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. Bring isl link up and verify zone merge on switch 1. If you want to get more details, refer to the brocade fabric os administrators guide and specifically the section called zone merging scenarios. Now, bring up an isl link between the switches and allow the zoning information to merge. 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about using fabric merge tools and that the two fabrics must have different names, and there was a lot of wrong or outdated information that no longer applies to the new fabric os 7. The new switch switchdomain is going to be changed from existing 1 to 3 before connecting it to the merged pair of switches. Implementation phase for disable zoning merge method 1 shutdown all servers on the fabric that is to be merged.
The domain id is a value from 1 to 239 on both cisco and brocade switches. Add switch to fabric brocade fibre channel networking. Please confirm that we can merge all 3 switches together as connected below without any lost and impact on existing merged configuration. 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. Check that switch a has a different domain id than the other switches in the fabric. If not, change the domain id of switch a to a unique number.
Willig department of justice merger analysis, industrial organization theory, and merger guidelines the leadership of the antitrust division of the u. All devices connected to a fabric may be configured into one or more zones. Fibre channel san part 2 zoning and lun masking flackbox. One switch in the network will be automatically assigned as the principle switch. There are at least nine different scenarios, but well touch only on three most common ones. 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 manual is correct, if you have a fabric of switches, then you need only set 1 switch in the vsan to enhanced mode zoning. Each switch learns about the other switches in the network and how to route to them, based on their domain id. Transferring development rights by zoning lot merger. Merger analysis, industrial organization theory, and. As far as i know, device alias and zoning modes are independent of each other.
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