About This Document

Audience

This document is designed for system administrators with a working knowledge of Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching and routing.

If you are using a Brocade Layer 3 Switch, you should be familiar with the following protocols if applicable to your network – IP, RIP, OSPF, BGP, ISIS, IGMP, PIM, DVMRP, and VRRP.

Supported hardware and software

Although many different software and hardware configurations are tested and supported by Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for 12.3.00 documenting all possible configurations and scenarios is beyond the scope of this document.

The following hardware platforms are supported by this release of this guide:

ServerIron ADX 1000

ServerIron ADX 4000

ServerIron ADX 8000

ServerIron ADX 10K

Document conventions

This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this document.

Text formatting

The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows:

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