Reference Guide

Contents
Preface.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
Document conventions............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
Text formatting conventions........................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
Command syntax conventions..................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
Notes, cautions, and warnings................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Brocade resources................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Contacting Brocade Technical Support........................................................................................................................................................................................................20
Brocade customers........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................20
Brocade OEM customers............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 21
Document feedback.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 21
About This Document.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................23
Supported hardware and software...................................................................................................................................................................................................................23
Brocade Gen 5 (16-Gbps) fixed-port Switches..............................................................................................................................................................................23
Brocade Gen 5 (16-Gbps) DCX 8510 Directors............................................................................................................................................................................ 23
Brocade Gen 6 fixed-port Switches.....................................................................................................................................................................................................23
Brocade Gen 6 Directors............................................................................................................................................................................................................................24
What's new in this document for 8.0.1...........................................................................................................................................................................................................24
Understanding Fibre Channel Services .................................................................................................................................................................................................................25
Fibre Channel services overview......................................................................................................................................................................................................................25
Management server................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 26
Platform services....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Platform services and Virtual Fabrics...................................................................................................................................................................................................26
Enabling platform services......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Disabling platform services .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................27
Management server database............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 27
Displaying the management server ACL........................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Adding a member to the ACL..................................................................................................................................................................................................................28
Deleting a member from the ACL ........................................................................................................................................................................................................29
Viewing the contents of the management server database ..................................................................................................................................................30
Clearing the management server database..................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Topology discovery....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................31
Displaying topology discovery status....................................................................................................................................................................................................31
Enabling topology discovery .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................31
Disabling topology discovery.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................31
Device login.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 32
Principal switch................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 32
E_Port login process ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33
Fabric login process ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33
Port login process........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
RSCNs...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33
Duplicate Port World Wide Name..........................................................................................................................................................................................................34
High availability of daemon processes......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34
FL_Port and arbitrated loop support..............................................................................................................................................................................................................35
Performing Basic Configuration Tasks....................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
Fabric OS overview...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
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