Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v11.1x (53-1002167-01, May 2011)

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Connecting edge fabrics to a backbone fabric
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4. Click the right arrow button to move the FC router you selected to the Selected Router list.
5. Select a valid fabric ID (1 through 128) from the Fabric ID list.
You can choose any unique fabric ID as long as it is consistent for all EX_Ports that connect to
the same edge fabric. If the edge fabric is already configured with the backbone fabric, the
Fabric ID list is disabled and populated with the pre-selected value.
6. Click OK on the Router Configuration-Connect Edge Fabric dialog box.
The Element Manager launches automatically and opens the FC Router dialog box and Port
Configuration wizard. For more information, refer to the Web Tools Administrator’s Guide.
7. Follow the instructions in the Port Configuration wizard to configure the EX_Port:
a. Select the port to be configured as an EX_Port.
b. Ensure the backbone fabric ID of the switch is the same as that of other FC routers in the
backbone fabric. The backbone fabric ID is the fabric ID that was selected in the Router
Configuration-Connect Edge Fabric dialog box.
c. Complete the wizard to configure the EX_Port.
d. Physically connect the EX_Port to the edge fabric, if it is not already connected.
8. Repeat step 1 through step 7 to connect a second edge fabric to the FC router, if your
configuration involves two edge fabrics.
The front domain is added in the edge fabric and is given a name in the format
fcr_fd_domainID. For example, if the domain ID is 3, the name of the front domain is fcr_fd_3.
If the edge fabric is a pure M-EOS fabric, the front domain name is “Unknown” due to a
limitation in M-EOS.
9. Configure LSAN zones in each fabric that will share devices.
For specific instructions, refer to “Configuring LSAN zoning” on page 602.