Guidelines For Setting Up Fibre Channel Routing - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B User Manual

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backbone consists of one 4 Gbps Router, Extension Switch connecting hosts in Edge fabrics 1 and
3 with storage in Edge fabric 2 and the backbone fabric. LSANs provide device sharing between the
following pairs of fabrics:
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Guidelines for setting up Fibre Channel routing

The following are some general guidelines for setting up Fibre Channel routing:
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on page 507 shows a metaSAN with a backbone fabric and three edge fabrics. The
The backbone fabric and Edge fabric 1
Edge fabric 1 and Edge fabric 2
Edge fabric 2 and Edge fabric 3
Edge fabric 2
Edge fabric 1
E_Port
IFL
FC router
Backbone fabric
A metaSAN with edge-to-edge and backbone fabrics
Ensure that the backbone fabric ID of the FC router is the same as that of other FC routers in
the backbone fabric.
On the FC router, ensure that the ports to be configured as EX_Ports are either disabled or not
connected.
When configuring EX_Ports, supply a fabric ID for the fabric to which the port will be 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.
For Virtual Fabric (VF)-enabled fabrics, only the base switch can be configured as the FC router;
for example, EX_Ports can be configured only on a base switch for a VF-enabled switch.
Guidelines for setting up Fibre Channel routing
VE_Port
Edge fabric 3
IFL
VEX_Port
EX_Port (2)
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IP cloud
E_Port
IFL
= LSAN
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