About Brocade switch discovery
Brocade switches are discovered using the following methods:
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Using HTTP communication
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Using ODBC connection to Brocade Network Advisor (BNA)
The following information is discovered about the Brocade switches:
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Switches, multi-protocol routers, and the access gateways
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Active zones and their zone members
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Virtual switches
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Inter-switch and NPV/NPIV links between the switches
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Switch to multi-protocol router connections
Brocade switch discovery prerequisites are as follows:
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Principal switch requirement: Fabric OS version 6.3.x, or later
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Subordinate switch requirements: Fabric OS version 5.3.2, or later
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Seed Switch: Fabric OS version 5.3.2, or later
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Minimum guest-level access is required for the discovery.
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All switches in the fabric must have the same user credentials for a successful switch discovery. The BNA credentials are the BNA database credentials; not the BNA application login credentials.
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For the discovery using HTTP communication, ensure that HTTP port 80 is open. For the discovery using Brocade Network Advisor (BNA), postgress port 5432 should be open.
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For BNA based discovery, the BNA version should be 11.x, or later. For HTTP based discovery, the switch firmware version should be 5.3.x, or later.Note: With some versions of BNA (for example version 12.x and later), additional steps are required on the BNA server to enable the Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager discovery host to discover the switches. Change the BNA database client authentication file (pg_hba.conf) to allow the discovery host to connect to the BNA database. The file is located atC:\Program Files\Network Advisor 12.0.0\data\databases\pg_hba.conf.
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