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

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1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the portDisable command for each port to be included in the TA.
3. Enter the portTrunkArea --enable command to enable the Trunk Area for ports 36-39 with
index number 37.
switch:admin> porttrunkarea --enable 36-39 -index 37
Trunk index 37 enabled for ports 36, 37, 38 and 39.
When you assign a trunk area on a port, it enables trunking on the F_Ports automatically. This
command does not unassign a TA if its previously assigned Area_ID is the same address
identifier (Area_ID) of the TA unless all the ports in the trunk group are specified to be
unassigned.
4. Re-enable ports 36-39 by issuing portEnable for each port in the TA.
5. Enter the switchshow command to display the switch and port information.
6. Enter the porttrunkarea --show enabled
command to display the TA-enabled port
configuration.
switch:admin> porttrunkarea --show enabled
Port Type State Master TA DA
-------------------------------------
36 F-port Master 36 37 36
37 F-port Slave 36 37 37
38 F-port Slave 36 37 38
39 F-port Slave 36 37 39
7. Enter th e porttrunkarea --show trunk command to display the trunking information.
switch:admin> porttrunkarea --show trunk
Trunk Area 37: 36->23 sp: 4.000G bw: 16.000G deskew 16 MASTER
39->22 sp: 4.000G bw: 4.000G deskew 15
38->21 sp: 4.000G bw: 4.000G deskew 16
37->20 sp: 4.000G bw: 4.000G deskew 16
Enabling the DCC policy on a Trunk Area
After you assign a Trunk Area, the portTrunkArea CLI checks whether there are any active DCC
policies on the port with the index TA, and then issues a warning to add all the device WWNs to the
existing DCC policy with index as TA.
All DCC policies that refer to an Index that no longer exists will not be in effect.
1. Add the WWN of all the devices to the DCC policy against the TA.
2. Enter the secPolicyActivate command to activate the DCC policy.
You must enable the TA before issuing the secPolicyActivate command in order for security to
enforce the DCC policy on the trunk ports.
3. Turn on the trunk ports.
Trunk ports should be turned on after issuing the secPolicyActivate command to prevent the
ports from becoming disabled in the case where there is a DCC security policy violation.
You can configure authentication on all three Brocade trunking configurations. For more
information on authentication, see Chapter 7, “Configuring Advanced Security Features”.