Deployment Guide

Routing Traffic
● Routing overview...........................................................................................................191
● Viewing fabric shortest path first routing....................................................................... 192
● Configuring dynamic load sharing.................................................................................193
● Specifying frame order delivery.....................................................................................194
● Configuring the link cost for a port................................................................................ 194
Routing overview
NOTE
To perform routing operations and Dynamic Load Sharing (DLS) configurations, the EGM license must
be installed on the switch; otherwise, access to these features is denied and an error message displays.
For Fabric OS v7.0.0 and later, the supported routing policies are:
• Port-based routing -- Port-based routing assigns a "static route," in which the path chosen for traffic
never changes.
• Exchange-based routing -- Exchange-based routing policy is the default. Exchange-based routing
policy always employs "dynamic path selection," in which the software defines a path based on
current traffic conditions.
• Device-based routing -- Device-Based Routing (DBR) is a read-only option. If DBR is set in the
switch, then the DBR radio button appears auto-selected and is unavailable in Web Tools.
Refer to the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide for more information.
To optimize port-based routing, the DLS can be enabled to balance the load across the available output
ports within a domain. Exchange-based routing requires the use of DLS; when this policy is in effect,
you cannot disable the DLS feature.
Use the Routing tab of the Switch Administration window to view and modify routing information. The
following figure displays the Routing tab.
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