Brocade Network Advisor SMI Agent Developer's Guide v11.1.0 (53-1002169-01, May 2011)

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FC routing

Backbone-to-edge device sharing (no FCIP configured

in backbone)

• Figure 40 shows the data model for backbone-to-edge device sharing. If only the backbone

fabric is being managed through Brocade Network Advisor, then only instances in the

BackBone fabric view are discovered. If only the edge fabric is being managed through

Brocade Network Advisor, refer to the “Limitations” section. If both the backbone and the edge

fabrics are being managed through Brocade Network Advisor, then all instances and

associations are discoverable.

• In the case of backbone edge device sharing, there is only one front phantom domain and two

xlate phantom domain switches. On the Edge fabric side, there is one front domain and one

xlate domain switch instance created. On the BackBone fabric side, there is only an xlate

domain switch created and no front phantom domain. Because the xlate phantom domain

switch is always behind the front phantom domain switch, the backbone switch itself

represents the front phantom domain. In addition to the logical port instance on the front

phantom in the edge fabric, FOS creates another instance of the logical port on the backbone

logical switch. This is the logical port instance that is connected to another logical port

instance on the xlate phantom through a SANActiveConnection.