Brocade Secure Fabric OS Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v3.2.0, v4.4.0, v5.0.1, v5.1.0, 5.2.0, and 5.3.0 (53-1000244-02, June 2007)

Secure Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide ix
Publication Number: 53-1000244-02
About This Document
This document is a procedural guide written to help SAN administrators set up and manage a
Brocade Secure Fabric OS SAN. This document is specific to Brocade Secure Fabric OS v5.3.0 and
all switches running Fabric OS versions v3.2.x, v4.4.x, v5.0.l, v5.1.0, or v5.2.0.
“About This Document” contains the following sections:
• How This Document Is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
• Supported Hardware and Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
• What’s New in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
• Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
• Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
• Getting Technical Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
• Document Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
How This Document Is Organized
This document is organized to help you find the particular information that you want as quickly and
easily as possible.
This document contains both information and procedures organized in roughly chronological order.
Starting from an introduction to Secure Fabric OS, it continues with system requirements, initial
implementation, adjusting to your own environment, and continued operation; also included is a
summary of the Secure Fabric OS commands, as well as the steps necessary to remove Secure
Fabric OS.
The document contains the following components:
• Chapter 1, “Introducing Secure Fabric OS” provides basic information about Secure Fabric OS.
• Chapter 2, “Preparing the Fabric for Secure Fabric OS” allows you to set up and get started
using Secure Fabric OS.
• Chapter 3, “Enabling Secure Fabric OS and Creating Policies” helps you create the security
policies needed for your SAN.
• Chapter 4, “Managing Secure Fabric OS” provides information for routine administration of
your Secure Fabric OS.
• Appendix B, “Secure Fabric OS Commands and Secure Mode Restrictions” summarizes Secure
Fabric OS commands.
• Appendix A, “Removing Secure Fabric OS Capability” provides information and procedures for
removing Secure Fabric OS from your SAN.