HP StorageWorks Fabric Interoperability: Merging Fabrics Based on C-Series and M-Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes (AA-RVH9J-TE, May 2008)

Introduction
10 Fabric Interoperability: Merging Fabrics Based on C-Series and M-Series Fibre Channel Switches Application Notes
■ Ensure proper zone naming conventions are adhered to, before and after the merge
■ A name must be between 1 and 64 characters in length
■ All characters must be ASCII characters
■ The first character of a given name must be a letter. A letter is defined as either an upper
case (A-Z) or a lower case (a-z) character
■ Any character other than the first character must be a lower case character (a-z), an upper
case character (A-Z), a number (0-9), or the symbol (_)
Ensure there are no Zone conflicts
■ Verify that any zones with the same names on both the switches have the same members
■ Check Zone/Zone Set names using HAFM or EWS
Step M6: Disable Fabric Binding and Enterprise Fabric Mode
If M-series product has a license key for SANtegrity Binding, ensure Fabric Binding and
Enterprise Fabric Mode are disabled:
■ To disable the above use HAFM and select Fabrics
■ Select Enterprise Fabric and Fabric Binding
■ From the Enterprise Fabric dialog box, ensure it is not selected (not checked)
■ From the Fabric Binding dialog box, ensure it is not selected (not checked)
Step M7: Select M-series switch as the Principal
It is possible to use management tools from either M-series or C-series switches, but when you
use HAFM/EWS as the management tool make sure you select the M-series switch as the
principal. Here are the steps to accomplish this.
Note: This procedure requires changing the switch to offline state before making the change, so
plan accordingly.
■ Launch EWS (Embedded Web Server) from your Web Browser using the IP address of the
switch.
■ Enter the Username and Password and press OK
■ Select Operations menu on the left and click on “Online state” tab
■ Click on the “Set Offline” button
■ Select Configure menu and then Switch/Fabric Parameter tabs
■ Set switch priority to “principal”
■ Go to “operations” menu again
■ Select “online state” and click on the “Set Online” button
C-Series Configuration Steps
The following steps provide information on how to verify, configure C-series switches for
Interoperability. While it is possible to accomplish this by using either the Fabric Manager or
the CLI, the following steps use only CLI (telnet) for demonstrating this.