Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.0.0 (53-1000606-01, April 2008)

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Chapter
10
Using the FC-FC Routing Service
In this chapter
This chapter describes how to use the FC-FC Routing Service to share devices between fabrics
without merging the fabrics. It contains the following information:
• “Supported switches for fibre channel routing,” next
• “About fibre channel routing” on page 133
• “Setting up FC-FC routing” on page 134
• “Managing FC-FC routing with Web Tools” on page 135
• “Viewing and configuring EX_Ports” on page 137
• “Viewing and configuring LSAN zones” on page 139
• “Configuring the backbone fabric ID” on page 140
Supported switches for fibre channel routing
The FC-FC Routing Service is supported only on the following switch models:
• Brocade 7500 switch
• Brocade 48000 director, when configured with an FR4-18i blade (see the Fabric OS
Administrator’s Guide for more information)
• Brocade AP7420
Any of the supported switches listed above are considered FC Router-capable. If an EX_Port is
configured for that switch, the switch is FC-Router enabled.
See the Web Tools—AP Edition Administrator’s Guide for information on setting up the FC-FC
Routing Service on the Brocade AP7420.
About fibre channel routing
Fibre Channel routing provides connectivity to devices in different fabrics without merging the
fabrics.
For example, using Fibre Channel routing you can share tape drives across multiple fabrics without
the administrative problems, such as change management, network management, scalability,
reliability, availability, and serviceability, that might result from merging the fabrics.
Fibre Channel routing allows you to create logical storage area networks (LSANs) that can span
fabrics. These LSANs allow Fibre Channel zones to cross physical SAN boundaries without merging
the fabrics and while maintaining the access controls of zones.
Descriptions of Fibre Channel routing includes some specific terminology: