Document Outline

• Contents
• Preface
  • Document conventions
    • Text formatting conventions
    • Command syntax conventions
    • Notes, cautions, and warnings
  • Brocade resources
  • Contacting Brocade Technical Support
  • Document feedback
• About This Document
  • Supported hardware and software
  • What’s new in this document
  • Key terms for Access Gateway
• Access Gateway Basic Concepts
  • Brocade Access Gateway overview
    • Comparing Native Fabric and Access Gateway modes
  • Fabric OS features in Access Gateway mode
    • Buffer credit recovery support
    • Forward error correction support
    • Virtual Fabrics support
    • Device authentication support
      • Supported policy modes
      • Supported Fabric OS commands
      • Limitations and considerations
    • AG mode without all POD licenses
    • Password distribution support
    • FDMI support
  • Access Gateway port types
    • Comparison of Access Gateway ports to standard switch ports
  • Access Gateway hardware considerations
• Configuring Ports in Access Gateway Mode
  • Enabling and disabling Access Gateway mode
    • Port state description
  • Access Gateway mapping
    • Port mapping
      • Default port mapping
      • Considerations for initiator and target ports
      • Adding F_Ports to an N_Port
      • Removing F_Ports from an N_Port
    • F_Port Static Mapping
      • Considerations for using F_Port Static Mapping with other AG features and policies
      • Upgrade and downgrade considerations
    • Device mapping
      • Static versus dynamic mapping
      • Device mapping to port groups (recommended)
      • Device mapping to N_Ports
      • Disabling device mapping
      • Enabling device mapping
      • Displaying device mapping information
      • Pre-provisioning
      • VMware configuration considerations
        • Configuring device mapping
        • Failover and failback considerations
    • Considerations for Access Gateway mapping
      • Mapping priority
      • Device mapping considerations
  • N_Port configurations
    • Displaying N_Port configurations
    • Unlocking N_Ports
    • Persisting port online state
  • D_Port support
    • Limitations and considerations
    • Saving port mappings
• Managing Policies and Features in Access Gateway Mode
  • Access Gateway policies overview
    • Displaying current policies
    • Access Gateway policy enforcement matrix
  • Advanced Device Security policy
    • How the ADS policy works
    • Enabling and disabling the ADS policy
    • Allow lists
      • Setting the list of devices allowed to log in
      • Setting the list of devices not allowed to log in
      • Removing devices from the list of allowed devices
      • Adding new devices to the list of allowed devices
      • Displaying the list of allowed devices on the switch
    • ADS policy considerations
    • Upgrade and downgrade considerations for the ADS policy
  • Automatic Port Configuration policy
    • How the APC policy works
    • Enabling and disabling the APC policy
      • Enabling the APC policy
      • Disabling the APC policy
    • APC policy considerations
    • Upgrade and downgrade considerations for the APC policy
  • Port Grouping policy
    • How port groups work
    • Adding an N_Port to a port group
    • Deleting an N_Port from a port group
    • Removing a port group
    • Renaming a port group
    • Disabling the Port Grouping policy
    • Port Grouping policy modes
      • Automatic Login Balancing mode
      • Managed Fabric Name Monitoring mode
    • Creating a port group and enabling Automatic Login Balancing mode
      • Rebalancing F_Ports
      • Considerations when disabling Automatic Login Balancing mode
    • Enabling MFNM mode
    • Disabling MFNM mode
    • Displaying the current MFNM mode timeout value
    • Setting the current MFNM mode timeout value
    • Port Grouping policy considerations
    • Upgrade and downgrade considerations for the Port Grouping policy
  • Device Load Balancing policy
    • Enabling the Device Load Balancing policy
    • Disabling the Device Load Balancing policy
    • Device Load Balancing policy considerations
  • Persistent ALPA policy
    • Enabling the Persistent ALPA policy
    • Disabling the Persistent ALPA policy
    • Persistent ALPA device data
      • Removing device data from the database
      • Displaying device data
    • Clearing ALPA values
    • Persistent ALPA policy considerations
  • Failover policy
    • Failover with port mapping
      • Failover configurations in Access Gateway
      • Failover example
      • Adding a preferred secondary N_Port (optional)
      • Deleting F_Ports from a preferred secondary N_Port
    • Failover with device mapping
      • Adding a preferred secondary N_Port for device mapping (optional)
      • Deleting a preferred secondary N_Port for device mapping (optional)
    • Enabling and disabling the Failover policy on an N_Port
    • Enabling and disabling the Failover policy for a port group
    • Upgrade and downgrade considerations for the Failover policy
  • Failback policy
    • Failback policy configurations in Access Gateway
      • Failback example
    • Enabling and disabling the Failback policy on an N_Port
    • Enabling and disabling the Failback policy for a port group
    • Upgrade and downgrade considerations for the Failback policy
    • Failback policy disabled on unreliable links (N_Port monitoring)
      • Considerations for Failback policy disabled on unreliable links
  • Trunking in Access Gateway mode
    • How trunking works
    • Configuring trunking on the Edge switch
      • Trunk group creation
      • Setting up trunking
    • Configuration management for trunk areas
      • Trunk area assignment example
      • Assigning a trunk area
      • Enabling the DCC policy on a trunk
    • Enabling trunking
    • Disabling F_Port trunking
    • Monitoring trunking
    • AG trunking considerations for the Edge switch
    • Trunking considerations for Access Gateway mode
    • Upgrade and downgrade considerations for trunking in Access Gateway mode
  • Adaptive Networking on Access Gateway
    • QoS: Ingress rate limiting
    • QoS: SID/DID traffic prioritization
    • Upgrade and downgrade considerations for Adaptive Networking in AG mode
    • Adaptive Networking on Access Gateway considerations
  • Per-Port NPIV login limit
    • Setting the login limit
  • Duplicate PWWN handling during device login
  • Performance Monitoring
    • Flow Monitor
    • Legacy performance monitoring features
      • End-to-end monitors
      • Frame monitors
      • Limitations for using legacy APM features
  • Considerations for the Brocade 6505 and 6510
• SAN Configuration with Access Gateway
  • Connectivity of multiple devices overview
    • Considerations for connecting multiple devices
  • Direct target attachment
    • Considerations for direct target attachment
  • Target aggregation
  • Access Gateway cascading
    • Access Gateway cascading considerations
  • Fabric and Edge switch configuration
    • Verifying the switch mode
    • Enabling NPIV on M-EOS switches
  • Connectivity to Cisco fabrics
    • Enabling NPIV on a Cisco switch
  • Rejoining Fabric OS switches to a fabric
    • Reverting to a previous configuration
• Troubleshooting
• Index