HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.2 administrator guide (5697-0016, May 2009)

Fabric OS 6.2 administrator guide 399
Figure 67 Inter-fabric broadcast frames
Displaying the current broadcast configuration
1. Log in to the FC router as admin.
2. Enter the following command:
fcr:admin> fcrbcastconfig --show
This command displays only the FIDs that have the broadcast frame option disabled. The FIDs that are
not listed have the broadcast frame option enabled.
Enabling broadcast frame forwarding
1. Log in to the FC router as admin.
2. Enter the following command:
fcr:admin> fcrbcastconfig --enable -f fabricID
where fabricID is the FID of the edge or backbone fabric on which you want to enable broadcast
frame forwarding. Broadcast frame forwarding is enabled by default.
Disabling broadcast frame forwarding
1. Log in to the FC router as admin.
2. Enter the following command:
fcr:admin> fcrbcastconfig --disable -f fabricID
where fabricID is the FID of the edge or backbone fabric on which you want to disable broadcast
frame forwarding.
Resource monitoring
It is possible to exhaust resources, such as proxy PIDs. Whenever a resource is exhausted, Fabric OS
generates an error message. The messages are described in the Fabric OS Message Reference.
You can monitor FC router resources using the fcrResourceShow command. The fcrResourceShow
command shows FCR resource limits and usage and includes the following:
• For LSAN zones and LSAN devices, the information shows the maximum versus the currently used zones
and device database entries. Each proxy or physical device constitutes an entry. If LSAN zones are
defined in two edge fabrics, they are counted as two, rather than one. One device imported into
multiple edge fabrics counts multiple times.
Edge fabric 3
FC router 1
FC router 2
Backbone fabric
Edge fabric 2
v5.3.0+
Pre-v5.3.0
Edge fabric 1
Fabric OS
v5.3.0 or later
Fabric OS
earlier than v5.3.0