Broadcom Brocade Fabric OS Administration, 7.4.x User guide

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Supporting Fabric OS 7.4.1
Supporting Fabric OS 7.4.2
ADMINISTRATION GUIDE
Brocade Fabric OS
Administration Guide, 7.4.x
53-1003939-06
24 August 2017
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Contents
Preface................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
Document conventions.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
Notes, cautions, and warnings..................................................................................................................................................................................................19
Text formatting conventions...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Command syntax conventions.................................................................................................................................................................................................20
Brocade resources..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................20
Document feedback.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Contacting Brocade Technical Support......................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Brocade customers.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................21
Brocade OEM customers.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
About This Document..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Supported hardware and software................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Brocade Gen 4 platform (8-Gbps) xed-port switches................................................................................................................................................ 23
Brocade Gen 5 platform (16-Gbps) xed-port switches............................................................................................................................................. 23
Brocade Gen 4 platform (8-Gbps) DCX Backbone family..........................................................................................................................................24
Brocade Gen 5 platform (16-Gbps) DCX Backbone family.......................................................................................................................................24
What's new in this document............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 24
Changes made for version 53-1003939-01................................................................................................................................................................. 24
Changes made for version 53-1003939-02 ................................................................................................................................................................24
Changes made for version 53-1003939-05 ................................................................................................................................................................24
Changes made for version 53-1003939-06 ................................................................................................................................................................25
Understanding Fibre Channel Services ...................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Fibre Channel services overview...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Management server............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Platform services.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................28
Platform services and Virtual Fabrics....................................................................................................................................................................................28
Enabling platform services.........................................................................................................................................................................................................29
Disabling platform services ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Management server database........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
Displaying the management server ACL.............................................................................................................................................................................29
Adding a member to the ACL..................................................................................................................................................................................................30
Deleting a member from the ACL .........................................................................................................................................................................................31
Viewing the contents of the management server database ........................................................................................................................................32
Clearing the management server database........................................................................................................................................................................32
Topology discovery................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 33
Displaying topology discovery status....................................................................................................................................................................................33
Enabling topology discovery ....................................................................................................................................................................................................33
Disabling topology discovery....................................................................................................................................................................................................33
Device login...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................34
Principal switch............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
E_Port login process ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................35
Fabric login process .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
Port login process..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................35
RSCNs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36
Duplicate Port World Wide Name...........................................................................................................................................................................................36
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High availability of daemon processes...........................................................................................................................................................................................36
FL_Port and arbitrated loop support..............................................................................................................................................................................................37
Performing Basic Conguration Tasks........................................................................................................................................................................ 39
Fabric OS overview................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39
Fabric OS command line interface..................................................................................................................................................................................................40
Console sessions using the serial port................................................................................................................................................................................. 40
Telnet or SSH sessions............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Getting help on a command..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42
Viewing a history of command line entries.........................................................................................................................................................................43
Using fosexec to run commands on remote switches or domains.......................................................................................................................... 45
Password modication..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................47
Default account passwords........................................................................................................................................................................................................47
The switch Ethernet interface ............................................................................................................................................................................................................48
Brocade Backbones..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48
Brocade switches...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................48
Virtual Fabrics and the Ethernet interface............................................................................................................................................................................48
Management Ethernet port bonding.....................................................................................................................................................................................49
Displaying the network interface settings............................................................................................................................................................................ 50
Static Ethernet addresses...........................................................................................................................................................................................................51
DHCP activation.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................52
IPv6 autoconguration................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 54
Date and time settings..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................55
Setting the date and time........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Time zone settings........................................................................................................................................................................................................................56
Network Time Protocol................................................................................................................................................................................................................57
Domain IDs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................58
Domain ID issues.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 59
Displaying the domain IDs.........................................................................................................................................................................................................59
Setting the domain ID..................................................................................................................................................................................................................60
Switch names............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................61
Customizing the switch name.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 61
Switch types.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 61
Chassis names.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................62
Customizing chassis names......................................................................................................................................................................................................62
Fabric name...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................62
Conguring the fabric name......................................................................................................................................................................................................62
High availability considerations for fabric names............................................................................................................................................................. 63
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for fabric names..........................................................................................................................................63
Switch activation and deactivation................................................................................................................................................................................................... 63
Disabling a switch..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................63
Enabling a switch........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 64
Disabling a chassis........................................................................................................................................................................................................................64
Enabling a chassis.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................64
Switch and Backbone shutdown...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 65
Powering o a Brocade switch.................................................................................................................................................................................................65
Powering o a Brocade Backbone.........................................................................................................................................................................................65
Basic connections...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................66
Device connection.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................66
Switch connection..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................66
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Performing Advanced Conguration Tasks................................................................................................................................................................ 67
Port identiers (PIDs) and PID binding overview.......................................................................................................................................................................67
Core PID addressing mode.......................................................................................................................................................................................................67
Fixed addressing mode...............................................................................................................................................................................................................68
10-bit addressing (mode 0)......................................................................................................................................................................................................68
256-area addressing (mode 1 and mode 2).....................................................................................................................................................................68
WWN-based PID assignment..................................................................................................................................................................................................69
Ports............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 71
Port Types.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................71
Backbone port blades..................................................................................................................................................................................................................72
Setting port names........................................................................................................................................................................................................................72
Port identication by slot and port number........................................................................................................................................................................ 73
Port identication by port area ID........................................................................................................................................................................................... 73
Port identication by index.........................................................................................................................................................................................................73
Dynamic Portname.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................73
Conguring a device-switch connection .............................................................................................................................................................................77
Swapping port area IDs...............................................................................................................................................................................................................78
Enabling a port................................................................................................................................................................................................................................79
Disabling a port...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................79
Port decommissioning................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 80
Setting network interface modes.............................................................................................................................................................................................80
Setting port speeds.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................81
Setting all ports on a switch to the same speed............................................................................................................................................................... 81
Setting port speed for a port octet......................................................................................................................................................................................... 82
Setting maximum auto-negotiated port speed.................................................................................................................................................................82
Decoding fdmiShow command output................................................................................................................................................................................82
Blade terminology and compatibility..............................................................................................................................................................................................83
CP blades..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................85
Core blades...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 86
Port and application blade compatibility..............................................................................................................................................................................86
Enabling and disabling blades...........................................................................................................................................................................................................87
Enabling blades.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 87
Disabling blades.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................87
Blade swapping........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................88
How blades are swapped........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 89
Swapping blades............................................................................................................................................................................................................................93
Disabling switches.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 93
Power management...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................93
Powering o a port blade or core blade...............................................................................................................................................................................93
Powering on a port blade or core blade............................................................................................................................................................................... 94
Equipment status.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 94
Checking switch operation.........................................................................................................................................................................................................94
Verifying High Availability features (Backbones only).....................................................................................................................................................94
Verifying fabric connectivity.......................................................................................................................................................................................................95
Verifying device connectivity.....................................................................................................................................................................................................95
Audit log conguration..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................96
Verifying host syslog prior to conguring the audit log................................................................................................................................................. 97
Conguring an audit log for specic event classes......................................................................................................................................................... 97
Conguring remote syslog servers.........................................................................................................................................................................................98
Duplicate PWWN handling during device login......................................................................................................................................................................... 99
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Setting 0, First login precedence.............................................................................................................................................................................................99
Setting 1, Second login precedence......................................................................................................................................................................................99
Setting 2, Mixed precedence................................................................................................................................................................................................. 100
Setting the behavior for handling duplicate PWWNs.................................................................................................................................................. 100
Forward error correction....................................................................................................................................................................................................................101
FEC limitations.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................101
Enabling forward error correction.........................................................................................................................................................................................101
Disabling forward error correction........................................................................................................................................................................................102
Enabling or disabling FEC for long-distance ports .....................................................................................................................................................103
Displaying and clearing the FEC counters.......................................................................................................................................................................103
FEC-via-TTS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 103
Routing Trac................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 105
Routing overview..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................105
Paths and route selection........................................................................................................................................................................................................105
FSPF................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................106
Fibre Channel NAT.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................107
Inter-switch links...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................107
Buer credits................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 109
Congestion versus over-subscription................................................................................................................................................................................ 109
Virtual channels........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 109
Gateway links......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 110
Conguring a link through a gateway.................................................................................................................................................................................111
Routing policies.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 112
Notes .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 112
Displaying the current routing policy.................................................................................................................................................................................. 112
Port-based routing ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................112
Exchange-based routing......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 113
Device-based routing................................................................................................................................................................................................................113
Dynamic Path Selection...........................................................................................................................................................................................................113
Route selection......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................114
Dynamic Load Sharing.............................................................................................................................................................................................................115
Frame order delivery...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................115
Forcing in-order frame delivery across topology changes....................................................................................................................................... 116
Restoring out-of-order frame delivery across topology changes..........................................................................................................................116
Enabling Frame Viewer............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 117
Using Frame Viewer to understand why frames are dropped ................................................................................................................................117
Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing on ports................................................................................................................................................................................ 118
Lossless core................................................................................................................................................................................................................................120
Conguring Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing ...............................................................................................................................................................121
Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing in Virtual Fabrics......................................................................................................................................................121
Two-hop Lossless DLS route update................................................................................................................................................................................121
Frame Redirection............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 123
Creating a frame redirect zone..............................................................................................................................................................................................123
Deleting a frame redirect zone..............................................................................................................................................................................................124
Viewing frame redirect zones................................................................................................................................................................................................ 124
Buer-to-Buer Credits and Credit Recovery........................................................................................................................................................ 125
Buer credit management ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................125
Buer-to-buer ow control..................................................................................................................................................................................................125
Optimal buer credit allocation ............................................................................................................................................................................................126
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Fibre Channel gigabit values reference denition......................................................................................................................................................... 126
Buer credit allocation based on full-size frames.........................................................................................................................................................127
Allocating buer credits based on average-size frames............................................................................................................................................130
Conguring buers for a single port directly...................................................................................................................................................................130
Conguring buers using frame size................................................................................................................................................................................. 131
Calculating the number of buers required given the distance, speed, and frame size................................................................................131
Allocating buer credits for F_Ports................................................................................................................................................................................... 132
Monitoring buers in a port group.......................................................................................................................................................................................132
Buer credits per switch or blade model..........................................................................................................................................................................133
Maximum congurable distances for Extended Fabrics............................................................................................................................................134
Downgrade considerations.....................................................................................................................................................................................................136
Conguring credits for a single VC......................................................................................................................................................................................136
Buer credit recovery ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................137
Buer credit recovery over an E_Port................................................................................................................................................................................137
Buer credit recovery over an F_Port................................................................................................................................................................................ 138
Buer credit recovery over an EX_Port.............................................................................................................................................................................138
Enabling and disabling buer credit recovery.................................................................................................................................................................139
Credit loss detection........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 139
Back-end credit loss detection and recovery support on Brocade 5300 switches.......................................................................................139
Back-end credit loss detection and recovery support on Brocade 6520 switches.......................................................................................140
Enabling back-end credit loss detection and recovery for link reset thresholds.............................................................................................. 140
Performing link reset for loss of sync from 8-Gbps peer ports..............................................................................................................................141
Back-end credit loss detection and recovery for link faults...................................................................................................................................... 142
Managing User Accounts.............................................................................................................................................................................................145
User accounts overview ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 145
Role-Based Access Control...................................................................................................................................................................................................146
Management channel............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 147
Managing user-dened roles.................................................................................................................................................................................................148
Local database user accounts........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 149
Default accounts......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 149
Local account passwords........................................................................................................................................................................................................151
Local user account database distribution...................................................................................................................................................................................151
Distributing the local user database....................................................................................................................................................................................152
Accepting distributed user databases on the local switch......................................................................................................................................... 152
Rejecting distributed user databases on the local switch...........................................................................................................................................152
Password policies................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 152
Password strength policy.........................................................................................................................................................................................................152
Password history policy........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 153
Password expiration policy..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 154
Account lockout policy............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 155
Changing the root password without the old password..............................................................................................................................................156
The boot PROM password..............................................................................................................................................................................................................156
Setting the boot PROM password for a switch with a recovery string................................................................................................................. 156
Setting the boot PROM password for a Backbone with a recovery string.........................................................................................................157
Setting the boot PROM password for a switch without a recovery string...........................................................................................................158
Setting the boot PROM password for a Backbone without a recovery string.................................................................................................. 158
Remote authentication.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................159
Remote authentication conguration..................................................................................................................................................................................159
Setting the switch authentication mode............................................................................................................................................................................ 162
Fabric OS user accounts......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 162
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Fabric OS users on the RADIUS server............................................................................................................................................................................163
Setting up a RADIUS server...................................................................................................................................................................................................166
LDAP conguration and Microsoft Active Directory....................................................................................................................................................173
LDAP conguration and OpenLDAP.................................................................................................................................................................................175
TACACS+ service....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 179
Remote authentication conguration on the switch..................................................................................................................................................... 182
Conguring local authentication as backup.....................................................................................................................................................................184
Conguring Protocols...................................................................................................................................................................................................185
Security protocols................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 185
Secure Copy...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................186
Setting up SCP for conguration uploads and downloads.......................................................................................................................................187
Secure Shell protocol..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................187
SSH public key authentication...............................................................................................................................................................................................187
Conguring the ciphers, KEX, and MAC algorithms............................................................................................................................................................. 190
Secure Sockets Layer protocol ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 190
Browser and Java support...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 191
SSL conguration overview....................................................................................................................................................................................................191
The browser ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 194
Root certicates for the Java plugin....................................................................................................................................................................................195
Simple Network Management Protocol..................................................................................................................................................................................... 196
SNMP Manager.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 196
SNMP Agent................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 196
Management Information Base............................................................................................................................................................................................196
Basic SNMP operation.............................................................................................................................................................................................................197
Conguring SNMP using CLI................................................................................................................................................................................................197
Telnet protocol.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................207
Blocking Telnet............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 208
Unblocking Telnet.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................209
Listener applications...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................209
Ports and applications used by switches................................................................................................................................................................................... 210
Port conguration.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................210
Conguring Security Policies...................................................................................................................................................................................... 213
ACL policies overview........................................................................................................................................................................................................................213
How the ACL policies are stored..........................................................................................................................................................................................213
Policy members.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 214
ACL policy management..................................................................................................................................................................................................................214
Displaying ACL policies........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 214
Saving changes without activating the policies..............................................................................................................................................................215
Activating ACL policy changes............................................................................................................................................................................................. 215
Deleting an ACL policy.............................................................................................................................................................................................................215
Adding a member to an existing ACL policy.................................................................................................................................................................. 216
Removing a member from an ACL policy.......................................................................................................................................................................216
Abandoning unsaved ACL policy changes......................................................................................................................................................................216
FCS policies........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 217
FCS policy restrictions..............................................................................................................................................................................................................217
Ensuring fabric domains share policies ............................................................................................................................................................................218
Creating an FCS policy.............................................................................................................................................................................................................218
Modifying the order of FCS switches.................................................................................................................................................................................219
FCS policy distribution............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 219
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Device Connection Control policies............................................................................................................................................................................................. 220
Virtual Fabrics considerations ............................................................................................................................................................................................221
DCC policy restrictions.............................................................................................................................................................................................................221
Creating a DCC policy.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 221
Deleting a DCC policy.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 222
DCC policy behavior with Fabric-Assigned PWWNs..................................................................................................................................................222
SCC Policies...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................224
Virtual Fabrics considerations for SCC policies .........................................................................................................................................................224
Creating an SCC policy............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 224
Authentication policy for fabric elements...................................................................................................................................................................................225
Virtual Fabrics considerations ............................................................................................................................................................................................226
E_Port authentication................................................................................................................................................................................................................226
Device authentication policy...................................................................................................................................................................................................228
AUTH policy restrictions..........................................................................................................................................................................................................229
Authentication protocols.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 229
Secret key pairs for DH-CHAP.............................................................................................................................................................................................230
FCAP conguration overview................................................................................................................................................................................................232
Fabric-wide distribution of the authorization policy......................................................................................................................................................235
IP Filter policy........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................235
Virtual Fabrics considerations for IP Filter policy ..................................................................................................................................................... 235
Creating an IP Filter policy......................................................................................................................................................................................................236
Cloning an IP Filter policy....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 236
Displaying an IP Filter policy..................................................................................................................................................................................................236
Saving an IP Filter policy......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 236
Activating an IP Filter policy...................................................................................................................................................................................................237
Deleting an IP Filter policy...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 237
IP Filter policy rules....................................................................................................................................................................................................................237
IP Filter policy enforcement................................................................................................................................................................................................... 240
Adding a rule to an IP Filter policy.......................................................................................................................................................................................240
Deleting a rule from an IP Filter policy...............................................................................................................................................................................240
Aborting an IP Filter transaction...........................................................................................................................................................................................241
IP Filter policy distribution.......................................................................................................................................................................................................241
Policy database distribution.............................................................................................................................................................................................................241
Database distribution settings...............................................................................................................................................................................................242
ACL policy distribution to other switches......................................................................................................................................................................... 243
Fabric-wide enforcement........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 244
Notes on joining a switch to the fabric...............................................................................................................................................................................245
Management interface security......................................................................................................................................................................................................247
Conguration examples........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 247
IPsec protocols............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 249
Security associations.................................................................................................................................................................................................................249
Authentication and encryption algorithms........................................................................................................................................................................250
IPsec policies................................................................................................................................................................................................................................251
IKE policies....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................251
Creating the tunnel..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 252
Example of an end-to-end transport tunnel mode...................................................................................................................................................... 254
Maintaining the Switch Conguration File............................................................................................................................................................... 257
Conguration settings........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 257
Conguration le format .........................................................................................................................................................................................................258
Conguration le backup..................................................................................................................................................................................................................259
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Special characters in FTP server credentials.................................................................................................................................................................. 259
Uploading a conguration le in interactive mode........................................................................................................................................................260
Conguration le restoration........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 261
Restrictions....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................261
Conguration download without disabling a switch..................................................................................................................................................... 263
Congurations across a fabric........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 264
Downloading a conguration le from one switch to another switch of the same model........................................................................... 265
Security considerations............................................................................................................................................................................................................265
Conguration management for Virtual Fabrics....................................................................................................................................................................... 265
Uploading a conguration le from a switch with Virtual Fabrics enabled......................................................................................................... 265
Restoring a logical switch conguration using congDownload.............................................................................................................................266
Restrictions....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................267
Brocade conguration form.............................................................................................................................................................................................................267
Managing Virtual Fabrics............................................................................................................................................................................................. 269
Virtual Fabrics overview.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................269
Logical switch overview.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................270
Default logical switch.................................................................................................................................................................................................................270
Logical switches and fabric IDs............................................................................................................................................................................................ 271
Port assignment in logical switches....................................................................................................................................................................................272
Logical switches and connected devices..........................................................................................................................................................................274
Management model for logical switches................................................................................................................................................................................... 275
Logical fabric overview...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 276
Logical fabric and ISLs.............................................................................................................................................................................................................276
Base switch and extended ISLs............................................................................................................................................................................................277
Account management and Virtual Fabrics................................................................................................................................................................................281
Setting up IP addresses for a logical switch..............................................................................................................................................................................281
Logical switch login context....................................................................................................................................................................................................282
Supported platforms for Virtual Fabrics.....................................................................................................................................................................................283
Supported port congurations in the xed-port switches.........................................................................................................................................284
Supported port congurations in Brocade Backbones..............................................................................................................................................284
Virtual Fabrics interaction with other Fabric OS features.................................................................................................................................................... 285
Limitations and restrictions of Virtual Fabrics..........................................................................................................................................................................286
Restrictions on XISLs................................................................................................................................................................................................................287
Restrictions on moving ports ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 287
Enabling Virtual Fabrics mode....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 287
Disabling Virtual Fabrics mode...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 288
Conguring logical switches to use basic conguration values........................................................................................................................................289
Creating a logical switch or base switch..................................................................................................................................................................................... 289
Executing a command in a dierent logical switch context................................................................................................................................................291
Deleting a logical switch....................................................................................................................................................................................................................292
Adding and moving ports on a logical switch.......................................................................................................................................................................... 292
Displaying logical switch conguration....................................................................................................................................................................................... 293
Changing the fabric ID of a logical switch..................................................................................................................................................................................294
Changing a logical switch to a base switch............................................................................................................................................................................... 294
Conguring a logical switch for XISL use ................................................................................................................................................................................. 295
Changing the context to a dierent logical fabric....................................................................................................................................................................296
Creating a logical fabric using XISLs............................................................................................................................................................................................296
Administering Advanced Zoning................................................................................................................................................................................ 299
Zone types.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 299
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Zoning overview................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 300
Approaches to zoning...............................................................................................................................................................................................................301
Zone objects................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 302
Zone congurations...................................................................................................................................................................................................................303
Zoning enforcement.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 303
Considerations for zoning architecture.............................................................................................................................................................................. 304
Best practices for zoning.........................................................................................................................................................................................................304
Broadcast zones...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................305
Broadcast zones and Admin Domains..............................................................................................................................................................................306
Broadcast zones and FC-FC routing................................................................................................................................................................................. 307
High availability considerations with broadcast zones................................................................................................................................................ 307
Loop devices and broadcast zones.................................................................................................................................................................................... 307
Broadcast zones and default zoning mode.....................................................................................................................................................................307
Zone aliases............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................307
Creating an alias.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 308
Adding members to an alias..................................................................................................................................................................................................308
Removing members from an alias......................................................................................................................................................................................309
Deleting an alias.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 309
Viewing an alias in the dened conguration..................................................................................................................................................................310
Zone creation and maintenance.....................................................................................................................................................................................................311
Displaying existing zones .......................................................................................................................................................................................................311
Creating a zone............................................................................................................................................................................................................................311
Adding devices (members) to a zone.................................................................................................................................................................................312
Removing devices (members) from a zone.....................................................................................................................................................................313
Replacing zone members....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 314
Deleting a zone............................................................................................................................................................................................................................315
Viewing a zone.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................316
Viewing zone conguration names without case distinction....................................................................................................................................318
Validating a zone.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................319
Default zoning mode..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................323
Setting the default zoning mode..........................................................................................................................................................................................323
Viewing the current default zone access mode............................................................................................................................................................. 324
Zone database size............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 324
Zone congurations............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 325
Creating a zone conguration................................................................................................................................................................................................325
Adding zones to a zone conguration............................................................................................................................................................................... 326
Removing members from a zone conguration............................................................................................................................................................326
Enabling a zone conguration...............................................................................................................................................................................................327
Disabling a zone conguration..............................................................................................................................................................................................327
Validating zone members in the zone conguration....................................................................................................................................................328
Deleting a zone conguration................................................................................................................................................................................................330
Abandoning zone conguration changes.........................................................................................................................................................................331
Viewing all zone conguration information......................................................................................................................................................................331
Viewing selected zone conguration information......................................................................................................................................................... 331
Viewing the zone aliases in the zone conguration......................................................................................................................................................332
Viewing the conguration in the eective zone database..........................................................................................................................................332
Clearing all zone congurations............................................................................................................................................................................................333
Zone object maintenance.................................................................................................................................................................................................................333
Copying a zone object..............................................................................................................................................................................................................333
Deleting a zone object..............................................................................................................................................................................................................334
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Renaming a zone object.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 335
Zone conguration management..................................................................................................................................................................................................336
Security and zoning.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................336
Zone merging........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 337
Fabric segmentation and zoning..........................................................................................................................................................................................338
Zone merging scenarios..........................................................................................................................................................................................................339
Concurrent zone transactions......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 344
Viewing zone database transactions...................................................................................................................................................................................345
Peer Zoning............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................346
Peer Zoning compared to other zoning types................................................................................................................................................................346
Advantages of Peer Zoning....................................................................................................................................................................................................349
Peer Zone connectivity rules..................................................................................................................................................................................................349
Firmware upgrade and downgrade considerations for Peer Zoning.....................................................................................................................350
LSAN and QoS Peer Zoning considerations..................................................................................................................................................................350
Peer Zone conguration.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 350
Target Driven Zoning..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................352
Limitations and considerations for Target Driven Zoning..........................................................................................................................................353
Target Driven Zoning conguration.....................................................................................................................................................................................353
Supported commands for Peer Zones and Target Driven Peer Zones........................................................................................................................ 358
Trac Isolation Zoning.................................................................................................................................................................................................359
Trac Isolation Zoning overview................................................................................................................................................................................................... 359
TI zone failover .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................360
Additional considerations when disabling failover........................................................................................................................................................ 361
FSPF routing rules and trac isolation............................................................................................................................................................................. 362
Enhanced TI zones..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................364
Illegal congurations with enhanced TI zones................................................................................................................................................................364
Trac Isolation Zoning over FC routers..................................................................................................................................................................................... 366
TI zones within an edge fabric...............................................................................................................................................................................................367
TI zones within a backbone fabric....................................................................................................................................................................................... 368
Limitations of TI zones over FC routers............................................................................................................................................................................370
Fabric-Level Trac Isolation in a backbone fabric.................................................................................................................................................................370
Fabric-Level TI zones............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 371
Failover behavior for Fabric-Level TI zones.................................................................................................................................................................... 372
Creating a separate TI zone for each path........................................................................................................................................................................372
Creating a single TI zone for all paths................................................................................................................................................................................373
General rules for TI zones................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 374
Trac Isolation Zone violation handling for trunk ports..............................................................................................................................................375
Supported congurations for Trac Isolation Zoning.......................................................................................................................................................... 376
Additional conguration rules for enhanced TI zones.................................................................................................................................................376
Trunking with TI zones..............................................................................................................................................................................................................377
Limitations and restrictions of Trac Isolation Zoning.........................................................................................................................................................377
Admin Domain considerations for Trac Isolation Zoning................................................................................................................................................ 378
Virtual Fabrics considerations for Trac Isolation Zoning..................................................................................................................................................378
Trac Isolation Zoning over FC routers with Virtual Fabrics............................................................................................................................................. 380
Creating a TI zone................................................................................................................................................................................................................................382
Creating a TI zone in a base fabric...................................................................................................................................................................................... 385
Modifying TI zones..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................385
Changing the state of a TI zone.....................................................................................................................................................................................................387
Deleting a TI zone................................................................................................................................................................................................................................388
Displaying TI zones.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................388
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Enforcing Local TI Filtering..............................................................................................................................................................................................................389
Troubleshooting TI zone routing problems............................................................................................................................................................................... 390
Setting up TI zones over FCR (sample procedure)................................................................................................................................................................390
Optimizing Fabric Behavior.........................................................................................................................................................................................395
Adaptive Networking overview.......................................................................................................................................................................................................395
Ingress Rate Limiting..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................396
Virtual Fabrics considerations............................................................................................................................................................................................... 396
Limiting trac from a particular device............................................................................................................................................................................. 396
Disabling Ingress Rate Limiting............................................................................................................................................................................................396
QoS............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................397
License requirements for QoS..............................................................................................................................................................................................397
QoS on E_Ports..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................398
QoS over FC routers.................................................................................................................................................................................................................398
Virtual Fabrics considerations for QoS zone-based trac prioritization.............................................................................................................399
High-availability considerations for QoS zone-based trac prioritization......................................................................................................... 400
Trac prioritization based on QoS zones.........................................................................................................................................................................400
CS_CTL-based frame prioritization..............................................................................................................................................................................................406
Supported congurations for CS_CTL-based frame prioritization........................................................................................................................407
High availability considerations for CS_CTL-based frame prioritization.............................................................................................................407
Enabling CS_CTL-based frame prioritization on ports...............................................................................................................................................407
Disabling CS_CTL-based frame prioritization on ports............................................................................................................................................. 407
Using CS_CTL auto mode at the chassis level..............................................................................................................................................................408
Considerations for using CS_CTL-based frame prioritization.................................................................................................................................408
Bottleneck Detection.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 411
Bottleneck detection overview ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 411
Types of bottlenecks................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 411
How bottlenecks are reported............................................................................................................................................................................................... 412
Supported congurations for bottleneck detection............................................................................................................................................................... 412
Limitations of bottleneck detection.....................................................................................................................................................................................413
High availability considerations for bottleneck detection........................................................................................................................................... 413
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for bottleneck detection........................................................................................................................413
Trunking considerations for bottleneck detection......................................................................................................................................................... 413
Virtual Fabrics considerations for bottleneck detection..............................................................................................................................................413
Access Gateway considerations for bottleneck detection......................................................................................................................................... 414
Enabling bottleneck detection on a switch................................................................................................................................................................................ 414
Displaying bottleneck detection conguration details.......................................................................................................................................................... 414
Setting bottleneck detection alerts .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 416
Setting both a congestion alert and a latency alert.......................................................................................................................................................417
Setting only a congestion alert..............................................................................................................................................................................................418
Setting only a latency alert......................................................................................................................................................................................................418
Changing bottleneck detection parameters..............................................................................................................................................................................419
Examples of applying and changing bottleneck detection parameters............................................................................................................... 420
Adjusting the frequency of bottleneck alerts ..................................................................................................................................................................422
Logging frame timeouts due to bottlenecking........................................................................................................................................................................ 423
Advanced bottleneck detection settings.....................................................................................................................................................................................423
Excluding a port from bottleneck detection..............................................................................................................................................................................424
Displaying bottleneck statistics...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 426
MAPS and bottleneck detection....................................................................................................................................................................................................427
Disabling bottleneck detection on a switch............................................................................................................................................................................... 427
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In-ight Encryption and Compression......................................................................................................................................................................429
In-ight encryption and compression overview...................................................................................................................................................................... 429
Supported ports for in-ight encryption and compression...................................................................................................................................... 430
In-ight encryption and compression restrictions.........................................................................................................................................................430
How in-ight encryption and compression are enabled.............................................................................................................................................432
Authentication and key generation for encryption and compression....................................................................................................................433
Availability considerations for encryption and compression.....................................................................................................................................433
Virtual Fabrics considerations for encryption and compression.............................................................................................................................434
In-ight compression on long-distance ports................................................................................................................................................................ 434
Compression ratios for compression-enabled ports...................................................................................................................................................434
Conguring in-ight encryption and compression on an EX_Port.................................................................................................................................435
Conguring in-ight encryption and compression on an E_Port....................................................................................................................................436
Viewing the encryption and compression conguration......................................................................................................................................................437
Conguring and enabling authentication for in-ight encryption.....................................................................................................................................438
Enabling in-ight encryption........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 440
Enabling in-ight compression...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 441
Disabling in-ight encryption.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 442
Disabling in-ight compression.....................................................................................................................................................................................................443
ClearLink Diagnostic Port............................................................................................................................................................................................445
ClearLink Diagnostic Port.................................................................................................................................................................................................................445
Supported platforms for D_Port....................................................................................................................................................................................................445
Licensing requirements for D_Port...............................................................................................................................................................................................446
Understanding D_Port....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 446
Advantages of D_Port.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 447
D_Port conguration modes and testing..........................................................................................................................................................................448
General limitations and considerations for D_Port tests............................................................................................................................................ 449
Supported topologies.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................451
Topology 1: ISLs.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................451
Topology 2: ICLs........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 452
Topology 3: Access Gateways.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 452
Topology 4: HBA to switch.....................................................................................................................................................................................................454
Using D_Port in static-static mode between switches......................................................................................................................................................... 455
Enabling D_Port in static mode............................................................................................................................................................................................455
Disabling D_Port in static mode...........................................................................................................................................................................................457
Preprovisioning D_Ports..........................................................................................................................................................................................................457
Using D_Port between switches and HBAs............................................................................................................................................................................. 458
Enabling D_Port in static mode between a switch and an HBA............................................................................................................................. 459
BCU D_Port commands......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 459
Host Bus Adapter limitations and considerations for D_Ports................................................................................................................................459
Using D_Port in dynamic mode.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 460
Using D_Port in on-demand mode ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 460
Example test scenarios and output.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 460
Conrming SFP and link status with an HBA.................................................................................................................................................................461
Starting and stopping D_Port testing.................................................................................................................................................................................461
NPIV..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................465
NPIV overview.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................465
Upgrade considerations...........................................................................................................................................................................................................466
Fixed addressing mode............................................................................................................................................................................................................466
10-bit addressing mode......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 466
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Conguring NPIV.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................466
Enabling and disabling NPIV.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 467
Base device logout..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................468
Dierence in the device logout behaviors........................................................................................................................................................................ 468
Enabling base device logout..................................................................................................................................................................................................469
Use cases and dependencies................................................................................................................................................................................................469
Viewing base device logout setting.....................................................................................................................................................................................471
Viewing NPIV port conguration information.......................................................................................................................................................................... 471
Viewing virtual PID login information.................................................................................................................................................................................473
Fabric-Assigned PWWN.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 475
Fabric-Assigned PWWN overview............................................................................................................................................................................................... 475
User- and auto-assigned FA-PWWN behavior .....................................................................................................................................................................476
Conguring an FA-PWWN for an HBA connected to an Access Gateway................................................................................................................ 477
Conguring an FA-PWWN for an HBA connected to an edge switch..........................................................................................................................478
Supported switches and congurations for FA-PWWN......................................................................................................................................................478
Conguration upload and download considerations for FA-PWWN............................................................................................................................. 479
Security considerations for FA-PWWN......................................................................................................................................................................................479
Restrictions of FA-PWWN............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 480
Access Gateway N_Port failover with FA-PWWN.................................................................................................................................................................480
Managing Administrative Domains............................................................................................................................................................................481
Administrative Domains overview.................................................................................................................................................................................................481
Admin Domain features...........................................................................................................................................................................................................483
Requirements for Admin Domains..................................................................................................................................................................................... 483
Admin Domain access levels.................................................................................................................................................................................................484
User-dened Admin Domains..............................................................................................................................................................................................484
System-dened Admin Domains........................................................................................................................................................................................485
Home Admin Domains and login........................................................................................................................................................................................486
Admin Domain member types.............................................................................................................................................................................................487
Admin Domains and switch WWNs................................................................................................................................................................................... 488
Admin Domain compatibility, availability, and merging.............................................................................................................................................. 490
SAN management with Admin Domains.................................................................................................................................................................................. 491
CLI commands in an AD context.........................................................................................................................................................................................491
Executing a command in a dierent AD context...........................................................................................................................................................491
Displaying an Admin Domain conguration................................................................................................................................................................... 492
Switching to a dierent Admin Domain context............................................................................................................................................................ 492
Admin Domain interactions with other Fabric OS features.......................................................................................................................................493
Admin Domains, zones, and zone databases.................................................................................................................................................................494
Admin Domains and LSAN zones......................................................................................................................................................................................495
Conguration upload and download in an AD context............................................................................................................................................... 496
Admin Domain management for physical fabric administrators..................................................................................................................................... 497
Setting the default zoning mode for Admin Domains................................................................................................................................................ 497
Creating an Admin Domain....................................................................................................................................................................................................497
User assignments to Admin Domains...............................................................................................................................................................................499
Removing an Admin Domain from a user account......................................................................................................................................................500
Activating an Admin Domain.................................................................................................................................................................................................500
Deactivating an Admin Domain............................................................................................................................................................................................501
Adding members to an existing Admin Domain...........................................................................................................................................................501
Removing members from an Admin Domain................................................................................................................................................................502
Renaming an Admin Domain................................................................................................................................................................................................502
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Deleting an Admin Domain....................................................................................................................................................................................................503
Deleting all user-dened Admin Domains.......................................................................................................................................................................504
Deleting all user-dened Admin Domains non-disruptively....................................................................................................................................504
Validating an Admin Domain member list....................................................................................................................................................................... 508
Inter-chassis Links.........................................................................................................................................................................................................509
Inter-chassis links ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 509
License requirements for ICLs..............................................................................................................................................................................................509
Using the QSFPs that support 2 km on ICL ports .....................................................................................................................................................510
ICLs for the Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone family..............................................................................................................................................................510
ICL trunking on the Brocade DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510-4............................................................................................................................. 511
ICLs for the Brocade DCX Backbone family........................................................................................................................................................................... 512
ICL trunking on the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S...........................................................................................................................................................513
Virtual Fabrics considerations for ICLs.......................................................................................................................................................................................513
Supported topologies for ICL connections...............................................................................................................................................................................513
Mesh topology.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................513
Core-edge topology..................................................................................................................................................................................................................515
Managing Trunking Connections................................................................................................................................................................................517
Trunking overview................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 517
Types of trunking........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 517
Masterless trunking....................................................................................................................................................................................................................518
License requirements for trunking.......................................................................................................................................................................................518
Port groups for trunking...........................................................................................................................................................................................................518
Supported platforms for trunking..................................................................................................................................................................................................519
Supported congurations for trunking........................................................................................................................................................................................519
High Availability support for trunking................................................................................................................................................................................. 519
Requirements for trunk groups...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 519
Recommendations for trunk groups............................................................................................................................................................................................520
Conguring trunk groups..................................................................................................................................................................................................................521
Enabling trunking................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 521
Disabling trunking................................................................................................................................................................................................................................521
Displaying trunking information.....................................................................................................................................................................................................522
Trunk Area and Admin Domains................................................................................................................................................................................................... 523
Example of Trunk Area assignment on port domain,index ......................................................................................................................................523
ISL trunking over long-distance fabrics......................................................................................................................................................................................523
EX_Port trunking..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................524
Masterless EX_Port trunking................................................................................................................................................................................................. 524
Supported congurations and platforms for EX_Port trunking...............................................................................................................................525
Conguring EX_Port trunking............................................................................................................................................................................................... 525
Displaying EX_Port trunking information......................................................................................................................................................................... 525
F_Port trunking......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................526
F_Port trunking for Access Gateway.................................................................................................................................................................................. 526
F_Port trunking for Brocade adapters................................................................................................................................................................................529
F_Port trunking considerations............................................................................................................................................................................................. 530
F_Port trunking in Virtual Fabrics.........................................................................................................................................................................................532
Displaying F_Port trunking information...................................................................................................................................................................................... 532
Disabling F_Port trunking................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 533
Enabling the DCC policy on a trunk area................................................................................................................................................................................... 533
Managing Long-Distance Fabrics..............................................................................................................................................................................535
Long-distance fabrics overview.....................................................................................................................................................................................................535
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Extended Fabrics device limitations.............................................................................................................................................................................................535
Long-distance link modes............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 536
Conguring an extended ISL.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 536
Enabling long distance when connecting to TDM devices ......................................................................................................................................538
Forward error correction on long-distance links..................................................................................................................................................................... 539
Enabling FEC on a long-distance link................................................................................................................................................................................539
Disabling FEC on a long-distance link.............................................................................................................................................................................. 539
Using FC-FC Routing to Connect Fabrics................................................................................................................................................................541
FC-FC routing overview....................................................................................................................................................................................................................541
License requirements for FC-FC routing......................................................................................................................................................................... 542
Supported platforms for FC-FC routing...........................................................................................................................................................................542
Supported congurations for FC-FC routing................................................................................................................................................................. 543
Network OS connectivity limitations ................................................................................................................................................................................. 543
Fibre Channel routing concepts.....................................................................................................................................................................................................543
Proxy devices............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 548
FC-FC routing topologies.......................................................................................................................................................................................................549
Phantom domains......................................................................................................................................................................................................................549
FC router authentication ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 553
Setting up FC-FC routing.................................................................................................................................................................................................................554
Verifying the setup for FC-FC routing............................................................................................................................................................................... 554
Backbone fabric IDs........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 555
Assigning backbone fabric IDs............................................................................................................................................................................................. 556
Assigning alias names to fabric IDs............................................................................................................................................................................................. 556
FCIP tunnel conguration.................................................................................................................................................................................................................557
Inter-fabric link conguration...........................................................................................................................................................................................................557
Conguring an IFL for both edge and backbone connections................................................................................................................................558
Conguring EX_Ports on an ICL..........................................................................................................................................................................................561
FC router port cost conguration..................................................................................................................................................................................................563
Port cost considerations..........................................................................................................................................................................................................563
Setting router port cost for an EX_Port.............................................................................................................................................................................564
Shortest IFL cost conguration......................................................................................................................................................................................................565
Conguring shortest IFL cost................................................................................................................................................................................................567
EX_Port frame trunking conguration.........................................................................................................................................................................................569
LSAN zone conguration................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 569
Use of Admin Domains with LSAN zones and FC-FC routing.............................................................................................................................. 569
Zone denition and naming................................................................................................................................................................................................... 569
LSAN zones and fabric-to-fabric communications.....................................................................................................................................................570
Controlling device communication with the LSAN.......................................................................................................................................................570
Conguring backbone fabrics for interconnectivity......................................................................................................................................................572
Setting the maximum LSAN count.....................................................................................................................................................................................573
HA and downgrade considerations for LSAN zones...................................................................................................................................................573
LSAN zone policies using LSAN tagging........................................................................................................................................................................ 573
LSAN zone binding................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 579
Location embedded LSAN zones................................................................................................................................................................................................ 583
Creating location embedded LSAN zones...................................................................................................................................................................... 584
Migrating LSAN zones to location embedded LSAN zones in the edge fabric...............................................................................................586
Limitations of location embedded LSAN zones........................................................................................................................................................... 586
Peer LSAN zone support................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 587
Proxy PID conguration.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 587
Fabric parameter considerations................................................................................................................................................................................................... 588
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Inter-fabric broadcast frames..........................................................................................................................................................................................................588
Displaying the current broadcast conguration..............................................................................................................................................................588
Enabling broadcast frame forwarding................................................................................................................................................................................ 588
Disabling broadcast frame forwarding...............................................................................................................................................................................589
Resource monitoring.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 589
FC-FC routing and Virtual Fabrics................................................................................................................................................................................................590
Logical switch conguration for FC routing.....................................................................................................................................................................591
Backbone-to-edge routing with Virtual Fabrics.............................................................................................................................................................593
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for FC-FC routing.............................................................................................................................................594
How replacing port blades aects EX_Port conguration.........................................................................................................................................594
Displaying the range of output ports connected to xlate domains.....................................................................................................................597
Port Indexing...................................................................................................................................................................................................................599
Switch and blade sensors.............................................................................................................................................................................................603
Brocade switch sensors.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 603
Brocade blade temperature sensors............................................................................................................................................................................................604
System temperature monitoring....................................................................................................................................................................................................604
Hexadecimal Conversion..............................................................................................................................................................................................605
Hexadecimal overview.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................605
Example conversion of the hexadecimal triplet Ox616000....................................................................................................................................605
Decimal-to-hexadecimal conversion table...................................................................................................................................................................... 605
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Preface
Document conventions...................................................................................................................................................................................19
Brocade resources............................................................................................................................................................................................ 20
Document feedback.........................................................................................................................................................................................20
Contacting Brocade Technical Support....................................................................................................................................................21
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Command syntax conventions
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