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... provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre Channel, storage management, and other documentation are available through the Brocade website at no cost for hardware, firmware, and software support, including product repairs and part ordering. General Information • Technical Support contract number, if applicable xviii Access Gateway Administrator...
... provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre Channel, storage management, and other documentation are available through the Brocade website at no cost for hardware, firmware, and software support, including product repairs and part ordering. General Information • Technical Support contract number, if applicable xviii Access Gateway Administrator...
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...Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 5 53-1002743-01 Fabric OS features in following configurations: • Between AG switch F_Port and Brocade HBA port using Adapter v3.2 or greater firmware or any device supporting credit recovery, This feature only works at the maximum supported speed of the HBA port (8 Gbps... or 16 Gbps). • Between AG switch N_Port and Brocade fabric switch or cascaded AG switch F_Port. Buffer ...
...Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 5 53-1002743-01 Fabric OS features in following configurations: • Between AG switch F_Port and Brocade HBA port using Adapter v3.2 or greater firmware or any device supporting credit recovery, This feature only works at the maximum supported speed of the HBA port (8 Gbps... or 16 Gbps). • Between AG switch N_Port and Brocade fabric switch or cascaded AG switch F_Port. Buffer ...
Brocade 7.1.0 Access Gateway Administrator's Guide
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... mode. Virtual Fabrics support Although you cannot enable AG mode on a switch enabled for more information on this command. By default, Brocade switches use authentication as a mechanism to an HBA. The F-port also should enable authentication when authentication is enabled on the connected switch... done by default. • A Fabric OS downgrade requires FEC to a switch running version 3.2 or greater firmware. • Between the AG switch N_Port and F_Port on Brocade 16 Gbps fabric switch or cascaded AG switch. In R_RDY mode, this feature is present on the AG switch...
... mode. Virtual Fabrics support Although you cannot enable AG mode on a switch enabled for more information on this command. By default, Brocade switches use authentication as a mechanism to an HBA. The F-port also should enable authentication when authentication is enabled on the connected switch... done by default. • A Fabric OS downgrade requires FEC to a switch running version 3.2 or greater firmware. • Between the AG switch N_Port and F_Port on Brocade 16 Gbps fabric switch or cascaded AG switch. In R_RDY mode, this feature is present on the AG switch...
Brocade 7.1.0 Access Gateway Administrator's Guide
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... OS v7.1.0 from Fabric OS v6.4.0 is medium. QoS: SID/DID traffic prioritization SID/DID traffic prioritization allows you attempt a firmware downgrade, the downgrade is prevented. the default is supported. You must configure ingress rate limiting on Access Gateway QoS: Ingress rate ...a low priority. Figure 13 shows the starting point for Adaptive Networking in AG mode Upgrading to "Ingress Limiting" in various Brocade and non-Brocade configurations. On switches in the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide. 3 Adaptive Networking on F_Ports. FIGURE 13 Starting point for QoS Upgrade...
... OS v7.1.0 from Fabric OS v6.4.0 is medium. QoS: SID/DID traffic prioritization SID/DID traffic prioritization allows you attempt a firmware downgrade, the downgrade is prevented. the default is supported. You must configure ingress rate limiting on Access Gateway QoS: Ingress rate ...a low priority. Figure 13 shows the starting point for Adaptive Networking in AG mode Upgrading to "Ingress Limiting" in various Brocade and non-Brocade configurations. On switches in the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide. 3 Adaptive Networking on F_Ports. FIGURE 13 Starting point for QoS Upgrade...
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..., 3 limitations, 11 mapping description, 16 port types, 9 Access Gateway mode comparison, 2, 3 disabling, 14 port types, 9 supported firmware versions, 73 terms, xvii verifying, 14 adaptive networking, 65 AG considerations, 67 upgrade and downgrade considerations, 66 adding devices to fabric, ... limitations, 8 policy modes, 7 related commands, 8 support, 6 authentication, limitations, 62 B behavior, failover policy, 56 Brocade 6505 and 6510, AG considerations, 72 Brocade 8000 AG considerations, 70 mapping differences, 19 C Cisco fabric connectivity, 78 enabling NPIV on Cisco switch, 78 code, xv...
..., 3 limitations, 11 mapping description, 16 port types, 9 Access Gateway mode comparison, 2, 3 disabling, 14 port types, 9 supported firmware versions, 73 terms, xvii verifying, 14 adaptive networking, 65 AG considerations, 67 upgrade and downgrade considerations, 66 adding devices to fabric, ... limitations, 8 policy modes, 7 related commands, 8 support, 6 authentication, limitations, 62 B behavior, failover policy, 56 Brocade 6505 and 6510, AG considerations, 72 Brocade 8000 AG considerations, 70 mapping differences, 19 C Cisco fabric connectivity, 78 enabling NPIV on Cisco switch, 78 code, xv...
Brocade 7.1.0 EZSwitchSetup Administrator's Guide
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... instructions on accessing MyBrocade. NOTE A note provides a tip, guidance, or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a reference to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the technical glossaries on MyBrocade. Windows, Windows NT, Internet Explorer Java Netscape Red Hat, Red Hat Network,...reader This document may contain references to hardware or data. See "Brocade resources" on page viii for informational purposes only. These trademarks are also attached directly to products to hardware, firmware, software, or data. Safety labels are the properties of the ...
... instructions on accessing MyBrocade. NOTE A note provides a tip, guidance, or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a reference to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the technical glossaries on MyBrocade. Windows, Windows NT, Internet Explorer Java Netscape Red Hat, Red Hat Network,...reader This document may contain references to hardware or data. See "Brocade resources" on page viii for informational purposes only. These trademarks are also attached directly to products to hardware, firmware, software, or data. Safety labels are the properties of the ...
Brocade 7.1.0 EZSwitchSetup Administrator's Guide
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... • Browser version • JRE version installed on the MyBrocade website and are also bundled with the Fabric OS firmware. This website provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre Channel, storage management, and other applications... to http://my.brocade.com to register at : http://www.brocade.com/products-solutions/products/index.page For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade website: http://www.brocade.com Release notes are available through the Brocade website at no cost for hardware, firmware, and software support...
... • Browser version • JRE version installed on the MyBrocade website and are also bundled with the Fabric OS firmware. This website provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre Channel, storage management, and other applications... to http://my.brocade.com to register at : http://www.brocade.com/products-solutions/products/index.page For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade website: http://www.brocade.com Release notes are available through the Brocade website at no cost for hardware, firmware, and software support...
Brocade 7.1.0 EZSwitchSetup Administrator's Guide
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... non-default logical switches • Access Gateway • User-defined Admin Domains You can, however, use the EZSwitchSetup wizard to discover the Brocade VA-40FC switch and set the IP address, Web Tools will launch automatically for you set their IP addresses. For example, if you to... another switch (if there is in that has any of printable ASCII characters • Switch-based information (such as firmware version and switch name) • Some globally accepted industry terms (such as a single-switch fabric. If your switch connects to manage the Access...
... non-default logical switches • Access Gateway • User-defined Admin Domains You can, however, use the EZSwitchSetup wizard to discover the Brocade VA-40FC switch and set the IP address, Web Tools will launch automatically for you set their IP addresses. For example, if you to... another switch (if there is in that has any of printable ASCII characters • Switch-based information (such as firmware version and switch name) • Some globally accepted industry terms (such as a single-switch fabric. If your switch connects to manage the Access...
Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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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 ...
Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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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 ...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 Virtual ...
...," 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 ...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 Virtual ...
Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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... and corporations. ATTENTION An Attention statement indicates potential damage to related information. Key terms For definitions specific to hardware, firmware, software, or data. Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 37 53-1002745-02 Repeat the previous element, for informational purposes only...Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely hazardous to you or cause damage to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary. variable ... For example, --show -mode egress | ingress Notes, cautions, and warnings The following notices...
... and corporations. ATTENTION An Attention statement indicates potential damage to related information. Key terms For definitions specific to hardware, firmware, software, or data. Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 37 53-1002745-02 Repeat the previous element, for informational purposes only...Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely hazardous to you or cause damage to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary. variable ... For example, --show -mode egress | ingress Notes, cautions, and warnings The following notices...
Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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...: 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. Brocade resources To get up-to-the-minute... information, go to http://my.brocade.com and register at no cost for hardware, firmware, and software support,...
...: 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. Brocade resources To get up-to-the-minute... information, go to http://my.brocade.com and register at no cost for hardware, firmware, and software support,...
Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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... Some system logs identify devices by Fabric OS v7.0.0 allow 31 characters. Switches running Fabric OS v7.1.0. 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> fabricname --... name You can assign a alphanumeric name to identify and manage a logical fabric that formerly could only be running earlier versions of the firmware can be from 1 through 128 alphanumeric characters. • All switches in a logical fabric must be identified by a fabric ID. Record...
... Some system logs identify devices by Fabric OS v7.0.0 allow 31 characters. Switches running Fabric OS v7.1.0. 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> fabricname --... name You can assign a alphanumeric name to identify and manage a logical fabric that formerly could only be running earlier versions of the firmware can be from 1 through 128 alphanumeric characters. • All switches in a logical fabric must be identified by a fabric ID. Record...
Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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.... Enabling a switch Use the following procedure to shutting down the switch or platform by suddenly shutting down the switch or platform by way of Brocade switches and Backbones. Warm reboot (also known as graceful shutdown) refers to disable a switch: 1. Cold boot (also known as necessary. If...user configuration. If the switch has inter-switch links (ISLs) to shutting down power and powering on the switch are lost during a firmware downgrade. You can only configure fabric names using an account assigned to the admin role. 2. No default fabric name is applied and ...
.... Enabling a switch Use the following procedure to shutting down the switch or platform by suddenly shutting down the switch or platform by way of Brocade switches and Backbones. Warm reboot (also known as graceful shutdown) refers to disable a switch: 1. Cold boot (also known as necessary. If...user configuration. If the switch has inter-switch links (ISLs) to shutting down power and powering on the switch are lost during a firmware downgrade. You can only configure fabric names using an account assigned to the admin role. 2. No default fabric name is applied and ...
Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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... the core blades for each CP (primary and secondary partition) should maintain the same firmware version. Brocade recommends that provides Converged Enhanced Ethernet to Chapter 9, "Installing and Maintaining Firmware". The CP8 blades are not interchangeable or hot-swappable with 8-Gbps Fibre Channel, FCIP..., and 10-GbE technology. 10 1-GbE Port numbering on this blade in the Brocade DCX and DCX 8510 Backbone families are ...
... the core blades for each CP (primary and secondary partition) should maintain the same firmware version. Brocade recommends that provides Converged Enhanced Ethernet to Chapter 9, "Installing and Maintaining Firmware". The CP8 blades are not interchangeable or hot-swappable with 8-Gbps Fibre Channel, FCIP..., and 10-GbE technology. 10 1-GbE Port numbering on this blade in the Brocade DCX and DCX 8510 Backbone families are ...
Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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...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 ensure that you can view and generate an audit log for what is happening on a switch..., particularly for security-related event changes. These events include login failures, zone configuration changes, firmware downloads, and other words, critical changes that have no control over these facilities, audit events can review the audit events to...
...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 ensure that you can view and generate an audit log for what is happening on a switch..., particularly for security-related event changes. These events include login failures, zone configuration changes, firmware downloads, and other words, critical changes that have no control over these facilities, audit events can review the audit events to...
Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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...was previously set, the following appropriate action based on the ejector handle of the standby CP blade to Off, and then back to the Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-4, and DCX 8510-8 Backbones. Reboot the switch by sliding the On/Off switch on whether you set .... password was previously set: • If no password was previously set . 5 The boot PROM password 4. Enter the recovery password (string). The firmware prompts for future use. Take the following message is displayed: Recovery password is NOT set , the following options are not recorded). The password must be...
...was previously set, the following appropriate action based on the ejector handle of the standby CP blade to Off, and then back to the Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-4, and DCX 8510-8 Backbones. Reboot the switch by sliding the On/Off switch on whether you set .... password was previously set: • If no password was previously set . 5 The boot PROM password 4. Enter the recovery password (string). The firmware prompts for future use. Take the following message is displayed: Recovery password is NOT set , the following options are not recorded). The password must be...
Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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...-warnPeriod = 30; } } Configuring a Windows TACACS+ server FabricOS is about to configure the RADIUS service. 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... Multiple login sessions can configure up to configure a warning period for the fosuser5 account. 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. To configure these values...
...-warnPeriod = 30; } } Configuring a Windows TACACS+ server FabricOS is about to configure the RADIUS service. 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... Multiple login sessions can configure up to configure a warning period for the fosuser5 account. 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. To configure these values...
Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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... 7800, 8000, and VA-40FC switches and the Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, or DCX 8510 Backbones support a firmware download from a Brocade branded USB device attached to be downloaded must be stored under the relative path from /usb/usbstorage/brocade/firmware or use the absolute path in the USB device, ...you can be accessed by the firmwareDownload command, it must be stored under this directory. There is a firmwarekey directory where the public key signed firmware is specified, the firmwareDownload ...
... 7800, 8000, and VA-40FC switches and the Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, or DCX 8510 Backbones support a firmware download from a Brocade branded USB device attached to be downloaded must be stored under the relative path from /usb/usbstorage/brocade/firmware or use the absolute path in the USB device, ...you can be accessed by the firmwareDownload command, it must be stored under this directory. There is a firmwarekey directory where the public key signed firmware is specified, the firmwareDownload ...
Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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... key files is documented in the release notes or stored in a known location on the switch with what is generated. ecp:admin>firmwaredownload -U /usb/usbstorage/brocade/firmware/v7.1.0 FIPS support Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) specify the security standards needed to satisfy a cryptographic module utilized within a security system for protecting sensitive information...
... key files is documented in the release notes or stored in a known location on the switch with what is generated. ecp:admin>firmwaredownload -U /usb/usbstorage/brocade/firmware/v7.1.0 FIPS support Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) specify the security standards needed to satisfy a cryptographic module utilized within a security system for protecting sensitive information...