Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 160)

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Supported switches for Fibre Channel Routing
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VEX-Port A virtual port that enables routing functionality through an FCIP tunnel. A
VEX-Port is similar to an EX-Port.
A device is shared between:
• The backbone fabric and edge fabric 1
• Edge fabric 1 and edge fabric 2
• Edge fabric 2 and edge fabric 3
Supported switches for Fibre Channel Routing
The FC-FC Routing Service is supported only on the following switch models:
• Brocade VA-40FC
• Brocade 6510
• Brocade 6520
• Brocade 5100 and 5300 switches
• Brocade 7800 Extension Switch
• Brocade DCX and DCX-4S enterprise-class platforms, when configured with FR4-18i, FC8-16,
FC8-32, FC8-48, FC8-64, FS8-18, or FX8-24 blades.
• Brocade DCX 8510-4 and DCX 8510-8, when configured with FC8-32E, FC8-48E, FC16-32 or
FC16-48 blades.
Setting up FC-FC routing
The following procedure provides the basic steps for setting up FC-FC Routing using an FC Router.
1. Ensure that the backbone fabric ID of the FC Router is the same as that of other FC Routers in
the backbone fabric. Refer to “Configuring the backbone fabric ID” on page 137.
2. On the FC Router, ensure that the ports to be configured as EX-Ports are either not connected
or are disabled.
3. Configure EX-Ports by clicking the EX-Ports tab and then clicking New.
Follow the instructions in the wizard. Refer to “Viewing EX-Ports” on page 134.
4. Connect the cables from the EX-Ports on the FC Router to the edge fabrics, if they were not
connected before.
NOTE
For a multi-FC Router backbone fabric, make sure that each FC Router is connected to a switch
in the backbone fabric.
5. Configure LSAN zones on the fabrics that share devices.
Refer to “Viewing LSAN zones” on page 136.
6. View the information in the EX-Ports, LSAN Fabrics, LSAN Zones, and LSAN Devices tabs to
make sure that your configuration succeeded.