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

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Fabric configurations for interconnectivity
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You can display the current operational mode of the EX_Port by issuing the portCfgExPort
command with the port number as the only parameter.
The following command sequence is an example to connect port 5 to an M-EOS fabric in McDATA
Fabric Mode:
switch:admin> portdisable 5
switch:admin> portcfgexport 5 -m 2
switch:admin> portenable 5
See “Inter-fabric link configuration” on page 482 for details about the portCfgExPort command,
which is used for McDATA Fabric mode on Fabric OS v5.2.0 or later.
Configuring the FC router
When configuring a Fabric OS fabric to connect to a Native McDATA fabric, you must perform some
preparation on the FC router. The following procedure shows how to connect an EX_Port of an FC
router to a Native McDATA fabric configured in Fabric mode.
NOTE
The procedures related to the M-EOS fabric that are described in this section were current when the
document was written, but may have changed since then. For additional information on configuring
the FC router, see to the Zoning User Manual. For the latest version, go to the
http://www.brocade.com/supportresources web site under the Data Center Fabric Manager
(DCFM) Releases section and follow the instructions to access the documentation.
1. Verify the Native McDATA firmware version. To display the front domain on the M-EOS fabric,
use the M-EOS show system command.
2. Using the version command, make sure that Fabric OS v6.0.0 or later is installed on the FC
router, as shown in the following example:
switch:admin_06> version
Kernel: 2.6.14.2
Fabric OS: v6.1.0
Made on: Wed Mar 12 01:15:34 2008
Flash: Fri Mar 14 20:53:48 2008
BootProm: 4.6.6
3. On the FC router, use the portDisable command to disable the EX_Port that you will use to
connect to the M-EOS switch. Ports are persistently disabled by default.
switch:admin_06> portdisable 10/13
switch:admin_06> switchshow
switchName: b48000_5x_1/PORT/P
switchType: 42.2
switchState: Online
switchMode: Native
switchRole: Principal
switchDomain: 3
switchId: fffc03
switchWwn: 10:00:00:60:69:e4:00:86
zoning: ON (test)
switchBeacon: OFF
blade3 Beacon: OFF
blade8 Beacon: OFF
blade10 Beacon: OFF
FC Router: ON