Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide (53-10000196-01-HP, November 2006)

Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide 19-11
Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP
Translate Domains and Virtual Device Status
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To display the FCR Info View
1. Select a backbone fabric and click Tasks > Device Sharing and Troubleshooting > Show FCR
Info View.
The FCR Info view displays, as shown in Figure 19-8. The FCR Info view does not display if the
fabric does not have an FC Router.
Translate Domains and Virtual Device Status
When you select a device in the View panel, the Information panel displays detailed information about
that device. In the Overview tab, the Status field displays the status.
For virtual devices created by FC-FC Routing, the Information panel might show the status as Partially
Offline. This status indicates that the FC Router and LSAN configuration have changed after they were
set up.
Two scenarios that cause this are explained next.
Scenario 1
A backbone fabric consisting of Fabric OS FC Routers is connected to an edge fabric via EX_Ports.
When LSANs are created to share devices between these two fabrics, a translate domain is created in
each of these fabrics. If the E_Port on the edge fabric connecting to the EX_Port is disabled, the
translate domain is removed from the edge fabric. In this scenario, the translate domain in the backbone
fabric remains, although the virtual devices attached to that translate domain are removed. The
Information panel shows the status of these virtual devices as Partially Offline.
Scenario 2
The backbone fabric segments after the LSANs are created, moving all of the shared devices to the
newly formed fabric. The new fabric is connected to the original backbone through EX_Ports for an
edge-to-edge sharing. The translate domain originally created in the backbone fabric is not removed in
this case. The Information panel shows the status of the shared devices as Partially Offline.
Note
When you access the FCR Info View for a single FC Router, the information displayed in the Physical
and Virtual Devices tabs varies from what is displayed in the CLI commands. For example, the
fcrproxydevshow command provides information on the devices that are proxy to the edge fabrics
connected to the FC Router. The FCR Info View shows the devices connected to the edge fabric and
information on the other edge fabrics that are importing this device as a proxy device.
To view the complete information about all devices that are shared through a backbone fabric, either
access the FCR Info View at the fabric node level, or select the FCR Info View for each of the FC
Routers in the backbone fabric individually.