Brocade Access Gateway Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.0 (53-1002156-01, April 2011)

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Failback policy
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Enabling and disabling the Failback policy on an N_Port
Use the following steps to enable or disable the Failback policy on N_Ports.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the ag
--failbackshow n_portnumber command to display the failover setting.
switch:admin> ag --failbackshow 13
Failback on N_Port 13 is not supported
3. Use the following commands to enable or disable the Failback policy:
• Enter the ag --failbackenable n_portnumber command to enable failback.
switch:admin> ag --failbackenable 13
Failback policy is enabled for port 13
Enter the ag --failbackdisable n_portnumber command to disable failback.
switch:admin> ag --failbackdisable 13
Failback policy is disabled for port 13
Enabling and disabling the Failback policy for a port group
Use the following steps to enable or disable the Failback policy on all the N_Ports belonging to the
same port group.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Use the following commands to enable or disable the Failback policy for a port group:
• Enter the ag --failbackenable pg pgid command to enable failback on a port group.
switch:admin> ag --failbackenable -pg 3
Failback policy is enabled for port group 3
• Enter the ag --failbackdisable pg pgid command to disable failback on a port group.
switch:admin> ag --failbackdisable -pg 3
Failback policy is disabled for port group 3
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for the Failback policy
• Downgrading to Fabric OS v6.3.0 or earlier is supported.
• Upgrading from Fabric OS v6.3.0 is supported.
Failback policy disable on unreliable links
Links from all N_Ports are monitored for the number of online and offline static change
notifications (SCNs) that occur during a set time period (5 minutes). If the number of SCNs on a link
exceeds a set threshold, the link is considered unreliable, and failback is disabled for that N_Port.
Failover continues for the port as needed. Once the number of SCNs drops below the set threshold,
the port is deemed reliable again and failback is re-enabled. If the link from a preferred secondary
N_Port for an F_Port becomes unreliable, failover will not occur to that N_Port.
The default threshold is 25 SCNs per 5 minutes. You can modify the SCN threshold counter using
the following command.