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Brocade VDX 6720 management

You can use the management functions built into the Brocade VDX 6720 to monitor the fabric

topology, port status, physical status, and other information to help you analyze switch

performance and to accelerate system debugging.

For information about upgrading the version of Network OS installed on your switch, see the

Brocade Network OS Administrator’s Guide.

You can manage the Brocade VDX 6720 using any of the management options listed in Table 5.

TABLE 5 Management options for the Brocade VDX 6720

Management tool Out-of-band support In-band support

Command line interface (CLI)

Up to two admin sessions and four user sessions

simultaneously. For more information, refer to the Brocade

Network OS Administrator’s Guide and the Brocade

Network OS Command Reference Guide.

Ethernet or serial

(console port)

connection

In standalone mode

only. Not available in

VCS mode.

Standard SNMP applications

For information, refer to the Brocade Network OS MIB

Reference.

Ethernet or serial

(console port)

connection

N/A

Brocade Network Advisor

For information, refer to the Brocade Network Advisor

SAN+IP User Manual.

Ethernet (preferred)

or serial (console

port) connection

N/A