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59048-04 Rev. B 3-1
Section 3
Managing Fabrics
This section describes the following tasks that manage fabrics:
Securing a fabric
Managing the fabric database
Displaying fabric information
Zoning a fabric
3.1
Fabric Security
The components of Fibre Channel fabric security are:
User account security
Fabric services
3.1.1
User Account Security
User account security is the process by which your user account and password
are authenticated with the list of valid user accounts and passwords. The switch
validates your account and password when you attempt to add a fabric using
SANbox Manager or log in to a switch through Telnet. Your system administrator
defines accounts, passwords, and authority levels that are stored on the switch.
Refer to ”Managing User Accounts” on page 4-1 for more information.
When logging in to a switch through Telnet, you must enter a user account and
password to access the switch. SANbox Manager, however, does not require an
user account and password to add a fabric unless the UserAuthentication
parameter is enabled. The switch comes from the factory with the
UserAuthentication parameter disabled. User account security is only
configurable using command line interface. Use the Set Setup System command
in the command line interface to enable the UserAuthentication parameter to turn
on user account security. The UserAuthentication parameter must be configured
the same for all switches in the fabric. Refer to the ”Set Setup Command” on
page A-49 for more information.
When you add a fabric and the UserAuthentication parameter is disabled,
SANbox Manager ignores the user account and password entries and logs you in
using the default user account (Admin). The Admin account possesses Admin
authority which grants full access to all tasks of the SANbox Manager menu
system. If the UserAuthentication parameter is enabled, you must enter a user
account and password. The switch validates your user account and SANbox