Limitations For Using Apm; Considerations For The Brocade 8000; Port Mapping; Policy And Feature Support - HP StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

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Considerations for the Brocade 8000

Limitations for using APM

The following limitations apply to using APM on an AG switch:
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Considerations for the Brocade 8000

This section provides information on differences in operation, Fabric OS command function, and
features on the Brocade 8000 when operating in Access Gateway mode.

Port mapping

The Brocade 8000 contains FCoE and Fibre Channel ports. In Access Gateway mode, the FCoE
ports are configured logically as F_Ports, while the Fibre Channel ports are configured as N_Ports.
For details on how this affects port mapping, refer to
page 19.

Policy and feature support

The following AG policies and features are not supported on the Brocade 8000:
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The Top Talker and ISL monitoring features used for APM in switch mode are not supported on
an AG switch.
APM on an AG switch is not supported in Web Tools.
Configuration file upload and download of end-to-end and filter monitor configurations is not
supported in the Fabric OS v7.0.0 release.
When downgrading to a pre-Fabric OS v7.0.0 release, the user is notified to remove all the
end-to-end and frame monitors installed.
When switching between AG mode and non-AG mode, the user is notified to remove all the
end-to-end and frame monitors installed.
Connection to multiple fabrics. The Brocade 8000 in AG mode can only connect to one fabric.
Access Gateway cascading
NOTE
Access Gateway cascading is not supported on the Brocade 8000 Core AG (the Brocade 8000
is only supported on an Edge AG).
Automatic load balancing
Automatic login balancing
Automatic port configuration
Persistent ALPA
Device load balancing
F-Port static mapping
"Brocade 8000 mapping differences"
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