Administrator's Guide

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Connectivity to Cisco fabrics

See Table 5 on page 14 for a description of the port state.

If the switch is in Native mode, you can enable AG mode; otherwise, set the switch to Native mode,

and then reboot the switch.

Enabling NPIV on M-EOS switches

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin on the M-EOS switch.

2. Enable Open Systems Management Server (OSMS) services by entering the following

commands.

For the Mi10K switch, enter the following command.

fc osmsState vfid state

In the command, vfid is the virtual fabric identification number. The state variable can be

enable for the enabled state or disable for the disabled state.

The osmsState variable can be enable or 1 for the enabled state or disable or 0 for the

disabled state.

3. Enable NPIV functionality on the Edge fabric ports so that multiple logins are allowed for each

port. Enter the following command on the M-EOS switch to enable NPIV on the specified ports.

config NPIV

Your M-EOS switch is now ready to connect.

NOTE

You can run the agshow command to display Access Gateway information registered with the fabric.

When an Access Gateway is exclusively connected to non-Fabric-OS-based switches, it will not show

up in the agshow output on other Brocade switches in the fabric.

Connectivity to Cisco fabrics

When connecting a switch in Access Gateway mode to a Cisco fabric, you need to make sure that

NPIV is enabled on the connecting switch and that Fabric OS v3.1 or later is used.

Enabling NPIV on a Cisco switch

1. Log in as admin on the Cisco MDS switch.

2. Enter the show version command to determine if you are using the correct SAN operating

system version and if NPIV is enabled on the switch.

3. Enter the following commands to enable NPIV:

configure terminal

npiv enable

4. Press Ctrl-Z to exit.