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Brocade Web Tools Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) User Manual

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Contents

Preface...................................................................................................................................13

Document conventions....................................................................................13

Text formatting conventions................................................................ 13
Command syntax conventions............................................................ 13
Notes, cautions, and warnings............................................................ 14

Brocade resources.......................................................................................... 15
Contacting Brocade Technical Support...........................................................15
Document feedback........................................................................................ 16

About This Document ............................................................................................................. 17

Supported hardware and software.................................................................. 17
What’s new in this document.......................................................................... 18

Introducing Web Tools.............................................................................................................19

Web Tools overview........................................................................................19
Web Tools, the EGM license, and Brocade Network Advisor......................... 19

Web Tools features enabled by the EGM license............................... 20
Web Tools functionality moved to Brocade Network Advisor..............21

System requirements...................................................................................... 23

Setting refresh frequency for Internet Explorer................................... 24
Deleting temporary Internet files used by Java applications............... 25

Java installation on the workstation................................................................ 26

Installing the JRE on your Solaris or Linux client workstation.............26
Installing patches on Solaris............................................................... 26
Installing the Java Plug-in on Windows...............................................27

Java Plug-in configuration...............................................................................27

Enabling Java content in the browser................................................. 27
Configuring the Java Plug-in for Windows.......................................... 27
Configuring the Java Plug-in for Mozilla family browsers....................28

Value line licenses.......................................................................................... 28
Opening Web Tools........................................................................................ 29

Logging in............................................................................................29
Logging out......................................................................................... 32

Role-Based Access Control............................................................................ 32
Session management..................................................................................... 33

Ending a Web Tools session...............................................................33

Web Tools system logs .................................................................................. 33
SupportSave logs............................................................................................34
Requirements for IPv6 support....................................................................... 35

Using the Web Tools Interface................................................................................................. 37

Viewing Switch Explorer..................................................................................37

Persisting GUI preferences................................................................. 39
Tabs.................................................................................................... 40
Fabric Tree..........................................................................................40
Changing the Admin Domain context..................................................41
Switch View buttons............................................................................ 41

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