Brocade Network Advisor data collector

10/16/2024 Contributors

Data Infrastructure Insights uses the Brocade Network Advisor data collector to acquire inventory and performance data from Brocade switches.

Terminology

Data Infrastructure Insights acquires the following inventory information from the Brocade Network Advisor data collector. For each asset type acquired by Data Infrastructure Insights, the most common terminology used for this asset is shown. When viewing or troubleshooting this data collector, keep the following terminology in mind:

Vendor/Model Term	Data Infrastructure Insights Term
Switch	Switch
Port	Port
Virtual Fabric, Physical Fabric	Fabric
Logical Switch	Logical Switch

Vendor/Model Term

Data Infrastructure Insights Term

Switch

Port

Virtual Fabric, Physical Fabric

Fabric

Logical Switch

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

Requirements

The following are required to configure this data collector:

The Data Infrastructure Insights Acquisition Unit will initate connections to TCP port 443 on the BNA server. BNA server must be running version 14.2.1 or higher.
Brocade Network Advisor Server IP address
User name and password to an administrator account
Port requirement: HTTP/HTTPS 443

Configuration

Field	Description
Brocade Network Advisor Server IP	IP address of the Network Advisor Server
User Name	User name for the switch
User Name	Administrator user name
Password	Administrator password

Field

Description

Brocade Network Advisor Server IP

IP address of the Network Advisor Server

User Name

User name for the switch

User Name

Administrator user name

Password

Administrator password

Advanced configuration

Field	Description
Connection Type	HTTPS (default port 443) or HTTP (default port 80)
Override Connection Port	If blank, use the default port in the Connection Type field, otherwise enter the connection port to use
Password	Password for the switch
Inventory poll interval (min)	The default is 40
Report Access Gateway	Check to include devices in Access Gateway mode
Performance Poll Interval (sec)	The default is 1800

Field

Description

Connection Type

HTTPS (default port 443) or HTTP (default port 80)

Override Connection Port

If blank, use the default port in the Connection Type field, otherwise enter the connection port to use

Password

Password for the switch

Inventory poll interval (min)

The default is 40

Report Access Gateway

Check to include devices in Access Gateway mode

Performance Poll Interval (sec)

The default is 1800

Troubleshooting

Some things to try if you encounter problems with this data collector:

Inventory

Problem:	Try this:
Receive a message that more than 1 node is logged into the Access Gateway port, or data collector fails to discover Access Gateway device.	Check that the NPV device is operating correctly and that all connected WWNs are expected. Do not directly acquire the NPV device. Instead, acquisition of the core fabric switch will collect the NPV device data.

Problem:

Try this:

Receive a message that more than 1 node is logged into the Access Gateway port, or data collector fails to discover Access Gateway device.

Check that the NPV device is operating correctly and that all connected WWNs are expected. Do not directly acquire the NPV device. Instead, acquisition of the core fabric switch will collect the NPV device data.

Additional information may be found from the Support page or in the Data Collector Support Matrix.