Switch Manager overview

The EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager is a simplified version of Web Tools. It streamlines switch management by providing an easy-to-use subset of basic switch management tasks.

You can use the EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager to do the following:

•	Monitor the switch, including port and field-replacable unit (FRU) status

•	Manage custom zoning

•	Perform basic switch configurations

•	Add Ports On Demand (POD)

The Switch Manager works for a single-switch fabric only. It displays only the switch and associated tasks, without fabric information.

Figure 20 shows an example of the initial Switch Manager screen. The appearance may vary depending on the switch model. The following sections describe the components of the screen.

 

1 Task panel	3A Progress indicator
2 Content Page	3B User name, IP address, and user role
3 Status bar

Figure 20 EZSwitchSetup Switch Manager components

Task panel

The left pane of the Switch Manager is the task panel, which displays all tasks. The tasks are categorized by Switch, Devices, Zoning, and Miscellaneous.

The Switch tasks enable you to view the port information or switch information, enter into switch setup, or add enable port licenses.

The Devices tasks enable you to view the devices attached to the switch, display the device connections, and modify a device alias.

The Zoning tasks enable you to view the zoning on the device, edit the zoning, validate the zoning, or restore the default fixed zoning.

The Miscellaneous tasks include refreshing the onscreen data, advanced management of the switch, and logging out.

The switch’s Port Information page is shown by default when Switch Manager launches.

Switch View

The Switch View displays the switch and status buttons across the top. The status buttons enable access to each element listed.

Click the refresh icon under the Miscellaneous Tasks to update the information on the screen with the current switch information. The display refreshes automatically each time you click a different task in the task panel.

Content page

When you click an item in the task panel, the content for that item displays in the right pane of the window. A content page may contain tabs, display information, launch a wizard, or display a dialog. Figure 21 shows the information displayed from the Port Information tab, and shows a shortcut menu that provides copy and export functions.

Figure 21 Content page, Port Information tab

NOTE: You must accept the Brocade Certificate at the beginning of the login to EZSwitch Manager to enable the functionality of Export and Copy.

•	Click Export Row or Export Table to save the information to a tab-delimited text file.

•	Click Copy ‘text’, Copy Row or Copy Table to copy the contents of the table in tab-delimited text format that can be pasted into a spreadsheet. Copy ‘text’ copies only the contents of the cell where the mouse is clicked, Copy Row copies the entire row, and Copy Table copies the entire table.

•	Click Search to search for a specific text string in the table.

Type a text string in the box that displays on the table, and press Enter. This is an incremental search and allows 24 maximum characters including the wildcard characters: question mark (?) and asterisk (*). The first row containing the text string is highlighted. To find the next match, press the down arrow. To find the previous match, press the up arrow.

If the text is not found in the table, the text turns red.

Status bar

The status bar, at the bottom of the window, is divided into the following sections:

•	Progress indicator

This is on the left side of the status bar. When Switch Manager is sending data to or retrieving data from the switch, this indicator is animated.

•	User name and IP address

The right side of the status bar displays your user name, role, and the IP address of the switch to which you are connected.