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• Updated the Note in “In-flight encryption and compression overview” on page 393.
• In “Encryption and compression restrictions” on page 394, clarified the restriction about the
number of ports supported.
• Corrected the “Example of enabling encryption and compression on an E_Port” on page 407
so that you activate authentication after setting up the DH-CHAP secret.
• In “Frame monitoring” on page 505, added information about static offsets.
• In “License requirements for trunking” on page 535, removed the note that said the Brocade
6520 did not require a Trunking license. The Brocade 6520 does require the Trunking license.
• In “Buffer credit recovery over an E_Port” on page 566, clarified that for an ISL between a
device that supports 16 Gbps and a device that supports only 8 Gbps, buffer credit recovery is
disabled.
Document conventions
This section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in this
document.
Text formatting
The narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows:
bold text Identifies command names
Identifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elements
Identifies keywords and operands
Identifies text to enter at the GUI or CLI
italic text Provides emphasis
Identifies variables
Identifies paths and Internet addresses
Identifies document titles
code text Identifies CLI output
Identifies command syntax examples
For readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixed
lettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often all
lowercase. Otherwise, this manual specifically notes those cases in which a command is case
sensitive.
Command syntax conventions
Command syntax in this manual follows these conventions:
command Commands are printed in bold.
--option, option Command options are printed in bold.
-argument, arg Arguments.
[ ] Optional element.