HP StorageWorks XPath OS 7.4.X Administrator Guide (AA-RVHDD-TE, February 2006)

62 Using the FC-FC Routing Service
The following example sets port 14 to admin-enabled, assigns a Fabric ID of 10, and sets the port to
Core PID. For complete information about any XPath OS command, see the HP StorageWorks XPath OS
7.4.x command reference guide.
4. Restart the port by issuing the portStart command.
5. Still on the MP Router, use the portStop command to stop the EX_Port that is to be used to connect to
the McDATA switch.
6. Issue the portCfgExPort command to configure the port as an EX_Port with a different FID within the
McDATA Fabric PID mode.
This port can now connect to a McDATA switch in McDATA Open mode.
The following example sets port 1 to admin-enabled, assigns a Fabric ID of 11, and sets the McDATA
connection mode to McDATA Fabric. For complete information about XPath OS commands, see the HP
StorageWorks XPath OS 7.4.x command reference guide.
7. Restart the port by issuing the portStart command.
8. You can now physically attach your ISLs from the MP Router to the switches.
ISLs apply only to HP switches that are not connected as an edge fabric (IFLs). When a McDATA switch
is present, it is assumed that you are creating an edge fabric.
For details about interswitch linking, see Chapter 8, “Using ISL trunking.”
9. Capture a SAN profile of the McDATA and HP SANs, identifying the number of devices in each SAN.
By projecting the total number of devices and switches expected in each fabric when the LSANs are
active, you can quickly determine the status of the SAN by issuing the commands nsAllShow and
fabricShow on the HP fabric and using SAN Pilot (see Figure 7) or EFCM to gather similar
information for the McDATA fabric. For example, on the HP side:
switch:admin> portcfgexport 14 -a 1 -f 10 -p 1
router:admin> portstop 1
port 1 stopped.
router:admin>
router:admin> portcfgexport 1 -a 1 -f 11 -m 2
router:admin> fabricshow
Switch ID Worldwide Name Enet IP Addr Name
---------------------------------------------------------
1: fffc01 10:00:00:05:1e:15:02:00 192.168.11.25 "routerA"
100: fffc64 10:00:00:05:1e:13:83:00 192.168.12.25 >"routerB"
The Fabric has 2 switches
router:admin>