Brocade Communications Systems 1606 Administrator's Manual page 509

3. (Optional) Configure FC router port cost, if you want to change the default values. For
4. (Optional) Set up ISL or EX_Port trunking. For information on trunking setup, see
5. Enter the portEnable command to enable the ports that you disabled in
6. Physically attach ISLs from the Fibre Channel router to the edge fabric.
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8. After identifying such ports, enter the portCfgPersistentEnable command to enable the port,
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This port can now connect to another switch.
For related FC-FC Routing commands, see fcrEdgeShow, fcrXlateConfig, fcrConfigure, and
fcrProxyConfig in the Fabric OS Command Reference.
A Fibre Channel router can interconnect multiple fabrics. EX_Ports or VEX_Ports attached to
more than one edge fabric must configure a different fabric ID for each edge fabric.
information about using FC router port cost operations, see
on page 471.
EX_Port frame trunking"
switch:admin> portenable 7/10
Enter the portCfgShow command to view ports that are persistently disabled.
FC ports on the Brocade 7500 and 7800 switches and FR4-18i and FX8-24 blades are
configured as persistently disabled by default, to avoid inadvertent fabric merges when
installing a new FC router.
switch:admin> portcfgshow 7/10
Area Number:
Speed Level:
Trunk Port
Long Distance
VC Link Init
Locked L_Port
Locked G_Port
Disabled E_Port
ISL R_RDY Mode
RSCN Suppressed
Persistent Disable
NPIV capability
EX Port
Mirror Port
FC Fastwrite
and then the portCfgShow command to verify the port is enabled.
switch:admin> portcfgpersistentenable 7/10
switch:admin> portcfgshow 7/10
Area Number:
Speed Level:
Trunk Port
Long Distance
VC Link Init
Locked L_Port
Locked G_Port
Disabled E_Port
ISL R_RDY Mode
RSCN Suppressed
Persistent Disable
NPIV capability
on page 476.
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Inter-fabric link configuration
"FC Router port cost configuration"
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