Network OS Administrator's Guide, 4.0 - Fujitsu

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5 Network OS Administrator's guide 53-1002795-02 Updated for Network OS March 2013. Network OS Administrator's guide 53-1002795-03 Updated for Network OS July 2013. Network OS Administrator's guide 53-1002840-01 Updated for Network OS July 2013. Contents (High Level). Section I Network OS Administration Chapter 1 Introduction to Network OS and Brocade VCS Fabric Technology .. 3. Chapter 2 Using the Network OS CLI .. 17. Chapter 3 Basic Switch Management .. 27. Chapter 4 Network Time Protocol .. 67. Chapter 5 Configuration Management .. 71. Chapter 6 Installing and Maintaining Firmware .. 81. Chapter 7 Administering Licenses .. 95. Chapter 8 SNMP ..111. Chapter 9 Fabric ..123. Chapter 10 Metro VCS ..135. Chapter 11 Administering Zones ..145. Chapter 12 Configuring Fibre Channel Ports.

6 181. Chapter 13 System Monitor ..191. Chapter 14 VMware vCenter ..205. Chapter 15 Configuring Remote Monitoring ..211. Section II Network OS Security Configuration Chapter 16 Managing User Accounts .. 217. Chapter 17 External server authentication ..235. Chapter 18 FIPS Support ..265. Chapter 19 Fabric Authentication ..279. Section III Network OS Layer 2 Switch Features Chapter 20 Administering Edge-Loop Detection ..291. Chapter 21 Configuring AMPP ..299. Chapter 22 Configuring FCoE Interfaces..313. Network OS Administrator's guide iii 53-1002840-01. Chapter 23 Configuring VLANs ..331. Chapter 24 Configuring STP-Type Protocols ..345. Chapter 25 Configuring UDLD..373. Chapter 26 Configuring Link Aggregation ..377. Chapter 27 Configuring LLDP ..389. Chapter 28 Configuring ACLs.

7 403. Chapter 29 Configuring QoS ..413. Chapter 30 Configuring Port Authentication ..461. Chapter 31 Configuring sFlow..469. Chapter 32 Configuring Switched Port Analyzer .. 477. Chapter 33 Configuring SFP breakout mode ..485. Section IV Network OS Layer 3 Routing Features Chapter 34 In-band Management ..495. Chapter 35 IP Route Policy ..505. Chapter 36 IP Route Management ..509. Chapter 37 Configuring PIM ..513. Chapter 38 Configuring OSPF ..525. Chapter 39 Configuring VRRP ..541. Chapter 40 Configuring VRF ..555. Chapter 41 Configuring BGP..559. Chapter 42 Configuring IGMP ..587. Section V Troubleshooting Chapter 43 Using the Chassis ID (CID) Recovery Tool ..595. Chapter 44 Troubleshooting ..599. Appendix A TACACS+ Accounting Exceptions ..655. Appendix B Supported time zones and regions.

8 659. iv Network OS Administrator's guide 53-1002840-01. Contents (Detailed). About This Document Supported hardware and software xxxv What's new in this document xxxvi Document conventions xxxvi Text formatting xxxvi Command syntax conventions xxxvii Command examples xxxviii Notes, cautions, and warnings xxxviii Key terms xxxviii Notice to the reader xxxviii Additional information xxxix Brocade resources xxxix Other industry resources xxxix Getting technical help xl Document feedback xl Section I Network OS Administration Chapter 1 Introduction to Network OS and Brocade VCS Fabric Technology Introduction to Brocade Network OS .. 3. Brocade VCS Fabric terminology.. 4. Introduction to Brocade VCS Fabric technology .. 5. Automation .. 6. Distributed intelligence.

9 7. Logical chassis .. 8. Ethernet fabric formation .. 9. Brocade VCS Fabric technology use cases .. 10. Classic Ethernet Access and Aggregation use case .. 10. Large scale server virtualization use case .. 11. Brocade VCS Fabric connectivity with Fibre Channel SAN .. 12. Topology and scaling.. 12. Core-edge topology .. 13. Ring topology .. 14. Full mesh topology .. 14. Chapter 2 Using the Network OS CLI. DCB command line interface .. 17. Network OS Administrator's guide v 53-1002840-01. Saving your configuration changes .. 17. Network OS CLI RBAC permissions .. 18. Default roles .. 18. Accessing the Network OS CLI through Telnet .. 18. Network OS CLI command modes .. 19. Network OS CLI keyboard shortcuts .. 22. Using the do command as a shortcut.

10 22. Displaying Network OS CLI commands and command syntax.. 23. Network OS CLI command completion .. 24. Network OS CLI command output modifiers .. 24. Show command output information .. 25. Chapter 3 Basic Switch Management Connecting to the switch .. 27. Telnet or SSH connections .. 28. SSH server key exchange .. 28. Importing an SSH public key .. 29. Connecting through a Telnet or SSH session.. 29. Connecting through a Telnet or SSH session.. 30. Shutting down Telnet service .. 30. Starting Telnet service .. 30. Shutting down SSH service .. 30. Starting SSH service .. 31. Firmware upgrade and downgrade considerations .. 31. Switch attributes .. 31. Setting and displaying the host name .. 31. Setting and displaying the chassis name.. 32. Switch types.