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Frequently Asked Questions
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General questions
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Besides Windows Domain authentication, does the SMI Agent support local user
authentication?
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What are some situations that might require restarting the SMI Agent?
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What are the Eventing and ARR TCP Ports? Do they relate to indications?
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What encryption method is used to encrypt the password field in provider.xml?
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How do I report a problem and what information should I provide?
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How do I collect diagnostic data from the Brocade SMI Agent?
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Can the SMI Agent proxy for two fabrics that are in different subnets?
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Should I designate multiple proxies into a fabric? What are the best practices concerning this?
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Does the SMI Agent have support for HTTPS communication?
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How do I tell what version of SMI-A I am running?
Besides Windows Domain authentication, does the SMI Agent support local user authentication?
The SMI Agent also supports authenticating the user against the system on which it is installed. By
default when you configure security, the user’s credentials (username and password) are validated
against the ones present on the local system. To ensure this happens, follow these steps:
1. During SMI-A installation, enable security and select “No” for Windows domain authentication.
2. Create a local user on the Windows system where the agent is installed.