Authentication Of Ve_Port-To-Ve_Port Connections; Table 64 Ve_Port-To-Ve_Port Authentication Policy With Correct Switch Secret - Brocade Communications Systems 1606 Administrator's Manual

Authentication of VE_Port-to-VE_Port connections

Although running authentication for VE_Ports works the same as for E_Ports, for VE_Ports, both
sides of the connection are on the Fabric OS switches.
policy for VE_Port-to-VE_Port connections when all the secrets are correct. Note that there is no
*Yes in the table indicating one-way authentication. This is because Fabric OS switches always
perform authentication even when in Passive mode.
policy for a VE_Port connected to another VE_Port when the secrets are not known. In this case,
two-way authentication by the Fabric OS switches means that no authenticated connections are
going to be made.
TABLE 64
Fabric OS
switch
VE_ to VE_Port
Passive
Active
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VE_Port-to-VE_Port authentication policy with correct switch secret
Passive
Yes
Connected without any
authentication (Fabric
builds normally).
Yes!
Connected with two-way
authentication; both
sides of the connection
perform authentication
(Fabric builds normally).
Table 64
Table 64 shows the switch authentication
Active On
Yes! Yes!
Connected with Connected with
two-way two-way
authentication; both authentication;
sides of the both sides of the
connection perform connection
Authentication perform
(Fabric builds Authentication
normally). (Fabric builds
normally).
Yes! Yes!
Connected with Connected with
two-way two-way
authentication; both authentication;
sides of the both sides of the
connection perform connection
authentication perform
(Fabric builds authentication
normally). (Fabric builds
normally).
shows the switch authentication
Off
Yes
Connected without any
authentication (Fabric
builds normally).
No
E_Port does not connect
(Authentication Rejected).
When the Fabric OS switch
generates the reject, it
disables the Fabric OS
port. When the M-EOS
switch generates the
reject, it goes to an invalid
attachment state.
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