HP StorageWorks 2/16V Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fab - Page 159
Setting up FC-FC routing
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Setting up FC-FC routing 10 When FCR is interoperating with McDATA edge fabrics in Fabric mode and Open mode, it will support the LSANzone with the backbone devices. FCR will support the following McDATA versions: v4.1.1, v5.x, v6.x, v7.x, v8.x. Since Brocade has no way of knowing how the modern McDATA switch will operate natively in the future, there is no guarantee that the 5.3.0 version of FCR will work with any future version of McDATA fabric. NOTE McDATA fabrics are supported only as edge fabrics and should not be tried in backbone fabrics. For additional information about FC-FC routing, see the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide. V E _P ort E dge fabric 2 IP cloud E dge fabric 1 E _P ort E dge fabric 3 E _P ort IF L IF L IF L F C R outer V E X_P ort E X_P ort (2) B ackbone fabric FIGURE 58 A metaSAN with edge-to-edge and backbone fabrics = LS AN Setting up FC-FC routing The following procedure provides the basic steps for setting up FC-FC Routing using an FC Router. 1. Ensure that the backbone fabric ID of the FC Router is the same as that of other FC Routers in the backbone fabric. See "Configuring the backbone fabric ID" on page 144. 2. On the FC Router, ensure that the ports to be configured as EX_Ports are either not connected or are disabled. 3. Configure EX_Ports by clicking the EX Ports tab and then clicking New. Follow the instructions in the wizard. See "Viewing and configuring EX_Ports" on page 140. 4. Connect the cables from the EX_Ports on the FC Router to the edge fabrics, if they were not connected before. Web Tools Administrator's Guide 137 Publication Number: 53-1000435-01