Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v6.4.0 (53-1001763-01, June 2010)

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Switch configurations for interoperability

The switch effective and defined configuration

will be lost if interop Mode is changed.

Interop Mode or Domain Offset Will Be Changed

and switch will be Enabled

Do you want to continue? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y

6. Repeat step 2 through step 5 on each Fabric OS switch in the fabric. For more information on

the switch, refer to the switch documentation.

7. After enabling McDATA Fabric mode on all switches, physically connect the legacy M-EOS

switches to the Fabric OS fabric, one at a time.

Enabling Brocade Native mode

You can configure logical switches in Brocade Native mode. When you change the mode from

McDATA Fabric or McDATA Open Fabric mode to Brocade Native mode, existing configurations are

erased and the switch must assume the zone configuration from the fabric it joins or a new

configuration must be configured. When you change the switch to Brocade Native mode, all

configuration parameters return to their default states and can be modified using the configure

command. The existing preferred configuration must be changed to a value within the user domain

ID range specified for the mode before changing to Brocade Native mode is allowed. If the

preferred domain ID is not in this range, the mode conversion changes the domain ID to 1.

NOTE

McDATA switches cannot communicate with switches in Brocade Native mode.

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2. Enter the switchDisable command to disable the switch.

switch:admin> switchdisable

3. Enter the interopMode 0 command to disable interoperability.

This command resets a number of parameters and disables McDATA Open Fabric mode or the

McDATA Fabric mode.

switch:admin> interopmode 0

The switch effective and defined configuration

will be lost if interop Mode is changed.

Interop Mode or Domain Offset Will Be Changed

and switch will be Enabled

Do you want to continue? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y

4. After removing each switch, wait for a fabric reconfiguration.

5. Repeat this procedure on all Fabric OS switches in the fabric.