McDATA® 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem Installation Guide (AA-RW1XA-TE, June 2005)

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Consider your management needs and determine the number of user accounts, their authority needs, and
expiration dates. Also consider the advantages of centralizing user administration and authentication on a
RADIUS server.
NOTE: If the same user account exists on a switch and its RADIUS server, that user can login with either
password, but the authority and account expiration will always come from the switch database.
Fabric management
The McDATA Web Server application and CLI execute on the switch. The management workstation
provides for the configuration, control, and maintenance of multiple fabrics. The McDATA Web Server
application is resident on the switch. Supported platforms include Windows and Linux. Consider how
many fabrics will be managed, how many management workstations are needed, and whether the fabrics
will be managed with the CLI or McDATA Web Server. Refer to ”Fabric management workstation” on
page 27 for more information.
A switch supports a combined maximum of 19 logins reserved as follows:
• 4 logins or sessions for internal applications such as management server and SNMP
• 9 high priority Telnet sessions
• 6 McDATA Web Server and/or Telnet logins. Additional logins will be refused.