HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.x Administrator Guide (AA-RUQSF-TE, September 2005)

208 Working with Fibre Channel routers
Figure 137 Meta-SAN with interfabric links
Figure 137 shows a meta-SAN consisting of two edge fabrics connected through an FC Router with
interfabric links. Figure 138 shows another meta-SAN consisting of a host in Edge SAN 1 connecting to
storage in Edge SAN 2 through a backbone fabric connecting two FC Routers.
Figure 138 Edge SANs connected through a backbone fabric
Sharing devices between fabrics
With the use of an FC Router (see Figure 136 on page 207), you can share devices between fabrics
without merging them together. Fabric Manager allows you to set up the shared devices easily with the
Share Devices wizard. Using the Share Devices wizard, you must first select the devices you want to share;
the wizard then creates a logical SAN.
Using Fabric Manager, you can view and monitor information about all of the fabrics connected through
the FC Router in one place. Fabric Manager allows you to monitor FCR and EX_Port information.
Edge Fabric 1
Edge Fabric 2
Fibre
Channel
Switch
Fibre
Channel
Switch
E_Port
EX_Port
EX_Port
Interfabric link
Interfabric link
Fibre Channel
Router
= LSAN
Fibre Channel
Router
Fibre Channel
Router
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Edge SAN 2Edge SAN 1
Backbone
Fabric