Access Gateway Default Port Mapping; Disabling And Enabling Access Gateway Mode - Brocade Communications Systems 6510 Hardware Installation Manual

• In Fabric OS Native mode, the switch provides up to 48 external Fibre Channel ports. These
universal and self-configuring ports are capable of becoming one of the following port types:
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• In Access Gateway mode, the switch also provides up to 48 external Fibre Channel ports. However,
these ports are configured as N_Ports, and you cannot reconfigure these as any other port type.

Access Gateway default port mapping

The following table lists the port mappings of F_Ports to N_Ports.
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Total ports
48

Disabling and enabling Access Gateway mode

This section provides steps to disable and enable Access Gateway mode using Fabric OS commands.
For more information on using these commands, refer to the "Enabling and disabling Access Gateway
mode" section in the Access Gateway Administrator's Guide or the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide .
NOTE
You can also disable and enable Access Gateway mode using Web Tools. Refer to the See the Web
Tools Administrator's Guide for more information.
Enabling Access Gateway mode
Note the following when enabling Access Gateway mode:
• After you enable AG mode, some fabric information is erased, such as the zone and security
databases.
• Enabling AG mode is disruptive because the switch is disabled and rebooted.
• Ensure that no zoning or Admin Domain (AD) transaction buffers are active. If any transaction buffer
is active, enabling Access Gateway mode will fail with the error, "Failed to clear Zoning/Admin
Domain configuration."
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F_Port (fabric enabled)
E_Port (expansion port)
M_Port (mirror port)
Access gateway default port mapping
F_Ports
0-39
Access Gateway default port mapping
N_Ports Default port mapping
40-47 0-4 mapped to 40
5-9 mapped to 41
10-14 mapped to 42
15-19 mapped to 43
20-24 mapped to 44
25-29 mapped to 45
30-34 mapped to 46
35-39 mapped to 47
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