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TECHNICAL BRIEF
SECURING NETWORK ADVISOR SERVER-TO-ADAPTER COMMUNICATION
Brocade Network Advisor manages Brocade FC adapters installed in network servers and other hosts. A Host
Connectivity Manager (HCM) agent is typically installed on the host with the Brocade adapter. Network Advisor
always communicates with the HCM agent over a secure SSL connection; no user action is required in this case.
When the Brocade adapter is installed in a VMware ESXi host, however, Network Advisor communicates with
the Common Information Model (CIM) server in the VMware ESXi software to obtain adapter information. In that
case, the user has the option to use either HTTP or HTTPS. For secure communication, choose HTTPS when
adding the host address to Network Advisor (see Figure 10).
Figure 10. Add Host Adapters dialog.
Brocade Network Advisor also communicates with configured VMware vCenter servers to discover and manage
virtual machines. This communication is always performed over SSL. No user action is required to make this
connection secure.
Deploying Brocade Network Advisor in a Secure Environment
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