Brocade Access Gateway Admin Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000605-02, June 2008)

12 Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide
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Access Gateway policies
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Enabling the Automatic Port Configuration policy
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Ensure that the switch is disabled, enter the switchdisable command
3. Enter the ag --policyenable auto command to enable the APC policy.
switch:admin> ag --policyenable auto
All Port related Access Gateway configurations will be lost.
Please save the current configuration using configupload.
Do you want to continue? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
4. Enter the configupload command to save the switch’s current configuration.
5. At the command prompt, type Y to enable the policy.
The switch is ready; a reboot is not required.
Disabling the Automatic Port Configuration policy
1. Connect and log in to the switch.
2. Enter the command ag --policydisable auto to disable the APC policy.
3. At the command prompt, type Y to disable the policy.
switch:admin> ag --policydisable auto
Default factory settings will be restored.
Default mappings will come into effect.
Please save the current configuration using configupload.
Do you want to continue? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
Access Gateway configuration has been restored to factory default
4. Enter the switchenable command to enable the switch.
Rebalancing F_Ports with APC policy enabled
When the APC policy is enabled, there are no static mappings between F_Ports and N_Ports and no
F_Ports are tied to a specific N_Port. When an F_Port comes online after the initial mapping is
done, the F_Ports are automatically routed through one of the available N_Ports such that the
F_Ports are evenly balanced across all the available N_Ports. Similarly, if a new N_Port comes
online after the initial F_Port initialization, some of the F_Ports being routed through existing
N_Ports will fail over to the new N_Port, if rebalancing is needed.
NOTE
Because of the disruption caused by the redistribution of F_Ports, it is recommended to add new
N_Ports to the module. For more information on adding N_Ports, see “Adding an N_Port to a port
group” on page 20.