Confirming Fabric Device Sharing - Brocade Communications Systems WFT-2D User Manual

Adding a detached device
To add a detached device to the Selected Device Ports table, complete the following steps.
1. Select Monitor > Troubleshooting > FC > Device Connectivity.
2. Click Add Detached.
3. Enter the port WWN of the detached device port in the Port WWN field.
4. Click OK.

Confirming Fabric Device Sharing

NOTE
Fabric device sharing is only available with Trial or Licensed version.
NOTE
Fabric device sharing is only available on pure Fabric OS fabrics.
To confirm that two or more fabrics have been configured to share devices, complete the following
steps.
1. Select Monitor > Troubleshooting > FC > Fabric Device Sharing.
2. Select the fabrics (two or more) for which you want to confirm device sharing from the Available
3. Click the right arrow button.
4. Click OK.
5. Click Close on the Fabric Device Sharing Diagnosis Results dialog box.
6. Click Cancel on the Fabric Device Sharing Diagnosis dialog box.
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The Device Connectivity Troubleshooting dialog box displays.
The Fabric Device Sharing Diagnosis dialog box displays.
Fabrics table.
The following checks are performed on the selected fabrics:
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Are the selected fabrics configured with an FC Router?
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Are the selected fabrics connected to the same backbone fabric?
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Is sharing of devices between backbone and edge fabric supported?
The Fabric Device Sharing Diagnosis Results dialog box displays with the details of the fabrics
selected for diagnosis, the details of the tests performed, the results of the test, as well as
short description of the test results.
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