Brocade Communications Systems 53-1001763-02 Service manual

53-1001763-02
13 September 2010
®
Fabric OS
Administrator’s Guide
Supporting Fabric OS v6.4.0

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Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
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San Jose, CA 95134
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Title Publication number Summary of changes Date
Fabric OS Procedures Guide 53-0000518-02 First released edition. April 2003
Fabric OS Procedures Guide 53-0000518-03 Revised for Fabric OS v4.2.0. December 2003
Fabric OS Procedures Guide 53-0000518-04 Revised to include switch-specific
information.
March 2004
Fabric OS Procedures Guide 53-0000518-05 Revised for Fabric OS v4.4.0. September 2004
Fabric OS Procedures Guide 53-0000518-06 Revised to add RADIUS and SSL
procedures.
October 2004
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-0000518-07 Revised book title. Added information
about 200E, 4012, and 48000
switches.
April 2005
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1000043-01 Revised for Fabric OS v5.1.0. January 2006

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Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1000043-02 Removed SilkWorm 4016 and 4020
from supported switches; FCIP chapter
updates.
June 2006
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1000239-01 Revised for Fabric OS v5.2.0 features.
Added new hardware platforms:
Brocade FC4-48 and FC4-16IP.
September 2006
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1000448-01 Added Fabric OS v5.3.0 features.
Added support for new hardware
platforms: Brocade 7600, FA4-18, and
FC10-6.
15 June 2007
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1000598-01 Added Fabric OS v6.0.0 features.
Added support for new hardware
platforms: Brocade DCX Backbone,
FC8-16, FC8-32, and FC8-48.
19 October 2007
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1000598-02 Changed “DCX” and “DCX director” to
the correct name: Brocade DCX
Backbone. Also, added the word
“director” to the 48000.
22 January 2008
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1000598-03 Added Fabric OS v6.1.0 features.
Added support for new hardware
platforms: Brocade 5300, 5100, and
300.
12 March 2008
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1000598-04 Updated document to streamline
content. No new hardware or Fabric OS
features.
18 July 2008
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1001185-01 Added Fabric OS v 6.2.0 software
features and support for new hardware
platforms: Brocade DCX-4S.
24 November 2008
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1001336-01 Added Fabric OS v6.3.0 software
features and support for new hardware
platforms.
July 2009
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1001336-02 Incorporate release notes from Fabric
OS v6.3.0 and v6.3.0a.
November 2009
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1001763-01 Added enhancements and new
features for Fabric OS v6.4.0. Added
support for the Brocade VA-40FC
hardware.
March 2010
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1001763-02 Corrected minor errors. Added
additional clarification in some places.
September 2010
Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

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Contents
About This Document
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiii
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiii
Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiv
What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxv
Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxv
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvii
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvii
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxviii
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxix
Section I Standard Features
Chapter 1 Understanding Fibre Channel Services
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Fibre Channel services overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The Management Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Platform services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Platform services in a Virtual Fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Enabling platform services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Disabling platform services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Management server database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Displaying the management server ACL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Adding a member to the ACL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Deleting a member from the ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Viewing the contents of the management server database . . . . 8
Clearing the management server database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Topology discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Displaying topology discovery status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Enabling topology discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Disabling topology discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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Device login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Principal switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
E_Port login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fabric login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Port login process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
RSCN causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
High availability of daemon processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Chapter 2 Performing Basic Configuration Tasks
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Fabric OS overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Fabric OS command line interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Console sessions using the serial port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Telnet or SSH sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Getting help on a command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Password modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Default account passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The Ethernet interface on your switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Virtual Fabrics and the Ethernet interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Displaying the network interface settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Static Ethernet addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
DHCP activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
IPv6 autoconfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Date and time settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Time zone settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Network time protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Domain IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Displaying the domain IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting the domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Switch names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Customizing the switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chassis names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Customizing chassis names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Switch activation and deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Disabling a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Enabling a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Switch and enterprise-class platform shutdown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Powering off a Brocade switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Powering off a Brocade enterprise-class platform. . . . . . . . . . .32
Basic connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Device connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Switch connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

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Chapter 3 Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
PIDs and PID binding overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Core PID addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Fixed addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
10-bit addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
256-area addressing mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
WWN-based PID assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting port names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Port identification by slot and port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Port identification by port area ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Port identification by index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Swapping port area IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Port activation and deactivation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Setting port speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Setting the same speed for all ports on the switch. . . . . . . . . .44
Blade terminology and compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
CP blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Core blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Port and application blade compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
FX8-24 compatibility notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Enabling and disabling blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Enabling blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Disabling blades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Blade swapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Swapping blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Swapping blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Powering off a port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Powering on a port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Equipment status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Checking switch operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Verifying High Availability features (directors and enterprise-class
platforms only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Verifying fabric connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Verifying device connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Track and control switch changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Enabling the track changes feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Displaying the status of the track changes feature. . . . . . . . . . 57
Viewing the switch status policy threshold values. . . . . . . . . . . 57
Setting the switch status policy threshold values . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Audit log configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Auditable event classes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Verifying host syslog prior to configuring the audit log . . . . . . .60
Configuring an audit log for specific event classes . . . . . . . . . . 61

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Chapter 4 Routing Traffic
About this chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Routing overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Path versus route selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
FSPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Fibre Channel NAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Inter-switch links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Buffer credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Virtual Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Gateway links. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Configuring a link through a gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Inter-chassis links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Supported topologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Routing policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Displaying the current routing policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Exchange-based routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Port-based routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
AP route policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Routing in Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Route selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Dynamic Load Sharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Static route assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Frame order delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Forcing in-order frame delivery across topology changes. . . . .78
Restoring out-of-order frame delivery across topology changes78
Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing on ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Lossless core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Configuring Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing in Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . .80
Frame Redirection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Creating a frame redirect zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Deleting a frame redirect zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Viewing redirect zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Chapter 5 Managing User Accounts
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
User accounts overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
The management channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Local database user accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Default accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Local account passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Local account database distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Distributing the local user database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Accepting distribution of user databases on the local switch .90
Rejecting distributed user databases on the local switch . . . .90

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Password policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Password strength policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Password history policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Password expiration policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Account lockout policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
The boot PROM password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Setting the boot PROM password for a switch with a recovery string
95
Setting the boot PROM password for a director with a recovery string
96
Setting the boot PROM password for a switch without a recovery
string . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Setting the boot PROM password for a director without a recovery
string . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
The authentication model using RADIUS and LDAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Setting the switch authentication mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Fabric OS user accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Fabric OS users on the RADIUS server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
The RADIUS server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
LDAP configuration and Microsoft Active Directory . . . . . . . . .111
Authentication servers on the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Configuring local authentication as backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Chapter 6 Configuring Protocols
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Security protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Secure Copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Setting up SCP for configUploads and downloads . . . . . . . . .119
Secure Shell protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
SSH public key authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Secure Sockets Layer protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Browser and Java support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
SSL configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Certificate authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
The browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Root certificates for the Java Plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Simple Network Management Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
SNMP and Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
The security level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
The snmpConfig command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Telnet protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Blocking Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Unblocking Telnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Listener applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Ports and applications used by switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

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Chapter 7 Configuring Security Policies
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
ACL policies overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
How the ACL policies are stored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Policy members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
ACL policy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Displaying ACL policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Saving changes without activating the policies . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Activating policy changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Deleting an ACL policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Adding a member to an existing ACL policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Removing a member from an ACL policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Aborting unsaved policy changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
FCS policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
FCS policy restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Ensuring fabric domains share policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Creating an FCS policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Modifying the order of FCS switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
FCS policy distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
DCC policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
DCC policy restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Creating a DCC policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Deleting a DCC policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
SCC policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Creating an SCC policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Authentication policy for fabric elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
E_Port authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Device authentication policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
AUTH policy restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Authentication protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Secret key pairs for DH-CHAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
FCAP configuration overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Fabric-wide distribution of the Auth policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Creating an IP Filter policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Cloning an IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Displaying an IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Saving an IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Activating an IP Filter policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Deleting an IP Filter policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
IP Filter policy rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155
IP Filter policy enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Adding a rule to an IP Filter policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Deleting a rule to an IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Aborting an IP Filter transaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
IP Filter policy distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

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Policy database distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Database distribution settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159
ACL policy distribution to other switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Fabric-wide enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Notes on joining a switch to the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Management interface security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Configuration examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
IPsec protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Security associations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Authentication and encryption algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
IPsec policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168
IKE policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Creating the tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Example of an End-to-End Transport Tunnel mode . . . . . . . . .172
Chapter 8 Maintaining the Switch Configuration File
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Configuration settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Configuration file format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Configuration file backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Uploading a configuration file in interactive mode . . . . . . . . .179
Configuration file restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Configuration download without disabling a switch . . . . . . . .182
Configurations across a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Downloading a configuration file from one switch to another same
model switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Security considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Configuration management for Virtual Fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184
Uploading a configuration file from a switch with Virtual Fabrics
enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Restoring logical switch configuration using configDownload 185
Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Brocade configuration form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Chapter 9 Installing and Maintaining Firmware
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Firmware download process overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189
Upgrading and downgrading firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
Considerations for FICON CUP environments . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
HA sync state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
Preparing for a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Connected switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192
Finding the switch firmware version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Obtain and decompress firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

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Firmware download on switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Switch firmware download process overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Firmware download on an enterprise-class platform . . . . . . . . . . .196
Enterprise-class platform firmware download process overview196
Firmware download from a USB device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Enabling USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Viewing the USB file system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Downloading from USB using the relative path . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Downloading from USB using the absolute path . . . . . . . . . . .200
FIPS Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Public and Private Key Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
The firmwareDownload Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Power-on Firmware Checksum Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Test and restore firmware on switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Testing a different firmware version on a switch . . . . . . . . . . .203
Test and restore firmware on enterprise-class platforms. . . . . . . .204
Testing different firmware versions on enterprise-class platforms205
Validating a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Chapter 10 Managing Virtual Fabrics
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Virtual Fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Logical switch overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Default logical switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Logical switches and fabric IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Port assignment in logical switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Logical switches and connected devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Logical fabric overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Logical fabric and ISLs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215
Logical fabric and ISL sharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216
Management model for logical switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219
Account management and Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Supported platforms for Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Supported port configurations in the Brocade 5100, 5300, and VA-
40FC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Supported port configurations in the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S221
Virtual Fabrics interaction with other Fabric OS features . . . .221
Limitations and restrictions of Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Restrictions on moving ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Enabling Virtual Fabrics mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Disabling Virtual Fabrics mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Configuring logical switches to use basic configuration values. . .225
Creating a logical switch or base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Executing a command in a different logical fabric context . . . . . .227

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Deleting a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Adding and removing ports on a logical switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
Displaying logical switch configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
Changing the fabric ID of a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
Changing a logical switch to a base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Setting up IP addresses for a Virtual Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Removing an IP address for a Virtual Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Configuring a logical switch to use XISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Changing the context to a different logical fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
Creating a logical fabric using XISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Chapter 11 Administering Advanced Zoning
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
Special zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
Zoning overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
Zone types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
Zone objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
Zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
Zoning enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242
Considerations for zoning architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243
Best practices for zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Broadcast zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Broadcast zones and Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Broadcast zones and FC-FC routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
High availability considerations with broadcast zones . . . . . .246
Loop devices and broadcast zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Broadcast zones and default zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Creating an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246
Adding members to an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Removing members from an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Deleting an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Viewing an alias in the defined configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
Zone creation and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Creating a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Adding devices (members) to a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249
Removing devices (members) from a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
Deleting a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
Viewing a zone in the defined configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
Validating a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
Default zoning mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Setting the default zoning mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
Viewing the current default zone access mode . . . . . . . . . . . .253
Zoning database size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253

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Zoning configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253
Creating a zoning configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
Adding zones (members) to a zoning configuration . . . . . . . .254
Removing zones (members) from a zone configuration . . . . .255
Enabling a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
Disabling a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
Deleting a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256
Clearing changes to a configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
Viewing all zone configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257
Viewing selected zone configuration information . . . . . . . . . .258
Viewing the configuration in the effective zone database . . .258
Clearing all zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258
Zone object maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
Copying a zone object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
Deleting a zone object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259
Renaming a zone object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260
Zoning configuration management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
New switch or fabric additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261
Fabric segmentation and zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
Security and zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263
Zone merging scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264
Chapter 12 Traffic Isolation Zoning
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
Traffic Isolation Zoning overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267
TI zone failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268
FSPF routing rules and traffic isolation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270
Enhanced TI zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272
Traffic Isolation Zoning over FC routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
TI within an edge fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
TI within a backbone fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
Limitations of TI zones over FC routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
General rules for TI zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Supported configurations for Traffic Isolation Zoning . . . . . . . . . .277
Additional configuration rules for enhanced TI zones. . . . . . .278
Trunking with TI zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278
Limitations and restrictions of Traffic Isolation Zoning . . . . . . . . .278
Admin Domain considerations for Traffic Isolation Zoning . . . . . .279
Virtual Fabric considerations for Traffic Isolation Zoning. . . . . . . .279
Traffic Isolation Zoning over FC routers with Virtual Fabrics . . . . .281
Creating a TI zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
Creating a TI zone in a base fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284
Modifying TI zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284
Changing the state of a TI zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

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Deleting a TI zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
Displaying TI zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
Setting up TI over FCR (sample procedure). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287
Chapter 13 Administering NPIV
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
NPIV overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
Upgrade considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
Fixed addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
10-bit addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
Configuring NPIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
Enabling and disabling NPIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Viewing NPIV port configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Viewing virtual PID login information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
Chapter 14 Interoperability for Merged SANs
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
Interoperability overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297
Connectivity solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298
Domain ID offset modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299
Configuring the Domain_ID offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
McDATA Fabric mode configuration restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301
McDATA Open Fabric mode configuration restrictions . . . . . . . . . .302
Interoperability support for logical switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
Switch configurations for interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
Enabling McDATA Open Fabric mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
Enabling McDATA Fabric mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
Enabling Brocade Native mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305
Zone management in interoperable fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Zoning restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306
Zone name restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Zoning modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
Setting the safe zone mode on a stand-alone switch . . . . . . .308
Setting the safe zone mode fabric-wide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Disabling safe zone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Effective zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Saving the effective zone configuration to the Defined Database309
Frame Redirection in interoperable fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Traffic Isolation zones in interoperable fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Brocade SANtegrity implementation in mixed fabric SANS . . . . . .311
Fabric OS Layer 2 Fabric Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

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E_Port authentication between Fabric OS and M-EOS switches . .311
Switch authentication policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Dumb switch authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315
Authentication of EX_Port, VE_Port, and VEX_Port connections316
Authentication of VE_Port-to-VE_Port connections . . . . . . . . . 317
Authentication of VEX_Port-to-VE_Port connections . . . . . . . .320
Authentication of VEX_Port-to-VEX_Port connections . . . . . . .321
FCR SANtegrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
Fabric Binding behavior in a mixed fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
Translate domains do not have Preferred or Insistent Domain ID
behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
Configuring the preferred domain ID and the insistent domain ID322
FICON implementation in a mixed fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323
Fabric OS version change restrictions in an interoperable environment
323
Coordinated Hot Code Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324
Bypassing the Coordinated HCL check on firmware download324
Coordinated HCL on switches firmware downloads . . . . . . . .325
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for HCL for interoperability
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McDATA-aware features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325
McDATA-unaware features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326
M-EOS feature limitations in mixed fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328
Supported hardware in an interoperable environment . . . . . . . . .329
Supported features in an interoperable environment . . . . . . . . . .331
Unsupported features in an interoperable environment . . . . . . . .334
Chapter 15 Managing Administrative Domains
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
Administrative Domains overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335
Admin Domain features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
Requirements for Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
Admin Domain access levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
User-defined Administrative Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
System-defined Administrative Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338
Admin Domains and login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
Admin Domain member types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
Admin Domains and switch WWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342
Admin Domain compatibility, availability, and merging . . . . . .344

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Admin Domain management for physical fabric administrators . .344
Setting the default zoning mode for Admin Domains . . . . . . .344
Creating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
User assignments to Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
Removing an Admin Domain from a user account . . . . . . . . .348
Activating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
Deactivating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
Adding members to an existing Admin Domain. . . . . . . . . . . .349
Removing members from an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
Renaming an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
Deleting an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains non-disruptively . .352
Validating an Admin Domain member list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356
SAN management with Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356
CLI commands in an AD context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
Executing a command in a different AD context . . . . . . . . . . .357
Displaying an Admin Domain configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
Switching to a different Admin Domain context. . . . . . . . . . . .358
Admin Domain interactions with other Fabric OS features. . .359
Admin Domains, zones, and zone databases . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
Admin Domains and LSAN zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
Configuration upload and download in an AD context . . . . . .362
Section II Licensed Features
Chapter 16 Administering Licensing
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
Licensing overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
The Brocade 7800 Upgrade license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
ICL licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
ICL 16-link license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
ICL 8-link license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
8G licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372
Slot-based licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372
Upgrade/downgrade considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
Adding a license to a slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
Removing a license from a slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
Time-based licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
Configupload and download considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Expired licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Universal Time-based licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Universal Time-based license expiration date . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Extending a license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
Deleting a license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
Date change restriction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
Universal Time-based license shelf life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

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Viewing installed licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
Activating a license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
Adding a licensed feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Removing a licensed feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
Activating Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
Dynamic Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
Displaying the port license assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380
Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380
Reserving a port license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381
Releasing a port from a POD set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382
Chapter 17 Monitoring Fabric Performance
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383
Advanced Performance Monitoring overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383
Types of monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383
Virtual Fabrics considerations for Advanced Performance Monitoring
384
End-to-end performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385
End-to-end monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385
Adding end-to-end monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386
Setting a mask for an end-to-end monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
Deleting end-to-end monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388
Frame monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389
Creating frame types to be monitored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390
Deleting frame types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391
Adding frame monitors to a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391
Removing frame monitors from a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391
Saving frame monitor configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391
Displaying frame monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392
Clearing frame monitor counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392
ISL performance monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393
Top Talker monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393
Adding a Top Talker monitor on an F_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394
Adding Top Talker monitors on all switches in the fabric (fabric mode)
394
Displaying the top nbandwidth-using flows on an F_Port . . .395
Displaying top talking flows for a given domain ID (fabric mode)396
Deleting a Top Talker monitor on an F_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .396
Deleting the fabric mode Top Talker monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . .396
Limitations of Top Talker monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
Trunk monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
Displaying end-to-end and ISL monitor counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
Clearing end-to-end and ISL monitor counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398
Saving and restoring monitor configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399

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Performance data collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399
Chapter 18 Optimizing Fabric Behavior
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401
Adaptive Networking overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401
Ingress Rate Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402
Limiting traffic from a particular device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403
Disabling ingress rate limiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403
QoS: SID/DID traffic prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403
License requirements for traffic prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . .404
QoS zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406
QoS on E_Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407
QoS over FC routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408
Virtual Fabric considerations for traffic prioritization . . . . . . .409
High availability considerations for traffic prioritization . . . . . 410
Supported configurations for traffic prioritization . . . . . . . . . . 410
Upgrade considerations for traffic prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Limitations and restrictions for traffic prioritization . . . . . . . . 413
Setting traffic prioritization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Setting traffic prioritization over FC routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415
Disabling QoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Bottleneck detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Supported configurations for bottleneck detection. . . . . . . . . 417
How bottlenecks are reported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Limitations of bottleneck detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
High availability considerations for bottleneck detection . . . . 417
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for bottleneck detection418
Trunking considerations for bottleneck detection . . . . . . . . . . 418
Virtual Fabrics considerations for bottleneck detection . . . . .418
Access Gateway considerations for bottleneck detection. . . .418
Enabling bottleneck detection on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419
Excluding a port from bottleneck detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419
Displaying bottleneck detection configuration details . . . . . . . . . .420
Changing bottleneck alert parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420
Displaying bottleneck statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422
Disabling bottleneck detection on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423
Chapter 19 Managing Trunking Connections
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425
Trunking overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425
Criteria for managing trunking connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .426
Supported hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427
Recommendations for trunking groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427

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Basic trunk group configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428
Re-initializing ports for trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428
Enabling Trunking on a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428
Enabling Trunking on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428
Displaying trunking information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429
Trunking over long distance fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .430
F_Port trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .431
Prerequisites for F_Port trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .431
Enabling F_Port trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432
Disabling F_Port trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432
F_Port trunking in Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432
F_Port trunking considerations for Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . .433
F_Port masterless trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433
F_Port masterless trunking considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .435
Assigning a Trunk Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437
Enabling the DCC policy on a Trunk Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439
Chapter 20 Managing Long Distance Fabrics
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441
Long distance fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441
Extended Fabrics device limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442
Long distance link modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442
Configuring an extended ISL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
Enabling long distance when connecting to TDM devices . . .444
Buffer credit management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445
Buffer-to-Buffer flow control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445
Optimal buffer credit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446
Fibre Channel gigabit values reference definition. . . . . . . . . .447
Allocating buffer credits based on full-size frames . . . . . . . . .447
Allocating buffer credits based on average-size frames . . . . .449
Allocating buffer credits for F_Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450
Displaying the remaining buffers in a port group . . . . . . . . . .450
Buffer credits for each switch model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451
Maximum configurable distances for Extended Fabrics . . . . .452
Buffer credit recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .453
Chapter 21 Using the FC-FC Routing Service
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .455
FC-FC routing service overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .455
Supported platforms for Fibre Channel routing . . . . . . . . . . . .456
Supported configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .456
Integrated Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457