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Routing Traffic, About Routing

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Routing Traffic Chapter 16 This chapter contains the following information: • "About Routing," next • "Displaying FSPF Routing" on page 16-2 • "Enabling and Disabling Dynamic Load Sharing" on page 16-3 • "Specifying Frame Order Delivery" on page 16-3 • "Configuring Link Cost" on page 16-4 About Routing For Fabric OS 5.2.0, the supported routing policies are: • Port-based routing Port-based routing assigns a "static route," in which the path chosen for traffic never changes. • Exchanged-based routing (SilkWorm 4100 and 48000 only). Exchange-based routing policy is the default. Exchange-based routing policy always employs "dynamic path selection," in which the software chooses a path based on current traffic conditions. See the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide for more information. To optimize port-based routing, the dynamic load sharing feature (DLS) can be enabled to balance the load across the available output ports within a domain. Exchange-based routing requires the use of DLS; when this policy is in effect, you cannot disable the DLS feature. To configure routing policies, you must use the command line interface (CLI). After the routing policies are configured, you can use Web Tools to display the routing paths and configure routing parameters, such as DLS, frame order delivery, and link cost. The Routing tab of the Switch Admin module displays routing information. Figure 16-1 on page 16-2 shows a Routing tab when the port-based routing policy is enabled. When an exchange-based routing policy is enabled, the Dynamic Load Sharing radio buttons are not displayed. Web Tools Administrator's Guide Publication Number: 53-0000194-01 16-1

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Web Tools Administrator’s Guide
16-1
Publication Number: 53-0000194-01
Chapter
16
Routing Traffic
This chapter contains the following information:
“About Routing,”
next
“Displaying FSPF Routing”
on page 16-2
“Enabling and Disabling Dynamic Load Sharing”
on page 16-3
“Specifying Frame Order Delivery”
on page 16-3
“Configuring Link Cost”
on page 16-4
About Routing
For Fabric OS 5.2.0, the supported routing policies are:
Port-based routing
Port-based routing assigns a “static route,” in which the path chosen for traffic never changes.
Exchanged-based routing (SilkWorm 4100 and 48000 only).
Exchange-based routing policy is the default. Exchange-based routing policy always employs
“dynamic path selection,” in which the software chooses a path based on current traffic conditions.
See the
Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
for more information.
To optimize port-based routing, the dynamic load sharing feature (DLS) can be enabled to balance the
load across the available output ports within a domain. Exchange-based routing
requires
the use of
DLS; when this policy is in effect, you cannot disable the DLS feature.
To configure routing policies, you must use the command line interface (CLI). After the routing policies
are configured, you can use Web Tools to display the routing paths and configure routing parameters,
such as DLS, frame order delivery, and link cost.
The Routing tab of the Switch Admin module displays routing information.
Figure 16-1 on page 16-2
shows a Routing tab when the port-based routing policy is enabled. When an exchange-based routing
policy is enabled, the Dynamic Load Sharing radio buttons are not displayed.