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Configuring Ports in Access Gateway Mode

● Enabling and disabling Access Gateway mode..............................................................27

● Access Gateway mapping...............................................................................................29

● N_Port configurations......................................................................................................46

● D_Port support................................................................................................................48

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.

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, refer to Table 7 on page 31.

7. Enter the ag --modeshow command to verify that AG mode is enabled.

switch:admin> ag --modeshow

Access Gateway mode is enabled.

You can display the port mappings and status of the host connections to the fabric on Access

Gateway.

8. Enter the ag --mapshow command to display all the mapped ports.

The ag --mapshow command shows all enabled N_Ports, even if those N_Ports are not connected.

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