User`s guide

Chapter 3. Implementing the INRANGE FC/9000 Fibre Channel Director 231
Usage of private loop ports
Normally, private loop ports are not able to talk with other ports outside of their
own loop. Therefore, their addressing is different from normal ports. However,
with the Translative Loop mode of specific director ports, it is possible to let them
talk with other ports in the fabric.
To enable this you have to set the Admin Type of this particular director port to TL
as shown in Figure 3-49.
Figure 3-49 IN-VSN: Setting a port to Translative Loop mode
Each TL port has its own Translation Entries list. This list contains the set of
off-loop devices which can communicate with this TL port. Off-loop devices can
be:
򐂰 Any other N-port in the fabric (initiators or targets)
򐂰 Any other public loop port in the fabric (NL_Port)
򐂰 Any other private loop port in the fabric (TL_Port)