Enabling Mcdata Fabric Mode - Brocade Communications Systems 1606 Administrator's Manual

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Switch configurations for interoperability
1. Verify that you have implemented all the Brocade prerequisites necessary to enable
2. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
3. Enter the switchDisable command.
4. Enter the configure command to set the domain ID to a number in the range from 97 to 127;
5. Enter the interopMode 3 command to enable interoperability. This command resets a number
6. Repeat
7.

Enabling McDATA Fabric mode

When McDATA Fabric mode is enabled, the OUI portion of the switch WWN is no longer replaced
with a McDATA OUI. All existing zoning configurations are cleared.
1. Verify that you have implemented all the Brocade prerequisites necessary to enable
2. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
3. Enter the switchDisable command.
4. Enter the configure command to set the domain ID to a number in the range from 1-31. (For
5. Enter the interopMode 2 command to enable interoperability. This command resets a number
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interopMode 3 on the fabric (see
page 302.)
switch:admin> switchdisable
otherwise, the interopMode command defaults to 97. (For detailed instructions, see
"Performing Basic Configuration
switch:admin> configure
Configure...
Fabric Parameters (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
Domain (1...239): [1] 97
of parameters and enables McDATA Open Fabric mode.
switch:admin> interopmode 3
The switch effective and defined configuration
will be lost if interop Mode is changed.
Interop Mode or Domain Offset Will Be Changed
and switch will be Enabled
Do you want to continue? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
step 2 through step 5
After enabling McDATA Open Fabric mode on all switches, physically connect the legacy M-EOS
switches to the Fabric OS fabric, one at a time.
interopMode 2 on the fabric (see
page 301.)
switch:admin> switchdisable
detailed instructions, see
switch:admin> configure
Configure...
Fabric Parameters (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
Domain (1...31): [1] 5
of parameters and enables fabric mode.
B5000_205:admin> interopmode 2
"McDATA Open Fabric mode configuration restrictions"
Tasks".)
on each Fabric OS switch in the fabric.
"McDATA Fabric mode configuration restrictions"
Chapter 2, "Performing Basic Configuration
on
Chapter 2,
on
Tasks".)
Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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