Range Of Output Ports; Displaying The Range Of Output Ports Connected To The Xlate Domains; Verifying Normal Operation Of Front Domain Consolidation - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Range of output ports

The edge fabric detects only one front domain from an FC router connected through multiple output ports.
The output port of the front domain is not fixed to 0; the values can be in a range of 129–255. The range
of the output ports connected to the xlate domain is also 129–255. This range enables the front domain to
connect to 127 remote xlate domains.

Displaying the range of output ports connected to the xlate domains

1. Log in to a switch in the edge fabric.
2. Enter the lsDbShow command on the edge fabric.
In the lsDbShow output, ports in the range of 129–255 are the output ports on the front domain.
The following example shows the range of output ports.
linkCnt = 2,
LinkId =
LinkId =
The following example also shows the use of the lsDbShow display on the edge fabric. The front
domain, domain 3, has two links representing two EX_Port connections with output ports 129 and 132.
Domain = 3, Link State Database Entry pointer = 0x100bbcc0
.........
linkCnt = 4,
LinkId = 199, out port = 129, rem port =
LinkId = 199, out port = 132, rem port =
LinkId = 2, out port =
LinkId = 1, out port =

Verifying normal operation of front domain consolidation

1. Log in to an FC router that is connected to an edge fabric switch through multiple EX_Ports from the
same router.
2. Enter the portCfgShow command and confirm that the ports are enabled.
3. Enter the portCfgExport command and confirm that the EX_Ports share the same front domain ID
(DID) and node WWN.
NOTE: Abnormal operation for front domain consolidation exists when the ports do not come online or
the EX_Ports do not share the same front domain consolidation PID and node WWN.
In case of an unexpected failure, run the supportSave command on each of the FC routers and edge
switches and save the output. The output can be used to troubleshoot the problem.
404 Using the FC-FC routing service
flags = 0x0
53, out port = 1, rem port =
57, out port = 129, rem port =
flags = 0x0
1, rem port =
32, rem port =
35, cost = 500, costCnt = 0, type = 1
18, cost = 500, costCnt = 0, type = 1
2, cost = 10000, costCnt = 0, type = 1
3, cost = 10000, costCnt = 0, type = 1
2, cost = 10000, costCnt = 0, type = 1
2, cost = 10000, costCnt = 0, type = 1