Brocade Resources; Other Industry Resources; Optional Brocade Features; Getting Technical Help - Brocade Communications Systems A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Brocade resources

To get up-to-the-minute information, join Brocade Connect. It's free! Go to
and click Brocade Connect to register at no cost for a user ID and password.
For practical discussions about SAN design, implementation, and maintenance, you can obtain
Building SANs with Brocade Fabric Switches through:
For additional Brocade documentation, visit the Brocade SAN Info Center and click the Resource
Library location:
Release notes are available on the Brocade Connect Web site and are also bundled with the Fabric
OS firmware.

Other industry resources

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For additional resource information, visit the Technical Committee T11 Web site. This Web site
provides interface standards for high-performance and mass storage applications for Fibre
Channel, storage management, and other applications:
For information about the Fibre Channel industry, visit the Fibre Channel Industry Association Web
site:

Optional Brocade features

For a list of optional Brocade features and descriptions, see the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide.

Getting technical help

Contact your switch support supplier for hardware, firmware, and software support, including
product repairs and part ordering. To expedite your call, have the following information available:
1. General Information
Access Gateway Administrator's Guide
53-1001189-01
http://www.amazon.com
http://www.brocade.com
White papers, online demos, and data sheets are available through the Brocade Web site at
http://www.brocade.com/products/software.jhtml.
Best practice guides, white papers, data sheets, and other documentation is available through
the Brocade Partner Web site.
http://www.t11.org
http://www.fibrechannel.org
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Technical Support contract number, if applicable
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Switch model
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Switch operating system version
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Error numbers and messages received
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supportSave command output
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