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

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Connectivity to Cisco Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Access Gateway routing requirements with 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
Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Enabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Port States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Disabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Re-joining switches to a fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Reverting to a previous configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter 4 Configuring Ports in Access Gateway mode
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Port Initialization in Access Gateway mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
N_Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Unlocking N_Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Displaying N_Port configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Verifying port mapping and status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Displaying N_Port mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Displaying port status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Port configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Adding F_Ports to an N_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Removing F_Ports from an N_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Adding a preferred secondary N_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Deleting F_Ports from a preferred secondary N_Port . . . . . . . .50
Appendix A Troubleshooting
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