Configuring fibre channel ports, Fibre channel ports overview, Connecting to a fc fabric through an fc router – Brocade Network OS Administrator’s Guide v4.1.1 User Manual
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Configuring Fibre Channel Ports
Fibre Channel ports overview
Fibre Channel (FC) ports provide the ability to connect a Brocade VCS Fabric cluster to a Fibre Channel
switch in a Fabric OS network.
These connections can be regular or long distance. The following Network OS Fibre Channel port types
are supported:
• E_Port
• F_Port
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Supports Fibre Channel HBA and Fibre Channel target
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Supports F_Port to FCoE port bidirectional traffic
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Supports F_Port to E_Port bidirectional traffic
NOTE
You must enable fcoeport default for the interface for the Fibre Channel logins to be available to
connect to F_Ports.
• Auto (G_Port) — This is the default.
• N_Port — For Access Gateways only. This port supports traffic to connect a VDX switch VF_Port to
an FC fabric F_Port.
FC ports can connect to a FC switch in a Fabric OS network through two methods:
• Using an Inter-Switch Link (ISL) connection from an FC port on a VDX 6730 switch's to a FC router's
EX_Port; this in turn connects to the FC switch in the Fabric OS network. The VDX FC ports are
configured as E_Ports for this connection. Refer to
Connecting to a FC Fabric through an FC Router
on page 199.
• Using a direct connection from an FC port on a VDX 6720 switch's to a F_Port on a FC router in a
Fabric OS network. The VDX FC ports are configured as N_Ports through the Access Gateway
feature. Refer to
Connecting to a FC Fabric through an FC Router
FC ports on VDX 6730 switches can provide a connection to a FC switch in the FC SAN.
The FC ports on the VDX 6730 switch can be configured as FC E_Ports to connect with EX_Ports on a
FC router through Inter-Switch Links (ISL) links. In turn, EX_Ports on the FC router connect to F_Ports
on the FC Fabric switch. These connections provide support for zoning across Network OS and Fabric
OS fabric types, which can enable FCoE devices on the Brocade VCS Fabric cluster to access SAN
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