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Configure the BNA to manage the switches intended for Foglight monitoring
Optional: Using the BNA, create a service account and assign the roles necessary for accessing the following SMI-S namespaces
Foglight for Storage Management uses the SMI-S interface to collect from Brocade SAN switches.
Brocade switch information is collected using the following namespaces:
Interop Namespace — interop
Working Namespace(Brocade) — root/brocade1
Working Namespace(McData) — root/mcdata
Foglight for Storage Management executes the following SMI-S commands to obtain switch information on all SAN switches or Switch Management applications:
For further documentation about the Foglight Brocade storage collector, see:
https://support.quest.com/technical-documents/foglight-for-storage-management/4.2/installation-guide/configuring-agents-to-monitor-storage-devices/brocade-san-switches
For information on acquiring, installing, and setting up the Brocade SMI Agent, see:
http://www.brocade.com/services-support/drivers-downloads/smi-agent/index.page
How To, Installation, Configuration, Troubleshooting
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Created on: 3/28/2016 Last Update on: 5/7/2023
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