HP StorageWorks 2/16V Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide (53-1000019 - Page 287

Setting Up FC-FC Routing 19 Edge Fabric 1 E_Port Edge Fabric 2 VE_Port IP Cloud Edge Fabric 3 E_Port IFL IFL IFL SilkWorm 7500 VEX_Port EX_Port (2) Backbone Fabric Figure 19-1 A metaSAN with Edge-to-Edge and Backbone Fabrics = LSAN For additional information about FC-FC routing, see the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide. Setting Up FC-FC Routing The following procedure provides the basic steps for setting up FC-FC Routing using a Fibre Channel router (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. 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, as described in "Connecting Edge Fabrics" on page 19-4. As part of this configuration, supply a fabric ID for the fabric to which the port will get connected. You can choose any unique fabric ID as long as it is consistent for all EX_Ports that connect to the same edge fabric. 4. Connect the cables from the EX_Ports on the FC Router to the edge fabrics, if they are not already connected. 5. Configure LSAN zones on the fabrics that will share devices. See "Sharing Devices Between Fabrics" on page 19-6. 6. View the information in the LSAN View and the FCR Info View to make sure that your configuration has succeeded. Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP 19-3