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Optimizing Fabric Behavior, Managing Long-Distance Fabrics
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4 Documentation Updates for Fabric OS v6.4.1 and later Chapter 18, Optimizing Fabric Behavior In the section "Limitations and restrictions for traffic prioritization" on page 413, delete the following item: • Traffic prioritization is not supported over LSAN zones. The traffic is always medium priority in the ingress edge fabric, the backbone fabric, and the egress edge fabric. In Fabric OS 6.3.0 and later, QoS is supported with FC-FC routing. Chapter 20, Managing Long-Distance Fabrics In the section "Configuring an extended ISL" on page 443, in step 3, change the default value of R_A_TOV from 1000 to 10000. Chapter 21, Using the FC-FC Routing Service In the section "Verifying the setup for FC-FC routing," on page 466 add the following step: 6. Delete fabric mode Top Talker monitors, if they are configured. FC-FC routing and fabric mode Top Talker monitors are not concurrently supported. See "Deleting the fabric mode Top Talker monitors" on page 396 for instructions. Documentation Updates for Fabric OS v6.4.1 and later Chapter 19, Managing Trunking Connections In the section "Trunking overview," on page 425, add the following bullet: • N_Port Trunking configurations are between a switch and a Brocade Host Bus Adapter (HBA). See "Configuring N_Port trunking for Brocade adapters" and the Brocade Adapters Administrators Guide for more information about configuring this type of trunking. Add the following section at the end of the chapter: Configuring N_Port trunking for Brocade adapters N_Port trunking requires configuration on the FC switch as well as on the Brocade HBAs. This section describes the configuration steps you do on the switch. See the Brocade Adapters Administrator's Guide for a detailed description and requirements of N_Port trunking. 1. On the switch side, perform the following steps: a. Configure both ports for trunking using the portCfgTrunkPort command. switch:admin> portcfgtrunkport 3/40 1 switch:admin> portcfgtrunkport 3/41 1 b. Disable the ports to be used for trunking using the portDisable command. switch:admin> portdisable 3/40 switch:admin> portdisable 3/41 12 Fabric OS Documentation Updates 53-1002063-09