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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.