Configuring The Fc Router; Table 98 Portcfgexport -M Values - Brocade Communications Systems 53-1001763-02 Administrator's Manual

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Fabric configurations for interconnectivity
To allow interconnectivity with M-EOS SANs, use the -m option on the portCfgEXPort command to
indicate the connectivity mode.
the connectivity mode.
TABLE 98
Value
0
1
2
3
You can display the current operational mode of the EX_Port by issuing the portCfgExPort
command with the port number as the only parameter.
The following command sequence is an example to connect port 5 to an M-EOS fabric in McDATA
Fabric Mode:
See
which is used for McDATA Fabric mode on Fabric OS v5.2.0 or later.

Configuring the FC router

When configuring a Fabric OS fabric to connect to a Native McDATA fabric, you must perform some
preparation on the FC router. The following procedure shows how to connect an EX_Port of an FC
router to a Native McDATA fabric configured in Fabric mode.
NOTE
For additional information on configuring the FC router, refer to
Service".
1. To verify the Native McDATA firmware version, use the M-EOSc show system command.
2. To display the front domain on the M-EOS fabric, use the M-EOS showfabric topology
3. Using the Fabric OS firmwareShow command, make sure that Fabric OS v6.4.0 or later is
4. On the FC router, use the portDisable command to disable the EX_Port that you will use to
5. Enter the portCfgExPort command to configure the port as an EX_Port with a different FID
500
portCfgEXPort -m values
Description
Brocade Native
McDATA Open Mode 1
McDATA Fabric Mode (native mode)
McData Fabric legacy mode
switch:admin> portdisable 5
switch:admin> portcfgexport 5 -m 2
switch:admin> portenable 5
"Inter-fabric link configuration"
command.
installed on the FC router, as shown in the following example:
B7800_170:admin> firmwareshow
Appl Primary/Secondary Versions
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FOS v6.4.0
v6.4.0
connect to the M-EOS switch. Ports are persistently disabled by default.
within the McDATA Fabric Mode.
This port can now connect to an M-EOS switch in McDATA Fabric mode or McDATA Open mode.
Table 98 lists the valid parameters to use with the -m option to set
Use
Default mode.
When the neighboring M-EOS switch is running in open mode.
When the neighboring M-EOS switch is running in native mode.
Not currently used.
on page 468 for details about the portCfgExPort command,
Chapter 21, "Using the FC-FC Routing
Fabric OS Administrator's Guide
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