Assigning Backbone Fabric Ids - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

3. If configuring the 4/256 SAN Director with a B-Series MP Router blade, then enter the
chassisConfig command to verify that the director is using configuration option 5.
switch:admin_06> chassisconfig
Current Option: 5
All Supported Options
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Option 1: One 128-port switch
Blade ID's 4, 17 in slots 1-4, 7-10
Blade ID's 5, 16 in slots 5-6
Option 5: One 256-port switch
Blade ID's 17, 18, 24 in slots 1-4, 7-10
Blade ID 16 in slots 5-6
Please use slotshow to see Blade IDs currently in the system.
4. Enter the interopMode command and verify that switch interoperability with switches from other
manufacturers is disabled.
switch:admin_06> interopmode
InteropMode: Off
Usage: InteropMode 0|1
5. Enter the secModeShow command to verify that security is disabled.
switch:admin_06> secmodeshow
Secure Mode: DISABLED.
6. Enter the msPlatShow command to verify that Management Server Platform database is disabled in
the backbone fabric.
switch:admin_06> msplatshow
*MS Platform Management Service is NOT enabled.
If any of the items listed in the prior steps are enabled, you can see the Fabric OS Command Reference
Manual for information on how to disable the option. For information about security, see
standard security
When it is in strict mode, ACL cannot support Fibre Channel routing in the fabric. Before connecting an
edge fabric to an FC router and before setting up the FC router in the BB, verify that the Fabric Wide
Consistency Policy is not in 'strict' mode by issuing the fddCfg --showall command.
If the Fabric Wide Consistency Policy has the 'S' letter in it in the edge fabric or the BB fabric, do not
connect the edge fabric or the BB to the FC router. See the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual for
details.

Assigning backbone fabric IDs

If your configuration has only one backbone fabric, then this task is not required because the backbone
fabric ID in this situation defaults to a value of 1.
All switches in a backbone fabric must have the same backbone fabric ID. You can configure the backbone
fabric ID using the fcrConfigure command. The backbone fabric ID is required to be unique from the
perspective of every attached edge fabric. Fabric ID changes made on a switch are not propagated to
other switches in backbone fabric. Rather, the backbone fabric administrator is responsible for making sure
that all switches in the backbone have the same fabric ID. Because fabric IDs are used heavily by the
routing protocol between the Fibre Channel routers, using the wrong fabric ID can affect both
edge-to-edge and backbone-to-edge routing.
232 Using the FC-FC routing service
0: to turn it off
1: to turn it on
features" on page 89 and "Configuring advanced
"Configuring
security" on page 133.