Deployment Guide

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