Brocade Access Gateway Admin Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000605-02, June 2008)

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Connectivity to Cisco Fabrics

Enabling Flat FCID mode if no FC target devices on switch

1. Alternatively, you can place the Cisco switch FCID allocation mode into FLAT mode by entering

the following commands:

config t

fcinterop fcid-allocation flat

2. Enter the following command to enable VSAN mode:

vsan database

3. Enter the following two commands to enable the Flat FCID mode:

vsan <vsan#> suspend

no vsan <vsan#> suspend

4. Press Ctrl-Z to exit.

5. Enter the following command to save the MDS switch configuration:

copy run start

NOTE

If there are any device(s) in the VSAN that you suspend, it takes that device offline until you

unsuspend that VSAN.

Editing Company ID list if target devices on switch

If there are target devices on the switch, you must add the OUI of all the target devices present on

the switch to the Company ID list, and then delete the OUI IDs of all the HBAs that are connected

through the switch in Access Gateway mode from the Company ID list. You must remove the OUI IDs

if and only if they are in the Company ID list. Use the following commands to determine if the OUIs

in the Company ID list:

switch#_show fcid-allocation area

FCID area allocation company id info:

00:50:2E

<- Default entry

00:50:8B

00:60:B0

00:E0:79

00:0D:60 +

<- User -added entry

00:09:6B + <- User -added entry

00:E0:8B * <- Explicitly deleted entry (from the original default list)

Total company ids 6

+ - Additional user configured company ids

* -Explicitly deleted company ids from default list.

NOTE

You can also use the Persistent FCID field in the Cisco GUI tool to manually assign the FCIDs to

QLogic-based devices behind the Access Gateway module. If you use the method, ensure that

proper FCIDs are assigned, which have a different Area field from the target devices connected to

the same MDS switch. See “Access Gateway routing requirements with Cisco fabrics” on page 34 to

ensure that the switch meets the AG routing requirements.