Brocade Fabric OS Encryption Administrator’s Guide Supporting NetApp Lifetime Key Manager (LKM) and KeySecure Storage Secure Key Manager (SSKM) Environments (Supporting Fabric OS v7.2.0) - Manual (Page 29)

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Support for virtual fabrics
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Support for virtual fabrics
The Brocade Encryption Switch does not support the logical switch partitioning capability and, thus,
cannot be partitioned, but the switch can be connected to any Logical Switch partition or Logical
Fabric using an E_Port.
The FS8-18 Encryption Blades are supported only in a default switch partition. All FS8-18 blades
must be placed in a default switch partition in a DCX Backbone chassis. The encryption resource
from the default switch partition/fabric can be shared with other logical switch partitions/fabrics or
other fabrics only through external device sharing using FCR or EX_Ports through a base
switch/fabric. A separate port blade must be used in the base switch/fabric for EX_Port
connectivity from the logical switch partition (default switch partition) of FS8-18 blades and
host/target fabrics. The EX_Port can be on any external FCR switch.
NOTE
Refer to the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide for details on how to configure the Brocade DCX
Backbones in virtual fabrics environments, including configuration of default switch partition and
any other logical switch partitions.
Cisco Fabric Connectivity support
The Brocade Encryption Switch provides NPIV mode connectivity to Cisco fabrics. Connectivity is
supported for Cisco SAN OS 3.3 and later versions.
Cisco fabric connectivity is provided only on the Brocade Encryption Switch. The FS8-18 blade for
the Brocade DCX Backbone chassis does not support this feature.