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Brocade 6505 Hardware Reference Manual 13
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Fabric OS Native and Access Gateway modes
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Changes to the clock server value on the principal or primary FCS switch are propagated to all
switches in the fabric.
Brocade Inter-Switch Link Trunking
Brocade Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking is optional software that allows you to create trunking
groups of ISLs between adjacent switches. Up to eight FC ports on the Brocade 6505 can be used
as a trunking group to achieve speeds up to 128 Gbps (256 Gbps full duplex) for optimal
bandwidth utilization and load balancing. For more information about Brocade ISL Trunking, see
the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.
Brocade Switch Status Policy
Brocade switch status policy is a feature that monitors different switch parameters such as power
supplies, fan units, and so forth and provides switch status based on their health.
The switch status policy configuration can be updated using the switchstatuspolicyset command.
The example shows the default settings of 2 and 0 for DOWN and MARGINAL units for both Bad
PowerSupplies and Bad Fans.
switch:admin>switchstatuspolicyset
<some output skipped>
The minimum number of
Bad PowerSupplies contributing to DOWN status: (0..2) [2]
Bad PowerSupplies contributing to MARGINAL status: (0..2) [0]
<some output skipped>
Bad Fans contributing to DOWN status: (0..2) [2]
Bad Fans contributing to MARGINAL status: (0..2) [0]
<output truncated>
If a second power supply and fan assembly unit is installed in the switch, Brocade recommends
changing the configuration to 2 and 1 for DOWN and MARGINAL for both the Bad PowerSupplies
and Bad Fans. You can use the switchStatusPolicyShow command to see the results of your
changes.
Fabric OS Native and Access Gateway modes
The Brocade 6505 can function in either Fabric OS Native mode or Brocade Access Gateway mode.
The switch is shipped in Fabric OS Native mode by default.
• You can enable Access Gateway mode using Fabric OS commands or Web Tools.
• All additional POD licenses must be installed before you can enable Access Gateway mode.
• When you enable Access Gateway, you can use the default F_Port-to-N_Port mappings or
change this mapping using the command line interface (CLI) or Web Tools (after you configure
an IP address using instructions under “Switch IP address”).