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53-1003157-0111 July 2014®53-1003157-01Brocade Network AdvisorInstallation and Migration GuideSupporting Network Advisor 12.3.0

x Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Brocade DCX 1, 2 with FS8-18 Blades 8-slot Backbone Chassis with Encryption Bla

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide xi53-1003157-01IronWare OS hardware and software supportThe following firmware platforms are

xii Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01FastIron CX 624-I (FCX624-I) Ethernet L2/L3 Edge switch, 24 1GbE RJ45 portsFa

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide xiii53-1003157-01ICX 7750-48C switch 48 1/10 GbE RJ-45 ports and six 10/40 GbE QSFP+ portsFas

xiv Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-011 The Management application cannot discover or manage wireless access points

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide xv53-1003157-01What’s new in this documentThe following changes have been made since this doc

xvi Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Document conventionsThis section describes text formatting conventions and im

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide xvii53-1003157-01Notice to the readerThis document may contain references to the trademarks o

xviii Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Getting technical helpContact your switch support supplier for hardware, fi

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide xix53-1003157-014. World Wide Name (WWN)Use the licenseIdShow command to display the WWN of t

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Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 153-1003157-01Chapter1InstallationIn this chapter•System requirements . . . . . . . . . . .

2 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01System requirements1Server and client operating system requirementsTable 4 summ

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 353-1003157-01System requirements1Linux®- RedHat Enterprise 6.1 Advanced (x86 32-bit)- RedHat

4 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01System requirements1Table 5 summarizes the required OS for clients.TABLE 5 Clie

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 553-1003157-01System requirements1Memory requirementsMemory requirements are only applicable

6 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01System requirements1NOTEIt is recommended that you add an additional 100 GB of

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 753-1003157-01System requirements1Browser requirementsThe launch of Network Advisor and the l

8 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Downloading the software1Downloading the software You can download the software

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 953-1003157-01Installing the application1For UNIX system, if you still receive error messages

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide iii53-1003157-01ContentsAbout This DocumentIn this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Installing the application1NOTEOn UNIX systems, you must be the root user to i

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 1153-1003157-01Installing the application16. Make sure the Launch Configuration check box is

12 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Headless installation1Headless installation Headless installation, also known

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 1353-1003157-01Headless installation1Performing a headless installation on Windows and UNIX

14 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Client-only installation1Client-only installation You can install a client-onl

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 1553-1003157-01Chapter2Network Advisor ConfigurationIn this chapter•Configuring Network Advis

16 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Configuring Network Advisor23. Select one of the following options on the Pack

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 1753-1003157-01Configuring Network Advisor26. Complete the following steps on the FTP/SCP/SFT

18 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Configuring Network Advisor28. Complete the following steps on the Server IP C

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 1953-1003157-01Configuring Network Advisor29. Complete the following steps on the Server Conf

iv Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Client-only installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Configuring Network Advisor2f. Enter a port number in the SNMP Port Number fie

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 2153-1003157-01Configuring Network Advisor212. (IP Enterprise) Select one of the following op

22 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Accessing the Network Advisor interfaces2Accessing the Network Advisor interfa

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 2353-1003157-01Accessing the Network Advisor interfaces2Launching a remote clientThe remote c

24 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Accessing the Network Advisor interfaces2Launching the SMC on WindowsOpen the

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 2553-1003157-01Syslog troubleshooting23. Enter your user name and password.The defaults are A

26 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Installing the ODBC driver2Installing the ODBC driverYou must have the Open Da

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 2753-1003157-01Installing the ODBC driver210. Enter the IP address or host name of the Networ

28 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Installing the ODBC driver2Adding the datasource on Linux systemsBefore you ed

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 2953-1003157-01Installing the ODBC driver25. On the Set up user authentication screen, comple

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide v53-1003157-01Chapter 4 UninstallationUninstalling from Windows systems . . . . . . . . . .

30 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Smart Card driver installation2Smart Card driver installationWindows operating

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 3153-1003157-01Smart Card driver installation25. Create a soft link into the system directory

32 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Smart Card driver installation2Installing the Smart Card driver on the remote

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 3353-1003157-01Smart Card driver installation23. If there is an existing pcscd script in this

34 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Configuring an explicit server IP address2Configuring an explicit server IP ad

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 3553-1003157-01Product improvement2Product improvement To improve its products, Brocade is co

36 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Product improvement2Disabling product improvement data transferYou can disable

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 3753-1003157-01Configuring remote client access to the database211. When the file is successf

38 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Configuring remote client access to the database2

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 3953-1003157-01Chapter3Data MigrationIn this chapter•Upgrading the license . . . . . . . . .

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40 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Upgrading the license31. Select Help > License.The Network Advisor License

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 4153-1003157-01Supported migration paths3Supported migration pathsNOTEEnterprise and Professi

42 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Supported migration paths3Table 14 shows the direct migration paths from the N

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 4353-1003157-01Supported migration paths3Table 15 shows the migration paths from SMI Agent on

44 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Pre-migration requirements3EFCM and Fabric Manager migration pathsYou cannot m

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 4553-1003157-01Pre-migration requirements3Perform seamless migration to Network Advisor 12.3.

46 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Pre-migration requirements3Perform seamless migration to Network Advisor 12.3.

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 4753-1003157-01Pre-migration requirements31. Install Network Advisor 12.0.X on your current m

48 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Migrating data34. Click Start, if necessary.• Make sure that an X Server is av

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 4953-1003157-01Migrating data3To migrate data from a previous version, complete the following

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide vii53-1003157-01About This DocumentIn this chapter•How this document is organized . . . . .

50 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Migrating data3• Network Advisor - 120 days TrialGo to step 8. Enables you to

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 5153-1003157-01Migrating data3You can configure the FTP/SCP/SFTP server settings from the Opt

52 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Migrating data310. Complete the following steps on the Server Configuration sc

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 5353-1003157-01Migrating data3f. Enter a port number in the SNMP Port # field (default is 162

54 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Migrating data3To stop participating in feature usage data transfer after conf

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 5553-1003157-01Migrating data3Migration rollback due to insufficient spaceWhen migration roll

56 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Migrating data3

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 5753-1003157-01Chapter4UninstallationIn this chapter•Uninstalling from Windows systems. . . .

58 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Uninstalling from Windows systems (headless uninstall)4Uninstalling from Windo

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 5953-1003157-01Uninstalling from UNIX systems (headless uninstall)4Uninstalling from UNIX sys

viii Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Supported hardware and softwareIn those instances in which procedures or par

60 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Uninstalling from UNIX systems (headless uninstall)4

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 6153-1003157-01AppendixAReferencesIn this appendix•Network Advisor packages . . . . . . . . .

62 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Edition feature supportAEdition feature supportTable 17 details whether the SA

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 6353-1003157-01Edition feature supportAEncryptionLayer 2 FC support Yes Yes YesEncryption co

64 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Edition feature supportACascaded FICON configuration wizard No No YesCascaded

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 6553-1003157-01Edition feature supportAPerformance management - SNMP monitoringReal Time Perf

66 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Edition feature supportASMI AgentServer ProfileFabric ProfileIndication Sub Pr

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 6753-1003157-01Edition feature supportATable 18 details whether the IP features are fully or

68 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Edition feature supportAChange management Partial support Yes Yes YesCLI confi

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 6953-1003157-01Edition feature supportAAdmin Element ManagerElement ManagerElement ManagerEle

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide ix53-1003157-01Brocade M6505 embedded switch 24-port, 16 Gbps embedded switch Fabric OS v7.2.

70 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Edition feature supportAVLL monitor No Yes Yes YesVPLS manager No Yes Yes YesV

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 7153-1003157-01Edition feature supportAWeb Element Manager Yes Yes Yes YesWeb Tools/Fabric Wa

72 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Management server and client portsAManagement server and client portsThe Manag

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 7353-1003157-01Management server and client portsA802Management application HTTP server TCP N

74 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Management server and client portsA18122RADIUS Authentication Server Port UDP

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 7553-1003157-01Scalability limitsAScalability limitsThe following tables summarize the scalab

76 Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide53-1003157-01Scalability limitsATable 21 summarizes the SAN scalability limits for support

Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide 7753-1003157-01Scalability limitsATable 25 summarizes the SAN scalability limits for pure Fab