Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 21)

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide xxi
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Fibre Channel routing concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457
Proxy devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .461
Routing types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .461
Phantom domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .462
Setting up the FC-FC routing service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464
Verifying the setup for FC-FC routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464
Backbone fabric IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .466
Assigning backbone fabric IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467
FCIP tunnel configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467
Inter-fabric link configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .468
Configuring an IFL for both edge and backbone connections 468
FC Router port cost configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Port cost considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472
Setting router port cost for an EX_Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .473
EX_Port frame trunking configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Masterless EX_Port trunking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Supported configurations and platforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .475
Configuring EX_Port frame trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Displaying EX_Port trunking information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
LSAN zone configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Use of Admin Domains with LSAN zones and FCR . . . . . . . . . 477
Zone definition and naming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
LSAN zones and fabric-to-fabric communications. . . . . . . . . .478
Controlling device communication with the LSAN . . . . . . . . . .478
Setting the maximum LSAN count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .480
Configuring backbone fabrics for interconnectivity . . . . . . . . .481
HA and downgrade considerations for LSAN zones . . . . . . . .481
LSAN zone policies using LSAN tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481
LSAN zone binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .485
Proxy PID configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .489
Fabric parameter considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .489
Inter-fabric broadcast frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .490
Displaying the current broadcast configuration. . . . . . . . . . . .490
Enabling broadcast frame forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491
Disabling broadcast frame forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491
Resource monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .491
FC-FC Routing and Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .492
Logical switch configuration for FC routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493
Backbone-to-edge routing with Virtual Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . .494
Upgrade and downgrade considerations for FC-FC routing . . . . . .495
How replacing port blades affects EX_Port configuration. . . .495
Displaying the range of output ports connected to xlate domains 496
Appendix A M-EOS Migration Path to Fabric OS
In this appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497