Brocade Fabric OS Web Tools Administration Guide, 8.2.1
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ADMINISTRATION GUIDE Brocade Fabric OS Web Tools Administration Guide, 8.2.1 Supporting Fabric OS 8.2.1 FOS-821-Web-Tools-AG101 28 September 2018 Copyright © 2018 Brocade Communications Systems LLC. All Rights Reserved. Brocade and the stylized B logo are among the trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems LLC. Broadcom, the pulse logo, and Connecting everything are among the trademarks of Broadcom. The term "Broadcom" refers to Broadcom Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Brocade, a Broadcom Inc. Company, reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products or data herein to improve reliability, function, or design. Information furnished by Brocade is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, Brocade does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of this information, nor the application or use of any product or circuit described herein, neither does it convey any license under its patent rights nor the rights of others. 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Brocade Fabric OS Web Tools Administration Guide, 8.2.1 2 FOS-821-Web-Tools-AG101 Contents Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................11 About This Guide.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 What's New in This Document for Fabric OS 8.2.1.................................................................................................................................................................11 Supported Hardware and Software................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Brocade Gen 5 (16Gb/s) Fixed-Port Switches................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Brocade Gen 5 (16Gb/s) Directors........................................................................................................................................................................................12 Brocade Gen 6 (32Gb/s) Fixed-Port Switches................................................................................................................................................................ 12 Brocade Gen 6 (32Gb/s) Directors........................................................................................................................................................................................12 Contacting Brocade Technical Support......................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Document Feedback.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................13 Overview of Web Tools....................................................................................................................................................................................................14 Overview.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14 Web Tools and Brocade Network Advisor....................................................................................................................................................................................14 Web Tools functionality moved to Brocade Network Advisor.................................................................................................................................... 14 System requirements.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................15 Setting the refresh frequency for Internet Explorer..........................................................................................................................................................17 Deleting temporary Internet files used by Java applications....................................................................................................................................... 18 Java installation on the workstation................................................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Installing the JRE on your Solaris or Linux client workstation.....................................................................................................................................19 Installing patches on Solaris......................................................................................................................................................................................................19 Installing the Java plug-in on Windows................................................................................................................................................................................ 20 Java plug-in configuration...................................................................................................................................................................................................................20 Enabling Java content in the browser....................................................................................................................................................................................20 Configuring the Java plug-in for Windows..........................................................................................................................................................................20 Configuring the Java plug-in for Mozilla family browsers.............................................................................................................................................21 Opening Web Tools............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Server authentication for HTTPS............................................................................................................................................................................................22 Logging in.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................24 Logging out......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................26 Role-Based Access Control............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Session management........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Web Tools system logs ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Application SupportSave logs........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Requirements for IPv6 support........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 29 Using the Web Tools Interface.......................................................................................................................................................................................30 Viewing Switch Explorer.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................30