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You can configure transparent routing using QuickTools, Enterprise Fabric Management Suite, or the CLI,
though HP recommends QuickTools and Enterprise Fabric Management Suite because they validate your
entries, manage the zone mapping for the local fabric, and create a list of zoning commands that can be
run in a script on a HP StorageWorks B-series or C-series SAN switch. For more detailed information, see
the HP StorageWorks SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch QuickTools Switch Management User Guide, HP
StorageWorks 8/20q and SN6000 Enterprise Fabric Management Suite User Guide, and the HP
StorageWorks SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch Command Line Interface Guide.
IMPORTANT: Since C-series switches do not support the Unzoned Name Server, C-series fabrics must be
"pre-zoned" before you can set up TR mappings to a remote C-series fabric using the TR Mapping
Manager dialog box. The C-series fabric zone set must be changed to add zones so that the WWNs of the
remote devices to be mapped and the WWNs of the SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch TR ports are zoned
together. For more information, see the C-series documentation for specific information to configure zoning.
Retain these zones in the zone set after completion of the TR mapping as a best practice, until you no
longer need to map the device to the local fabric.
To configure transparent routing using QuickTools or Enterprise Fabric Management Suite:
1. Determine what devices on the local fabric require access to devices on the remote fabric. Local devices
must be attached directly to the SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch.
2. Configure one or more TR_Ports on the local SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch first and then connect the
TR_Port to the remote fabric. The application prompts you to configure TR_Ports where existing port
connections to remote fabrics have isolated. For remote HP StorageWorks B-series or C-series fabrics,
the switch to which the TR_Port connects must support N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) and for B-series
fabrics the interoperability mode must be configured to InteropMode=0. Other B-series or C-series
switches in the remote fabric need not support NPIV.
NOTE: Be sure to configure the TR_Port before connecting the remote fabric to the HP
StorageWorks SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch. If the remote fabric is connected to a port on the HP
StorageWorks SN6000 Fibre Channel Switch that is not a TR_Port, the two fabrics may establish an
E_Port connection and the local and remote fabrics may merge. This mixed fabric is not a supported
configuration. If the port type is changed to TR_Port after connecting the remote fabric, a port reset
may be required to completely establish the TR connection.
3. Map local devices to remote devices and activate the connection. The mapping process creates an
inter-fabric zone (IFZ) in the active zone set consisting of the local device, the remote device, and the
TR_Port. When the mapping is complete, the new zone set is activated.
The name of the inter-fabric zone begins with IFZ followed by the lowest device port WWN followed by
the remaining port WWN, all uppercase, separated by underscores (_). For example, consider the
following local and remote device WWNs:
• Local device: 21:00:00:e0:8b:0e:d3:59
• Remote device: 22:00:00:04:cf:a8:7f:2d
The inter-fabric zone name would be:
IFZ_210000E08B0ED359_22000004CFA87F2D
4. Apply the same inter-fabric zone that was created on the local fabric to the active zoning on the remote
fabric. The application creates a suggested list of commands during the mapping process that, when
run on a remote fabric consisting of HP StorageWorks B-series or C-series switches, will make the
necessary zoning changes to the remote fabric. See the HP StorageWorks SN6000 Fibre Channel
Switch QuickTools Switch Management User Guide or HP StorageWorks 8/20q and SN6000 Fibre
Channel Switch Enterprise Fabric Management Suite User Guide for important details on creating and
using this list of suggested commands. When modifications to the active zoning on both fabrics are
complete, the transparent routing connection becomes active, and the local devices will discover the
remote devices.
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