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Brocade VA-40FC Hardware Reference Manual 7

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Fabric OS Native and Access Gateway modes

• In Fabric OS Native mode, the switch provides up to 40 external autosensing (2, 4 and 8 Gbps)

Fibre Channel ports. These universal and self-configuring ports are capable of becoming one

of the following port types:

- F_Port (fabric enabled)

- FL_Port (fabric loop enabled)

- E_Port (expansion port)

• In Access Gateway mode, the switch provides up to 40 autosensing (2, 4, and 8 Gbps) Fibre

Channel ports. These are universal and self-configuring ports capable of becoming the

following types:

- F_Port (fabric enabled)

- N_Port (fabric enabled)

Disabling and enabling Access Gateway mode

This section provides steps to disable and enable Access Gateway mode using Fabric OS

commands. For more information on using these commands, refer to the “Enabling and disabling

Access Gateway mode” section in the Brocade Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide or the

Brocade Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.

NOTE

You can also disable and enable Access Gateway mode using Web Tools. Refer to the See the Web

Tools Administrator’s Guide for more information.

Disabling Access Gateway mode

When you disable Access Gateway mode, The switch automatically reboots and comes back online

using the fabric switch configuration. The Access Gateway parameters, such as F_Port-to-N_Port

mapping, Failover, and Failback are automatically removed. When the switch reboots, it starts in

Fabric OS Native mode. To re-join the switch to the core fabric, refer to the Brocade Access Gateway

Administrator’s Guide.

Use the following steps to disable Access Gateway mode using Fabric OS commands. For more

information, refer to the “Enabling and disabling Access Gateway mode” section in the Brocade

Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide.

1. Enter the switchshow command to verify the switch mode.

• “Access Gateway Mode” displays if the switch is in Access Gateway mode.

• Interopmode “0” or “Native” displays if the switch is in Fabric OS Native mode.

2. Enter switchDisable to disable the switch. Access Gateway mode can only be disabled or

enabled when the VA-FC40 is in a disabled state.

3. Enter ag --modeDisable to disable Access Gateway mode.

4. Enter the ag

--modeshow command to verify that AG mode is disabled.

switch:admin> ag --modeshow

Access Gateway mode is NOT enabled