Brocade Access Gateway Administrator's Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) - Manual (Page 20)

Behavior of sending AG switch and receiving fabric switch with different policies configured TABLE 2
Fabric switch with device
policy mode ON Fabric switch with device
policy mode PASSIVE Fabric switch with device
policy mode OFF
AG switch with
switch policy
mode on Authorization negotiation -
accept
DH-CHAP/FCAP:
Success - N_Port
Failure - disable
Authorization negotiation -
accept
DH-CHAP/FCAP:
Success - N_Port
Failure - disable
Authorization negotiation -
reject
N_Port without
authentication
AG switch with
switch policy off No negotiation
No light
No Negotiation
N_Port without authenctication.
No negotiation
N_Port without
authentication
Behavior of sending device (HBA) and receiving AG switch with different policies
configured TABLE 3
AG switch with device
policy mode ON AG switch with device
policy mode PASSIVE AG switch with device
policy mode OFF
HBA authentication enabled Authorization negotiation
- accept
DH-CHAP
Success - F_Port
Failure - disable
Authorization negotiation -
accept
DH-CHAP
Success - F_Port
Failure - disable
Authorization negotiation
- reject
F_Port without
authentication
HBA authenticationdisabled No negotiation
No light
No negotiation
F_Port without
authentication
No negotiation
F_Port without
authentication
Supported Fabric OS commands
All Fabric OS commands for authentication policy apply to AG switches, including the following:
• authutil -- policy
• authutil --show
• authutil --set
• secauthsecret --set
• secauthsecret --show
NOTE
Although authutil --authinit is not supported in AG mode, it is supported in native mode.
For more information, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference .
Supported Fabric OS commands
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