Administrator Guide

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 23
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Enabling trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Disabling trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Displaying trunking information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Trunk Area and Admin Domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
Example of Trunk Area assignment on port domain,index . . . 576
ISL trunking over long-distance fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
EX_Port trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .577
Masterless EX_Port trunking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .577
Supported configurations and platforms for EX_Port
trunking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .578
Configuring EX_Port trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .578
Displaying EX_Port trunking information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .578
F_Port trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .579
F_Port trunking for Access Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .579
F_Port trunking for Brocade adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .581
F_Port trunking considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .582
F_Port trunking in Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .584
Displaying F_Port trunking information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .585
Disabling F_Port trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .585
Enabling the DCC policy on a trunk area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .586
Chapter 25 Managing Long-Distance Fabrics
Long-distance fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .587
Extended Fabrics device limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .588
Long-distance link modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .588
Configuring an extended ISL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .589
Enabling long distance when connecting to TDM devices . . .590
Forward error correction on long-distance links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .591
Enabling FEC on a long-distance link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .591
Disabling FEC on a long-distance link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .591
Chapter 26 Using FC-FC Routing to Connect Fabrics
FC-FC routing overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .593
License requirements for FC-FC routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .594
Supported platforms for FC-FC routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .594
Supported configurations for FC-FC routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .595
Network OS connectivity limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .595
Fibre Channel routing concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .596
Proxy devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .599
FC-FC routing topologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600
Phantom domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .601
FC router authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .603
Setting up FC-FC routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .603
Verifying the setup for FC-FC routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .604