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Brocade is a provider of fibre channel storage area network (SAN) switches and directors, software-defined networking, network virtualization, enterprise and campus Ethernet switches and routers.

Brocade is a provider of fibre channel storage area network (SAN) switches and directors, software-defined networking, network virtualization, enterprise and campus Ethernet switches and routers.

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How to set up NTP (not SNTP) on a Windows box?

I have a network that is running on Brocade layer 3 switches. I need these switches to be synced with NTP. The computer that I need to use is running Windows 7 and has services such as Win32time that use SNTP but no native NTP support. So far I…
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Dell R730 with QLogic 2660 16Gb FC HBAs connected to a Brocade 300 8Gb FC Switch? Will it work?

We have a standard shop with 3x Hypervisors running VMware vSphere 6.0. The hypervisors are currently connected via 8Gb FC link to a Brocade 300 (8Gb FC) switch, which is then connected to our storage array via a 8Gb FC link (the array has 8Gb…
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How to read sFlow?

We currently have a very large outbound DDOS Attack coming from one of our machines which is on a Brocade switch and monitored by PRTG. I am looking at the sFlow v5 8 sensor and see Top Talkers and Top Connections, but cannot make heads or tails of…
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Private VLAN setup / routing (L3 Brocade FCX)

I'm new to networking and am working on setting up a simple flat private VLAN setup with a single Brocade FCX switch, a few hosts and connectivity from the facility. Unfortunately due to my lack of some basic understanding I'm failing to grasp a…
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What is the maximum number of FC switches in a switched star-topology fabric with a 4-domain fabric license on the hub switch?

I have 2 blade chassis, with 2 built-in fibre-channel switches each. And I inherited a "budget" fibre-channel switch with a 4-domain fabric license. I need a reality check, please: When I connect each of the 4 built-in switches with an ISL to the…
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Brocade Fiber Channel switch backups

I am looking for a way to back up my Brocade FC switch configs (including zoning!). Does anyone have commands or automated methods that they use for this?
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Interpreting count of zero transmit credits

Our SAN consists of some Brocade 5100 FC-switches, three storage systems and a number of servers. The none of the switches are inter-connected (no inter-switch links). All servers, switches and storage systems are located within the same server…
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How do I resolve an "Invalid Transaction" error saving a zone config in Brocade Web Tools?

When trying to save zoning changes in the Zone Administration tool in Brocade Web Tools, I get the status "Failed to commit changes to fabric" and the messages window shows: --- start of commit (Enable Config) at: Fri Jul 23 2010 19:43:40…
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Is Ansible module for Brocade/ICX is misbehaving?

I've to perform some network automation in my infra using Ansible. When I'm trying to use Ansible module for ICX switches it seems to be misbehaving. Playbook I used - name: ICX switch testing hosts: test-switch gather_facts: no vars: …
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Is it possible to assign an IP to a tagged dual-mode port (Brocade)

I have a router (ubiquity USG) and a Brocade FCX648 Layer 3 switch. (I have a second one in a stack, but that's unrelated). The end goal is to be able to connect the switch to my router, provide IPs to other ports on the VLAN, and be able to manage…
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Unable to ping IP from same broadcast domain/subnet

I can't seem to get my head around this (hopefully) simple problem. I have 1 brocade and a Mikrotik router both connected each other have an IP address from the a /28 Public facing subnet. The brocade router is also connected to a switch where the…
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Automatic backup of brocade switch FC configuration

What is the best way to set up automatic backup for switch FC configuration? I have searched the web and came across https://code.google.com/archive/p/save-simply-your-san/ , but it looks like it runs on windows and hasn't been updated since…
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Vyatta (Brocade) receives BGP routes, but doesn't show in routing table

What would be the reason for Brocade vRouter to receive BGP routes, identify them as valid and best, but not use in the routing table? *show ip bgp neighbors 169.254.5.1 received-routes > 10.2.0.0/16 169.254.5.1 0…
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Enable logging for SSH session on Brocade FCX Switch

On my Brocade FCX switch, I'm able to see syslog messages in-line when I'm using a console cable by running the command logging console from the configuration menu. However, when I SSH in, I'm unable to see the syslog messages in-line. On Cisco…
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Simple networking (L3 switch / colocation)

I'm starting to learn basic switching / networking and I've hit a small hiccup in understanding a fundamental thing. In the scenario I have a L3 switch (Brocade in my environment) and the facility gave me a /24 (We'll say 10.1.0.0/24). Now would you…
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