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Document History

Title Publication number Summary of changes Date

Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002984-01 New document. Contains changes to the following:• Fabric OS Command Reference• Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide

August 2013

Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002984-02 Updates to the following books:• Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide• Fabric OS Encryption Guides • Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics

Guide

December 2013

Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002984-03 Updates to the following books:• Fabric OS Command Reference• Web Tools Administrator’s Guide

March 2014

Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002984-04 Updates to the following books:• Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide• Fabric OS MIB Reference

August 2014

Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002984-05 Updates to the following books:• Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide

Sept 2014

Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002984-06 Updates to the following books:• Web Tools Administrator’s Guide• Fabric OS MIB Reference• Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide• Fabric OS Command Reference• Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics

Guide• Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide

April 2015

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Contents

About This Document

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

Brocade Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

Chapter 2 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v7.1.0 and later . . . . . . . . . . . 7Chapter 2, Performing Basic Configuration Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . 7Chapter 3, Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks . . . . . . . . 8Chapter 4, Routing Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Chapter 5, Managing User Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Chapter 7, Configuring Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Chapter 9, Installing and Maintaining Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Chapter 10, Managing Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Chapter 11, Administering Advanced Zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Chapter 14, In-flight Encryption and Compression . . . . . . . . . . 10Chapter 16, Dynamic Fabric Provisioning: Fabric-Assigned PWWN10Chapter 20, Monitoring Fabric Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Chapter 21, Optimizing Fabric Behavior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 2 Fabric OS Command Reference

Documentation Updates for Fabric OS v7.1.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Chapter 3 Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide

Documentation updates for Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide v7.1.0 and later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide Supporting Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) Key-Compliant Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide Supporting RSA Data Protection Manager (DPM) Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide Supporting NetApp Lifetime Key Manager (LKM) and KeySecure Storage Secure Key Manager (SSKM) Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide Supporting HP Secure Key Manager (SKM) and HP Enterprise Secure Key Manager (ESKM) Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide Supporting Thales e-Security keyAuthority (TEKA) Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide Supporting Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager (TKLM) Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 4 Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v7.1.0 and later . . . . . . . . . . 17Chapter 3, Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Appendix A, Switch Type and Blade ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Chapter 5 Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide

Documentation updates for Fabric Watch v7.1.0 and later . . . . . . .19Chapter 1. Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Chapter 6. Fabric, Security, SFP, and Performance Monitoring 19Chapter 7. Port Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Chapter 6 Web Tools Administrator’s Guide

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v7.1.0 and later . . . . . . . . . . 21Chapter 1, Introducing Web Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Chapter 6, Managing Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22Chapter 16, Configuring Standard Security Features . . . . . . . .22

Chapter 7 Fabric OS MIB Reference

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v7.1.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23Chapter 1, Understanding Brocade SNMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

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About This Document

In this chapter

•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

•Brocade Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

How this document is organized

This document contains updates to the Fabric OS v7.1.x product manuals: These updates include document fixes and changes covering new features. The following table (Table 1) lists the most recently released Fabric OS v7.1.x product manual updates.

TABLE 1 Documentation Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.x

Publication Title Fabric OS Release Page Number Publication Date

Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide v7.1.0 No updates December 2012

Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator’s Guide v7.0.0 and later No updates April 2011

Converged Enhanced Ethernet Command Reference v7.0.0 and later No updates August 2011

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide v7.1.0 Updates on page 7 March 2013

Fabric OS Command Reference v7.1.0 Updates on page 11 March 2013

Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (DPM) v7.1.0 Updates on page 13 March 2013

Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (SKM) v7.1.0 Updates on page 14 March 2013

Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (KMIP) v7.1.0 Updates on page 13 March 2013

Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (LKM) v7.1.0 Updates on page 14 March 2013

Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (TEKA) v7.1.0 Updates on page 14 March 2013

Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (TKLM) v7.1.0 Updates on page 14 March 2013

Fabric OS FCIP Administrator’s Guide v7.1.0 No updates March 2013

Fabric OS Message Reference v7.1.0 No updates March 2013

Fabric OS MIB Reference v7.1.0 No updates March 2013

Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide v7.1.0 Updates on page 17 March 2013

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide v7.1.0 Updates on page 19 March 2013

FICON Administrator’s Guide v7.1.0 No updates December 2012

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide v7.1.0 Updates on page 21 December 2012

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What’s new in this documentThe following changes have been made since this document was last released:

• For the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide, added information to the following sections:

- “Chapter 9, Installing and Maintaining Firmware” on page 9

• For the Fabric OS Command Reference, added information to the following sections:

- “portCfgFillword” on page 11

• For the Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide, added information to the following section:

- “Appendix A, Switch Type and Blade ID” on page 17

• For the Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide, added information to the following section:

- “Chapter 7. Port Monitoring” on page 20

• For the Web Tools Administrator’s Guide, added information to the following section:

- “Chapter 1, Introducing Web Tools” on page 21

• For the Fabric OS MIB Reference, added information to the following section:

- “Chapter 1, Understanding Brocade SNMP” on page 23

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Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide v7.1.0 and later Updates on page 7 August 2014

Fabric OS MIB Reference v7.1.0 and later Updates on page 23 August 2014

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide v7.1.0 and later Update on page 8Update on page 9 Updates on page 11

Sept 2014

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide v7.1.0 and later Updates on page 21 April 2015

Fabric OS MIB Reference v7.1.0 and later Updates on page 23 April 2015

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide v7.1.0 and later Update on page 9 April 2015

Fabric OS Command Reference v7.1.0 and later Update on page 11 April 2015

Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide v7.1.0 and later Update on page 11 April 2015

Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide v7.1.0 and later Update on page 11 April 2015

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Publication Title Fabric OS Release Page Number Publication Date

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Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
In this chapter•Documentation updates for Fabric OS v7.1.0 and later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v7.1.0 and laterThe updates in this section are for the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide, publication number 53-1002745-02, published March 2013.

Chapter 2, Performing Basic Configuration TasksIn the section “Password modification” on page 63, replace the paragraph immediately following the note with the following paragraph:

• There is one set of default accounts for the entire chassis: admin, user, root, and factory. Use the admin account when you log in to the switch for the first time and to perform basic configuration tasks. The user account is primarily used for basic system monitoring. The root and factory default accounts are reserved for development and manufacturing, or for debugging. For more information on the default accounts, refer to Default accounts.

In the section “Network time protocol” on page 71, add the following:

If Virtual Fabrics is enabled, the switch behavior is as follows:

• All switches in a given chassis must be configured for the same set of NTP servers. This ensures that time does not go out of sync in the chassis. It is not recommended to configure LOCL in the NTP server list.

• All default switches in the fabric can query the NTP server. If Virtual Fabrics is not enabled, only the principal or primary FCS switch can query the NTP server.

• The logical switches in a chassis get their clock information from the default logical switch, and not from the principal or primary FCS switch.

In the section “Fabric OS command line interface” on page 56, under Notes, replace the first bullet with the following text:

• The entire command line (both commands and options) is case-sensitive. Selected command names and options may also support Java-style capitalization. Java-style capitalization means that while bannershow and bannerShow will both work, BANNERSHOW and BannerShow will not. Refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference for explicit instructions on supported capitalization for each command.

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Chapter 3, Performing Advanced Configuration TasksIn the section “256-area addressing mode” on page 81, change the ATTENTION statement to 48 port cards instead of 49 port cards. The correct statement is:

ATTENTIONThe Brocade DCX and DCX 8510-8 Backbones have safeguards that disable all 48 port cards if FICON Management Server (FMS) is enabled.

In the section “Limitations” under “Enabling forward error correction (FEC)” on page 128, replace the entire bullet list with the following:

The following limitations apply to Forward Error Correction (FEC):

• FEC is configurable only on 16 Gbps-capable switches (Brocade 6505, 6510, 6520, and the Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone family).

• For switch-to-adaptor connections, FEC is supported only on 1860 and 1867 Fabric Adapter ports operating in HBA mode connected to 16 Gbps Brocade switches running Fabric OS 7.1 and later.

• FEC is supported only on link speeds of 10 Gbps and 16 Gbps, regardless of whether the platform is FEC-capable.

• To connect between a switch and an HBA at 16 Gbps, both sides must be in the same mode (fixed speed, and FEC on or off) for them to communicate at that rate. If only one port has FEC enabled, neither port will be able to see the other. If the ports are in dynamic mode, then they may connect, but not at 16 Gbps.

• Prior to enabling FEC Transmitter Training Signal (TTS) mode, refer to your HBA documentation to confirm FEC functionality and support. For information on enabling FEC TTS mode, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference.

• FEC is not supported in the following situations:

• When the HBA port speed changes to less than 16 Gbps.

• On HBA ports operating in loop mode or in direct-attach configurations.

• On ports with dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) devices that do not support TTS.

Chapter 4, Routing TrafficIn the section “Device-based routing” on page 120, change the second note from this:

NOTEDevice-based routing is supported in FICON environments only.

To this:

NOTEDevice-based routing is supported in FICON environments, and in open environments only when FICON coexists.

In the section “Enabling forward error correction (FEC)” on page 128, add the following statement:

Enabling or disabling FEC is disruptive to traffic.

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Chapter 5, Managing User AccountsIn the section “Setting up a RADIUS server” on page 156, add the following:

NOTEThe combination of “peap-mschapv2” and IPv6 causes RADIUS authentication to be rejected. PEAP with IPv4 succeeds.

Chapter 7, Configuring ProtocolsIn the section “Secure Shell protocol” on page 179, add the following:

If you set up a message of the day (MOTD), the MOTD displays either before or after the login prompt, depending on the SSH client implementation. Fabric OS does not control when the message displays.

Chapter 9, Installing and Maintaining FirmwareIncluded a new section” Considerations for FTP server credentials with special characters”.

Considerations for FTP server credentials with special characters

FTP server credentials may include special characters that need to be handled in specified manner on the Command Line Interface (CLI).

Special characters also referred to as meta-characters, are members of an exempt set of characters, which when used in command line mode are evaluated as characters with non-literal meaning. These characters are designated to carry out a special instruction, or have an alternate meaning.

NOTEThis list is not exhaustive and alternate meaning for some characters is contextual. For more information, refer to any Linux scripting information available for general use on the internet.

A list of some of the more commonly used special characters and their alternate meaning is as follows: & is used to put a command in background/batch mode.

• ! is used to recall the last invocation of the command matching the pattern that follows the character.

• | is used to pipe output to the command that follows the character.

• ; is used to concatenate multiple bash commands.

• * is used to represent a wildcard character.

• ? is used as a match for any single character in the specified position.

• () is used for integer expansion.

• <> is used for redirection. < represents input and > represents output.

• $ is used to represent shell variable.

• ` is used for command substitution or assign output of a command to a variable.

• " is used for partial quoting.

• ' is used for full quoting.

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• Space is used as a separation character.

• # when preceded by a space, treats all characters till the end of the corresponding line as a comment.

These special characters may be used to enhance the security of the user credentials. However, to interpret these characters properly in the CLI mode, you must follow one of the following methods:

• Escape each instance of the special character by preceding it with the escape character (\).

• Enclose the credentials containing special characters, with single quotes.

If single quotes are themselves part of the credential, precede each instance of the single quote with the escape character (\). Alternately, the string may be enclosed in double quotes if more intricate bash substitution is desired to further strengthen the security measure of the credentials.

For detailed information on using the special characters in the credentials, refer to any Linux scripting information available for general use on the internet.

You can test the representation of the credentials using the echo tests.

To verify the use of single quote for the password aaa!01:

switch:admin> echo ‘aaa!01’ aaa!01To verify escaping ! without quotes for the password aaa!01:

switch:admin> echo aaa\!01 aaa!01To verify using the quotes, excluding the \! for password aaa!01:

switch:admin> echo "aaa"\!"01" aaa!01To verify using the quotes without excluding the \! for password aaa!01, resulting in different password pattern:

switch:admin> "aaa\!01" aaa\!01To verify using the quotes around the \! for password aaa!01, resulting in different password pattern:

switch:admin> echo ‘aaa!01’ aaa!01

Upgrading and downgrading firmware

In the section “Upgrading and downgrading firmware” on page 257, add the following:

During the firmware upgrade, the configuration file uploaded from firmware versions Fabric OS 6.4.x and Fabric OS 7.0.x is allowed to download to Fabric OS v7.1.0.

During the firmware downgrade, the configuration file uploaded from v7.1.0 is allowed to download to previous firmware versions Fabric OS 7.0.x and Fabric OS 6.4.x.

NOTEIf you downgrade from Fabric OS 7.1.x to Fabric OS 7.0.x or earlier, you will lose any firmwaredownload history from Fabric OS v7.1.x. If you want to save this history information, you should copy it from the 7.1.x switch before downgrading.

Chapter 10, Managing Virtual FabricsIn the section “Limitations and restrictions of Virtual Fabrics” on page 288, in Table 52 the maximum number of logical switches for the Brocade 6510 should be 3, not 4.


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After the heading “Setting up IP addresses for a Virtual Fabric” on page 298, add the following paragraphs:

IPv4 addresses assigned to individual logical switches are assigned to IP over Fibre Channel (IPFC) network interfaces. In Virtual Fabrics environments, a single chassis can be assigned to multiple fabrics, each of which is logically distinct and separate from one another. Each IPFC point of connection to a given chassis needs a separate IPv4 address and prefix to be accessible to a management host.

For a management host to access logical switches, the host bus adapter (HBA) must be able to connect with the common, shared IP address and the individual IPv4 addresses configured for each logical switch.

The IPFC addresses are not restored in a configdownload. The IPFC address of the default logical switch or a non-VF switch is stored on the WWN card or compact flash. This address does not display in a configshow or configupload. For other (non-default) logical switches, the IPFC addresses display in a confgshow or configupload, but are not downloaded to the switch in a configdownload.

Chapter 11, Administering Advanced ZoningIn the section “Zone database size” on page 327, replace the Attention note with the following note:

ATTENTIONIn a fabric that has a mix of switches running versions of Fabric OS both earlier and later than version 7.0.0, if you run the cfgSave or cfgEnable commands from a switch running a pre-7.0.0 version of FOS a zone database size of 128 KB may be enforced. Whether this occurs depends on the specific version of pre- FOS 7.0.0 firmware the switches are using.. For a detailed list of pre-FOS 7.0.0 firmware compatibility versions, please see the Zoning Compatibility Note in the Release Notes.

Note: This change supercedes the change in the 53-1002984-03 version of this Document update publication.

Chapter 14, In-flight Encryption and Compression In the section “Encryption and compression restrictions” on page 394, add this bullet:

• Port mirroring through any encryption-enabled port or compression-enabled port is not supported.

Chapter 16, Dynamic Fabric Provisioning: Fabric-Assigned PWWNIn section “Supported switches and configurations for FA-PWWN” on page 429, remove Brocade 7800 from the list of supported switch platforms. FA-PWWN is not supported on the Brocade 7800.

TABLE 52 Maximum number of logical switches per chassis

Platform Maximum number of logical switches

Brocade 6510 3



Chapter 20, Monitoring Fabric PerformanceIn the section “Virtual Fabrics considerations for Advanced Performance Monitoring” on page 500, replace the first bullet following the table with the following bullet:

• Top Talker monitors and EE monitors are supported on the default logical switch and user-defined logical switches.

In the section “Creating a frame monitor” on page 507, change the Start of Frame (SOF) field mask in the example from 0xFF to 0x0F.

In the section “Displaying frame monitors” on page 509, change the SOF field mask in the “fmmonitor --show” example from 0xFF to 0x0F.

Chapter 21, Optimizing Fabric BehaviorIn the section “Limitations and restrictions for QoS zone-based traffic prioritization” on page 530, remove the following bullet:

• Traffic prioritization is not supported on 10-Gbps ISLs.



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In this chapter• Documentation Updates for Fabric OS v7.1.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Documentation Updates for Fabric OS v7.1.0The updates in this section are for the Fabric OS Command Reference, publication number 53-1002746-02, published March 2013.

firmwareDownload

Add constraint to the password operand:

Spaces cannot be used in the password string to connect to FTP or SCP servers.

frameLog

Included the du and unroute options to -type operand.

OPERANDS -type duSpecifies du for destination unreachable frames.

-type unrouteSpecifies unroute for unroutable frames.

portCfgFillword

The description of the passive parameter has been updated as follows:

passiveSpecifies the fill word configuration changes to take effect immediately or next port toggle. This operand is optional. Valid values are one of the following:

0Specify 0 for the new settings to take effect immediately.

1Specify 1 to postpone the new settings to take effect only after the next time the port goes offline and comes back up. It prevents immediate application of the new settings through a disruptive portDisable and portEnable operation.

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snmpConfig2

snmpConfig

Add constraint to the password operand:

snmpv3 Configuration Parameters

The SNMPv3 configuration password must have at least 8 characters.

bottleneckMon

Updated the notes section to include all supported platforms:

To support buffer credit recovery, E_Ports must be connected between devices that support 16 Gbps or between devices that support 8 Gbps.

• Devices that support 16 Gbps:

- Brocade 6505, 6510, 6520, M6505, 6547

- FC8-32E, FC8-48E,FC16-32, FC16-48, FC16-64

• Devices that support 8 Gbps:

- Brocade 300, 5100, 5300, 5410, 5424, 5450, 5480, VA-40FC

- FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48

By default, buffer credit recovery is not enabled on any of the platforms.



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Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide
In this chapter•Documentation updates for Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide v7.1.0 and later 13

Documentation updates for Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide v7.1.0 and later

Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide Supporting Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) Key-Compliant EnvironmentsThe updates in this section are for the Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (KMIP), publication number 53-1002747-02, published March 2013.

Chapter 2, Configuring Encryption Using the Management Application

In the section, “Displaying Universal IDs” on page 115, after step 4, a NOTE states, "You will need to export the decommissioned key ID to the key vault." This NOTE is inaccurate and should be removed. The Key ID/UUID displayed in this dialog is informational, and can be used to cross reference on the respective key vault where the decommissioned Key ID is manually deleted.

Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide Supporting RSA Data Protection Manager (DPM) EnvironmentsThe updates in this section are for the Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (RKM), publication number 53-1002720-02, published March 2013.



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Documentation updates for Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide v7.1.0 and later3

Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide Supporting NetApp Lifetime Key Manager (LKM) and KeySecure Storage Secure Key Manager (SSKM) EnvironmentsThe updates in this section are for the Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (LKM), publication number 53-1002719-02, published March 2013.



Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide Supporting HP Secure Key Manager (SKM) and HP Enterprise Secure Key Manager (ESKM) EnvironmentsThe updates in this section are for the Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (SKM/ESKM)), publication number 53-1002721-02, published March 2013.



Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide Supporting Thales e-Security keyAuthority (TEKA) EnvironmentsThe updates in this section are for the Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (TEKA), publication number 53-1002723-02, published March 2013.



Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide Supporting Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager (TKLM) EnvironmentsThe updates in this section are for the Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide (TKLM), publication number 53-1002722-02, published March 2013.


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Documentation updates for Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide v7.1.0 and later3



Chapter

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Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide
In this chapter•Documentation updates for Fabric OS v7.1.0 and later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v7.1.0 and laterThe updates in this section are for the Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide, publication number 53-1002751-02, published March 2013.

Chapter 3, ConnectivityIn the section “Segmented fabrics” on page 37, delete the item “Disable device probing” from the list of fabric parameters that must be identical for a fabric to merge. The resulting list should be the following:

The following fabric parameters must be identical on each switch for a fabric to merge:

• R_A_TOV

• E_D_TOV

• Data field size

• Sequence level switching

• Suppress class F traffic

• Per-frame route priority

• Long-distance fabric (not necessary on Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, 6505, 6510, 6520, and the Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone families; for more information regarding these product types, refer to Appendix A, “Switch Type and Blade ID”.)

Appendix A, Switch Type and Blade IDIn Table 24 on page 116, the Brocade 300 should have 24 ports and not 16. Change the entry for switchType 71 to the following:

In Table 24 on page 117, the Brocade 4024 should be 4 Gb and not 2 Gb. Change the entry for switchType 43 to the following:

TABLE 24 switchType to B-Series model converter

switchType B-Series switch model Base switch speed

71 300 8 Gb 24-port switch

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TABLE 24 switchType to B-Series model converter

switchType B-Series switch model Base switch speed

43 4024 4 Gb 24-port embedded switch



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Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide
In this chapterThe updates in this chapter are for the Fabric Watch Administrator’s Guide, publication number 53-1002752-02, published March 2013.

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Chapter 1. Fabric WatchIn the existing “Logical switch support” section, the following paragraph needs to be updated:

A logical interswitch link (LISL) is the logical portion of the physical connection that joins base switches. You can enable or disable port thresholds and create thresholds for state changes on LISLs, but Fabric Watch does not support other threshold areas such as link loss or signal loss for LISLs as it does for normal E_Ports.

This paragraph should read as follows:

Fabric Watch does not support threshold areas such as link loss or signal loss or state changes for logical interswitch links (LISLs) as it does for normal E_Ports.

Chapter 6. Fabric, Security, SFP, and Performance MonitoringAdd a new section, “Monitoring the filter performance class” before the “16 Gbps SFP and QSFP monitoring” section with the following information:

You can monitor the Filter Performance Monitor class and specify a filter monitor to be tracked by Fabric Watch.

To specify and track a filter monitor, enter the thConfig command using the following parameters.

switch:admin> thconfig --set filter -area PERFPT -high -val 10

The PERFPT area provides threshold values to the user-defined frame type. When a new user-defined frame type is created using the fmMonitor command, the threshold value is automatically based on the PERFPT configuration at the time the frame type is created. In the above example, the high threshold value is 10. Therefore, all frame monitors configured hereafter will have a high threshold value of 10.

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Chapter 7. Port Monitoring

Port class default settings

In Table 16, “Port class default settings”, change the Signal Loss and Sync Loss high and low values to the following:

• Low: 0

• High: 45

In Table 17, “E_Port class default settings” on page 58, remove the rows for “Packet loss (VE_Port only)” and “Utilization”.



Chapter

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Web Tools Administrator’s Guide
In this chapter•Documentation updates for Fabric OS v7.1.0 and later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Documentation updates for Fabric OS v7.1.0 and laterThe updates in this section are for the Web Tools Administrator’s Guide, published March 2013.

Chapter 1, Introducing Web ToolsUnder the heading, “System requirements” add the following note after the statement, “Web Tools requires any browser that conforms to HTML version 4.0, JavaScript version 1.0, and Java Plug-in 1.7.0_09 or later..”

NOTEIf there are multiple JRE versions installed, go to the Java Control Panel and uncheck the lower JRE versions for Web Tools to launch using the latest JRE version.

Under the heading, “Technical SupportSave logs”, replace the following text:

“From v7.1.0, WebTools allows you to log information of the switch at any given point of time. SupportSave is a dump of the switch status that collects the following details of the switch:

• HTML files

• CAL files

• WebTools logs folder”

With this:

“From v7.1.0, Web Tools allows you to collect the following Web Tools-related SupportSave data.

NOTEWeb Tools SupportSave collects logs for troubleshooting Web Tools. To collect switch logs, use the SupportSave command through the FOS CLI or the Technical Support feature in Brocade Network Advisor.

• HTML files

• CAL files

• WebTools logs folder”

Under the heading “Opening Web Tools”, add the following note.

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NOTETo avoid a potential POODLE attack and establish a secure connection, disable the SSL 3.0 protocol option from your web browser settings.

Chapter 6, Managing PortsUnder the heading, “Configuring NPIV ports” remove the following sentence as NPIV license is not required to enable NPIV functionality on a port.

The NPIV license must be installed on a switch before NPIV functionality can be enabled on any port.

Chapter 16, Configuring Standard Security FeaturesUnder the heading “Guidelines and restrictions”, add the following bullet after the “For some functionality and operations. . .” paragraph:

In order for the user-defined role to have access to the System Monitor which displays CPU and Memory Usage under the Monitor tab, you must assign read/write RBAC_FabricWatch permissions to the Chassis Access Role.



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Fabric OS MIB Reference
In this chapterThe updates in this chapter are for the Fabric OS MIB Reference, part number: 53-1002750-01 published April 2011, and part number: 53-1002750-02, published 25 March 2013.

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Documentation updates for Fabric OS v7.1.0

Chapter 1, Understanding Brocade SNMPUnder the heading “Before Loading MIBs” on page 9, replace the following rows to Table 2.

TABLE 2 Fabric OS-supported SNMP versions

Firmware SNMPv1 SNMPv2c1

1. SNMPv2c is supported in Fabric OS v5.0.4 and later, but SNMPv2c traps and informs are not supported.

SNMPv3

Fabric OS v5.x Yes Yes Yes2

2. Fabric OS v5.x supports the SNMPv3-USM MIB (snmpUsmMIB), which is available as RFC 3414.

Fabric OS v6.0.0 Yes Yes Yes



Fabric OS v6.1.2_CEE Yes Yes Yes



Fabric OS v6.4.1_fcoe Yes Yes Yes



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