Brocade Communications Systems 53-1001778-01 Manuel D’Utilisation

SMI Agent security

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Encoding proxy connection details

For additional security you can encode the contents of the provider.xml file. 

1. Launch the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool.

2. Click Encode Proxy Details in the menu tree (see 

).

The content pane displays the current setting, which is selected and dimmed.

3. Click the Stop Server to stop the SMI-A, if it is running. This button is unavailable if the server is 

already stopped.

4. To change the encoding setting, click the button of the available option.

If encoding is already enabled, the Disable Proxy Connection Details Encoding option is 
available. 

If user authentication is already disabled, the Enable Proxy Connection Details Encoding option 
is available.

5. Click Apply.

If you enabled encoding, the proxy connection entries are removed from the provider.xml file 
are copied to the provider.ser binary file. New proxy entries are also written to the provider.ser 
file.

If you disabled encoding, the proxy connection entries are removed from the provider.ser 
binary file and copied to the provider.xml file. New proxy entries are also written to the 
provider.xml file.

FIGURE 16

Encode proxy details