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

210 Working with Fibre Channel routers
Connecting edge fabrics
Fabric Manager allows you to connect edge fabrics to each other (see Figure 137 on page 208). Select
the FC Routers that are to connect to the selected edge fabric. FC Routers from different backbone fabrics
cannot be selected for this operation. Specify the Fabric ID for the edge fabric. The edge Fabric ID is
unique across a backbone fabric (see Figure 138 on page 208). If the selected edge fabric is already
connected to the selected backbone fabric (or any other backbone fabric), the Fabric ID menu is already
populated with the current value and is disabled. The EX_Port parameters for R_A_TOV, E_D_TOV, and the
PID Format are also set to match the edge fabric values of these parameters.
To connect edge fabrics:
1. From the SAN Elements tab, right-click a fabric that you want to connect to an FC Router and select FC
Router Configuration from the context menu that is displayed.
The FC Router- Connect Edge Fabrics wizard launches (see Figure 141).
Figure 141 FC Router configuration wizard
2. Read the information and then click Next.