HP Fibre Channel Fabric Migration Guide

Fabric Migration Guide

Supported Fabric Conﬁgurations

QuickLoop Attachment for Fabric

A migration path to a fabric conﬁguration with devices that are not

fabric capable is to use the QuickLoop fabric conﬁguration. In this

conﬁguration, a host connected to a F_Port or FL_Port on the switch can

communicate with private target devices connected to QL ports in the

same or different loop. Through translative mode (a function of Brocade

switch), the switch creates phantom loop addresses which allow private

target devices to communicate with public hosts across the fabric.

Translative mode allows private loop target devices to appear as public

targets.

NOTE Translative mode does not allow private hosts to communicate with

public devices on the switch.

An example of a QuickLoop fabric conﬁguration is to replace the two

hubs shown in the previous illustration with a single Fibre Channel

switch. You can connect Host 1 and Host 2 to F_Ports on the switch, and

connect each private target device to a QuickLoop port.

Figure 0-3 shows that Host 1 and Host 2 are now public hosts, each

having access to any of the QuickLoop target devices through the

translative mode function.

Figure 0-3 QuickLoop Fabric Conﬁguration