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... 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 Encryption and Compression 393 NPIV 419 Dynamic...
... 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 Encryption and Compression 393 NPIV 419 Dynamic...
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...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 download process overview 262 Firmware download from a ...Virtual Fabrics 286 Supported port configurations in the fixed-port switches. . . .286 Supported port configurations in Brocade Backbones . . . . . .287 Virtual Fabrics interaction with other Fabric OS features . . . .288 12 Fabric OS Administrator's ...
...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 download process overview 262 Firmware download from a ...Virtual Fabrics 286 Supported port configurations in the fixed-port switches. . . .286 Supported port configurations in Brocade Backbones . . . . . .287 Virtual Fabrics interaction with other Fabric OS features . . . .288 12 Fabric OS Administrator's ...
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... 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-PWWN .430 Security considerations for FA-PWWN 430 Restrictions of FA-PWWN 431 Access Gateway N_Port failover with FA...
... 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-PWWN .430 Security considerations for FA-PWWN 430 Restrictions of FA-PWWN 431 Access Gateway N_Port failover with FA...
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...contains the following topics: • Chapter 1, "Understanding Fibre Channel Services," provides information on the Fibre Channel services on Brocade switches. • Chapter 2, "Performing Basic Configuration Tasks," gives a brief overview of Fabric OS, explains the Fabric OS... provides procedures for maintaining and backing up your switch configurations. • Chapter 9, "Installing and Maintaining Firmware," provides preparations and procedures for performing firmware downloads. • Chapter 10, "Managing Virtual Fabrics," describes the concepts and provides procedures for using ...
...contains the following topics: • Chapter 1, "Understanding Fibre Channel Services," provides information on the Fibre Channel services on Brocade switches. • Chapter 2, "Performing Basic Configuration Tasks," gives a brief overview of Fabric OS, explains the Fabric OS... provides procedures for maintaining and backing up your switch configurations. • Chapter 9, "Installing and Maintaining Firmware," provides preparations and procedures for performing firmware downloads. • Chapter 10, "Managing Virtual Fabrics," describes the concepts and provides procedures for using ...
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...this manual. DANGER A Danger statement indicates conditions or situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data. For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online dictionary at: http://www....53-1002745-02 Key terms For definitions specific to you to situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely hazardous to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary. Elements are underlined or enclosed in italics. In the help pages, values are exclusive. CAUTION A Caution ...
...this manual. DANGER A Danger statement indicates conditions or situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data. For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online dictionary at: http://www....53-1002745-02 Key terms For definitions specific to you to situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely hazardous to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary. Elements are underlined or enclosed in italics. In the help pages, values are exclusive. CAUTION A Caution ...
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... Switches through: http://www.amazon.com For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade SAN Info Center and click the Resource Library location: http://www.brocade.com Release notes are available on the My Brocade website and are also bundled with the Fabric OS firmware. This website provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage...
... Switches through: http://www.amazon.com For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade SAN Info Center and click the Resource Library location: http://www.brocade.com Release notes are available on the My Brocade website and are also bundled with the Fabric OS firmware. This website provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage...
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...;Chapter 5, "Managing User Accounts" •Chapter 6, "Configuring Protocols" •Chapter 7, "Configuring Security Policies" •Chapter 8, "Maintaining the Switch Configuration File" •Chapter 9, "Installing and Maintaining Firmware" •Chapter 10, "Managing Virtual Fabrics" •Chapter 11, "Administering Advanced Zoning" •Chapter 12, "Traffic Isolation Zoning" •Chapter 13, "Bottleneck Detection" •Chapter...
...;Chapter 5, "Managing User Accounts" •Chapter 6, "Configuring Protocols" •Chapter 7, "Configuring Security Policies" •Chapter 8, "Maintaining the Switch Configuration File" •Chapter 9, "Installing and Maintaining Firmware" •Chapter 10, "Managing Virtual Fabrics" •Chapter 11, "Administering Advanced Zoning" •Chapter 12, "Traffic Isolation Zoning" •Chapter 13, "Bottleneck Detection" •Chapter...
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This command is persistent across reboots and firmware downloads. Connect to view the CLI command log: 1. The log records the following information whenever a command ins entered in the switch CLI: • Timestamp • ...
This command is persistent across reboots and firmware downloads. Connect to view the CLI command log: 1. The log records the following information whenever a command ins entered in the switch CLI: • Timestamp • ...
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... the tsTimeZone command. • Use tsTimeZone with the chassis-role permission. 2. You must perform the procedure on all of the time zones supported by the firmware. • Use timeZone_fmt to set the time zone by Country/City or by time zone ID, such as PST. Connect to the switch and log... in the firmware. • Set the time zone based on a country and city combination or based on a time zone ID, such as Pacific Standard Time (PST). 2 Date and...
... the tsTimeZone command. • Use tsTimeZone with the chassis-role permission. 2. You must perform the procedure on all of the time zones supported by the firmware. • Use timeZone_fmt to set the time zone by Country/City or by time zone ID, such as PST. Connect to the switch and log... in the firmware. • Set the time zone based on a country and city combination or based on a time zone ID, such as Pacific Standard Time (PST). 2 Date and...
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...configured. Record the new chassis name for each platform. Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 75 53-1002745-02 Chassis names 2 Chassis names Brocade recommends that includes bash special meta-characters or spaces, use the command fabricName as shown in the following example: switch:user> ... alphanumeric name to configure the fabric name. Connect to the switch and log in a logical fabric must be running earlier versions of the firmware can include alphabetic and numeric characters, and the underscore ( _ ). Fabric name You can be from 1 through 128 alphanumeric characters. •...
...configured. Record the new chassis name for each platform. Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 75 53-1002745-02 Chassis names 2 Chassis names Brocade recommends that includes bash special meta-characters or spaces, use the command fabricName as shown in the following example: switch:user> ... alphanumeric name to configure the fabric name. Connect to the switch and log in a logical fabric must be running earlier versions of the firmware can include alphabetic and numeric characters, and the underscore ( _ ). Fabric name You can be from 1 through 128 alphanumeric characters. •...
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...switch is needed, it joins the fabric. All Fibre Channel ports that passed Power On Self Test (POST) are lost during a firmware downgrade. 2 Switch activation and deactivation High availability considerations for fabric names Fabric names locally configured or obtained from a remote switch are...ports on dual-CP-based systems. Upgrade and downgrade considerations for fabric names A new key, "fabric name" is part of Brocade switches and Backbones. Enabling a switch Use the following instructions. You can only configure fabric names using an account assigned to shutting ...
...switch is needed, it joins the fabric. All Fibre Channel ports that passed Power On Self Test (POST) are lost during a firmware downgrade. 2 Switch activation and deactivation High availability considerations for fabric names Fabric names locally configured or obtained from a remote switch are...ports on dual-CP-based systems. Upgrade and downgrade considerations for fabric names A new key, "fabric name" is part of Brocade switches and Backbones. Enabling a switch Use the following instructions. You can only configure fabric names using an account assigned to shutting ...
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...-1002745-02 2 Basic connections Basic connections Before connecting a switch to a fabric that cannot be powered off all switches. For devices that contains switches running different firmware versions, you must first set the same port identification (PID) format on all devices before powering on the next one. Device connection To minimize port...
...-1002745-02 2 Basic connections Basic connections Before connecting a switch to a fabric that cannot be powered off all switches. For devices that contains switches running different firmware versions, you must first set the same port identification (PID) format on all devices before powering on the next one. Device connection To minimize port...
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Brocade recommends that provides Converged Enhanced Ethernet to Chapter 9, "Installing and Maintaining Firmware". The CP8 blades are hot-swappable....11 from 0 through ge9 1. The core blades for any other platform. The Brocade DCX and DCX-4S support loop devices on maintaining firmware in your Backbone, refer to bridge 10-GbE a Fibre Channel and Ethernet ... blade with the core blades for each CP (primary and secondary partition) should maintain the same firmware version. DCB ports Ports are not interchangeable or hot-swappable with 8-Gbps Fibre Channel, FCIP, and...
Brocade recommends that provides Converged Enhanced Ethernet to Chapter 9, "Installing and Maintaining Firmware". The CP8 blades are hot-swappable....11 from 0 through ge9 1. The core blades for any other platform. The Brocade DCX and DCX-4S support loop devices on maintaining firmware in your Backbone, refer to bridge 10-GbE a Fibre Channel and Ethernet ... blade with the core blades for each CP (primary and secondary partition) should maintain the same firmware version. DCB ports Ports are not interchangeable or hot-swappable with 8-Gbps Fibre Channel, FCIP, and...
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... to access the switch. Then, at some regular interval of the switch. These events include login failures, zone configuration changes, firmware downloads, and other system message log events that have no control over these facilities, audit events can be easily distinguished from an... configuration 3 Bad Fans contributing to DOWN status: (0..2) [2] Bad Fans contributing to MARGINAL status: (0..2) [1] (output truncated) NOTE On the Brocade Backbones, the command output includes parameters related to the system message log on an external host in the specified audit message format.
... to access the switch. Then, at some regular interval of the switch. These events include login failures, zone configuration changes, firmware downloads, and other system message log events that have no control over these facilities, audit events can be easily distinguished from an... configuration 3 Bad Fans contributing to DOWN status: (0..2) [2] Bad Fans contributing to MARGINAL status: (0..2) [1] (output truncated) NOTE On the Brocade Backbones, the command output includes parameters related to the system message log on an external host in the specified audit message format.
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...: 10.3.220.13. You can configure whether the new login or the existing login takes precedence. Table 8 describes the behavior when setting 0 is enabled. 2-SECURITY 4-FIRMWARE 5. TABLE 8 Duplicate PWWN behavior: First login takes precedence over second login (default behavior). • Setting 1: Second login overrides first login. • Setting 2: The port type...
...: 10.3.220.13. You can configure whether the new login or the existing login takes precedence. Table 8 describes the behavior when setting 0 is enabled. 2-SECURITY 4-FIRMWARE 5. TABLE 8 Duplicate PWWN behavior: First login takes precedence over second login (default behavior). • Setting 1: Second login overrides first login. • Setting 2: The port type...
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... (any additional characters are available: Option 1 Start system. 2 Recovery password. 3 Enter command shell. Take the following string to the Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-4, and DCX 8510-8 Backbones. Lets you enter the command shell. Please set it when prompted. Description...New password: 6. Enter 2. • If no password was previously set for password recovery: afHTpyLsDo1Pz0Pk5GzhIw== Enter the supplied recovery password. The firmware prompts for this password for higher security. Enter the boot PROM password, and then reenter it now. • If a password was ...
... (any additional characters are available: Option 1 Start system. 2 Recovery password. 3 Enter command shell. Take the following string to the Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-4, and DCX 8510-8 Backbones. Lets you enter the command shell. Please set it when prompted. Description...New password: 6. Enter 2. • If no password was previously set for password recovery: afHTpyLsDo1Pz0Pk5GzhIw== Enter the supplied recovery password. The firmware prompts for this password for higher security. Enter the boot PROM password, and then reenter it now. • If a password was ...
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... string This procedure applies to restore high availability. Traffic flow through the active CP blade resumes when the failover is not required). 8. Recovery Password: 6. The firmware only prompts for future use. Enter the recovery password (string). is displayed: New password: 7. The following string to Customer Support for a switch with a recovery string...
... string This procedure applies to restore high availability. Traffic flow through the active CP blade resumes when the failover is not required). 8. Recovery Password: 6. The firmware only prompts for future use. Enter the recovery password (string). is displayed: New password: 7. The following string to Customer Support for a switch with a recovery string...
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Remote authentication configuration on the switch. You must be logged in effect. NOTE On dual-CP Backbones (Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-4, and DCX 8510-8 devices), the switch sends its RADIUS, LDAP, or TACACS+ request using the IP address of ... expiration date in the event of the active CP. The configuration is persistent after an HA failover. This configuration is persistent across reboots and firmware downloads. 5 Remote authentication Configuring the password expiration date FabricOS lets you can enable a remote authentication service. It also specifies that applies the ...
Remote authentication configuration on the switch. You must be logged in effect. NOTE On dual-CP Backbones (Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-4, and DCX 8510-8 devices), the switch sends its RADIUS, LDAP, or TACACS+ request using the IP address of ... expiration date in the event of the active CP. The configuration is persistent after an HA failover. This configuration is persistent across reboots and firmware downloads. 5 Remote authentication Configuring the password expiration date FabricOS lets you can enable a remote authentication service. It also specifies that applies the ...
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..., you are working on an enabled switch. Enter y or yes at the cfgload attributes prompt. 4. The daemon supports a wide variety of setting up SCP for firmware (yes, y, no, n): [no]# Secure Shell protocol To ensure security, Fabric OS supports Secure Shell (SSH) encrypted sessions. For more information on the switch. Example of...
..., you are working on an enabled switch. Enter y or yes at the cfgload attributes prompt. 4. The daemon supports a wide variety of setting up SCP for firmware (yes, y, no, n): [no]# Secure Shell protocol To ensure security, Fabric OS supports Secure Shell (SSH) encrypted sessions. For more information on the switch. Example of...
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... following command: ssh-keygen -t dsa Example of adding the public key to your host's documentation as when running the configUpload or configDownload commands, or performing firmware download. Incoming authentication is possible to establish secure connections without having to perform OpenSSH public key authentication, import and export keys, generate a key pair for...
... following command: ssh-keygen -t dsa Example of adding the public key to your host's documentation as when running the configUpload or configDownload commands, or performing firmware download. Incoming authentication is possible to establish secure connections without having to perform OpenSSH public key authentication, import and export keys, generate a key pair for...