ADMINISTRATION GUIDE Brocade Fabric OS Administration Guide, 8.2.1 Supporting Fabric OS 8.2.1 FOS-821-AG101 28 September 2018 Copyright © 2018 Brocade Communications Systems LLC. All Rights Reserved. Brocade and the stylized B logo are among the trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems LLC. Broadcom, the pulse logo, and Connecting everything are among the trademarks of Broadcom. The term "Broadcom" refers to Broadcom Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. Brocade, a Broadcom Inc. Company, reserves the right to make changes without further notice to any products or data herein to improve reliability, function, or design. Information furnished by Brocade is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, Brocade does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of this information, nor the application or use of any product or circuit described herein, neither does it convey any license under its patent rights nor the rights of others. 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Brocade Fabric OS Administration Guide, 8.2.1 2 FOS-821-AG101 Contents Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................................................................18 About This Guide.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 What's New in This Document.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Supported Hardware and Software................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 Brocade Gen 5 (16Gb/s) Fixed-Port Switches................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Brocade Gen 5 (16Gb/s) Directors........................................................................................................................................................................................19 Brocade Gen 6 (32Gb/s) Fixed-Port Switches................................................................................................................................................................ 19 Brocade Gen 6 (32Gb/s) Directors........................................................................................................................................................................................19 Contacting Brocade Technical Support......................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Document Feedback.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................20 Understanding Fibre Channel Services ...................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Fibre Channel Services Overview.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Management Server.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 22 Application Server......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Platform Services....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22 Platform services and Virtual Fabrics....................................................................................................................................................................................23 Enabling Platform Services....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Disabling Platform Services .....................................................................................................................................................................................................23 Management Server Database..........................................................................................................................................................................................................23 Displaying the Management Server ACL............................................................................................................................................................................24 Adding a Member to the ACL.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 24 Deleting a Member from the ACL .........................................................................................................................................................................................25 Viewing the Contents of the Management Server Database ..................................................................................................................................... 26 Clearing the Management Server Database...................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Topology Discovery............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Displaying Topology Discovery Status................................................................................................................................................................................. 27 Enabling Topology Discovery ..................................................................................................................................................................................................27 Disabling Topology Discovery..................................................................................................................................................................................................27 Device Login............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 28 Principal Switch...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................29 E_Port Login Process .................................................................................................................................................................................................................29 Fabric Login process ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................29 Port Login Process....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 RSCNs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................30 Duplicate Port World Wide Name...........................................................................................................................................................................................30 High Availability of Daemon Process............................................................................................................................................................................................