Configuring An Interfabric Link - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Following inputs should be specified for each entry.
1. WWN for which secret is being set up.
2. Peer secret: The secret of the peer that authenticates to peer.
3. Local secret: The local secret that authenticates peer.
Press enter to start setting up secrets >
Enter WWN, Domain, or switch name (Leave blank when done): 10:00:00:60:69:80:05:14
Enter peer secret:
Re-enter peer secret:
Enter local secret:
Re-enter local secret:
Enter WWN, Domain, or switch name (Leave blank when done):
Are you done? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
Saving data to key store... Done.
To view a DH-CHAP secret word database
1. Log in as admin to the 4/256 SAN Director with a B-Series MP Router blade. At the Telnet prompt,
enter the secAuthSecret command as shown:
switch:admin> secauthsecret --show
WWN
------------------------------------------------------------
10:00:00:60:69:80:05:14
For details about the setAuthSecret command, see the Secure Fabric OS Administrator's Guide.

Configuring an interfabric link

Before configuring an IFL, be aware that you cannot configure both IFLs (EX_Ports, VEX_Ports) and ISLs
(E_Ports) from a backbone fabric consisting of a single 4/256 SAN Director with a B-Series MP Router
blade to the same edge fabric.
Configuring an interfabric link involves disabling ports and cabling them to other fabrics, configuring those
ports for their intended use, and then enabling the ports.
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
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.
NOTE:
are configuring an EX_Port, disable the port prior to making the connection.
To configure an IFL for both edge and backbone connections
1. On the 4/256 SAN Director with a B-Series MP Router blade, disable the port that you are configuring
as an EX_Port (the one connected to the HP switch) by issuing the portDisable command.
switch:admin> portdisable 7/10
You can verify that port 7 has been disabled by issuing the portShow command for the port.
2. Configure each port that connects to an edge fabric as an EX_Port or VEX_Port. Note the following:
• portCfgVEXPort works only on GbE ports.
• portCfgEXPort (only on the FC ports on the 400 MP Router or 4/256 SAN Director with a
B-Series MP Router blade) commands work only on ports that are capable of FC-FC routing.
Use the portCfgEXPort or portCfgVEXPort command to:
• Enable or disable EX_Port or VEX_Port mode.
• Set the fabric ID (avoid using fabric ID 1, which is the default for backbone connections).
The following example enables the EX_Port (or VEX_Port) and assigns a Fabric ID of 30 to port 7.
To ensure that fabrics remain isolated, disable the port prior to inserting the cable. If you
DId
1
showall command.
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