Reference Guide

FC router authentication ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 502
Setting up FC-FC routing..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................503
Verifying the setup for FC-FC routing.............................................................................................................................................................................................503
Backbone fabric IDs............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 504
Assigning backbone fabric IDs.............................................................................................................................................................................................................505
Assigning alias names to fabric IDs.............................................................................................................................................................................................................505
FCIP tunnel configuration................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 506
Inter-fabric link configuration...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................506
Configuring an IFL for both edge and backbone connections..........................................................................................................................................506
Configuring EX_Ports on an ICL.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 510
FC router port cost configuration......................................................................................................................................................................................................................511
Port cost considerations.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................512
Setting router port cost for an EX_Port.............................................................................................................................................................................................512
Shortest IFL cost configuration........................................................................................................................................................................................................................513
Configuring shortest IFL cost..................................................................................................................................................................................................................517
EX_Port frame trunking configuration......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 518
LSAN zone configuration....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................519
Zone definition and naming..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 519
LSAN zones and fabric-to-fabric communications...................................................................................................................................................................519
Controlling device communication with the LSAN.................................................................................................................................................................. 520
Configuring interconnectivity between backbone and edge fabrics...............................................................................................................................522
Setting the maximum LSAN count....................................................................................................................................................................................................522
HA and downgrade considerations for LSAN zones.............................................................................................................................................................. 523
LSAN zone policies using LSAN tagging......................................................................................................................................................................................523
LSAN zone binding.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................528
Location embedded LSAN zones................................................................................................................................................................................................................532
Creating location embedded LSAN zones....................................................................................................................................................................................533
Migrating LSAN zones to location embedded LSAN zones in the edge fabric...................................................................................................... 535
Limitations of location embedded LSAN zones........................................................................................................................................................................535
Peer LSAN zone support...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................536
Proxy PID configuration..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 536
Fabric parameter considerations....................................................................................................................................................................................................................537
Inter-fabric broadcast frames.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 537
Displaying the current broadcast configuration...........................................................................................................................................................................537
Enabling broadcast frame forwarding...............................................................................................................................................................................................537
Disabling broadcast frame forwarding.............................................................................................................................................................................................538
Resource monitoring............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................538
FC-FC routing and Virtual Fabrics............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 539
Logical switch configuration for FC routing..................................................................................................................................................................................540
Backbone-to-edge routing with Virtual Fabrics........................................................................................................................................................................... 541
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for FC-FC routing........................................................................................................................................................542
How replacing port blades affects EX_Port configuration....................................................................................................................................................542
Displaying the range of output ports connected to xlate domains............................................................................................................................................ 543
Port Indexing....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 545
Switch and blade sensors.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................547
Brocade switch sensors...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 547
Brocade blade temperature sensors............................................................................................................................................................................................................547
System temperature monitoring....................................................................................................................................................................................................................548
Hexadecimal Conversion.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................549
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