HP Brocade 8/12c Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide - Page 203

Deployment in Fibre Channel routed fabrics 4 Deployment in Fibre Channel routed fabrics In this deployment, the encryption switch may be connected as part of the backbone fabric to another switch or blade that provides the EX_port connections (Figure 102), or it may form the backbone fabric and directly provide the EX_port connections (Figure 103). The encryption resources can be shared with the host and target edge fabrics using device sharing between backbone and edge fabrics. FIGURE 102 Encryption switch connected to FC router as part of backbone fabric FIGURE 103 Encryption switch as FC router and backbone fabric Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide 183 53-1002159-03