Access Gateway Administrator's Guide (53-1001760-01, June 2010)

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About This Document
•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
•Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
•Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
How this document is organized
This document is a procedural guide to help SAN administrators configure and manage Brocade
Access Gateway.
This preface contains the following components:
• Chapter 1, “Access Gateway Basic Concepts” describes the Brocade Access Gateway and
provides an overview of its key features.
• Chapter 2, “Configuring Ports in Access Gateway mode” describes how to configure ports in
Access Gateway mode.
• Chapter 3, “Managing Policies and Features in Access Gateway Mode” describes how to
enable policies on a switch in Access Gateway mode. It also provides information on how to set
up Failover and Failback, and discusses how Trunking and Adaptive Networking works in AG.
• Chapter 4, “SAN Configuration with Access Gateway” describes how to connect multiple
devices using Access Gateway.
• Appendix A, “Troubleshooting” provides symptoms and troubleshooting tips to resolve issues.
Supported hardware and software
In those instances in which procedures or parts of procedures documented here apply to some
switches but not to others, this guide identifies exactly which switches are supported and which are
not.
Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. For Fabric OS v6.4.0, documenting all possible
configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.