Setting Up F_Port Trunking; Pwwn Format For F_Port And N_Port Trunk Ports - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Hp storageworks fabric os 6.2 administrator guide (5697-0016, may 2009)
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Table 87
F_Port masterless trunking considerations (continued)
Category
DCC policy
D.I. Zoning
(D,I) AD
(D, I) DCC and (PWWN, I) DCC
Routing
NPIV
Two masters
QoS
Table 88
describes the PWWN format for F_Port and N_Port trunk ports.
Table 88

PWWN format for F_Port and N_Port trunk ports

NAA = 2
NAA = 2

Setting up F_Port trunking

F_Port trunking is enabled between two separate Fabric OS switches that support trunking and where all
the ports on each switch reside in the same quad and are running the same speed. Trunk groups form
when you connect two or more cables on one Fabric OS switch to another Fabric OS switch with ports in
the same port group or quad. A port group or a quad is a set of sequential ports, for example ports 0–3 in
the figure shown below. The HP StorageWorks 8/8 and 8/24 SAN Switches, HP StorageWorks 8/40
SAN Switch, and the HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch support a trunk group with up to eight ports. The
448 Administering ISL trunking
Description
DCC policy enforcement for the F_Port trunk is based on the
Trunk Area; the FDISC requests to a trunk port are accepted
only if the WWN of the attached device is part of the DCC
policy against the TA.
The PWWN of the FLOGI sent from the AG will be dynamic
for the F_Port trunk master. Because you do not know ahead
of time what PWWN AG will use, the PWWN of the FLOGI
will not go through DCC policy check on an F_Port trunk
master. However, the PWWN of the FDISC will continue to
go through DCC policy check.
Creating a Trunk Area may remove the Index ( I ) from the
switch to be grouped to the Trunk Area. All ports in a Trunk
Area share the same I. This means that domain,index (D,I),
which see an I, that might have been removed, will no longer
be part of the switch.
Note: Be sure to include AD, zoning and DCC when creating
a Trunk Area.
You can remove the port from the Trunk Area to have the I
back into effect. D,I will behave as normal, but you may see
the effects of grouping ports into a single I.
Also, D,I continues to work for Trunk Area groups. The I can
be used in D,I if the I was the I for the Trunk Area group.
Note: I refers to Index and D,I refers to Domain,Index.
Routing will route against the F_Port trunk master. Port and
exchange-based routing is supported on the F_Port trunk
masters. Bandwidth information will be modified accordingly
as the F_Port trunk forms.
Supported on F_Port master trunk
Not supported in the same F_Port trunk group
Not currently supported
2f:xx:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn
(1)
25:xx:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn
(1)
Port WWNs for:
The valid range of xx is [0 -
FF], for maximum of 256.
switch's Fx_Ports.
Port WWNs for:
The valid range of xx is [0 -
switch's FX_Ports
FF], for maximum of 256.

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