by the Auto Negotiation function.
FCoE port is not displayed.
As for the Ethernet port and FC port number, the following values are displayed in the Web Console based on the Index value output by "show fabric islports" command of Brocade VDX series.
When index value starts from 0 : Index value + 1
When index value starts from 1 : Index value
For Brocade VDX series firmware version 3.0.1 or later, if port disconnection or connection is done, the following SNMP Traps alone are displayed in the event log:
Cable disconnected : [Link Down Trap]
Cable connected : [Link Up Trap]
At this time, a failing port cannot be located from the event log. Also, the function in conjunction with event does not work. To locate the failing port, login to the Fibre Channel switch to check the port status.
1GbE RJ45 port is not displayed.
If LC (Line Card) is moved or connection in Breakout mode is done on Brocade VDX 6740/VDX 6740T/VDX 8770-4/VDX 8770-8, even if a target is the same port in the same slot, a combination of the port number and its port information seen from the Web Console may be changed before and after the operation. To check whether the target is the same, log in to the Fibre Channel switch to see the slot number, port number and port connection status.
If Access Gateway mode is specified, the port type of FC port is displayed as "F_Port".
100GbE Line Card is not supported.
