Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 33)

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About This Document
In this chapter
• How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiii
• Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiv
• What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxv
• Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxv
• Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxvii
• Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxviii
• Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxix
How this document is organized
The document is divided into two sections; the first, “Standard Features,” contains the following
topics:
• Chapter 1, “Understanding Fibre Channel Services,” provides information on the Fibre Channel
services on Brocade switches.
• Chapter 2, “Performing Basic Configuration Tasks,” gives a brief overview of Fabric OS,
explains the Fabric OS CLI Help feature, and provides typical connection and configuration
procedures.
• Chapter 3, “Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks,” provides advanced connection and
configuration procedures.
• Chapter 4, “Routing Traffic,” provides information and procedures for using switch routing
features.
• Chapter 5, “Managing User Accounts,” provides information and procedures on managing
authentication and user accounts for the switch management channel.
• Chapter 6, “Configuring Protocols,” provides procedures for basic password and user account
management.
• Chapter 7, “Configuring Security Policies,” provides information and procedures for configuring
ACL policies for FC port and switch binding and managing the fabric-wide consistency policy.
• Chapter 8, “Maintaining the Switch Configuration File,” provides procedures for maintaining
and backing up your switch configurations.
• Chapter 9, “Installing and Maintaining Firmware,” provides preparations and procedures for
performing firmware downloads.
• Chapter 10, “Managing Virtual Fabrics,” describes the concepts and provides procedures for
using Virtual Fabrics.