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

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E_Port authentication between Fabric OS and M-EOS switches
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NOTE
An M-EOS switch can connect to a Fabric OS switch in any of the switch authentication modes.
Table 56 describes the DH group types.
FCAP No M-EOS switch does not support
FCAP protocol.
DH-CHAP Yes DH-CHAP supported.
Table 55 describes the Fabric OS mode descriptions.
TABLE 55 Fabric OS mode descriptions
Fabric OS authentication modes M-EOS support M-EOS switch explanation
Passive Yes The Fabric OS switch participates in the
authentication policy initiated by the
M-EOS switch, but does not initiate
authentication.
Active Yes During switch initialization, authentication
is initiated on all E_Ports, but the port is
not disabled if the connecting M-EOS
switch does not support authentication,
for example, if the authentication feature
key is not installed on the M-EOS switch.
On Yes Strict authentication is enforced on all
E_Ports. The ISL goes down (port disable)
if the connecting M-EOS switch does not
support authentication, for example, if the
authentication feature key is not installed
on the M-EOS switch.
Off Yes Turns off the authentication and the
switch rejects any authentication requests
issued from the M-EOS switch.
TABLE 56 DH group types
Fabric OS DH group type M-EOS support M-EOS switch explanation
0, 1, 2, 3, 4 Yes M-EOS selects DH Null option (only
supports 0).
0 (DH Null option) Yes 0 (DH Null option) supported.
1 (1024-bit key) No Not supported by M-EOS.
2 (1280-bit key) No Not supported by M-EOS.
3 (1536-bit key) No Not supported by M-EOS.
4 (2048-bit key) No Not supported by M-EOS.
TABLE 54 Fabric OS switch authentication types
Fabric OS authentication types M-EOS support M-EOS switch explanation