Access Gateway Administrator’s Guide
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Port mapping
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Figure 3
shows a mapping with eight F_Ports evenly mapped to four N_Ports on Brocade Access
Gateway. The N_Ports connect to the same fabric through different edge switches. This example is
also explains mapping, failover, and failback polices.
FIGURE 3
Example F_Port to N_Port mapping
Table 2
describes the mapping and fabric connection shown in
Figure 3
.
Preferred Secondary N_Port mapping
F_Ports can be mapped to any of the N_Ports on an Access Gateway switch. Each F_Port can be
mapped to only one N_Port as its primary N_Port. When an F_Port is not mapped to any N_Port,
that port is disabled. Optionally, you can specify a Preferred Secondary N_Port for each F_Port. The
Preferred Secondary N_Port, if specified, is used when the primary mapped N_Port fails.
TABLE 2
Example port mapping
Access Gateway
Fabric
F_Port
N_Port
Edge switch
F_Port
F_1, F_2
N_1
Switch_A
F_A1
F_3, F_4
N_2
Switch_A
F_A2
F_5, F_6
N_3
Switch_B
F_B1
F_7, F_8
N_4
Switch_B
F_B2
N_2
F_A2
Hosts
Access Gateway
Edge Switch
Fabric
(Switch_A)
enabled
NPIV
F_4
F_3
F_2
F_1
N_1
F_A1
enabled
NPIV
N_3
F_B1
enabled
NPIV
Host_1
Host_2
Host_3
Host_4
F_5
Host_5
F_6
Host_6
F_7
Host_7
F_8
Host_8
Edge Switch
(Switch_B)
N_4
F_B2
enabled
NPIV
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