Dell PowerConnect B-DCX User guide

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Fabric OS

Administrator’s Guide

Supporting Fabric OS 7.2.0

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Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1002920-01 Added Fabric OS v7.2.0 software features

and support for embedded switches:

Brocade 5431, M6505, and 6547.

July 2013

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 53-1002920-02 Corrections and additions for the Fabric OS

7.2.0a release.

September 2013

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Contents (High Level)

Section I Standard Features

Chapter 1 Understanding Fibre Channel Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Chapter 2 Performing Basic Configuration Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Chapter 3 Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Chapter 4 Routing Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Chapter 5 Buffer-to-Buffer Credits and Credit Recovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Chapter 6 Managing User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Chapter 7 Configuring Protocols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Chapter 8 Configuring Security Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

Chapter 9 Maintaining the Switch Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

Chapter 10 Installing and Maintaining Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

Chapter 11 Managing Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

Chapter 12 Administering Advanced Zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337

Chapter 13 Traffic Isolation Zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379

Chapter 14 Optimizing Fabric Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413

Chapter 15 Bottleneck Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427

Chapter 16 In-flight Encryption and Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445

Chapter 17 Diagnostic Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .459

Chapter 18 NPIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .473

Chapter 19 Fabric-Assigned PWWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .479

Chapter 20 Managing Administrative Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485

Section II Licensed Features

Chapter 21 Administering Licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515

Chapter 22 Inter-chassis Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .543

Chapter 23 Monitoring Fabric Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551

Chapter 24 Managing Trunking Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .569

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Chapter 25 Managing Long-Distance Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .587

Chapter 26 Using FC-FC Routing to Connect Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .593

Appendix A Port Indexing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .641

Appendix B FIPS Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .645

Appendix C Hexadecimal Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .657

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About This Document

Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Section I Standard Features

Chapter 1 Understanding Fibre Channel Services

Fibre Channel services overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Management server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Platform services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Platform services and Virtual Fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Enabling platform services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Disabling platform services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Management server database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Displaying the management server ACL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Adding a member to the ACL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Deleting a member from the ACL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Viewing the contents of the management server database . . . 50

Clearing the management server database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Topology discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Displaying topology discovery status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Enabling topology discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Disabling topology discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Device login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Principal switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

E_Port login process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Fabric login process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Port login process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

RSCNs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Duplicate Port World Wide Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

High availability of daemon processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

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Chapter 2 Performing Basic Configuration Tasks

Fabric OS overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Fabric OS command line interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Console sessions using the serial port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Telnet or SSH sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Getting help on a command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Viewing a history of command line entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Password modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Default account passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

The switch Ethernet interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Virtual Fabrics and the Ethernet interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Management Ethernet port bonding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Displaying the network interface settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Static Ethernet addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

DHCP activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

IPv6 autoconfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Date and time settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Time zone settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Network time protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Domain IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Displaying the domain IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Setting the domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Switch names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Customizing the switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Chassis names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Customizing chassis names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Fabric name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Configuring the fabric name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

High availability considerations for fabric names . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Upgrade and downgrade considerations for fabric names. . . .78

Switch activation and deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Disabling a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Enabling a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Disabling a chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Enabling a chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Switch and Backbone shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Powering off a Brocade switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Powering off a Brocade Backbone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Basic connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Device connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Switch connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

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Chapter 3 Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks

Port identifiers (PIDs) and PID binding overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Core PID addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Fixed addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

10-bit addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

256-area addressing mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

WWN-based PID assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Port Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Backbone port blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Setting port names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Port identification by slot and port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Port identification by port area ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Port identification by index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Configuring a device-switch connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Swapping port area IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Port activation and deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Port decommissioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Setting port modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Setting port speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Setting all ports on a switch to the same speed . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Setting port speed for a port octet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Blade terminology and compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

CP blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Core blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Port and application blade compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

FX8-24 compatibility notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Enabling and disabling blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Enabling blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Disabling blades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Blade swapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

How blades are swapped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Swapping blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Disabling switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Powering off a port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Powering on a port blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Equipment status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Checking switch operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Verifying High Availability features (Backbones only) . . . . . . .104

Verifying fabric connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Verifying device connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Viewing the switch status policy threshold values. . . . . . . . . .105

Setting the switch status policy threshold values . . . . . . . . . .106

Audit log configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Verifying host syslog prior to configuring the audit log . . . . . .109

Configuring an audit log for specific event classes . . . . . . . . .109

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Duplicate PWWN handling during device login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Setting 0, First login precedence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Setting 1, Second login precedence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Setting 2, Mixed precedence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Setting the behavior for handling duplicate PWWNs. . . . . . . .111

Enabling forward error correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

FEC Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Using the portCfgFec command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Chapter 4 Routing Traffic

Routing overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Paths and route selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

FSPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Fibre Channel NAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Inter-switch links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Buffer credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Congestion versus over-subscription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Virtual channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Gateway links. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Configuring a link through a gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Routing policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Displaying the current routing policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Port-based routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Exchange-based routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Device-based routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Dynamic Path Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

AP route policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Route selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Dynamic Load Sharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Frame order delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Forcing in-order frame delivery across topology changes. . . .127

Restoring out-of-order frame delivery across topology

changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Using Frame Viewer to understand why frames are dropped.127

Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing on ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Lossless core . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Configuring Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing in Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . .131

Frame Redirection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Creating a frame redirect zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Deleting a frame redirect zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Viewing frame redirect zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

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Chapter 5 Buffer-to-Buffer Credits and Credit Recovery

Buffer credit management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Buffer-to-buffer flow control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Optimal buffer credit allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Fibre Channel gigabit values reference definition. . . . . . . . . .137

Buffer credit allocation based on full-size frames. . . . . . . . . .137

Allocating buffer credits based on average-size frames . . . . .140

Configuring buffers for a single port directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Configuring buffers using frame size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Calculating the number of buffers required given the

distance, speed, and frame size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Allocating buffer credits for F_Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Monitoring buffers in a port group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Buffer credits switch or blade model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Maximum configurable distances for Extended Fabrics . . . . .144

Downgrade considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Configuring credits for a single VC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Buffer credit recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Buffer credit recovery over an E_Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Buffer credit recovery over an F_Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Buffer credit recovery over an EX_Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Enabling and disabling buffer credit recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Credit loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Back-end credit loss detection and recovery support on

Brocade 5300 switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Back-end credit loss detection and recovery support on

Brocade 6520 switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Enabling back-end credit loss detection and recovery . . . . . .150

Chapter 6 Managing User Accounts

User accounts overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Role-Based Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Management channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Managing user-defined roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Local database user accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Default accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Local account passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Local user account database distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Distributing the local user database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Accepting distributed user databases on the local switch . . .158

Rejecting distributed user databases on the local switch . . .159

Password policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Password strength policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Password history policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Password expiration policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Account lockout policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

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The boot PROM password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Setting the boot PROM password for a switch with a

recovery string . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Setting the boot PROM password for a Backbone with a

recovery string . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

Setting the boot PROM password for a switch without a

recovery string . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Setting the boot PROM password for a Backbone without a

recovery string . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Remote authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Remote authentication configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Setting the switch authentication mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Fabric OS user accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Fabric OS users on the RADIUS server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Setting up a RADIUS server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

LDAP configuration and Microsoft Active Directory . . . . . . . . .181

LDAP configuration and OpenLDAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

TACACS+ service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Remote authentication configuration on the switch . . . . . . . .192

Configuring local authentication as backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Chapter 7 Configuring Protocols

Security protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Secure Copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Setting up SCP for configuration uploads and downloads . . .197

Secure Shell protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

SSH public key authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Secure Sockets Layer protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Browser and Java support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

SSL configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

The browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Root certificates for the Java plugin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Simple Network Management Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

SNMP Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

SNMP Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Management Information Base (MIB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Basic SNMP operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Understanding MIBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Access to MIB variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

SNMP support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Loading Brocade MIBs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Access Gateway and Brocade MIBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Firmware upgrades and enabled traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Support for Administrative Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Support for Role-Based Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Support for IPv6 addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

Support for Virtual Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

Configuring SNMP using CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

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Telnet protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Blocking Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227

Unblocking Telnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Listener applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Ports and applications used by switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

Port configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

Chapter 8 Configuring Security Policies

ACL policies overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

How the ACL policies are stored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

Policy members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

ACL policy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Displaying ACL policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Saving changes without activating the policies . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Activating ACL policy changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Deleting an ACL policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Adding a member to an existing ACL policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

Removing a member from an ACL policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

Abandoning unsaved ACL policy changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

FCS policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

FCS policy restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

Ensuring fabric domains share policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236

Creating an FCS policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236

Modifying the order of FCS switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

FCS policy distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238

Device Connection Control policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238

DCC policy restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Creating a DCC policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239

Deleting a DCC policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240

DCC policy behavior with Fabric-Assigned PWWNs . . . . . . . . . 241

SCC Policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

Creating an SCC policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

Authentication policy for fabric elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

E_Port authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Device authentication policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

AUTH policy restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247

Authentication protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Secret key pairs for DH-CHAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

FCAP configuration overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251

Fabric-wide distribution of the authorization policy. . . . . . . . .253

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IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253

Creating an IP Filter policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254

Cloning an IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254

Displaying an IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254

Saving an IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255

Activating an IP Filter policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255

Deleting an IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255

IP Filter policy rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255

IP Filter policy enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258

Adding a rule to an IP Filter policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

Deleting a rule from an IP Filter policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

Aborting an IP Filter transaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

IP Filter policy distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260

Policy database distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260

Database distribution settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261

ACL policy distribution to other switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262

Fabric-wide enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263

Notes on joining a switch to the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264

Management interface security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266

Configuration examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

IPsec protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

Security associations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

Authentication and encryption algorithms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

IPsec policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270

IKE policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Creating the tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272

Example of an end-to-end transport tunnel mode. . . . . . . . . . 274

Chapter 9 Maintaining the Switch Configuration File

Configuration settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

Configuration file format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

Configuration file backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

Uploading a configuration file in interactive mode . . . . . . . . .279

Configuration file restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280

Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

Configuration download without disabling a switch . . . . . . . .282

Configurations across a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Downloading a configuration file from one switch to

another switch of the same model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Security considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Configuration management for Virtual Fabrics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

Uploading a configuration file from a switch with

Virtual Fabrics enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

Restoring a logical switch configuration using

configDownload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

Restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286

Brocade configuration form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

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Chapter 10 Installing and Maintaining Firmware

Firmware download process overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

Upgrading and downgrading firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291

Considerations for FICON CUP environments . . . . . . . . . . . . .291

HA sync state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291

Preparing for a firmware download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292

Obtaining and decompressing firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293

Connected switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293

Firmware download on switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294

Switch firmware download process overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . .294

Firmware download on a Backbone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296

Backbone firmware download process overview. . . . . . . . . . .296

Firmware download from a USB device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

Enabling the USB device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

Viewing the USB file system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

Downloading from the USB device using the relative path. . .300

Downloading from the USB device using the absolute path. .300

FIPS support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

Public and private key management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

The firmwareDownload command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301

Power-on firmware checksum test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302

Testing and restoring firmware on switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302

Testing a different firmware version on a switch . . . . . . . . . . .302

Testing and restoring firmware on Backbones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304

Testing different firmware versions on Backbones . . . . . . . . .304

Validating a firmware download. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

Chapter 11 Managing Virtual Fabrics

Virtual Fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

Logical switch overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

Default logical switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

Logical switches and fabric IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

Port assignment in logical switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312

Logical switches and connected devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

Management model for logical switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314

Logical fabric overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315

Logical fabric and ISLs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315

Base switch and extended ISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316

Account management and Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319

Supported platforms for Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320

Supported port configurations in the fixed-port switches. . . .320

Supported port configurations in Brocade Backbones . . . . . .321

Virtual Fabrics interaction with other Fabric OS features . . . .322

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Limitations and restrictions of Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

Restrictions on XISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

Restrictions on moving ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324

Enabling Virtual Fabrics mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324

Disabling Virtual Fabrics mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325

Configuring logical switches to use basic configuration values. . .326

Creating a logical switch or base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326

Executing a command in a different logical switch context . . . . . .328

Deleting a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329

Adding and moving ports on a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329

Displaying logical switch configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330

Changing the fabric ID of a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331

Changing a logical switch to a base switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331

Setting up IP addresses for a logical switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333

Removing an IP address for a logical switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333

Configuring a logical switch to use XISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333

Changing the context to a different logical fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334

Creating a logical fabric using XISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334

Chapter 12 Administering Advanced Zoning

Zone types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337

Zoning overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338

Approaches to zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339

Zone objects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

Zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341

Zoning enforcement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342

Considerations for zoning architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342

Best practices for zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343

Broadcast zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343

Broadcast zones and Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344

Broadcast zones and FC-FC routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345

High availability considerations with broadcast zones . . . . . .346

Loop devices and broadcast zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346

Broadcast zones and default zoning mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346

Zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346

Creating an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

Adding members to an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

Removing members from an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348

Deleting an alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349

Viewing an alias in the defined configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . .349

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Zone creation and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350

Displaying existing zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350

Creating a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350

Adding devices (members) to a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351

Removing devices (members) from a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352

Replacing zone members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353

Deleting a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355

Viewing a zone in the defined configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356

Viewing zone configuration names without case distinction .356

Validating a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358

Default zoning mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360

Setting the default zoning mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .361

Viewing the current default zone access mode. . . . . . . . . . . .361

Zone database size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

Zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362

Creating a zone configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363

Adding zones to a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363

Removing members from a zone configuration. . . . . . . . . . . .364

Enabling a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364

Disabling a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365

Deleting a zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365

Abandoning zone configuration changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366

Viewing all zone configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366

Viewing selected zone configuration information . . . . . . . . . .367

Viewing the configuration in the effective zone database . . .367

Clearing all zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367

Zone object maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368

Copying a zone object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368

Deleting a zone object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369

Renaming a zone object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370

Zone configuration management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .370

Security and zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Zone merging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Fabric segmentation and zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373

Zone merging scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373

Concurrent zone transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376

Viewing zone database transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377

Chapter 13 Traffic Isolation Zoning

Traffic Isolation Zoning overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379

TI zone failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380

Additional considerations when disabling failover . . . . . . . . .381

FSPF routing rules and traffic isolation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383

Enhanced TI zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .384

Illegal configurations with enhanced TI zones. . . . . . . . . . . . .385

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Traffic Isolation Zoning over FC routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386

TI zones within an edge fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388

TI zones within a backbone fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389

Limitations of TI zones over FC routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390

Fabric-Level Traffic Isolation in a backbone fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . .390

Fabric-Level TI zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391

Failover behavior for Fabric-Level TI zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392

Creating a separate TI zone for each path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392

Creating a single TI zone for all paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393

General rules for TI zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394

Traffic Isolation Zone violation handling for trunk ports . . . . .395

Supported configurations for Traffic Isolation Zoning . . . . . . . . . .396

Additional configuration rules for enhanced TI zones. . . . . . .396

Trunking with TI zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397

Limitations and restrictions of Traffic Isolation Zoning . . . . . . . . .398

Admin Domain considerations for Traffic Isolation Zoning . . . . . .398

Virtual Fabrics considerations for Traffic Isolation Zoning . . . . . . .399

Traffic Isolation Zoning over FC routers with Virtual Fabrics . . . . .401

Creating a TI zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402

Creating a TI zone in a base fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404

Modifying TI zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405

Changing the state of a TI zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406

Deleting a TI zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407

Displaying TI zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407

Troubleshooting TI zone routing problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .408

Setting up TI zones over FCR (sample procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . .409

Chapter 14 Optimizing Fabric Behavior

Adaptive Networking overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413

Ingress Rate Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414

Virtual Fabrics considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Limiting traffic from a particular device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415

Disabling Ingress Rate Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415

QoS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415

License requirements for QoS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

CS_CTL-based frame prioritization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

Supported configurations for CS_CTL-based frame

prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

High availability considerations for CS_CTL-based frame

prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Enabling CS_CTL-based frame prioritization on ports . . . . . . . 417

Disabling CS_CTL-based frame prioritization on ports . . . . . . 418

Using CS_CTL auto mode at the chassis level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

Considerations for using CS_CTL-based frame prioritization .418

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QoS zone-based traffic prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419

QoS zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419

QoS on E_Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421

QoS over FC routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421

Virtual Fabrics considerations for QoS zone-based traffic

prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422

High-availability considerations for QoS zone-based traffic

prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422

Supported configurations for QoS zone-based traffic

prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .423

Limitations and restrictions for QoS zone-based traffic

prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .424

Setting QoS zone-based traffic prioritization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .424

Setting QoS zone-based traffic prioritization over FC routers . . . .426

Disabling QoS zone-based traffic prioritization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .426

Chapter 15 Bottleneck Detection

Bottleneck detection overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427

Types of bottlenecks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428

How bottlenecks are reported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .428

Supported configurations for bottleneck detection . . . . . . . . . . . .429

Limitations of bottleneck detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429

High availability considerations for bottleneck detection . . . .430

Upgrade and downgrade considerations for bottleneck

detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .430

Trunking considerations for bottleneck detection . . . . . . . . . .430

Virtual Fabrics considerations for bottleneck detection . . . . .430

Access Gateway considerations for bottleneck detection. . . .430

Enabling bottleneck detection on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .431

Displaying bottleneck detection configuration details . . . . . . . . . .431

Setting bottleneck detection alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .433

Setting both a congestion alert and a latency alert . . . . . . . .434

Setting a congestion alert only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434

Setting a latency alert only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .435

Changing bottleneck detection parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .435

Examples of applying and changing bottleneck detection

parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436

Advanced bottleneck detection settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439

Excluding a port from bottleneck detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .440

Displaying bottleneck statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442

Disabling bottleneck detection on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .442

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Chapter 16 In-flight Encryption and Compression

In-flight encryption and compression overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445

Supported ports for in-flight encryption and compression . . .446

In-flight encryption and compression restrictions . . . . . . . . . .446

How in-flight encryption and compression are enabled . . . . .448

Authentication and key generation for encryption and

compression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .448

Availability considerations for encryption and compression. .449

Virtual Fabrics considerations for encryption and

compression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .449

In-flight compression on long-distance ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . .450

Compression ratios for compression-enabled ports . . . . . . . .450

Configuring in-flight encryption and compression on an EX_Port .450

Configuring in-flight encryption and compression on an E_Port . .451

Viewing the encryption and compression configuration . . . . . . . .452

Configuring and enabling authentication for in-flight encryption .453

Enabling in-flight encryption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .455

Enabling in-flight compression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .456

Disabling in-flight encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .456

Disabling in-flight compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457

Chapter 17 Diagnostic Port

Diagnostic Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .459

Supported platforms for D_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .459

Licensing requirements for D_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .460

Understanding D_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .460

Advantages of D_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .461

D_Port configuration mode and nature of test . . . . . . . . . . . .461

General limitations and considerations for D_Port . . . . . . . . .462

Supported topologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463

Topology 1: ISLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463

Topology 2: ICLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .463

Topology 3: Access Gateways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464

Topology 4: HBA to switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .465

Using D_Port without HBAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .465

Enabling D_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .465

Disabling D_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .466

Using D_Port with HBAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467

Automatic mode configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467

Dynamic mode configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468

BCU D_Port commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468

Limitations and considerations for D_Port with HBAs. . . . . . .468

Controlling testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .469

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Example test scenarios and output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .469

Confirming SFP and link status with an HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .470

Starting and stopping D_Port testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .470

Chapter 18 NPIV

NPIV overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .473

Upgrade considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Fixed addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

10-bit addressing mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Configuring NPIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .475

Enabling and disabling NPIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476

Viewing NPIV port configuration information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476

Viewing virtual PID login information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .478

Chapter 19 Fabric-Assigned PWWN

Fabric-Assigned PWWN overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .479

User- and auto-assigned FA-PWWN behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .480

Configuring an FA-PWWN for an HBA connected to an

Access Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481

Configuring an FA-PWWN for an HBA connected to an edge

switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .482

Supported switches and configurations for FA-PWWN. . . . . . . . . .483

Configuration upload and download considerations for

FA-PWWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483

Security considerations for FA-PWWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483

Restrictions of FA-PWWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .484

Access Gateway N_Port failover with FA-PWWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .484

Chapter 20 Managing Administrative Domains

Administrative Domains overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485

Admin Domain features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .487

Requirements for Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .487

Admin Domain access levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .487

User-defined Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .488

System-defined Admin Domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .488

Home Admin Domains and login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .490

Admin Domain member types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491

Admin Domains and switch WWNs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .492

Admin Domain compatibility, availability, and merging . . . . . .494

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Admin Domain management for physical fabric administrators . .494

Setting the default zoning mode for Admin Domains . . . . . . .495

Creating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .495

User assignments to Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .496

Removing an Admin Domain from a user account . . . . . . . . .498

Activating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .498

Deactivating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499

Adding members to an existing Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . .499

Removing members from an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500

Renaming an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500

Deleting an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501

Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .502

Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains non-disruptively . .502

Validating an Admin Domain member list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506

SAN management with Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506

CLI commands in an AD context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507

Executing a command in a different AD context . . . . . . . . . . .507

Displaying an Admin Domain configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508

Switching to a different Admin Domain context. . . . . . . . . . . .508

Admin Domain interactions with other Fabric OS features . . .509

Admin Domains, zones, and zone databases . . . . . . . . . . . . .510

Admin Domains and LSAN zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .511

Configuration upload and download in an AD context . . . . . .512

Section II Licensed Features

Chapter 21 Administering Licensing

Licensing overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515

Brocade 7800 Upgrade license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .523

ICL licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .523

ICL 1st POD license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .523

ICL 2nd POD license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .524

ICL 8-link license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .524

ICL 16-link license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .524

Enterprise ICL license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .524

8G licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .525

Slot-based licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526

Upgrade and downgrade considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526

Assigning a license to a slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .526

Removing a license from a slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .527

10G licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .527

Enabling 10 Gbps operation on an FC port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .528

Enabling the 10-GbE ports on an FX8-24 blade . . . . . . . . . . .529

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