HP AE370A Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.0.0 (53-1000606-01, April - Page 154
Setting up FC-FC routing
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10 Setting up FC-FC routing backbone fabric An FC Router can connect two edge fabrics; a backbone fabric connects FC Routers. The backbone fabric is the fabric to which the FC Router switch belongs. A backbone fabric consists of at least one FC Router and possibly a number of Fabric OS-based Fibre Channel switches. Initiators and targets in the edge fabric can communicate with devices in the backbone fabric through the FC Router. edge fabric A standard Fibre Channel fabric with targets and initiators connected through an FC Router to another Fibre Channel fabric. EX_Port A type of port that functions somewhat like an E_Port, but does not propagate fabric services or routing topology information from one fabric to another. FC Router A switch running FC-FC Routing Service. interfabric link (IFL) The link between an E_Port and an EX_Port, or a VE_Port and a VEX_Port. metaSAN The collection of all SANs interconnected with FC Routers. VEX_Port A virtual port that enables routing functionality via an FCIP tunnel. A VEX_Port is similar to an EX_Port. NOTE Devices on edge fabrics that are connected to a Brocade AP7420 Multiprotocol Router cannot communicate with devices in the backbone fabric. A device is shared between: • The backbone fabric and edge fabric 1 • Edge fabric 1 and edge fabric 2 • Edge fabric 2 and edge fabric 3 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 140. 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 137. 4. Connect the cables from the EX_Ports on the FC Router to the edge fabrics, if they were not connected before. For a multi-FC Router backbone fabric, make sure that each FC Router is connected to a switch in the backbone fabric. 5. Configure LSAN zones on the fabrics that will share devices. See "Viewing and configuring LSAN zones" on page 139. 6. View the information in the EX Ports, LSAN Fabrics, LSAN Zones, and LSAN Devices tabs to make sure that your configuration has succeeded. 134 Web Tools Administrator's Guide 53-1000606-01
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