Reference Guide

Core-edge topology................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 465
Managing Trunking Connections.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................467
Trunking overview...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................467
Types of trunking...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................467
Masterless trunking.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................468
License requirements for trunking......................................................................................................................................................................................................468
Port groups for trunking........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 468
Supported platforms for trunking..................................................................................................................................................................................................................469
Supported configurations for trunking....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 469
High Availability support for trunking................................................................................................................................................................................................469
Requirements for trunk groups...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 469
Recommendations for trunk groups........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 470
Configuring trunk groups..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 471
Enabling trunking...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 471
Disabling trunking.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................471
Displaying trunking information......................................................................................................................................................................................................................472
ISL trunking over long-distance fabrics.....................................................................................................................................................................................................473
EX_Port trunking..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 474
Masterless EX_Port trunking..................................................................................................................................................................................................................474
Supported configurations and platforms for EX_Port trunking..........................................................................................................................................474
Configuring EX_Port trunking................................................................................................................................................................................................................475
Displaying EX_Port trunking information........................................................................................................................................................................................475
F_Port trunking.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................475
F_Port trunking for Access Gateway................................................................................................................................................................................................. 476
F_Port trunking for Brocade adapters.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 478
F_Port trunking considerations............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 479
F_Port trunking in Virtual Fabrics........................................................................................................................................................................................................480
Displaying F_Port trunking information.......................................................................................................................................................................................................481
Disabling F_Port trunking....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................481
Enabling the DCC policy on a trunk area..................................................................................................................................................................................................482
Managing Long-Distance Fabrics..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................483
Long-distance fabrics overview.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................483
Extended Fabrics device limitations............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 483
Long-distance link modes................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 484
Configuring an extended ISL...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................484
Enabling long distance when connecting to TDM devices .................................................................................................................................................486
Forward error correction on long-distance links.................................................................................................................................................................................. 486
Enabling FEC on a long-distance link..............................................................................................................................................................................................486
Disabling FEC on a long-distance link.............................................................................................................................................................................................486
Using FC-FC Routing to Connect Fabrics........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 489
FC-FC routing overview.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................489
License requirements for FC-FC routing.......................................................................................................................................................................................489
Supported platforms for FC-FC routing.........................................................................................................................................................................................490
Supported configurations for FC-FC routing................................................................................................................................................................................ 491
Network OS connectivity limitations ..................................................................................................................................................................................................491
Fibre Channel routing concepts.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................491
Proxy devices................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 496
FC-FC routing topologies........................................................................................................................................................................................................................497
Phantom domains........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................497
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