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Brocade is a provider of fibre channel storage area network (SAN) switches and directors, software-defined networking, network virtualization, enterprise and campus Ethernet switches and routers.

Brocade is a provider of fibre channel storage area network (SAN) switches and directors, software-defined networking, network virtualization, enterprise and campus Ethernet switches and routers.

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Send interactive zoning commands to Brocade switch

I have a Brocade FC switch that I'd like to do some zoning on. I have a build file with too many lines to copy-paste into a normal interactive session, and I have ssh set up with pre-shared keys between the switch and my unix management server. I do…
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Brocade mirror ports

I'm getting a bunch of brand new condor 3 based switches and these things have a feature I'd like to use called port mirroring. Essentially, a mirror port can be configured to show all traffic being sent between two devices logged into the fabric…
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Brocade firmware update for ICX6450-48P switch

I just received some Brocade switches that are going to replace ancient Cisco ones on my network. The switches are running 07.4.00b of Brocade's firmware, and I'd like to know if it is safe to update to version 8. v8 just came out in June or July,…
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How do I remove the long distance port configuration on a brocade port?

I have recently consolidated ISL ports on a brocade switch, and am trying to reclaim ports that are no longer connecting the switches. The one part I'm not sure about is how to get rid of the long distance parameter (in my case, LS). For example, to…
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Brocade ISL port monitoring

I have a pair of Brocade switches with ISLs running between them. I'd like to know if it's possible to be alerted when one of the ISL ports goes from an E_PORT to anything else (particularly a U_PORT). I am about to write a /sh script on a…
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How to prevent default route from propagating into iBGP?

I have 2 Foundry FESX448 switches which have external BGP connections. Each of them receive a default route. These 2 switches also have a BGP session configured between themselves and advertise routes to each other as iBGP. I only want one of the…
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Use static IPv6 addresses on a router behind a Comcast Business IP Gateway

I recently got set up with Comcast Business Class internet. Previously, I was using DSL with another provider and had a single static IPv4 address (VyOS). Now I want to get Comcast set up. I purchased a static IP address delegation from Comcast. I…
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Brocade DCX 8510 inter DC latency - understanding OIDs to find L1 issues

Trying to determine if there is some intermittent inter DC latency on the FC links, but only have access to the OID counters for the DCX 8510. Since it is a L1 link over DWDM there are no stats from the service provider to measure any possible…
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SAN zoning advantages and disadvantages

We just got a SAN, and I will be assisting in installing it and configuring it, I asked someone to explain to me what we will gain using SAN zoning, but he was unable to answer my question, could some one here explain to me what are some of the…
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ip over fiber channel for faster LAN

Is it possible to set up a fast LAN using HBA's and a fibre switch? I have a brocade 200e and several emulex LP1150 pcie 4GB cards. Information regarding IP over fiber channel is difficult to find. I can run any OS but I prefer windows and if I had…
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Connect Dlink xStack DGS-3420 stack to a Brocade Stack

I'm currently having difficulty determining the best way to connect a Dlink DGS-3420-52T switch stack to a IBM B50G switch stack. I have two IBM B50G switches stacked together, which then connect to our firewall and then out to the internet. I…
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VLAN translation, or how tag an untagged VLAN through a Cisco 3560

Our 3560 has a routed interface on the native (untagged) VLAN 1 connected to one port. How would I also pass that VLAN through to another port, but tag it to appear as VLAN 20 on that other port? EXPLANATION ADDED IN RESPONSE TO COMMENTS: I have a…
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clearing port for errors

I have an issue here, a blade has gone faulty a couple of days back. Now one of the servers (Unix) is having I/O errors. I've troubleshooted from Clariion end and everything is fine. I need to clear the port stats for port 371(recommended by EMC),…
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How to find if FC-Switch using port-zoning or not Brocade FC 300

I have to replace a HBA on RedHat5.3 due to card failure. A tech guy asked me that "Check your FC-Switch Zoning Type of Port Zoning or not? , because if host accessed by WWNN, you'll need to update FC-switch config" Is this below result on Brocade…
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Unused switch ports in Fabric (brocade)

I am very new to storage but we are having trouble with performance on our SAN. While troubleshooting I found that one of our switches in the fabric (1 HP C7000 with 2 flexbric interfaces connected to 2 SAN Switches connected to 2 HP 3Par SAN nodes)…
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