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

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Inter-fabric link configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .482
Configuring an IFL for both edge and backbone
connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .482
FC Router port cost configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486
Port cost considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486
Setting router port cost for an EX_Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .487
EX_Port frame trunking configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .488
Masterless EX_Port trunking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .488
Supported configurations and platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .489
Configuring EX_Port frame trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .490
Displaying EX_Port trunking information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .490
LSAN zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491
Use of Admin Domains with LSAN zones and FCR . . . . . . . . .491
Zone definition and naming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491
LSAN zones and fabric-to-fabric communications. . . . . . . . . .492
Controlling device communication with the LSAN . . . . . . . . . .492
Setting the maximum LSAN count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .494
Configuring backbone fabrics for interconnectivity . . . . . . . . .495
HA and downgrade considerations for LSAN zones . . . . . . . .495
LSAN zone policies using LSAN tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .495
LSAN zone binding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499
Proxy PID configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503
Fabric parameter considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504
Inter-fabric broadcast frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504
Displaying the current broadcast configuration. . . . . . . . . . . .504
Enabling broadcast frame forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .504
Disabling broadcast frame forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505
Resource monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505
FC-FC Routing and Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506
Logical switch configuration for FC routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .507
Backbone-to-edge routing with Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . .508
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for FC-FC routing . . . . . .509
How replacing port blades affects EX_Port configuration. . . .509
Displaying the range of output ports connected to xlate
domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510
Appendix A Mixed Fabric Configurations for Non-merged SANs
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .511
M-EOS fabrics overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .511
McDATA Mi10K interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513