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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Switch authentication policy
There are differences in the Switch Authentication policies between the Fabric OS switch and the
M-EOS switch. The Fabric OS switches have four different settings, which are Passive, Active, On,
and Off. M-EOS switches only have On and Off. These differences do not prevent authentication
from working, but do have an effect on how authentication works between the switches.
Switch authentication policy when the switch secrets are correct
This section assumes that the M-EOS switch has the appropriate authentication feature keys
enabled.
Table 58 shows all the permutations of Switch Authentication policies and whether the switches
will connect. The table information assumes that all switch secrets are set correctly. The two places
where Yes* appears in the table, are cases where the M-EOS switch authentication is Off.
The Fabric OS switch mode Passive is different from the M-EOS switch mode Off in that Fabric OS
switches perform authentication in Passive mode. This is why a Yes! in Table 58 indicates two-way
authentication.
Table 57 describes the device authentication mode.
TABLE 57 Device authentication mode
Fabric OS authentication
mode
M-EOS support M-EOS switch explanation
Off N/A Not used for E_Port authentication.
Passive N/A Not used for E_Port authentication.