Connectrix B-Series Hardware

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This KB provides steps to rename a zone object. You can use these steps for all zone object types, including cfgs, zones, and aliases.

While configuring the Brocade switch for tacacs+ user authentication. User is then pointing to a tacacs+ server application called tacacs.net. User authentication passes but user is unable to run any commands.

Connectrix B-Series and MDS-Series: How to check the link connectivity between a host and storage on SAN switches.

Rx Power value of the SFP is less than 200

Supportsave fails with "Error occurred in SSH."

HOW TO configure the MAPS.

How to get a rough indication of the severity of the delay of frames transmitted on an FC port and ISL trunk.

Connectrix B-Series: SNMP management tool cannot communicate with the Brocade switch.

DCX and DCX-4S directors and FC8-32E and FC8-48E Condor3 based 8G port blades.

Cause for duplicate ACKs seen in the FCIP statistics.

Flow monitors are configured to count the Initiator or Target (IT) flows to a device. Because of zoning and device activity, the number of flows has surpassed the threshold for the PIDs for which the alerts were triggered.

What is a keepalive timeout in FCIP?

Use the SHA512 authentication protocol instead of deprecated MD5 and SHA to resolve the SNMPv3 warning on Connectrix B-Series switches running FOS 9.2.x.

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This article covers when a user is trying to add ISL to a long-distance enabled trunk that has VC init enabled.

Procedures on how to Replace an SFP Transceiver for All Connectrix Brocade B-Series

How to recover a password on a switch with Fabric OS v9.1.0 or later.

The command output for sfpshow displays invalid output for online ports as "Cannot read Serial Data!" or "Does not use an SFP or is disabled" for online ports.

Ports on MOD_Val

Connectrix ED-DCX8510-8B: How to upgrade a replacement CP that is arrived with lower firmware version of other CP in the DCX 8510 directors.

Connectrix B-Series: How to troubleshoot switch unreachable issues.

Connectrix: Why does the port not come online after replacing faulty hardware that caused the port to enter a Port_Flt state?

Using the measured light power levels displayed in the sfpshow (Brocade) and the show interface transceiver details (Cisco) to identify physical layer issues with switch to switch (ISL) and node to switch connections.

SSH private/public key authentication fails.

Continuous Link Reset events when you connect QLE266X HBA to the Brocade 16 Gb switch.

Dell Connectrix (Brocade) remediation is available for an EZswitch vulnerability in Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) software that may be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Dell EMC Connectrix B-Series remediation is available for multiple security vulnerabilities that may be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Dell Connectrix (Brocade) remediation is available for multiple Fabric OS (FOS) security vulnerabilities that may be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.