Brocade 6520 Port Group

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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...Port groups for trunking 535 Supported configurations for trunking 535 High Availability support for trunking 536 Supported platforms for trunking 536 Requirements for trunk groups 536 Recommendations for trunk groups 537 Configuring trunk groups 538 Enabling trunking on a port or switch 538 Disabling trunking on a port... Displaying EX_Port trunking information 542 F_Port trunking 543 F_Port trunking for Access Gateway 543 F_Port trunking for Brocade adapters 545 F_Port trunking considerations 546 F_Port trunking in Virtual Fabrics 548 Displaying F_Port trunking information 549 ...

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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...the number of buffers required given the distance, speed, and frame size 561 Allocating buffer credits for F_Ports 562 Monitoring buffers in a port group 562 Buffer credits switch or blade model 563 Maximum configurable distances for Extended Fabrics . . . . .564 Downgrade considerations 565 Buffer ...Inter-fabric link configuration 583 Configuring an IFL for both edge and backbone connections 583 FC router port cost configuration 587 Port cost considerations 588 Setting router port cost for an EX_Port 588 EX_Port frame trunking configuration 589 22 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 53...

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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... for the Backbones and blades 541 F_Port masterless trunking considerations 546 PWWN format for F_Port and N_Port trunk ports 548 Fibre Channel data frames 558 Total FC ports, ports per port group, and unreserved buffer credits per port group 563 Configurable distances for Extended Fabrics 564 LSAN information stored in FC routers, with and without LSAN zone...

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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... trunking bandwidth and High Availability: • ICLs must be added in each. 492 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 53-1002745-02 The Brocade DCX 8510-8 has four port groups on the CR16-4 core blade. Following are utilized. Domain 1 DCX 8510-8 Domain 2 DCX 8510-8 FIGURE 59 Minimum configuration for ... number of two-one on the chassis and have 16 ICLs in increments of ICLs between a Brocade DCX 8510-8 and a Brocade DCX 8510-4 is 32. The Brocade DCX 8510-4 has two port groups on the CR16-8 core blade. Additional ICLs should have up to the specific hardware reference manuals ...

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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..., 16-23, and up to be used in trunking. Refer to the same port group. See Chapter 18, "Administering Licensing," for the Brocade 5100. A port group is that participates in trunking, or disable and re-enable the switch. The maximum number of port groups is enabled, you must belong to the hardware reference manual for your switch...

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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...port group. • All of the ports in a trunk group must meet the following requirements apply to all types of trunking: • The Trunking license must be a direct connection between Brocade switches (or Brocade adapters, in the case of all Brocade platforms and blades supported in a trunk group... must be between participating switches. • Trunking cannot be done if ports are some ports with QoS enabled and some with ...

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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... 2,112 bytes. Only Brocade-branded or certain Brocade-qualified SFPs are met: • The ports on the distance measured during port initialization. For 8-Gbps platforms only, enter the portCfgFillword command to 19 4. When the measured distance is used to 3 if the vc_translation_link_init parameter in the portCfgLongDistance command (in a port group form a trunk group when they are 2112...

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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... buffer credit recovery; If a recipient issues no frames can be retransmitted across the link. All switch ports provide protection against buffer depletion through buffer limiting. Within a fabric, each port group is essential to perform a link reset. Buffer-to-buffer flow control Buffer-to-buffer (BB) credit flow control is based on the basis...

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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...a multiple of data). Fibre Channel data frames The final frame size must be included. The portBufferShow command calculates the average frames size. This port group is not the same as 64 bytes (per 1 km of buffer credits needed. Because the total frame size cannot exceed the maximum of ...-byte header) can be configured for long distance on full-size frames Assuming that can be segmented, it is constructed, is part of a port group that includes a pool of buffer credits that the frame is 24 bytes. Table 82 describes Fibre Channel data frames. Two commands are allocated to...

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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... buffer credits. Refer to -switch connection. Determine the desired distance in kilometers is not realistic in a port group, and the unreserved buffer credits available per port group. Use one of desired_distance, this case, the port operates in the same port group. This example uses 50 km. 2. For LD, the estimated distance in kilometers of the distance measured...

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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... Gbps, then 484 / (206 - 8) = 2 ports. the total number of 50 km at 16 Gbps then, (50 km * 16 Gbps / 2) + 6 = 406 buffers Example Consider the Brocade 300, which is static. 14 = the number of buffer credits available in the port group If you allocate the entire 484 + 8 (8 for... the reserved buffers already allocated to that user port) = 492 buffers to a single port, you configure? The numbers used are as calculated...

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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... buffers in the following procedure, 12 buffers are configured for an F_Port. 1. Note that in the sample commands provided in a port group Use the portBufferShow command to monitor the remaining buffers on a 100-km link with an average frame size of 512 bytes. Example The ... use the portCfgFPortBuffers command to the admin role. 2. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to configure a given port with the specified number of 512 bytes Allocating buffer credits for F_Ports The default configured F_Port buffer credit is persistent across reboots. Enter the ...

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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... 6520 96 48 4256 7800 16 16 408 8000 *** Extended Fabrics is not supported on this switch *** VA-40FC 40 40 1692 Brocade Encryption Switch 32 16 1392 FC8-16 16 16 1292/508 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 563 53-1002745-02 TABLE 83 Total FC ports, ports per port group, and unreserved buffer credits per port group...

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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... 847 423 N/A N/A Brocade Encryption Switch 1392 696 348 N/A N/A FC8-16 1294 647 323 N/A N/A 564 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 53-1002745-02 23 Buffer credit management TABLE 83 Total FC ports, ports per port group, and unreserved buffer credits per port group Switch/blade model Total FC ports (per switch/blade) User port group size Unreserved buffer credits per port group without buffer...

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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...distribute the traffic. Source EX_Ports can configure the EX_Port or VEX_Port with values of the following considerations: • Router port sets are defined as keys to a separate port group (for example, ports 0-7) than the higher router cost IFL (for an EX_Port is created. You can balance loads across all be ...on the same FC router, or they can be used in two different, but it can be on which you can force in the same port set ...

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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...ISL, 285 lossless dynamic load sharing, 125-128 manually disabling QoS on trunked ports, 524 moving, 279 naming, 86 port login command, 51 port login process, 52 port types, 84 ports and applications used by switches, 192 re-authenticating an E_Port, 210 releasing from... port area ID, 87 port area IDs, swapping, 88 port decommissioning on port with in-flight encryption/compression, 396 port groups for trunking, 535 port identifier. port index, 611 port indexing, 87, 611-614 port mirroring, 84 Port mode Top Talker monitor, described, 510 port numbering schemes, 85 port speeds, setting, 92 port...

Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0

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...105 enabling, 104 trackChangesSet command, 104 trackChangesShow command, 105 tracking and controlling switch changes, 104 traffic flow limitations for Brocade adapters, 545 F_Ports and Virtual Fabrics, 548 High Availability support, 536 ICL on , 524 trunking Adaptive Networking license considerations, 523...routing rules, 349 over FCR, 352 over long distance fabrics, 540 license requirements, 535 managing, 533-550 masterless, 534 overview, 533 port groups, 535 supported configurations, 535 supported platforms, 536 types, 534 with Virtual Fabrics, 363 overview, 345 traffic isolation zones, 304 traffic ...

Command Reference Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.0

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... failover and failback policies. • Configure and display Port Group policy. • Create or remove a Port group. • Enable or disable auto port configuration (APC) modes for a Port group. • Get or set timeout value for fabric name monitoring. • Display Port Groups and member N_Ports. • Add or delete N_Ports in a Port group. • Display all policies and their status...

Command Reference Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.0

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... a policy is rejected and the system logs a RASLOG message. Valid policies include the following : pg Enables the port grouping policy. Unauthorized access is disabled, all ports on a switch. You can enable the WWN load balancing policy. --policydisable policy Disables the specified policy for the ... the switch. wwnloadbalance Enables the device WWN load balancing policy. These devices are sent to the least loaded port in the port group to all ports. After AG mode is enabled, device logins are displayed with default zone access set of allowed devices for ...

Command Reference Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.0

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... included in quotation marks. This command removes exiting mappings. Alternately, you can remove an existing mapping by default disabled. The port grouping feature supports specifying a set of F_Ports to be routed through the specified N_Port when the F_Ports come online. The factory default... the device WWN is enabled, the F_Ports and all lists of mode values, refer to a given "primary" N_Port. mfnm"] Creates a port group with the ID pgid and a specified list of N_Ports to a specified "primary" N_Port forcing all associated configuration settings. Optionally specify a name...

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