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STORAGE AREA NETWORK
Tech Note: Brocade Access Gateway
Connectivity to Cisco MDS Fabrics
Feb 12, 2008 GA-TN-083-00
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STORAGE AREA NETWORK
Tech Note: Brocade Access Gateway
Connectivity to Cisco MDS Fabrics
Feb 12, 2008 GA-TN-083-00
This SAN Tech Note describes in detail how to connect Brocade switches in Access Gateway (AG) mode to
Cisco switches. In many instances the connection is straightforward and no special handling of Cisco
switches is required. In certain cases, however, you need to configure the Cisco switch to ensure
interoperability with Access Gateway. If certain QLogic FC ASIC-based Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) (see list in
Table 1) are present behind the Access Gateway, then proceed to the “Special Cases” section of this
document.
If you are using Emulex HBAs or any other HBAs that are not based on QLogic FC ASIC technology, then just
ensure that N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) is enabled on the Cisco switch (default is enabled) and that the
switch is running SAN-OS 3.0 (1) or SAN-OS 3.1 (1) or later. To determine the SAN-OS version of the Cisco
switch and to see if NPIV is enabled on the switch, follow the steps in the “Standard Case” section, next.
STANDARD CASES
The standard case is a situation in which none of Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) IDs listed in Table
1 are present behind the AG. Make sure that you are using SAN- OS v3.0 (3) or SAN-OS 3.1 (3a) or later.
To determine the SAN-OS version, run the “show version” command. The SAN-OS version appears in the
“Software” section, on the line titled “system.” Below is an example:
ca243# show version
Cisco Storage Area Networking Operating System (SAN-OS) Software
TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Copyright (c) 2002-2007, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
The copyrights to certain works contained herein are owned by
other third parties and are used and distributed under license.
Some parts of this software may be covered under the GNU Public
License or the GNU Lesser General Public License. A copy of
each such license is available at
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html and
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
Software
BIOS: version 1.1.0
loader: version 1.2(2)
kickstart: version 3.2(1)
system: version 3.2(1) Version of SAN-OS running on the MDS switch
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To enable NPIV on the MDS switch (by default NPIV is enabled). Furthermore, on Cisco MDS switches,
NPIV is enabled per switch and not per port.
config t
enable npiv
Press Ctrl-Z to exit
copy run start Saves MDS switch configuration
At this point, you should be able to connect Access Gateway to the Cisco switch.
SPECIAL CASES
Special handling is required when you are connecting the Access Gateway to Cisco fabrics in which certain
QLogic-based devices are present behind the AG. This is caused by incompatibility between the routing
mechanism used by AG and a workaround from Cisco to enable the switch to interoperate with certain
QLogic-based HBAs.
NOTE: This interoperability issue between Cisco switches and certain QLogic-based Fibre Channel (FC)
devices (targets or HBAs) is well documented. For additional information, refer to the “FCID Allocation for
HBAs” section on the Cisco Web site:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5989/products_configuration_guide_chapter09186a0080664c
d1.html#wp1269334
Identifying Suspect Devices
The Cisco workaround is to maintain a data base of suspected devices (called “Company ID List” of OUI IDs)
and handle FCID allocation differently if such devices are detected. The most current Cisco Company ID List
is shown in Table 1. The OUI ID is usually the three middle bytes of the World Wide Name (WWN) as shown
in the figure to the right of the Table 1.
Table1. OUI IDs that require special treatment *
OUI ID **
00:E0:8B 00:02:6B
00:09:6B 00:06:2B
00:11:25 00:14:5E
00:50:8B 00:A0:B8
00:60:B0 00
0:60
00:90:A5 00:E0:69
00:50:2E 000:B2
* List from SAN-OS 3.2 (1) of Cisco MDS switch
** The OUI ID format shown is the one commonly used for Initiator devices. Refer to the Fibre Channel
specification for other possible formats.
How to Handle a Special Case
If there are no FC target devices (for example, storage arrays) present on the same Cisco switch, then follow
the steps in either Option A or B below. If target devices or the AG cannot be isolated to different switches,
then follow the steps in Option C or Option D.
WWN: 00:00:11:22:33:00:00:00
OUI
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Option A: No Target Devices Present – Edit Company ID List
Delete all of the OUIs of HBAs behind the AG from the Cisco switch Company ID list. See Option C for steps
to edit the Company ID List.
Option B: No Target Devices Present – FLAT FCID mode
Alternatively place Cisco switch FCID allocation mode into FLAT mode by following these steps:
config t
fcinterop fcid-allocation flat
vsan database To enter VSAN mode
vsan <vsan#> suspend These two steps enable Flat FCID mode
no vsan <vsan#> suspend
Press Ctrl-Z to exit
copy run start Saves MDS switch configuration
NOTE: If there are any device(s) in that VSAN that you "suspend," it will take that device offline until you
“unsuspend” that VSAN.
Option C: Target Devices Present - Edit Company ID list
In this case you will need to add the OUI of all the target devices present on the switch to the Company ID
List and delete the OUI IDs of all the HBAs that are connected through the Brocade Access Gateway from
the Company ID List. You must remove the OUI IDs if and only if they are in the Company ID List. First find
out the OUIs in the Company ID List as follows:
switch#_show fcid-allocation area
FCID area allocation company id info:
00:50:2E Default entry
00:50:8B
00:60:B0
00:E0:79
00:0D:60 + User-added entry
00:09:6B + User-added entry
00:E0:8B * Explicitly deleted entry (from the original default list)
Total company ids 6
+ - Additional user configured company ids
* -Explicitly deleted company ids from default list.
The following example shows how to add or delete an OUI (0x112233) from the Company ID List.
config t
fcid-allocation area company-id 0x112233 Adds OUI id 0x112233 to list
no fcid-allocation area company-id 0x445566 Deletes OUI id 0x445566 from list
do show fcid-allocation area Displays the list
Press Ctrl-Z to exit
copy run start Saves MDS switch configuration
Make sure the OUI IDs of the attached target devices are listed in the updated Company ID List. Once you
have updated the list, you are ready to connect the Access Gateway device. If any of the AG server ports
(F_ports) still report that the port is disabled with reason code “Duplicate ALPA Detected,” then follow
suggestions in the “General Notes” section, next.
Option D: Target Devices Present – Assign FCID
An alternative to Option C is to manually assign know “good” FCIDs to suspect devices behind the Access
Gateway module using the Persistent FCID field in the Cisco GUI tool. When using this method, ensure that
proper FCIDs are assigned that 1) have a different Area field than the target devices connected to the same
MDS switch and 2) meet the AG routing requirements (see Appendix A).
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General Notes
• Make sure that the debug FLOGI mode is not enabled; Cisco does not support NPIV when FLOGI debug
is set. Verify by running the “show debug flogi” command. To disable FLOGI debug:
config t
no flogi debug
Press Ctrl-Z to exit
copy run start Saves MDS switch configuration
• By default, if this is a new or an existing VSAN to be used with the Access Gateway, the default policy
for access is "deny." Either set it to “permit” or zone the devices for access.
• Access Gateway has been shown to be compatible with Cisco VSAN, Dynamic Port VSAN (DVPM), and
Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR) features through limited testing at Brocade. Users may need to utilize AG’s
advanced features, such as Port Grouping, to take full advantage of these MDS features.
APPENDIX A: BROCADE ACCESS GATEWAY ROUTING IN 4G SWITCH MODULES
To better understand the interoperability issue between Brocade AG and the Cisco Company ID List, you
may find it helpful to understand the routing mechanism on the Brocade platform. The AG uses the lower
8 bits of the FCID (that is, the ALPA/Port_ID field) to route the frames between its F_ports (connected to
servers) and N_Ports (connected to the fabric). Therefore Access Gateway cannot accept:
• Two FCIDs with the same lower 8 bits on the same N_Port (for example, 0xaabb02 & 0xccdd02)
• A “00” in the ALPA/Port_ID field of the FCID that is returned for F_ports logins (that is, server HBA
logins behind AG, also known as FDISC logins)
If either of these two situations is detected, the AG will persistently disable the server ports with the reason
code “Duplicate ALPA detected.”
© 2008 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 02/08 GA-TN-083-00
