Brocade Access Gateway Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5.3.0 (53-1000633-01, June 2007)

10 Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide

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Enabling Access Gateway mode

This sections explains how to change the switch mode from Fabric OS native mode to Access

Gateway mode using the command line interface. Converting a switch to a Brocade Access

Gateway allows you to use the switch as a device management tool that transparently connects

hosts to the fabric.

NOTE

On the 200E, you must enable all ports using POD licensing before enabling Access Gateway mode.

USING THE CLI TO ENABLE ACCESS GATEWAY MODE

Enabling Access Gateway mode is a disruptive process; the switch is disabled and rebooted. Once

you enable Access Gateway mode, only a limited subset of Fabric OS commands are available and

all fabric-related service requests are forwarded to the fabric switches. See Appendix D, “Access

Gateway Commands”.

CAUTION

When you enable Access Gateway mode some fabric information is erased, such as the zone and

security databases. To recover the information save the switch configuration before enabling Access

Gateway mode.

To save the switch configuration using Web Tools, go to the Configure > Upload/Download subtab

and upload the configuration file.

Table 3 describes the commands used to enable Access Gateway mode:

To enable Access Gateway mode from the CLI

1. Connect and log in to the switch.

2. Enter the switchShow command to display the current switch configuration.

The example below shows a switch in the Fabric OS Native mode where switchMode equals

Native.

switch:admin> switchshow

switchName: switch

switchType: 43.2

TABLE 3 Access Gateway Enable Command list

Step Command Description

1. switchDisable Disable the switch.

2. configUpload Save the switch’s current configuration.

When you enable Access Gateway mode some fabric information is

erased, such as the zone and security databases.

3. ag

--modeenable Enable Access Gateway mode.

The switch will reboot and come back online in Access Gateway mode.

4. (Optional) ag

--modeshow Verify that Access Gateway mode has been enabled.

5. (Optional) ag

--mapshow Display the F_Port to N_Port mapping.

6. (Optional) switchShow Ensure that all the ports are mapped and online.