Brocade Communications Systems VA-40FC Quick user guide

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31 May 2012
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Brocade VA-40FC
Hardware Reference Manual

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Title Publication Number Summary of Changes Date
Brocade VA-40FC Hardware Reference Manual 53-1001540-01 New document August 2009
Brocade VA-40FC Hardware Reference Manual 53-1001540-02 Update document for
Release 6.4.
March 2010
Brocade VA-40FC Hardware Reference Manual 53-1001540-03 BSMI compliance
statement updated.
October 2011
Brocade VA-40FC Hardware Reference Manual 53-1001540-04 Chinese regulatory
statement added
May 2012

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Contents
About This Document
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Chapter 1 Brocade VA-40FC Introduction
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Brocade VA-40FC overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Port side of the Brocade VA-40FC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Non-port side of the Brocade VA-40FC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Field replaceable units (FRUs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Ports on Demand license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ISL trunking groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Fabric OS Native and Access Gateway modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Disabling and enabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2 Brocade VA-40FC Installation and Configuration
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Items included with the Product Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installation and safety considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Electrical considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Environmental considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cabinet considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Recommendations for cable management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Items required for installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing a standalone Product Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cabinet installation for a Product Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

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Product Name configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Providing power to the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Creating a serial connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Switch IP address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Date and time settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 3 Brocade VA-40FC Operation
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Powering the Brocade VA-40FC on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
LED activity interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brocade VA-40FC LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
LED locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
LED Patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
POST and boot specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Interpreting POST results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Maintaining the Brocade VA-40FC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing an SFP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Diagnostic tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Field Replaceable Units (FRUs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Power supply/fan assembly FRU replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Managing the Brocade VA-40FC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Appendix A Brocade VA-40FC Specifications
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Access Gateway default port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Switch components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Weight and physical dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Facility requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Power supply specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Environmental requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
General specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Data transmission ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Memory specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Fibre Channel port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Serial port specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Regulatory compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
FCC warning (US only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
KCC statement (Republic of Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
VCCI statement Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power cords (Japan Denan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
China statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
BSMI statement (Taiwan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
CE statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Canadian requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Laser compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
RTC battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Electrical safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Regulatory certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Environmental regulation compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
China RoHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Index

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About This Document
In this chapter
•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
•Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
How this document is organized
This document is organized to help you find the information that you want as quickly and easily as
possible.
The document contains the following components:
•Chapter 1, “Brocade VA-40FC Introduction,” provides an overview of the Product Name switch,
a feature list, and a look at the appearance of the switch.
•Chapter 2, “Brocade VA-40FC Installation and Configuration,” provides the information needed
to install the switch into your network.
•Chapter 3, “Brocade VA-40FC Operation,” discusses the day-to-day operational procedures for
using the switch.
•Appendix A, “Brocade VA-40FC Specifications,” provides tables of physical, environmental,and
general specifications, helpful for quick lookup.
•The Index points you to the exact pages on which specific information is located.
Supported hardware and software
Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for Fabric OS v6.2.x, documenting all possible
configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.
This document is specific to the Brocade VA-40FC and Fabric OS vx.x.x. To obtain information about
a Fabric OS version other than vx.x.x, see the documentation specific to that OS version.

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What’s new in this document
The Chinese regulatory statement has been added. “China statement.”
Document conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this
document.
Text formatting
The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows:
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text Provides emphasis
Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles
code text Identifies CLI output
Identifies command syntax examples
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed
lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all
lowercase.
Command syntax conventions
Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions:
command Commands are printed in bold.
--option, option Command options are printed in bold.
-argument, arg Arguments.
[ ] Optional element.
variable Variables are printed in italics. In the help pages, values are underlined or
enclosed in angled brackets < >.
... Repeat the previous element, for example “member[;member...]”
value Fixed values following arguments are printed in plain font. For example,
--show WWN
| Boolean. Elements are exclusive. Example: --show -mode egress | ingress

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Notes, cautions, and warnings
The following notices and statements are used in this manual. They are listed below in order of
increasing severity of potential hazards.
NOTE
A note provides a tip, guidance or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a reference
to related information.
ATTENTION
An Attention statement indicates potential damage to hardware or data.
CAUTION
A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you.
DANGER
A Danger statement indicates conditions or situations that can be potentially lethal or extremely
hazardous to you. Safety labels are also attached directly to products to warn of these conditions
or situations.
Key terms
For definitions specific to Brocade and Fibre Channel, see the Brocade Glossary.
For definitions of SAN-specific terms, visit the Storage Networking Industry Association online
dictionary at:
http://www.snia.org/education/dictionary
Notice to the reader
This document may contain references to the trademarks of the following corporations. These
trademarks are the properties of their respective companies and corporations.
These references are made for informational purposes only.
Corporation Referenced Trademarks and Products
IBM Corporation IBM, FICON, PowerPC

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Additional information
This section lists additional Brocade and industry-specific documentation that you might find
helpful.
Brocade resources
To get up-to-the-minute information, go to http://my.brocade.com and register at no cost for a user
ID and password.
For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade SAN Info Center and click the Resource
Library location:
http://www.brocade.com
Release notes are available on the My Brocade website (http://my.brocade.com) and are also
bundled with the Fabric OS firmware.
Other industry resources
•White papers, online demos, and data sheets are available through the Brocade Web site at
http://www.brocade.com/products/software.jhtml.
•Best practice guides, white papers, data sheets, and other documentation is available through
the Brocade Partner Web site.
For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 Web site. This Web site
provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre
Channel, storage management, and other applications:
http://www.t11.org
For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association Web
site:
http://www.fibrechannel.org

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Getting technical help
Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including
product repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information available:
1. General Information
•Technical Support contract number, if applicable
•Switch model
•Switch operating system version
•Error numbers and messages received
•supportSave command output
•Detailed description of the problem, including the switch or fabric behavior immediately
following the problem, and specific questions
•Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed and the results
•Serial console and Telnet session logs
•syslog message logs
2. Switch Serial Number
The switch serial number and corresponding bar code are provided on the serial number label,
as illustrated below.:
The serial number label is located as follows:
•Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5100, 5300, 7500, 7500E, 7800, 8000, VA-40FC, and
Brocade Encryption Switch—On the switch ID pull-out tab located inside the chassis on the
port side on the left
•Brocade 5000—On the switch ID pull-out tab located on the bottom of the port side of the
switch
•Brocade 7600—On the bottom of the chassis
•Brocade 48000—Inside the chassis next to the power supply bays
•Brocade DCX—On the bottom right on the port side of the chassis
•Brocade DCX-4S—On the bottom right on the port side of the chassis, directly above the
cable management comb
3. World Wide Name (WWN)
Use the wwn command to display the switch WWN.
If you cannot use the wwn command because the switch is inoperable, you can get the WWN
from the same place as the serial number, except for the Brocade DCX. For the Brocade DCX,
access the numbers on the WWN cards by removing the Brocade logo plate at the top of the
non-port side of the chassis.
*FT00X0054E9*
FT00X0054E9

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Chapter
1
Brocade VA-40FC Introduction
In this chapter
•Brocade VA-40FC overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
•Port side of the Brocade VA-40FC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
•Non-port side of the Brocade VA-40FC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
•Field replaceable units (FRUs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
•Ports on Demand license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
•ISL trunking groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
•Fabric OS Native and Access Gateway modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Brocade VA-40FC overview
The Brocade VA-40FC is an Enterprise class 1U, 40-port Fibre Channel 1, 2, 4 or 8 Gbps Fibre
Channel switch that offers the next generation Brocade, single-chip architecture for Storage Area
Networks (SANs). The Brocade VA-40FC is designed to function in large-scale enterprise SANs and
can also fit the requirements of small to medium-sized work groups.
Because the Brocade VA-40FC has a slim 1U height and a high port count, you can use the Brocade
VA-40FC to create very dense fabrics in a relatively small space. With its flexible Ports On Demand
(POD) capability, the Brocade VA-40FC provides excellent overall value as the foundation of a SAN
with the ability to grow with an organization’s SAN needs.
The Brocade VA-40FC is the latest mid-range offer from the Brocade family of entry-to-enterprise
products. It supports the following features:
•Up to 40 ports of high-performance 8 Gbps technology and POD scaling from 24 to 32 or 40
ports.
•Support for 1, 2, 4, and 8 Gbps auto-sensing Fibre Channel switch and router ports.
•FICON®, FICON Cascading and FICON Control Unit Port ready.
•Two hot-swappable, redundant integrated power supply and fan FRUs.
•Universal ports that self-configure as E, F, M, or FL ports. Ex_Ports are activated on a per port
basis with the optional Integrated Routing license.
•Fibre Channel Routing (FCR) service that provides improved scalability and fault isolation
(through the optional Integrated Routing license).
•An RJ45 Ethernet management port, that in conjunction with EZSwitchSetup, supports switch
IP address discovery and configuration, eliminating the need to attach a serial cable to
configure the switch IP address and greatly increasing the ease of use.
•USB port that provides storage for firmware updates, output of the supportSave command and
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•Single motherboard design with 667 MHz PowerPC 440EPx Reduced Instruction Set Computer
(RISC) CPU and integrated peripherals which provide high performance.
•Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking (licensable), which allows up to eight ports (at 1, 2, 4, or 8 Gbps
speeds) between a pair of switches combined to form a single, logical ISL with a speed of up to
128 Gbps full duplex for optimal bandwidth utilization and load balancing.
•Dynamic Path Selection (DPS), which optimizes fabric-wide performance and load balancing by
automatically routing data to the most efficient available path in the fabric.
•Rack-mount design using existing rail kits (fixed, sliding, and mid-mount/Telco rail kits) on a
19” EIA rack.
•Rack-mount design using fixed rack mount kit for 24” depth racks.
•Industry-leading extended distance support, which enables native Fibre Channel extension
greater than 590 km.
•Expanded security for up to 16,000 hardware zones. Hardware zoning is accomplished at the
port level of the switch or by World Wide Name (WWN). Hardware zoning permits or denies
delivery of frames to any destination port address.
•Unicast, multicast (255 groups), and broadcast data traffic type, are support.
•Brocade Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) or SFP+ optical transceivers support any
combination of Short Wavelength (SWL), Long Wavelength (LWL) or Extended Long Wavelength
(ELWL) optical media among the switch ports.
•Brocade Fabric Operating System (Fabric OS), which delivers distributed intelligence
throughout the network and enables a wide range of value-added applications including
Brocade Advanced Web Tools and Brocade Zoning. Optional Fabric Services include: Adaptive
Networking with QoS, Brocade Extended Fabrics, Brocade Enhanced Group Management,
Brocade Fabric Watch, ISL Trunking, Integrated Routing, and End-to-End Performance
Monitoring (APM).
•Port-to-port latency minimized to 700 nanoseconds through the use of cut-through frame
routing at 8 Gbps.
•Extensive diagnostics and system monitoring capabilities, which enhance high Reliability,
Availability, and Serviceability (RAS).
•The Brocade EZSwitchSetup wizard, which makes SAN configuration a three-step point-and
click task.

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Port side of the Brocade VA-40FC 1
Port side of the Brocade VA-40FC
The port side of the Brocade VA-40FC includes the system status LED, console port, Ethernet port
and LEDs, USB port, and Fibre Channel ports and the corresponding port status LEDs.
Figure 1 shows the port side of the Brocade VA-40FC.
FIGURE 1 Port-side view of the Brocade VA-40FC
8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15
0 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 16 17 18 19 24 25 26 27 32 33 34 35
4 5 6 7 12 13 14 15 20 21 22 23 28 29 30 31 36 37 38 39
2
16 3 5 7
4
8
1 System status (top) and power (bottom) LEDs
2 System RS232 console port (RJ-45)
3 System Ethernet port (RJ-45)
4 Ethernet port LEDs (green/amber)
5USBport
6 Fibre Channel port status LED
7FibreChannelports
8 Switch ID pull-out tab

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Port Numbering
The Fibre Channel ports on the Brocade VA-40FC are numbered from left to right, in eight-port
groups from 0 to 39 as illustrated in Figure 2.
FIGURE 2 Port Numbering on the Brocade VA-40FC
ATTENTION
Brocade ISL Trunking is licensed software that allows you to create trunking groups of ISLs between
adjacent switches. For more information about Brocade ISL Trunking, refer to the Brocade Fabric OS
Administrator’s Guide.
Non-port side of the Brocade VA-40FC
The non-port side of the Brocade VA-40FC includes the two redundant power supply-fan
assemblies and the corresponding status LEDs.
Figure 3 shows the port side of the Brocade VA-40FC.
0123 891011 16171819 24252627 32333435
4567 12131415 20212223 28293031 36373839
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AIRFLOW
E
AIRFLOW
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3 7
1 4 85
2
1 Fan (for power supply/fan FRU2)
2 Power supply/Fan status LED (for power
supply/fan FRU 2)
3 Power supply connector (for power supply/fan
FRU2)
4 Fan (for power supply/fan FRU2)
5 Fan (for power supply/fan FRU1)
6 Power supply/Fan status LED (for Power
Supply/fan FRU 1)
7 Power supply connector (for power supply/fan
FRU 1)
8 Fan (for power supply/fan FRU1)

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FIGURE 3 Non-port side view of the Brocade VA-40FC
Field replaceable units (FRUs)
The Brocade VA-40FC has two integrated power supply/fan unit field replaceable units (FRUs).
These power supply/fan assembly units are hot-swappable and redundant, and are capable of
functioning universally without voltage jumpers or switches. The FRU units are identical and
interchangeable.
The front panel has a status LED that provides the status of the entire switch, including the two
power supply/fan FRUs.
The airflow for the Brocade VA-40FC is configured at the factory to have either the:
•Airflow exhaust at the non-port end.
•Airflow intake at the non-port end.
The fans inside a power supply/fan FRU either intake air or exhaust air from the chassis, depending
on the model. Using the same P/N for all power supply/fan FRUs ensures identical airflow for all
the FRUs on the chassis. When a replacement power supply/fan FRU is required, the same part
number must be used and the FRU must match what was originally shipped in the Brocade
VA-40FC.
The power supply/fan unit handle color is also an indicator of the of model type. The handles for
the installed FRUs should be the same color.
Additionally, you can use external labels as a guide. Some power supply/fan units are labeled with
an airflow symbol on the faceplate to indicate whether the unit intakes or exhausts air. However,
not all power supply/fan units have an airflow symbol label.
FIGURE 4 Exhaust and intake airflow symbols for Power Supply/Fan FRUs
Ports on Demand license
The Brocade VA-40FC has 40 ports. By default, ports 0-24 are enabled. To enable additional ports,
you must install Ports On Demand (POD) licenses.
To install a POD license, you can either use the supplied license key or generate a license key.
Typically the switch is shipped with a paper pack that specifies the transaction key to use with the
Software License Keys link. Use this transaction key on the Brocade Web site at
www.brocade.com/licensekeys and follow the instructions to generate the key. You can also use
this site to generate other license keys for your switch.
After you have installed the license keys, you must enable the ports. You can do so without
disrupting switch operation by using the portEnable command on each port individually.
Alternatively, you can disable and re-enable the switch to activate all ports simultaneously.

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For detailed information on enabling additional ports using the POD license, refer to the Fabric OS
Administrator’s Guide.
ISL trunking groups
The Product Name supports Interswitch Link (ISL) Trunking as a licensed feature. When this feature
is enabled, you can create trunked groups of up to eight contiguous ports, permitting a speed of up
to 64 Gbps (128 Gbps full duplex).
NOTE
Brocade ISL Trunking is licensed software that allows you to create trunking groups of ISLs between
adjacent switches. For more information about Brocade ISL Trunking, refer to the Brocade Fabric OS
Administrator’s Guide.
Fabric OS Native and Access Gateway modes
The Product Name can function in either Fabric OS Native mode or Brocade Access Gateway mode.
•The Product Name is shipped in Access Gateway mode by default. You do not need to configure
Access Gateway if you use the default F_Port-to-N_Port mappings. You can change the default
configuration the using command line interface (CLI) or WebTools, after you configure an IP
address using instructions under “Switch IP address” on page 14.
•Access Gateway simplifies SAN deployment by using NPIV. NPIV provides Fibre Channel switch
functions that improve Product Name scalability, manageability, and interoperability. For more
information on Access Gateway, refer to the following:
-For a list of Product Name F_Ports mapped to N_Ports as shipped from the factory, refer to
“Access Gateway default port mapping” on page 27.
-For general information and details on using Access Gateway, refer to the Brocade Access
Gateway Administrator’s Guide.
-For specific instructions to prepare the edge fabric before connecting it to Access Gateway
(since Access Gateway relies on NPIV technology for its connection to the edge fabric),
refer to the SAN TECH NOTE – Preparing to Install the Brocade Access Gateway).
NOTE
Access Gateway cannot be connected directly into an array; it requires a fabric to support NPIV.
•The features available to the Product Name depend on whether the switch is configured in
Access Gateway or Fabric OS Native mode. For a list of available features for each mode, refer
to the Brocade Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide.
•The switch provides up to 32 internal copper backplane F_Ports. Each port can automatically
negotiate its speed at 4 or 8 Gbps to match the highest speed supported by the attached
devices.

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•In Fabric OS Native mode, the switch provides up to 40 external autosensing (2, 4 and 8 Gbps)
Fibre Channel ports. These universal and self-configuring ports are capable of becoming one
of the following port types:
-F_Port (fabric enabled)
-FL_Port (fabric loop enabled)
-E_Port (expansion port)
•In Access Gateway mode, the switch provides up to 40 autosensing (2, 4, and 8 Gbps) Fibre
Channel ports. These are universal and self-configuring ports capable of becoming the
following types:
-F_Port (fabric enabled)
-N_Port (fabric enabled)
Disabling and enabling Access Gateway mode
This section provides steps to disable and enable Access Gateway mode using Fabric OS
commands. For more information on using these commands, refer to the “Enabling and disabling
Access Gateway mode” section in the Brocade Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide or the
Brocade Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.
NOTE
You can also disable and enable Access Gateway mode using Web Tools. Refer to the See the Web
Tools Administrator’s Guide for more information.
Disabling Access Gateway mode
When you disable Access Gateway mode, The switch automatically reboots and comes back online
using the fabric switch configuration. The Access Gateway parameters, such as F_Port-to-N_Port
mapping, Failover, and Failback are automatically removed. When the switch reboots, it starts in
Fabric OS Native mode. To re-join the switch to the core fabric, refer to the Brocade Access Gateway
Administrator’s Guide.
Use the following steps to disable Access Gateway mode using Fabric OS commands. For more
information, refer to the “Enabling and disabling Access Gateway mode” section in the Brocade
Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide.
1. Enter the switchshow command to verify the switch mode.
•“Access Gateway Mode” displays if the switch is in Access Gateway mode.
•Interopmode “0” or “Native” displays if the switch is in Fabric OS Native mode.
2. Enter switchDisable to disable the switch. Access Gateway mode can only be disabled or
enabled when the VA-FC40 is in a disabled state.
3. Enter ag --modeDisable to disable Access Gateway mode.
4. Enter the ag --modeshow command to verify that AG mode is disabled.
switch:admin> ag --modeshow
Access Gateway mode is NOT enabled

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Enabling Access Gateway mode
Note the following when enabling Access Gateway mode:
•After you enable AG mode, some fabric information is erased, such as the zone and security
databases.
•Enabling AG mode is disruptive because the switch is disabled and rebooted.
•Ensure that no zoning or Admin Domain (AD) transaction buffers are active. If any transaction
buffer is active, enabling Access Gateway mode will fail with the error, “Failed to clear
Zoning/Admin Domain configuration.”
Use the following steps to enable Access Gateway mode using Fabric OS commands. For more
information on enabling Access Gateway mode, refer to “Enabling and disabling Access Gateway
mode” in the Brocade Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide.
1. Before disabling a switch to enable Access Gateway mode, save the current configuration file
using the configupload command in case you might need this configuration again.
2. Enter the switchshow command to verify the switch mode.
•“Access Gateway Mode” displays for switchMode if the switch is in Access Gateway mode.
•“Native” displays for switchMode if the switch is in Fabric OS Native mode.
3. Enter switchDisable to disable the switch. Access Gateway mode can only be enabled or
disabled when the VA-FC40 is in a disabled state.
4. Enter ag –modeEnable to enable Access Gateway mode.
5. Enter the ag --modeshow command to verify that AG mode is enabled.
switch:admin> ag --modeshow
Access Gateway mode is enabled.