Brocade Communications Systems Fabric OS v6.4.1 Documentation Update
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Fabric OS
Documentation Updates
Supporting Fabric OS v6.4.1
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Document History
Title Publication number Summary of changes Date
Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002063-01 New document October 7, 2010
Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002063-02 Added update for the Fabric OS
November 10, 2010
Administrator’s Guide.
Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002063-03 Added updates for the following:
December 17, 2010
• Fabric OS Message Reference
• DCX Backbone Hardware
Reference Manual
• Brocade 5100 Hardware
Reference Manual
Contents
About This Document
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Chapter 1 Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 3, Managing Policies and Features in Access Gateway Mode1
Chapter 2 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 14, Interoperability for Merged SANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 16, Administering Licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 17, Monitoring Fabric Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 21, Using the FC-FC Routing Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Chapter 3 Fabric OS Commands Reference
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
New commands in Fabric OS v6.4.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Revised commands in Fabric OS v6.4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Command RBAC permissions and AD types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Chapter 4 Fabric OS Message Reference Manual
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
SULB System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Chapter 5 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Chapter 1, Fabric Watch notification types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
swFabricWatchTrap severity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
SNMP trap counters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Chapter 2, Fabric Watch Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
In-between buffer values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 4, Fabric Watch Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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Chapter 6 DCX Backbone Hardware Reference Manual
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Appendix D, Port Numbering Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 7 Brocade 5100 Hardware Reference Manual
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Chapter 3, Brocade 5100 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
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About This Document
In this chapter
•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
How this document is organized
This document contains updates to the following Fabric OS manuals:
TABLE 1 Fabric OS Documentation Updates
Publication Title Page Number Publication Date
Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide Updates on page 1 March 2010
CEE Administrator’s Guide No Updates October 2010
CEE Command Reference No Updates October 2010
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide Updates on page 3 September 2010
Fabric OS Command Reference Updated on page 5 September 2010
Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (LKM) No Updates March 2010
Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (RKM) No Updates March 2010
Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (TEMS) No Updates March 2010
Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (SKM) No Updates March 2010
Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (TKLM) No Updates October 2010
Fibre Channel over IP Administrator’s Guide No Updates March 2010
Fabric OS Message Reference Updates on page 13 March 2010
Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide No updates March 2010
Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide Updates on page 15 March 2010
FICON Administrator’s Guide No updates March 2010
iSCSI Administrator’s Guide No updates March 2010
Web Tools Administrator’s Guide No updates March 2010
DCX Backbone Hardware Reference Manual Updates on page 17 March 2010
Brocade 5100 Hardware Reference Manual Updates on page 19 July 2008
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NOTE
Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide
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In this chapter
The updates in this chapter are for the Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide, part number:
53-10001760-01, published March 2010.
•Chapter 3, Managing Policies and Features in Access Gateway Mode . . . . . 1
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.
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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