Reference Guide

Assigning backbone fabric IDs
1. Log in to the switch or backbone.
2. Enter the switchDisable command if EX_Ports are online.
3. Enter the fosConfig --disable fcr command to disable the FC-FC routing service.
The default state for the FC router is disabled.
4. Enter the fcrConfigure --bbfid command. At the prompt, enter the fabric ID, or press Enter to keep the current fabric ID, which
is displayed in brackets.
5. Verify the backbone fabric ID is different from that set for edge fabrics.
Multiple FC routers attached to the same backbone fabric must have the same backbone fabric ID.
6. Enter the fosConfig --enable fcr command.
7. Enter the switchEnable command.
switch:admin> switchdisable
switch:admin> fosconfig --disable fcr
FC Router service is disabled
switch:admin> fcrconfigure --bbfid
FC Router parameter set. <cr> to skip a parameter
Please make sure new Backbone Fabric ID does not conflict with any configured EX-Port's Fabric ID
Backbone fabric ID: (1-128)[128]
switch:admin> fosconfig --enable fcr
FC Router service is enabled
switch:admin> switchenable
Assigning alias names to fabric IDs
You can assign an alias name to each fabric ID for easier configuration and manageability.
The alias name is a user friendly name that you can use instead of a fabric ID (FID) in the portcfgexport and portcfgvexport commands.
There is no relation between the FID alias name and the fabric name, which you configure with the fabricname command.
1. Log in to the switch or backbone.
2. Set the FID alias using the fcrconfigure --add command.
fcrconfigure --add -alias alias_name -fid fid
3. Verify the configured alias names using the fcrconfigure --show -alias command.
fcrconfigure --show -alias
Using FC-FC Routing to Connect Fabrics
Brocade Fabric OS Administration Guide, 8.0.1
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