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Brocade Brocade offers a line of excellent 1Gb and 2Gb switches and will soon offer 4Gb and 10Gb fibre channel switches. The switches can be connected together via inter-switch links called ISLs to form multi-switch fabrics. The switches are very well engineered and are designed for easy administration. The switches range from the 8 port 3200 entry level switch to a 128 port director class switch. Typical cost works out to $1000-$2000 per port depending on the product and your vendor. When 1 or more switches are connected to form a fabric they can share a single config which will define which devices can see each other via the creation of zones which are similar in function to VLANs. Switches can be connected in various topologies including cascade, ring, mesh and core-edge. The core-edge topology is a good choice if the fabric will be scaled up significantly from it's starting point. The switches provide a command-line management interface accessable via telnet. Here are some common commands: san7_2g:admin> switchshow switchName: san7_2g switchType: 9.2 switchState: Online switchMode: Native switchRole: Subordinate switchDomain: 7 switchId: fffc07 switchWwn: 10:00:00:60:69:51:21:d3 switchBeacon: OFF Zoning: ON (US_LEC_CFG) port 0: id N2 Online F-Port 10:00:00:00:c9:34:76:d6 port 1: id N1 Online F-Port 20:00:00:e0:69:20:51:f2 port 2: id N2 Online F-Port 10:00:00:00:c9:39:25:37 port 3: id N2 Online F-Port 20:00:00:01:73:01:25:a8 port 4: id N2 No_Light port 5: id N2 No_Light port 6: id N2 No_Light port 7: id N2 No_Light port 8: id N2 Online F-Port 10:00:00:00:c9:37:c7:fd port 9: id N2 No_Light port 10: id N2 No_Light port 11: id N2 Online E-Port 10:00:00:60:69:51:8f:12 "san1_2g" (upstream) port 12: id N2 No_Light port 13: id N2 No_Light port 14: id N2 Online F-Port 50:06:0e:80:00:c3:b0:e5 port 15: id N2 Online F-Port 50:06:0e:80:00:c3:b0:e0 san7_2g:admin> switchstatusshow The overall switch status is HEALTHY/OK When setting up a new switch use ifShow, ifModeSet and IpAddrSet to configure the network interface on the switch. After that the switch can be installed in the datacenter and configured and managed remotely. The next configuration step would usually be "configure" which allows configuration of the switch including assigning a domain number which needs to be unique within a fabric if this switch is going to join an existing fabric. Other setup tasks would be to assign a switch name, set the date and configure a syslog server. When the switch is configured and in operation it is a good idea to periodically save the configuration using configupload which will ftp the config to any ftp server. Here is complete list of available commands: agtcfgDefault Reset SNMP agent to factory default agtcfgSet Set SNMP agent configuration agtcfgShow Print SNMP agent configuration aliasDelete Deletes a port from all local groups aliasJoin Creates a group of N-Ports aliasPurge Removes an alias group aliasShow Print Alias Server information backSpace Set/clear alternate backspace char bannerSet Set security banner bannerShow Display security banner bsn Displays Brocade serial number configDefault Reset config to factory default configDownload Load switch config from a server configShow Print switch config parameters configUpload Save switch config to a server configure Set switch config parameters date Print/set the system date and time dnsConfig set/display Domain name service parameters errClear Clear error log errDump Print error log (no page breaks) errShow Print error log fabricShow Print fabric membership info fanShow Print fan status faShow Display Fabric Assist info faStatsShow Display Fabric Assist Statistics fastboot Reboot this switch, bypassing POST fdmiCacheShow Print cache FDMI information fdmiShow Print all FDMI information firmwareDownload Download firmware into switch h Print shell history help Print this list i Print task summary ifModeSet Set network link operating mode ifModeShow Print network link operating mode ifShow Print network interface information interopMode Display/set interoperability with other vendors' switches ipAddrSet Set ethernet and FC IP addresses ipAddrShow Print ethernet and FC IP addresses islShow Print ISL info login Login as a new user logout Logout from remote session msCapabilityShow Display Platform Management Server Capability msConfigure Configure Management Server msPlatShow Display Platform Management Server Database msPlatShowDBCB Display the Platform Database ControlBlock msPlClearDB Clear the Management Server Platform Database fabric-wise msPlMgmtActivate Activate Platform Management Services msPlMgmtDeactivate Deactivate Platform Management Services msTdDisable Enable Topology Discovery Management Services msTdEnable Disable Topology Discovery Management Services msTdReadConfig Display status of MS Topology Discovery Service nsAliasShow Print local Name Server information with Aliases nsAllShow Print global Name Server information nsCamShow Print cache Name Server information nsShow Print local Name Server information passwd Set usernames and passwords portCamShow Display port CAM resource utilization portCfgDefault Set port configurations to default portCfgEport Enable/Disable a port from becoming an E_Port portCfgGport Lock port as an G_Port portCfgISLMode Configure a port for ISL R_RDY Mode portCfgLongDistance Configure a Long Distance Port portCfgLport Lock port as an L_Port portCfgPersistentDisable Disable a port persistently across reboot or power cycle portCfgPersistentEnable Enable a port persistently across reboot or power cycle portCfgShow Display port config setting portCfgSpeed Configure speed of port portCfgTrunkport Configure a Trunk port portDisable Disable a specified port portEnable Enable a specified port portErrShow Print port error summary portFlagsShow Display flags for all ports portLogClear Clear port activity log portLogDump Print port log (no page breaks) portLogDumpPort Print port log (no page breaks) portLogShow Print port activity log portLogShowPort Print port activity log portName Set or display port name portPerfShow Print port throughput numbers portShow Print state of specified port portStatsShow Print hardware statistics psShow Print power supply status quietMode Set/clear shell quiet mode reboot Reboot this switch sapiPortTestShow Show port test profiles sapiPortTestStart Start port test sapiPortTestStop Stop port test sfpShow Print SFP information shellFlowControlEnable Enables XON/XOFF flow control shellFlowControlDisable Disables XON/XOFF flow control snmpMibCapSet Set options for configuring SNMP Mib/Trap Capability ssn Displays and sets soft serial number switchBeacon Set switch beacon on or off switchCfgPersistentDisable Disable switch persistently across reboot or power cycle switchCfgPersistentEnable Enable switch persistently across reboot or power cycle switchCfgSpeed Configure speed of switch ports switchCfgTrunk configure trunking of switch ports switchDisable Disable this switch switchEnable Enable this switch switchName Print/set this switch's name switchShow Print switch and port status switchStatusPolicySet Set policy parameters for overall switch status switchStatusPolicyShow Print policy parameters for overall switch status switchStatusShow Print overall switch status syslogdIpAdd Add syslog daemon IP address syslogdIpRemove Remove syslog daemon IP address syslogdIpShow Print the syslog daemon targets tempShow Print temperature readings timeOut Set/clear telnet timeout value trunkDebug Debug link trunking failure trunkShow Print trunking membership info uptime Print how long switch has been up version Print firmware version diagHelp Print diagnostic help info licenseHelp Print license help info routeHelp Print routing help info secHelp Print secure fabric help info trackChangesHelp Print Track Changes help info tsHelp Print time service help info zoneHelp Print zoning help info |
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