HP Fibre Channel Fabric Migration Guide

Fabric Migration Guide
Supported Fabric Configurations
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Figure 1-2 Direct Fabric Attachment Configuration
The advantages of this configuration are:
• Additional cabling is unnecessary.
• All devices are isolated.
• Provides independent bandwidth for each device.
QuickLoop Attachment for Fabric
A migration path to a fabric configuration with devices that are not
fabric capable is to use the QuickLoop fabric configuration. In this
configuration, a host connected to a F_Port or FL_Port on the switch can
communicate with private target devices connected to QL ports in the
same or different loop. Through translative mode (a function of Brocade
switch), the switch creates phantom loop addresses which allow private
target devices to communicate with public hosts across the fabric.
Translative mode allows private loop target devices to appear as public
targets.