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Decommissioning a Mcdata switch from a Brocade fabric
Hi,
I have a fabric with 3 Brocade[DCX] switches and 2 McData[ED-140] switches operating in McData Open Fabric.
InteropMode: McDATA Open Fabric ( IM3 )
Domain Id offset: 0x60
At this time i would like to decom only one of the two McData switches. Will the below changes suffice?
- Identify the ISL’s that are connected to the McData
- Once identified Block the port(s)
- Blocking the port will remove the switch out of the Fabric. Making the other McData the principal switch.
- On the brocade switch run the below CLI commands to confirm the McData is not in the fabric
- Islshow
- Fabricshow
- Cfgshow/cfgactvshow.
Will the above steps suffice? Kindly let me know and thanks for the help.
felipon1
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November 25th, 2014 04:00
Hi there,
It looks fine to me.
Rgds
Allen Ward
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November 27th, 2014 11:00
What is your physical topology. Is it a mesh or a core-edge? If so is the core one of the McData directors or one of the Brocade switches?
Personally I would tend to remove the McData by physically removing the ISLs. I can't remember now if there is a way on the McData interface to persistently disable a port, but if you are going to leave the McData physically connected to the rest of the fabric and the core is a Brocade switch I STRONGLY recommend using a persistent disable to make sure you don't get an unexpected return of the McData to your fabric if something reboots or there is a power outage.