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286 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide

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Account management and Virtual Fabrics

When user accounts are created, they are assigned a list of logical fabrics to which they can log in and

a home logical fabric (home FID). When you connect to a physical chassis, the home FID defines the

logical switch to which you are logged in by default. You can change to a different logical switch

context, as described in “Changing the context to a different logical fabric” on page 299.

When you are logged in to a logical switch, the system prompt changes to display the FID of that

switch. The following are example prompts for when you are logged in to the default logical switch

(FID = 128) and a user-defined logical switch (FID = 15):

switch:FID128:admin>

switch:FID15:admin>

Refer to Chapter 5, “Managing User Accounts,” for information about creating user accounts and

assigning FIDs to user accounts.

Supported platforms for Virtual Fabrics

The following platforms are Virtual Fabrics-capable:

• Brocade 5100

• Brocade 5300

• Brocade 6510

• Brocade 6520

• Brocade 7800

• Brocade VA-40FC, in Native mode only

• Brocade DCX

• Brocade DCX-4S

• Brocade DCX 8510 family

Some restrictions apply to the ports, depending on the port type and blade type. The following

sections explain these restrictions.

Supported port configurations in the fixed-port switches

There are no restrictions on the ports in the Brocade 5100, 5300, 6510, 6520, and VA-40FC;

however, the following rules apply:

• Any port can belong to any logical switch (including the base switch and default logical switch),

with the exception that F_Ports cannot belong to the base switch.

• The default logical switch can use XISLs, except on Brocade DCX or DCX-4S devices.

• The default logical switch can also be a base switch.

Restrictions on fixed-port switches

Brocade 7800— Although it can be divided into four logical switches, you cannot use an XISL on

this switch because a base switch is not supported on this device.

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