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Proxy connections

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Proxy connections

The SMI-A installation wizard automatically configures the provider.xml file with the fabric 
information that is added during the installation process. This section describes how you can add 
or remove proxy entries manually after installation is done.

You can also choose to have the SMI-A attempt to reload the provider.xml when fabric 
segmentation occurs. 

When you add proxy entries, the SMI-A attempts to log in to every one. If you have proxy entries for 
different switches in the same fabric, the SMI-A establishes only one connection to the fabric, using 
the first valid switch in the list. Subsequent login attempts to the same fabric result in an 
informative error message: “A duplicate switch in the fabric has been identified and will be 
removed.”

By default, passwords are stored in encrypted format in the provider.xml file. Duplicate proxy IP 
addresses are not allowed.

The provider.xml file is located in the <SMIAgent>\agent\server\jserver\bin directory.

Reloading provider.xml on fabric segmentation

1. Launch the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool.

2. Click Proxies in the menu tree (see 

3. Select the ReloadConnection check box.

4. Click Apply.

Including multiple switch connection entries from the same fabric in the 
provider.xml

1. Stop the SMIA server.

2. Edit the provider.xml manually as mentioned above by providing the connection entry for each 

switch.

3. Enable the connection reload through the Configuration Tool. 

Alternatively, you can edit the SMIAgentConfig.xml and set the connection reload flag to true so 
that rescan of the provider.xml is enabled.

4. Start the SMIA server.

Adding proxy connections

1. Launch the Brocade SMI Agent Configuration Tool.

2. Click Proxies in the menu tree (see 

3. Click Add. 

4. Fill out the Proxy Configuration dialog box (see 

) and click OK.