Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 27)

Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide 7
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Chapter
2
Configuring Ports in Access Gateway mode
In this chapter
• Enabling and disabling Access Gateway mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
• Access Gateway mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
• N_Port configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Enabling and disabling Access Gateway mode
Use the following steps to enable and disable Access Gateway mode. After you enable AG mode,
some fabric information is erased, such as the zone and security databases. Enabling AG mode is
disruptive because the switch is disabled and rebooted. For more information on the ag commands
used in these steps, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference.
1. Before enabling or disabling a switch to AG mode, save the current configuration file using the
configupload command in case you might need this configuration again.
2. Ensure that no zoning or Admin Domain (AD) transaction buffers are active. If any transaction
buffer is active, enabling AG mode will fail with the error, “Failed to clear Zoning/Admin Domain
configuration”.
3. Verify that the switch is set to Native mode or interopmode 0.
a. Issue the switchshow command to verify the switch mode.
b. If the switch mode is anything other than 0, issue the interopmode 0 command to set the
switch to Native mode.
For more information on setting switches to Native mode, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator’s
Guide.
4. Enter the switchdisable command.
switch:admin> switchdisable
This command to disables all user ports on a switch. All Fibre Channel ports are taken offline.
If the switch was part of a fabric, the remaining switches reconfigure. You must disable the
switch before making configuration changes.
5. Enter the ag
--
modeenable command.
switch:admin> ag --modeenable
The switch automatically reboots and comes back online in AG mode using a factory default
port mapping. For more information on AG default port mapping, see
Table 5 on page 12.
6. Enter the ag
--
modeshow command to verify that AG mode is enabled.
switch:admin> ag --modeshow
Access Gateway mode is enabled.