Deployment Guide

Using the Access Gateway
● Access Gateway overview............................................................................................ 175
● Viewing Switch Explorer for Access Gateway mode.....................................................175
● Access Gateway mode ................................................................................................ 176
● Enabling Access Gateway mode.................................................................................. 177
● Disabling Access Gateway mode..................................................................................177
● Viewing the Access Gateway settings.......................................................................... 178
● Port configuration.......................................................................................................... 178
● Access Gateway policy modification............................................................................. 182
● Enabling the Automatic Port Configuration policy......................................................... 183
Access Gateway overview
Access Gateway is a software feature that allows multiple host bus adapters (HBAs) to access the
fabric using fewer physical ports. You can set a switch in Access Gateway mode to transform them into
a device management tool that is compatible with different types of fabrics, including Brocade
Enterprise OS (EOS), and Cisco-based fabrics.
When a switch is in Access Gateway mode, it is logically transparent to the host and the fabric. Brocade
Access Gateway mode allows hosts to access the fabric without increasing the number of switches and
simplifies configuration and management in a large fabric by reducing the number of domain IDs and
ports.
For detailed descriptions of the Access Gateway, refer to the Brocade Access Gateway Administrator’s
Guide.
NOTE
When Access Gateway mode is enabled on switches managed through Web Tools, only a limited
subset of menus and options related to device management are available. A switch in Access Gateway
mode is considered a device management tool and not a fabric switch, therefore fabric related options
are disabled, fabric management menus are unavailable, and fabric-related service requests are
forwarded to the fabric switches.
Viewing Switch Explorer for Access Gateway mode
The Switch Explorer for Access Gateway mode displays as shown in the following figure.
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