Data Center Fabric Manager Professional Plus User Manual - Supporting DCFM 10.3.x (53-1001356-01, October 2009)

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Guidelines for setting up FC-FC routing
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FIGURE 128 A metaSAN with edge-to-edge and backbone fabrics
Guidelines for setting up FC-FC routing
The following are some general guidelines for setting up FC-FC routing.
Ensure that the backbone fabric ID of the FC Router is the same as that of other FC Routers in
the backbone fabric.
On the FC Router, ensure that the ports to be configured as EX_Ports are either not connected
or are disabled.
When configuring EX_Ports, supply a fabric ID for the fabric to which the port will be connected.
You can choose any unique fabric ID as long as it is consistent for all EX_Ports that connect to
the same edge fabric.
For virtual fabric (VF)-enabled fabrics, only the base switch can be configured as the FC Router;
for example, EX_Ports can be configured only on a base switch for a VF-enabled switch.
Edge fabric 1
Backbone fabric
Edge fabric 3
Edge fabric 2
IP cloud
= LSAN
FC router
VEX_Port
VE_Port
EX_Port (2)
E_Port
E_Port
IFL
IFL IFL