Why is there no Windows 7 support in EZSwitchSetup??
Hello.. I went to fire up some brand new 5100 SAN units taken from their boxes, got the CDs that came with them, read through the paperwork and popped the EZSwitchSetup disk into the drive on a...
View ArticleLDAP/AD Authentications in Network Advisor
Hi Just installed Network Advisor (NA) 11.1.2 - trying to get authentication to work against either LDAP or AD (same server in my case) In DCFM it was required user was created locally, blank...
View ArticleISL connectivity
Hi We are going Establish an ISL between IBM M48 to SAN 384 B...We have Fabric Licence for M48 and looks not for 384 B..Please find output of both switches and advice can we do it or not..? M48...
View ArticleConfiguring Performance Monitoring and threshold in Brocade switch.
Hi ALL, Can any body help me with one thing, i want to configure something in command mode. that if my port utilization crosses the threshold. I will receive an alert as an email from the switch....
View ArticleBNA - Discovered: Seed Switch: Not registered for SNMP Traps
Hi! Using Brocade Network Advisor v11.3.0 on a Windows 2008 RC2 64-bit server. Having only Brocade 6510 in the SAN with fw 7.0.1b. What does the error message "Discovered: Seed Switch: Not registered...
View ArticleScheduled Backup of Switch Configurations
Using BNA 11.3 the GUI returns 'Scheduled backup failed as the date is in invalid format.' when I try to configure a daily or weekly backup. Only monthly backups work. How to fix it? Is there a way to...
View ArticleBrocade SMI Agent
Currently running the Brocade SMI Agent version 120.11.0 and up until a few weeks ago it was working. Now it is not. There are 4 specific MPRs that I can easily discover with no problem. The SAN...
View ArticleCan you see NPIV port events in BNA?
I'm using BNA 11.2.1. In the master log, I get events telling me when physical ports change state between online and offline. Does anyone know whether it's possible to see when NPIV WWNs enter/exit...
View ArticleWhere is "isVirtual" property in Brocade_SwitchFcPort in SMI?
I am connecting to BNA 11.3.0 through SMI Agent. According to the SMI Agent Developer's guide, the logical ISL will mark the corresponding Brocade_SwitchFcPort with "isVirtual=true".
View ArticleSMIS-S Agent problems
Recently I had to implement more strict settings on the SAN switches (HTTS vs HTTP connections). When it was just HTTP I was able to discover the old switches with the SMI-S agent. When I implemented...
View ArticleMaster Log in BNA 11.2.1
Hi all, I have a question about the master log... When we have multiple clients attached to the management server, all clients can see the master log... from one client we want to acknowledge all...
View ArticleWeb tools won't launch over VPN -
Title says it all. We initially had an issue with Brocade web tools not launching, and some tinkering found that we had to turn of Java logging. We still get the same error over VPN though - the error...
View Articleweb tools not functioning FOS 7.0.1a
Good morning and Happy Holidays I have a pair of 7800's running fcip between sites. For some reason, the web told function seems to work for a while and then quit on both. These switches are being...
View ArticleSMI-S Support for Brocade 5300 w/v7.01 firmware
Hello Everyone, Is there a version of the Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) Integrated SMI-S that supports firmware version 7.01? It looks like Brocade Network Advisor v11.4 provides...
View ArticleWhere is the BNA licensekey stored
Hello After I tried to upgrade our BNA from 11.2 to 12, the import of the old settings failed, so I moved on without importing the old settings. Now I can't find my licensekey, but I hope it's saved...
View ArticleDCFM zoning commands
Does DCFM keep a log of the actual commands it executes when you perform zoning operations?
View ArticleDownload data from DCFM
Is there a way to pull switch data from DCFM and export it to a excel readable format? The PDF reports are way too difficult to read.
View Articlemultipathd: sdt: readsector0 checker reports path is down
multipathd: sdt: readsector0 checker reports path is down Hello all, this is my first post in Brocade community. we have Brocade swith with host connected on port 9 with multipathing. operating...
View ArticleHow can I determine community string that is switch/router/loadbalancer?
Since there are more than one engineer and configs that date back, I am unable to be sure of some community strings on the appliances. How can I determine what they are? Thanks in advance
View ArticleNetwork Advisor scheduled export
Is there a way to schedule the export of configs to txt file? From the Configuration Repository, you can export manually, but I would to schedule it to run repeatedly.
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