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Linar Ziatdinov
EMEA International Expertise Team
Date: 02/02/2012
Understanding Brocade FCR

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Agenda
FCR FCIP VF
— Thanks, Captain :-)

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Fibre Channel Routing

4. Host Target
SCSI
14 m
The Ultimate Problem

5. SCSI
?
SCSI Protocol Isolation
PHY
Link
Port
Transport
Application

6. SCSI
FC0
FC1
FC2
FC4
FC0
FC1
FC2
FC4
FC-SCSI Mapping
FCP FCP

7. Switched Fabric
??? ports
Storage Networks Development
Arbitrated Loop
127 ports

8. Storage Networks Development
300 5100 5300 DCX-4S
24 40 80 256 ports
Fabrics are growing!

9. Storage Networks Development
512 ports
DCX
4604 ports
ICL
full mesh

10. ?
Storage Networks Development
Moscow
St. Peterburg
N. Novgorod
VCS

11. ISOLATE FABRICSCONNECT DEVICES
VCS
FCR Functions Defined

12. VCS

13. FC Routing Hardware
7500 FR4-18i
4G
8G
5100 5300 DCX-4S DCX 7800
+ Integrated Routing License
16G

14. Edge Fabric
F-Port
E-Port
E-Port
ISL E-Port

15. Backbone Fabric
EX-Port
FC Router
E-Port
ISLE-PortIFL FC Router
Edge FID=20
Edge FID=10
FID=128
swd77:admin> fcrConfigure
swd77:admin> portCfgExPort -f 20
EX-Port

16. FCR
Front and Xlate Domains
FID=20
FID=10
Proxy device
Physical path
Logical path

17. Proxy PID
FID=20
Proxy: 0xA0001
Xlate Domain = 10
0x600F00

18. Proxy PID
Proxy: 0x130100
Xlate Domain = 19
0x201F00
FID=10
swd77:admin> fcrXlateConfig 10 20 19
swd77:admin>

19. FID=128
FID=20
FID=10
Host: EXISTS
Target: —
Backbone Fabric View
Host: —
Target: —
swd77:admin> fcrProxyDevShow
swd77:admin> fcrPhyDevShow
Target: IMPORTED Target: EXISTS
Host: IMPORTED

20. LSAN Zones
zone: LSAN_remote_disk
10:00:00:00:12:34:56:76
10:00:00:00:12:34:56:78
50:00:1f:e1:de:ad:fa:ce
50:00:1f:e1:de:ad:fa:cf
zone: lsan_dcunx24_dreva01
10:00:00:00:12:34:56:78
50:00:1f:e1:de:ad:fa:cc
50:00:1f:e1:de:ad:fa:ce
10:00:00:00:12:34:56:78
50:00:1f:e1:de:ad:fa:ce
10:00:00:00:12:34:56:78
50:00:1f:e1:de:ad:fa:ce

21. Backbone Fabric Limits
10,000 WWNs
12 Routers

22. LSAN Matrix
swd77:admin> fcrLsanMatrix --add –lsan 10 20
swd77:admin> fcrLsanMatrix --apply -all
FID=20 FID=10
FID=40FID=50
FID=4

23. zone: LSAN_VIP_vtlbackup
zone: LSAN_VIP_caeva
LSAN Enforce Tagging
fcr40:admin> fcrLsan --add –enforce VIP
fcr40:admin>
zone: LSAN_remote_disk
zone: LSAN_remote_tape1
zone: LSAN_remote_tape2
zone: LSAN_VIP_vtlbackup
zone: LSAN_VIP_caeva
zone: LSAN_HPUX_sd24_xp1
zone: LSAN_esxds1
zone: LSAN_esxds2

24. FID=128
FID=20
FID=10
Host: EXISTS
LSAN Speed Tagging
Target: —Target: IMPORTED Target: EXISTS
Host: IMPORTED
fcr40:admin> fcrLsan --add –speed HPUX
fcr40:admin>
zone: LSAN_HPUX_sd24_xp1

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