Access Gateway Policy Modification; Path Failover And Failback Policies; Modifying Path Failover And Failback Policies; Enabling The Automatic Port Configuration Policy - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

Access Gateway policy modification

Although you can control a number of policies on switches in Access Gateway mode, Web Tools only
provides the ability to enable and disable the policies. For more information on these policies
please refer to Access Gateway Administrator's Guide.

Path Failover and Failback policies

The Path Failover and Failback policies determine the behavior of the F_Port if the primary mapped
N_Port they are mapped to goes offline or is disabled. The Path Failover and Failback policies are
attributes of the N_Port. By default, the Path Failover and Failback policies are enabled for all
N_Ports.

Modifying Path Failover and Failback policies

Use the following procedure to modify Path Failover and Failback policies.
1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.
2. Select the N_Port for which you want to modify the policy.
3. Click Edit Configuration.
4. Select the appropriate check box to modify the policy.
5. Click Save.

Enabling the Automatic Port Configuration policy

The Automatic Port Configuration (APC) policy is a global configuration policy for a switch in Access
Gateway mode. By default, this policy is disabled. If you created an N_Port grouping and switching
over to the automatic mode, those port groups are lost. After you enable the APC policy, you cannot
define custom port type configurations, port mappings, Path Failover, and Failback settings.
NOTE
When port configuration is in auto mode, the Configure N port groups, Configure F-N port mapping,
and Configure WWN-N port mapping buttons are disabled.
Use the following procedure to enable auto rebalancing from the Switch Administration window.
1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.
2. Select Automatic from the Port Configuration Policy drop-down list.
3. Click Yes in the confirmation window.
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NOTE
When Port Configuration Policy is set to Advanced, you can enable the auto rebalancing
options from the Configure N_Port Groups dialog box through the Port Administration window.

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