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Brocade 7800 management
You can use the management functions built into the Brocade 7800 to monitor the fabric topology, port
status, physical status, and other information to help you analyze switch performance and to
accelerate system debugging.
NOTE
The Brocade 7800 automatically perform a power-on self-test (POST) each time it is turned on. Any
errors are recorded in the error log. For more information about POST, see
For information about upgrading the version of Fabric OS installed on your Brocade 7800, see the
Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
You can manage the Brocade 7800 using any of the management options listed in the following table.
Management options for the Brocade 7800
TABLE 2
Management Tool
Out-of-band Support
In-band Support
Command line interface (CLI)
Up to two admin sessions and four user sessions
simultaneously. For more information, see the Fabric
OS Administrator's Guide and theFabric OS
Command Reference.
Ethernet (preferred) or
console port connection
IP over Fibre Channel
Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM)
For information, see the Data Center Fabric Manager
User Manual .
Ethernet (preferred) or
console port connection
IP over Fibre Channel
Brocade Web Tools
For information, see the Web Tools Administrator's
Guide.
Ethernet (preferred) or
console port connection
IP over Fibre Channel
Standard SNMP applications
For information, see the Fabric OS MIB Reference.
Ethernet (preferred) or
console port connection
IP over Fibre Channel
Management Server
For information, see the Fabric OS Administrator's
Guide and theFabric OS Command Reference
Ethernet (preferred) or
console port connection
Native in-band
interface(over HBA only)
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