2–Managing Fabrics
Transparent Router
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a.
Open a new fabric through the replacement switch.
b.
On the faceplate display for the replacement switch. On the
Switch
menu, click
Restore
.
c.
On the Restore dialog box, enter the archive file from the failed switch
or browse for the file.
d.
Click
Restore
.
4.
Reset the replacement switch to activate the configuration formerly
possessed by the failed switch including the domain ID and the zoning
database. On the
Switch
menu, click
Reset Switch
.
5.
Reconnect the inter-switch links, target devices, and initiator devices to the
replacement switch using the same ports as were used on the failed switch.
Transparent Router
The Transparent Router feature provides inter-fabric routing to enable controlled
and limited access between devices on a QLogic fabric and devices on a fabric of
Brocade or Cisco switches.
Generally, to configure Transparent Router on a QLogic switch:
1.
Change the port type of a selected port to TR_Port.
2.
Map local (QLogic) and remote (e.g., Brocade/Cisco) fabric devices across
the TR_port.
3.
Copy/paste the zoning commands automatically generated (by TR Mapping
Manager) into the remote fabric management application.
The local QLogic fabric may consist of one or multiple switches connected by their
ISLs. A specific device attached to a local switch can be mapped with one or more
devices in one remote fabric over only one TR_Port on that switch. If a device
attached to a QLogic switch is mapped with multiple devices in the same remote
fabric, the same TR_Port must be used.
A device attached to a remote fabric can be mapped with multiple devices in
multiple local fabrics. If a device in a remote fabric is mapped with multiple
devices in the local fabric attached to a given switch, the same TR_Port on that
switch must be used for all mappings involving that remote device. However, the
same remote device can be mapped with other local devices attached to a
different switch in the same local fabric over a TR port from that switch. A remote
device can be mapped through more than one TR port, as long as each of those
TR ports is on a switch.
Furthermore, you cannot map a local device to a remote device over an E_Port to
another local switch and then over a TR_Port to the remote switch. The
transparent route cannot include an E_Port on the local fabric.
