Brocade 300 Fabric OS: v6.2.0c NPIV Port Settings Require Switch To Be In AG Mode

Asset ID:	1-72-1573398.1
Update Date:	2017-02-07
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Solution 1573398.1 : Brocade 300 Fabric OS: v6.2.0c NPIV Port Settings Require Switch To Be In AG Mode

Applies to:

Brocade 300 Switch - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Customer is trying to enable NPIV on Brocade 300 ports 12 and 13

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Cause

Switch state is
switchType: 71.2
switchState: Online
switchMode: Native
switchRole: Principal
switchDomain: 1

Switch state should be AG

switchType: 71.2
switchState: Online
switchMode: Access Gateway Mode
switchWwn: ...

Brocade Fabric OS 6.2.0c requirement

Later versions of Fabric OS has NPIV enabled by default , this requirement was only for FOS 6.2.0c or before.

Document is no longer valid and should be withdrawn.

Solution

Access Gateway (AG)
Fabric OS mode for switches that reduces SAN (storage area network)
deployment complexity by leveraging NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization).

Per Brocade Access Gateway (AG) Administrator's Guide, the Administrator will be prompted to reboot the Switch whenever enabling or disabling AG and when disabling AG the switchDisable command must be run to disable the switch before the ag --modedisable command is issued.

NPIV N_Port ID Virtualization. Allows a single FC_Port to appear as multiple,
distinct ports providing separate port identification and security zoning with
the fabric for each operating system image as if each one had its own
physical port.

Run configUpload - Uploads system configuration data to a file. Recommended if there is a existing switch configuration

Enable AG mode
ag --modeenable

To disable
ag --modeshow --modedisable

To show mode Example
ag --modeshow
Access Gateway mode is NOT enabled

See Brocade Access Gateway (AG) Administrators Guide

The Administrator will be prompted to reboot the switch whenever enabling or disabling AG

The switchDisable command must be run to disable the switch before ag --modedisable command is issued

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