Fibre Channel Routing, 400 Mp Router, And Mp Router Blade Fabric Rules; Integrated Fibre Channel Routing, 400 Mp Router, And Mp Router Blade Fabric Rules - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

Fibre Channel routing, 400 MP Router, and MP Router Blade fabric rules

This section describes the fabric rules for 8 Gb/s switches with license-enabled integrated Fibre
Channel routing, the 400 MP Router, and the MP Router Blade, and other factors you should consider
when building B-series fabrics that contain Fibre Channel routing. The fabric rules for Fibre Channel
routing apply to SANs that include the same operating system and storage products as the B-series
switches (see "Operating systems and storage
"B-series 400 MP Router and MP Router
Routers for FCIP.
Table 31 describes the rules for creating fabrics with Fibre Channel routing using 8 Gb/s switches,
400 MP Routers, and MP Router Blades.
Table 31 Integrated Fibre Channel routing, 400 MP Router, and MP Router Blade fabric rules
Rule
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1 The MP Router Blade supports only the DC SAN Backbone Director, DC04 SAN Director, and
SAN Director 4/256. The maximum number of MP Router Blades per DC SAN Backbone Director
is four; the maximum number of MP Router Blades per DC04 SAN Director is four; the maximum
number of MP Router Blades per SAN Director 4/256 is two.
2 All configurations must use the default setting for R_A_TOV (10,000 seconds) and E_D_TOV
(2,000 seconds).
3 Devices connected to edge fabrics can be routed through an LSAN to a backbone fabric.
Note: Edge fabric-to-backbone fabric routing is supported using the 400 MP Router and MP Router
Blade only. It is not supported if an MP Router is configured in the backbone.
4 Direct connection of devices to the 400 MP Router or MP Router Blade Fibre Channel ports (F_Port,
FL_Port) is supported.
5 Fibre Channel server boot through the 400 MP Router or MP Router Blade is not supported.
6 Each 400 MP Router or MP Router Blade can only attach to one backbone fabric, multiple routers
can attach to the same backbone fabric.
7 If an MP Router Blade has any port configured as an EX_Port, then the blade Fibre Channel ports,
all Fibre Channel ports in the director the blade is in, and all other switches connected to the
director using an E_Port are part of the backbone fabric.
8 A backbone fabric supports a maximum of 256 devices.
9 For the 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade, you can configure a Fibre Channel port as an
F_Port, FL_Port, E_Port, or EX_Port (Fibre Channel routing), and configure a GbE port as a VE_Port
(FCIP) or VEX_Port (FCIP with Fibre Channel routing). Traffic switching is supported between the
following port types:
Note: VEX_Ports and EX_Ports cannot be connected to the same edge fabric.
10 FCIP is supported between pairs of 400 MP Routers, MP Router Blades, or between a 400 MP
Router and MP Router Blade. FCIP is not supported between an MP Router and either a 400 MP
Router or MP Router Blade. See
116 B-series switches and fabric rules
Fibre Channel switching (F_Port, FL_Port, E_Port)
Fibre Channel switching and Fibre Channel routing (F_Port, FL_Port, EX_Port)
Fibre Channel switching and FCIP (F_Port, FL_Port, VE_Port, VEX_Port)
Fibre Channel routing and FCIP (VE_Port, VEX_Port)
products" on page 107). See
Blade" on page 316 for information about configuring MP
Description
"B-series 400 MP Router and MP Router Blade" on page 316.