Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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... Basic Configuration Tasks 55 Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks 79 Routing Traffic 111 Managing User Accounts 133 Configuring Protocols 177 Configuring Security Policies 195 Maintaining the Switch Configuration File 241 Installing and Maintaining Firmware 255 Managing Virtual Fabrics 275 Administering Advanced Zoning 303 Traffic Isolation Zoning 345 Bottleneck Detection 375 In-flight...
... Basic Configuration Tasks 55 Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks 79 Routing Traffic 111 Managing User Accounts 133 Configuring Protocols 177 Configuring Security Policies 195 Maintaining the Switch Configuration File 241 Installing and Maintaining Firmware 255 Managing Virtual Fabrics 275 Administering Advanced Zoning 303 Traffic Isolation Zoning 345 Bottleneck Detection 375 In-flight...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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... the management server database 49 Topology discovery 49 Displaying topology discovery status 49 Enabling topology discovery 49 Disabling topology discovery 50 Device login 51 Principal switch 51 E_Port login process 51 Fabric login process 52 Port login process 52 RSCNs 52 Duplicate Port World Wide Name 53 High availability of daemon...
... the management server database 49 Topology discovery 49 Displaying topology discovery status 49 Enabling topology discovery 49 Disabling topology discovery 50 Device login 51 Principal switch 51 E_Port login process 51 Fabric login process 52 Port login process 52 RSCNs 52 Duplicate Port World Wide Name 53 High availability of daemon...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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... command 58 Viewing a history of command line entries 59 Password modification 61 Default account passwords 61 The switch Ethernet interface 62 Virtual Fabrics and the Ethernet interface 63 Displaying the network interface settings 63 Static Ethernet ... and download considerations for fabric names 76 Switch activation and deactivation 76 Disabling a switch 76 Enabling a switch 76 Switch and Backbone shutdown 76 Powering off a Brocade switch 77 Powering off a Brocade Backbone 77 Basic connections 78 Device connection 78 Switch connection 78 6 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide...
... command 58 Viewing a history of command line entries 59 Password modification 61 Default account passwords 61 The switch Ethernet interface 62 Virtual Fabrics and the Ethernet interface 63 Displaying the network interface settings 63 Static Ethernet ... and download considerations for fabric names 76 Switch activation and deactivation 76 Disabling a switch 76 Enabling a switch 76 Switch and Backbone shutdown 76 Powering off a Brocade switch 77 Powering off a Brocade Backbone 77 Basic connections 78 Device connection 78 Switch connection 78 6 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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... 86 Port identification by slot and port number 87 Port identification by port area ID 87 Port identification by index 87 Configuring a device-switch connection 88 Swapping port area IDs 88 Port activation and deactivation 89 Port decommissioning 90 Setting port modes 90 Setting port speeds 92 Setting... all ports on a switch to the same speed 92 Setting port speed for a port octet 93 Blade terminology and compatibility 93 CP blades 95 Core blades 95 ...
... 86 Port identification by slot and port number 87 Port identification by port area ID 87 Port identification by index 87 Configuring a device-switch connection 88 Swapping port area IDs 88 Port activation and deactivation 89 Port decommissioning 90 Setting port modes 90 Setting port speeds 92 Setting... all ports on a switch to the same speed 92 Setting port speed for a port octet 93 Blade terminology and compatibility 93 CP blades 95 Core blades 95 ...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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... Setting the behavior for handling duplicate PWWNs 110 Routing Traffic Routing overview 111 Paths and route selection 112 FSPF 112 Fibre Channel NAT 113 Inter-switch links 114 Buffer credits 115 Congestions versus over-subscription 115 Virtual channels 115 Gateway links 117 Configuring a link through a gateway 118 Routing policies 118 Displaying...
... Setting the behavior for handling duplicate PWWNs 110 Routing Traffic Routing overview 111 Paths and route selection 112 FSPF 112 Fibre Channel NAT 113 Inter-switch links 114 Buffer credits 115 Congestions versus over-subscription 115 Virtual channels 115 Gateway links 117 Configuring a link through a gateway 118 Routing policies 118 Displaying...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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...database distribution 140 Distributing the local user database 140 Accepting distributed user databases on the local switch . . .140 Rejecting distributed user databases on the local switch . . . 141 Password policies 141 Password strength policy 141 Password history policy 142 ...LDAP configuration and Microsoft Active Directory 162 LDAP configuration and OpenLDAP 165 TACACS+ service 171 Remote authentication configuration on the switch 174 Configuring local authentication as backup 176 Configuring Protocols Security protocols 177 Secure Copy 178 Setting up SCP for configuration ...
...database distribution 140 Distributing the local user database 140 Accepting distributed user databases on the local switch . . .140 Rejecting distributed user databases on the local switch . . . 141 Password policies 141 Password strength policy 141 Password history policy 142 ...LDAP configuration and Microsoft Active Directory 162 LDAP configuration and OpenLDAP 165 TACACS+ service 171 Remote authentication configuration on the switch 174 Configuring local authentication as backup 176 Configuring Protocols Security protocols 177 Secure Copy 178 Setting up SCP for configuration ...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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Chapter 7 Telnet protocol 190 Blocking Telnet 190 Unblocking Telnet 191 Listener applications 192 Ports and applications used by switches 192 Port configuration 193 Configuring Security Policies ACL policies overview 195 How the ACL policies are stored 195 Policy members 196...198 FCS policies 199 FCS policy restrictions 199 Ensuring fabric domains share policies 200 Creating an FCS policy 201 Modifying the order of FCS switches 201 FCS policy distribution 202 Device Connection Control policies 203 DCC policy restrictions 203 Creating a DCC policy 204 Deleting a DCC policy 205...
Chapter 7 Telnet protocol 190 Blocking Telnet 190 Unblocking Telnet 191 Listener applications 192 Ports and applications used by switches 192 Port configuration 193 Configuring Security Policies ACL policies overview 195 How the ACL policies are stored 195 Policy members 196...198 FCS policies 199 FCS policy restrictions 199 Ensuring fabric domains share policies 200 Creating an FCS policy 201 Modifying the order of FCS switches 201 FCS policy distribution 202 Device Connection Control policies 203 DCC policy restrictions 203 Creating a DCC policy 204 Deleting a DCC policy 205...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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... distribution settings 225 ACL policy distribution to other switches 227 Fabric-wide enforcement 227 Notes on joining a switch to the fabric 229 Management interface security 231 ...236 Example of an end-to-end transport tunnel mode 238 Maintaining the Switch Configuration File Configuration settings 241 Configuration file format 242 Configuration file backup 244...246 Restrictions 246 Configuration download without disabling a switch 248 Configurations across a fabric 250 Downloading a configuration file from one switch to another switch of the same model 250 Security considerations ...
... distribution settings 225 ACL policy distribution to other switches 227 Fabric-wide enforcement 227 Notes on joining a switch to the fabric 229 Management interface security 231 ...236 Example of an end-to-end transport tunnel mode 238 Maintaining the Switch Configuration File Configuration settings 241 Configuration file format 242 Configuration file backup 244...246 Restrictions 246 Configuration download without disabling a switch 248 Configurations across a fabric 250 Downloading a configuration file from one switch to another switch of the same model 250 Security considerations ...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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...state 257 Preparing for a firmware download 258 Obtaining and decompressing firmware 259 Connected switches 259 Finding the switch firmware version 259 Firmware download on switches 260 Switch firmware download process overview 260 Firmware download on a Backbone 262 Backbone firmware ...overview 281 Logical fabric and ISLs 282 Base switch and extended ISLs 283 Account management and Virtual Fabrics 286 Supported platforms for Virtual Fabrics 286 Supported port configurations in the fixed-port switches. . . .286 Supported port configurations in Brocade Backbones . . . . . .287 ...
...state 257 Preparing for a firmware download 258 Obtaining and decompressing firmware 259 Connected switches 259 Finding the switch firmware version 259 Firmware download on switches 260 Switch firmware download process overview 260 Firmware download on a Backbone 262 Backbone firmware ...overview 281 Logical fabric and ISLs 282 Base switch and extended ISLs 283 Account management and Virtual Fabrics 286 Supported platforms for Virtual Fabrics 286 Supported port configurations in the fixed-port switches. . . .286 Supported port configurations in Brocade Backbones . . . . . .287 ...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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... .291 Creating a logical switch or base switch 292 Executing a command in a different logical switch context . . . . . .293 Deleting a logical switch 294 Adding and moving ports on a logical switch 295 Displaying logical switch configuration 296 Changing the fabric ID of a logical switch 296 Changing a logical switch to a base switch 297 Setting up IP addresses... for a Virtual Fabric 298 Removing an IP address for a Virtual Fabric 298 Configuring a logical switch to use XISLs 299 Changing the context to a different logical fabric 299 Creating a logical fabric using XISLs ...
... .291 Creating a logical switch or base switch 292 Executing a command in a different logical switch context . . . . . .293 Deleting a logical switch 294 Adding and moving ports on a logical switch 295 Displaying logical switch configuration 296 Changing the fabric ID of a logical switch 296 Changing a logical switch to a base switch 297 Setting up IP addresses... for a Virtual Fabric 298 Removing an IP address for a Virtual Fabric 298 Configuring a logical switch to use XISLs 299 Changing the context to a different logical fabric 299 Creating a logical fabric using XISLs ...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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... Credit Loss 379 Back-end credit loss detection and recovery support on Brocade 5300 switches 379 Back-end credit loss detection and recovery support on Brocade 6520 switches 379 Enabling back-end credit loss detection and recovery . . . . . .380 Enabling bottleneck detection on a switch 380 Displaying bottleneck detection configuration details 381 Setting bottleneck detection alerts 382 Setting...
... Credit Loss 379 Back-end credit loss detection and recovery support on Brocade 5300 switches 379 Back-end credit loss detection and recovery support on Brocade 6520 switches 379 Enabling back-end credit loss detection and recovery . . . . . .380 Enabling bottleneck detection on a switch 380 Displaying bottleneck detection configuration details 381 Setting bottleneck detection alerts 382 Setting...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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... and changing bottleneck detection parameters 385 Advanced bottleneck detection settings 388 Excluding a port from bottleneck detection 389 Displaying bottleneck statistics 391 Disabling bottleneck detection on a switch 392 In-flight Encryption and Compression In-flight encryption and compression overview 393 Encryption and compression restrictions 394 How encryption and compression are enabled 396...
... and changing bottleneck detection parameters 385 Advanced bottleneck detection settings 388 Excluding a port from bottleneck detection 389 Displaying bottleneck statistics 391 Disabling bottleneck detection on a switch 392 In-flight Encryption and Compression In-flight encryption and compression overview 393 Encryption and compression restrictions 394 How encryption and compression are enabled 396...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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...PWWN for an HBA connected to an Access Gateway 427 Configuring an FA-PWWN for an HBA connected to an edge switch 428 Supported switches and configurations for FA-PWWN 429 Configuration upload and download considerations for FA-PWWN430 Firmware upgrade and downgrade considerations for FA... 435 User-defined Admin Domains 436 System-defined Admin Domains 436 Home Admin Domains and login 438 Admin Domain member types 439 Admin Domains and switch WWNs 440 Admin Domain compatibility, availability, and merging . . . . . .442 Admin Domain management for physical fabric administrators . .442 ...
...PWWN for an HBA connected to an Access Gateway 427 Configuring an FA-PWWN for an HBA connected to an edge switch 428 Supported switches and configurations for FA-PWWN 429 Configuration upload and download considerations for FA-PWWN430 Firmware upgrade and downgrade considerations for FA... 435 User-defined Admin Domains 436 System-defined Admin Domains 436 Home Admin Domains and login 438 Admin Domain member types 439 Admin Domains and switch WWNs 440 Admin Domain compatibility, availability, and merging . . . . . .442 Admin Domain management for physical fabric administrators . .442 ...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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... Admin Domains 454 CLI commands in an AD context 455 Executing a command in a different AD context 455 Displaying an Admin Domain configuration 456 Switching to a different Admin Domain context 456 Admin Domain interactions with other Fabric OS features . . .457 Admin Domains, zones, and zone databases...and LSAN zones 459 Configuration upload and download in an AD context . . . . . .460 Licensed Features Administering Licensing Licensing overview 463 Brocade 7800 Upgrade license 470 ICL licensing 471 ICL 1st POD license 471 ICL 2nd POD license 471 ICL 8-link license 472 ICL 16-link ...
... Admin Domains 454 CLI commands in an AD context 455 Executing a command in a different AD context 455 Displaying an Admin Domain configuration 456 Switching to a different Admin Domain context 456 Admin Domain interactions with other Fabric OS features . . .457 Admin Domains, zones, and zone databases...and LSAN zones 459 Configuration upload and download in an AD context . . . . . .460 Licensed Features Administering Licensing Licensing overview 463 Brocade 7800 Upgrade license 470 ICL licensing 471 ICL 1st POD license 471 ICL 2nd POD license 471 ICL 8-link license 472 ICL 16-link ...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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... FC-FC routing 511 Limitations of Top Talker monitors 512 Adding a Top Talker monitor to a port (port mode 513 Adding Top Talker monitors on all switches in the fabric (fabric mode 513 Displaying the top n bandwidth-using flows on a port (port mode 513 Displaying top talking flows for a given domain ID...
... FC-FC routing 511 Limitations of Top Talker monitors 512 Adding a Top Talker monitor to a port (port mode 513 Adding Top Talker monitors on all switches in the fabric (fabric mode 513 Displaying the top n bandwidth-using flows on a port (port mode 513 Displaying top talking flows for a given domain ID...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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... groups 536 Recommendations for trunk groups 537 Configuring trunk groups 538 Enabling trunking on a port or switch 538 Disabling trunking on a port or switch 538 Displaying trunking information 539 Trunk Area and Admin Domains 540 ISL trunking over long-distance fabrics ... EX_Port trunking 542 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 Disabling F_Port trunking...
... groups 536 Recommendations for trunk groups 537 Configuring trunk groups 538 Enabling trunking on a port or switch 538 Disabling trunking on a port or switch 538 Displaying trunking information 539 Trunk Area and Admin Domains 540 ISL trunking over long-distance fabrics ... EX_Port trunking 542 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 Disabling F_Port trunking...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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... 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 credit recovery 566 Buffer credit recovery over an E_Port 566...
... 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 credit recovery 566 Buffer credit recovery over an E_Port 566...
Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS 7.1.0
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...configuration 604 Enabling broadcast frame forwarding 604 Disabling broadcast frame forwarding 604 Resource monitoring 604 FC-FC routing and Virtual Fabrics 606 Logical switch configuration for FC routing 607 Backbone-to-edge routing with Virtual Fabrics 608 Upgrade and downgrade considerations for FC-FC routing . . ...617 Conditional tests 617 FIPS mode configuration 617 LDAP in FIPS mode 618 LDAP certificates for FIPS mode 620 Preparing a switch for FIPS 621 Overview of steps 622 Enabling FIPS mode 622 Zeroizing for FIPS 624 Displaying FIPS configuration 625 Hexadecimal ...
...configuration 604 Enabling broadcast frame forwarding 604 Disabling broadcast frame forwarding 604 Resource monitoring 604 FC-FC routing and Virtual Fabrics 606 Logical switch configuration for FC routing 607 Backbone-to-edge routing with Virtual Fabrics 608 Upgrade and downgrade considerations for FC-FC routing . . ...617 Conditional tests 617 FIPS mode configuration 617 LDAP in FIPS mode 618 LDAP certificates for FIPS mode 620 Preparing a switch for FIPS 621 Overview of steps 622 Enabling FIPS mode 622 Zeroizing for FIPS 624 Displaying FIPS configuration 625 Hexadecimal ...
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...blades 98 Blade swap with Virtual Fabrics during the swap 99 Blade swap with Virtual Fabrics after the swap 100 Principal ISLs 112 New switch added to existing fabric 114 Virtual channels on a QoS-enabled ISL 116 Gateway link merging SANs 117 Single host and target 130 Windows... 2000 VSA configuration 154 Example of a Brocade DCT file 161 Example of the dictiona.dcm file 162 DH-CHAP authentication 208 Protected endpoints configuration 232 Gateway tunnel configuration 232 Endpoint-to-...
...blades 98 Blade swap with Virtual Fabrics during the swap 99 Blade swap with Virtual Fabrics after the swap 100 Principal ISLs 112 New switch added to existing fabric 114 Virtual channels on a QoS-enabled ISL 116 Gateway link merging SANs 117 Single host and target 130 Windows... 2000 VSA configuration 154 Example of a Brocade DCT file 161 Example of the dictiona.dcm file 162 DH-CHAP authentication 208 Protected endpoints configuration 232 Gateway tunnel configuration 232 Endpoint-to-...
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...Filtered fabric views showing converted switch WWNs 441 AD0 and two user-defined Admin Domains, AD1 and AD2 452 AD0 with three zones 452 Minimum configuration for 64 Gbps ICLs 492 DCX-4S allowed ICL connections 494 ICL triangular topology with Brocade DCX 8510-8 chassis 495...526 QoS with E_Ports enabled 527 Traffic prioritization in a logical fabric 529 Trunk group configuration for the Brocade 5100 535 Switch in Access Gateway mode without F_Port masterless trunking 544 Switch in Access Gateway mode with F_Port masterless trunking 544 A metaSAN with inter-fabric links 572 A metaSAN...
...Filtered fabric views showing converted switch WWNs 441 AD0 and two user-defined Admin Domains, AD1 and AD2 452 AD0 with three zones 452 Minimum configuration for 64 Gbps ICLs 492 DCX-4S allowed ICL connections 494 ICL triangular topology with Brocade DCX 8510-8 chassis 495...526 QoS with E_Ports enabled 527 Traffic prioritization in a logical fabric 529 Trunk group configuration for the Brocade 5100 535 Switch in Access Gateway mode without F_Port masterless trunking 544 Switch in Access Gateway mode with F_Port masterless trunking 544 A metaSAN with inter-fabric links 572 A metaSAN...