DCFM Professional Plus User Manual (53-1001774-01, June 2010)

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FIGURE 151 A metaSAN with edge-to-edge and backbone fabrics
Guidelines for setting up FC-FC routing
The following are some general guidelines for setting up FC-FC routing:
• Ensure that the backbone fabric ID of the FC router is the same as that of other FC routers in
the backbone fabric.
• On the FC router, ensure that the ports to be configured as EX_Ports are either disabled or not
connected.
• When configuring EX_Ports, supply a fabric ID for the fabric to which the port will be connected.
You can choose any unique fabric ID as long as it is consistent for all EX_Ports that connect to
the same edge fabric.
• For Virtual Fabric (VF)-enabled fabrics, only the base switch can be configured as the FC router;
for example, EX_Ports can be configured only on a base switch for a VF-enabled switch.
Connecting edge fabrics to a backbone fabric
The following procedure explains how to set up FC-FC routing on two edge fabrics connected
through an FC router using E_Ports and EX_Ports.
ATTENTION
Be sure that you do not physically connect a port to the remote fabric before configuring it as an
EX_Port; otherwise, the two fabrics merge and you lose the benefit of FC-FC routing.
Edge fabric 1
Backbone fabric
Edge fabric 3
Edge fabric 2
IP cloud
= LSAN
FC router
VEX_Port
VE_Port
EX_Port (2)
E_Port
E_Port
IFL
IFL IFL