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... 1 Access Gateway Basic Concepts Brocade Access Gateway overview 1 Comparing Native Fabric and Access Gateway modes 1 Fabric OS features in Access Gateway mode 3 Buffer credit recovery support 5 Forward error correction support 6 Virtual Fabrics support 6 Device authentication support 6 Access Gateway port types 9 Comparison of Access Gateway ports to standard switch ports 9 Access Gateway hardware...
... 1 Access Gateway Basic Concepts Brocade Access Gateway overview 1 Comparing Native Fabric and Access Gateway modes 1 Fabric OS features in Access Gateway mode 3 Buffer credit recovery support 5 Forward error correction support 6 Virtual Fabrics support 6 Device authentication support 6 Access Gateway port types 9 Comparison of Access Gateway ports to standard switch ports 9 Access Gateway hardware...
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...Failback policy disabled on unreliable links (N_Port monitoring 57 Trunking in Access Gateway mode 58 How trunking works 58 Configuring trunking on the Edge switch 58 Configuration management for trunk areas 59 Enabling trunking 61 Disabling F_Port trunking 61 Monitoring trunking 61 AG trunking considerations for the Edge...the login limit 67 Advanced Performance Monitoring 68 End-to-end monitors 68 Frame monitors 69 Limitations for using APM 70 Considerations for the Brocade 8000 70 Port mapping 70 Policy and feature support 70 Fabric OS command support 71 Considerations for the...
...Failback policy disabled on unreliable links (N_Port monitoring 57 Trunking in Access Gateway mode 58 How trunking works 58 Configuring trunking on the Edge switch 58 Configuration management for trunk areas 59 Enabling trunking 61 Disabling F_Port trunking 61 Monitoring trunking 61 AG trunking considerations for the Edge...the login limit 67 Advanced Performance Monitoring 68 End-to-end monitors 68 Frame monitors 69 Limitations for using APM 70 Considerations for the Brocade 8000 70 Port mapping 70 Policy and feature support 70 Fabric OS command support 71 Considerations for the...
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... 75 Access Gateway cascading 76 Access Gateway cascading considerations 76 Fabric and Edge switch configuration 77 Verifying the switch mode 77 Enabling NPIV on M-EOS switches 78 Connectivity to Cisco fabrics 78 Enabling NPIV on a Cisco switch 78 Rejoining Fabric OS switches to a fabric 79 Reverting to a previous configuration 79 Troubleshooting viii Access Gateway Administrator...
... 75 Access Gateway cascading 76 Access Gateway cascading considerations 76 Fabric and Edge switch configuration 77 Verifying the switch mode 77 Enabling NPIV on M-EOS switches 78 Connectivity to Cisco fabrics 78 Enabling NPIV on a Cisco switch 78 Rejoining Fabric OS switches to a fabric 79 Reverting to a previous configuration 79 Troubleshooting viii Access Gateway Administrator...
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... 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 13 Figure 14 Figure 15 Figure 16 Switch function in Native mode 2 Switch function in Access Gateway mode 3 Port usage comparison 10 Diagnostic port configurations 10 Port mapping example 16 Example of device mapping to N_Port... groups 23 Example device mapping to an N_Port 24 Example of adding an external F_Port (F9) on an embedded switch 30 Port grouping behavior 41 Port group 1 (PG1) setup 42 Failover behavior 52 Failback behavior 56 Starting point for QoS 66 ...
... 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 13 Figure 14 Figure 15 Figure 16 Switch function in Native mode 2 Switch function in Access Gateway mode 3 Port usage comparison 10 Diagnostic port configurations 10 Port mapping example 16 Example of device mapping to N_Port... groups 23 Example device mapping to an N_Port 24 Example of adding an external F_Port (F9) on an embedded switch 30 Port grouping behavior 41 Port group 1 (PG1) setup 42 Failover behavior 52 Failback behavior 56 Starting point for QoS 66 ...
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...Table 11 Table 12 Fabric OS components supported on Access Gateway 3 Behavior of sending AG switch and receiving fabric switch with different policies configured 8 Behavior of sending device (HBA) and receiving AG switch with different policies configured 8 Port configurations 11 Port state description 14 Description of port ...default port mapping 17 Policy enforcement matrix 36 Address identifier 60 Access Gateway trunking considerations for the Edge switch 62 PWWN format for F_Port and N_Port trunk ports 65 Troubleshooting 81 Access Gateway Administrator's Guide xi 53-1002743-01
...Table 11 Table 12 Fabric OS components supported on Access Gateway 3 Behavior of sending AG switch and receiving fabric switch with different policies configured 8 Behavior of sending device (HBA) and receiving AG switch with different policies configured 8 Port configurations 11 Port state description 14 Description of port ...default port mapping 17 Policy enforcement matrix 36 Address identifier 60 Access Gateway trunking considerations for the Edge switch 62 PWWN format for F_Port and N_Port trunk ports 65 Troubleshooting 81 Access Gateway Administrator's Guide xi 53-1002743-01
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... for Access Gateway xvii •Additional information xviii •Getting technical help SAN administrators configure and manage Brocade Access Gateway (AG). It also provides information on a switch in AG. • Chapter 4, "SAN Configuration with Access Gateway" describes how to connect multiple devices... guide to resolve issues. This preface contains the following components: • Chapter 1, "Access Gateway Basic Concepts" describes the Brocade Access Gateway and provides an overview of its key features. • Chapter 2, "Configuring Ports in Access Gateway Mode" describes...
... for Access Gateway xvii •Additional information xviii •Getting technical help SAN administrators configure and manage Brocade Access Gateway (AG). It also provides information on a switch in AG. • Chapter 4, "SAN Configuration with Access Gateway" describes how to connect multiple devices... guide to resolve issues. This preface contains the following components: • Chapter 1, "Access Gateway Basic Concepts" describes the Brocade Access Gateway and provides an overview of its key features. • Chapter 2, "Configuring Ports in Access Gateway Mode" describes...
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..., Inc., for Access Gateway: • Brocade 300 • Brocade 5100 • Brocade M5424 • Brocade 5430 • Brocade 5450 • Brocade 5460 • Brocade 5470 • Brocade 5480 • Brocade 6505 • Brocade 6510 • Brocade 8000 • NC-4380 • Brocade VA-40FC What's new in which are not. Brocade 5430 added to others, this guide identifies which switches are supported and which procedures...
..., Inc., for Access Gateway: • Brocade 300 • Brocade 5100 • Brocade M5424 • Brocade 5430 • Brocade 5450 • Brocade 5460 • Brocade 5470 • Brocade 5480 • Brocade 6505 • Brocade 6510 • Brocade 8000 • NC-4380 • Brocade VA-40FC What's new in which are not. Brocade 5430 added to others, this guide identifies which switches are supported and which procedures...
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...be present to "Access Gateway default port mapping" on page 72, added that all lowercase. • Chapter 2 - Under"Considerations for the Brocade 6505 and 6510" on page 17. Arguments. Access Gateway Administrator's Guide xv 53-1002743-01 Command syntax conventions Command syntax in this guide ... goes offline and it will go online when the N_Port comes online. - Command options are presented in mixed lettercase: for the Brocade 5430 switch to support Access Gateway. Added "D_Port support" on page 55 that are used in this document are disabled, an F_Port mapped to...
...be present to "Access Gateway default port mapping" on page 72, added that all lowercase. • Chapter 2 - Under"Considerations for the Brocade 6505 and 6510" on page 17. Arguments. Access Gateway Administrator's Guide xv 53-1002743-01 Command syntax conventions Command syntax in this guide ... goes offline and it will go online when the N_Port comes online. - Command options are presented in mixed lettercase: for the Brocade 5430 switch to support Access Gateway. Added "D_Port support" on page 55 that are used in this document are disabled, an F_Port mapped to...
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..., such as a diagnostic port on an AG switch, connected fabric switch, or connected cascaded AG switch to share a single physical N_Port. Mapping In Access Gateway, mapping defines the routes between the ports and test the link. On Brocade Access Gateway, the N_Port connects to the fabric ...Gateway mode and its components. E_Port An interswitch link (ISL) port. Edge switch A fabric switch that connects a host, host bus adapter (HBA), or storage device to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary. This is a Fibre Channel facility allowing multiple N_Port IDs to run ...
..., such as a diagnostic port on an AG switch, connected fabric switch, or connected cascaded AG switch to share a single physical N_Port. Mapping In Access Gateway, mapping defines the routes between the ports and test the link. On Brocade Access Gateway, the N_Port connects to the fabric ...Gateway mode and its components. E_Port An interswitch link (ISL) port. Edge switch A fabric switch that connects a host, host bus adapter (HBA), or storage device to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary. This is a Fibre Channel facility allowing multiple N_Port IDs to run ...
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...high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre Channel, storage management, and other documentation are available through the Brocade website athttp://www.brocade.com/products-solutions/products/index.page. • Best practice guides, white papers, data sheets, and other...For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 website. To expedite your switch support supplier for a user ID and password. Additional information This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find helpful. Other industry resources •...
...high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre Channel, storage management, and other documentation are available through the Brocade website athttp://www.brocade.com/products-solutions/products/index.page. • Best practice guides, white papers, data sheets, and other...For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 website. To expedite your switch support supplier for a user ID and password. Additional information This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find helpful. Other industry resources •...
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...bar code are provided on the left • Brocade M5424, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480-Serial number label attached to the module 3. If you cannot use the licenseIdShow command because the switch is inoperable, you can get the WWN from the same place as follows: • Brocade 300, 5100, 8000, VA-40FC, 6505, and... 6510-On the switch ID pull-out tab located inside the chassis on the port side on ...
...bar code are provided on the left • Brocade M5424, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480-Serial number label attached to the module 3. If you cannot use the licenseIdShow command because the switch is inoperable, you can get the WWN from the same place as follows: • Brocade 300, 5100, 8000, VA-40FC, 6505, and... 6510-On the switch ID pull-out tab located inside the chassis on the port side on ...
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...Command Reference Manual, the Web Tools Administrator's Guide, or the Brocade Network Advisor User Guide for more information about AG support in AG mode. For comparison, Figure 1 illustrates switch function in Native mode and Figure 2 illustrates switch function in those tools. You do this by reducing the ...of the fabric; Therefore, you can use the command line interface (CLI), Web Tools, or Brocade Network Advisor (BNA) to the host and the fabric. it reduces the number of switches in AG mode are logically transparent to enable and disable AG mode and configure AG features on...
...Command Reference Manual, the Web Tools Administrator's Guide, or the Brocade Network Advisor User Guide for more information about AG support in AG mode. For comparison, Figure 1 illustrates switch function in Native mode and Figure 2 illustrates switch function in those tools. You do this by reducing the ...of the fabric; Therefore, you can use the command line interface (CLI), Web Tools, or Brocade Network Advisor (BNA) to the host and the fabric. it reduces the number of switches in AG mode are logically transparent to enable and disable AG mode and configure AG features on...
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...available if the Enterprise fabric is supported in Access Gateway mode Table 1 lists Fabric OS components that the feature is not a Brocade fabric. For more information on Access Gateway Support Access Control1 Yes (limited roles) Adaptive Networking Yes Admin Domains No Audit Yes...Yes Bottleneck Detection Yes Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 3 53-1002743-01 "Yes" indicates that are supported on a switch when AG mode is enabled. Fabric OS features in Access Gateway mode 1 FIGURE 2 Switch function in Access Gateway mode Fabric OS features in Access Gateway mode.
...available if the Enterprise fabric is supported in Access Gateway mode Table 1 lists Fabric OS components that the feature is not a Brocade fabric. For more information on Access Gateway Support Access Control1 Yes (limited roles) Adaptive Networking Yes Admin Domains No Audit Yes...Yes Bottleneck Detection Yes Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 3 53-1002743-01 "Yes" indicates that are supported on a switch when AG mode is enabled. Fabric OS features in Access Gateway mode 1 FIGURE 2 Switch function in Access Gateway mode Fabric OS features in Access Gateway mode.
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... the server management utility. Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 5 53-1002743-01 When a switch is supported on 8 Gbps and 16 Gbps platforms in following configurations: • Between AG switch F_Port and Brocade HBA port using Adapter v3.2 or greater firmware or any device supporting credit recovery, ... only works at the maximum supported speed of the HBA port (8 Gbps or 16 Gbps). • Between AG switch N_Port and Brocade fabric switch or cascaded AG switch F_Port. Web Tools Yes Zoning NA 1. Buffer credit recovery support This Fabric OS feature is behaving as an AG,...
... the server management utility. Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 5 53-1002743-01 When a switch is supported on 8 Gbps and 16 Gbps platforms in following configurations: • Between AG switch F_Port and Brocade HBA port using Adapter v3.2 or greater firmware or any device supporting credit recovery, ... only works at the maximum supported speed of the HBA port (8 Gbps or 16 Gbps). • Between AG switch N_Port and Brocade fabric switch or cascaded AG switch F_Port. Web Tools Yes Zoning NA 1. Buffer credit recovery support This Fabric OS feature is behaving as an AG,...
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..., and trunking Fabric OS features. This is used . By default, Brocade switches use authentication as a mechanism to be done by enabling switch policy on the AG switch and device policy on Brocade 16 Gbps fabric switch or cascaded AG switch. For authentication between fabric switches and AG switches, FCAP and DH-CHAP are limitations and considerations for more information...
..., and trunking Fabric OS features. This is used . By default, Brocade switches use authentication as a mechanism to be done by enabling switch policy on the AG switch and device policy on Brocade 16 Gbps fabric switch or cascaded AG switch. For authentication between fabric switches and AG switches, FCAP and DH-CHAP are limitations and considerations for more information...
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... the on, off, and passive modes are supported on ports, but participates in authentication if the connecting device initiates authentication. A fabric switch with the policy mode set to off mode to a device, but accepts incoming authentication requests. The AG does not initiate authentication when ... and creating DHCAP secrets on all ports. For general information on authentication, refer to the section on the AG connected to the switch or device will disable the port if any authentication negotiation request from a policy off . The ports on authentication policy for fabric...
... the on, off, and passive modes are supported on ports, but participates in authentication if the connecting device initiates authentication. A fabric switch with the policy mode set to off mode to a device, but accepts incoming authentication requests. The AG does not initiate authentication when ... and creating DHCAP secrets on all ports. For general information on authentication, refer to the section on the AG connected to the switch or device will disable the port if any authentication negotiation request from a policy off . The ports on authentication policy for fabric...
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...Failure - disable No Negotiation N_Port without authentication Table 3 describes the authentication behavior between a sending HBA and receiving AG switch. disable No negotiation No light DH-CHAP Success - reject HBA authentication disabled DH-CHAP Success - policy • ...N_Port Failure - F_Port Failure - N_Port without authentication No negotiation N_Port without authenctication. For more information, refer to AG switches, including the following: • authutil -- Authorization accept accept negotiation - disable No negotiation No light DH-CHAP/FCAP...
...Failure - disable No Negotiation N_Port without authentication Table 3 describes the authentication behavior between a sending HBA and receiving AG switch. disable No negotiation No light DH-CHAP Success - reject HBA authentication disabled DH-CHAP Success - policy • ...N_Port Failure - F_Port Failure - N_Port without authentication No negotiation N_Port without authenctication. For more information, refer to AG switches, including the following: • authutil -- Authorization accept accept negotiation - disable No negotiation No light DH-CHAP/FCAP...
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... a host, HBA, or storage device to "Persisting port online state" on the switch in Native mode before v7.1.0 will come back online after a switch reboot or power failure. Fabric port that a switch uses in diagnostic mode so that you enable on the same physical port. Port configured...• N_Port - AG uses the following Fibre Channel (FC) ports: • F_Port - For an embedded switch, execute this command through the chassis management console and not the switch CLI or the command may not persist. Using N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV), AG allows multiple FC initiators to the...
... a host, HBA, or storage device to "Persisting port online state" on the switch in Native mode before v7.1.0 will come back online after a switch reboot or power failure. Fabric port that a switch uses in diagnostic mode so that you enable on the same physical port. Port configured...• N_Port - AG uses the following Fibre Channel (FC) ports: • F_Port - For an embedded switch, execute this command through the chassis management console and not the switch CLI or the command may not persist. Using N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV), AG allows multiple FC initiators to the...
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... Results can convert a Fibre Channel port into a D_Port on AG switch and a connected fabric switch or another AG switch (cascaded configuration) to a remote device, or run data traffic. Switch in AG mode D-Port Diagnostic Ports Switch in fabric operations, login to test the link between AG and a... end of port configurations between the ports. Once in D_Port mode, the port does not participate in AG mode D-Port D-Port Edge Switch D-Port Fabric FIGURE 4 Diagnostic port configurations Table 4 shows a comparison of the link as D_Ports, diagnostic tests automatically initiate on page...
... Results can convert a Fibre Channel port into a D_Port on AG switch and a connected fabric switch or another AG switch (cascaded configuration) to a remote device, or run data traffic. Switch in AG mode D-Port Diagnostic Ports Switch in fabric operations, login to test the link between AG and a... end of port configurations between the ports. Once in D_Port mode, the port does not participate in AG mode D-Port D-Port Edge Switch D-Port Fabric FIGURE 4 Diagnostic port configurations Table 4 shows a comparison of the link as D_Ports, diagnostic tests automatically initiate on page...
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...not supported. • Direct connections to SAN target devices are as hosts, HBAs, and storage to connected AG or fabric switch. Yes Allows diagnostic testing across link Yes Allows diagnostic testing across link to to the fabric. Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 11 53...transparent to the fabric, therefore it does not participate in "Supported hardware and software" on the switch platforms and embedded switch platforms listed in the SAN as a fabric switch. Access Gateway hardware considerations Hardware considerations for Access Gateway are only supported if the AG-enabled module...
...not supported. • Direct connections to SAN target devices are as hosts, HBAs, and storage to connected AG or fabric switch. Yes Allows diagnostic testing across link Yes Allows diagnostic testing across link to to the fabric. Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 11 53...transparent to the fabric, therefore it does not participate in "Supported hardware and software" on the switch platforms and embedded switch platforms listed in the SAN as a fabric switch. Access Gateway hardware considerations Hardware considerations for Access Gateway are only supported if the AG-enabled module...