Brocade Network Advisor SMI Agent Developer's Guide v11.1.0 (53-1002169-01, May 2011)
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Backbone-to-edge device sharing
(using VEX_Port over FCIP)
An FCR setup with backbone and edge fabrics encompasses the following cases:
• The backbone fabric and all edge fabrics are discovered.
• Only the backbone fabric is discovered.
• Only some or all of the edge fabrics are discovered.
Consider two Routers R1 and R2 connected to each other by FCIP connection as VE-VEX. Here R1
acts as an Edge Fabric and R2 as a Backbone Fabric. Figure 41 shows the data model for
backbone-to-edge device sharing for VEX over FCIP.