Standalone discovery, Vcs fabric discovery, Vcs fabric rediscovery – Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.3.0 User Manual
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VDX/VCS discovery
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Standalone discovery
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When you discover a VDX device that is not VCS-enabled, it displays as an individual L2 (DCB)
device.
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When you enable VCS mode on a discovered VDX device, after rediscovery the VDX displays as
a VCS fabric.
VCS fabric discovery
NOTE
Professional edition can only discover a VCS fabric with one member.
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When you discover a VDX device that is VCS-enabled and is not connected to other
VCS-enabled devices, it displays as a VCS fabric with one member.
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When you discover a VDX device that is VCS-enabled and is connected to other VCS-enabled
devices, it displays as a VCS fabric with all connected VCS-enabled devices as members of the
fabric.
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When you discover any member in a VCS fabric through individual IP device discovery, that
member acts as the seed switch and discovers all other members in the VCS fabric. The
principal switch of the VCS fabric displays as a VCS fabric. The VCS fabric members display as
individual L2 (DCB) devices.
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When you discover multiple members in a VCS fabric through profile discovery, the principal
switch acts as the seed switch and discovers all other members (not included in profile
discovery) in the VCS fabric. The principal switch of the VCS fabric displays as a VCS fabric. The
VCS fabric members display as individual L2 (DCB) devices.
VCS fabric rediscovery
Rediscovery is the refreshing of the asset data for the selected product. Rediscovery of a
VCS-enabled device or VCS fabric uses the following behavior:
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If you select a fabric seed switch, rediscovery refreshes the fabric membership information.
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If you select a fabric member, rediscovery refreshes the fabric member’s asset data.
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If you select a missing fabric member, rediscovery results in the discovery of new fabric or
discovery of a standalone switch (dependent on what happened to the disconnected member).
You can also delete missing fabric members from discovery (refer to
NOTE
If you do not have the All IP Products AOR in your user account, you cannot rediscover missing
fabric members.