Fabric OS Encryption Administrator's Guide v6.4.0 (53-1001864-01, June 2010)

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Support for Virtual Fabrics

The Brocade encryption switch does not support the logical switch partitioning capability and can

not be partitioned, but the switch can be connected to any Logical Switch partition or Logical Fabric

using an E-Port.

The FS8-18 encryption blades are supported in only in a default switch partition All FS8-18 blades

must be placed in a default switch partition in DCX or DCX-4S. The encryption resource from

default switch partition/fabric can be shared with other logical switch partitions/fabrics or other

fabrics only through external device sharing using FCR or EX_Ports through a base switch/fabric. A

separate port blade must be used in the base switch/fabric for EX_Port connectivity from the

logical switch partition (default switch partition) of FS8-18 blades and host/target fabrics. The

EX_Port can be on any external FCR switch.

NOTE

Please refer to Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide for more details on how to configure the DCX and

DCX-4S in virtual fabrics environments including configuration of default switch partition and any

other logical switch partitions.