HP StorageWorks 1606 Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v6.3.0 (53-100133 - Page 538

21 FC-FC Routing and Virtual Fabrics LSAN Devices: 10000 51 Proxy Device Slots: 10000 20 Phantom Node WWN: Phantom Port WWN: WWN Pool Size Allocated 8192 5413 32768 16121 Port Limits: Max proxy devices: Max NR_Ports: 2000 1000 Currently Used(column 1: proxy, column 2: NR_Ports): 0 | 0 34 1 | 3 34 4 | 0 0 5 | 0 0 6 | 0 0 7 | 0 0 8 | 6 34 9 | 6 34 10 | 6 34 11 | 6 34 12 | 6 34 13 | 6 34 14 | 6 34 15 | 6 34 16 | 8 34 17 | 8 34 18 | 8 34 19 | 8 34 20 | 8 34 21 | 8 34 22 | 8 34 23 | 8 34 FC-FC Routing and Virtual Fabrics If Virtual Fabrics is not enabled, FC-FC routing behavior is unchanged. If Virtual Fabrics is enabled, then in the FC-FC routing context, a base switch is like a backbone switch and a base fabric is like a backbone fabric. If Virtual Fabrics is enabled, the following rules apply: • EX_Ports and VEX_Ports can be configured only on the base switch. When you enable Virtual Fabrics, the chassis is automatically rebooted. When the switch comes up, only one default logical switch is present, with the default fabric ID (FID) of 128. All previously configured EX_Ports and VEX_Ports are persistently disabled with the reason "ExPort in non base switch". You must explicitly create a base switch and move the EX_ and VEX_Ports to the base switch. The ports are then automatically enabled. If you move existing EX_ or VEX_Ports to any logical switch other than the base switch, these ports are automatically disabled. If you want to change an EX_ or VEX_Port on the logical switch to be a non-EX or VEX_Port, you must use the portCfgDefault command. You cannot use the portCfgExPort command because that command is allowed only on the base switch. 496 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 53-1001336-01