Administrator Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- About This Document
- Understanding Fibre Channel Services
- Performing Basic Configuration Tasks
- Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks
- Routing Traffic
- Managing User Accounts
- Configuring Protocols
- Configuring Security Policies
- In this chapter
- ACL policies overview
- ACL policy management
- FCS policies
- DCC policies
- SCC policies
- Authentication policy for fabric elements
- IP Filter policy
- Creating an IP Filter policy
- Cloning an IP Filter policy
- Displaying an IP Filter policy
- Saving an IP Filter policy
- Activating an IP Filter policy
- Deleting an IP Filter policy
- IP Filter policy rules
- IP Filter policy enforcement
- Adding a rule to an IP Filter policy
- Deleting a rule to an IP Filter policy
- Aborting an IP Filter transaction
- IP Filter policy distribution
- Policy database distribution
- Management interface security
- Maintaining the Switch Configuration File
- Installing and Maintaining Firmware
- In this chapter
- Firmware download process overview
- Preparing for a firmware download
- Firmware download on switches
- Firmware download on an enterprise-class platform
- Firmware download from a USB device
- FIPS Support
- Test and restore firmware on switches
- Test and restore firmware on enterprise-class platforms
- Validating a firmware download
- Managing Virtual Fabrics
- In this chapter
- Virtual Fabrics overview
- Logical switch overview
- Logical fabric overview
- Management model for logical switches
- Account management and Virtual Fabrics
- Supported platforms for Virtual Fabrics
- Limitations and restrictions of Virtual Fabrics
- Enabling Virtual Fabrics mode
- Disabling Virtual Fabrics mode
- Configuring logical switches to use basic configuration values
- Creating a logical switch or base switch
- Executing a command in a different logical fabric context
- Deleting a logical switch
- Adding and removing ports on a logical switch
- Displaying logical switch configuration
- Changing the fabric ID of a logical switch
- Changing a logical switch to a base switch
- Setting up IP addresses for a Virtual Fabric
- Removing an IP address for a Virtual Fabric
- Configuring a logical switch to use XISLs
- Changing the context to a different logical fabric
- Creating a logical fabric using XISLs
- Administering Advanced Zoning
- In this chapter
- Special zones
- Zoning overview
- Broadcast zones
- Zone aliases
- Zone creation and maintenance
- Default zoning mode
- Zoning database size
- Zoning configurations
- Creating a zoning configuration
- Adding zones (members) to a zoning configuration
- Removing zones (members) from a zone configuration
- Enabling a zone configuration
- Disabling a zone configuration
- Deleting a zone configuration
- Clearing changes to a configuration
- Viewing all zone configuration information
- Viewing selected zone configuration information
- Viewing the configuration in the effective zone database
- Clearing all zone configurations
- Zone object maintenance
- Zoning configuration management
- Security and zoning
- Zone merging scenarios
- Traffic Isolation Zoning
- In this chapter
- Traffic Isolation Zoning overview
- Enhanced TI zones
- Traffic Isolation Zoning over FC routers
- General rules for TI zones
- Supported configurations for Traffic Isolation Zoning
- Limitations and restrictions of Traffic Isolation Zoning
- Admin Domain considerations for Traffic Isolation Zoning
- Virtual Fabric considerations for Traffic Isolation Zoning
- Traffic Isolation Zoning over FC routers with Virtual Fabrics
- Creating a TI zone
- Modifying TI zones
- Changing the state of a TI zone
- Deleting a TI zone
- Displaying TI zones
- Setting up TI over FCR (sample procedure)
- Administering NPIV
- Interoperability for Merged SANs
- In this chapter
- Interoperability overview
- Connectivity solutions
- Domain ID offset modes
- McDATA Fabric mode configuration restrictions
- McDATA Open Fabric mode configuration restrictions
- Interoperability support for logical switches
- Switch configurations for interoperability
- Zone management in interoperable fabrics
- Frame Redirection in interoperable fabrics
- Traffic Isolation zones in interoperable fabrics
- Brocade SANtegrity implementation in mixed fabric SANS
- E_Port authentication between Fabric OS and M-EOS switches
- FCR SANtegrity
- FICON implementation in a mixed fabric
- Fabric OS version change restrictions in an interoperable environment
- Coordinated Hot Code Load
- McDATA-aware features
- McDATA-unaware features
- Supported hardware in an interoperable environment
- Supported features in an interoperable environment
- Unsupported features in an interoperable environment
- Managing Administrative Domains
- In this chapter
- Administrative Domains overview
- Admin Domain management for physical fabric administrators
- Setting the default zoning mode for Admin Domains
- Creating an Admin Domain
- User assignments to Admin Domains
- Removing an Admin Domain from a user account
- Activating an Admin Domain
- Deactivating an Admin Domain
- Adding members to an existing Admin Domain
- Removing members from an Admin Domain
- Renaming an Admin Domain
- Deleting an Admin Domain
- Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains
- Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains non-disruptively
- Validating an Admin Domain member list
- SAN management with Admin Domains
- CLI commands in an AD context
- Executing a command in a different AD context
- Displaying an Admin Domain configuration
- Switching to a different Admin Domain context
- Admin Domain interactions with other Fabric OS features
- Admin Domains, zones, and zone databases
- Admin Domains and LSAN zones
- Configuration upload and download in an AD context
- Administering Licensing
- Monitoring Fabric Performance
- In this chapter
- Advanced Performance Monitoring overview
- End-to-end performance monitoring
- Frame monitoring
- ISL performance monitoring
- Top Talker monitors
- Adding a Top Talker monitor on an F_Port
- Adding Top Talker monitors on all switches in the fabric (fabric mode)
- Displaying the top n bandwidth-using flows on an F_Port
- Displaying top talking flows for a given domain ID (fabric mode)
- Deleting a Top Talker monitor on an F_Port
- Deleting the fabric mode Top Talker monitors
- Limitations of Top Talker monitors
- Trunk monitoring
- Displaying end-to-end and ISL monitor counters
- Clearing end-to-end and ISL monitor counters
- Saving and restoring monitor configurations
- Performance data collection
- Optimizing Fabric Behavior
- In this chapter
- Adaptive Networking overview
- Ingress Rate Limiting
- QoS: SID/DID traffic prioritization
- QoS zones
- QoS on E_Ports
- QoS over FC routers
- Virtual Fabric considerations for traffic prioritization
- High availability considerations for traffic prioritization
- Supported configurations for traffic prioritization
- Upgrade considerations for traffic prioritization
- Limitations and restrictions for traffic prioritization
- Setting traffic prioritization
- Setting traffic prioritization over FC routers
- Disabling QoS
- Bottleneck detection
- Supported configurations for bottleneck detection
- How bottlenecks are reported
- Limitations of bottleneck detection
- High availability considerations for bottleneck detection
- Upgrade and downgrade considerations for bottleneck detection
- Trunking considerations for bottleneck detection
- Virtual Fabrics considerations for bottleneck detection
- Access Gateway considerations for bottleneck detection
- Enabling bottleneck detection on a switch
- Excluding a port from bottleneck detection
- Displaying bottleneck detection configuration details
- Changing bottleneck alert parameters
- Displaying bottleneck statistics
- Disabling bottleneck detection on a switch
- Managing Trunking Connections
- Managing Long Distance Fabrics
- In this chapter
- Long distance fabrics overview
- Extended Fabrics device limitations
- Long distance link modes
- Configuring an extended ISL
- Buffer credit management
- Buffer-to-Buffer flow control
- Optimal buffer credit allocation
- Fibre Channel gigabit values reference definition
- Allocating buffer credits based on full-size frames
- Allocating buffer credits based on average-size frames
- Allocating buffer credits for F_Ports
- Displaying the remaining buffers in a port group
- Buffer credits for each switch model
- Maximum configurable distances for Extended Fabrics
- Buffer credit recovery
- Using the FC-FC Routing Service
- In this chapter
- FC-FC routing service overview
- Integrated Routing
- Fibre Channel routing concepts
- Setting up the FC-FC routing service
- Backbone fabric IDs
- FCIP tunnel configuration
- Inter-fabric link configuration
- FC Router port cost configuration
- EX_Port frame trunking configuration
- LSAN zone configuration
- Use of Admin Domains with LSAN zones and FCR
- Zone definition and naming
- LSAN zones and fabric-to-fabric communications
- Controlling device communication with the LSAN
- Setting the maximum LSAN count
- Configuring backbone fabrics for interconnectivity
- HA and downgrade considerations for LSAN zones
- LSAN zone policies using LSAN tagging
- LSAN zone binding
- Proxy PID configuration
- Fabric parameter considerations
- Inter-fabric broadcast frames
- Resource monitoring
- FC-FC Routing and Virtual Fabrics
- Upgrade and downgrade considerations for FC-FC routing
- Displaying the range of output ports connected to xlate domains
- M-EOS Migration Path to Fabric OS
- Inband Management
- Port Indexing
- FIPS Support
- Hexadecimal
- Index
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The boot PROM password
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The recovery string must be between 8 and 40 alphanumeric characters. A random string that
is 15 characters or longer is recommended for higher security. The firmware prompts for this
password only once. It is not necessary to remember the recovery string because it is displayed
the next time you enter the command shell.
The following prompt displays:
New password:
6. Enter the boot PROM password, then re-enter it when prompted. The password must be eight
alphanumeric characters (any additional characters are not recorded). Record this password
for future use.
The new password is automatically saved.
7. Reboot the switch by typing the reset command at the prompt.
Setting the boot PROM password for a director with a recovery string
This procedure applies to the following enterprise-class platforms: Brocade 48000 director and
Brocade DCX and DCX-4S Data Center Backbones.
The boot PROM and recovery passwords must be set for each CP blade on Brocade 48000,
Brocade DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms.
1. Connect to the serial port interface on the standby CP blade, as described in “Connecting to
Fabric OS through the serial port” on page 16.
2. Connect to the active CP blade by serial or Telnet and enter the haDisable command to prevent
failover during the remaining steps.
3. Reboot the standby CP blade by sliding the On/Off switch on the ejector handle of the standby
CP blade to Off, and then back to On.
4. Press ESC within four seconds after the message “Press escape within 4 seconds...” displays.
The following options are available:
5. Enter 2. Take the following appropriate action based on whether you find the password was
previously set:
• If no password was previously set, the following message displays:
Recovery password is NOT set. Please set it now.
• If a password was previously set, the following messages display:
Send the following string to Customer Support for password recovery:
afHTpyLsDo1Pz0Pk5GzhIw==
Enter the supplied recovery password.
Recovery Password:
6. Enter the recovery password (string).
Option Description
1 Start system. Continues the system boot process.
2 Recovery password. Lets you set the recovery string and the boot PROM password.
3 Enter command shell. Provides access to boot parameters.