Access Gateway Policy Enforcement Matrix; Advanced Device Security Policy; How The Ads Policy Works; Table 6 Policy Enforcement Matrix - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

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Advanced Device Security policy

Access Gateway policy enforcement matrix

The following table shows which combinations of policies can co-exist with each other.
TABLE 6
Policies
Auto Port Configuration
N_Port Grouping
N_Port Trunking
ADS Policy
Device Load Balancing
1.
2.

Advanced Device Security policy

ADS is a security policy that restricts access to the fabric at the AG level to a set of authorized
devices. Unauthorized access is rejected and the system logs a RASLOG message. You can
configure the list of allowed devices for each F_Port by specifying their Port WWN (PWWN). The ADS
policy secures virtual and physical connections to the SAN.

How the ADS policy works

When you enable this policy, it applies to all F_Ports on the AG-enabled module. By default, all
devices have access to the fabric on all ports. You can restrict the fabric connectivity to a particular
set of devices where AG maintains a per-port allow list for the set of devices whose PWWN you
define to log in through an F_Port. You can view the devices with active connections to an F_Port
using the ag --show command.
NOTE
The ag
fabric. The agshow
Alternatively, the security policy can be established in the Enterprise fabric using the DCC policy.
For information on configuring the DCC policy, see
The DCC policy in the Enterprise fabric takes precedence over the ADS policy. It is generally
recommended to implement the security policy in the AG module rather than in the main fabric,
especially if Failover and Failback policies are enabled.
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Policy enforcement matrix
Auto Port Configuration
N/A
Mutually exclusive
Can co-exist
1
Can co-exist
2
Cannot co-exist
The ADS policy is not supported when using Device mapping.
Device Load Balancing and Automatic Login Balancing cannot be enabled for the same port group.
show command only displays the Core AGs, such as the AGs that are directly connected to
--
name name command displays the F_Ports of both the Core and Edge AGs.
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Port Grouping N_Port Trunking
Cannot co-exist Can co-exist
N/A Can co-exist
Can co-exist N/A
Can co-exist Can co-exist
Can co-exist Can co-exist
"Enabling the DCC policy on trunk"
Access Gateway Administrator's Guide
ADS Policy
Can co-exist
Can co-exist
Can co-exist
N/A
Can co-exist
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