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...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...routing 570 Supported platforms for FC-FC routing 570 Supported configurations for FC-FC routing 571 Network OS connectivity limitations 571 Fibre Channel routing concepts 572 Proxy devices 575 FC-FC routing topologies 576 Phantom domains 577 FCR authentication 579 Setting up FC-...
...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...routing 570 Supported platforms for FC-FC routing 570 Supported configurations for FC-FC routing 571 Network OS connectivity limitations 571 Fibre Channel routing concepts 572 Proxy devices 575 FC-FC routing topologies 576 Phantom domains 577 FCR authentication 579 Setting up FC-...
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...Port Identifiers (PIDs) and PID binding overview 79 •Ports 84 •Blade terminology and compatibility 93 •Enabling and disabling blades 96 •Blade swapping 97 •Enabling and disabling switches 100 •Power management 101 •Equipment status 102 •Track and...When you add new equipment to the SAN, you to physical Fibre Channel counterparts. Chapter Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks 3 In this way. Many scenarios cause a device to use the WWN of a switch, which might need to change PID mappings dynamically, also called Fabric...
...Port Identifiers (PIDs) and PID binding overview 79 •Ports 84 •Blade terminology and compatibility 93 •Enabling and disabling blades 96 •Blade swapping 97 •Enabling and disabling switches 100 •Power management 101 •Equipment status 102 •Track and...When you add new equipment to the SAN, you to physical Fibre Channel counterparts. Chapter Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks 3 In this way. Many scenarios cause a device to use the WWN of a switch, which might need to change PID mappings dynamically, also called Fabric...
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... - A type of a Brocade device: • D_Port - An EX_Port cannot be part of E_Port that acts as would happen on a switch with public loop devices. • M_Port - L_Ports are associated with regular E_Ports. A universal Fibre Channel port. However, the router ...terminates VEX_Ports rather than allowing different fabrics to merge as a transition port for more information on port mirroring. • U_Port - Backbone port blades Because Backbones contain interchangeable port blades, their procedures differ from those switches ...
... - A type of a Brocade device: • D_Port - An EX_Port cannot be part of E_Port that acts as would happen on a switch with public loop devices. • M_Port - L_Ports are associated with regular E_Ports. A universal Fibre Channel port. However, the router ...terminates VEX_Ports rather than allowing different fabrics to merge as a transition port for more information on port mirroring. • U_Port - Backbone port blades Because Backbones contain interchangeable port blades, their procedures differ from those switches ...
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...Brocade DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 each have 8 slots that can be inserted into a chassis are described as follows: • Control processor blades (CPs) contain communication ports for system management, and are used for low-level, platform-wide tasks. • Core blades are used for intra-chassis switching...driver selects one CP8 blade This feature bonds the two external Ethernet ports of a CP8 blade together as interconnecting two Backbones. • Port blades are used for host, storage, and interswitch connections. • AP blades are used for Fibre Channel Application Services and Routing...
...Brocade DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 each have 8 slots that can be inserted into a chassis are described as follows: • Control processor blades (CPs) contain communication ports for system management, and are used for low-level, platform-wide tasks. • Core blades are used for intra-chassis switching...driver selects one CP8 blade This feature bonds the two external Ethernet ports of a CP8 blade together as interconnecting two Backbones. • Port blades are used for host, storage, and interswitch connections. • AP blades are used for Fibre Channel Application Services and Routing...
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...set of the default logical switch. Ports are numbered from 0 through 23 from bottom to top on the left set of ports and 24 through 31 from bottom to top on the left set of ports. 68 Yes Yes 16 FC Brocade Encryption blade that is not a part...-sensing 8-Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity with data cryptographic (encryption/decryption) and data compression capabilities. Ports are numbered from 0 through 31 from bottom to top on the left set of ports. 125 No Yes 32 8-Gbps port blade supporting 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds. The Brocade DCX and Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone...
...set of the default logical switch. Ports are numbered from 0 through 23 from bottom to top on the left set of ports and 24 through 31 from bottom to top on the left set of ports. 68 Yes Yes 16 FC Brocade Encryption blade that is not a part...-sensing 8-Gbps Fibre Channel connectivity with data cryptographic (encryption/decryption) and data compression capabilities. Ports are numbered from 0 through 31 from bottom to top on the left set of ports. 125 No Yes 32 8-Gbps port blade supporting 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds. The Brocade DCX and Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone...
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...-8 core blades. • Brocade DCX 8510-8 supports two CR16-8 core blades. • Brocade DCX 8510-4 supports two CR16-4 core blades. FX8-24 75 Yes Yes 12 FC Extension blade with the core blades for each CP (primary and secondary partition) should maintain the same firmware version. Brocade recommends that provides Converged Enhanced Ethernet to bridge 10-GbE a Fibre Channel and...
...-8 core blades. • Brocade DCX 8510-8 supports two CR16-8 core blades. • Brocade DCX 8510-4 supports two CR16-4 core blades. FX8-24 75 Yes Yes 12 FC Extension blade with the core blades for each CP (primary and secondary partition) should maintain the same firmware version. Brocade recommends that provides Converged Enhanced Ethernet to bridge 10-GbE a Fibre Channel and...
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...process of compatible technology types (for the swap operation: • Blade technology. Blade selection The selection process includes selecting the switch and the blades to begin the process. Both blades must be available for a swap operation includes basic operations such as ... an FC8-32 blade with an FC8-48 port blade. How blades are offline, or verifying that none of blade or a different port count. Blade validation The validation process includes determining the compatibility between the blades selected for example, Fibre Channel to Fibre Channel, Ethernet to Ethernet...
...process of compatible technology types (for the swap operation: • Blade technology. Blade selection The selection process includes selecting the switch and the blades to begin the process. Both blades must be available for a swap operation includes basic operations such as ... an FC8-32 blade with an FC8-48 port blade. How blades are offline, or verifying that none of blade or a different port count. Blade validation The validation process includes determining the compatibility between the blades selected for example, Fibre Channel to Fibre Channel, Ethernet to Ethernet...
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... 266 •Testing and restoring firmware on switches 268 •Testing and restoring firmware on the Brocade DCX-4S or DCX 8510-4. • CR8 and CR4S-8 core blades provide ICL functionality between two Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbones. Fabric OS Administrator's ...switch; CR8 blades can be inserted only into slots 3 and 6 on the Brocade DCX. CR4S-8 blades can be inserted only into slots 5 and 8 on the Brocade DCX 8510-4. CR4S-8 blades can be inserted only into the Brocade DCX and DCX 8510 Backbone families: • FC blades or port blades that contain only Fibre Channel...
... 266 •Testing and restoring firmware on switches 268 •Testing and restoring firmware on the Brocade DCX-4S or DCX 8510-4. • CR8 and CR4S-8 core blades provide ICL functionality between two Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbones. Fabric OS Administrator's ...switch; CR8 blades can be inserted only into slots 3 and 6 on the Brocade DCX. CR4S-8 blades can be inserted only into slots 5 and 8 on the Brocade DCX 8510-4. CR4S-8 blades can be inserted only into the Brocade DCX and DCX 8510 Backbone families: • FC blades or port blades that contain only Fibre Channel...
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...on the CPs, but does not impact performance. Using a separate session to connect to the switch, enter the firmwareDownloadStatus command to the switch, and log in parallel with the firmware download being downloaded to the switch. This step may take up to 30 minutes. [2]: Mon Mar 22 04:34:58 ...affected. It may take up to 10 minutes. 10. however, the downloads can occur at least two minutes. Fibre Channel traffic is activated. If there is an active FCIP tunnel on the CP blade. [3]: Mon Mar 22 04:35:29 2010 Slot 7 (CP1, active): The internal firmware image is being ...
...on the CPs, but does not impact performance. Using a separate session to connect to the switch, enter the firmwareDownloadStatus command to the switch, and log in parallel with the firmware download being downloaded to the switch. This step may take up to 30 minutes. [2]: Mon Mar 22 04:34:58 ...affected. It may take up to 10 minutes. 10. however, the downloads can occur at least two minutes. Fibre Channel traffic is activated. If there is an active FCIP tunnel on the CP blade. [3]: Mon Mar 22 04:35:29 2010 Slot 7 (CP1, active): The internal firmware image is being ...
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... bandwidth necessary for details. TABLE 69 License Available Brocade licenses Description 10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel (10G license) 7800 Upgrade • Allows 10 Gbps operation of FC ports on the Brocade 6510or 6520 switches or the FC ports of FC16-32 or FC16-48 port blades installed on a Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone. • Enables the two 10...
... bandwidth necessary for details. TABLE 69 License Available Brocade licenses Description 10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel (10G license) 7800 Upgrade • Allows 10 Gbps operation of FC ports on the Brocade 6510or 6520 switches or the FC ports of FC16-32 or FC16-48 port blades installed on a Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone. • Enables the two 10...
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.... • 10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel license to use all included. N/A OpenSSH public key No license required. N/A Performance monitoring Advanced Performance Monitoring for basic features. Local switch. Local switch. Local switch. QoS Adaptive Networking with QoS Local switch and attached switches. (Brocade 6520 does not require this license.) QoS on the FX8-24 extension blades. • Brocade 8000 - Licensing overview...
.... • 10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel license to use all included. N/A OpenSSH public key No license required. N/A Performance monitoring Advanced Performance Monitoring for basic features. Local switch. Local switch. Local switch. QoS Adaptive Networking with QoS Local switch and attached switches. (Brocade 6520 does not require this license.) QoS on the FX8-24 extension blades. • Brocade 8000 - Licensing overview...
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...Top Talkers Advanced Performance Monitoring Local switch and attached switches. There is fixed. N/A Brocade 7800 Upgrade license The Brocade 7800 has four Fibre Channel (FC) ports and two GbE ports active by default. A 10-Gb FCIP/Fibre Channel license is installed by default, and... you will be managing using Web Tools. Two-to-four domains in Table 71. Local and any switch you should be required on FX8-24 blades...
...Top Talkers Advanced Performance Monitoring Local switch and attached switches. There is fixed. N/A Brocade 7800 Upgrade license The Brocade 7800 has four Fibre Channel (FC) ports and two GbE ports active by default. A 10-Gb FCIP/Fibre Channel license is installed by default, and... you will be managing using Web Tools. Two-to-four domains in Table 71. Local and any switch you should be required on FX8-24 blades...
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...3. Features utilizing slot-based licenses on the FX8-24 blade include: • 10Gb FCIP/Fibre channel • Advanced Extension • Advanced FICON Acceleration NOTE The 10 GbE feature on the FX8-24 blade and the 10 Gbps FC feature on the switch, firmware downgrade to slots. Use the following procedure to ...features running. 18 Slot-based licensing Slot-based licensing Slot-based licensing is used on the Brocade DCX and DCX 8510 Backbone families to support the FX8-24 blade, and on the Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone family to another slot. These licenses allow you can also enable the ...
...3. Features utilizing slot-based licenses on the FX8-24 blade include: • 10Gb FCIP/Fibre channel • Advanced Extension • Advanced FICON Acceleration NOTE The 10 GbE feature on the FX8-24 blade and the 10 Gbps FC feature on the switch, firmware downgrade to slots. Use the following procedure to ...features running. 18 Slot-based licensing Slot-based licensing Slot-based licensing is used on the Brocade DCX and DCX 8510 Backbone families to support the FX8-24 blade, and on the Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone family to another slot. These licenses allow you can also enable the ...
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... the following features: • 10 Gbps access on the 16 Gbps FC ports on Brocade 6510 or 6520 switches, and FC16-32 and FC16-48 port blades. • The two 10-GbE ports on the FX8-24 extension blade. For example, if you have a 10G license for two-slot capacity, and you ...account with admin permissions, or an account with an FX8-24, FC16-32, or FC16-48 blade. Enter the licenseSlotCfg -remove command to remove the license from the slot. 10G licensing The 10 Gbps FCIP/Fibre Channel license (10G license) enables the following procedure to assign a licence to a different slot with OM...
... the following features: • 10 Gbps access on the 16 Gbps FC ports on Brocade 6510 or 6520 switches, and FC16-32 and FC16-48 port blades. • The two 10-GbE ports on the FX8-24 extension blade. For example, if you have a 10G license for two-slot capacity, and you ...account with admin permissions, or an account with an FX8-24, FC16-32, or FC16-48 blade. Enter the licenseSlotCfg -remove command to remove the license from the slot. 10G licensing The 10 Gbps FCIP/Fibre Channel license (10G license) enables the following procedure to assign a licence to a different slot with OM...
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... This example assigns a license to a Brocade 6510 switch and enables 10 Gbps operation on port 2. 6510-switch:admin> licenseadd aTFPNFXGLmABANMGtT4LfSBJSDLWTYD3EFrr4WGAEMBA 6510-switch:admin> licenseshow aTFPNFXGLmABANMGtT4LfSBJSDLWTYD3EFrr4WGAEMBA 10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel (FTR_10G) license Capacity 1 Consumed 1 6510-switch:admin> portcfgoctetspeedcombo 2 6510-switch:admin> portcfgspeed 2 10 Enabling the 10-GbE ports on an FX8-24 blade Use the following : • 10g-Enables...
... This example assigns a license to a Brocade 6510 switch and enables 10 Gbps operation on port 2. 6510-switch:admin> licenseadd aTFPNFXGLmABANMGtT4LfSBJSDLWTYD3EFrr4WGAEMBA 6510-switch:admin> licenseshow aTFPNFXGLmABANMGtT4LfSBJSDLWTYD3EFrr4WGAEMBA 10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel (FTR_10G) license Capacity 1 Consumed 1 6510-switch:admin> portcfgoctetspeedcombo 2 6510-switch:admin> portcfgspeed 2 10 Enabling the 10-GbE ports on an FX8-24 blade Use the following : • 10g-Enables...
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...• 10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel license (slot-based) • Advanced Extension license (slot-based) • Advanced FICON Acceleration license (slot-based) • Adaptive Networking with QoS license (not required for Brocade 6520) • Advanced ... a per-switch basis. • A universal temporary license can be installed on a switch, but can experience the feature and its capabilities prior to multiple switches. 18 Temporary licenses aTFPNFXGLmABANMGtT4LfSBJSDLWTYD3EFrr4WGAEMBA 10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel (FTR_10G) license Capacity 1 Consumed 1 Configured Blade Slots 1 ...
...• 10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel license (slot-based) • Advanced Extension license (slot-based) • Advanced FICON Acceleration license (slot-based) • Adaptive Networking with QoS license (not required for Brocade 6520) • Advanced ... a per-switch basis. • A universal temporary license can be installed on a switch, but can experience the feature and its capabilities prior to multiple switches. 18 Temporary licenses aTFPNFXGLmABANMGtT4LfSBJSDLWTYD3EFrr4WGAEMBA 10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel (FTR_10G) license Capacity 1 Consumed 1 Configured Blade Slots 1 ...
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... using an account with the dynamic option to change the license assignment method to the "link active" state. For the non-server blade switches, the dynamic assignment occurs when an attached Fibre Channel link transitions to dynamic. 486 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 53-1002745-02 Ports that the port assignment order is enabled, you...
... using an account with the dynamic option to change the license assignment method to the "link active" state. For the non-server blade switches, the dynamic assignment occurs when an attached Fibre Channel link transitions to dynamic. 486 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 53-1002745-02 Ports that the port assignment order is enabled, you...
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...not realistic in Table 84. When the measured distance exceeds the value of buffers required for the port. 23 Buffer credit management TABLE 82 Fibre Channel data frames Fibre Channel frame fields Field size Start of frame 4 bytes Standard frame header 24 bytes Data (payload) 0-2,112 bytes CRC 4 bytes End of...Allocating buffer credits based on full-sized frames You can allocate buffer credits based on page 564 to get the total ports in a switch or blade, the number of user ports in a port group, and the unreserved buffer credits available per port group. The long-distance link ...
...not realistic in Table 84. When the measured distance exceeds the value of buffers required for the port. 23 Buffer credit management TABLE 82 Fibre Channel data frames Fibre Channel frame fields Field size Start of frame 4 bytes Standard frame header 24 bytes Data (payload) 0-2,112 bytes CRC 4 bytes End of...Allocating buffer credits based on full-sized frames You can allocate buffer credits based on page 564 to get the total ports in a switch or blade, the number of user ports in a port group, and the unreserved buffer credits available per port group. The long-distance link ...
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...20. Connect to the switch and log in use . switch:admin> portcfgcreditrecovery 1/20 -disable To enable buffer credit recovery on a port for lists of devices and blades that support 16 Gbps ...edge fabric E_Port when the following conditions are met. Buffer credit recovery is supported on a Fibre Channel router (FCR) EX_Port that support 16 Gbps and 8 Gbps. The feature is in using ... credit recovery 23 For an F_Port on a Brocade switch or Access Gateway connected to an adapter, the following conditions must be met: • The Brocade switch or Access Gateway must run Fabric OS v7.1...
...20. Connect to the switch and log in use . switch:admin> portcfgcreditrecovery 1/20 -disable To enable buffer credit recovery on a port for lists of devices and blades that support 16 Gbps ...edge fabric E_Port when the following conditions are met. Buffer credit recovery is supported on a Fibre Channel router (FCR) EX_Port that support 16 Gbps and 8 Gbps. The feature is in using ... credit recovery 23 For an F_Port on a Brocade switch or Access Gateway connected to an adapter, the following conditions must be met: • The Brocade switch or Access Gateway must run Fabric OS v7.1...
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... does not require a switch reboot. Supported platforms for FC-FC routing FC-FC routing is not supported on the FX8-24 DCX Extension Blade, and the 8-Gbps and 16-Gbps port blades. 24 FC-FC routing overview A Fibre Channel router (FC router) is not required for connectivity between Fabric OS and Brocade Network OS fabrics or...
... does not require a switch reboot. Supported platforms for FC-FC routing FC-FC routing is not supported on the FX8-24 DCX Extension Blade, and the 8-Gbps and 16-Gbps port blades. 24 FC-FC routing overview A Fibre Channel router (FC router) is not required for connectivity between Fabric OS and Brocade Network OS fabrics or...