Fc-Fc Routing And Secure Fabrics; Fc-Fc Routing And Ad-Enabled Fabrics - Brocade Communications Systems A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

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FC-FC routing and secure fabrics

Scenario 2
The backbone fabric segments after the LSANs are created, moving all of the shared devices to the
newly formed fabric. The new fabric is connected to the original backbone through EX_Ports for an
edge-to-edge sharing. The translate domain originally created in the backbone fabric is not
removed in this case. The Information panel shows the status of the shared devices as Partially
Offline.

FC-FC routing and secure fabrics

The following limitations apply to FC-FC routing and secure fabrics:
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FC-FC routing and AD-enabled fabrics

The following limitations apply to FC-FC routing and AD-enabled fabrics:
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Fabric Manager does not support FC Router configuration for secure edge fabrics.
The FC Router Configuration wizard does not list FC Router switches in secure backbone
fabrics during FC Router configuration.
The Share Devices wizard and the Diagnose Fabric Device Sharing wizard do not list secure
fabrics.
The FCR Information is not supported for secure backbone fabrics.
Security operations are not supported for fabrics containing an FC Router.
Fabric Manager does not support enabling security for edge fabrics that are configured for
Fibre Channel routing.
Fabric Manager does not support FC Router configuration for AD-enabled edge fabrics.
The FC Router Configuration wizard does not list FC Router switches in AD-enabled backbone
fabrics during FC Router configuration.
The Share Devices wizard and the Diagnose Fabric Device Sharing wizard do not list
AD-enabled fabrics.
Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide
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