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Fabric OS

Documentation Updates

Supporting Fabric OS v6.4.x

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Document History

Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002063-01 New document October 2010

Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002063-02 Added update for the Fabric OS

Administrator’s Guide.

Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002063-03 Added update for the FCIP

Administrator’s Guide

Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002063-04 Added updates for the Fabric OS

Administrator’s Guide, Fabric OS
Command Reference, and CEE guides.

Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002063-05 Added updates for the Fabric OS

Message Reference

November 2010

February 2011

March 2011

April 2011

Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002063-06 Added updates for the Fabric OS

Administrator’s Guide, Fabric OS
Command Reference, Brocade DCX
Backbone Hardware Reference Manual,
Brocade DCX-4S Backbone Hardware
Reference Manual.

Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002063-07 Added updates for the Fabric OS

Command Reference

Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002063-08 Added updates for the Fabric OS

Administrator’s Guide and the Fabric OS
Command Reference

Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002063-09 Added updates for the Fabric OS

Administrator’s Guide and the Fabric OS
Command Reference

September 2011

December 2011

May 2012

August 2012

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Contents

About This Document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Brocade resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Chapter 1 Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.1 and later. . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 3, Managing Policies and Features in Access

Gateway Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 2 CEE Administrator’s Guide

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chapter 3, Standard CEE Integrations and Configurations. . . . . 3

Chapter 9, Configuring QoS using the CEE CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 3, Standard CEE Integrations and Configurations. . . . . 4

Chapter 7, Configuring LLDP using the CEE CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 9, Configuring QoS using the CEE CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 3 CEE Command Reference

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Revised commands in Fabric OS v6.4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Revised commands in Fabric OS v6.4.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 4 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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Chapter 6, Configuring Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Chapter 7, Configuring Security Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Chapter 11, Administering Advanced Zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Chapter 12, Traffic Isolation Zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 14, Interoperability for Merged SANs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 16, Administering Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Chapter 17, Monitoring Fabric Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Chapter 18, Optimizing Fabric Behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Chapter 20, Managing Long-Distance Fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Chapter 21, Using the FC-FC Routing Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Documentation Updates for Fabric OS v6.4.1 and later . . . . . . . . .12

Chapter 19, Managing Trunking Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Chapter 5 Fabric OS Commands Reference

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

APM Performance Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

New commands in Fabric OS v6.4.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Command RBAC permissions and AD types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Revised commands in Fabric OS v6.4.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Chapter 6 Fabric OS Message Reference

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.0 and later. . . . . . . . . .43

Chapter 12, CDR System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Chapter 31, FCOE System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Chapter 57, KAC System Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Chapter 7 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.0 and later. . . . . . . . . . 47

Chapter 1, Fabric Watch notification types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Chapter 2, Fabric Watch Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Chapter 4, Fabric Watch Activation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Chapter 8 Fibre Channel over IP Administrator’s Guide

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

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Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.0 and v6.4.1 . . . . . . . .49

Appendix A, Fibre Channel Fast Write (FCFW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

In this appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

FC Fast Write (FCFW) concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Configuring and enabling FCFW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Disabling FCFW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Disabling FCFW flows without removing FCFW . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Chapter 9 Brocade DCX Backbone Hardware Reference Manual

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Chapter 5, Removal and Replacement Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Preparing for the WWN card replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Chapter 10 Brocade DCX-4S Backbone Hardware Reference Manual

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Chapter 5, Removal and Replacement Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Preparing for the WWN card replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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About This Document

In this chapter

•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

•Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

How this document is organized

This document contains updates to the Fabric OS v6.4.x product manuals: These updates include
document fixes and changes covering new features. Table 1 below lists the most recently released
Fabric OS v6.4.x product manuals.

TABLE 1 Documentation Supporting Fabric OS 6.4.x

Publication Title Fabric OS Release Page Number Publication Date

Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide v6.4.0 and later Updates on page 1 March 2010

CEE Administrator’s Guide v6.4.1 and later Updated on page 3 October 2010

CEE Administrator’s Guide v6.4.0 only Updated on page 3 March 2010

CEE Command Reference v6.4.1 and later Updates on page 7 September 2010

CEE Command Reference v6.4.0 only Updates on page 7 March 2010

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide v6.4.0 and later Updates on page 9 September 2010

Fabric OS Command Reference v6.4.3 and later Updated on page 15 April 2012

Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (LKM) v6.4.0 and later No Updates March 2010

Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (RKM) v6.4.0 and later No Updates November 2010

Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (TEMS) v6.4.0 and later No Updates March 2010

Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (SKM) v6.4.0 and later No Updates March 2010

Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (TKLM) v6.4.1 and later No Updates October 2010

Fibre Channel over IP Administrator’s Guide v6.4.0 and later Updates on page 49 March 2010

Fabric OS Message Reference v6.4.0 and later Updates on page 43 March 2010

Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide v6.4.0 and later No updates March 2010

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide v6.4.0 and later Updates on page 47 March 2010

FICON Administrator’s Guide v6.4.0 and later No updates March 2010

iSCSI Administrator’s Guide No updates March 2010

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Publication Title Fabric OS Release Page Number Publication Date

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide v6.4.0 and later No updates March 2010

DCX Backbone Hardware Reference Manual v6.4.0 and later Updates on page 55 October 2011

DCX-4S Backbone Hardware Reference Manual v6.4.0 and later Updates on page 57 October 2011

What’s new in this document

• For the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide, added corrections for “Chapter 18, Optimizing Fabric

Behavior.”

• For the Fabric OS Command Reference, added corrections for the following commands:

• Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.0:

• passwd

• perfUserMonitor

• Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.3:

• bottleneckMon

• serDesTuneMode

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Chapter

NOTE

Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide

In this chapter

The updates in this chapter are for the Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide, published March

2010.

•Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.1 and later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.1 and later

Chapter 3, Managing Policies and Features in Access Gateway Mode

Under the heading “Trunking in Access Gateway Mode” on page 48, add the following note at the
bottom of the page.

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N_Port Trunking is not supported for HBAs connected to switches running in Access Gateway mode.
This feature is only be supported for HBAs connected to switches running in Native mode.

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Chapter

NOTE

NOTE

NOTE

CEE Administrator’s Guide

In this chapter

The updates in this chapter are for the CEE Administrator’s Guide, published March 2010 and
October 2010.

•Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

•Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.0

Chapter 3, Standard CEE Integrations and Configurations

Under the heading of "Creating the CEE map" on page 25, before the beginning of the procedure,
add the following note:

2

The name used in the cee-map command must begin with a letter, and can consist of letters,
digits, hyphens, and underscore characters. Spaces are prohibited. Special characters are not
supported, and cause the name to truncate.

Under the heading of "Minimum CEE configuration to allow FCoE traffic flow" on page 29, add the
following note:

The name used in the cee-map command must begin with a letter, and can consist of letters,
digits, hyphens, and underscore characters. Spaces are prohibited. Special characters are not
supported, and cause the name to truncate.

Chapter 9, Configuring QoS using the CEE CLI

Under the heading of "Creating a CEE map" on page 107, add the following note:

The name used in the cee-map command must begin with a letter, and can consist of letters,
digits, hyphens, and underscore characters. Spaces are prohibited. Special characters are not
supported, and cause the name to truncate.

Under the heading of "Creating a CEE map" on page 107, delete the example under step 2.

Under the heading of "Defining a priority group table" on page 107, add the following note:

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NOTE

NOTE

NOTE

NOTE

NOTE

2

The name used in the cee-map command must begin with a letter, and can consist of letters,
digits, hyphens, and underscore characters. Spaces are prohibited. Special characters are not
supported, and cause the name to truncate.

Under the heading of "Defining a priority group table" on page 107, delete the example under step

4.

Under the heading of "Defining a priority-table map" on page 108, add the following note:

The name used in the cee-map command must begin with a letter, and can consist of letters,
digits, hyphens, and underscore characters. Spaces are prohibited. Special characters are not
supported, and cause the name to truncate.

Under the heading of "Defining a priority-table map" on page 108, delete the example under step 3.

Under the heading of "Applying a CEE provisioning map to an interface” on page 110, delete the
example under step 3.

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.1

Chapter 3, Standard CEE Integrations and Configurations

Under the heading of "Creating the CEE map" on page 25, before the beginning of the procedure,
add the following note:

The name used in the cee-map command must begin with a letter, and can consist of letters,
digits, hyphens, and underscore characters. Spaces are prohibited. Special characters are not
supported, and cause the name to truncate.

Under the heading of "Minimum CEE configuration to allow FCoE traffic flow" on page 29, add the
following note:

The name used in the cee-map command must begin with a letter, and can consist of letters,
digits, hyphens, and underscore characters. Spaces are prohibited. Special characters are not
supported, and cause the name to truncate.

Chapter 7, Configuring LLDP using the CEE CLI

Under the heading of "Configuring the iSCSI profile" on page 83, add the following note:

The name used in the cee-map command must begin with a letter, and can consist of letters,
digits, hyphens, and underscore characters. Spaces are prohibited. Special characters are not
supported, and cause the name to truncate.

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NOTE

NOTE

NOTE

2

Chapter 9, Configuring QoS using the CEE CLI

Under the heading of "Creating a CEE map" on page 109, add the following note:

The name used in the cee-map command must begin with a letter, and can consist of letters,
digits, hyphens, and underscore characters. Spaces are prohibited. Special characters are not
supported, and cause the name to truncate.

Under the heading of "Creating a CEE map" on page 109, delete the example under step 2.

Under the heading of "Defining a priority group table" on page 109, add the following note:

The name used in the cee-map command must begin with a letter, and can consist of letters,
digits, hyphens, and underscore characters. Spaces are prohibited. Special characters are not
supported, and cause the name to truncate.

Under the heading of "Defining a priority group table" on page 109, delete the example under step

4.

Under the heading of "Defining a priority-table map" on page 110, add the following note:

The name used in the cee-map command must begin with a letter, and can consist of letters,
digits, hyphens, and underscore characters. Spaces are prohibited. Special characters are not
supported, and cause the name to truncate.

Under the heading of "Defining a priority-table map" on page 110, delete the example under step 3.

Under the heading of "Applying a CEE provisioning map to an interface” on page 112, delete the
example under step 3.

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Chapter

CEE Command Reference

In this chapter

The updates in this chapter are for the CEE Command Reference, published March 2010 and
October 2010.

• Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

• Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.0

Revised commands in Fabric OS v6.4.0

Under the command cee-map, add the following Usage Guideline:

USAGE

GUIDELINES

The map name must begin with a letter, and can consist of letters, digits, hyphens, and underscore
characters. Spaces are prohibited. Special characters are not supported, and cause the name to
truncate.

3

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.1

Revised commands in Fabric OS v6.4.1

Under the command cee-map, add the following Usage Guideline:

USAGE

GUIDELINES

The map name must begin with a letter, and can consist of letters, digits, hyphens, and underscore
characters. Spaces are prohibited. Special characters are not supported, and cause the name to
truncate.

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Chapter

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide

In this chapter

The updates in this chapter are for the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide, published September

2010.

•Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.0 and later. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

•Documentation Updates for Fabric OS v6.4.1 and later. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v6.4.0 and later

Chapter 6, Configuring Protocols

In the section “Installing a switch certificate” on page 125, the example is missing the command.
Add the following command line to the beginning of the example:

4

switch:admin> seccertutil import -config swcert -enable https

Chapter 7, Configuring Security Policies

In the section “Import CA for FCAP” on page 152, the command is incorrect in step 2. Change step
2 to the following:

2. Enter the secCertUtil import

In the section “Importing the FCAP switch certificate” on page 152, the command is incorrect in
step 2. Change step 2 to the following:

2. Enter the secCertUtil import

–fcapcacert command.

–fcapswcert command.

Chapter 11, Administering Advanced Zoning

Replace the section “Zoning enforcement” on page 242 with the following:

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