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Brocade Fabric OS Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) User Manual

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FIGURE 87 EX_Port phantom switch topology

All EX_Ports or VEX_Ports connected to an edge fabric use the same xlate domain ID for an imported
edge fabric; this value persists across switch reboots and fabric reconfigurations.

If you lose connectivity to the edge fabric because of link failures or the IFL being disabled, xlate
domains remain visible. This prevents unnecessary fabric disruptions caused by xlate domains
repeatedly going offline and online due to corresponding IFL failures. To remove the xlate domain from
the backbone, refer to

Identifying and deleting stale xlate domains

on page 543.

Using FC-FC Routing to Connect Fabrics

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