Brocade Simple Name Server

Module 6

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Objectives
This unit prepares students to:

Describe the process of how a device communicates with

SNS

Identify the main attributes that are automatically registered

with SNS Describe Brocades implementation of SNS

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Brocade Distributed Simple Name Server at Common Address FFFFFC

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SNS: Port and Nodes attributes

Port attributes

Native port address (PID) Port name (World Wide Name variant) Class of service supported (2,3,F) FC-4 types (SCSI=8, IP=5) Port type (N,NL) Symbolic name (free-form information)
Node attributes

Node name (World Wide Name) IP address Initial Process Associator Node symbolic name
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Entire n-port login sequence

1. Fabric Login (FLOGI) creates link from N-port to switch by adding entry to Simple Name Server (SNS) in the switch.

Initiator N-port
Fabric Login : FLOGI

F-port

Fabric
ACK

F-port

N-port

Recipient

ACC : Accept
ACK

2. 3. 4.

Fabric notifies all N-Ports of new entry in the SNS (State Change Notification). Each N-Port does a PLOGI to SNS to learn all N-Port WWIDs, then disconnects. An N-port does a Process Login (PRLI) through fabric to another N-port to create connections.
HSG PLOGI to KGPSA
Port Login: PLOGI PLOGI ACK ACK

ACC : Accept
Receives Parameters ACK ACK

5.

Each switch port automatically Logs_Out a link if it loses either light or carrier.
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Entire n-port login sequence

1. Fabric Login (FLOGI) creates link from N-port to switch by adding entry to Simple Name Server (SNS) in the switch.

Initiator N-port
Fabric Login : FLOGI

F-port

Fabric
ACK

F-port

N-port

Recipient

ACC : Accept
ACK

2. 3. 4.

Fabric notifies all N-Ports of new entry in the SNS (State Change Notification). Each N-Port does a PLOGI to SNS to learn all N-Port WWIDs, then disconnects. An N-port does a Process Login (PRLI) through fabric to another N-port to create connections.
HSG PLOGI to KGPSA
Port Login: PLOGI PLOGI ACK ACK

ACC : Accept
Receives Parameters ACK ACK

5.

Each switch port automatically Logs_Out a link if it loses either light or carrier.
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nsShow
switch06:admin> nsshow The Local Name Server has 8 entries { Type Pid COS PortName NodeName N 021300; 3;50:06:0b:00:00:07:d5:00;50:06:0b:00:00:07:d5:01; FC4s: FCP Fabric Port Name: 20:03:00:60:69:10:32:0a NL 0217c9; 3;10:00:00:e0:02:21:ef:7b;10:00:00:e0:02:01:ef:7b; FC4s: FCP [HP C7200 1330] Fabric Port Name: 20:07:00:60:69:10:32:0a NL 021d02; 1,2,3;10:00:00:10:83:b8:7e:f7;10:00:00:10:83:b8:7e:f7; Fabric Port Name: 20:0d:00:60:69:10:32:0a NL 021f7a; 3;50:06:0b:00:00:05:92:33;50:06:0b:00:00:05:92:33; FC4s: FCP [HP A5236A HP06] Fabric Port Name: 20:0f:00:60:69:10:32:0a NL 021f8f; 3;21:00:00:20:37:0f:c4:95;20:00:00:20:37:0f:c4:95; FC4s: FCP [SEAGATE ST39102FC HP03] Fabric Port Name: 20:0f:00:60:69:10:32:0a NL 021f90; 3;21:00:00:20:37:26:51:79;20:00:00:20:37:26:51:79; FC4s: FCP [SEAGATE ST39102FC HP03] Fabric Port Name: 20:0f:00:60:69:10:32:0a NL 021f97; 3;21:00:00:20:37:0f:bc:f1;20:00:00:20:37:0f:bc:f1; FC4s: FCP [SEAGATE ST39102FC HP03] Fabric Port Name: 20:0f:00:60:69:10:32:0a NL 021f98; 3;21:00:00:20:37:0f:c5:62;20:00:00:20:37:0f:c5:62; FC4s: FCP [SEAGATE ST39102FC HP03] Fabric Port Name: 20:0f:00:60:69:10:32:0a

TTL(sec) na

na

na na

na

na

na

na

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nsAllShow
switch06:admin> nsallshow 17 Nx_Ports in the Fabric {0110e0 011300 011f8f 011f90 011f97 011f98 021300 0217c9 021d02 021f7a 021f8f 021f90 021f97 021f98} Switch06 : admin> nsAllShow 5 2 FC-IP Ports in the Fabric 011200 021200 Switch06 : admin> nsShowAll 8

8 FCP Ports in the Fabric

0118e2 0118e4 0118e8 0214e2 0214e4 0214e8

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Registered State Change Notification

Fabric Controller @ 0xFFFFFD

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Worldwide Name identification

All switches will have unique Worldwide Names as defined

by IEEE Every port and node is also assigned a unique Worldwide Name Node Worldwide Names follow IEEE standards and begin with a 1, followed by the unique vendor id assigned by IEEE and ending with a vendor specified identifier begin with a 2

Port Worldwide Names also follow IEEE standards, and

The next three nibbles relate to the physical port number

Next comes the IEEE assigned vendor id, followed by vendor specified identifier

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portShow
switch06:admin> portshow 3 portFlags: 0x23805b NOELP LED ACCEPT portType: 3.1 Online In_Sync F_Port PRESENT ACTIVE F_PORT G_PORT U_PORT LOGIN

portState: 1 portPhys: portScn: portRegs: portData: portId: portWwn: 6 6

0x80000000 0x10f505b0 021300 20:03:00:60:69:10:32:0a

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SNS Common Addresses

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Learning check