User's Manual

Brocade Network Advisor IP User Manual 3

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Management server and client

Logging into a server

You must log into a server to monitor your network.

NOTE

You must have an established user account on the server to log in.

To log into a server, complete the following steps.

1. Double-click the desktop icon or open the application from the Start menu.

The Log In dialog box displays (Figure 2).

FIGURE 2 Log In dialog box

2. Log into another server by entering the IP address to the other server in the Network Address

field.

NOTE

The server must be the exact same version, edition, starting port number, and network size as

the client.

3. Remove a server from the Network Address list by selected the IP address and clicking Delete.

4. Choose one of the following optins:

• If you configured authentication to CAC, enter your PIN in the CAC PIN field.

• If you configured authentication to the local database, an external server (RADIUS, LDAP,

or TACACS+), or a switch, complete the following steps.

a. Enter your user name and password.

The defaults are Administrator and password, respectively.

NOTE

Do not enter Domain\User_Name in the User ID field for LDAP server authentication.

b. Select or clear the Save password check box to choose whether you want the

application to remember your password the next time you log in.

To change your password, refer to “Changing your password” on page 207.

5. Click Login.

6. Click OK on the Login Banner dialog box.

The Management application displays.