Fabric OS Documentation Updates Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.x

Fabric OS Documentation Updates 1
53-1002165-10
Chapter
1
Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide
In this chapter
The updates in this chapter are for the Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide, publication number
53-1002156-01, published April 2011.
•Documentation updates for Fabric OS v7.0.0 and later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Documentation updates for Fabric OS v7.0.0 and later
Chapter 1, Access Gateway Basic Concepts
Under Access Gateway port types,” add the following note:
NOTE
Initiate the portcfgpersistentenable command on all external or outward facing ports to ensure that
these ports come back online after a switch reboot or power failure. For an embedded switch,
execute this command through the chassis management console and not the switch CLI or the
command may not persist.
Chapter 2, Configuring Ports in Access Gateway Mode
Under the heading of “Default port mapping” on page 11, the following note has changed to
include the Brocade 6510:
NOTE
All ports on demand (POD) licenses must be present to use Access Gateway on the Brocade 5100,
300, and 6510.
Add a new section, “Persisting port online state” at the end of the chapter with the following
information.
Initiate the portcfgpersistentenable command on all external or outward facing ports to ensure that
these ports come back online after a switch reboot or power failure. For an embedded switch,
execute this command through the chassis management console and not the switch CLI or the
command may not persist.
If the port is connected to another switch when this command is issued, the fabric may reconfigure.
After the port is persistently enabled, devices connected to the port can again communicate with
the fabric. Identify a single port to be configured by its port number or by its port index number. Port
ranges are supported with index numbers or by specifying a slot or a slot range. Issue the
switchShow command for a list of valid ports, slots, and port index numbers.
As an example, to persistently enable a port or range of ports, enter the following:
portcfgpersistentenable [slot/]port1[-port2] [...]