Brocade Communications Systems 53-1001763-02 User manual

53-1001763-02

13 September 2010

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Fabric OS

Administrator’s Guide

Supporting Fabric OS v6.4.0

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Document History

Corporate and Latin American Headquarters

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

130 Holger Way

San Jose, CA 95134

Tel: 1-408-333-8000

Fax: 1-408-333-8101

E-mail: info@brocade.com

Asia-Pacific Headquarters

Brocade Communications Systems China HK, Ltd.

No. 1 Guanghua Road

Chao Yang District

Units 2718 and 2818

Beijing 100020, China

Tel: +8610 6588 8888

Fax: +8610 6588 9999

E-mail: [email protected]

European Headquarters

Brocade Communications Switzerland Sàrl

Centre Swissair

Tour B - 4ème étage

29, Route de l'Aéroport

Case Postale 105

CH-1215 Genève 15

Switzerland

Tel: +41 22 799 5640

Fax: +41 22 799 5641

E-mail: emea-inf[email protected]

Asia-Pacific Headquarters

Brocade Communications Systems Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen WFOE)

Citic Plaza

No. 233 Tian He Road North

Unit 1308 – 13th Floor

Guangzhou, China

Tel: +8620 3891 2000

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Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

Fabric OS Procedures Guide 53-0000518-02 First released edition. April 2003

Fabric OS Procedures Guide 53-0000518-03 Revised for Fabric OS v4.2.0. December 2003

Fabric OS Procedures Guide 53-0000518-04 Revised to include switch-specific

information.

March 2004

Fabric OS Procedures Guide 53-0000518-05 Revised for Fabric OS v4.4.0. September 2004

Fabric OS Procedures Guide 53-0000518-06 Revised to add RADIUS and SSL

procedures.

October 2004

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-0000518-07 Revised book title. Added information

about 200E, 4012, and 48000

switches.

April 2005

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1000043-01 Revised for Fabric OS v5.1.0. January 2006

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53-1001763-02

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1000043-02 Removed SilkWorm 4016 and 4020

from supported switches; FCIP chapter

updates.

June 2006

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1000239-01 Revised for Fabric OS v5.2.0 features.

Added new hardware platforms:

Brocade FC4-48 and FC4-16IP.

September 2006

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1000448-01 Added Fabric OS v5.3.0 features.

Added support for new hardware

platforms: Brocade 7600, FA4-18, and

FC10-6.

15 June 2007

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1000598-01 Added Fabric OS v6.0.0 features.

Added support for new hardware

platforms: Brocade DCX Backbone,

FC8-16, FC8-32, and FC8-48.

19 October 2007

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1000598-02 Changed “DCX” and “DCX director” to

the correct name: Brocade DCX

Backbone. Also, added the word

“director” to the 48000.

22 January 2008

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1000598-03 Added Fabric OS v6.1.0 features.

Added support for new hardware

platforms: Brocade 5300, 5100, and

300.

12 March 2008

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1000598-04 Updated document to streamline

content. No new hardware or Fabric OS

features.

18 July 2008

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1001185-01 Added Fabric OS v 6.2.0 software

features and support for new hardware

platforms: Brocade DCX-4S.

24 November 2008

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1001336-01 Added Fabric OS v6.3.0 software

features and support for new hardware

platforms.

July 2009

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1001336-02 Incorporate release notes from Fabric

OS v6.3.0 and v6.3.0a.

November 2009

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1001763-01 Added enhancements and new

features for Fabric OS v6.4.0. Added

support for the Brocade VA-40FC

hardware.

March 2010

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1001763-02 Corrected minor errors. Added

additional clarification in some places.

September 2010

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Contents

About This Document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiii

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiii

Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiv

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

Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxv

Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvii

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvii

Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxviii

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxix

Section I Standard Features

Chapter 1 Understanding Fibre Channel Services

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

Fibre Channel services overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

The Management Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Platform services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Platform services in a Virtual Fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Enabling platform services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Disabling platform services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Management server database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Displaying the management server ACL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Adding a member to the ACL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Deleting a member from the ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Viewing the contents of the management server database . . . . 8

Clearing the management server database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Topology discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Displaying topology discovery status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Enabling topology discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Disabling topology discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

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Device login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Principal switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

E_Port login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Fabric login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Port login process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

RSCN causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

High availability of daemon processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 2 Performing Basic Configuration Tasks

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

Fabric OS overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Fabric OS command line interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Console sessions using the serial port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Telnet or SSH sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Getting help on a command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Password modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Default account passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

The Ethernet interface on your switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Virtual Fabrics and the Ethernet interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Displaying the network interface settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Static Ethernet addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

DHCP activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

IPv6 autoconfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Date and time settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Time zone settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Network time protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Domain IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Displaying the domain IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Setting the domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Switch names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Customizing the switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Chassis names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Customizing chassis names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Switch activation and deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Disabling a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Enabling a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Switch and enterprise-class platform shutdown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Powering off a Brocade switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Powering off a Brocade enterprise-class platform. . . . . . . . . . . 32

Basic connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Device connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Switch connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

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Chapter 3 Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

PIDs and PID binding overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Core PID addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Fixed addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

10-bit addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

256-area addressing mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

WWN-based PID assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Setting port names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Port identification by slot and port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Port identification by port area ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Port identification by index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Swapping port area IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Port activation and deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Setting port speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Setting the same speed for all ports on the switch. . . . . . . . . .44

Blade terminology and compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

CP blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Core blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Port and application blade compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

FX8-24 compatibility notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Enabling and disabling blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Enabling blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Disabling blades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Blade swapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Swapping blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Swapping blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Powering off a port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Powering on a port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Equipment status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Checking switch operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Verifying High Availability features (directors and enterprise-class

platforms only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Verifying fabric connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Verifying device connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Track and control switch changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Enabling the track changes feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Displaying the status of the track changes feature. . . . . . . . . . 57

Viewing the switch status policy threshold values. . . . . . . . . . . 57

Setting the switch status policy threshold values . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Audit log configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Auditable event classes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Verifying host syslog prior to configuring the audit log . . . . . . .60

Configuring an audit log for specific event classes . . . . . . . . . . 61

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Chapter 4 Routing Traffic

About this chapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Routing overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Path versus route selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

FSPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Fibre Channel NAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Inter-switch links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Buffer credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Virtual Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Gateway links. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Configuring a link through a gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Inter-chassis links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Supported topologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Routing policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Displaying the current routing policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Exchange-based routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Port-based routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

AP route policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Routing in Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Route selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Dynamic Load Sharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Static route assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Frame order delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Forcing in-order frame delivery across topology changes. . . . .78

Restoring out-of-order frame delivery across topology changes78

Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing on ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Lossless core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Configuring Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing in Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . .80

Frame Redirection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Creating a frame redirect zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Deleting a frame redirect zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Viewing redirect zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Chapter 5 Managing User Accounts

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

User accounts overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

The management channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Local database user accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Default accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Local account passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Local account database distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Distributing the local user database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Accepting distribution of user databases on the local switch .90

Rejecting distributed user databases on the local switch . . . .90

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Password policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Password strength policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Password history policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Password expiration policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Account lockout policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

The boot PROM password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Setting the boot PROM password for a switch with a recovery string

95

Setting the boot PROM password for a director with a recovery string

96

Setting the boot PROM password for a switch without a recovery

string . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Setting the boot PROM password for a director without a recovery

string . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

The authentication model using RADIUS and LDAP . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Setting the switch authentication mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Fabric OS user accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Fabric OS users on the RADIUS server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

The RADIUS server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

LDAP configuration and Microsoft Active Directory . . . . . . . . .111

Authentication servers on the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Configuring local authentication as backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Chapter 6 Configuring Protocols

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Security protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Secure Copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Setting up SCP for configUploads and downloads . . . . . . . . .119

Secure Shell protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

SSH public key authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Secure Sockets Layer protocol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Browser and Java support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

SSL configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Certificate authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

The browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Root certificates for the Java Plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Simple Network Management Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

SNMP and Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

The security level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

The snmpConfig command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Telnet protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Blocking Telnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Unblocking Telnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Listener applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Ports and applications used by switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

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Chapter 7 Configuring Security Policies

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

ACL policies overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

How the ACL policies are stored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Policy members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

ACL policy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Displaying ACL policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Saving changes without activating the policies . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Activating policy changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Deleting an ACL policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Adding a member to an existing ACL policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Removing a member from an ACL policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Aborting unsaved policy changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

FCS policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

FCS policy restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Ensuring fabric domains share policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Creating an FCS policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Modifying the order of FCS switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

FCS policy distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

DCC policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

DCC policy restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Creating a DCC policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Deleting a DCC policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

SCC policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Creating an SCC policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Authentication policy for fabric elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

E_Port authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Device authentication policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

AUTH policy restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Authentication protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Secret key pairs for DH-CHAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

FCAP configuration overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Fabric-wide distribution of the Auth policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Creating an IP Filter policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Cloning an IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Displaying an IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Saving an IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Activating an IP Filter policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Deleting an IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

IP Filter policy rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

IP Filter policy enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Adding a rule to an IP Filter policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Deleting a rule to an IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Aborting an IP Filter transaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

IP Filter policy distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

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Policy database distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Database distribution settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

ACL policy distribution to other switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Fabric-wide enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Notes on joining a switch to the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Management interface security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

Configuration examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

IPsec protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Security associations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Authentication and encryption algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

IPsec policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

IKE policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

Creating the tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Example of an End-to-End Transport Tunnel mode . . . . . . . . .172

Chapter 8 Maintaining the Switch Configuration File

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Configuration settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

Configuration file format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Configuration file backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Uploading a configuration file in interactive mode . . . . . . . . .179

Configuration file restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Configuration download without disabling a switch . . . . . . . .182

Configurations across a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Downloading a configuration file from one switch to another same

model switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Security considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Configuration management for Virtual Fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Uploading a configuration file from a switch with Virtual Fabrics

enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Restoring logical switch configuration using configDownload185

Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Brocade configuration form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Chapter 9 Installing and Maintaining Firmware

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Firmware download process overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Upgrading and downgrading firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Considerations for FICON CUP environments . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

HA sync state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Preparing for a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Connected switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Finding the switch firmware version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Obtain and decompress firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

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Firmware download on switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Switch firmware download process overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Firmware download on an enterprise-class platform . . . . . . . . . . .196

Enterprise-class platform firmware download process overview196

Firmware download from a USB device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Enabling USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Viewing the USB file system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Downloading from USB using the relative path . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Downloading from USB using the absolute path . . . . . . . . . . .200

FIPS Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Public and Private Key Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

The firmwareDownload Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Power-on Firmware Checksum Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Test and restore firmware on switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Testing a different firmware version on a switch . . . . . . . . . . .203

Test and restore firmware on enterprise-class platforms. . . . . . . .204

Testing different firmware versions on enterprise-class platforms205

Validating a firmware download. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Chapter 10 Managing Virtual Fabrics

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Virtual Fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Logical switch overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Default logical switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Logical switches and fabric IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Port assignment in logical switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Logical switches and connected devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Logical fabric overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Logical fabric and ISLs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Logical fabric and ISL sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Management model for logical switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Account management and Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Supported platforms for Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Supported port configurations in the Brocade 5100, 5300, and VA-

40FC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Supported port configurations in the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S221

Virtual Fabrics interaction with other Fabric OS features . . . .221

Limitations and restrictions of Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

Restrictions on moving ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Enabling Virtual Fabrics mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Disabling Virtual Fabrics mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Configuring logical switches to use basic configuration values. . .225

Creating a logical switch or base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Executing a command in a different logical fabric context . . . . . .227

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Deleting a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Adding and removing ports on a logical switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

Displaying logical switch configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230

Changing the fabric ID of a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230

Changing a logical switch to a base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

Setting up IP addresses for a Virtual Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Removing an IP address for a Virtual Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Configuring a logical switch to use XISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Changing the context to a different logical fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Creating a logical fabric using XISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

Chapter 11 Administering Advanced Zoning

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

Special zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

Zoning overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238

Zone types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Zone objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240

Zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241

Zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

Zoning enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

Considerations for zoning architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

Best practices for zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Broadcast zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Broadcast zones and Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Broadcast zones and FC-FC routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

High availability considerations with broadcast zones . . . . . .246

Loop devices and broadcast zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Broadcast zones and default zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Creating an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Adding members to an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Removing members from an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247

Deleting an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Viewing an alias in the defined configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Zone creation and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Creating a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Adding devices (members) to a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Removing devices (members) from a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250

Deleting a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250

Viewing a zone in the defined configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251

Validating a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251

Default zoning mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

Setting the default zoning mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

Viewing the current default zone access mode. . . . . . . . . . . .253

Zoning database size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253

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Zoning configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253

Creating a zoning configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254

Adding zones (members) to a zoning configuration . . . . . . . .254

Removing zones (members) from a zone configuration . . . . .255

Enabling a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255

Disabling a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256

Deleting a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .256

Clearing changes to a configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257

Viewing all zone configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257

Viewing selected zone configuration information . . . . . . . . . .258

Viewing the configuration in the effective zone database . . .258

Clearing all zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

Zone object maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

Copying a zone object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

Deleting a zone object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

Renaming a zone object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260

Zoning configuration management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261

New switch or fabric additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261

Fabric segmentation and zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263

Security and zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263

Zone merging scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264

Chapter 12 Traffic Isolation Zoning

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

Traffic Isolation Zoning overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

TI zone failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .268

FSPF routing rules and traffic isolation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270

Enhanced TI zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272

Traffic Isolation Zoning over FC routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273

TI within an edge fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

TI within a backbone fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275

Limitations of TI zones over FC routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276

General rules for TI zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Supported configurations for Traffic Isolation Zoning . . . . . . . . . .277

Additional configuration rules for enhanced TI zones. . . . . . .278

Trunking with TI zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

Limitations and restrictions of Traffic Isolation Zoning . . . . . . . . .278

Admin Domain considerations for Traffic Isolation Zoning . . . . . .279

Virtual Fabric considerations for Traffic Isolation Zoning. . . . . . . .279

Traffic Isolation Zoning over FC routers with Virtual Fabrics . . . . .281

Creating a TI zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Creating a TI zone in a base fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Modifying TI zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Changing the state of a TI zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

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Deleting a TI zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286

Displaying TI zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286

Setting up TI over FCR (sample procedure). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

Chapter 13 Administering NPIV

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291

NPIV overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291

Upgrade considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292

Fixed addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292

10-bit addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292

Configuring NPIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293

Enabling and disabling NPIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294

Viewing NPIV port configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294

Viewing virtual PID login information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296

Chapter 14 Interoperability for Merged SANs

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297

Interoperability overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297

Connectivity solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298

Domain ID offset modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

Configuring the Domain_ID offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301

McDATA Fabric mode configuration restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301

McDATA Open Fabric mode configuration restrictions . . . . . . . . . .302

Interoperability support for logical switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302

Switch configurations for interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303

Enabling McDATA Open Fabric mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303

Enabling McDATA Fabric mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304

Enabling Brocade Native mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305

Zone management in interoperable fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

Zoning restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

Zone name restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

Zoning modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

Setting the safe zone mode on a stand-alone switch . . . . . . .308

Setting the safe zone mode fabric-wide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308

Disabling safe zone mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308

Effective zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

Saving the effective zone configuration to the Defined Database309

Frame Redirection in interoperable fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

Traffic Isolation zones in interoperable fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

Brocade SANtegrity implementation in mixed fabric SANS . . . . . .311

Fabric OS Layer 2 Fabric Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

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E_Port authentication between Fabric OS and M-EOS switches . .311

Switch authentication policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

Dumb switch authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315

Authentication of EX_Port, VE_Port, and VEX_Port connections316

Authentication of VE_Port-to-VE_Port connections . . . . . . . . . 317

Authentication of VEX_Port-to-VE_Port connections . . . . . . . .320

Authentication of VEX_Port-to-VEX_Port connections . . . . . . .321

FCR SANtegrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321

Fabric Binding behavior in a mixed fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

Translate domains do not have Preferred or Insistent Domain ID

behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

Configuring the preferred domain ID and the insistent domain ID322

FICON implementation in a mixed fabric. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

Fabric OS version change restrictions in an interoperable environment

323

Coordinated Hot Code Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324

Bypassing the Coordinated HCL check on firmware download324

Coordinated HCL on switches firmware downloads . . . . . . . .325

Upgrade and downgrade considerations for HCL for interoperability

325

McDATA-aware features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325

McDATA-unaware features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326

M-EOS feature limitations in mixed fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328

Supported hardware in an interoperable environment . . . . . . . . .329

Supported features in an interoperable environment . . . . . . . . . .331

Unsupported features in an interoperable environment . . . . . . . .334

Chapter 15 Managing Administrative Domains

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335

Administrative Domains overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335

Admin Domain features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337

Requirements for Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337

Admin Domain access levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338

User-defined Administrative Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338

System-defined Administrative Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338

Admin Domains and login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

Admin Domain member types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341

Admin Domains and switch WWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342

Admin Domain compatibility, availability, and merging . . . . . .344

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Admin Domain management for physical fabric administrators . .344

Setting the default zoning mode for Admin Domains . . . . . . .344

Creating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345

User assignments to Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346

Removing an Admin Domain from a user account . . . . . . . . .348

Activating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348

Deactivating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349

Adding members to an existing Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . .349

Removing members from an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350

Renaming an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350

Deleting an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351

Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352

Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains non-disruptively . .352

Validating an Admin Domain member list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356

SAN management with Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356

CLI commands in an AD context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357

Executing a command in a different AD context . . . . . . . . . . .357

Displaying an Admin Domain configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358

Switching to a different Admin Domain context. . . . . . . . . . . .358

Admin Domain interactions with other Fabric OS features . . .359

Admin Domains, zones, and zone databases . . . . . . . . . . . . .360

Admin Domains and LSAN zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

Configuration upload and download in an AD context . . . . . .362

Section II Licensed Features

Chapter 16 Administering Licensing

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365

Licensing overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365

The Brocade 7800 Upgrade license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

ICL licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

ICL 16-link license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

ICL 8-link license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

8G licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372

Slot-based licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372

Upgrade/downgrade considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373

Adding a license to a slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373

Removing a license from a slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373

Time-based licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373

Configupload and download considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Expired licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Universal Time-based licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Universal Time-based license expiration date . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Extending a license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

Deleting a license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

Date change restriction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

Universal Time-based license shelf life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

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Viewing installed licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

Activating a license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

Adding a licensed feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Removing a licensed feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377

Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377

Activating Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379

Dynamic Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379

Displaying the port license assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379

Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380

Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380

Reserving a port license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381

Releasing a port from a POD set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382

Chapter 17 Monitoring Fabric Performance

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383

Advanced Performance Monitoring overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383

Types of monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383

Virtual Fabrics considerations for Advanced Performance Monitoring

384

End-to-end performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385

End-to-end monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385

Adding end-to-end monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386

Setting a mask for an end-to-end monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387

Deleting end-to-end monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388

Frame monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389

Creating frame types to be monitored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390

Deleting frame types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391

Adding frame monitors to a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391

Removing frame monitors from a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391

Saving frame monitor configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391

Displaying frame monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392

Clearing frame monitor counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392

ISL performance monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393

Top Talker monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393

Adding a Top Talker monitor on an F_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394

Adding Top Talker monitors on all switches in the fabric (fabric mode)

394

Displaying the top n bandwidth-using flows on an F_Port . . .395

Displaying top talking flows for a given domain ID (fabric mode)396

Deleting a Top Talker monitor on an F_Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .396

Deleting the fabric mode Top Talker monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . .396

Limitations of Top Talker monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397

Trunk monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397

Displaying end-to-end and ISL monitor counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397

Clearing end-to-end and ISL monitor counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398

Saving and restoring monitor configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399

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Performance data collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399

Chapter 18 Optimizing Fabric Behavior

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401

Adaptive Networking overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401

Ingress Rate Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402

Limiting traffic from a particular device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403

Disabling ingress rate limiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403

QoS: SID/DID traffic prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403

License requirements for traffic prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . .404

QoS zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406

QoS on E_Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407

QoS over FC routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408

Virtual Fabric considerations for traffic prioritization . . . . . . .409

High availability considerations for traffic prioritization . . . . .410

Supported configurations for traffic prioritization . . . . . . . . . . 410

Upgrade considerations for traffic prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . 410

Limitations and restrictions for traffic prioritization . . . . . . . .413

Setting traffic prioritization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Setting traffic prioritization over FC routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415

Disabling QoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416

Bottleneck detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .416

Supported configurations for bottleneck detection. . . . . . . . . 417

How bottlenecks are reported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Limitations of bottleneck detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

High availability considerations for bottleneck detection . . . . 417

Upgrade and downgrade considerations for bottleneck detection418

Trunking considerations for bottleneck detection . . . . . . . . . . 418

Virtual Fabrics considerations for bottleneck detection . . . . .418

Access Gateway considerations for bottleneck detection. . . .418

Enabling bottleneck detection on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Excluding a port from bottleneck detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419

Displaying bottleneck detection configuration details . . . . . . . . . .420

Changing bottleneck alert parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .420

Displaying bottleneck statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422

Disabling bottleneck detection on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423

Chapter 19 Managing Trunking Connections

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425

Trunking overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425

Criteria for managing trunking connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .426

Supported hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427

Recommendations for trunking groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427

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Basic trunk group configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428

Re-initializing ports for trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428

Enabling Trunking on a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428

Enabling Trunking on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428

Displaying trunking information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429

Trunking over long distance fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .430

F_Port trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .431

Prerequisites for F_Port trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .431

Enabling F_Port trunking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432

Disabling F_Port trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432

F_Port trunking in Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432

F_Port trunking considerations for Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . .433

F_Port masterless trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433

F_Port masterless trunking considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .435

Assigning a Trunk Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437

Enabling the DCC policy on a Trunk Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439

Chapter 20 Managing Long Distance Fabrics

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441

Long distance fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .441

Extended Fabrics device limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442

Long distance link modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442

Configuring an extended ISL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443

Enabling long distance when connecting to TDM devices . . .444

Buffer credit management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445

Buffer-to-Buffer flow control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445

Optimal buffer credit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446

Fibre Channel gigabit values reference definition. . . . . . . . . .447

Allocating buffer credits based on full-size frames . . . . . . . . .447

Allocating buffer credits based on average-size frames . . . . .449

Allocating buffer credits for F_Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450

Displaying the remaining buffers in a port group . . . . . . . . . .450

Buffer credits for each switch model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .451

Maximum configurable distances for Extended Fabrics . . . . .452

Buffer credit recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .453

Chapter 21 Using the FC-FC Routing Service

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .455

FC-FC routing service overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .455

Supported platforms for Fibre Channel routing . . . . . . . . . . . .456

Supported configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .456

Integrated Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457

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