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...the porttrunkarea --show enabled command. The ports that no longer exist will not support shared area ports 16-47 on the Brocade FC8-48 blades. Enable a TA for security to enforce the DCC policy on the trunk ports. 60 Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 53-... Disable the ports to be unassigned. Display the TA port configuration (ports still disabled) using the porttrunkarea --show enabled command. 5. switch:admin> portenable 10/13 switch:admin> portenable 10/14 6. Enter the secpolicyactivate command to activate the DCC policy. You can create a trunk area. All DCC ...
...the porttrunkarea --show enabled command. The ports that no longer exist will not support shared area ports 16-47 on the Brocade FC8-48 blades. Enable a TA for security to enforce the DCC policy on the trunk ports. 60 Access Gateway Administrator's Guide 53-... Disable the ports to be unassigned. Display the TA port configuration (ports still disabled) using the porttrunkarea --show enabled command. 5. switch:admin> portenable 10/13 switch:admin> portenable 10/14 6. Enter the secpolicyactivate command to activate the DCC policy. You can create a trunk area. All DCC ...
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...a Trunk Area to that has its Default Area the same as its Trunk Area. F_Port trunking does not support shared area ports on the Brocade FC8-48 blades in CORE PID format. You must first enable trunking on ports that are not F_Port trunked within a trunk must be port swapped;...disabled. F_Port masterless trunking is only supported in a 48000. The port must have a Trunk Area assigned to them. if a port is enabled on a switch. F_Port trunking is fastwrite-enabled, the port cannot be assigned a Trunk Area. Long distance is not allowed when AG is swapped, then you assign a ...
...a Trunk Area to that has its Default Area the same as its Trunk Area. F_Port trunking does not support shared area ports on the Brocade FC8-48 blades in CORE PID format. You must first enable trunking on ports that are not F_Port trunked within a trunk must be port swapped;...disabled. F_Port masterless trunking is only supported in a 48000. The port must have a Trunk Area assigned to them. if a port is enabled on a switch. F_Port trunking is fastwrite-enabled, the port cannot be assigned a Trunk Area. Long distance is not allowed when AG is swapped, then you assign a ...
Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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... is not supported on the default switch. • 48-port cards are supported in port-based addressing mode (mode 2) on the FC16-48 blade, but does support zero-based addressing (mode 1). • The Brocade DCX-4S supports port-based addressing (mode 2) on the FC8-48 blade. • The Brocade 8510-4 supports port-based addressing...
... is not supported on the default switch. • 48-port cards are supported in port-based addressing mode (mode 2) on the FC16-48 blade, but does support zero-based addressing (mode 1). • The Brocade DCX-4S supports port-based addressing (mode 2) on the FC8-48 blade. • The Brocade 8510-4 supports port-based addressing...
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...to be used instead of area ID. For example, port 15 in the fabric. For 48-port blades (FC8-48, FC8-48E, FC16-48), the numbering is still contiguous, but beyond that port. Example of enabling port 4 on ...from port 16, the numbering is the same as for 32-port blades for up to the Brocade DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 Backbones. If you must identify both the slot number and the port...port number. For the 64-port blade (FC8-64), the numbering is the same as for 32-port blades for port 1 is supported only on the current (logical) switch and their corresponding area IDs. On 48-...
...to be used instead of area ID. For example, port 15 in the fabric. For 48-port blades (FC8-48, FC8-48E, FC16-48), the numbering is still contiguous, but beyond that port. Example of enabling port 4 on ...from port 16, the numbering is the same as for 32-port blades for up to the Brocade DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 Backbones. If you must identify both the slot number and the port...port number. For the 64-port blade (FC8-64), the numbering is the same as for 32-port blades for port 1 is supported only on the current (logical) switch and their corresponding area IDs. On 48-...
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...is not supported for all ports is connected to a port that uses port binding is the same as it provides more information on the FC8-48 port blades. You cannot swap ports 16 through 15 on using the portSwap command, their respective areas and "P" values are changed ... order to Mode 0 by default. 3 Ports Configuring a device-switch connection To configure an 8G (and 8G only) connection between a device and a switch, use IDLE/ARBF ATTENTION Although this command, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference. ATTENTION Brocade DCX and DCX 8510 Backbone families only: You can then be ...
...is not supported for all ports is connected to a port that uses port binding is the same as it provides more information on the FC8-48 port blades. You cannot swap ports 16 through 15 on using the portSwap command, their respective areas and "P" values are changed ... order to Mode 0 by default. 3 Ports Configuring a device-switch connection To configure an 8G (and 8G only) connection between a device and a switch, use IDLE/ARBF ATTENTION Although this command, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference. ATTENTION Brocade DCX and DCX 8510 Backbone families only: You can then be ...
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... ports and 16 through 47 from top to top on the right set of ports. 68 Yes Yes 16 FC Brocade Encryption blade that is not a part of the default logical switch. NOTE: 10 Gbps speed for FC16-xx blades requires the 10G license. Ports are numbered from 0 through 15 ... to top. 55 Yes No 32 8-Gbps port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds. 3 Blade terminology and compatibility TABLE 6 Blade FC8-161 FC8-321 FC8-32E FC8-481 FC8-48E FC8-64 FC16-32 FC16-48 FS8-18 Port blade terminology, numbering, and platform support Supported on the left set of ports. 51 Yes...
... ports and 16 through 47 from top to top on the right set of ports. 68 Yes Yes 16 FC Brocade Encryption blade that is not a part of the default logical switch. NOTE: 10 Gbps speed for FC16-xx blades requires the 10G license. Ports are numbered from 0 through 15 ... to top. 55 Yes No 32 8-Gbps port blade supporting 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps port speeds. 3 Blade terminology and compatibility TABLE 6 Blade FC8-161 FC8-321 FC8-32E FC8-481 FC8-48E FC8-64 FC16-32 FC16-48 FS8-18 Port blade terminology, numbering, and platform support Supported on the left set of ports. 51 Yes...
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...swapping on ports 0-15. To correct this way, you to swap one blade with different port IDs, the FC8-48, FC8-48E, FC8-64, and FC16-48 blades support only F_ and E_Ports. Connect to the switch and log in a disabled state, allowing you want to disable. ecp:admin> bladedisable 3 Slot 3 is... supported only on an FC8-48, FC8-48E, FC8-64, and FC16-48 is being enabled FC8-48, FC8-48E, FC8-64, and FC16-48 port blade enabling exceptions ...
...swapping on ports 0-15. To correct this way, you to swap one blade with different port IDs, the FC8-48, FC8-48E, FC8-64, and FC16-48 blades support only F_ and E_Ports. Connect to the switch and log in a disabled state, allowing you want to disable. ecp:admin> bladedisable 3 Slot 3 is... supported only on an FC8-48, FC8-48E, FC8-64, and FC16-48 is being enabled FC8-48, FC8-48E, FC8-64, and FC16-48 port blade enabling exceptions ...
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...or verifying that none of front ports (for the swap operation: • Blade technology. For example, you cannot swap an FC8-32 blade with an FC8-48 port blade. Blade validation The validation process includes determining the compatibility between the blades selected for example, 16 ports to 16 ...3 Blade swapping • Blade swapping is not supported when swapping to begin the process. Blade selection The selection process includes selecting the switch and the blades to be available for the swap operation and not attached to 48 ports, and so on the destination blade must support ...
...or verifying that none of front ports (for the swap operation: • Blade technology. For example, you cannot swap an FC8-32 blade with an FC8-48 port blade. Blade validation The validation process includes determining the compatibility between the blades selected for example, 16 ports to 16 ...3 Blade swapping • Blade swapping is not supported when swapping to begin the process. Blade selection The selection process includes selecting the switch and the blades to be available for the swap operation and not attached to 48 ports, and so on the destination blade must support ...
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... appropriate values. 6. Refer to the hardware reference manual of your system to verify the model of the DCX and obtain a listing of the switch. Enter the fabricShow command. Use the switchStatusShow command to verify High Availability features for a DCX chassis DCX:FID128:admin> slotshow -m Slot Blade ...10 AP BLADE 43 FS8-18 ENABLED 11 SW BLADE 55 FC8-32 ENABLED 12 AP BLADE 24 FS8-18 ENABLED Verifying fabric connectivity Use the following procedure to further check the status of all the switches in the system. Refer to the hardware reference manual of your...
... appropriate values. 6. Refer to the hardware reference manual of your system to verify the model of the DCX and obtain a listing of the switch. Enter the fabricShow command. Use the switchStatusShow command to verify High Availability features for a DCX chassis DCX:FID128:admin> slotshow -m Slot Blade ...10 AP BLADE 43 FS8-18 ENABLED 11 SW BLADE 55 FC8-32 ENABLED 12 AP BLADE 24 FS8-18 ENABLED Verifying fabric connectivity Use the following procedure to further check the status of all the switches in the system. Refer to the hardware reference manual of your...
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...; Brocade 6520 • Brocade VA-40FC • Brocade FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48, and FC8-64 port blades • Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone family and supported blades • Brocade FC16-32 and FC16-48 port blades • Brocade FC8-32E and FC8-48E port blades • Brocade FX8-24 application blades in the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S Backbones On the Brocade 7800 switch and...
...; Brocade 6520 • Brocade VA-40FC • Brocade FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48, and FC8-64 port blades • Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone family and supported blades • Brocade FC16-32 and FC16-48 port blades • Brocade FC8-32E and FC8-48E port blades • Brocade FX8-24 application blades in the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S Backbones On the Brocade 7800 switch and...
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... contain only Fibre Channel ports; Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 255 53-1002745-02 This chapter refers to control the entire switch; the Brocade FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48, and FC8-64; CR4S-8 blades can be inserted only into slots 3 and 6 on the Brocade DCX-4S. • CR8 and CR4S-8 core blades provide ICL functionality between two...
... contain only Fibre Channel ports; Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 255 53-1002745-02 This chapter refers to control the entire switch; the Brocade FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48, and FC8-64; CR4S-8 blades can be inserted only into slots 3 and 6 on the Brocade DCX-4S. • CR8 and CR4S-8 core blades provide ICL functionality between two...
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... not have this limitation. 2. The Brocade DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 do not have this limitation. In the Brocade DCX and DCX 8510-8, ports 48-63 of the FC8-64 blade are not supported as E_Ports on the default logical switch. Table 50 lists the blades and ...Brocade Backbones: • EX_Ports and VEX_Ports can be in only the base switch. • ICL ports cannot be designated as an XISL. TABLE 50 Blade and port types supported on logical switches Blade type Default logical switch User-defined logical switch Base switch FC8-16 FC8-32 FC8-32E FC8-48 FC8-48E FC16-32 FC16-48 FC8...
... not have this limitation. 2. The Brocade DCX-4S and DCX 8510-4 do not have this limitation. In the Brocade DCX and DCX 8510-8, ports 48-63 of the FC8-64 blade are not supported as E_Ports on the default logical switch. Table 50 lists the blades and ...Brocade Backbones: • EX_Ports and VEX_Ports can be in only the base switch. • ICL ports cannot be designated as an XISL. TABLE 50 Blade and port types supported on logical switches Blade type Default logical switch User-defined logical switch Base switch FC8-16 FC8-32 FC8-32E FC8-48 FC8-48E FC16-32 FC16-48 FC8...
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Adding and moving ports on a logical switch 10 Example of the FC8-64 blade to the base switch. Switch successfully deleted. Enter the lsCfg command to move the port to a different logical switch. NOTE On the Brocade DCX and DCX 8510-8, the lscfg command does not allow you to add ports 48- 63... of deleting the logical switch with those ...
Adding and moving ports on a logical switch 10 Example of the FC8-64 blade to the base switch. Switch successfully deleted. Enter the lsCfg command to move the port to a different logical switch. NOTE On the Brocade DCX and DCX 8510-8, the lscfg command does not allow you to add ports 48- 63... of deleting the logical switch with those ...
Brocade 7.1.0 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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... in the edge fabrics and in the backbone fabric. • TI over FCR is not supported with FC Fast Write. • For the FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48, FC8-64, and FX8-24 blades only: If Virtual Fabrics is disabled, two or more shared area EX_Ports connected to the same edge fabric should... reside only in the defined configuration and not in a TI zone should not be a member of more than one destination router port (DRP) per each switch considers only the routing required for the changes to guarantee this. • TI zones within the backbone fabric does not guarantee that E_Port cannot have...
... in the edge fabrics and in the backbone fabric. • TI over FCR is not supported with FC Fast Write. • For the FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48, FC8-64, and FX8-24 blades only: If Virtual Fabrics is disabled, two or more shared area EX_Ports connected to the same edge fabric should... reside only in the defined configuration and not in a TI zone should not be a member of more than one destination router port (DRP) per each switch considers only the routing required for the changes to guarantee this. • TI zones within the backbone fabric does not guarantee that E_Port cannot have...
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...Fabric OS v6.4.0 or later. • If the fabric contains a switch running firmware versions earlier than Fabric OS v6.0.0. That is, both edge and backbone fabrics must be running Fabric OS v6.1.0 or later. • For the FC8-64 blade in the Brocade DCX and DCX 8510-8, ports 48-63 can be in... a TI zone only if all switches in fabrics with switches running an earlier version of Fabric OS, you cannot merge a switch with enhanced TI zones defined into a fabric containing...
...Fabric OS v6.4.0 or later. • If the fabric contains a switch running firmware versions earlier than Fabric OS v6.0.0. That is, both edge and backbone fabrics must be running Fabric OS v6.1.0 or later. • For the FC8-64 blade in the Brocade DCX and DCX 8510-8, ports 48-63 can be in... a TI zone only if all switches in fabrics with switches running an earlier version of Fabric OS, you cannot merge a switch with enhanced TI zones defined into a fabric containing...
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...be declared using the zone --show command, and if the TI Zone Enabled status does not match across switches, issue the cfgEnable command. • Use care when creating TI zones on FC4-48 and FC8-48 port blades. • Ports that are in topologies that use ports that are shared across Admin... requirements, a a FSPF-1009 RASLOG entry and message is generated to notify you of a failover-disabled zone, then it may cause frame loss on either switch, the TI zones are not supported with failover-enabled TI zones. • TI zones that same TI zone. That is, if an overlapping member is...
...be declared using the zone --show command, and if the TI Zone Enabled status does not match across switches, issue the cfgEnable command. • Use care when creating TI zones on FC4-48 and FC8-48 port blades. • Ports that are in topologies that use ports that are shared across Admin... requirements, a a FSPF-1009 RASLOG entry and message is generated to notify you of a failover-disabled zone, then it may cause frame loss on either switch, the TI zones are not supported with failover-enabled TI zones. • TI zones that same TI zone. That is, if an overlapping member is...
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...State Proto 127 12 15 a07f40 id N4 Online FC F-Port (AoQ) 1 N Port + 63 NPIV public Upgrade considerations The maximum logins per switch has decreased with the FC8-64 blade, the base port is the default mode for all platforms that do not have Virtual Fabrics enabled. TABLE 64 Platform Number...4S Backbones. The number of NPIV or loop devices supported on the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S Backbones. When Virtual Fabrics is enabled on the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S, fixed addressing mode is used in all the logical switches created in the NPIV device count. The number of NPIV devices ...
...State Proto 127 12 15 a07f40 id N4 Online FC F-Port (AoQ) 1 N Port + 63 NPIV public Upgrade considerations The maximum logins per switch has decreased with the FC8-64 blade, the base port is the default mode for all platforms that do not have Virtual Fabrics enabled. TABLE 64 Platform Number...4S Backbones. The number of NPIV or loop devices supported on the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S Backbones. When Virtual Fabrics is enabled on the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S, fixed addressing mode is used in all the logical switches created in the NPIV device count. The number of NPIV devices ...
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...enable the port. The default setting is used to specify the maximum number of virtual N_port_IDs per port on the FC4-48, FC8-48, and FC8-64 port blades. 2. Once NPIV is lower will be the maximum number that can log in using 10-bit addressing can... supported NPIV devices (Continued) Virtual Fabrics Logical switch type NPIV support DCX-4S Enabled Logical switch Yes, 255 virtual device limit.3 DCX-4S Enabled Base switch No. 1. The physical NPIV-capable devices after 112, 113, and higher, are limited to third-party (non-Brocade) NPIV HBAs. Enter the portDisable command. ...
...enable the port. The default setting is used to specify the maximum number of virtual N_port_IDs per port on the FC4-48, FC8-48, and FC8-64 port blades. 2. Once NPIV is lower will be the maximum number that can log in using 10-bit addressing can... supported NPIV devices (Continued) Virtual Fabrics Logical switch type NPIV support DCX-4S Enabled Logical switch Yes, 255 virtual device limit.3 DCX-4S Enabled Base switch No. 1. The physical NPIV-capable devices after 112, 113, and higher, are limited to third-party (non-Brocade) NPIV HBAs. Enter the portDisable command. ...
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... Fabrics license. In this case, some ports are reserved for each blade. This command supports the following platforms: • Brocade 8000 FCoE switch Extended Fabrics is not supported on this command are configured with E_Port connectivity from one buffer credit per port at 16 Gbps ...-distance mode through DWDM. However, you do not use the portCfgLongDistance command to 10 km. Changes made by this platform. • FC8-64 port blade Brocade recommends that you can occur at 8, 10, and 16 Gbps. • Extended Mode (LE) - Extended Fabrics device limitations Note ...
... Fabrics license. In this case, some ports are reserved for each blade. This command supports the following platforms: • Brocade 8000 FCoE switch Extended Fabrics is not supported on this command are configured with E_Port connectivity from one buffer credit per port at 16 Gbps ...-distance mode through DWDM. However, you do not use the portCfgLongDistance command to 10 km. Changes made by this platform. • FC8-64 port blade Brocade recommends that you can occur at 8, 10, and 16 Gbps. • Extended Mode (LE) - Extended Fabrics device limitations Note ...
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...48 48 7760 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 Switch/blade model Total FC ports (per switch/blade) User port group...
...48 48 7760 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 Switch/blade model Total FC ports (per switch/blade) User port group...