Dell PowerEdge M600 Access Gateway
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1. Brocade reserves the right to make changes to this document at any time without notice and assumes no responsibility for its use This informational document describes features that may not be currently available Contact a Brocade sales office for information on feature and product availability Export of technical data contained in this document may require an export license from the United States government Preparing to Install the Brocade Access Gateway Page 2 of 22. BROCADE SAN TECH NOTE Preparing to Install the Brocade Access Gateway INTRODUCTION This SAN Tech Note describes configuration parameters that must be implemented to integrate the Brocade M4424 SAN I O Module for the Dell PowerEdge M1000e in Access Gateway mode into a Storage Area Network SAN fabric The following describes the parameters for the Edge device that will be connected to the Brocade Access Gateway CONNECTING TO BROCADE FABRICS Fabric OS Switches Ensure that all the following conditions are met e Fabric OS 5 2 1 recommended Fabric OS 5 1 0 or later also supported e NPIV must be enabled on SAN switch N_Ports that will connect to the Access Gateway e Management Server platform services must be disabled before the Access Gateway is connected to the fabric Management Server platform services can be enabled after you complete the setup e Allow inband inquiries such as GFN and GML and registration commands such as RPL and RPAB to the Management Server e Set Management Server access set to all access If set to restricted include all AG N_Port WWNs in the MS access control list e Fabric and switch zoning rules must use the WWN zoning scheme e Switch and fabric ACL Access Control List policies if present must include the WWN of the Access Gateway N_Ports and or the host WWNs e Fabric logins on the port and switch that connect the Access Gateway to the SAN set to the maximum
3. SAN TECH NOTE Enterprise OSc and Enterprise OSn Switches Ensure that all the following conditions are met Enterprise OS 9 0 or later with an NPIV license installed e NPIV must be enabled on the ports that connect the Access Gateway to the SAN e Fabric logins on the port and switch that connect the Access Gateway to the SAN set to the maximum e OpenSysMS Open Systems Management Server enabled To enable enter the following in the command line interface CLI config OpenSysMs setState CONNECTING TO CISCO FABRICS SAN OS Switches Ensure that all the following conditions are met e SAN OS 3 0 or later e NPIV must be enabled on the ports that connect the Access Gateway to the SAN e OpenSysMS Open Systems Management Server enabled 2008 Brocade Communications Systems Inc All Rights Reserved 02 08 GA TN 004 01 Brocade Fabric OS File Lifecycle Manager MyView and StorageX are registered trademarks and the Brocade B wing symbol DCX and SAN Health are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems Inc in the United States and or in other countries All other brands products or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of and are used to identify products or services of their respective owners Notice This document is for informational purposes only and does not set forth any warranty expressed or implied concerning any equipment equipment feature or service offered or to be offered by Brocade
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