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Supporting Fabric OS 8.0.1
Supporting Fabric OS 8.0.2
ADMINISTRATION GUIDE
Brocade Fabric OS
Administration Guide, 8.0.x
53-1004111-07
24 August 2017
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Contents
Preface................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
Document conventions.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
Notes, cautions, and warnings..................................................................................................................................................................................................19
Text formatting conventions...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Command syntax conventions.................................................................................................................................................................................................20
Brocade resources..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................20
Document feedback.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Contacting Brocade Technical Support......................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Brocade customers.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................21
Brocade OEM customers.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
About This Document..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Supported hardware and software................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Brocade Gen 5 (16-Gbps) xed-port switches................................................................................................................................................................23
Brocade Gen 5 (16-Gbps) DCX 8510 Directors............................................................................................................................................................23
Brocade Gen 6 xed-port switches.......................................................................................................................................................................................23
Brocade Gen 6 Directors............................................................................................................................................................................................................24
What's new in this document............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 24
Changes made for previous releases of this document................................................................................................................................................24
Changes made for this document release (52-1004111-05)................................................................................................................................ 25
Changes made for this document release (52-1004111-06)................................................................................................................................ 25
Understanding Fibre Channel Services ...................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Fibre Channel services overview...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Management server............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Platform services.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................28
Platform services and Virtual Fabrics....................................................................................................................................................................................28
Enabling platform services.........................................................................................................................................................................................................29
Disabling platform services ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Management server database........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Displaying the management server ACL.............................................................................................................................................................................29
Adding a member to the ACL..................................................................................................................................................................................................30
Deleting a member from the ACL .........................................................................................................................................................................................31
Viewing the contents of the management server database ........................................................................................................................................32
Clearing the management server database........................................................................................................................................................................32
Topology discovery................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 33
Displaying topology discovery status....................................................................................................................................................................................33
Enabling topology discovery ....................................................................................................................................................................................................33
Disabling topology discovery....................................................................................................................................................................................................33
Device login...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................34
Principal switch............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
E_Port login process ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................35
Fabric login process .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Port login process..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................35
RSCNs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36
Duplicate Port World Wide Name...........................................................................................................................................................................................36
High availability of daemon processes...........................................................................................................................................................................................36
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FL_Port and arbitrated loop support..............................................................................................................................................................................................37
Performing Basic Conguration Tasks........................................................................................................................................................................ 39
Fabric OS overview................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39
Fabric OS command line interface..................................................................................................................................................................................................40
Console sessions using the serial port................................................................................................................................................................................. 40
Telnet or SSH sessions............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Getting help on a command..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42
Viewing a history of command line entries.........................................................................................................................................................................43
Using fosexec to run commands on remote switches or domains.......................................................................................................................... 46
Modication of default passwords................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48
Default account passwords........................................................................................................................................................................................................48
The switch Ethernet interface ............................................................................................................................................................................................................49
Brocade Directors..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................49
Brocade switches...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................49
Virtual Fabrics and the Ethernet interface............................................................................................................................................................................50
Management Ethernet port bonding.....................................................................................................................................................................................50
Displaying the network interface settings............................................................................................................................................................................ 51
Resetting the management network interface error counters.....................................................................................................................................52
Static Ethernet addresses...........................................................................................................................................................................................................53
DHCP activation.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................54
IPv6 autoconguration................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 59
Setting the Ethernet interface mode and speed............................................................................................................................................................... 59
Date and time settings..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................60
Setting the date and time........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 61
Time zone settings........................................................................................................................................................................................................................61
Network Time Protocol................................................................................................................................................................................................................63
Domain IDs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................65
Domain ID issues.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 66
Displaying the domain IDs.........................................................................................................................................................................................................66
Setting the domain ID..................................................................................................................................................................................................................67
Switch names............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................67
Customizing the switch name.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 67
Switch types.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 68
Chassis names.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................69
Customizing chassis names......................................................................................................................................................................................................69
Fabric name...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................69
Conguring the fabric name......................................................................................................................................................................................................69
High availability considerations for fabric names............................................................................................................................................................. 70
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for fabric names..........................................................................................................................................70
Switch activation and deactivation................................................................................................................................................................................................... 70
Disabling a switch..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................70
Enabling a switch........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 70
Disabling a chassis........................................................................................................................................................................................................................71
Enabling a chassis.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................71
Device shutdown.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................71
Powering o a Brocade switch.................................................................................................................................................................................................72
Powering o a Brocade Director............................................................................................................................................................................................. 72
Basic connections...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................73
Device connection.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................73
Switch connection..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................73
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Performing Advanced Conguration Tasks................................................................................................................................................................ 75
Port identiers (PIDs) and PID binding overview.......................................................................................................................................................................75
Core PID addressing mode.......................................................................................................................................................................................................75
Fixed addressing mode...............................................................................................................................................................................................................76
10-bit addressing (mode 0)......................................................................................................................................................................................................76
256-area addressing (mode 1 and mode 2).....................................................................................................................................................................76
WWN-based PID assignment..................................................................................................................................................................................................77
Ports............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 79
Port Types.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................79
Director port blades...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 80
Setting port names........................................................................................................................................................................................................................81
Port identication by slot and port number........................................................................................................................................................................ 81
Port identication by port area ID........................................................................................................................................................................................... 81
Port identication by index.........................................................................................................................................................................................................81
Dynamic Portname.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................82
Conguring a device-switch connection .............................................................................................................................................................................87
Swapping port area IDs...............................................................................................................................................................................................................87
Enabling a port................................................................................................................................................................................................................................88
Disabling a port...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................89
Port decommissioning................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 89
Setting port speeds.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................90
Setting all ports on a switch to the same speed............................................................................................................................................................... 90
Setting port speed for a port octet......................................................................................................................................................................................... 90
Setting maximum auto-negotiated port speed.................................................................................................................................................................93
Decoding fdmiShow command output................................................................................................................................................................................94
Blade terminology and compatibility..............................................................................................................................................................................................94
CP blades..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................96
Core blades...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 96
Port and application blade compatibility..............................................................................................................................................................................96
Enabling and disabling blades...........................................................................................................................................................................................................97
Enabling blades.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 97
Disabling blades.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................97
Blade swapping........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................98
How blades are swapped........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 99
Swapping blades.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................103
Disabling switches............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 103
Power management............................................................................................................................................................................................................................103
Powering o a port blade or core blade............................................................................................................................................................................103
Powering on a port blade or core blade............................................................................................................................................................................ 104
Persistently powering o a port blade or core blade................................................................................................................................................... 104
Equipment status................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 105
Checking switch operation......................................................................................................................................................................................................105
Verifying High Availability features (Backbones and Directors only).....................................................................................................................105
Verifying fabric connectivity................................................................................................................................................................................................... 106
Verifying device connectivity..................................................................................................................................................................................................106
Audit log conguration.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................107
Verifying host syslog prior to conguring the audit log.............................................................................................................................................. 108
Conguring an audit log for specic event classes...................................................................................................................................................... 108
Conguring remote syslog servers..................................................................................................................................................................................... 109
Hostname support for the syslogAdmin command....................................................................................................................................................110
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Conguring quiet time for RASLog and audit log messages.................................................................................................................................. 110
Duplicate PWWN handling during device login...................................................................................................................................................................... 113
Setting 0, First login precedence......................................................................................................................................................................................... 114
Setting 1, Second login precedence...................................................................................................................................................................................114
Setting 2, Mixed precedence................................................................................................................................................................................................. 114
Setting the behavior for handling duplicate PWWNs.................................................................................................................................................. 115
Forward error correction....................................................................................................................................................................................................................115
FEC limitations.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................116
Enabling forward error correction.........................................................................................................................................................................................116
Disabling forward error correction........................................................................................................................................................................................117
Enabling or disabling FEC for long-distance ports .....................................................................................................................................................117
Displaying and clearing the FEC counters.......................................................................................................................................................................118
FEC-via-TTS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 118
Routing Trac................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 121
Routing overview..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................121
Paths and route selection........................................................................................................................................................................................................121
FSPF................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................122
Fibre Channel NAT.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................123
Inter-switch links...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................123
Buer credits................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 125
Congestion versus over-subscription................................................................................................................................................................................ 125
Virtual channels........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 125
Gateway links......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 126
Conguring a link through a gateway.................................................................................................................................................................................127
Routing policies.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 128
Notes .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 128
Displaying the current routing policy.................................................................................................................................................................................. 128
Port-based routing ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................128
Exchange-based routing......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 129
Device-based routing................................................................................................................................................................................................................129
Dynamic Path Selection...........................................................................................................................................................................................................129
Route selection......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................130
Dynamic Load Sharing.............................................................................................................................................................................................................131
Frame order delivery...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................131
Forcing in-order frame delivery across topology changes....................................................................................................................................... 132
Restoring out-of-order frame delivery across topology changes..........................................................................................................................132
Enabling Frame Viewer............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 132
Using Frame Viewer to understand why frames are dropped ................................................................................................................................133
Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing on ports................................................................................................................................................................................ 134
Lossless core................................................................................................................................................................................................................................136
Conguring Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing ...............................................................................................................................................................136
Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing in Virtual Fabrics......................................................................................................................................................137
Two-hop Lossless DLS route update................................................................................................................................................................................137
Frame Redirection............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 138
Creating a frame redirect zone..............................................................................................................................................................................................139
Deleting a frame redirect zone..............................................................................................................................................................................................140
Viewing frame redirect zones................................................................................................................................................................................................ 140
Buer-to-Buer Credits and Credit Recovery........................................................................................................................................................ 141
Buer credit management ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................141
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Buer-to-buer ow control..................................................................................................................................................................................................141
Optimal buer credit allocation ............................................................................................................................................................................................142
Fibre Channel gigabit values reference denition......................................................................................................................................................... 142
Buer credit allocation based on full-size frames.........................................................................................................................................................143
Allocating buer credits based on average-size frames............................................................................................................................................146
Conguring buers for a single port directly...................................................................................................................................................................146
Conguring buers using frame size................................................................................................................................................................................. 147
Calculating the number of buers required given the distance, speed, and frame size................................................................................147
Allocating buer credits for F_Ports................................................................................................................................................................................... 148
Monitoring buers in a port group.......................................................................................................................................................................................149
Buer credits per switch or blade model..........................................................................................................................................................................151
Maximum congurable distances for Extended Fabrics............................................................................................................................................152
Downgrade considerations.....................................................................................................................................................................................................153
Conguring credits for a single VC......................................................................................................................................................................................154
Buer credit recovery ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................154
Buer credit recovery over an E_Port................................................................................................................................................................................155
Buer credit recovery over an F_Port................................................................................................................................................................................ 155
Buer credit recovery over an EX_Port.............................................................................................................................................................................156
Enabling and disabling buer credit recovery.................................................................................................................................................................156
Credit loss detection........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 157
Back-end credit loss detection and recovery support on Brocade 6520 switches.......................................................................................157
Enabling back-end credit loss detection and recovery for link reset thresholds.............................................................................................. 157
Performing link reset for loss of sync from peer ports............................................................................................................................................... 158
Back-end credit loss detection and recovery for link faults...................................................................................................................................... 159
Managing User Accounts.............................................................................................................................................................................................161
User accounts overview ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 161
Role-Based Access Control...................................................................................................................................................................................................162
Management channel............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 163
Managing user-dened roles.................................................................................................................................................................................................163
Conguring time-based access............................................................................................................................................................................................165
Local database user accounts........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 165
Default accounts......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 165
Local account passwords........................................................................................................................................................................................................167
Local user account database distribution...................................................................................................................................................................................168
Distributing the local user database....................................................................................................................................................................................168
Accepting distributed user databases on the local switch......................................................................................................................................... 168
Rejecting distributed user databases on the local switch...........................................................................................................................................168
Password policies................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 168
Password strength policy.........................................................................................................................................................................................................169
Password history policy........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 170
Password expiration policy..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 170
Account lockout policy............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 171
Changing the root password without the old password..............................................................................................................................................172
Conguring the password hash type..................................................................................................................................................................................173
The boot PROM password..............................................................................................................................................................................................................174
Setting the boot PROM password for a switch with a recovery string................................................................................................................. 174
Setting the boot PROM password for a Backbones and Directors with a recovery string..........................................................................175
Setting the boot PROM password for a switch without a recovery string...........................................................................................................176
Setting the boot PROM password for a Backbone or Director without a recovery string........................................................................... 176
Remote authentication.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................177
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Remote authentication conguration..................................................................................................................................................................................177
Setting the switch authentication mode............................................................................................................................................................................ 180
Fabric OS user accounts......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 180
Fabric OS users on the RADIUS server............................................................................................................................................................................181
Setting up a RADIUS server...................................................................................................................................................................................................183
LDAP conguration and Microsoft Active Directory....................................................................................................................................................192
LDAP conguration and OpenLDAP.................................................................................................................................................................................194
TACACS+ service....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 198
Remote authentication conguration on the switch..................................................................................................................................................... 200
Conguring local authentication as backup.....................................................................................................................................................................202
Conguring Protocols...................................................................................................................................................................................................203
Security protocols................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 203
Secure protocol deployment requirements......................................................................................................................................................................204
Security protocol scenarios.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 204
Secure Copy...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................205
Setting up SCP for conguration uploads and downloads.......................................................................................................................................205
Secure Shell protocol..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................205
SSH public key authentication...............................................................................................................................................................................................206
SecCryptoCfg templates...................................................................................................................................................................................................................209
Template structure......................................................................................................................................................................................................................209
X509v3 validation modes......................................................................................................................................................................................................210
SecCryptoCfg template management...............................................................................................................................................................................210
Default secCryptoCfg templates.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 211
Certicate revocation check enforcement..................................................................................................................................................................................215
Cryptographic compliance in FIPS mode................................................................................................................................................................................. 215
Conguring the ciphers, KEX, and MAC algorithms............................................................................................................................................................. 215
Secure Sockets Layer protocol ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 216
Browser and Java support...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 216
SSL conguration overview....................................................................................................................................................................................................216
The browser ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 223
Root certicates for the Java plugin....................................................................................................................................................................................223
Simple Network Management Protocol..................................................................................................................................................................................... 224
SNMP Manager.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 224
SNMP Agent................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 225
Management Information Base............................................................................................................................................................................................225
Basic SNMP operation.............................................................................................................................................................................................................225
Conguring SNMP using CLI................................................................................................................................................................................................226
Telnet protocol.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................237
Blocking Telnet............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 237
Unblocking Telnet.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................238
Listener applications...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................238
Ports and applications used by switches................................................................................................................................................................................... 239
Port conguration.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................239
Conguring Security Policies...................................................................................................................................................................................... 241
ACL policies overview........................................................................................................................................................................................................................241
How the ACL policies are stored..........................................................................................................................................................................................241
Policy members.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 242
ACL policy management..................................................................................................................................................................................................................242
Displaying ACL policies........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 242
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Saving changes without activating the policies..............................................................................................................................................................242
Activating ACL policy changes............................................................................................................................................................................................. 243
Deleting an ACL policy.............................................................................................................................................................................................................243
Adding a member to an existing ACL policy.................................................................................................................................................................. 243
Removing a member from an ACL policy.......................................................................................................................................................................244
Abandoning unsaved ACL policy changes......................................................................................................................................................................244
FCS policies........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 244
FCS policy restrictions..............................................................................................................................................................................................................245
Ensuring fabric domains share policies ............................................................................................................................................................................246
Creating an FCS policy.............................................................................................................................................................................................................246
Modifying the order of FCS switches.................................................................................................................................................................................246
FCS policy distribution............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 247
Device Connection Control policies............................................................................................................................................................................................. 248
Virtual Fabrics considerations ............................................................................................................................................................................................248
DCC policy restrictions.............................................................................................................................................................................................................249
Creating a Device Connection Control policy................................................................................................................................................................. 249
Deleting a DCC policy.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 250
DCC policy behavior with Fabric-Assigned PWWNs..................................................................................................................................................250
SCC Policies...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................252
Virtual Fabrics considerations for SCC policies .........................................................................................................................................................252
Creating an SCC policy............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252
Authentication policy for fabric elements...................................................................................................................................................................................253
Virtual Fabrics considerations ............................................................................................................................................................................................254
E_Port authentication................................................................................................................................................................................................................254
Device authentication policy...................................................................................................................................................................................................256
AUTH policy restrictions..........................................................................................................................................................................................................257
Authentication protocols.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 257
Secret key pairs for DH-CHAP.............................................................................................................................................................................................258
FCAP conguration overview................................................................................................................................................................................................260
Fabric-wide distribution of the authorization policy......................................................................................................................................................263
IP Filter policy........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................263
Virtual Fabrics considerations for IP Filter policy ..................................................................................................................................................... 263
Creating an IP Filter policy......................................................................................................................................................................................................264
Cloning an IP Filter policy....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 264
Displaying an IP Filter policy..................................................................................................................................................................................................264
Saving an IP Filter policy......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 264
Activating an IP Filter policy...................................................................................................................................................................................................265
Deleting an IP Filter policy...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 265
IP Filter policy rules....................................................................................................................................................................................................................265
IP Filter policy enforcement................................................................................................................................................................................................... 268
Adding a rule to an IP Filter policy.......................................................................................................................................................................................268
Deleting a rule from an IP Filter policy...............................................................................................................................................................................268
Aborting an IP Filter transaction...........................................................................................................................................................................................269
IP Filter policy distribution.......................................................................................................................................................................................................269
Policy database distribution.............................................................................................................................................................................................................269
Database distribution settings...............................................................................................................................................................................................270
ACL policy distribution to other switches......................................................................................................................................................................... 271
Fabric-wide enforcement........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 272
Notes on joining a switch to the fabric...............................................................................................................................................................................273
Management interface security......................................................................................................................................................................................................275
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Conguration examples........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 275
IPsec protocols............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 277
Security associations.................................................................................................................................................................................................................278
Authentication and encryption algorithms........................................................................................................................................................................278
IPsec policies................................................................................................................................................................................................................................279
IKE policies....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................279
Creating the tunnel..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 280
Example of an end-to-end transport tunnel mode...................................................................................................................................................... 282
Maintaining the Switch Conguration File............................................................................................................................................................... 285
Conguration settings........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 285
Conguration le format .........................................................................................................................................................................................................286
Conguration le backup..................................................................................................................................................................................................................287
Special characters in FTP server credentials.................................................................................................................................................................. 287
Uploading a conguration le in interactive mode........................................................................................................................................................288
Conguration le restoration........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 289
Restrictions when downloading a conguration le.....................................................................................................................................................289
Conguration download without disabling a switch..................................................................................................................................................... 290
Congurations across a fabric........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 291
Downloading a conguration le from one switch to another switch of the same model........................................................................... 292
Security considerations............................................................................................................................................................................................................292
Conguration management for Virtual Fabrics....................................................................................................................................................................... 292
Uploading a conguration le from a switch with Virtual Fabrics enabled......................................................................................................... 292
Restoring a logical switch conguration using congDownload.............................................................................................................................293
Restrictions....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................294
Brocade conguration form.............................................................................................................................................................................................................294
Managing Virtual Fabrics............................................................................................................................................................................................. 297
Virtual Fabrics overview.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................297
Logical switch overview.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................298
Default logical switch.................................................................................................................................................................................................................298
Logical switches and fabric IDs............................................................................................................................................................................................ 300
Port assignment in logical switches....................................................................................................................................................................................301
Logical switches and connected devices..........................................................................................................................................................................303
Management model for logical switches................................................................................................................................................................................... 304
Logical fabric overview...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 305
Logical fabric and ISLs.............................................................................................................................................................................................................305
Base switch and extended ISLs............................................................................................................................................................................................306
Account management and Virtual Fabrics................................................................................................................................................................................310
Setting up IP addresses for a logical switch..............................................................................................................................................................................310
Logical switch login context....................................................................................................................................................................................................311
Supported platforms for Virtual Fabrics.....................................................................................................................................................................................312
Supported port congurations in the xed-port switches.........................................................................................................................................313
Supported port congurations in Brocade Backbones and Directors................................................................................................................. 313
Virtual Fabrics interaction with other Fabric OS features.................................................................................................................................................... 314
Limitations and restrictions of Virtual Fabrics..........................................................................................................................................................................315
Restrictions on using XISLs................................................................................................................................................................................................... 315
Restrictions on moving ports ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 316
Enabling Virtual Fabrics mode....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 316
Disabling Virtual Fabrics mode...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 317
Conguring logical switches to use basic conguration values........................................................................................................................................317
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Creating a logical switch or base switch..................................................................................................................................................................................... 318
Executing a command in a dierent logical switch context................................................................................................................................................319
Deleting a logical switch....................................................................................................................................................................................................................320
Adding and moving ports on a logical switch.......................................................................................................................................................................... 321
Displaying logical switch conguration....................................................................................................................................................................................... 321
Changing the fabric ID of a logical switch..................................................................................................................................................................................322
Changing a logical switch to a base switch............................................................................................................................................................................... 323
Conguring a logical switch for XISL use ................................................................................................................................................................................. 324
Changing the context to a dierent logical fabric....................................................................................................................................................................325
Creating a logical fabric using XISLs............................................................................................................................................................................................325
Administering Advanced Zoning................................................................................................................................................................................ 329
Zone types.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 329
Zoning overview................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 330
Approaches to zoning...............................................................................................................................................................................................................331
Zone objects................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 332
Zone congurations...................................................................................................................................................................................................................333
Zoning enforcement.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 333
Considerations for zoning architecture.............................................................................................................................................................................. 334
Best practices for zoning.........................................................................................................................................................................................................334
Broadcast zones...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................335
Broadcast zones and FC-FC routing................................................................................................................................................................................. 336
High availability considerations with broadcast zones................................................................................................................................................ 336
Loop devices and broadcast zones.................................................................................................................................................................................... 336
Broadcast zones and default zoning mode.....................................................................................................................................................................336
Zone aliases............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................336
Creating an alias.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 337
Adding members to an alias..................................................................................................................................................................................................337
Removing members from an alias......................................................................................................................................................................................338
Deleting an alias.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 338
Viewing an alias in the dened conguration..................................................................................................................................................................339
Zone creation and maintenance.....................................................................................................................................................................................................340
Displaying existing zones .......................................................................................................................................................................................................340
Creating a zone............................................................................................................................................................................................................................340
Adding devices (members) to a zone.................................................................................................................................................................................341
Removing devices (members) from a zone.....................................................................................................................................................................342
Replacing zone members....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 343
Deleting a zone............................................................................................................................................................................................................................344
Viewing a zone.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................345
Viewing zone conguration names without case distinction....................................................................................................................................347
Validating a zone.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................348
Default zoning mode..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................352
Setting the default zoning mode..........................................................................................................................................................................................352
Viewing the current default zone access mode............................................................................................................................................................. 353
Zone database size............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 353
Zone congurations............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 354
Creating a zone conguration................................................................................................................................................................................................354
Adding zones to a zone conguration............................................................................................................................................................................... 355
Removing members from a zone conguration............................................................................................................................................................355
Enabling a zone conguration...............................................................................................................................................................................................356
Disabling a zone conguration..............................................................................................................................................................................................356
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Validating zone members in the zone conguration....................................................................................................................................................357
Deleting a zone conguration................................................................................................................................................................................................359
Abandoning zone conguration changes.........................................................................................................................................................................360
Viewing all zone conguration information......................................................................................................................................................................360
Viewing selected zone conguration information......................................................................................................................................................... 360
Viewing the zone aliases in the zone conguration......................................................................................................................................................361
Viewing the conguration in the eective zone database..........................................................................................................................................363
Clearing all zone congurations............................................................................................................................................................................................363
Zone object maintenance.................................................................................................................................................................................................................364
Copying a zone object..............................................................................................................................................................................................................364
Deleting a zone object..............................................................................................................................................................................................................364
Renaming a zone object.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 365
Zone conguration management..................................................................................................................................................................................................366
Security and zoning.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................366
Zone merging........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 367
Fabric segmentation and zoning..........................................................................................................................................................................................368
Zone merging scenarios..........................................................................................................................................................................................................369
Concurrent zone transactions......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 374
Viewing zone database transactions...................................................................................................................................................................................375
Peer Zoning............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................376
Peer Zoning compared to other zoning types................................................................................................................................................................376
Advantages of Peer Zoning....................................................................................................................................................................................................379
Peer Zone connectivity rules..................................................................................................................................................................................................379
Firmware upgrade and downgrade considerations for Peer Zoning.....................................................................................................................380
LSAN and QoS Peer Zoning considerations..................................................................................................................................................................380
Peer Zone conguration.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 380
Target Driven Zoning..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................382
Limitations and considerations for Target Driven Zoning..........................................................................................................................................383
Target Driven Zoning conguration.....................................................................................................................................................................................383
Supported commands for Peer Zones and Target Driven Peer Zones........................................................................................................................ 388
Boot LUN zoning.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................388
Setting up boot LUN zoning..................................................................................................................................................................................................390
Trac Isolation Zoning.................................................................................................................................................................................................393
Trac Isolation Zoning overview................................................................................................................................................................................................... 393
TI zone failover ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 394
FSPF routing rules and trac isolation.......................................................................................................................................................................................395
Enhanced TI zones..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................397
Invalid congurations with enhanced TI zones...............................................................................................................................................................398
General rules for TI zones................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400
Additional conguration rules for enhanced TI zones.................................................................................................................................................401
Limitations and restrictions of Trac Isolation Zoning.........................................................................................................................................................402
Creating a TI zone................................................................................................................................................................................................................................402
Modifying TI zones..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................403
Changing the state of a TI zone.....................................................................................................................................................................................................404
Deleting a TI zone................................................................................................................................................................................................................................404
Displaying TI zones.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................405
Enforcing Local TI Filtering..............................................................................................................................................................................................................406
Trac Isolation Zoning over FC routers............................................................................................................................................................................407
TI zones within an edge fabric...............................................................................................................................................................................................408
TI zones within a backbone fabric....................................................................................................................................................................................... 409
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Limitations of TI zones over FC routers............................................................................................................................................................................411
Fabric-Level Trac Isolation in a backbone fabric.................................................................................................................................................................411
Fabric-Level TI zones............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 412
Failover behavior for Fabric-Level TI zones.................................................................................................................................................................... 413
Creating a separate TI zone for each path........................................................................................................................................................................413
Creating a single TI zone for all paths................................................................................................................................................................................414
Setting up TI zones over FCR (sample procedure).......................................................................................................................................................415
Virtual Fabrics considerations for Trac Isolation Zoning..................................................................................................................................................419
Trac Isolation Zoning over FC routers with Virtual Fabrics............................................................................................................................................. 421
Troubleshooting TI zone routing problems............................................................................................................................................................................... 423
Trac Isolation Zone violation handling for trunk ports..............................................................................................................................................424
Optimizing Fabric Behavior.........................................................................................................................................................................................425
Adaptive Networking overview.......................................................................................................................................................................................................425
Ingress Rate Limiting..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................425
Virtual Fabrics considerations............................................................................................................................................................................................... 426
Limiting trac from a particular device............................................................................................................................................................................. 426
Disabling Ingress Rate Limiting............................................................................................................................................................................................426
QoS............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................426
License requirements for QoS..............................................................................................................................................................................................427
QoS on E_Ports..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................427
QoS over FC routers.................................................................................................................................................................................................................428
vTap and QoS High Priority Zoning Compatibility mode.......................................................................................................................................... 429
Virtual Fabrics considerations for QoS zone-based trac prioritization.............................................................................................................430
Trac prioritization based on QoS zones.........................................................................................................................................................................431
CS_CTL-based frame prioritization..............................................................................................................................................................................................436
Supported congurations for CS_CTL-based frame prioritization........................................................................................................................437
High availability considerations for CS_CTL-based frame prioritization.............................................................................................................437
Enabling CS_CTL-based frame prioritization on ports...............................................................................................................................................437
Disabling CS_CTL-based frame prioritization on ports............................................................................................................................................. 437
Using CS_CTL auto mode at the chassis level..............................................................................................................................................................438
Considerations for using CS_CTL-based frame prioritization.................................................................................................................................438
In-ight Encryption and Compression......................................................................................................................................................................441
In-ight encryption and compression overview...................................................................................................................................................................... 441
Supported ports for in-ight encryption and compression...................................................................................................................................... 442
In-ight encryption and compression restrictions.........................................................................................................................................................443
How in-ight encryption and compression are enabled.............................................................................................................................................444
Authentication and key generation for encryption and compression....................................................................................................................445
Availability considerations for encryption and compression.....................................................................................................................................446
Virtual Fabrics considerations for encryption and compression.............................................................................................................................446
In-ight compression on long-distance ports................................................................................................................................................................ 447
Compression ratios for compression-enabled ports...................................................................................................................................................447
Conguring in-ight encryption and compression on an EX_Port.................................................................................................................................447
Conguring in-ight encryption and compression on an E_Port....................................................................................................................................448
Viewing the encryption and compression conguration......................................................................................................................................................449
Conguring and enabling authentication for in-ight encryption.....................................................................................................................................450
Enabling in-ight encryption........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 452
Enabling in-ight compression...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 453
Disabling in-ight encryption.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 454
Disabling in-ight compression.....................................................................................................................................................................................................455
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Diagnostic Port...............................................................................................................................................................................................................457
Enhanced support for 32G QSFPs.............................................................................................................................................................................................457
Limitations..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 457
Example output........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 458
Supported platforms for D_Port....................................................................................................................................................................................................459
Licensing requirements for D_Port...............................................................................................................................................................................................460
Understanding D_Port....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 460
D_Port conguration modes and testing..........................................................................................................................................................................461
General limitations and considerations for D_Port tests............................................................................................................................................ 463
Topology 1: ISLs..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................465
Topology 2: ICLs..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................466
Topology 3: Access Gateways........................................................................................................................................................................................................467
Saving port mappings on an Access Gateway...............................................................................................................................................................469
Topology 4: HBA to switch..............................................................................................................................................................................................................469
Using D_Port in static-static mode between switches......................................................................................................................................................... 470
Enabling D_Port in static mode............................................................................................................................................................................................470
Disabling D_Port in static mode...........................................................................................................................................................................................472
Using D_Port in dynamic mode.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 472
Preprovisioning D_Ports..........................................................................................................................................................................................................473
Using D_Port between switches and HBAs............................................................................................................................................................................. 474
Enabling D_Port in static mode between a switch and an HBA............................................................................................................................. 474
Using non-Brocade HBAs for D_Port testing................................................................................................................................................................475
BCU D_Port commands......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 476
Host Bus Adapter limitations and considerations for D_Ports................................................................................................................................476
Conrming SFP and link status with an HBA.................................................................................................................................................................478
Using D_Port in on-demand mode ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 478
Using the fabriclog command........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 479
Calculating buers for long-distance cables............................................................................................................................................................................ 480
Support for audit logs.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................480
Using D_Port show commands.....................................................................................................................................................................................................480
NPIV..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................485
NPIV overview.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................485
Upgrade considerations...........................................................................................................................................................................................................486
Fixed addressing mode............................................................................................................................................................................................................486
10-bit addressing mode......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 486
Conguring NPIV.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................486
Enabling and disabling NPIV.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 487
Base device logout..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................488
Dierence in the device logout behaviors........................................................................................................................................................................ 488
Enabling base device logout..................................................................................................................................................................................................489
Use cases and dependencies................................................................................................................................................................................................489
Viewing base device logout setting.....................................................................................................................................................................................491
Viewing NPIV port conguration information.......................................................................................................................................................................... 491
Viewing virtual PID login information.................................................................................................................................................................................493
Fabric-Assigned PWWN.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 495
Fabric-Assigned PWWN overview............................................................................................................................................................................................... 495
User- and auto-assigned FA-PWWN behavior .....................................................................................................................................................................496
Conguring an FA-PWWN for an HBA connected to an Access Gateway................................................................................................................ 497
Conguring an FA-PWWN for an HBA connected to an edge switch..........................................................................................................................498
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Supported switches and congurations for FA-PWWN......................................................................................................................................................498
Conguration upload and download considerations for FA-PWWN............................................................................................................................. 499
Security considerations for FA-PWWN......................................................................................................................................................................................499
Restrictions of FA-PWWN............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 500
Access Gateway N_Port failover with FA-PWWN.................................................................................................................................................................500
Inter-chassis Links.........................................................................................................................................................................................................501
Inter-chassis links ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 501
License requirements for ICLs..............................................................................................................................................................................................501
Using the QSFPs that support 2 km on ICL ports .....................................................................................................................................................502
ICLs between DCX 8510 Backbones........................................................................................................................................................................................502
ICL trunking between Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones............................................................................................................................................ 504
ICLs between X6 Directors..............................................................................................................................................................................................................505
ICL trunking between Brocade X6 Directors.................................................................................................................................................................. 508
ICLs between DCX 8510 Backbones and X6 Directors....................................................................................................................................................509
ICL trunking between DCX 8510 Backbones and X6 Directors...........................................................................................................................511
Virtual Fabrics considerations for ICLs.......................................................................................................................................................................................512
Supported topologies for ICL connections...............................................................................................................................................................................513
Mesh topology.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................513
Core-edge topology..................................................................................................................................................................................................................515
Managing Trunking Connections................................................................................................................................................................................517
Trunking overview................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 517
Types of trunking........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 517
Masterless trunking....................................................................................................................................................................................................................518
License requirements for trunking.......................................................................................................................................................................................518
Port groups for trunking...........................................................................................................................................................................................................518
Supported platforms for trunking..................................................................................................................................................................................................519
Supported congurations for trunking........................................................................................................................................................................................519
High Availability support for trunking................................................................................................................................................................................. 519
Requirements for trunk groups...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 520
Recommendations for trunk groups............................................................................................................................................................................................520
Conguring trunk groups..................................................................................................................................................................................................................521
Enabling trunking................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 521
Disabling trunking................................................................................................................................................................................................................................522
Displaying trunking information.....................................................................................................................................................................................................522
ISL trunking over long-distance fabrics......................................................................................................................................................................................523
EX_Port trunking..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................524
Masterless EX_Port trunking................................................................................................................................................................................................. 524
Supported congurations and platforms for EX_Port trunking...............................................................................................................................524
Conguring EX_Port trunking............................................................................................................................................................................................... 525
Displaying EX_Port trunking information......................................................................................................................................................................... 525
F_Port trunking......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................525
F_Port trunking for Access Gateway.................................................................................................................................................................................. 526
F_Port trunking for Brocade adapters................................................................................................................................................................................529
F_Port trunking considerations............................................................................................................................................................................................. 530
F_Port trunking in Virtual Fabrics.........................................................................................................................................................................................532
Displaying F_Port trunking information...................................................................................................................................................................................... 532
Disabling F_Port trunking................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 533
Enabling the DCC policy on a trunk area................................................................................................................................................................................... 533
Managing Long-Distance Fabrics..............................................................................................................................................................................535
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Long-distance fabrics overview.....................................................................................................................................................................................................535
Extended Fabrics device limitations.............................................................................................................................................................................................535
Long-distance link modes............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 536
Conguring an extended ISL.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 536
Enabling long distance when connecting to TDM devices ......................................................................................................................................538
Forward error correction on long-distance links..................................................................................................................................................................... 539
Enabling FEC on a long-distance link................................................................................................................................................................................539
Disabling FEC on a long-distance link.............................................................................................................................................................................. 539
Using FC-FC Routing to Connect Fabrics................................................................................................................................................................541
FC-FC routing overview....................................................................................................................................................................................................................541
License requirements for FC-FC routing......................................................................................................................................................................... 541
Supported platforms for FC-FC routing...........................................................................................................................................................................542
Supported congurations for FC-FC routing................................................................................................................................................................. 543
Network OS connectivity limitations ................................................................................................................................................................................. 543
Fibre Channel routing concepts.....................................................................................................................................................................................................543
Proxy devices............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 548
FC-FC routing topologies.......................................................................................................................................................................................................549
Phantom domains......................................................................................................................................................................................................................549
FC router authentication ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 553
Setting up FC-FC routing.................................................................................................................................................................................................................554
Verifying the setup for FC-FC routing............................................................................................................................................................................... 554
Backbone fabric IDs........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 555
Assigning backbone fabric IDs............................................................................................................................................................................................. 556
Assigning alias names to fabric IDs............................................................................................................................................................................................. 556
FCIP tunnel conguration.................................................................................................................................................................................................................557
Inter-fabric link conguration...........................................................................................................................................................................................................557
Conguring an IFL for both edge and backbone connections................................................................................................................................558
Conguring EX_Ports on an ICL..........................................................................................................................................................................................561
FC router port cost conguration..................................................................................................................................................................................................563
Port cost considerations..........................................................................................................................................................................................................563
Setting router port cost for an EX_Port.............................................................................................................................................................................564
Shortest IFL cost conguration......................................................................................................................................................................................................565
Conguring shortest IFL cost................................................................................................................................................................................................568
EX_Port frame trunking conguration.........................................................................................................................................................................................570
LSAN zone conguration................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 570
Zone denition and naming................................................................................................................................................................................................... 570
LSAN zones and fabric-to-fabric communications.....................................................................................................................................................571
Controlling device communication with the LSAN.......................................................................................................................................................571
Conguring interconnectivity between backbone and edge fabrics......................................................................................................................573
Setting the maximum LSAN count.....................................................................................................................................................................................574
HA and downgrade considerations for LSAN zones...................................................................................................................................................574
LSAN zone policies using LSAN tagging........................................................................................................................................................................ 574
LSAN zone binding................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 580
Location embedded LSAN zones................................................................................................................................................................................................ 584
Creating location embedded LSAN zones...................................................................................................................................................................... 585
Migrating LSAN zones to location embedded LSAN zones in the edge fabric...............................................................................................587
Limitations of location embedded LSAN zones........................................................................................................................................................... 587
Peer LSAN zone support................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 588
Proxy PID conguration.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 588
Fabric parameter considerations................................................................................................................................................................................................... 589
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Inter-fabric broadcast frames..........................................................................................................................................................................................................589
Displaying the current broadcast conguration..............................................................................................................................................................589
Enabling broadcast frame forwarding................................................................................................................................................................................ 589
Disabling broadcast frame forwarding...............................................................................................................................................................................590
Resource monitoring.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 590
FC-FC routing and Virtual Fabrics................................................................................................................................................................................................591
Logical switch conguration for FC routing.....................................................................................................................................................................592
Backbone-to-edge routing with Virtual Fabrics.............................................................................................................................................................594
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for FC-FC routing.............................................................................................................................................595
How replacing port blades aects EX_Port conguration.........................................................................................................................................596
Displaying the range of output ports connected to xlate domains..................................................................................................................................596
Port Indexing...................................................................................................................................................................................................................597
Switch and blade sensors.............................................................................................................................................................................................599
Brocade switch sensors.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 599
Brocade blade temperature sensors............................................................................................................................................................................................599
System temperature monitoring....................................................................................................................................................................................................600
Hexadecimal Conversion..............................................................................................................................................................................................601
Hexadecimal overview.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................601
Example conversion of the hexadecimal triplet 0x616000.....................................................................................................................................601
Decimal-to-hexadecimal conversion table...................................................................................................................................................................... 601
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Preface
• Document conventions...................................................................................................................................................................................19
• Brocade resources............................................................................................................................................................................................ 20
• Document feedback.........................................................................................................................................................................................20
• Contacting Brocade Technical Support....................................................................................................................................................21
Document conventions
The document conventions describe text formatting conventions, command syntax conventions, and important notice formats used in
Brocade technical documentation.
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 trac 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,
rmware, 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.
Text formatting conventions
Text formatting conventions such as boldface, italic, or Courier font may be used to highlight specic words or phrases.
Format Description
bold text Identies command names.
Identies keywords and operands.
Identies the names of GUI elements.
Identies text to enter in the GUI.
italic text Identies emphasis.
Identies variables.
Identies document titles.
Courier font
Identies CLI output.
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Format Description
Identies command syntax examples.
Command syntax conventions
Bold and italic text identify command syntax components. Delimiters and operators
dene groupings of parameters and their logical
relationships.
Convention Description
bold text Identies command names, keywords, and command options.
italic text Identies a variable.
value In Fibre Channel products, a xed 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 } 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.
x | y 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.
Brocade resources
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White papers, data sheets, and the most recent versions of Brocade software and hardware manuals are available at www.brocade.com.
Product documentation for all supported releases is available to registered users at MyBrocade.
Click the Support tab and select Document Library to access product documentation on MyBrocade or www.brocade.com. You can
locate documentation by product or by operating system.
Release notes are bundled with software downloads on MyBrocade. Links to software downloads are available on the MyBrocade landing
page and in the Document Library.
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