Brocade Fabric OS Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) - Manual (Page 13)

Availability considerations for encryption and compression..............411
Virtual Fabrics considerations for encryption and compression........412
In-flight compression on long-distance ports.....................................412
Compression ratios for compression-enabled ports..........................412
Configuring in-flight encryption and compression on an EX_Port.................413
Configuring in-flight encryption and compression on an E_Port................... 413
Viewing the encryption and compression configuration................................ 414
Configuring and enabling authentication for in-flight encryption................... 415
Enabling in-flight encryption.......................................................................... 417
Enabling in-flight compression...................................................................... 418
Disabling in-flight encryption......................................................................... 418
Disabling in-flight compression..................................................................... 419
Diagnostic Port.....................................................................................................................421
Diagnostic Port..............................................................................................421
Supported platforms for D_Port.................................................................... 421
Licensing requirements for D_Port................................................................422
Understanding D_Port...................................................................................422
Advantages of D_Port....................................................................... 423
D_Port configuration modes and nature of test.................................424
General limitations and considerations for D_Port............................425
Supported topologies.................................................................................... 426
Topology 1: ISLs............................................................................... 426
Topology 2: ICLs............................................................................... 427
Topology 3: Access Gateways..........................................................428
Topology 4: HBA to switch................................................................ 429
Using D_Port in static-static mode between switches...................................430
Enabling D_Port in static mode.........................................................430
Disabling D_Port in static mode........................................................ 431
Pre-provisioning D_Ports.................................................................. 432
Using D_Port between switches and HBAs.................................................. 432
Enabling D_Port in static mode between a switch and an HBA........433
BCU D_Port commands....................................................................433
Limitations and considerations for D_Port with HBAs.......................433
Using D_Port in dynamic mode.....................................................................434
Using D_Port in on-demand mode ...............................................................434
Example test scenarios and output............................................................... 435
Confirming SFP and link status with an HBA.................................... 435
Starting and stopping D_Port testing................................................ 435
NPIV.....................................................................................................................................439
NPIV overview...............................................................................................439
Upgrade considerations.................................................................... 440
Fixed addressing mode.....................................................................440
10-bit addressing mode.....................................................................440
Configuring NPIV.......................................................................................... 441
Enabling and disabling NPIV.........................................................................442
Base device logout........................................................................................442
Difference in the device logout behaviors......................................... 443
Enabling base device logout............................................................. 443
Use cases and dependencies........................................................... 444
Viewing base device logout setting................................................... 446
Viewing NPIV port configuration information.................................................447
Viewing virtual PID login information.................................................448
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