User`s guide

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Known Issues with Brocade/SANbox2 operation:
Minor anomalies have been observed in Domain ID assignment. To avoid these,
it is advisable to configure each switch with a unique Domain ID and to lockdown
the Domain Ids.
The SANbox2 switch supports 2 modes of treating devices when there is no
active zoneset, either visible to each other or visible to none. When operating with
a Brocade switch, the SANbox2 switch should be set to no orphan visibility. Do
this by using the CLIsh command “set config zoning” to set “Default” to “None”.
When zoning, the SANbox2 allows you to specify zone members as WWNs,
domain/portNos, or by Fibre Channel address. Brocade switches accept only the
WWN specification.
“Brocade” mode is unsupported with the Brocade Silkworm 3800 switch.
Furthermore, this compatibility mode will be removed in a future release.
Do not enable Brocade's Platform Management Server. It should be disabled by
default. If it is enabled, the Brocade switch will keep sending non-GS-3
management server messages to E_port every 4 seconds and the Brocade switch
will eventually isolate with the message “WARNING MS-PLDBSEG…MS
Platform Segmented”. To disable this feature, follow these steps:
switch:admin>msPlMgmtDeactivate
switch:admin> msplatshow
Platform Management is NOT enabled.
McData ED-5000
Firmware supported: 04.00.00.01
Configuring the McData switch:
Certain configuration parameters need to be set on the McData switch before it will
operate with a standards compliant switch. The following parameter can be changed
with the McData GUI.
- In the Hardware View window, bring up the Operating Mode window and
set “Interop Mode” to “Open Fabric 1.0”
- In a mixed fabric with SANbox2, Brocade and McData switches, Domain
IDs must be in the 0x61-7f range. If a SANbox 1Gb switch is in the fabric,
this is further restricted to 0x61-6f or 70-7f. Note that in the McData GUI,
the Domain IDs are listed as 1-15 which does equate to 0x61-7f.