Brocade Access Gateway Administrator's Guide v6.2.0 (53-1001189-01, April 2009)

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Connectivity to Cisco Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Access Gateway routing requirements with Cisco fabrics. . . . .36
Enabling NPIV on a Cisco switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Workaround for QLogic-based devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Editing Company ID List if no FC target devices on switch . . . . 37
Adding or deleting an OUI from the Company ID List . . . . . . . . 38
Enabling Flat FCID mode if no FC target devices on switch . . .39
Editing Company ID list if target devices on switch . . . . . . . . . . 39
Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Enabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Port States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Disabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Saving the Access Gateway configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Rejoining switches to a fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Reverting to a previous configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Chapter 4 Configuring Ports in Access Gateway mode
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Port Initialization in Access Gateway mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
N_Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Unlocking N_Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Displaying N_Port configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Verifying port mapping and status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Displaying N_Port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Displaying port status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Port configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Adding F_Ports to an N_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Removing F_Ports from an N_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Adding a preferred secondary N_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Deleting F_Ports from a preferred secondary N_Port . . . . . . . .52
Appendix A Troubleshooting
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