Reference Guide

Diagnostic Port
∙ Supported platforms for D_Port............................................................................................................................................................................. 415
∙ Licensing requirements for D_Port....................................................................................................................................................................... 416
∙ Understanding D_Port.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 416
∙ Topology 1: ISLs................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 421
∙ Topology 2: ICLs............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 422
∙ Topology 3: Access Gateways............................................................................................................................................................................... 422
∙ Topology 4: HBA to switch.......................................................................................................................................................................................424
∙ Using D_Port in static-static mode between switches............................................................................................................................. 425
∙ Using D_Port in dynamic mode.............................................................................................................................................................................427
∙ Using D_Port between switches and HBAs................................................................................................................................................... 429
∙ Using D_Port in on-demand mode ................................................................................................................................................................... 433
∙ Using D_Port show commands............................................................................................................................................................................ 433
Supported platforms for D_Port
The ports use Brocade-branded or certain Brocade-qualified SFP/QSFP transceivers. D_Port functionality is supported on the following
Gen 5 and Gen 6 Fibre Channel (FC) platforms.
TABLE 80 Supported platforms for D_Port with Fabric OS
Platform SFP QSFP
Gen 5
∙ 10/16-Gbps FC
∙ 8/16-Gbps Long Wave Length (LWL)
FC
∙ 8/16-Gbps Extended Long Wave
Length (ELWL) FC
∙ 16 Gbps
Gen 6
∙ 10/16/32-Gbps FC
∙ 16/32-Gbps LWL FC
∙ 8/16-Gbps ELWL FC
∙ 16/32 Gbps
The following table lists the Brocade devices and Fabric OS releases that support the D_Port feature.
TABLE 81 Supported devices for D_Port with Fabric OS
Product Fabric OS release and later
Brocade DCX 8510-4 Backbone 7.0.0
Brocade DCX 8510-8 Backbone 7.0.0
Brocade 6505 switch 7.0.1
Brocade 6510 switch 7.0.0
Brocade 6520 switch 7.1.0
Brocade 7840 switch 7.3.0
Brocade G620 switch 8.0.0
Brocade X6-8 switch 8.0.1
Brocade X6-4 switch 8.0.1
D_Port functionality is supported on the following HBAs:
Brocade Fabric OS Administration Guide, 8.0.1
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