Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v12.0.0 (53-1002696-01, April 2013)

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Configuring Virtual Fabrics
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NOTE
In the 8-slot Backbone Chassis, ports 48–63 of the FC 8 GB 64-port Blade are not supported in the
base switch, and ports 56–63 are not supported as E_Ports on the default logical switch. The 4-slot
Backbone Chassis does not have these limitations.
Configuring Virtual Fabrics
The Management application allows you to discover, enable, create, and manage Virtual
Fabrics-capable physical chassis from the same interface.
This procedure describes the general steps you take to enable the Virtual Fabrics feature and
configure logical fabrics. The logical fabrics in this example span multiple physical chassis, and the
logical switches in each fabric communicate using an XISL in the base fabric.
1. Enable Virtual Fabrics in each physical chassis.
Refer to “Enabling Virtual Fabrics” on page 515 for instructions.
2. Set up base switches in each physical chassis.
a. Create base switches in each physical chassis and assign ports to them.
Refer to “Creating a logical switch or base switch” on page 516 for instructions.
b. Disable the base switches in each physical chassis.
Right-click each base switch in the Connectivity Map or Product List and select
Enable/Disable > Disable.
c. Physically connect ports in the base switches to form XISLs.
d. Enable all of the base switches. This forms the base fabric.
Right-click each base switch in the Connectivity Map or Product List and select
Enable/Disable > Enable.
Logical switch • Extension Blade—GE_Ports and VE_Ports
• FC 8 GB Port Blade—E_Ports and F_Ports
• FC 16 GB Port Blade—E_Ports and F_Ports
• 8 Gbps Extension Blade
- FC ports: E_Ports, F_Ports, and VE_Ports
- GE ports: VE_Ports
• 8-slot and 4-slot Backbone Chassis— ICL ports
Base switch
• Extension Blade—GE_Ports and VEX_Ports
• FC 8 GB Port Blade—E_Ports and EX_Ports
• FC 16 GB Port Blade—E_Ports and EX_Ports
• 8 Gbps Extension Blade
- FC ports: E_Ports, EX_Ports, VE_Ports, and VEX_Ports
- GE ports: VE_Ports
• 8-slot and 4-slot Backbone Chassis— ICL Ports
TABLE 64 Blade and port types supported on logical switches for backbone chassis (Continued)