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24-8 Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide

Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP

Changing Secure Communication Settings (HTTP or HTTPS)

Figure 24-7 Server Management Console, BannerMessage Tab

To create or edit the login banner

1. Launch the Server Management Console.

2. Click the BannerMessage tab.

3. Type a new banner message or edit the existing message.

To disable the banner message, delete the existing message (set the message to a zero-length

string).

4. Click Submit.

Changing Secure Communication Settings (HTTP or

HTTPS)

Using the Security tab of the Server Management Console, you can change the configuration settings to

connect to and communicate with switches using HTTP or using HTTP over SSL (HTTPS). The

configuration setting applies to the entire Fabric Manager server and not to selected switches. By

default, Fabric Manager connects to all switches using HTTP.

If you select HTTPS, then all southbound (server-to-switch) HTTP-based operations initiated by the

server is secured by connecting to switches using HTTPS. It is strongly recommended that you select

HTTPS only if your SAN meets the following requirements:

• All switches in the SAN must be capable of supporting HTTPS.

• All switches must have a valid SSL certificate.