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-====== configure_brocade ======+====== Page Editing ======
  
 +To edit a page in the wiki, simply click the button labeled "Edit this page" shown on the top and bottom of the page. This will switch to editing mode for this page, and you can change the wiki source of this page in an embedded editor. 
  
-==== Hardware ====+Wiki pages are written in a simple, plain-text [[wiki:syntax]] way, that allows structuring the page and pleasant formatting while retaining high readability of the page source. When you edit a page and save your changes, the previous content will not be lost. Instead it will be saved as an old revision of the page in the [[attic]] and can still be viewed or even restored.
  
-==== Brocade 300 switches ====+Before you edit your first "real" page in the wiki, you should try out the possibilities in the [[playground:playground]]. The playground is provided so that users can test things and play around to their heart's content.  (A playground is created when installing DokuWiki, in the "playground" namespace.  To periodically clear the playground, see [[tips:maintenance]].)
  
 +===== Troubleshooting =====
  
-__Current IT has purchased 4 Brocade 300 fibre channel switches. Two are in Wham and two are at McLafferty. Each switch has 24 ports (3 sets of 8 ports)Each set of 8 ports has to be licensedThe first set of 8 comes licensed with the purchase of the switchA second license has to be purchased to use the second set of 8 portsThe same for the third set of 8 portsAll of our ports are licensed. +In some cases, the editing of a page is impossibleThis can be mainly for these reasons : 
-__ +  * Some pages may be [[locking|locked]] 
-==== Compellent disk array====+  * You may have not enough rights to edit the pageIn that case, you will have no edit button, but will instead show a button labeled "Show pagesource". To be able to edit the page, you might need to [[login]] firstSee [[acl|access control]] for more information. 
 +  * "Show pagesource" button can be disabled in the configurationLogged user with edit permissions can still of course edit the page.
  
-Wham and McLafferty each have a Compellent disk array. Each Compellent disk array has two controllers and each controller has a fibre channel card with 2 ports. Each controller connects to each Brocade switch.+===== See also =====
  
-**//Servers//**+Read the following pages for further information:
  
-''Each server in Wham or <sub> McLafferty </sub> <del>connecting to the</del> <sup> Brocade </sup>''  +  * [[section_editing|Section Editing]] 
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-  - Ordered List ItemIP addresses of \\  Wham Brocade switches: 131.230.5.114, 131.230.5.115. \\ 
-  - Ordered List ItemIP addresses of \\  McLafferty Brocade switches: 131.230.78.114, 131.230.78.115. \\ 
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-The IDs/passwords are in the Systems KeePass file. www.google.com 
  
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-The spreadsheet for devices and corresponding ports defined in the Brocade switches is Brocade_config.xlsx (Systems\Unix-Linux Team) 
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-The 3 most important things to remember in most instances are aliases, zones, and zone configurations. An alias is just a more descriptive name for a device than its WWN number. A WWN number (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx) is just an address on a certain Brocade switch port. A zone is either a set of aliases for a device, or a set of aliases making up how 2 devices are connected. Examples of zones are 1) the set of physical WWNs of the Compellent disk array, 2) the set of virtual WWNs of the Compellent disk array, or 3) the set of virtual WWNs of the Compellent disk array with a single server’s alias. A zone configuration is a set of zones. In our case the main types of devices are the Compellent disk array and servers. So most zones contain the alias for the Compellent disk array and the alias for a server. 
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-To configure our Brocade switches requires a web browser using Java. Browsers with Java above 7.25 will have problems running the Java app from the Brocade switch. I was able to modify Java 7.45 and used Firefox to configure our Brocade switches (see next section). 
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-**//Configuring Java 7.45//** 
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-The Java app software on the Brocade switches is at a level where Java 7 in web browser software thinks it is insecure and will not run the Java app from a switch. To get around this problem with Firefox try the following steps: 
-  - Follow the steps in Webtools fails to launch after Java 7 update 40.pdf (System\Unix-Linux Team\Documents\How-Tos\Vendor_docs) 
-  - Basically, you have to change a Java security setting which allows Firefox to give you the option to run the app. Otherwise, you will not be able to run the app from Firefox. 
-  - You may also need to change your default browser to Firefox for this to work. 
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-**Basic configuration** 
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-Configuring a Brocade mainly consists of cloning an old item to make new item (specific steps in next section).  Choose what to clone, click the ‘Clone’ button, change the name in the small window which appears, and then click the ‘OK’ button. Sometimes, after the item is cloned an alias in the item needs to be replaced.  
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-A quick overview of the configuration steps below are: 
-  * a) Make ‘aliases’ for new devices (step 3) 
-  * b) Clone the current zone configuration with a new name (steps 8 and 9) 
-  * c) Add new ‘zone(s)’ with the proper new aliases to the new zone configuration 
-  * d) Saving the zone configuration 
-  * e) Enabling the new zone configuration 
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-**//Configuring Brocade switch//** 
-  * 1) Once the app’s sign-in window appears enter the ID/password and click ‘OK’ button. 
-  * 2) On the left side, click ‘View’ under the ‘Devices’ section to see ‘Device Port WWN’ information. When new devices are added to the Brocade a new WWN number should appear (for servers, usually after the OS is installed). 
-  * 3) On the left side, click ‘Modify Alias’ under the ‘Devices’ section. This pops up a new window. Under the ‘New Alias’ column for a new WWN replace the PORT_xx text with a new alias name for that device. Click the ‘OK’ button when done and wait for the switch to save/commit the new alias name. 
-  * 4) On the left side, click ‘Advance Management’ to continue configuring the Brocade switch. Click ‘OK’ button on the small window which appears. Let the app run to get to the sign-in window and enter the ID/password and click ‘OK’ button. 
-  * 5) On the left side, click ‘Zone Admin’ and a new ‘Zone Administration’ window appears. 
-  * 6) Near the bottom to the right is the label ‘Effective Zone Config:’. Take note of the value. Example ‘Fabric_1_01072014’. 
-  * 7) Near the top are 3 tabs labeled: Alias, Zone, Zone Config. Use the ‘Alias’ tab to check that the aliases put in on step 3 were done. The alias names are in the pull down of the ‘Name’ field, below the tabs. 
-  * 8)  Click the ‘Zone Config’ tab. In the ‘Name’ field, below the tabs, make sure it has the name from step 6. Then click the ‘Clone’ button. 
-  * 9) In the small window which appears remove the ‘CopyOf’ text, change the date to the current date, and click ‘OK’ button. 
-  * 10) Click the ‘Zone’ tab. Pick a zone in the ‘Name’ field, click the ‘Clone’ button. 
-  * 11) In the small window which appears remove the ‘CopyOf’ text, change the rest of the name to something more meaning full, and click the ‘OK’ button. 
-  * 12) Choose the name from step 11, in the right panel remove the server alias, and in the left panel add the correct server alias to the right panel. Repeat steps 10-12 as necessary. 
-  * 13)  Click the ‘Zone Config’ tab and make sure the name from step 9 is in the ‘Name’ field. 
-  * 14) Add from the left panel the hi-lighted names to the right panel. 
-  * 15) Near the top middle of the window click ‘Save Config’ and then the ‘Yes’ button on the small window which appears. Wait until the messages in the bottom part of the window show the new zone config has been ‘committed’ or saved. 
-  * 16) Near the top middle of the window click ‘Enable Config’. In the small window which appears choose the new zone config and click the ‘OK’ button. Wait until the messages in the bottom part of the window show the new zone config is enabled. 
-  * 17) Close the ‘Zone Administration’ window by clicking the ‘X’ up in the upper right corner and click ‘Yes’ in the small window which appears. 
-  * 18) Close the ‘Web Tools’ window by clicking ‘Manage’ in the upper left corner, selecting ‘Log Out’, and click ‘Log Out’ in the small window which appears. The browser can be closed now. 
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