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Chapter

Connecting Devices Using Access Gateway

This chapter describes how to connect multiple devices to a switch in Access Gateway (AG) mode,

discusses edge switch compatibility, port requirements, NPIV HBA, and interoperability. Access

Gateway supports Direct Target Attach, which allows you to directly attach a target device to a

switch in AG mode if the AG switch is connected to an external fabric. AG does not support daisy

chaining when two AG devices are connected to each other. Switches in AG mode can connect to

other types of fabrics on edge switches with the following firmware versions:

• M-EOSc v9.6.2 or later and M-EOSn v9.6

• Cisco v3.0(1) or later, v3.1(1) or later, and v3.2 (1) or later.

• Only FCP initiator ports can be connected to a switch in AG mode as F_Ports. FCP target ports

are supported if a switch in AG mode is connected to an external switch. Loop devices and

FICON channels/control unit connectivity are not supported.

• When a switch is in AG mode, it can be connected to NPIV-enabled HBAs, or F_Ports that are

NPIV-aware. Access Gateway supports NPIV industry standards per FC-LS-2 v1.4.

In this chapter

•Configuring the fabric and edge switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

•Verifying the switch mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

•Setting the Fabric OS switch to Native Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

•Enabling NPIV on the M-EOS switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

•Connectivity to Cisco Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

•Enabling NPIV on a Cisco switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

•Workaround for QLogic-based devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

•Editing Company ID List if no FC target devices on switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

•Adding or deleting an OUI from the Company ID List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

•Enabling Flat FCID mode if no FC target devices on switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

•Editing Company ID list if target devices on switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

•Enabling Flat FCID mode if no FC target devices on switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

•Access Gateway mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

•Enabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

•Port States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

•Disabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

•Reverting to a previous configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

•Re-joining switches to a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41