Connecting Edge Fabrics To A Backbone Fabric - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B User Manual

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Connecting edge fabrics to a backbone fabric

Connecting edge fabrics to a backbone fabric
The following procedure explains how to set up FC-FC routing on two edge fabrics connected
through an FC router using E_Ports and EX_Ports.
NOTE
To configure an EX_Port, switches running Fabric OS 7.0.0 or earlier must have an FCR license.
Switches running Fabric OS 7.0.1 or later configured in Brocade Native mode (IM0) or Brocade NOS
mode (IM5) do not require an FCR license.
You must have an FCR license to display interfabric link (IFL). However, you do not need an IR
license to display routing-enabled switches in the Routing Configuration and Routing Domain Ids
dialog boxes.
For Enterprise Edition only: If you are connecting Fibre Channel SANs through an IP-based network,
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between a VE_Port and a VEX_Port.
ATTENTION
Be sure that you do not physically connect a port to the remote fabric before configuring it as an
EX_Port; otherwise, the two fabrics merge and you lose the benefit of FC-FC routing.
1. Select the edge fabric you want to connect to an FC router from the Connectivity Map or
2. Right-click the edge fabric in the Connectivity Map or Product List and select Router
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"Configuring an FCIP tunnel"
Product List.
Configuration.
The Router Configuration-Connect Edge Fabric dialog box is displayed
fabric you selected is also displayed in the title of the dialog box. Discovered extension
switches capable of FC routing are displayed in the Available Routers list.
NOTE
If the configuration includes virtual fabrics, only the base switch displays in the Available
Routers list.
on page 776 for instructions on setting up an FCIP tunnel
(Figure 180). The edge
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