Supported Platforms For Fibre Channel Routing; Supported Configurations - Brocade Communications Systems 53-1001763-02 Administrator's Manual

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FC-FC routing service overview

Supported platforms for Fibre Channel routing

Fibre Channel routing is supported on the following platforms:
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For the Brocade 48000 director, EX_Ports are supported only on the FR4-18i blade and are not
supported on 8-Gbps port blades.
For the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S, note the following restrictions:
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Fibre Channel routing on the Brocade 5100, 5300, VA-40FC, 7800, Brocade Encryption Switch,
and on the 8-Gbps port blades of the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S require an Integrated Routing
license. See
Routing feature.

Supported configurations

In an edge fabric that contains a mix of administrative domain (AD)-capable switches and switches
that are not aware of AD, the FC router must be connected directly to an AD-capable switch. For
more information, see
You can use SANtegrity to configure M-Series switches connecting to a B-Series router. For more
information, refer to
The supported configurations are:
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McDATA Enterprise OS switches cannot exist in the backbone fabric.
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Brocade DCX and DCX-4S (FC8-16, FC8-32, FC8-48, FC8-64, FS8-18, FX8-24, or FR4-18i
blade)
Brocade 5100 switch
Brocade 5300 switch
Brocade VA-40FC switch
Brocade 7500 Extension Switch
Brocade 7800 Extension Switch
Brocade 48000 director, using the FR4-18i blade
Brocade Encryption Switch
EX_Ports are supported only on the FR4-18i, FX8-24, and 8-Gbps port blades. Ports on the
8-Gbps core blade cannot be configured as EX_Ports.
EX_Ports on 8-Gbps port blades and EX_Ports on the FR4-18i blade cannot exist in the same
chassis; however, EX_Ports on 8-Gbps port blades and VEX_Ports can be online at the same
time in the same chassis.
The Brocade DCX and DCX-4S have a limit of 128 EX_Ports for each chassis.
"Integrated Routing"
"Use of Admin Domains with LSAN zones and FCR"
Chapter 14, "Interoperability for Merged
FC router connected to a Brocade nonsecured edge fabric.
FC router connected to a Brocade secured edge fabric.
FC router connected to a McDATA Open Mode edge fabric.
FC router connected to a McDATA Fabric Mode edge fabric.
FC router connected to Brocade secured and nonsecured fabrics with EX_Port trunking
enabled.
FC router interoperating with older FC routers (XPath v7.4.x, Fabric OS v5.1 and later).
on page 457 for additional information about the Integrated
on page 477.
SANs".
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