Concept Guide

Dell 8/4Gbps FC SAN Module Administrator’s Guide 7
53-1001345-01
Chapter
3
Managing Policies and Features
In this chapter
•Policies overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
•Advanced Device Security policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
•Automatic Port Configuration policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
•Port Grouping policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
•Failover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
•Failback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Policies overview
This chapter provides detailed information on the following policies.
• Advanced Device Security policy (ADS)
• Automatic Port Configuration policy (APC)
• Port Grouping policy (PG)
• Persistent ALPA policy
These policies can be used to control various advanced features, such as Failover, and Failback.
Displaying current policies
You can run the following command to display policies that are currently enabled or disabled on a
FC SAN Module.
1. Connect to the FC SAN Module and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the ag
--policyshow command.
switch:admin> ag --policyshow
Policy_Description Policy_Name State
--------------------------------------------------
Port Grouping pg Enabled
Auto Port Configuration auto Disabled
Advanced Device Security ads Enabled