Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001336-02, November 2009)

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Firmware download from a USB device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Enabling USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Viewing the USB file system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Downloading from USB using the relative path . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Downloading from USB using the absolute path . . . . . . . . . . .188
SAS and SA applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Downloading an application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
FIPS Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
Public and Private Key Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
The firmwareDownload Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Power-on Firmware Checksum Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Test and restore firmware on switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Testing a different firmware version on a switch . . . . . . . . . . .192
Test and restore firmware on enterprise-class platforms. . . . . . . .194
Testing different firmware versions on enterprise-class
platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Validating a firmware download. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Chapter 10 Managing Virtual Fabrics
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Virtual Fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Logical switch overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Default logical switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Logical switches and fabric IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Port assignment in logical switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Logical switches and connected devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Logical fabric overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Logical fabric and ISLs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Logical fabric and ISL sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Management model for logical switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Account management and Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Supported platforms for Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Supported port configurations in the Brocade 5100 and
5300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Supported port configurations in the Brocade DCX and
DCX-4S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Virtual Fabrics interaction with other Fabric OS features . . . .211
Limitations and restrictions of Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Restrictions on moving ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Enabling Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Disabling Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Configuring logical switches to use basic configuration values. . .215
Creating a logical switch or base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Executing a command in a different logical fabric context . . . . . . 217