Setting Up Fc-Fc Routing - Brocade Communications Systems A7990A - StorageWorks SAN Director 4/16 Blade Switch Administrator's Manual

Figure 19-1 A metaSAN with Edge-to-Edge and Backbone Fabrics
For additional information about FC-FC routing, see the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide.

Setting Up FC-FC Routing

The following procedure provides the basic steps for setting up FC-FC Routing using a Fibre Channel
router (FC Router).
1. Ensure that the backbone fabric ID of the FC Router is the same as that of other FC Routers in the
backbone fabric.
2. On the FC Router, ensure that the ports to be configured as EX_Ports are either not connected or
are disabled.
3. Configure EX_Ports, as described in
configuration, supply a fabric ID for the fabric to which the port will get connected. You can choose
any unique fabric ID as long as it is consistent for all EX_Ports that connect to the same edge
fabric.
4. Connect the cables from the EX_Ports on the FC Router to the edge fabrics, if they are not already
connected.
5. Configure LSAN zones on the fabrics that will share devices. See
Fabrics" on page
6. View the information in the LSAN View and the FCR Info View to make sure that your
configuration has succeeded.
Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide
Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP
Edge Fabric 2
Edge Fabric 1
E_Port
IFL
SilkWorm
7500
Backbone Fabric
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Setting Up FC-FC Routing
VE_Port
Edge Fabric 3
IFL
VEX_Port
EX_Port (2)
"Connecting Edge Fabrics" on page
19
IP Cloud
E_Port
IFL
= LSAN
19-4. As part of this
"Sharing Devices Between
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