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
C
47 271/0x87c0 287/0x97c0 303/0xa7c0 319/0xb7c0 335/0xc7c0 351/0xd7c0 367/0xe7c0 383/0xf7c0
46 270/0x86c0 286/0x96c0 302/0xa6c0 318/0xb6c0 334/0xc6c0 350/0xd6c0 366/0xe6c0 382/0xf6c0
45 269/0x85c0 285/0x95c0 301/0xa5c0 317/0xb5c0 333/0xc5c0 349/0xd5c0 365/0xe5c0 381/0xf5c0
44 268/0x84c0 284/0x94c0 300/0xa4c0 316/0xb4c0 332/0xc4c0 348/0xd4c0 364/0xe4c0 380/0xf4c0
43 267/0x83c0 283/0x93c0 299/0xa3c0 315/0xb3c0 331/0xc3c0 347/0xd3c0 363/0xe3c0 379/0xf3c0
42 266/0x82c0 282/0x92c0 298/0xa2c0 314/0xb2c0 330/0xc2c0 346/0xd2c0 362/0xe2c0 378/0xf2c0
41 265/0x81c0 281/0x91c0 297/0xa1c0 313/0xb1c0 329/0xc1c0 345/0xd1c0 361/0xe1c0 377/0xf1c0
40 264/0x80c0 280/0x90c0 296/0xa0c0 312/0xb0c0 328/0xc0c0 344/0xd0c0 360/0xe0c0 376/0xf0c0
39 263/0x8fc0 279/0x9fc0 295/0xafc0 311/0xbfc0 327/0xcfc0 343/0xdfc0 359/0xefc0 375/0xffc0
38 262/0x8ec0 278/0x9ec0 294/0xaec0 310/0xbec0 326/0xcec0 342/0xdec0 358/0xeec0 374/0xfec0
37 261/0x8dc0 277/0x9dc0 293/0xadc0 309/0xbdc0 325/0xcdc0 341/0xddc0 357/0xedc0 373/0xfdc0
36 260/0x8cc0 276/0x9cc0 292/0xacc0 308/0xbcc0 324/0xccc0 340/0xdcc0 356/0xecc0 372/0xfcc0
35 259/0x8bc0 275/0x9bc0 291/0xabc0 307/0xbbc0 323/0xcbc0 339/0xdbc0 355/0xebc0 371/0xfbc0
34 258/0x8ac0 274/0x9ac0 290/0xaac0 306/0xbac0 322/0xcac0 338/0xdac0 354/0xeac0 370/0xfac0
33 257/0x89c0 273/0x99c0 289/0xa9c0 305/0xb9c0 321/0xc9c0 337/0xd9c0 353/0xe9c0 369/0xf9c0
32 256/0x88c0 272/0x98c0 288/0xa8c0 304/0xb8c0 320/0xc8c0 336/0xd8c0 352/0xe8c0 368/0xf8c0
31 143/0x8f40 159/0x9f40 175/0xaf40 191/0xbf40 207/0xcf40 223/0xdf40 239/0xef40 255/0xff40
30 142/0x8e40 158/0x9e40 174/0xae40 190/0xbe40 206/0xce40 222/0xde40 238/0xee40 254/0xfe40
29 141/0x8d40 157/0x9d40 173/0xad40 189/0xbd40 205/0xcd40 221/0xdd40 237/0xed40 253/0xfd40
28 140/0x8c40 156/0x9c40 172/0xac40 188/0xbc40 204/0xcc40 220/0xdc40 236/0xec40 252/0xfc40
27 139/0x8b40 155/0x9b40 171/0xab40 187/0xbb40 203/0xcb40 219/0xdb40 235/0xeb40 251/0xfb40
26 138/0x8a40 154/0x9a40 170/0xaa40 186/0xba40 202/0xca40 218/0xda40 234/0xea40 250/0xfa40
25 137/0x8940 153/0x9940 169/0xa940 185/0xb940 201/0xc940 217/0xd940 233/0xe940 249/0xf940
24 136/0x8840 152/0x9840 168/0xa840 184/0xb840 200/0xc840 216/0xd840 232/0xe840 248/0xf840
23 135/0x8740 151/0x9740 167/0xa740 183/0xb740 199/0xc740 215/0xd740 231/0xe740 247/0xf740
22 134/0x8640 150/0x9640 166/0xa640 182/0xb640 198/0xc640 214/0xd640 230/0xe640 246/0xf640
21 133/0x8540 149/0x9540 165/0xa540 181/0xb540 197/0xc540 213/0xd540 229/0xe540 245/0xf540
20 132/0x8440 148/0x9440 164/0xa440 180/0xb440 196/0xc440 212/0xd440 228/0xe440 244/0xf440
19 131/0x8340 147/0x9340 163/0xa340 179/0xb340 195/0xc340 211/0xd340 227/0xe340 243/0xf340
18 130/0x8240 146/0x9240 162/0xa240 178/0xb240 194/0xc240 210/0xd240 226/0xe240 242/0xf240
17 129/0x8140 145/0x9140 161/0xa140 177/0xb140 193/0xc140 209/0xd140 225/0xe140 241/0xf140
16 128/0x8040 144/0x9040 160/0xa040 176/0xb040 192/0xc040 208/0xd040 224/0xe040 240/0xf040
15 15/0x0f40 31/0x1f40 47/0x2e40 63/0x3f40 79/0x4f40 95/0x5f40 111/0x6f40 127/0x7f40
14 14/0x0e40 30/0x1e40 46/0x2e40 62/0x3e40 78/0x4e40 94/0x5e40 110/0x6e40 126/0x7e40
13 13/0x0d40 29/0x1d40 45/0x2d40 61/0x3d40 77/0x4d40 93/0x5d40 109/0x6d40 125/0x7d40
TABLE 100 Default index/16-bit PID assignment with no port swap on a Brocade DCX backbone (Continued)
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