Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) Manual

• The backbone fabric and edge fabric 1
• Edge fabric 1 and edge fabric 2
• Edge fabric 2 and edge fabric 3
Supported switches for Fibre Channel Routing
The FC-FC Routing Service is supported only on the following switch models:
• Brocade VA-40FC
• Brocade 6510
• Brocade 6520
• Brocade 5100 and 5300 switches
• Brocade 7800 Extension Switch
• Brocade 7840 Extension Switch
• Brocade DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms, when configured with FC8-16, FC8-32,
FC8-48, FC8-64, FS8-18, or FX8-24 blades.
• Brocade DCX 8510-4 and DCX 8510-8, when configured with FS8-18, FX8-24, FC8-64, FC8-32E,
FC8-48E, FC16-32, FC16-48, FC16-64 blades or CR16-8 blades.
Setting up FC-FC routing
The following procedure provides the basic steps for setting up FC-FC Routing using an FC Router.
1. Ensure that the backbone fabric ID of the FC Router is the same as that of other FC Routers in the
backbone fabric. Refer to Configuring the backbone fabric ID on page 173.
2. On the FC Router, ensure that the ports to be configured as EX_Ports are either not connected or
are disabled.
3. Configure EX-Ports by clicking the EX_Ports tab and then clicking New.
Follow the instructions in the wizard. Refer to Viewing EX_Ports on page 170.
4. Connect the cables from the EX_Ports on the FC Router to the edge fabrics, if they were not
connected before.
NOTE
For a multi-FC Router backbone fabric, make sure that each FC Router is connected to a switch in
the backbone fabric.
5. Configure LSAN zones on the fabrics that share devices.
Refer to Viewing LSAN zones on page 172.
6. View the information in the EX-Ports, LSAN Fabrics, LSAN Zones, and LSAN Devices tabs to
make sure that your configuration succeeded.
Supported switches for Fibre Channel Routing
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