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I have four Brocade 300 FC switches (FOS 7.0.1) all ISL'd together to form a single fabric which is managed by the free version of Network Advisor v12.0.0 DCFM reports "Managed SAN fabric count...
View ArticleLooking for help inside Network Advisor and 200E
1 and 3 have all yellow links a week ago the were all black. I tried disable ports enable ports and still same issue. I havent done a reboot because everything seems to be working. Does any one have...
View ArticleBNA Professional or Professional+ for CallHome function
Hello, In order to be able to use CallHome function, is it enough to use BNA Professional or do I need to have Professional+ license? What is the difference between those 2?
View ArticleDCFM 10.4.5 increase 5 / 30 Minute historical data collection?
When viewing the Historical Performance Graph screen in DCFM 10.4.5 with a 5 minute granularity with the 'last 1 week' length selected only shows 1 days worth of data. Bumping granularity up to 30 mins...
View ArticleNetwork Advisor only showing 5 Fabrics in zoning window???
ngHi, We have just purchsed Network Advisor and are wondering why we can only edit the first 5 zone databases. The drop down list in the top left corner called "Zoning Scope" (under Zoning >...
View ArticleSan Network Advisor 11.1.4 element manager cannot be launched
Hello, One of my customers has SNA 11.1.4 installed and it is configured so that 2 Fabrics are discovered. Each fabric has 4 switches, the oldest switch is a Brocade 3900 switch with firmware...
View ArticleClear logs in Brocade Network Advisor
Hi, Is it possible to clear all entries from the master log or individually from the various logs? Thanks.
View Article.NET slows BNA startup down?
I just installed .NET framework 3.5 and 4.0 b/c it is a requirement of the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager that is required for the SCOM plugin to work and it takes over 5min to start up and...
View ArticleProblems getting login prompt for Network Advisor 11.1.4 from web page
Whenever I try to sign on to a Network Advisor (11.1.4) from the web page, I get an error when the login prompt pops up on the screen. See the error below. However, I have no problems at all if I...
View ArticleBNA 12.0
Hello All Belo is the Dash board of BNA 12.0 Kindly explain me the highlighted Names and their Differences
View ArticleUpgrading Network Advisor.
Hi, I am upgrading BNA, Brocade Network Advisor but can't figure out why the new upgrade is not working! Previous version of Network_Advisor- 11_0_1 Upgrade version of Network_Advisor- 12_0_2...
View ArticleBNA 12.0
Hi all Any one has BNA 12.0 in use. Can some one check on "Locate" option in PerformaceDashboard and in materLog, when you right-click on any message. Locate option on Performance Dashboard works...
View ArticleNet Advisor 11.2 - Syslog login/logout messages
Hi All, I'm using Net Advisor 11.2 and have a few questions. Since setting up Net Advisor my switch logs are flooded with SSH login/logout messages every 15 minutes from the local user account I've...
View ArticleUpgrading BNA from 11.1.0 to 12.0.0
I am upgrading BNA from 11.1.0 to 12.0.0. While migration I got an error, so Migration didn't went well. As the support guy from Brocade suggested, First I installed BNA 12.0.0 and try to import from...
View ArticleBNA 12 with Cisco Switch
i add some Cisco router to BNA, but it cant backup the config files. the BNA can do this?
View ArticleProblem with the new BNA 12.0.2
After the upgrade 11.1 to 12.0.2 In random time my log are not showing anymore the disconnect message example "A fibre channel port changed its operational state;Port 5 (0/5) changed operational state...
View ArticleUnable to login to Network Advisor 12.02 from a client
I have done a upgrade from BNA 11.2 to BNA 12.2. After the upgrade, I am not able to log on from a remote client. In my company we have to run all java aplets thru a ssh proxy. Now it just says "Login...
View ArticleSCOM MP for Brocade SAN Switches
HI looking for a native SCOM Management Pack for Brocade SAN Switches I have seen the "Brocade SAN Management Pack for SCOM" which require Brocade Network Advisor v11.0 and above - but all I want is...
View ArticleInsufficient Chassis Privilege
I have a customer on my SAN who uses virtual fabrics on a shared DCX hardware (FOS 6.4.2). Now he tries to monitor his virtual fabric using Brocade Network Advisor BNA 11.3.0 and gets the message:...
View ArticleWhat exactly is a detached name?
I want to import some names. Where can I find some definitions around the columns and the possible values in a given field? And where did those duplicates come from, exactly? Any good ideas for naming...
View ArticleBNA 11.2.1 getting error when try to connect to element manager
We are running BNA 11.2.1, and have java 1.6.0_45 on my system. After upgrading the java, to supported levels for security issues, I'm now getting this pop-up, when I try to bring up the element...
View ArticleBNA 12.0.2 - Error importing FOS 7.1.1
I am trying to import v7.1.1.zip into Brocade Network Advisor 12.0.2. It passes the pre-import MD5 checksum, but it fails to move the file to the repository with the error: Firmware could not be...
View ArticleWhat capabilities (if any) does BNA 12.0.3 have to manage Cisco MDS devices?
I have two redundant heterogeneous SAN fabrics that each consist of two fabric mode Brocade switches, multiple embedded Brocade edge switches in Access Gateway mode, and multiple embedded Cisco MDS...
View ArticleSNMP OID for configured Virtual Fabrics IDs
Good morning, is there any OID to "walk" through, with the virtual fabrics configured in a chassis? We have some DCXs, with several VFs: <switchname>:FID128:<username>> lscfg --show...
View ArticleNA 12 change the threshold for file system space
Hello, NA Version 12 reported every hour " Total file system space usage 76% is above threshold warning 70%". Where i can change the warning threshold? The Message came from Module System monitor....
View ArticleBNA 12.02
Hi everybody, I am trying to install the new version of BNA (12.02), everything is working fine until the last window appears when the software is trying to start the server. Here I can wait 1, 2...
View ArticleHow i can get historical report of vip and real server on serveriron?
We have BNA, but we don´t know how configure a report with the historical conection of the VIP and Real Server,
View ArticleI can't restore the backup in 11.3.0 version of Netadvisor
Hi, After a crash in the Network advisor server I can't restore the last backup make by it. the message is "Failed to start Database server". Julian Anaya Ville of Gatineau
View ArticleBNA 12.1 release date
Hello Community, It was due sometime around NOS4.0 release date, that was last week already. Has anybody heard about 12.1 release date ? Thanks.
View ArticleDifferent names for a fabric in BNA
Hello, I would like to achieve the following : - Ethernet fabric to have a name (AAAAA), - Ethernet fabric would appear in BNA devices with that name (AAAAA),
View ArticleMigrating BNA from 12.0.x to 12.1
Hello Community, Except from downloading 12.1 installation package and clicking next, is there something special to know ? I launched the executable file but it seems like to me it's starting a new...
View ArticleJava Exception error - Network Advisor
hello, Due to some other application looking for newer version of java i upgrade mine to java7 update25 . yestarday i opened Net adv fine but today its throwing this error. i tried multiple things...
View ArticleMysterious L2 Cloud icons
We are fairly new to BNA. We have a couple of mysterious L2 Cloud icons that have showed up. I can't seem to find any info as to what in the switch configs cause these to appear. Any insights would...
View ArticleBNA previous version folders taking up space
Good morning all Wondering what the impact of deleting the previous version folders of DCFM and BNA is. They are taking up 50GB of space on my install drive, and would love to get rid of them. I...
View ArticleBNA SMI-S agent Fabric Discovery no window pop up Java problem?
I installed BNA SMS-S but can't get any pop up window to show up in SMIA agent configuration window. I tried to unstalled java1.7 and installed lastest java 1.6 update 45. also tried to delete java...
View ArticleBNA SMI Agent: Is there a way to enable both secure and non-secure ports?
The Network Advisor Configuration application allows selection of only one port for SMI-S communication: either non-secure (5988) or secure (5989). Is there a way to configure the SMI Agent integrated...
View ArticleBNA server failed
Hello All Backup of my BNA server is failing with Msg "Backup failed- unable to create manifest" Some one help me
View ArticleBNA 12.0.2 supportsave for switches failed
I am getting below error when try to run support save. they were running fine on older versions. supportsave's upload operation to host ip address xx.xx.xx.xx aborted. (the i address is BNA mgmt...
View ArticleIs it possible to migrate BNA 11.3 from Linux to Windows server?
I have a customer running BNA 11.3 on RHEL 6.1. We wanted to upgrade to BNA 12.0.3 but this attempt always fails with the following messages: This is not exactly my screenshot but the error message is...
View ArticleCan anyone tell me what the following error means and if it is disruptive?...
Could soemone explain to me what this means and how it affects my access gateway? The overall port status of the connectivity unit has changed... It is a message that I am receiving in the master...
View ArticleAny known issue with BNA 11.1.4 reporting false high ISL utilization?
Hi Folks, I have a customer with 8 DCX04 switches split in 2 full mesh fabrics running 6.4.1a firmware with each DCX having 7 virtual fabrics. With BNA 11.1.4 on Windows they experience high ISL...
View ArticleBrocade SMI Agent can not connect to FC Switch, Reporting "Error...
Brocade SMI Agent Version is "120.11.0" and the switch model is "Brocade S300" , Fabric OS is V7.0.0.b, when connected to proxy switch, the Agent report "Error Authenticating Session" and the return...
View ArticleHP SAN Network advisor issues
I have just upgraded our monitoring server from DCFM 10.4.5 to the latest release of HP SAN Network Advisor 12.0.2. I actually had to perform a completed new installation to this product because the...
View ArticleBNA 12.1.0 cimon everyday ShutdownHook started and not restart
Hi why the cimon service is always going down everyday and not restart? where can i configure this sothat he never shutdown? Thanks INFO | jvm 2 | 2013/09/03 00:40:15 | WrapperManager Debug:...
View ArticleBNA Zone duplicate members
Hi, I have recently upgraded BNA to v12.0.2 from v11.1. Now when I do zoning a message appears stating "Configuration violations found". I have added 2 images of BNA. Zoning works fine via the...
View ArticleSAN Network Advisor 12.0.02 Functions not working
I have just upgraded to SNA 12.0.02 and certain functions that used to work within DCFM no longer do. They are: -- The ability to click on a switch and automatically launch the Brocade Management...
View ArticleHow to trigger an event in case of 1 host loosing only 1 path
Hi all, Just a very common design: two fabricseach host has 1 connection (1 hba) per fabricNetwork Advisor, APM and FW licensed. (including the new MAPS suite) How to use the available tools to...
View Articlenetwork advisor and SMI-S agent license
Hi, i'm trying to discover my FC switches FOS version 7.X in IBM TPC using SMI-S agent. I've been told to use network advisor with embended SMI-S agent, after installation i'm required with a license...
View ArticleIncrease SNMP timeout & Location for MIB file.
Can anyone help me to increase the SNMP timeout in my BNA. Where can I dump MIB file. So that I can add Cisco switches in my BNA. Thanks, Nishant
View ArticleDCFM - FOS License requirement & issue
Hello there, to run DCFM software: What is the minimum license on Brocade Switch?What is the minimum license to display real time, historical perf graph&table?I confuse with the function of each...
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