Brocade Access Gateway Administrator's Guide (53-1000605-01, October 2007)

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Enabling Access Gateway mode

This section 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. After

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. For more information on the

available Access Gateway commands, refer to Appendix D, “Access Gateway Commands”.

You must verify that the interop mode is set to ‘0’, Brocade Native mode, by viewing the switchshow

command output. If the switch mode setting is anything other than ‘Native’ you must change the

interop mode to ‘0’ before continuing with enabling Access Gateway mode.

ATTENTION

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.

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

To enable Access Gateway mode from the CLI

You must perform the switchShow command first to see which mode the switch is in. If the switch

is not in Native mode, then you must disable the switch and set the switch to Native mode. See “To

change the switch mode” on page 17.

1. Log in to the switch as admin.

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

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

displays as Native.

TABLE 3 Access Gateway Enable Command list

Command Description

switchDisable Disable the switch.

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.

--modeenable Enable Access Gateway mode.

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

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

--mapshow Display the F_Port to N_Port mapping.

switchShow Ensure that all the ports are mapped and online.