Document Outline

• About This Document
  • How this document is organized
  • Supported hardware and software
  • What’s new in this document
  • Document conventions
    • Text formatting
    • Command syntax conventions
    • Notes, cautions, and warnings
  • Notice to the reader
  • Key terms
  • Additional information
    • Brocade resources
    • Other industry resources
    • Optional Brocade features
  • Getting technical help
  • Document feedback
• Access Gateway Basic Concepts
  • In this chapter
  • Brocade Access Gateway overview
    • Comparing Native Fabric and Access Gateway modes
  • Fabric OS features in Access Gateway mode
  • Access Gateway port types
    • Comparison of Access Gateway ports to standard switch ports
  • Access Gateway hardware considerations
• Configuring Ports in Access Gateway mode
  • In this chapter
  • Enabling and disabling Access Gateway mode
    • Port state description
  • Access Gateway mapping
    • Port-based mapping
    • Device-based mapping
    • Considerations for Access Gateway mapping
  • N_Port configurations
    • Displaying N_Port configurations
    • Unlocking N_Ports
• Managing Policies and Features in Access Gateway Mode
  • In this chapter
  • 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 Advanced Device Security policy
    • 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
    • Automatic Port Configuration 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
    • Creating a port group and enabling Automatic Login Balancing mode
    • Rebalancing F_Ports
    • Enabling Managed Fabric Name Monitoring mode
    • Disabling Managed Fabric Name Monitoring mode
    • Displaying the current fabric name monitoring timeout value
    • Setting the current fabric name monitoring timeout value
    • Port Grouping policy considerations
    • Upgrade and downgrade considerations for the Port Grouping policy
  • Device Load Balancing Policy
    • Enabling WWN Load Balancing
    • Disabling Device Load Balancing
    • Device Load Balancing considerations
  • Persistent ALPA Policy
    • Enabling Persistent ALPA
    • Disabling Persistent ALPA
    • Persistent ALPA device data
    • Removing device data from the database
    • Displaying device data
    • Clearing ALPA values
    • Persistent ALPA policy considerations
    • Upgrade and downgrade considerations for Persistent ALPA
  • Failover
    • Failover with port-based mapping
    • Failover with device-based mapping
    • Enabling and disabling Failover on a N_Port
    • Enabling and disabling Failover for a port group
    • Upgrade and downgrade considerations for Failover
  • Failback
    • Failback configurations in Access Gateway
    • Enabling and disabling Failback on an N_Port
    • Enabling and disabling Failback for a port group
    • Upgrade and downgrade considerations for Failback
  • Trunking in Access Gateway mode
    • How Trunking works
    • Configuring Trunking on the Edge switch
    • Configuration management for trunk areas
    • Enabling trunking
    • Disabling F_Port trunking
    • Trunking monitoring
    • Trunking considerations for the Edge switch
    • Trunking considerations for Access Gateway module
    • Upgrade and downgrade considerations for Trunking in Access Gateway mode
  • Adaptive Networking on Access Gateway
    • Upgrade and downgrade considerations with Adaptive Networking in AG mode enabled
    • Adaptive Networking on Access Gateway considerations
  • Per Port NPIV login limit
    • Setting the login limit
  • Considerations for the Brocade 8000
• SAN Configuration with Access Gateway
  • In this chapter
  • Connectivity of multiple devices overview
  • Direct target attachment
    • Considerations
  • Target aggregation
  • Access Gateway cascading
  • 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