Administrator's Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) Instruction Manual

Contents
Preface.....................................................................................................................................5
Document conventions......................................................................................5
Text formatting conventions.................................................................. 5
Command syntax conventions.............................................................. 5
Notes, cautions, and warnings.............................................................. 6
Brocade resources............................................................................................ 7
Contacting Brocade Technical Support.............................................................7
Document feedback.......................................................................................... 8
About This Document................................................................................................................ 9
Supported hardware and software.................................................................... 9
What’s new in this document............................................................................ 9
Key terms for Access Gateway....................................................................... 10
Access Gateway Basic Concepts..............................................................................................11
Brocade Access Gateway overview ...............................................................11
Comparing Native Fabric and Access Gateway modes......................11
Fabric OS features in Access Gateway mode................................................ 13
Buffer credit recovery support............................................................. 16
Forward error correction support.........................................................16
Virtual Fabrics support........................................................................ 17
Device authentication support.............................................................17
AG mode without all POD licenses..................................................... 19
Password distribution support............................................................. 19
FDMI support...................................................................................... 20
Access Gateway port types.............................................................................20
Comparison of Access Gateway ports to standard switch ports ........ 20
Access Gateway hardware considerations..................................................... 22
Configuring Ports in Access Gateway Mode..............................................................................23
Enabling and disabling Access Gateway mode.............................................. 23
Port state description.......................................................................... 24
Access Gateway mapping...............................................................................25
Port mapping.......................................................................................26
F_Port Static Mapping.........................................................................32
Device mapping.................................................................................. 33
Considerations for Access Gateway mapping.................................... 40
N_Port configurations......................................................................................42
Displaying N_Port configurations........................................................ 43
Unlocking N_Ports ............................................................................. 43
Persisting port online state .................................................................43
D_Port support................................................................................................ 44
Limitations and considerations............................................................44
Saving port mappings ........................................................................ 45
Managing Policies and Features in Access Gateway Mode....................................................... 47
Access Gateway Administrator's Guide
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