370 Using the FC-FC routing service
Figure 60
A metaSAN with edge-to-edge and backbone fabrics and LSAN zones
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Proxy device
A proxy device is a virtual device imported into a fabric by a Fibre Channel router, to represent a real
device on another fabric. It has a name server entry and is assigned a valid port ID. When a proxy
device is created in a fabric, the real Fibre Channel device is considered to be imported into this fabric.
The presence of a proxy device is required for interfabric device communication. See ”
Proxy devices
”
on page 371 for additional information about proxy devices.
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Proxy PID
A proxy PID is the port ID (PID) of the proxy device. The proxy device appears to the fabric as a real
Fibre Channel device, has a name server entry, and is assigned a valid port ID. The port ID is relevant
only on the fabric in which the proxy device has been created.
•
Fabric ID (FID)
Every EX_Port and VEX_Port uses the fabric ID (FID) to identify the fabric at the opposite end of the
interfabric link. The FID for every edge fabric must be unique from the perspective of each backbone
fabric.
• If EX_Ports and VEX_Ports are attached to the same edge fabric, they must be configured with the
same FID.
• If EX_Ports and VEX_Ports are attached to different edge fabrics, they must be configured with a
unique FID for each edge fabric.
If two different backbone fabrics are connected to the same edge fabric, the backbone FIDs must be
different, but the edge FIDs must be the same. If you configure the same FID for two backbone fabrics
that are connected to the same edge fabric, a RASLog message displays a warning about FID overlap.
NOTE:
Backbone fabrics that share connections to the same edge fabrics must have unique backbone
FIDs.
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MetaSAN
A metaSAN is the collection of all SANs interconnected with Fibre Channel routers.
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
Summary of Contents for A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base
Page 1: ...HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6 2 administrator guide Part number 5697 0016 Edition May 2009 ...
Page 24: ...24 ...
Page 99: ...Fabric OS 6 2 administrator guide 99 ...
Page 100: ...100 Managing user accounts ...
Page 118: ...116 Configuring standard security features ...
Page 164: ...162 Configuring advanced security features ...
Page 234: ...232 Installing and maintaining firmware ...
Page 268: ...266 Administering advanced zoning ...
Page 284: ...282 Configuring Enterprise class platforms ...
Page 292: ...290 Routing traffic ...
Page 294: ...292 Interoperability for merged SANs ...
Page 302: ...300 Configuring the Distributed Management Server ...
Page 334: ...332 iSCSI gateway service ...
Page 340: ...338 Administering NPIV ...
Page 407: ...Fabric OS 6 2 administrator guide 405 ...
Page 408: ...406 Using the FC FC routing service ...
Page 438: ...434 Administering extended fabrics ...
Page 460: ...456 Administering ISL trunking ...
Page 516: ...512 FICON fabrics ...
Page 526: ...522 Configuring and monitoring FICON Extension Services ...
Page 540: ...536 Configuring the PID format ...
Page 544: ...540 Understanding legacy password behavior ...
Page 546: ...542 Mixed fabric configurations for non merge SANs ...
Page 550: ...546 Migrating from an MP Router to a 400 MP Router ...
Page 558: ...554 Inband Management ...
Page 572: ...568 ...