ContentsPreface.....................................................................................................................................7
Document conventions......................................................................................7
Text formatting conventions..................................................................7
Command syntax conventions..............................................................7
Notes, cautions, and warnings..............................................................8
Brocade resources............................................................................................9
Contacting Brocade Technical Support.............................................................9
Document feedback........................................................................................10
About This Document..............................................................................................................11
Supported hardware and software..................................................................11
What’s new in this document..........................................................................11
Key terms for Access Gateway.......................................................................12
Access Gateway Basic Concepts..............................................................................................15
Brocade Access Gateway overview ...............................................................15
Comparing Native Fabric and Access Gateway modes......................15
Fabric OS features in Access Gateway mode................................................17
Buffer credit recovery support.............................................................20
Forward error correction support.........................................................20
Virtual Fabrics support........................................................................21
Device authentication support.............................................................21
AG mode without all POD licenses.....................................................23
Password distribution support.............................................................23
FDMI support......................................................................................24
Access Gateway port types.............................................................................24
Comparison of Access Gateway ports to standard switch ports ........24
Access Gateway hardware considerations.....................................................26
Configuring Ports in Access Gateway Mode..............................................................................27
Enabling and disabling Access Gateway mode..............................................27
Port state description..........................................................................28
Access Gateway mapping...............................................................................29
Port mapping.......................................................................................29
F_Port Static Mapping.........................................................................36
Device mapping..................................................................................37
Considerations for Access Gateway mapping....................................44
N_Port configurations......................................................................................46
Displaying N_Port configurations........................................................47
Unlocking N_Ports .............................................................................47
Persisting port online state .................................................................47
D_Port support................................................................................................48
Limitations and considerations............................................................48
Saving port mappings ........................................................................49
Managing Policies and Features in Access Gateway Mode.......................................................51
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