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Managing fabrics
This section describes the following four main tasks for managing fabrics:
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Setting up security
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Managing the fabric database
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Displaying fabric information
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Zoning a fabric
Setting up security
Access to a switch module and permission to configure a switch is managed through user accounts
created by a fabric administrator. A user account consists of an
account name, a password, and an authority level. The authority level determines
whether an account can merely monitor the switch module and fabric activity (User
authority), or change switch module configurations (Administrative authority). See “User
command” on page 57 for information about administrating user accounts.
Fabric security determines the enforcement of user accounts on a switch module. A fabric
administrator can enable or disable the fabric security on a switch module using the Set Setup
System command.
If fabric security is disabled (default), you can use the SAN Utility to log in to a switch module
without an account name and password. The Login name and Password fields in the Add a Fabric
window are ignored, and you are granted Admin authority. If fabric security is enabled, you must
enter an account name and password to log in to a switch module and add the fabric to the
workspace. Having successfully added a fabric, you can perform only those tasks in the SAN Utility
that are granted by the authority level for that account. All switch modules in a fabric should use the
same fabric security value. See “Set Setup command” on page 34 for information about the System
keyword and the Security Enable parameter.
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NOTE
A switch module supports a combined maximum of 15 active login sessions. This includes
SAN Utility in-band and out-of-band login attempts, Telnet out-of-band login attempts, and
SNMP out-of-band login sessions. Of this 15, there can be a maximum of 10 SAN Utility
login attempts included in the 15 total attempts. Additional logins are refused.
Managing the fabric database
A fabric database contains the set of fabrics that you have added during a SAN Utility session.
Initially, a Topology window with an empty fabric database opens. This section describes the
following fabric database management tasks:
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Adding a fabric
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Removing a fabric
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Opening a fabric view file
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Saving a fabric view file
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Rediscovering a fabric
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Adding a new switch module to a fabric
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