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20 Brocade Network Advisor SAN Installation and Migration Guide

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Configuring Network Advisor

8. Complete the following steps on the Server IP Configuration screen.

NOTE

If the Management server or client has multiple Network Interface Cards and if any of these

interfaces are not plugged in, you must disable them; otherwise, the following features do not

work properly:

Server impact

• Configuration wizard (does not display all IP addresses)

• Trap and Syslog auto registration

• Report content (Ipconfiguration element does not display all server IP addresses)

• Trace dump through FTP

Client impact

• Options dialog box (does not display all IP addresses)

• Firmware import and download dialog box

• Firmware import for Fabric OS products

• FTP button in Technical Support Repository dialog box

• Technical supportSave of Fabric OSand Host products through FTP

a. Select an address from the Server IP Configuration list.

NOTE

For SMI Agent, if the Server IP Configuration list contains a duplicate IP address or is

empty, an error message displays and the configuration wizard closes.

NOTE

If the “hostname” contains invalid characters, the host name does not display in the list.

Valid characters include alphanumeric and dash (-) characters. The IP address is selected

by default.

If Domain Name System (DNS) is not configured for your network, do not select the

“hostname” option from the Server IP Configuration list. Selecting the “hostname” option

prevents clients and devices from communicating with the server.

b. Select an address from the Switch - Server IP Configuration Preferred Address list.

• Select Any from the Switch - Server IP Configuration Preferred Address list to enable

switch and server communication with one of the reachable IP address present in the

server. By default, Any option is selected.

• Select an IP address from the Switch - Server IP Configuration Preferred Address list.

The preferred IP address is used for switch and server communication. If the selected

IP address changes, you will be unable to connect to the server. To change the IP

address after configuration, refer to

“Configuring an explicit server IP address” on

page 36.

c. Click Next.