Chapter 2 Configuring Ports In Access Gateway Mode; In This Chapter; Enabling And Disabling Access Gateway Mode - Brocade Communications Systems AM866A - StorageWorks 8/8 Base SAN Switch Administrator's Manual
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Configuring Ports in Access Gateway mode
In this chapter
Enabling and disabling Access Gateway mode
Use the following steps to enable and disable Access Gateway mode. After you enable AG mode,
some fabric information is erased, such as the zone and security databases. Enabling AG mode is
disruptive because the switch is disabled and rebooted. For more information on the ag commands
used in these steps, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference.
1. Before enabling or disabling a switch to AG mode, save the current configuration file using the
2. Ensure that no zoning or Admin Domain (AD) transaction buffers are active. If any transaction
3. Verify that the switch is set to Native mode or interopmode 0.
4. Enter the ag
5. Enter the ag
6. Enter the ag
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configupload command in case you might need this configuration again.
buffer is active, enabling AG mode will fail with the error, "Failed to clear Zoning/Admin Domain
configuration".
a. Issue the switchshow command to verify the switch mode.
b. If the switch mode is anything other than 0, issue the interopmode 0 command to set the
switch to Native mode.
For more information on setting switches to Native mode, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator's
Guide.
modeenable command.
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switch:admin> ag --modeenable
The switch automatically reboots and comes back online in AG mode using a factory default
F_Port-to-N_Port mapping. For more information on AG default F_Port-to-N_Port mapping, see
Table 5
on page 11.
modeshow command to verify that AG mode is enabled.
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switch:admin> ag --modeshow
Access Gateway mode is enabled.
You can display the port mappings and status of the host connections to the fabric on Access
Gateway.
mapshow command to display all the mapped ports.
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