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Fabric OS

Administrators Guide

Supporting Fabric OS 7.3.0

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Preface...................................................................................................................................	19
Document conventions....................................................................................	19
Text formatting conventions................................................................	19
Command syntax conventions............................................................	19
Notes, cautions, and warnings............................................................	20
Brocade resources..........................................................................................	21
Contacting Brocade Technical Support...........................................................	21
Document feedback........................................................................................	22
About This Document..............................................................................................................	23
Supported hardware and software..................................................................	23
What's new in this document...........................................................................	24
Understanding Fibre Channel Services ....................................................................................	25
Fibre Channel services overview....................................................................	25
Management server........................................................................................	26
Platform services.............................................................................................	26
Platform services and Virtual Fabrics..................................................	26
Enabling platform services..................................................................	27
Disabling platform services ................................................................	27
Management server database........................................................................	27
Displaying the management server ACL.............................................	28
Adding a member to the ACL..............................................................	28
Deleting a member from the ACL .......................................................	29
Viewing the contents of the management server database ...............	30
Clearing the management server database........................................	30
Topology discovery.........................................................................................	30
Displaying topology discovery status..................................................	31
Enabling topology discovery ..............................................................	31
Disabling topology discovery...............................................................	31
Device login.....................................................................................................	32
Principal switch...................................................................................	32
E_Port login process ..........................................................................	32
Fabric login process ...........................................................................	33
Port login process...............................................................................	33
RSCNs................................................................................................	33
Duplicate Port World Wide Name.......................................................	34
High availability of daemon processes............................................................	34
Performing Basic Configuration Tasks.....................................................................................	37
Fabric OS overview.........................................................................................	37
Fabric OS command line interface..................................................................	38
Console sessions using the serial port................................................	38
Telnet or SSH sessions.......................................................................	39
Getting help on a command................................................................	40
Viewing a history of command line entries..........................................	41
Using fosexec to run commands on remote switches or domains......	43

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Password modification..................................................................................	45
Default account passwords...............................................................	45
The switch Ethernet interface .......................................................................	46
Brocade Backbones..........................................................................	46
Brocade switches..............................................................................	46
Virtual Fabrics and the Ethernet interface.........................................	46
Management Ethernet port bonding.................................................	47
Displaying the network interface settings..........................................	48
Static Ethernet addresses.................................................................	48
DHCP activation................................................................................	50
IPv6 autoconfiguration......................................................................	52
Date and time settings..................................................................................	53
Setting the date and time..................................................................	53
Time zone settings............................................................................	53
Network time protocol.......................................................................	55
Domain IDs...................................................................................................	56
Domain ID issues..............................................................................	56
Displaying the domain IDs................................................................	56
Setting the domain ID........................................................................	57
Switch names................................................................................................	57
Customizing the switch name...........................................................	58
Chassis names..............................................................................................	58
Customizing chassis names..............................................................	58
Fabric name..................................................................................................	58
Configuring the fabric name..............................................................	59
High availability considerations for fabric names..............................	59
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for fabric names...............	59
Switch activation and deactivation................................................................	59
Disabling a switch.............................................................................	60
Enabling a switch..............................................................................	60
Disabling a chassis...........................................................................	60
Enabling a chassis............................................................................	61
Switch and Backbone shutdown...................................................................	61
Powering off a Brocade switch..........................................................	61
Powering off a Brocade Backbone....................................................	62
Basic connections.........................................................................................	62
Device connection.............................................................................	62
Switch connection.............................................................................	62
Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks.............................................................................	65
Port identifiers (PIDs) and PID binding overview..........................................	65
Core PID addressing mode...............................................................	65
Fixed addressing mode.....................................................................	66
10-bit addressing (mode 0)...............................................................	66
256-area addressing (mode 1 and mode 2)......................................	66
WWN-based PID assignment...........................................................	67
Ports..............................................................................................................	69
Port Types.........................................................................................	69
Backbone port blades.......................................................................	70
Setting port names............................................................................	71
Port identification by slot and port number........................................	71
Port identification by port area ID......................................................	71
Port identification by index................................................................	71
Configuring a device-switch connection ...........................................	72
Swapping port area IDs.....................................................................	72
Enabling a port..................................................................................	73
Disabling a port.................................................................................	74

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Port decommissioning.........................................................................	74
Setting network interface modes.........................................................	75
Setting port speeds.............................................................................	76
Setting all ports on a switch to the same speed..................................	76
Setting port speed for a port octet.......................................................	77
Setting maximum auto-negotiated port speed....................................	77
Blade terminology and compatibility................................................................	78
CP blades............................................................................................	81
Core blades.........................................................................................	82
Port and application blade compatibility..............................................	82
Enabling and disabling blades........................................................................	83
Enabling blades...................................................................................	83
Disabling blades..................................................................................	83
Blade swapping...............................................................................................	84
How blades are swapped....................................................................	84
Swapping blades.................................................................................	86
Disabling switches...........................................................................................	87
Power management........................................................................................	87
Powering off a port blade or core blade..............................................	87
Powering on a port blade or core blade..............................................	88
Equipment status............................................................................................	88
Checking switch operation..................................................................	88
Verifying High Availability features (Backbones only).........................	88
Verifying fabric connectivity.................................................................	89
Verifying device connectivity...............................................................	89
Viewing the switch status policy threshold values...............................	90
Setting the switch status policy threshold values................................	90
Audit log configuration.....................................................................................	91
Verifying host syslog prior to configuring the audit log........................	92
Configuring an audit log for specific event classes.............................	93
Duplicate PWWN handling during device login...............................................	93
Setting the behavior for handling duplicate PWWNs..........................	95
Forward error correction..................................................................................	95
FEC Limitations...................................................................................	96
Enabling forward error correction........................................................	96
Disabling forward error correction.......................................................	97
Enabling or disabling FEC for long-distance ports .............................	97
Routing Traffic........................................................................................................................	99
Routing overview.............................................................................................	99
Paths and route selection....................................................................	99
FSPF.................................................................................................	100
Fibre Channel NAT...........................................................................	101
Inter-switch links............................................................................................	101
Buffer credits.....................................................................................	102
Congestion versus over-subscription................................................	103
Virtual channels.................................................................................	103
Gateway links................................................................................................	104
Configuring a link through a gateway................................................	105
Routing policies.............................................................................................	106
Notes ................................................................................................	106
Displaying the current routing policy.................................................	106
Port-based routing ............................................................................	106
Exchange-based routing...................................................................	107
Device-based routing........................................................................	107
Dynamic Path Selection....................................................................	107
Route selection.............................................................................................	107

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Dynamic Load Sharing....................................................................	108
Frame order delivery...................................................................................	109
Forcing in-order frame delivery across topology changes..............	109
Restoring out-of-order frame delivery across topology changes....	109
Enabling Frame Viewer...................................................................	110
Using Frame Viewer to understand why frames are dropped ........	110
Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing on ports...................................................	112
Lossless core..................................................................................	113
Configuring Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing ................................	114
Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing in Virtual Fabrics.........................	114
Frame Redirection.......................................................................................	115
Creating a frame redirect zone........................................................	115
Deleting a frame redirect zone........................................................	116
Viewing frame redirect zones..........................................................	116
Buffer-to-Buffer Credits and Credit Recovery.......................................................................	117
Buffer credit management ..........................................................................	117
Buffer-to-buffer flow control.............................................................	117
Optimal buffer credit allocation .......................................................	118
Fibre Channel gigabit values reference definition...........................	119
Buffer credit allocation based on full-size frames...........................	119
Allocating buffer credits based on average-size frames.................	121
Configuring buffers for a single port directly...................................	122
Configuring buffers using frame size...............................................	123
Calculating the number of buffers required given the distance,
speed, and frame size...............................................................	123
Allocating buffer credits for F_Ports................................................	123
Monitoring buffers in a port group...................................................	124
Buffer credits per switch or blade model.........................................	124
Maximum configurable distances for Extended Fabrics.................	126
Downgrade considerations..............................................................	128
Configuring credits for a single VC..................................................	128
Buffer credit recovery .................................................................................	129
Buffer credit recovery over an E_Port.............................................	129
Buffer credit recovery over an F_Port.............................................	130
Buffer credit recovery over an EX_Port...........................................	130
Enabling and disabling buffer credit recovery.................................	130
Credit loss...................................................................................................	131
Back-end credit loss detection and recovery support on
Brocade 5300 switches.............................................................	131
Back-end credit loss detection and recovery support on
Brocade 6520 switches.............................................................	131
Enabling back-end credit loss detection and recovery ...................	132
Managing User Accounts....................................................................................................	133
User accounts overview .............................................................................	133
Role-Based Access Control............................................................	134
Management channel......................................................................	135
Managing user-defined roles...........................................................	136
Local database user accounts....................................................................	137
Default accounts.............................................................................	137
Local account passwords................................................................	139
Local user account database distribution....................................................	140
Distributing the local user database................................................	140
Accepting distributed user databases on the local switch...............	140
Rejecting distributed user databases on the local switch...............	140

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Password policies.........................................................................................	140
Password strength policy..................................................................	141
Password history policy.....................................................................	142
Password expiration policy................................................................	142
Account lockout policy.......................................................................	143
The boot PROM password............................................................................	144
Setting the boot PROM password for a switch with a recovery
string............................................................................................	145
Setting the boot PROM password for a Backbone with a recovery
string............................................................................................	145
Setting the boot PROM password for a switch without a recovery
string............................................................................................	146
Setting the boot PROM password for a Backbone without a
recovery string.............................................................................	147
Remote authentication..................................................................................	148
Remote authentication configuration.................................................	148
Setting the switch authentication mode.............................................	151
Fabric OS user accounts...................................................................	151
Fabric OS users on the RADIUS server............................................	152
Setting up a RADIUS server.............................................................	155
LDAP configuration and Microsoft Active Directory..........................	160
LDAP configuration and OpenLDAP.................................................	162
TACACS+ service.............................................................................	166
Remote authentication configuration on the switch...........................	169
Configuring local authentication as backup.......................................	171
Configuring Protocols............................................................................................................	173
Security protocols..........................................................................................	173
Secure Copy.................................................................................................	175
Setting up SCP for configuration uploads and downloads................	175
Secure Shell protocol....................................................................................	175
SSH public key authentication..........................................................	176
Secure Sockets Layer protocol ....................................................................	178
Browser and Java support................................................................	178
SSL configuration overview...............................................................	179
The browser .....................................................................................	182
Root certificates for the Java plugin..................................................	183
Simple Network Management Protocol.........................................................	184
SNMP Manager.................................................................................	184
SNMP Agent.....................................................................................	184
Management Information Base (MIB)...............................................	184
Basic SNMP operation......................................................................	185
Understanding MIBs..........................................................................	185
Access to MIB variables....................................................................	186
SNMP support ..................................................................................	187
Traps.................................................................................................	187
Loading Brocade MIBs......................................................................	190
Access Gateway and Brocade MIBs.................................................	193
Firmware upgrades and enabled traps.............................................	194
Support for Administrative Domains..................................................	194
Support for Role-Based Access Control...........................................	194
Support for IPv6 addressing..............................................................	195
Support for Virtual Fabrics................................................................	195
Customized traps..............................................................................	196
Configuring SNMP using CLI............................................................	196
Telnet protocol..............................................................................................	204
Blocking Telnet..................................................................................	204

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Unblocking Telnet...........................................................................	205
Listener applications...................................................................................	205
Ports and applications used by switches....................................................	206
Port configuration............................................................................	207
Configuring Security Policies...............................................................................................	209
ACL policies overview.................................................................................	209
How the ACL policies are stored.....................................................	209
Policy members...............................................................................	210
ACL policy management.............................................................................	210
Displaying ACL policies...................................................................	211
Saving changes without activating the policies...............................	211
Activating ACL policy changes........................................................	211
Deleting an ACL policy....................................................................	211
Adding a member to an existing ACL policy...................................	212
Removing a member from an ACL policy.......................................	212
Abandoning unsaved ACL policy changes.....................................	212
FCS policies................................................................................................	213
FCS policy restrictions....................................................................	213
Ensuring fabric domains share policies ..........................................	214
Creating an FCS policy...................................................................	215
Modifying the order of FCS switches..............................................	215
FCS policy distribution....................................................................	216
Device Connection Control policies............................................................	216
Virtual Fabrics considerations ....................................................	217
DCC policy restrictions....................................................................	217
Creating a DCC policy.....................................................................	217
Deleting a DCC policy.....................................................................	218
DCC policy behavior with Fabric-Assigned PWWNs......................	219
SCC Policies...............................................................................................	220
Virtual Fabrics considerations for SCC policies .......................	220
Creating an SCC policy...................................................................	221
Authentication policy for fabric elements....................................................	221
Virtual Fabrics considerations ....................................................	222
E_Port authentication......................................................................	222
Device authentication policy............................................................	224
AUTH policy restrictions..................................................................	225
Authentication protocols..................................................................	226
Secret key pairs for DH-CHAP........................................................	227
FCAP configuration overview..........................................................	228
Fabric-wide distribution of the authorization policy.........................	230
IP Filter policy..............................................................................................	231
Virtual Fabrics considerations for IP Filter policy ....................	231
Creating an IP Filter policy..............................................................	231
Cloning an IP Filter policy...............................................................	232
Displaying an IP Filter policy...........................................................	232
Saving an IP Filter policy.................................................................	232
Activating an IP Filter policy............................................................	232
Deleting an IP Filter policy..............................................................	233
IP Filter policy rules.........................................................................	233
IP Filter policy enforcement.............................................................	236
Adding a rule to an IP Filter policy..................................................	237
Deleting a rule from an IP Filter policy............................................	237
Aborting an IP Filter transaction......................................................	237
IP Filter policy distribution...............................................................	237
Policy database distribution........................................................................	238
Database distribution settings.........................................................	239

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ACL policy distribution to other switches...........................................	240
Fabric-wide enforcement...................................................................	241
Notes on joining a switch to the fabric...............................................	242
Management interface security.....................................................................	244
Configuration examples....................................................................	245
IPsec protocols..................................................................................	246
Security associations........................................................................	247
Authentication and encryption algorithms.........................................	247
IPsec policies....................................................................................	248
IKE policies.......................................................................................	248
Creating the tunnel............................................................................	250
Example of an end-to-end transport tunnel mode.............................	251
Maintaining the Switch Configuration File.............................................................................	255
Configuration settings...................................................................................	255
Configuration file format ...................................................................	256
Configuration file backup...............................................................................	257
Uploading a configuration file in interactive mode.............................	257
Configuration file restoration.........................................................................	258
Restrictions.......................................................................................	258
Configuration download without disabling a switch...........................	260
Configurations across a fabric.......................................................................	261
Downloading a configuration file from one switch to another
switch of the same model............................................................	262
Security considerations.....................................................................	262
Configuration management for Virtual Fabrics..............................................	262
Uploading a configuration file from a switch with Virtual Fabrics
enabled........................................................................................	262
Restoring a logical switch configuration using configDownload........	263
Restrictions.......................................................................................	264
Brocade configuration form...........................................................................	264
Managing Virtual Fabrics......................................................................................................	267
Virtual Fabrics overview................................................................................	267
Logical switch overview.................................................................................	268
Default logical switch.........................................................................	268
Logical switches and fabric IDs.........................................................	270
Port assignment in logical switches..................................................	271
Logical switches and connected devices..........................................	272
Management model for logical switches.......................................................	274
Logical fabric overview..................................................................................	274
Logical fabric and ISLs......................................................................	274
Base switch and extended ISLs........................................................	276
Account management and Virtual Fabrics....................................................	279
Setting up IP addresses for a logical switch..................................................	279
Supported platforms for Virtual Fabrics.........................................................	280
Supported port configurations in the fixed-port switches..................	281
Supported port configurations in Brocade Backbones......................	281
Virtual Fabrics interaction with other Fabric OS features..............................	282
Limitations and restrictions of Virtual Fabrics................................................	283
Restrictions on XISLs........................................................................	284
Restrictions on moving ports ............................................................	284
Enabling Virtual Fabrics mode......................................................................	285
Disabling Virtual Fabrics mode.....................................................................	285
Configuring logical switches to use basic configuration values.....................	286
Creating a logical switch or base switch.......................................................	287

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Executing a command in a different logical switch context.........................	288
Deleting a logical switch..............................................................................	289
Adding and moving ports on a logical switch..............................................	290
Displaying logical switch configuration........................................................	291
Changing the fabric ID of a logical switch...................................................	291
Changing a logical switch to a base switch.................................................	292
Configuring a logical switch for XISL use ...................................................	293
Changing the context to a different logical fabric........................................	294
Creating a logical fabric using XISLs..........................................................	294
Administering Advanced Zoning..........................................................................................	297
Zone types..................................................................................................	297
Zoning overview..........................................................................................	298
Approaches to zoning.....................................................................	299
Zone objects....................................................................................	300
Zone configurations.........................................................................	301
Zoning enforcement........................................................................	302
Considerations for zoning architecture...........................................	302
Best practices for zoning.................................................................	303
Broadcast zones.........................................................................................	303
Broadcast zones and Admin Domains............................................	304
Broadcast zones and FC-FC routing...............................................	305
High availability considerations with broadcast zones....................	305
Loop devices and broadcast zones................................................	305
Broadcast zones and default zoning mode.....................................	305
Zone aliases................................................................................................	306
Creating an alias.............................................................................	306
Adding members to an alias............................................................	307
Removing members from an alias..................................................	307
Deleting an alias..............................................................................	308
Viewing an alias in the defined configuration..................................	308
Zone creation and maintenance.................................................................	309
Displaying existing zones ...............................................................	309
Creating a zone...............................................................................	310
Adding devices (members) to a zone..............................................	310
Removing devices (members) from a zone....................................	311
Replacing zone members...............................................................	312
Deleting a zone...............................................................................	314
Viewing a zone in the defined configuration...................................	314
Viewing zone configuration names without case distinction...........	315
Validating a zone.............................................................................	316
Default zoning mode...................................................................................	319
Setting the default zoning mode.....................................................	319
Viewing the current default zone access mode..............................	320
Zone database size.....................................................................................	320
Zone configurations.....................................................................................	321
Creating a zone configuration.........................................................	321
Adding zones to a zone configuration.............................................	322
Removing members from a zone configuration..............................	322
Enabling a zone configuration.........................................................	323
Disabling a zone configuration........................................................	323
Deleting a zone configuration.........................................................	324
Abandoning zone configuration changes........................................	324
Viewing all zone configuration information......................................	324
Viewing selected zone configuration information............................	325
Viewing the configuration in the effective zone database...............	325
Clearing all zone configurations......................................................	326

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Zone object maintenance..............................................................................	326
Copying a zone object.......................................................................	326
Deleting a zone object.......................................................................	327
Renaming a zone object...................................................................	328
Zone configuration management..................................................................	328
Security and zoning.......................................................................................	329
Zone merging................................................................................................	329
Fabric segmentation and zoning.......................................................	331
Zone merging scenarios....................................................................	331
Concurrent zone transactions.......................................................................	338
Viewing zone database transactions.................................................	339
Traffic Isolation Zoning..........................................................................................................	341
Traffic Isolation Zoning overview...................................................................	341
TI zone failover .............................................................................................	342
Additional considerations when disabling failover.............................	343
FSPF routing rules and traffic isolation.............................................	344
Enhanced TI zones.......................................................................................	346
Illegal configurations with enhanced TI zones..................................	346
Traffic Isolation Zoning over FC routers........................................................	348
TI zones within an edge fabric..........................................................	349
TI zones within a backbone fabric.....................................................	350
Limitations of TI zones over FC routers............................................	351
Fabric-Level Traffic Isolation in a backbone fabric........................................	352
Fabric-Level TI zones........................................................................	353
Failover behavior for Fabric-Level TI zones......................................	354
Creating a separate TI zone for each path........................................	354
Creating a single TI zone for all paths...............................................	355
General rules for TI zones.............................................................................	356
Traffic Isolation Zone violation handling for trunk ports.....................	357
Supported configurations for Traffic Isolation Zoning....................................	358
Additional configuration rules for enhanced TI zones.......................	358
Trunking with TI zones......................................................................	358
Limitations and restrictions of Traffic Isolation Zoning..................................	359
Admin Domain considerations for Traffic Isolation Zoning............................	360
Virtual Fabrics considerations for Traffic Isolation Zoning............................	360
Traffic Isolation Zoning over FC routers with Virtual Fabrics........................	362
Creating a TI zone.........................................................................................	363
Creating a TI zone in a base fabric...................................................	365
Modifying TI zones........................................................................................	366
Changing the state of a TI zone....................................................................	368
Deleting a TI zone.........................................................................................	368
Displaying TI zones.......................................................................................	369
Troubleshooting TI zone routing problems....................................................	370
Setting up TI zones over FCR (sample procedure).......................................	370
Optimizing Fabric Behavior...................................................................................................	375
Adaptive Networking overview......................................................................	375
Ingress Rate Limiting....................................................................................	376
Virtual Fabrics considerations...........................................................	376
Limiting traffic from a particular device..............................................	376
Disabling Ingress Rate Limiting.........................................................	377
QoS...............................................................................................................	377
License requirements for QoS..........................................................	378
CS_CTL-based frame prioritization...............................................................	378
Supported configurations for CS_CTL-based frame prioritization.....	379

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High availability considerations for CS_CTL-based frame
prioritization...............................................................................	379
Enabling CS_CTL-based frame prioritization on ports....................	379
Disabling CS_CTL-based frame prioritization on ports...................	380
Using CS_CTL auto mode at the chassis level...............................	380
Considerations for using CS_CTL-based frame prioritization.........	380
QoS zone-based traffic prioritization...........................................................	381
QoS zones..................................................................................................	381
QoS on E_Ports..............................................................................	383
QoS over FC routers.......................................................................	383
Virtual Fabrics considerations for QoS zone-based traffic
prioritization...............................................................................	384
High-availability considerations for QoS zone-based traffic
prioritization...............................................................................	385
Supported configurations for QoS zone-based traffic prioritization.385
Limitations and restrictions for QoS zone-based traffic
prioritization...............................................................................	386
Setting QoS zone-based traffic prioritization...............................................	386
Setting QoS zone-based traffic prioritization over FC routers.....................	387
Disabling QoS zone-based traffic prioritization...........................................	388
Bottleneck Detection..........................................................................................................	389
Bottleneck detection overview ...................................................................	389
Types of bottlenecks.......................................................................	390
How bottlenecks are reported.........................................................	390
Supported configurations for bottleneck detection......................................	391
Limitations of bottleneck detection..................................................	391
High availability considerations for bottleneck detection.................	391
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for bottleneck detection.. 391
Trunking considerations for bottleneck detection............................	391
Virtual Fabrics considerations for bottleneck detection...................	392
Access Gateway considerations for bottleneck detection...............	392
Enabling bottleneck detection on a switch..................................................	392
Displaying bottleneck detection configuration details.................................	393
Setting bottleneck detection alerts .............................................................	394
Setting both a congestion alert and a latency alert.........................	395
Setting only a congestion alert........................................................	396
Setting only a latency alert..............................................................	396
Changing bottleneck detection parameters................................................	397
Examples of applying and changing bottleneck detection
parameters................................................................................	398
Adjusting the frequency of bottleneck alerts ..................................	400
Logging frame timeouts due to bottlenecking.............................................	400
Advanced bottleneck detection settings......................................................	401
Excluding a port from bottleneck detection.................................................	402
Displaying bottleneck statistics...................................................................	404
MAPS and bottleneck detection..................................................................	404
Disabling bottleneck detection on a switch.................................................	404
In-flight Encryption and Compression..................................................................................	407
In-flight encryption and compression overview...........................................	407
Supported ports for in-flight encryption and compression...............	408
In-flight encryption and compression restrictions............................	408
How in-flight encryption and compression are enabled..................	410
Authentication and key generation for encryption and
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Availability considerations for encryption and compression..............	411
Virtual Fabrics considerations for encryption and compression........	412
In-flight compression on long-distance ports.....................................	412
Compression ratios for compression-enabled ports..........................	412
Configuring in-flight encryption and compression on an EX_Port.................	413
Configuring in-flight encryption and compression on an E_Port...................	413
Viewing the encryption and compression configuration................................	414
Configuring and enabling authentication for in-flight encryption...................	415
Enabling in-flight encryption..........................................................................	417
Enabling in-flight compression......................................................................	418
Disabling in-flight encryption.........................................................................	418
Disabling in-flight compression.....................................................................	419
Diagnostic Port.....................................................................................................................	421
Diagnostic Port..............................................................................................	421
Supported platforms for D_Port....................................................................	421
Licensing requirements for D_Port................................................................	422
Understanding D_Port...................................................................................	422
Advantages of D_Port.......................................................................	423
D_Port configuration modes and nature of test.................................	424
General limitations and considerations for D_Port............................	425
Supported topologies....................................................................................	426
Topology 1: ISLs...............................................................................	426
Topology 2: ICLs...............................................................................	427
Topology 3: Access Gateways..........................................................	428
Topology 4: HBA to switch................................................................	429
Using D_Port in static-static mode between switches...................................	430
Enabling D_Port in static mode.........................................................	430
Disabling D_Port in static mode........................................................	431
Pre-provisioning D_Ports..................................................................	432
Using D_Port between switches and HBAs..................................................	432
Enabling D_Port in static mode between a switch and an HBA........	433
BCU D_Port commands....................................................................	433
Limitations and considerations for D_Port with HBAs.......................	433
Using D_Port in dynamic mode.....................................................................	434
Using D_Port in on-demand mode ...............................................................	434
Example test scenarios and output...............................................................	435
Confirming SFP and link status with an HBA....................................	435
Starting and stopping D_Port testing................................................	435
NPIV.....................................................................................................................................	439
NPIV overview...............................................................................................	439
Upgrade considerations....................................................................	440
Fixed addressing mode.....................................................................	440
10-bit addressing mode.....................................................................	440
Configuring NPIV..........................................................................................	441
Enabling and disabling NPIV.........................................................................	442
Base device logout........................................................................................	442
Difference in the device logout behaviors.........................................	443
Enabling base device logout.............................................................	443
Use cases and dependencies...........................................................	444
Viewing base device logout setting...................................................	446
Viewing NPIV port configuration information.................................................	447
Viewing virtual PID login information.................................................	448

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Fabric-Assigned PWWN.......................................................................................................	449
Fabric-Assigned PWWN overview..............................................................	449
Userand auto-assigned FA-PWWN behavior ..........................................	450
Configuring an FA-PWWN for an HBA connected to an Access Gateway. 451
Configuring an FA-PWWN for an HBA connected to an edge switch.........	452
Supported switches and configurations for FA-PWWN..............................	452
Configuration upload and download considerations for FA-PWWN...........	453
Security considerations for FA-PWWN.......................................................	453
Restrictions of FA-PWWN...........................................................................	454
Access Gateway N_Port failover with FA-PWWN.......................................	454
Managing Administrative Domains......................................................................................	455
Administrative Domains overview...............................................................	455
Admin Domain features...................................................................	457
Requirements for Admin Domains..................................................	457
Admin Domain access levels..........................................................	458
User-defined Admin Domains.........................................................	458
System-defined Admin Domains.....................................................	458
Home Admin Domains and login.....................................................	460
Admin Domain member types.........................................................	461
Admin Domains and switch WWNs.................................................	462
Admin Domain compatibility, availability, and merging...................	464
SAN management with Admin Domains.....................................................	464
CLI commands in an AD context.....................................................	465
Executing a command in a different AD context.............................	465
Displaying an Admin Domain configuration....................................	465
Switching to a different Admin Domain context..............................	466
Admin Domain interactions with other Fabric OS features.............	467
Admin Domains, zones, and zone databases.................................	468
Admin Domains and LSAN zones...................................................	469
Configuration upload and download in an AD context....................	470
Admin Domain management for physical fabric administrators..................	471
Setting the default zoning mode for Admin Domains......................	471
Creating an Admin Domain.............................................................	472
User assignments to Admin Domains.............................................	473
Removing an Admin Domain from a user account.........................	474
Activating an Admin Domain...........................................................	474
Deactivating an Admin Domain.......................................................	475
Adding members to an existing Admin Domain..............................	476
Removing members from an Admin Domain..................................	476
Renaming an Admin Domain..........................................................	477
Deleting an Admin Domain.............................................................	477
Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains.......................................	478
Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains non-disruptively.............	478
Validating an Admin Domain member list.......................................	481
Inter-chassis Links..............................................................................................................	483
Inter-chassis links .......................................................................................	483
License requirements for ICLs........................................................	484
ICLs for the Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone family......................................	484
ICL trunking on the Brocade DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510-4...........	485
ICLs for the Brocade DCX Backbone family...............................................	486
ICL trunking on the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S.............................	487
Virtual Fabrics considerations for ICLs.......................................................	487

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Supported topologies for ICL connections....................................................	487
Mesh topology...................................................................................	487
Core-edge topology...........................................................................	489
Monitoring Fabric Performance.............................................................................................	491
Advanced Performance Monitoring overview................................................	491
Types of monitors..............................................................................	491
Restrictions for installing monitors....................................................	492
Virtual Fabrics considerations for Advanced Performance
Monitoring....................................................................................	492
Access Gateway considerations for Advanced Performance
Monitoring....................................................................................	493
End-to-end performance monitoring.............................................................	493
Maximum number of EE monitors.....................................................	493
Supported port configurations for EE monitors.................................	494
Adding EE monitors..........................................................................	494
Setting a mask for an EE monitor.....................................................	495
Deleting EE monitors........................................................................	496
Displaying EE monitor counters........................................................	496
Clearing EE monitor counters...........................................................	497
Frame monitoring..........................................................................................	497
License requirements for frame monitoring.......................................	498
Creating frame types to be monitored...............................................	498
Creating a frame monitor..................................................................	499
Deleting frame types.........................................................................	499
Adding frame monitors to a port........................................................	500
Removing frame monitors from a port...............................................	500
Saving a frame monitor configuration...............................................	500
Displaying frame monitors.................................................................	501
Clearing frame monitor counters.......................................................	501
Top Talker monitors......................................................................................	501
Top Talker monitors and FC-FC routing...........................................	503
Limitations of Top Talker monitors....................................................	505
Adding a Top Talker monitor to a port (port mode)...........................	505
Adding Top Talker monitors on all switches in the fabric (fabric
mode)..........................................................................................	505
Displaying the top bandwidth-using flows on a port (port mode)......	506
Displaying top talking flows for a given domain ID (fabric mode)......	506
Deleting a Top Talker monitor on a port (port mode)........................	506
Deleting all fabric mode Top Talker monitors....................................	507
Trunk monitoring...........................................................................................	507
Trunk monitoring considerations.......................................................	507
Saving and restoring monitor configurations.................................................	507
Performance data collection..........................................................................	508
Managing Trunking Connections...........................................................................................	509
Trunking overview.........................................................................................	509
Types of trunking...............................................................................	509
Masterless trunking...........................................................................	510
License requirements for trunking.....................................................	510
Port groups for trunking.....................................................................	511
Supported platforms for trunking...................................................................	511
Supported configurations for trunking...........................................................	511
High Availability support for trunking.................................................	512
Requirements for trunk groups......................................................................	512
Recommendations for trunk groups..............................................................	512

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Configuring trunk groups.............................................................................	513
Enabling trunking........................................................................................	513
Disabling trunking........................................................................................	514
Displaying trunking information...................................................................	514
Trunk Area and Admin Domains.................................................................	515
Example of Trunk Area assignment on port domain,index ............	515
ISL trunking over long-distance fabrics.......................................................	516
EX_Port trunking.........................................................................................	516
Masterless EX_Port trunking...........................................................	517
Supported configurations and platforms for EX_Port trunking........	517
Configuring EX_Port trunking..........................................................	518
Displaying EX_Port trunking information.........................................	518
F_Port trunking............................................................................................	518
F_Port trunking for Access Gateway...............................................	519
F_Port trunking for Brocade adapters.............................................	521
F_Port trunking considerations.......................................................	521
F_Port trunking in Virtual Fabrics....................................................	524
Displaying F_Port trunking information.......................................................	525
Disabling F_Port trunking............................................................................	525
Enabling the DCC policy on a trunk area....................................................	526
Managing Long-Distance Fabrics........................................................................................	527
Long-distance fabrics overview...................................................................	527
Extended Fabrics device limitations............................................................	528
Long-distance link modes...........................................................................	528
Configuring an extended ISL......................................................................	529
Enabling long distance when connecting to TDM devices .............	530
Forward error correction on long-distance links..........................................	530
Enabling FEC on a long-distance link.............................................	531
Disabling FEC on a long-distance link............................................	531
Using FC-FC Routing to Connect Fabrics..............................................................................	533
FC-FC routing overview..............................................................................	533
License requirements for FC-FC routing.........................................	534
Supported platforms for FC-FC routing...........................................	534
Supported configurations for FC-FC routing...................................	535
Network OS connectivity limitations ...............................................	535
Fibre Channel routing concepts..................................................................	535
Proxy devices..................................................................................	539
FC-FC routing topologies................................................................	540
Phantom domains...........................................................................	540
FC router authentication .................................................................	543
Setting up FC-FC routing............................................................................	544
Verifying the setup for FC-FC routing.............................................	544
Backbone fabric IDs....................................................................................	545
Assigning backbone fabric IDs........................................................	546
Assigning alias names to fabric IDs............................................................	546
FCIP tunnel configuration............................................................................	547
Inter-fabric link configuration.......................................................................	548
Configuring an IFL for both edge and backbone connections........	548
Configuring EX_Ports on an ICL.....................................................	551
FC router port cost configuration.................................................................	553
Port cost considerations..................................................................	553
Setting router port cost for an EX_Port...........................................	554
Shortest IFL cost configuration...................................................................	554
Configuring shortest IFL cost..........................................................	556

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EX_Port frame trunking configuration...........................................................	558
LSAN zone configuration..............................................................................	559
Use of Admin Domains with LSAN zones and FC-FC routing..........	559
Zone definition and naming...............................................................	559
LSAN zones and fabric-to-fabric communications............................	560
Controlling device communication with the LSAN.............................	560
Configuring backbone fabrics for interconnectivity............................	562
Setting the maximum LSAN count....................................................	562
HA and downgrade considerations for LSAN zones.........................	563
LSAN zone policies using LSAN tagging..........................................	563
LSAN zone binding...........................................................................	568
Proxy PID configuration................................................................................	572
Fabric parameter considerations...................................................................	573
Inter-fabric broadcast frames........................................................................	573
Displaying the current broadcast configuration.................................	573
Enabling broadcast frame forwarding...............................................	574
Disabling broadcast frame forwarding...............................................	574
Resource monitoring.....................................................................................	574
FC-FC routing and Virtual Fabrics................................................................	575
Logical switch configuration for FC routing.......................................	576
Backbone-to-edge routing with Virtual Fabrics.................................	577
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for FC-FC routing.........................	578
How replacing port blades affects EX_Port configuration.................	578
Displaying the range of output ports connected to xlate domains.................	579
Port Indexing........................................................................................................................	581
Hexadecimal Conversion.......................................................................................................	585
Hexadecimal overview..................................................................................	585
Example conversion of the hexadecimal triplet Ox616000...............	585
Decimal-to-hexadecimal conversion table........................................	586
Index....................................................................................................................................	589

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Preface

● Document conventions....................................................................................................	19
● Brocade resources..........................................................................................................	21
● Contacting Brocade Technical Support...........................................................................	21
● Document feedback........................................................................................................	22

Document conventions

The document conventions describe text formatting conventions, command syntax conventions, and important notice formats used in Brocade technical documentation.

Text formatting conventions

Text formatting conventions such as boldface, italic, or Courier font may be used in the flow of the text to highlight specific words or phrases.

Format

bold text

italic text

Courier font

Description

Identifies command names

Identifies keywords and operands

Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements Identifies text to enter at the GUI

Identifies emphasis

Identifies variables and modifiers

Identifies paths and Internet addresses

Identifies document titles

Identifies CLI output

Identifies command syntax examples

Command syntax conventions

Bold and italic text identify command syntax components. Delimiters and operators define groupings of parameters and their logical relationships.

Convention	Description
bold text	Identifies command names, keywords, and command options.
italic text	Identifies a variable.

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Notes, cautions, and warnings

Convention	Description
value	In Fibre Channel products, a fixed value provided as input to a command
	option is printed in plain text, for example, --show WWN.
[ ]	Syntax components displayed within square brackets are optional.
	Default responses to system prompts are enclosed in square brackets.

{ x | y | z }

x | y

< >

...

A choice of required parameters is enclosed in curly brackets separated by vertical bars. You must select one of the options.

In Fibre Channel products, square brackets may be used instead for this purpose.

A vertical bar separates mutually exclusive elements.

Nonprinting characters, for example, passwords, are enclosed in angle brackets.

Repeat the previous element, for example, member[member...].

Indicates a “soft” line break in command examples. If a backslash separates two lines of a command input, enter the entire command at the prompt without the backslash.

Notes, cautions, and warnings

Notes, cautions, and warning statements may be used in this document. They are listed in the 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 a stronger note, for example, to alert you when traffic might be interrupted or the device might reboot.

CAUTION

A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause damage to hardware, firmware, software, or data.

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.

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Brocade resources

Visit the Brocade website to locate related documentation for your product and additional Brocade resources.

You can download additional publications supporting your product at www.brocade.com. Select the Brocade Products tab to locate your product, then click the Brocade product name or image to open the individual product page. The user manuals are available in the resources module at the bottom of the page under the Documentation category.

To get up-to-the-minute information on Brocade products and resources, go to MyBrocade. You can register at no cost to obtain a user ID and password.

Release notes are available on MyBrocade under Product Downloads.

White papers, online demonstrations, and data sheets are available through the Brocade website.

Contacting Brocade Technical Support

As a Brocade customer, you can contact Brocade Technical Support 24x7 online, by telephone, or by e- mail. Brocade OEM customers contact their OEM/Solutions provider.

Brocade customers

For product support information and the latest information on contacting the Technical Assistance Center, go to http://www.brocade.com/services-support/index.html.

If you have purchased Brocade product support directly from Brocade, use one of the following methods to contact the Brocade Technical Assistance Center 24x7.

Online	Telephone	E-mail

Preferred method of contact for nonurgent issues:

Required for Sev 1-Critical and Sev support@brocade.com

2-High issues:

Please include:

• My Cases through MyBrocade	• Continental US: 1-800-752-8061
• Software downloads and licensing	• Europe, Middle East, Africa, and
tools	Asia Pacific: +800-AT FIBREE
• Knowledge Base	(+800 28 34 27 33)
	• For areas unable to access toll
	free number: +1-408-333-6061
	• Toll-free numbers are available in
	many countries.

•Problem summary

•Serial number

•Installation details

•Environment description

Brocade OEM customers

If you have purchased Brocade product support from a Brocade OEM/Solution Provider, contact your OEM/Solution Provider for all of your product support needs.

•OEM/Solution Providers are trained and certified by Brocade to support Brocade® products.

•Brocade provides backline support for issues that cannot be resolved by the OEM/Solution Provider.

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Document feedback

•Brocade Supplemental Support augments your existing OEM support contract, providing direct access to Brocade expertise. For more information, contact Brocade or your OEM.

•For questions regarding service levels and response times, contact your OEM/Solution Provider.

Document feedback

To send feedback and report errors in the documentation you can use the feedback form posted with the document or you can e-mail the documentation team.

Quality is our first concern at Brocade and we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this document. However, if you find an error or an omission, or you think that a topic needs further development, we want to hear from you. You can provide feedback in two ways:

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Provide the publication title, part number, and as much detail as possible, including the topic heading and page number if applicable, as well as your suggestions for improvement.

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About This Document

● Supported hardware and software..................................................................................	23
● What's new in this document...........................................................................................	24

Supported hardware and software

In those instances in which procedures or parts of procedures documented here apply to some switches but not to others, this list identifies exactly which switches are supported and which are not.

Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for Fabric OS 7.3.0, documenting all possible configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.

The following hardware platforms are supported by this release of Fabric OS:

TABLE 1 Brocade Fixed-port switches

Gen 4 platform (8-Gpbs)	Gen 5 platform (16-Gbps)

Brocade 300 switch	Brocade 6505 switch

Brocade 5100 switch	Brocade M6505 embedded switch

Brocade 5300 switch	Brocade 6510 switch

Brocade 5410 embedded switch	Brocade 6520 switch

Brocade 5424 embedded switch	Brocade 6547 embedded switch

Brocade 5430 embedded switch	Brocade 6548 embedded switch

Brocade 5431 embedded switch	Brocade 7840 extension switch

Brocade 5432 embedded switch

Brocade 5450 embedded switch

Brocade 5460 embedded switch

Brocade 5470 embedded switch

Brocade 5480 embedded switch

Brocade NC-5480 embedded switch

Brocade 7800 extension switch

Brocade VA-40FC

Brocade Encryption Switch

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What's new in this document

TABLE 2 Brocade DCX Backbone family

Gen 4 platform (8-Gpbs)	Gen 5 platform (16-Gbps)

Brocade DCX	Brocade DCX 8510-4

Brocade DCX-4S	Brocade DCX 8510-8

What's new in this document

This document includes new and modified information for the Fabric OS 7.3.0 release.

The following content has been removed from this book and moved to other books:

•Removed the chapter "Installing and Maintaining Firmware". The information in this chapter is now in the Fabric OS Upgrade Guide.

•Removed the chapter "Administering Licensing". The information in this chapter is now in the Fabric OS Software Licensing Guide.

•Removed the chapter "FIPS Support". The information in this chapter is now in the Fabric OS FIPS Configuration Guide.

The following content is new or significantly revised for this release of this document:

•Added support for the Brocade 7840 Extension Switch and the FC16-64 port blade.

•Added Using fosexec to run commands on remote switches or domains on page 43.

•Added note that Frame discards can be logged as audit messages using the Fabric OS syslog facility to the chapter Routing Traffic on page 99.

•Added Enabling Frame Viewer on page 110.

•Updated Buffer-to-Buffer Credits and Credit Recovery on page 117 with the Brocade 7840 and the FC16-64 port blade information.

•Updated the supported OpenSSH version, in the section Secure Shell protocol on page 175.

•Updated snmpconfig --set snmpv3 command output to indicate AES-256 support, in the section Configuring SNMPv3 user/traps on page 197.

•Removed AP policy section from the chapter Configuring Security Policies on page 209.

•Added zone merging scenarios tables to the section Zone merging scenarios on page 331.

•Added description of support for two new discard frame types, destination unreachable (DU) and un-routable (UNRTBL), to Frame Viewer (Frame Discard Log) to the Bottleneck Detection on page 389 chapter.

•Added description of the -type option to the framelog -–enable and --disable command so that the type of discard frame to be enabled or disabled can be specified. This applies to Gen 5 platforms only. (In the chapter Bottleneck Detection on page 389.)

•Added information on setting lossless DLS to the chapter Routing Traffic on page 99.

•Updated the following sections for FCAP support:

Authentication and key generation for encryption and compression on page 411

Configuring and enabling authentication for in-flight encryption on page 415

•Added dynamic and on-demand D_Port modes information to the chapter Diagnostic Port on page 421.

•Added the section Base device logout on page 442.

•Added information about setting the FID alias, in the section Assigning alias names to fabric IDs on page 546.

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Dell Brocade 5300, Brocade 6520, Brocade 6510, Brocade 6505, Brocade 300 Manual

Understanding Fibre Channel Services

● Fibre Channel services overview....................................................................................	25
● Management server........................................................................................................	26
● Platform services.............................................................................................................	26
● Management server database........................................................................................	27
● Topology discovery.........................................................................................................	30
● Device login.....................................................................................................................	32
● High availability of daemon processes............................................................................	34

Fibre Channel services overview

Fibre Channel services define service functions that reside at well-known addresses. A well-known address is a reserved three-byte address for each service. Services are provided to either nodes or management applications in the fabric.

FIGURE 1 Well-known addresses

Fabric Login -- The Fabric Login server assigns a fabric address to a fabric node, which allows it to communicate with services on the switch or other nodes in the fabric. The fabric address is a 24-bit address (0x000000) containing three 3-byte nodes. Reading from left to right, the first node (0x00 0000) represents the domain ID, the second node (0x0000 00) the port area number of the port where the node is attached, and the third node (0x000000 ) the arbitrated loop physical address (AL_PA), if applicable.

Directory server -- The directory server or name server registers fabric and public nodes and conducts queries to discover other devices in the fabric.

Fabric controller -- The fabric controller provides State Change Notifications (SCNs) to registered nodes when a change in the fabric topology occurs.

Time server -- The time server sends the time to the member switches in the fabric from either the principal switch or, if configured, the primary fabric configuration server (FCS) switch. Refer to Configuring Security Policies on page 209 for additional information on FCS policies.

Management server -- The management server provides a single point for managing the fabric. This is the only service that users can configure. Refer to Management server on page 26 for more details

Alias server -- The alias server keeps a group of nodes registered as one name to handle multicast groups.

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Management server

Broadcast server -- The broadcast server is optional. When frames are transmitted to this address, they are broadcast to all operational N_ and NL_Ports.

When registration and query frames are sent to a well-known address, a different protocol service, Fibre Channel Common Transport (FC-CT), is used. This protocol provides a simple, consistent format and behavior when a service provider is accessed for registration and query purposes.

Management server

The Brocade Fabric OS management server (MS) allows a SAN management application to retrieve information and administer interconnected switches, servers, and storage devices. The management server assists in the autodiscovery of switch-based fabrics and their associated topologies.

A client of the management server can find basic information about the switches in the fabric and use this information to construct topology relationships. The management server also allows you to obtain certain switch attributes and, in some cases, modify them. For example, logical names identifying switches can be registered with the management server.

The management server provides several advantages for managing a Fibre Channel fabric:

•It is accessed by an external Fibre Channel node at the well-known address FFFFFAh , so an application can access information about the entire fabric management with minimal knowledge of the existing configuration.

•It is replicated on every Brocade switch within a fabric.

•It provides an unzoned view of the overall fabric configuration. This fabric topology view exposes the internal configuration of a fabric for management purposes; it contains interconnect information about switches and devices connected to the fabric. Under normal circumstances, a device (typically an FCP initiator) queries the name server for storage devices within its member zones. Because this limited view is not always sufficient, the management server provides the application with a list of the entire name server database.

Platform services

By default, all management services except platform services are enabled; the MS platform service and topology discovery are disabled.

You can activate and deactivate the platform services throughout the fabric. Activating the platform services attempts to activate the MS platform service for each switch in the fabric. The change takes effect immediately and is committed to the configuration database of each affected switch. MS activation is persistent across power cycles and reboots.

NOTE

The commands msplMgmtActivate and msplMgmtDeactivate are allowed only in AD0 and AD255.

Platform services and Virtual Fabrics

Each logical switch has a separate platform database. All platform registrations done to a logical switch are valid only in that particular logical switch’s Virtual Fabric.

Activating the platform services on a switch activates the platform services on all logical switches in a Virtual Fabric. Similarly, deactivating the platform services deactivates the platform service on all

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Enabling platform services

logical switches in a Virtual Fabric. The msPlatShow command displays all platforms registered in a Virtual Fabric.

Enabling platform services

When FCS policy is enabled, the msplMgmtActivate command can be issued only from the primary FCS switch.

The execution of the msplMgmtActivate command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place.

1.Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2.Enter the msCapabilityShow command to verify that all switches in the fabric support the MS platform service; otherwise, the next step fails.

3.Enter the msplMgmtActivate command, as in the following example.

switch:admin> msplmgmtactivate

Request to activate MS Platform Service in progress......

*Completed activating MS Platform Service in the fabric!

Disabling platform services

Use the following procedure to disable platform services:

1.Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2.Enter the msplMgmtDeactivate command.

3.Enter y to confirm the deactivation, as in the following example. switch:admin> msplmgmtdeactivate

MS Platform Service is currently enabled.

This will erase MS Platform Service configuration information as well as database in the entire fabric.

Would you like to continue this operation? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y

Request to deactivate MS Platform Service in progress......

*Completed deactivating MS Platform Service in the fabric!

Management server database

You can control access to the management server database.

An access control list (ACL) of WWN addresses determines which systems have access to the management server database. The ACL typically contains those WWNs of host systems that are running management applications.

If the list is empty (the default), the management server is accessible to all systems connected in-band to the fabric. For more access security, you can specify WWNs in the ACL so that access to the management server is restricted to only those WWNs listed.

NOTE

The management server is logical switch-capable. All management server features are supported within a logical switch.

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Displaying the management server ACL

Use the following procedure to display the management server ACL:

1.Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2.Enter the msConfigure command. The command becomes interactive.

3.At the "select" prompt, enter 1 to display the access list.

A list of WWNs that have access to the management server is displayed. The following is an example of an empty access list

switch:admin> msconfigure

0Done

1Display the access list

2Add member based on its Port/Node WWN

3 Delete member based on its Port/Node WWN select : (0..3) [1] 1

MS Access list is empty.

0Done

1Display the access list

2Add member based on its Port/Node WWN

3 Delete member based on its Port/Node WWN select : (0..3) [1] 0

done ...

Adding a member to the ACL

Use the following procedure to add a member to the ACL:

1.Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2.Enter the msConfigure command. The command becomes interactive.

3.At the "select" prompt, enter 2 to add a member based on its port/node WWN.

4.At the "Port/Node WWN" prompt, enter the WWN of the host to be added to the ACL.

5.At the "select" prompt, enter 1 to display the access list so you can verify that the WWN you entered was added to the ACL.

6.After verifying that the WWN was added correctly, enter 0 at the prompt to end the session.

7.At the "Update the FLASH?" prompt, enter y .

8.Press Enter to update the nonvolatile memory and end the session.

The following is an example of adding a member to the management server ACL

switch:admin> msconfigure

0Done

1Display the access list

2Add member based on its Port/Node WWN

3 Delete member based on its Port/Node WWN select : (0..3) [1] 2

Port/Node WWN (in hex): [00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00] 20:00:00:20:37:65:ce:aa

*WWN is successfully added to the MS ACL.

0Done

1Display the access list

2Add member based on its Port/Node WWN

3 Delete member based on its Port/Node WWN

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Deleting a member from the ACL

select : (0..3) [2] 1

MS Access List consists of (14): { 20:00:00:20:37:65:ce:aa 20:00:00:20:37:65:ce:bb 20:00:00:20:37:65:ce:ff 20:00:00:20:37:65:ce:11 20:00:00:20:37:65:ce:22 20:00:00:20:37:65:ce:33 20:00:00:20:37:65:ce:44 10:00:00:60:69:04:11:24 10:00:00:60:69:04:11:23 21:00:00:e0:8b:04:70:3b 10:00:00:60:69:04:11:33 20:00:00:20:37:65:ce:55 20:00:00:20:37:65:ce:66 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00

}

0Done

1Display the access list

2Add member based on its Port/Node WWN

3 Delete member based on its Port/Node WWN select : (0..3) [1] 0

done ...

Update the FLASH? (yes, y, no, n): [yes] y *Successfully saved the MS ACL to the flash.

Deleting a member from the ACL

When you delete a member from the ACL, that member no longer has access to the management server.

NOTE

If you delete the last member of the ACL, leaving the ACL list is empty, then the management server will be accessible to all systems connected in-band to the fabric.

1.Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.

2.Enter the msConfigure command. The command becomes interactive.

3.At the "select" prompt, enter 3 to delete a member based on its port/node WWN.

4.At the "Port/Node WWN" prompt, enter the WWN of the member to be deleted from the ACL.

5.At the "select" prompt, enter 1 to display the access list so you can verify that the WWN you entered was deleted from the ACL.

6.After verifying that the WWN was deleted correctly, enter 0 at the "select" prompt to end the session.

7.At the "Update the FLASH?" prompt, enter y .

8.Press Enter to update the nonvolatile memory and end the session.

The following is an example of deleting a member from the management server ACL

switch:admin> msconfigure

0Done

1Display the access list

2Add member based on its Port/Node WWN

3 Delete member based on its Port/Node WWN select : (0..3) [1] 3

Port/Node WWN (in hex): [00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00] 10:00:00:00:c9:29:b3:84

*WWN is successfully deleted from the MS ACL.

0Done

1 Display the access list

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2Add member based on its Port/Node WWN

3 Delete member based on its Port/Node WWN select : (0..3) [3] 1

MS Access list is empty

0Done

1Display the access list

2Add member based on its Port/Node WWN

3 Delete member based on its Port/Node WWN select : (0..3) [1] 0

Viewing the contents of the management server database

Use the following procedure to view the contents of the management server database:

1.Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2.Enter the msPlatShow command.

Example of viewing the contents of the management server platform database switch:admin> msplatshow

-----------------------------------------------------------

Platform Name: [9] "first obj" Platform Type: 5 : GATEWAY Number of Associated M.A.: 1

[35] "http://java.sun.com/products/plugin" Number of Associated Node Names: 1 Associated Node Names: 10:00:00:60:69:20:15:71

-----------------------------------------------------------

Platform Name: [10] "second obj" Platform Type: 7 : HOST_BUS_ADAPTER Number of Associated M.A.: 1 Associated Management Addresses:

[30] "http://java.sun.com/products/1" Number of Associated Node Names: 1 Associated Node Names: 10:00:00:60:69:20:15:75

Clearing the management server database

Use the following procedure to clear the management server database:

NOTE

The command msPlClearDB is allowed only in AD0 and AD255.

1.Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2.Enter the msplClearDb command.

3.Enter y to confirm the deletion.

The management server platform database is cleared.

Topology discovery

The topology discovery feature can be displayed, enabled, and disabled; it is disabled by default. The commands mstdEnable and mstdDisable are allowed only in AD0 and AD255.

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Contents

Preface

Document conventions

Text formatting conventions

Command syntax conventions

Notes, cautions, and warnings

Brocade resources

Contacting Brocade Technical Support

Document feedback

About This Document

Supported hardware and software

What's new in this document

Understanding Fibre Channel Services

Fibre Channel services overview

Management server

Platform services

Platform services and Virtual Fabrics

Enabling platform services

Disabling platform services

Management server database

Displaying the management server ACL

Adding a member to the ACL

Deleting a member from the ACL

Viewing the contents of the management server database

Clearing the management server database

Topology discovery