Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide v6.1.0 (53-10000610-02, June 2008)

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Work with FCIP information
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Figure 184 illustrates the same Fibre Channel network using FCIP but in a way that does not merge
the fabrics. The FCIP interfabric link (VE_Ports connected through the IP network to VEX_Ports)
allows the two SANs (Data Center FC and Office FC) to access portions of each other, but they
remain separate fabrics. The path from the host (Initiator) in one SAN to the target in the other SAN
is shown with a dotted line. There are two links shown, one from the Office FC SAN and one from
the Data Center FC SAN.
FIGURE 184 Non-merged fabrics using FCIP
Work with FCIP information
Fabric Manager displays information about the physical GigE ports as well as the virtual or logical
Fibre Channel ports on those GigE ports. Fabric Manager always displays the logical ports (8 logical
ports per GigE port) regardless of FCIP tunnel configuration.
The GigE Ports tab in the Information panel displays information about the physical GigE ports.
Fibre
Channel
initiator
Fibre
Channel
initiator
Fibre
Channel
Target
Fibre
Channel
Target
VE_Port
VEX_Port
VEX_Port
VE_Port
Data Center
FC SAN
Office
FC SAN
Office
FC SAN
Office
FC SAN
IP WAN
Network
Brocade
48000
with FR4-18i
Blade
Brocade
48000
with FR4-18i
Blade
Brocade
7500
Brocade
7500
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