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...xv Text formatting xv Command syntax conventions xv Notes, cautions, and warnings xvi Notice to the reader xvi Key terms for Access Gateway xvii Additional information xviii Brocade resources xviii Other industry resources xviii Optional Brocade features xviii Getting technical... help xviii Document feedback xix Chapter 1 Access Gateway Basic Concepts Brocade Access Gateway overview 1 Comparing Native Fabric and ...
...xv Text formatting xv Command syntax conventions xv Notes, cautions, and warnings xvi Notice to the reader xvi Key terms for Access Gateway xvii Additional information xviii Brocade resources xviii Other industry resources xviii Optional Brocade features xviii Getting technical... help xviii Document feedback xix Chapter 1 Access Gateway Basic Concepts Brocade Access Gateway overview 1 Comparing Native Fabric and ...
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... Setting 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 Brocade 6505 and 6510 72 vii
... Setting 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 Brocade 6505 and 6510 72 vii
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...will go online when the N_Port comes online. - Text formatting The narrative-text formatting conventions that all lowercase. Command syntax conventions Command syntax in mixed lettercase: for example, switchShow. Arguments. For further information, refer to support Access Gateway. Added ...5, - In actual examples, command lettercase is often all ports on page 17. Optional element. Access Gateway Administrator's Guide xv 53-1002743-01 Command options are printed in bold. • Chapter 2 - Added port mapping details for the Brocade 6505 and 6510" on page 32. •...
...will go online when the N_Port comes online. - Text formatting The narrative-text formatting conventions that all lowercase. Command syntax conventions Command syntax in mixed lettercase: for example, switchShow. Arguments. For further information, refer to support Access Gateway. Added ...5, - In actual examples, command lettercase is often all ports on page 17. Optional element. Access Gateway Administrator's Guide xv 53-1002743-01 Command options are printed in bold. • Chapter 2 - Added port mapping details for the Brocade 6505 and 6510" on page 32. •...
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... licenseIdShow command because the switch is inoperable, you can get the WWN from you think that a topic needs further development, we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the document and as much detail 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 the serial number label, as shown here: : *FT00X0054E9* FT00X0054E9 The serial number label is our first concern at Brocade and we want to ...
... licenseIdShow command because the switch is inoperable, you can get the WWN from you think that a topic needs further development, we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the document and as much detail 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 the serial number label, as shown here: : *FT00X0054E9* FT00X0054E9 The serial number label is our first concern at Brocade and we want to ...
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...types 9 •Access Gateway hardware considerations 11 Brocade Access Gateway overview Brocade Access Gateway (AG) is a Fabric OS feature that you can use the command line interface (CLI), Web Tools, or Brocade Network Advisor (BNA) to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual, the Web Tools Administrator's Guide, ...or the Brocade Network Advisor User Guide for more information about AG support ...
...types 9 •Access Gateway hardware considerations 11 Brocade Access Gateway overview Brocade Access Gateway (AG) is a Fabric OS feature that you can use the command line interface (CLI), Web Tools, or Brocade Network Advisor (BNA) to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual, the Web Tools Administrator's Guide, ...or the Brocade Network Advisor User Guide for more information about AG support ...
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TABLE 1 Feature Fabric OS components supported on these features, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide and Fabric OS Command Reference. "Yes" indicates that the feature is transparent to the Enterprise fabric. A single asterisk (*) indicates the feature is ... Admin Domains No Audit Yes Beaconing Yes Bottleneck Detection Yes Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 3 53-1002743-01 that the feature is not a Brocade fabric. "No" indicates that is not applicable in Access Gateway mode. Two asterisks (**) indicates that are supported on a switch when AG...
TABLE 1 Feature Fabric OS components supported on these features, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide and Fabric OS Command Reference. "Yes" indicates that the feature is transparent to the Enterprise fabric. A single asterisk (*) indicates the feature is ... Admin Domains No Audit Yes Beaconing Yes Bottleneck Detection Yes Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 3 53-1002743-01 that the feature is not a Brocade fabric. "No" indicates that is not applicable in Access Gateway mode. Two asterisks (**) indicates that are supported on a switch when AG...
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...or FCAP fails to authenticate each other. • Access Gateway switch N_Port connected to the Fabric OS Command Reference for Access Gateway switches. Refer to Brocade fabric switch F_Port. Forward error correction support Forward error correction (FEC) is a Fabric OS feature ... following configurations for more information on this command. Authentication policy is supported in the following configurations: • Between the AG switch F_Port and a Brocade 16 Gbps HBA port running Fabric OS less than 7.1. By default, Brocade switches use authentication as a mechanism to...
...or FCAP fails to authenticate each other. • Access Gateway switch N_Port connected to the Fabric OS Command Reference for Access Gateway switches. Refer to Brocade fabric switch F_Port. Forward error correction support Forward error correction (FEC) is a Fabric OS feature ... following configurations for more information on this command. Authentication policy is supported in the following configurations: • Between the AG switch F_Port and a Brocade 16 Gbps HBA port running Fabric OS less than 7.1. By default, Brocade switches use authentication as a mechanism to...
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... secrets or install FCAP certificates on policy is the safest mode to use for devices connected to the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide or Fabric OS Command Reference. Supported policy modes The following switch and device policy modes are supported on authentication policy for both switch and device policy. • Passive - The...
... secrets or install FCAP certificates on policy is the safest mode to use for devices connected to the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide or Fabric OS Command Reference. Supported policy modes The following switch and device policy modes are supported on authentication policy for both switch and device policy. • Passive - The...
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... with switch policy off DH-CHAP/FCAP: Success - disable No negotiation F_Port without authentication F_Port without authentication No negotiation F_Port without authentication Supported Fabric OS commands All Fabric OS commands for authentication policy apply to the Fabric OS...
... with switch policy off DH-CHAP/FCAP: Success - disable No negotiation F_Port without authentication F_Port without authentication No negotiation F_Port without authentication Supported Fabric OS commands All Fabric OS commands for authentication policy apply to the Fabric OS...
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... fabric switch presents F_Ports (or FL_Ports) and storage devices to the host and presents E_Ports, VE_Ports, or EX_Ports to the Enterprise fabric using the ag command. Figure 3 shows a comparison of the types of ports a switch in AG mode. • High availability (HA) reboots are supported. A fabric...• Device and switch policies must be disabled on the switch in fabric management and zoning distribution. NOTE Initiate the portcfgpersisentenable command on all ports in AG mode uses to the type of Access Gateway ports to standard switch ports Access Gateway multiplexes host ...
... fabric switch presents F_Ports (or FL_Ports) and storage devices to the host and presents E_Ports, VE_Ports, or EX_Ports to the Enterprise fabric using the ag command. Figure 3 shows a comparison of the types of ports a switch in AG mode. • High availability (HA) reboots are supported. A fabric...• Device and switch policies must be disabled on the switch in fabric management and zoning distribution. NOTE Initiate the portcfgpersisentenable command on all ports in AG mode uses to the type of Access Gateway ports to standard switch ports Access Gateway multiplexes host ...
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... Switch in Native Fabric mode Fabric Fabric Switch F_Port E_Port E_Port F_Port E_Port E_Port FIGURE 3 Port usage comparison You can be viewed using Fabric OS commands during or after testing. When you configure the ports on each end of port configurations between the ports.
... Switch in Native Fabric mode Fabric Fabric Switch F_Port E_Port E_Port F_Port E_Port E_Port FIGURE 3 Port usage comparison You can be viewed using Fabric OS commands during or after testing. When you configure the ports on each end of port configurations between the ports.
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...Failed to verify the switch mode. If any transaction buffer is set the switch to Native mode. b. Enter the switchDisable command. If the switch is erased, such as the zone and security databases. After you might need this configuration again. 3. switch:admin...Administrator's Guide 13 53-1002743-01 Verify that no zoning or Admin Domain (AD) transaction buffers are taken offline. Enter the ag --modeenable command. a. switch:admin> ag --modeenable The switch automatically reboots and comes back online in Access Gateway Mode 2 •Enabling and disabling Access...
...Failed to verify the switch mode. If any transaction buffer is set the switch to Native mode. b. Enter the switchDisable command. If the switch is erased, such as the zone and security databases. After you might need this configuration again. 3. switch:admin...Administrator's Guide 13 53-1002743-01 Verify that no zoning or Admin Domain (AD) transaction buffers are taken offline. Enter the ag --modeenable command. a. switch:admin> ag --modeenable The switch automatically reboots and comes back online in Access Gateway Mode 2 •Enabling and disabling Access...
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... ag --modeshow Access Gateway mode is NOT enabled Port state description Table 5 describes the possible port states. The ag --mapshow command shows all enabled N_Ports, even if those N_Ports are automatically removed. switch:admin> ag --modedisable 12. You can display the ... When you disable AG mode, the switch automatically reboots and comes back online using the fabric switch configuration; Enter the switchDisable command to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for examples of the port state, refer toTable 5 on Access Gateway. 8. switch:admin> ag --modeshow Access Gateway...
... ag --modeshow Access Gateway mode is NOT enabled Port state description Table 5 describes the possible port states. The ag --mapshow command shows all enabled N_Ports, even if those N_Ports are automatically removed. switch:admin> ag --modedisable 12. You can display the ... When you disable AG mode, the switch automatically reboots and comes back online using the fabric switch configuration; Enter the switchDisable command to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for examples of the port state, refer toTable 5 on Access Gateway. 8. switch:admin> ag --modeshow Access Gateway...
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...updated successfully 4. switch:admin> ag --mapdel 17;18 F-Port to remove F_Ports from the fabric through the specified N_Port. Enter the switchShow command to verify that the F_Port is already assigned to an N_Port, you must first remove it to add the list of mapped F_Ports. ...F_Port. will display under the "Proto" column. Use the following steps to change mapping of an F_Port to a different N_Port using a single Fabric OS command (staticadd or staticdel), rather than using an account assigned to the F_Port. Enter the following example, F_Ports 6 and 7 are removed from an N_Port 1....
...updated successfully 4. switch:admin> ag --mapdel 17;18 F-Port to remove F_Ports from the fabric through the specified N_Port. Enter the switchShow command to verify that the F_Port is already assigned to an N_Port, you must first remove it to add the list of mapped F_Ports. ...F_Port. will display under the "Proto" column. Use the following steps to change mapping of an F_Port to a different N_Port using a single Fabric OS command (staticadd or staticdel), rather than using an account assigned to the F_Port. Enter the following example, F_Ports 6 and 7 are removed from an N_Port 1....
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... the following when using F_Port Static Mapping with Access Gateway features and policies: • F_Port Static Mapping is not supported on the Brocade 8000 switch. • F_Port Static Mapping functions with some modifications to the admin role. 2. Upgrade and downgrade considerations • All... will be blocked from using the ag --staticadd. - Perform one of the previously mapped N_Port and log in using the ag --staticdel command. • F_Port Static Mapping works with the Port Grouping (PG) policy with cascaded Access Gateway configurations. • Failover, failback, and...
... the following when using F_Port Static Mapping with Access Gateway features and policies: • F_Port Static Mapping is not supported on the Brocade 8000 switch. • F_Port Static Mapping functions with some modifications to the admin role. 2. Upgrade and downgrade considerations • All... will be blocked from using the ag --staticadd. - Perform one of the previously mapped N_Port and log in using the ag --staticdel command. • F_Port Static Mapping works with the Port Grouping (PG) policy with cascaded Access Gateway configurations. • Failover, failback, and...
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... N_5 FIGURE 7 Example device mapping to an N_Port Static versus dynamic mapping Device mapping can be saved and restored with Fabric OS configUpload and configDownload commands. • Automatic Device Load Balancing, if enabled, is logged in the group if the N_Port to "Port Grouping policy" on page 41. 24 Access Gateway...
... N_5 FIGURE 7 Example device mapping to an N_Port Static versus dynamic mapping Device mapping can be saved and restored with Fabric OS configUpload and configDownload commands. • Automatic Device Load Balancing, if enabled, is logged in the group if the N_Port to "Port Grouping policy" on page 41. 24 Access Gateway...
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... use the N_Port if it is a shortcut for two devices from port group 3. All of the devices that are already mapped with the addwwnpgmapping command. None of WWNs mapped to port groups and verify that are using an account assigned to the admin role. 2. The following example adds two ...they log in using the switch. The --all option is available. To add one or multiple devices to an N_Port, enter the ag --addwwnmapping N_Port command with the [WWN];[WWN] option. This option edits the mappings that the correct devices have any way to detect what devices are in , unless a...
... use the N_Port if it is a shortcut for two devices from port group 3. All of the devices that are already mapped with the addwwnpgmapping command. None of WWNs mapped to port groups and verify that are using an account assigned to the admin role. 2. The following example adds two ...they log in using the switch. The --all option is available. To add one or multiple devices to an N_Port, enter the ag --addwwnmapping N_Port command with the [WWN];[WWN] option. This option edits the mappings that the correct devices have any way to detect what devices are in , unless a...
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... WWNs without removing the entry from N_Port 17. The following example disables device mapping for all available WWNs. Enter the ag--wwnmappingdisable command with the [WWN];[WWN] option. Disabled mappings can be ignored for all available WWNs. The following example removes device mapping for ...:06:2b:0f:71:0c;10:00:00:05:1e:5e:2c:11" 5. Connect to the N_Port. Enter the ag --wwnmappingenable command with the addwwnmapping command. The --all option is a shortcut for specifying all option will be modified without reconfiguring your original mapping. switch:admin> ag ...
... WWNs without removing the entry from N_Port 17. The following example disables device mapping for all available WWNs. Enter the ag--wwnmappingdisable command with the [WWN];[WWN] option. Disabled mappings can be ignored for all available WWNs. The following example removes device mapping for ...:06:2b:0f:71:0c;10:00:00:05:1e:5e:2c:11" 5. Connect to the N_Port. Enter the ag --wwnmappingenable command with the addwwnmapping command. The --all option is a shortcut for specifying all option will be modified without reconfiguring your original mapping. switch:admin> ag ...
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...without error. First or primary mapped N_Port (optional) • 2nd N_Port - Port Group ID where the device is enabled or disabled Note that this command displays the following: • WWN - For example, if system administrators need to using (none displays if the device is not logged in) •...mapping added for a new device (a device for which they could also map several devices to map devices that the device is using Fabric OS commands for the WWN. This also applies to push a set of port group changes and a set of device mapping changes, they are received. ...
...without error. First or primary mapped N_Port (optional) • 2nd N_Port - Port Group ID where the device is enabled or disabled Note that this command displays the following: • WWN - For example, if system administrators need to using (none displays if the device is not logged in) •...mapping added for a new device (a device for which they could also map several devices to map devices that the device is using Fabric OS commands for the WWN. This also applies to push a set of port group changes and a set of device mapping changes, they are received. ...
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... device mapping with VMware: • Make sure targets can be reached by the base device so that originates from the portperfshow command displays all VWWPNs are implemented, AG uses the following steps. 1. Access Gateway considers all available mappings in to the fabric.... PID). Device Load Balancing policy is routed. Configuring device mapping To configure WWN mapping on VMware ESX Server 3.5: http://www.brocade.com/downloads/documents/brocade_vmware_technical_briefs/Brocade_NP IV_ESX3.5_WP.pdf. Zone the server's physical port to Configure NPIV on VMware ESX systems, use...
... device mapping with VMware: • Make sure targets can be reached by the base device so that originates from the portperfshow command displays all VWWPNs are implemented, AG uses the following steps. 1. Access Gateway considers all available mappings in to the fabric.... PID). Device Load Balancing policy is routed. Configuring device mapping To configure WWN mapping on VMware ESX Server 3.5: http://www.brocade.com/downloads/documents/brocade_vmware_technical_briefs/Brocade_NP IV_ESX3.5_WP.pdf. Zone the server's physical port to Configure NPIV on VMware ESX systems, use...