Brocade Network Advisor Installation and Migration Guide v12.0.0 (53-1002699-01, April 2013)

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Accessing the Network Advisor interfaces

Use the following procedures to access Network Advisor from the server and client as well as to

access the Server Management Console and the SMI Agent Configuration Tool.

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.

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

The Log In dialog box displays.

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. 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.

5. 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.

6. Click Login.

7. Cl ic k OK on the Login Banner dialog box.

The Network Advisor application displays.

Launching a remote client

The remote client requires Oracle JRE 1.7.0_09. For the website listing patch information, go to

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html.

1. Open a web browser and enter the IP address of the Network Advisor server in the Address bar.

If the web server port number does not use the default (443 if is SSL Enabled; otherwise, the

default is 80), you must enter the web server port number in addition to the IP address. For

example, IP_Address:Port_Number.

The Network Advisor web start screen displays.

2. Click the Network Advisor web start link.

The Log In dialog box displays.