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Chapter
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Configuring Ports in Access Gateway Mode
• Enabling and disabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
• Access Gateway mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
• N_Port configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
• D_Port support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Enabling and disabling Access Gateway mode
Use the following steps to enable and disable Access Gateway mode. After you enable AG mode,
some fabric information is erased, such as the zone and security databases. Enabling AG mode is
disruptive because the switch is disabled and rebooted. For more information on the ag commands
used in these steps, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Before enabling or disabling a switch to AG mode, save the current configuration file using the
configUpload command in case you might need this configuration again.
3. Ensure that no zoning or Admin Domain (AD) transaction buffers are active. If any transaction
buffer is active, enabling AG mode will fail with the error, “Failed to clear Zoning/Admin Domain
configuration”.
4. Verify that the switch is set to Native mode.
a. Issue the switchShow command to verify the switch mode.
b. If the switch mode is anything other than 0, issue the interopmode 0 command to set the
switch to Native mode.
For more information on setting switches to Native mode, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator’s
Guide.
5. Enter the switchDisable command.
switch:admin> switchdisable
This command disables all user ports on a switch. All Fibre Channel ports are taken offline. If
the switch is part of a fabric, the remaining switches reconfigure. You must disable the switch
before making configuration changes.
6. Enter the ag
--
modeenable command.
switch:admin> ag --modeenable
The switch automatically reboots and comes back online in AG mode using a factory default
port mapping. For more information on AG default port mapping, see
Table 7 on page 17.