The manual is correct, if you have a fabric of switches, then you need only set 1 switch in the vsan to enhanced mode zoning. The domain id is a value from 1 to 239 on both cisco and brocade switches. If you want to get more details, refer to the brocade fabric os administrators guide and specifically the section called zone merging scenarios. Brocade is very specific on how zoning should be configured for two fabrics to merge. This should be enough to disable zoning on the whole fabric, if not then disable zoning on every switch in the fabric that is to be merged. There are at least nine different scenarios, but well touch only on three most common ones. Merger analysis, industrial organization theory, and. Transferring development rights by zoning lot merger. Fibre channel san part 2 zoning and lun masking flackbox. Bring isl link up and verify zone merge on switch 1. The new switch switchdomain is going to be changed from existing 1 to 3 before connecting it to the merged pair of switches.
Each switch learns about the other switches in the network and how to route to them, based on their domain id. Willig department of justice merger analysis, industrial organization theory, and merger guidelines the leadership of the antitrust division of the u. It is in charge of ensuring each switch in the network has a unique domain id. Run a fc cable and connect switch a port to a port on the main switch in your fabric. The marriage cant go on without the lenders created date. As far as i know, device alias and zoning modes are independent of each other. All devices connected to a fabric may be configured into one or more zones. Brocade fibre channel sans provide highly resilient, scalable, and simplified network infrastructure for storage. I was reading brocade s forums and many were talking about using fabric merge tools and that the two fabrics must have different names, and there was a lot of wrong or outdated information that no longer applies to the new fabric os 7. Add switch to fabric brocade fibre channel networking. If not, change the domain id of switch a to a unique number. Now, bring up an isl link between the switches and allow the zoning information to merge. One switch in the network will be automatically assigned as the principle switch. Brocade advanced zoning users guide 11 chapter introducing brocade advanced zoning 1 overview a zone in a fabric is a set of devices that have access to one another.
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