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Contents About This Document How this document is organized xiii Supported hardware and software xiv What's new in this document xiv Document conventions xv Text formatting xv Command syntax conventions xv Notes, cautions, and warnings xvi Notice to the reader xvi Key terms for Access Gateway xvii Additional information xviii Brocade resources xviii Other industry resources xviii Optional Brocade features xviii Getting technical help xviii Document feedback xix Chapter 1 Access Gateway Basic Concepts Brocade Access Gateway overview 1 Comparing Native Fabric and Access Gateway modes 1 Fabric OS features in Access Gateway mode 3 Buffer credit recovery support 5 Forward error correction support 6 Virtual Fabrics support 6 Device authentication support 6 Access Gateway port types 9 Comparison of Access Gateway ports to standard switch ports 9 Access Gateway hardware considerations 11 Chapter 2 Configuring Ports in Access Gateway Mode Enabling and disabling Access Gateway mode 13 Port state description 14 Access Gateway Administrator's Guide v 53-1002743-01

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Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide
v
53-1002743-01
Contents
About This Document
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Document conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Command syntax conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Notice to the reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Key terms for Access Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Other industry resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Optional Brocade features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Chapter 1
Access Gateway Basic Concepts
Brocade Access Gateway overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Comparing Native Fabric and Access Gateway modes . . . . . . . . 1
Fabric OS features in Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Buffer credit recovery support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Forward error correction support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Virtual Fabrics support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Device authentication support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Access Gateway port types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Comparison of Access Gateway ports to standard switch
ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Access Gateway hardware considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2
Configuring Ports in Access Gateway Mode
Enabling and disabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Port state description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14