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HP Fabric OS 7.1.0 Administrator's Manual (666 pages)

Fabric OS Administrator's Guide, 7.1.0 (53-1002745-02, March 2013)

Brand: HP | Category: Software | Size: 6.13 MB

Table of Contents
3
About this Document
33
How this Document Is Organized
33
Supported Hardware and Software
34
What's New in this Document
35
Document Conventions
36
Notice to the Reader
37
Additional Information
38
Getting Technical Help
38
Document Feedback
40
Standard Features

41
- Fibre Channel Services Overview
  43
- Figure 1 Well-Known Addresses
  43
- Understanding Fibre Channel Services
  43
- Management Server
  44
- Platform Services
  44
- Disabling Platform Services
  45
- Enabling Platform Services
  45
- Management Server Database
  45
- Platform Services and Virtual Fabrics
  45
- Adding a Member to the ACL
  46
- Displaying the Management Server ACL
  46
- Deleting a Member from the ACL
  47
- Viewing the Contents of the Management Server Database
  48
- Clearing the Management Server Database
  49
- Displaying Topology Discovery Status
  49
- Enabling Topology Discovery
  49
- Topology Discovery
  49
- Disabling Topology Discovery
  50
- Device Login
  51
- E_Port Login Process
  51
- Principal Switch
  51
- Fabric Login Process
  52
- Port Login Process
  52
- Rscns
  52
- Duplicate Port World Wide Name
  53
- High Availability of Daemon Processes
  53
- Table 1 Daemons that Are Automatically Restarted
  53
Chapter 1 Understanding Fibre Channel Services

55
Chapter 2 Performing Basic Configuration Tasks

55
- Fabric os Overview
  55
  - Console Sessions Using the Serial Port
    56
    
    Fabric os Command Line Interface
    56
    
    Table 2 Terminal Port Parameters
    57
    
    Table 3 Help Topic Contents
    59
    
    Table 4 Fabricshow Fields
    73
    
    Customizing the Switch Name
    74
    
    Setting the Domain ID
    74
    
    Switch Names
    74
    
    Chassis Names
    75
    
    Configuring the Fabric Name
    75
    
    Customizing Chassis Names
    75
    
    Fabric Name
    75
    
    Config File Upload and Download Considerations for Fabric
    76
    
    Disabling a Switch
    76
    
    Enabling a Switch
    76
    
    High Availability Considerations for Fabric Names
    76
    
    Names
    76
    
    Switch Activation and Deactivation
    76
    
    Switch and Backbone Shutdown
    76
    
    Upgrade and Downgrade Considerations for Fabric Names
    76
    
    Powering off a Brocade Backbone
    77
    
    Powering off a Brocade Switch
    77
    
    Basic Connections
    78
    
    Device Connection
    78
    
    Switch Connection
    78
  - Default Account Passwords
    61
  - Password Modification
    61
  - The Switch Ethernet Interface
    62
  - Displaying the Network Interface Settings
    63
  - Virtual Fabrics and the Ethernet Interface
    63
  - Static Ethernet Addresses
    64
  - DHCP Activation
    66
  - Ipv6 Autoconfiguration
    68
  - Date and Time Settings
    69
  - Setting the Date and Time
    69
  - Time Zone Settings
    69
  - Network Time Protocol
    71
  - Domain Ids
    72
  - Displaying the Domain Ids
    73
- Telnet or SSH Sessions
  57
- Getting Help on a Command
  58
- Viewing a History of Command Line Entries
  59
Chapter 3 Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks

79
- Port Identifiers (Pids) and PID Binding Overview
  79
  - 10-Bit Addressing Mode
    80
    
    Core PID Addressing Mode
    80
    
    Fixed Addressing Mode
    80
    
    256-Area Addressing Mode
    81
    
    WWN-Based PID Assignment
    82
    
    Backbone Port Blades
    84
    
    Port Types
    84
    
    Ports
    84
    
    Configuring Two Ethernet Ports on One CP8 Blade
    85
    
    Setting Port Names
    86
    
    Port Identification by Index
    87
    
    Port Identification by Port Area ID
    87
    
    Port Identification by Slot and Port Number
    87
    
    Configuring a Device-Switch Connection
    88
    
    Swapping Port Area Ids
    88
    
    Power Management
    101
    
    Checking Switch Operation
    102
    
    Equipment Status
    102
    
    Powering off a Port Blade
    102
    
    Powering on a Port Blade
    102
    
    Verifying Fabric Connectivity
    103
    
    Verifying High Availability Features (Backbones Only)
    103
    
    Enabling the Track Changes Feature
    104
    
    Track and Control Switch Changes
    104
    
    Verifying Device Connectivity
    104
    
    Displaying the Status of the Track Changes Feature
    105
    
    Viewing the Switch Status Policy Threshold Values
    105
    
    Setting the Switch Status Policy Threshold Values
    106
    
    Audit Log Configuration
    107
    
    Configuring an Audit Log for Specific Event Classes
    108
    
    Verifying Host Syslog Prior to Configuring the Audit Log
    108
    
    Duplicate PWWN Handling During Device Login
    109
    
    Table 10 Duplicate PWWN Behavior: Port Type Determines Which Login Takes Precedence
    110
    
    Figure 5 Principal Isls
    112
    
    Figure 6 New Switch Added to Existing Fabric
    114
    
    Figure 7 Virtual Channels on a Qos-Enabled ISL
    116
    
    Figure 8 Gateway Link Merging Sans
    117
    
    Table 11 Combinations of Routing Policy and IOD with Lossless DLS Enabled
    126
    
    Figure 9 Single Host and Target
    130
    
    Deleting a Frame Redirect Zone
    131
    
    Viewing Frame Redirect Zones
    131
    
    Managing User Accounts
    133
    
    User Accounts Overview
    133
    
    Role-Based Access Control
    134
    
    Configuring Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing
    127
    
    Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing in Virtual Fabrics
    127
    
    Enabling Forward Error Correction (FEC)
    128
    
    Limitations
    128
    
    Creating a Frame Redirect Zone
    130
    
    Frame Redirection
    130
    
    Configuring a Link through a Gateway
    118
    
    Routing Policies
    118
    
    Displaying the Current Routing Policy
    119
    
    Exchange-Based Routing
    119
    
    Port-Based Routing
    119
    
    AP Route Policies
    120
    
    Device-Based Routing
    120
    
    Dynamic Load Sharing
    122
    
    Route Selection
    122
    
    Changes
    123
    
    Forcing In-Order Frame Delivery Across Topology Changes
    123
    
    Frame Order Delivery
    123
    
    Restoring Out-Of-Order Frame Delivery Across Topology
    123
    
    Using Frame Viewer to Understand Why Frames Are Dropped
    124
    
    Lossless Dynamic Load Sharing on Ports
    125
    
    Lossless Core
    126
    
    Gateway Links
    117
    
    Buffer Credits
    115
    
    Congestions Versus Over-Subscription
    115
    
    Virtual Channels
    115
    
    Fibre Channel NAT
    113
    
    Inter-Switch Links
    114
    
    Port Activation and Deactivation
    89
    
    Port Decommissioning
    90
    
    Setting Port Modes
    90
    
    Setting All Ports on a Switch to the same Speed
    92
    
    Setting Port Speeds
    92
    
    Blade Terminology and Compatibility
    93
    
    Setting Port Speed for a Port Octet
    93
    
    Table 5 Core and CP Blade Terminology and Platform Support
    93
    
    Table 6 Port Blade Terminology, Numbering, and Platform Support
    94
    
    Table 7 Blade Compatibility Within Brocade Backbone Families
    96
    
    Blade Swapping
    97
    
    Disabling Blades
    97
    
    Enabling Blades
    97
    
    Figure 2 Identifying the Blades
    98
    
    How Blades Are Swapped
    98
    
    Figure 3 Blade Swap with Virtual Fabrics During the Swap
    99
    
    Figure 4 Blade Swap with Virtual Fabrics after the Swap
    100
    
    Table 8 Duplicate PWWN Behavior: First Login Takes Precedence over Second Login
    109
    
    Setting the Behavior for Handling Duplicate Pwwns
    110
    
    Table 9 Duplicate PWWN Behavior: Second Login Overrides First Login
    110
    
    Routing Overview
    111
    
    Routing Traffic
    111
    
    Fspf
    112
    
    Paths and Route Selection
    112
  - Enabling and Disabling Switches
    100
  - Swapping Blades
    100
- Core Blades
  95
- CP Blades
  95
- Enabling and Disabling Blades
  96
- FX8-24 Compatibility Notes
  96
- Port and Application Blade Compatibility
  96
Chapter 4 Routing Traffic

177
Chapter 5 Managing User Accounts

177
Chapter 6 Configuring Protocols

177
- Security Protocols
  177
  - Table 21 Secure Protocol Support
    177
    
    Secure Copy
    178
    
    Table 22 Items Needed to Deploy Secure Protocols
    178
    
    Table 23 Main Security Scenarios
    178
    
    Table 24 SSL Certificate Files
    185
    
    Table 25 Blocked Listener Applications
    192
    
    Port Configuration
    193
  - The Browser
    186
  - Root Certificates for the Java Plugin
    187
  - Simple Network Management Protocol
    188
  - SNMP and Virtual Fabrics
    189
  - Blocking Telnet
    190
  - SNMP Configuration
    190
  - SNMP Security Levels
    190
  - Telnet Protocol
    190
  - Unblocking Telnet
    191
  - Listener Applications
    192
  - Ports and Applications Used by Switches
    192
- Secure Shell Protocol
  179
- Setting up SCP for Configuration Uploads and Downloads
  179
- SSH Public Key Authentication
  180
- Browser and Java Support
  182
- Secure Sockets Layer Protocol
  182
- SSL Configuration Overview
  183
- Table 26 Access Defaults
  193
- Table 27 Port Information
  193
Chapter 7 Configuring Security Policies

195
- ACL Policies Overview
  195
  - How the ACL Policies Are Stored
    195
    
    ACL Policy Management
    196
    
    Policy Members
    196
    
    Table 28 Valid Methods for Specifying Policy Members
    196
    
    Activating ACL Policy Changes
    197
    
    Deleting an ACL Policy
    197
    
    Displaying ACL Policies
    197
    
    Saving Changes Without Activating the Policies
    197
    
    Abandoning Unsaved ACL Policy Changes
    198
    
    Adding a Member to an Existing ACL Policy
    198
    
    Removing a Member from an ACL Policy
    198
    
    FCS Policies
    199
    
    FCS Policy Restrictions
    199
    
    Table 34 DCC Policy Behavior When Created Manually with PWWN
    206
    
    Table 35 SCC Policy States
    206
    
    Authentication Policy for Fabric Elements
    207
    
    Creating an SCC Policy
    207
    
    E_Port Authentication
    208
    
    ACL Policy Distribution to Other Switches
    227
    
    Fabric-Wide Enforcement
    227
    
    Table 43 Merging Fabrics with Matching Fabric-Wide Consistency Policies
    229
    
    Table 44 Examples of Strict Fabric Merges
    230
    
    Figure 14 Protected Endpoints Configuration
    232
    
    Figure 15 Gateway Tunnel Configuration
    232
    
    Figure 16 Endpoint-To-Gateway Tunnel Configuration
    233
    
    Table 46 Algorithms and Associated Authentication Policies
    234
    
    Table 47 CLI Commands to Display or Modify Switch Configuration Information
    247
    
    Configuration Download Without Disabling a Switch
    248
    
    Configuration Management for Virtual Fabrics
    250
    
    Configurations Across a Fabric
    250
    
    Downloading a Configuration File from One Switch to Another Switch of the same Model
    250
    
    Security Considerations
    250
    
    Configdownload
    251
    
    Uploading a Configuration File from a Switch with Virtual Fabrics Enabled
    251
    
    Restrictions
    252
    
    Brocade Configuration Form
    253
    
    IKE Policies
    235
    
    Creating the Tunnel
    236
    
    Example of an End-To-End Transport Tunnel Mode
    238
    
    Configuration Settings
    241
    
    Maintaining the Switch Configuration File
    241
    
    Configuration File Format
    242
    
    Configuration File Backup
    244
    
    Uploading a Configuration File in Interactive Mode
    245
    
    Configuration File Restoration
    246
    
    Restrictions
    246
    
    Table 29 FCS Policy States
    199
    
    Table 30 FCS Switch Operations
    200
    
    Table 31 Distribution Policy States
    202
    
    Table 32 DCC Policy States
    203
    
    Table 33 DCC Policy Behavior with FA-PWWN When Created Using Lockdown Support
    205
    
    SCC Policies
    206
    
    Authentication and Encryption Algorithms
    234
    
    IP Sec Policies
    234
    
    Creating a DCC Policy
    204
    
    DCC Policy Behavior with Fabric-Assigned Pwwns
    205
    
    Deleting a DCC Policy
    205
    
    Table 37 Supported Services
    220
    
    Table 38 Implicit IP Filter Rules
    222
    
    Table 39 Default IP Policy Rules
    222
    
    Table 41 Supported Policy Databases
    226
    
    Table 42 Fabric-Wide Consistency Policy Settings
    228
    
    Notes on Joining a Switch to the Fabric
    229
    
    DCC Policy Restrictions
    203
    
    Device Connection Control Policies
    203
    
    IP Sec Protocols
    233
    
    Security Associations
    233
    
    Creating an FCS Policy
    201
    
    Modifying the Order of FCS Switches
    201
    
    FCS Policy Distribution
    202
    
    Figure 13 DH-CHAP Authentication
    208
    
    Table 36 FCAP Certificate Files
    215
    
    Fabric-Wide Distribution of the Authorization Policy
    217
    
    IP Filter Policy
    217
    
    Cloning an IP Filter Policy
    218
    
    Creating an IP Filter Policy
    218
    
    Displaying an IP Filter Policy
    218
    
    Saving an IP Filter Policy
    218
    
    Activating an IP Filter Policy
    219
    
    Deleting an IP Filter Policy
    219
    
    IP Filter Policy Rules
    219
    
    Table 45 Fabric Merges with Tolerant and Absent Combinations
    230
    
    Configuration Examples
    231
    
    Management Interface Security
    231
  - Ensuring Fabric Domains Share Policies
    200
  - Device Authentication Policy
    210
  - AUTH Policy Restrictions
    211
  - Authentication Protocols
    212
  - Secret Key Pairs for DH-CHAP
    213
  - FCAP Configuration Overview
    215
- Aborting an IP Filter Transaction
  223
- Adding a Rule to an IP Filter Policy
  223
- Deleting a Rule from an IP Filter Policy
  223
- IP Filter Policy Enforcement
  223
- IP Filter Policy Distribution
  224
- Managing Filter Thresholds
  224
- Policy Database Distribution
  224
- Database Distribution Settings
  225
- Table 48 Brocade Configuration and Connection Form
  253
Chapter 8 Maintaining the Switch Configuration File

255
Chapter 9 Installing and Maintaining Firmware

255
Chapter 10 Managing Virtual Fabrics

275
Chapter 11 Administering Advanced Zoning

303
- Zone Types
  303
- Concurrent Zone Transactions
  342
Chapter 12 Traffic Isolation Zoning

425
Chapter 13 Bottleneck Detection

425
Chapter 14 In-Flight Encryption and Compression

425
Chapter 15 NPIV

425
Chapter 16 Dynamic Fabric Provisioning: Fabric-Assigned PWWN

425
- Introduction to Dynamic Fabric Provisioning Using FA-PWWN
  425
Licensed Features

461
- Admin Domain Access Levels
  435
- Admin Domain Features
  435
- Requirements for Admin Domains
  435
- System-Defined Admin Domains
  436
- User-Defined Admin Domains
  436
Chapter 17 Managing Administrative Domains

463
Chapter 18 Administering Licensing

463
Chapter 19 Inter-Chassis Links

491
Appendix A Port Indexing

615
- FIPS Support
  615
Appendix B FIPS Support

615
- FIPS Overview
  615
- Zeroization Functions
  615
- Table 86 Zeroization Behavior
  616
- Conditional Tests
  617
- FIPS Mode Configuration
  617
- Power-On Self Tests
  617
- Table 87 FIPS Mode Restrictions
  617
- Table 88 Table
  617
- LDAP in FIPS Mode
  618
- LDAP Certificates for FIPS Mode
  620
- Preparing a Switch for FIPS
  621
- Enabling FIPS Mode
  622
- Overview of Steps
  622
- Zeroizing for FIPS
  624
- Displaying FIPS Configuration
  625
- Hexadecimal Conversion
  627
Appendix C Hexadecimal Conversion

627

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Table of Contents

Standard Features

Chapter 1 Understanding Fibre Channel Services

Chapter 2 Performing Basic Configuration Tasks

Chapter 3 Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks

Chapter 4 Routing Traffic

Chapter 5 Managing User Accounts

Chapter 6 Configuring Protocols

Chapter 7 Configuring Security Policies

Chapter 8 Maintaining the Switch Configuration File

Chapter 9 Installing and Maintaining Firmware

Chapter 10 Managing Virtual Fabrics

Chapter 11 Administering Advanced Zoning

Chapter 12 Traffic Isolation Zoning

Chapter 13 Bottleneck Detection

Chapter 14 In-Flight Encryption and Compression

Chapter 15 NPIV

Chapter 16 Dynamic Fabric Provisioning: Fabric-Assigned PWWN

Licensed Features

Chapter 17 Managing Administrative Domains

Chapter 18 Administering Licensing

Chapter 19 Inter-Chassis Links

Appendix A Port Indexing

Appendix B FIPS Support

Appendix C Hexadecimal Conversion

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