Brocade FC Switch data source

OnCommand Insight uses the Brocade FC Switch (SSH) data source to discover inventory for Brocade or rebranded switch devices running Factored Operating System (FOS) firmware 4.2 and later. Devices in both FC switch and Access Gateway modes are supported.

Terminology

OnCommand Insight acquires the following inventory information from the Brocade FC Switch data source. For each asset type acquired by Insight, the most common terminology used for this asset is shown. When viewing or troubleshooting this data source, keep the following terminology in mind:

Vendor/Model Term	Insight Term
Switch	Switch
Port	Port
Virtual Fabric, Physical Fabric	Fabric
Zone	Zone
Logical Switch	Logical Switch
LSAN Zone	IVR Zone

Note: These are common terminology mappings only and might not represent every case for this data source.

Requirements

There must be IP connectivity to all switches in the fabric. If you select the Discover all switches in the fabric check box, OCI identifies all the switches in the fabric; however, it needs IP connectivity to these additional switches to discover them.
The same account is needed globally across all switches in the fabric. You can use PuTTY (open source terminal emulator) to confirm access.
If the Perform license is installed, ports 161 and 162 must be open to all switches in the fabric for SNMP performance polling.

Configuration

Field	Description
Switch IP	IP address or fully-qualified domain name of the switch
User Name	User name for the switch
Password	Password used for the switch
SNMP Version	SNMP version
SNMP Community String	SNMP read-only community string used to access the switch
SNMP User Name	SNMP version protocol user name (applies only to SNMP v3)
SNMP Password	SNMP version protocol password (applies only to SNMP v3)

Advanced configuration

Field	Description
Fabric Name	Fabric name to be reported by the data source. Leave blank to report the fabric name as WWN.
Exclude Devices	Comma-separated list of device IDs to exclude from polling
Inventory Poll Interval (min)	Interval between inventory polls (default 15 minutes)
Timeout (sec)	Connection timeout (default 30 seconds)
Banner Wait Timeout (sec)	SSH banner wait timeout (default 5 seconds)
Admin Domains Active	Select if using Admin Domains
Retrieve MPR Data	Select to acquire routing data from your multiprotocol router (MPR)
Enable Trapping	Select to enable acquisition upon receiving an SNMP trap from the device. If you select enable trapping, you must also activate SNMP.
Minimum Time Between Traps (sec)	Minimum time between acquisition attempts triggered by traps (default 10 seconds)
Discover all switches in the fabric	Select to discover all switches in the fabric
Choose Favoring HBA vs. Zone Aliases	Choose whether to favor HBA or zone aliases
Performance Poll Interval (sec)	Interval between performance polls (default 300 seconds)
SNMP Auth Protocol	SNMP authentication protocol (SNMP v3 only)
SNMP Privacy Protocol	SNMP privacy protocol (SNMP v3 only)
SNMP Privacy Password	SNMP privacy password (SNMP v3 only)
SNMP Retries	Number of SNMP retry attempts
SNMP Timeout (ms)	SNMP timeout (default 5000 ms)