Supported Switches For Fibre Channel Routing; About Fibre Channel Routing - Brocade Communications Systems A7990A - StorageWorks SAN Director 4/16 Blade Switch Administrator's Manual

Using the FC-FC Routing Service
This chapter describes how to use the FC-FC Routing Service to share devices between fabrics without
merging those fabrics. It contains the following information:
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"Supported Switches for Fibre Channel Routing,"
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"About Fibre Channel Routing"
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"Setting Up FC-FC Routing"
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"Managing FC-FC Routing with Web Tools"
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"Viewing and Configuring EX_Ports"
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"Viewing and Configuring LSAN Zones"
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"Configuring the Backbone Fabric ID"

Supported Switches for Fibre Channel Routing

The FC-FC Routing Service is supported only on the following switch models:
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SilkWorm 7500 switch
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SilkWorm 48000 director, when configured with an FR4-18i blade (see the Fabric OS
Administrator's Guide for more information)
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SilkWorm AP7420
Any of the supported switches listed above are considered FC Router-capable. If an EX_Port is
configured for that switch, the switch is FC-Router enabled.
See the Web Tools-AP Edition Administrator's Guide for information on setting up the FC-FC
Routing Service on the SilkWorm AP7420.

About Fibre Channel Routing

Fibre Channel routing provides connectivity to devices in different fabrics without merging the fabrics.
For example, using Fibre Channel routing you can share tape drives across multiple fabrics without the
administrative problems, such as change management, network management, scalability, reliability,
availability, and serviceability, that might result from merging the fabrics.
Fibre Channel routing allows you to create logical storage area networks (LSANs) that can span fabrics.
These LSANs allow Fibre Channel zones to cross physical SAN boundaries without merging the fabrics
and while maintaining the access controls of zones.
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