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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Port indexing on the Brocade DCX backbone
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Port indexing on the Brocade DCX backbone
Table 100 shows the index and PID mapping for the Brocade DCX enterprise-class platform. This
table provides the index/PID assignment for the maximum number of ports (used by the FC8-64
blade). If your blade does not have the maximum number of ports, use the lower sections of the
table to determine the index and PID assignment.
The following is an example of switchShow output from a Brocade DCX shows the index and PID
address. The output has been truncated.
DCX:admin> switchshow
Index Slot Port Address Media Speed State
=========================================
0 1 0 0a0040 -- N4 No_Module
1 1 1 0a0140 -- N4 No_Module
2 1 2 0a0240 -- N4 No_Module
(output truncated)
768 1 48 0a00c0 -- N4 No_Module
769 1 49 0a01c0 -- N4 No_Module
770 1 50 0a02c0 -- N4 No_Module
(output truncated)
783 1 61 0a0dc0 -- N4 No_Module
784 1 62 0a0ec0 -- N4 No_Module
783 1 63 0a0fc0 -- N4 No_Module
16 2 0 0a1040 -- N4 No_Module
17 2 1 0a1140 -- N4 No_Module
18 2 2 0a1240 -- N4 No_Module
(output truncated)
TABLE 100 Default index/16-bit PID assignment with no port swap on a Brocade DCX backbone
Port
(DCX)
Slot 1
Index/PID
Slot 2
Index/PID
Slot 3
Index/PID
Slot 4
Index/PID
Slot 9
Index/PID
Slot 10
Index/PID
Slot 11
Index/PID
Slot 12
Index/PID
63 783/0x0fc0 799/0x1fc0 815/0x2fc0 831/0x3fc0 847/0x4fc0 863/0x5fc0 879/0x6fc0 895/0x7fc0
62 782/0x0ec0 798/0x1ec0 814/0x2ec0 830/0x3ec0 846/0x4ec0 862/0x5ec0 878/0x6ec0 894/0x7ec0
61 781/0x0dc0 797/0x1dc0 813/0x2dc0 829/0x3dc0 845/0x4dc0 861/0x5dc0 877/0x6dc0 893/0x7dc0
60 780/0x0cc0 796/0x1cc0 812/0x2cc0 828/0x3cc0 844/0x4cc0 860/0x5cc0 876/0x6cc0 892/0x7cc0
59 779/0x0bc0 795/0x1bc0 811/0x2bc0 827/0x3bc0 843/0x4bc0 859/0x5bc0 875/0x6bc0 891/0x7bc0
58 778/0x0ac0 794/0x1ac0 810/0x2ac0 826/0x3ac0 842/0x4ac0 858/0x5ac0 874/0x6ac0 890/0x7ac0
57 777/0x09c0 793/0x19c0 809/0x29c0 825/0x39c0 841/0x49c0 857/0x59c0 873/0x69c0 889/0x79c0
56 776/0x08c0 792/0x18c0 808/0x28c0 824/0x38c0 840/0x48c0 856/0x58c0 872/0x68c0 888/0x78c0
55 775/0x07c0 791/0x17c0 807/0x27c0 823/0x37c0 839/0x47c0 855/0x57c0 871/0x67c0 887/0x77c0
54 774/0x06c0 790/0x16c0 806/0x26c0 822/0x36c0 838/0x46c0 854/0x56c0 870/0x66c0 886/0x76c0
53 773/0x05c0 789/0x15c0 805/0x25c0 821/0x35c0 837/0x45c0 853/0x55c0 869/0x65c0 885/0x75c0
52 772/0x04c0 788/0x14c0 804/0x24c0 820/0x34c0 836/0x44c0 852/0x54c0 868/0x64c0 884/0x74c0
51 771/0x03c0 787/0x13c0 803/0x23c0 819/0x33c0 835/0x43c0 851/0x53c0 867/0x63c0 883/0x73c0
50 770/0x02c0 786/0x12c0 802/0x22c0 818/0x32c0 834/0x42c0 850/0x52c0 866/0x62c0 882/0x72c0
49 769/0x01c0 785/0x11c0 801/0x21c0 817/0x31c0 833/0x41c0 849/0x51c0 865/0x61c0 881/0x71c0
48 768/0x00c0 784/0x10c0 800/0x20c0 816/0x30c0 832/0x40c0 848/0x50c0 864/0x60c0 880/0x70c0