Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide (53-0000194-01, November 2006)

Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 11-3
Publication Number: 53-0000194-01
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When FCR is interoperating with McDATA edge fabrics in Fabric mode and Open mode, it will support
the LSANzone with the backbone devices. FCR will support the following McDATA versions: v4.1.1,
v5.x, v6.x, v7.x, v8.x. Since Brocade has no way of knowing how the modern McDATA switch will
operate natively in the future, there is no guarantee that the 5.2.0 version of FCR will work with any
future version of McDATA fabric.
For additional information about FC-FC routing, see the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.
Figure 11-1 A metaSAN with Edge-to-Edge and Backbone Fabrics
Setting Up FC-FC Routing
The following procedure provides the basic steps for setting up FC-FC Routing using an FC Router.
1. Ensure that the backbone fabric ID of the FC Router is the same as that of other FC Routers in the
backbone fabric. See “Configuring the Backbone Fabric ID” on page 11-11.
2. On the FC Router, ensure that the ports to be configured as EX_Ports are either not connected or
are disabled.
3. Configure EX_Ports by clicking the EX Ports tab and then clicking New. Follow the instructions in
the wizard. See “Viewing and Configuring EX_Ports” on page 11-6.
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McDATA fabrics are supported only as edge fabrics and should not be tried in backbone fabrics.
Edge fabric 1
B a c k bo ne fa bric
Edge fabric 3
Edge fabric 2
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FC Router
VEX_Port
VE_Port
EX_Port(2)
E_Port
E_Port
IFL
IFL IFL