Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001336-02, November 2009)

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Multi-service Frame Redirect

• A Virtual Initiator can represent one, and only one, end-point initiator.

• A Virtual Target can represent one, and only one, end-point target.

• At the port level, there cannot exist more than one MSFR Service Configuration between a

given end-point target and any of its initiators (physical or virtual).

• A VI/VT pair cannot represent more than one policy.

• A given H/T pair can belong to one, and only one, MSFR Service Configuration.

• Legacy FR zones cannot participate in multi-service configurations.

Creating an MSFR zone

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2. Enter the appropriate command based on what you want to do:

• To create the zone without specifiying the first in a series, enter the msfr --create

command.

• To create the zone and specify the first in a series, enter the msfr --create with the -first

parameter.

3. Enter the cfgSave command to save changes to the defined configuration.

Deleting an MSFR zone

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2. Enter the msfr

--delete command.

3. Enter the cfgSave command to save changes to the defined configuration.

Setting the MSFR zone policy

This feature requires the Enhanced Frame Redirection license.

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2. Enter the msfr

--setPolicy command.

3. Enter the cfgSave command to save changes to the defined configuration.

Displaying an MSFR zone

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.

2. Enter the msfr

--showCfg command.

3. Enter the cfgSave command to save changes to the defined configuration.