Reference Guide

FIGURE 76 A metaSAN with edge-to-edge and backbone fabrics and LSAN zones
∙ Proxy device
A proxy device is a virtual device imported into a fabric by a Fibre Channel router, and represents a real device on another
fabric. It has a name server entry and is assigned a valid port ID. When a proxy device is created in a fabric, the real Fibre
Channel device is considered to be imported into this fabric. The presence of a proxy device is required for inter-fabric device
communication. Refer to Proxy devices on page 496 for additional information about proxy devices.
∙ Proxy PID
A proxy PID is the port ID (PID) of the proxy device. The proxy device appears to the fabric as a real Fibre Channel device, has
a name server entry, and is assigned a valid port ID. The port ID is relevant only on the fabric in which the proxy device has
been created.
∙ Fabric ID (FID)
Every EX_Port and VEX_Port uses the fabric ID (FID) to identify the fabric at the opposite end of the inter-fabric link. The FID
for every edge fabric must be unique from the perspective of each backbone fabric.
– If multiple EX_Ports (or multiple VEX_Ports) are attached to the same edge fabric, they must be configured with the same
FID.
Using FC-FC Routing to Connect Fabrics
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